I’ve been participating in the GoodReads Challenge for the past 3 years (including this year). The first year I participated, 2014, I came to the challenge a little late in the year (I think in summer sometime), so I only challenged myself to read 65 books by the end of the year. At first I didn’t think I’d succeeded because only 58 were listed, but then I realized (after Jan 1) that there were some I had forgotten to add, so that took me up to my goal of 65.
Last year, I set a goal of 120 books and I surpassed it and read 134 books during the year. For 2016, I set my goal back at 65 because I wanted to read 65 new-to-me books. I reread a lot. When life is stressful, I only want to read things that I’ve read before so there are no surprises. I decided I wanted to set a goal of a certain number of books that didn’t include all my re-reading. I managed to finish a month ahead of time. I was also attempting to not make them all cozy mysteries. They’re not all cozies, but I wasn’t as successful at getting as much diversity as I wanted this year.
Below is the list of books I’ve read this year in alphabetical order – if I wrote a review, it’s linked to it.
- 14th Colony – Steve Berry – Fiction
- A Diversity of Dragons – Anne McCaffrey – Fantasy
- All You Need is Fudge – Nancy Coco – Cozy Mystery
- Apprentice In Death – J.D. Robb – Non-cozy mystery
- Armada – Ernest Cline – Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Arsenic And Old Books – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Bewitched, Bothered, And Biscotti – Bailey Cates – Cozy mystery
- Bless Her Dead Little Heart – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Books Of A Feather – Kate Carlisle – Cozy mystery
- Borrowed Crime – Laurie Cass – Cozy mystery
- Brotherhood in Death – J.D. Robb – Non-cozy Mystery
- Butter Off Dead – Leslie Budewitz – Cozy mystery
- Capture Me – Geneva Lee – Super Steamy Romance
- Cat With A Clue – Laurie Cass – Cozy mystery
- Charms & Chocolate Chips – Bailey Cates – Cozy mystery
- City Of The Yeti – Robert A. Love – Children’s Fiction
- Classified As Murder – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Copy Cap Murder – Jenn Mckinlay – Cozy mystery
- Cracked To Death – Cheryl Hollon – Cozy mystery
- Crave Me – Geneva Lee (Super Steamy) – Romance
- Crime Rib – Leslie Budewitz – Cozy mystery
- Dead With The Wind – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Deck The Hallways – Kate Carlisle – Cozy mystery
- Devonshire Scream – Laura Childs – Cozy mystery
- Digging Up The Dirt – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Dressed To Kill – Lynn Cahoon – Cozy mystery
- Eruption: The Untold Story Of Mt. St. Helens – Steve Olson – Non-Fiction
- File M For Murder – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Final Sentence – Daryl Wood Gerber – Cozy mystery
- Fudging The Books – Daryl Wood Gerber – Cozy mystery
- Get Me to the Grave on Time – D.E. Ireland – Cozy Mystery
- Gone With The Witch – Heather Blake – Cozy mystery
- Grilling The Subject – Daryl Wood Gerber – Cozy mystery
- Harry Potter And The Cursed Child – J.K. Rowling – Screenplay
- If The Shoe Kills – Lynn Cahoon – Cozy mystery
- In His Corner – Vina Arno – Romance
- Inherit The Word – Daryl Wood Gerber – Cozy mystery
- Killer Run – Lynn Cahoon – Cozy mystery
- Killing Thyme – Leslie Budewitz – Cozy mystery
- License To Dill – Mary Ellen Hughes – Cozy mystery
- Magic And Macaroons – Bailey Cates – Cozy mystery
- Mary Travers: A Woman’s Words – Edited By Mike Renshaw – Non-Fiction
- Murder In The Secret Garden – Ellery Adams – Cozy mystery
- Murder On Wheels – Lynn Cahoon – Cozy mystery
- Murder Past Due – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- One Foot In The Grape – Carlene O’neil – Cozy mystery
- Out Of Circulation – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- Pouncing On Murder – Laurie Cass – Cozy mystery
- Reading Up A Storm – Eva Gates – Cozy mystery
- Rest Ye Murdered Gentleman – Vicky Delany – Cozy mystery
- Ripe For Murder – Carlene O’neil – Cozy mystery
- Rum Luck – Ryan Aldred – Non-cozy mystery
- Scene of the Brine – Mary Ellen Hughes – Cozy mystery
- Snow Angel Cove – Raeanne Thayne – Romance
- Some Enchanted Éclair – Bailey Cates – Cozy mystery
- Spider Game – Christine Feehan (Super Steamy) – Romance
- Stirring The Plot – Daryl Wood Gerber – Cozy mystery
- Tea Cups And Carnage – Lynn Cahoon – Cozy mystery
- The Calendar Of New Beginnings – Ava Miles – Fiction/Romance
- The Fountain Of Infinite Wishes – Ava Miles – Fiction/Romance
- The Gate To Everything – Ava Miles – Fiction/Romance
- The Highway Man – Craig Johnson – Non-cozy mystery
- The Promise Of Rainbows – Ava Miles – Fiction/Romance
- The Rejected Writer’s Book Club – Suzanne Kelman – Fiction/Women’s Fiction
- The Seven-Course Christmas Killer – Rosie Genova – Cozy mystery novella
- The Silence Of The Library – Miranda James – Cozy mystery
- The White Spell – Lynn Kurland – Fantasy Romance
- The Witch And The Dead – Heather Blake – Cozy mystery
- Vanilla Beaned – Jenn Mckinlay – Cozy mystery
- We Wish You A Murderous Christmas – Vicky Delany – Cozy mystery
- When We Were Sisters – Emilie Richards – Women’s Fiction