2018 Reading Challenges Attempted

Hi everyone! Wow, 2018 came and went and it’s already February of 2019 and my last post was my 2017 Reading Challenges Attempted post over a year ago!

Things have still been crazy for me. I got a job at a library, finished a year-long program learning more about working in libraries, and got married! I’m really sad that I haven’t spent much time with this blog, though. I really really really hope to get back into it this year!

Anyway, this post is all about the books I read in 2018, and how well I did with the reading challenge I participated in. If you want to follow along with my reading this year, in 2019, you can check it out on my Reading Challenges page.

For 2018, I only participated in one challenge: the Goodreads challenge, where I set my goal as 50 books. And because I’ve been reading so many audiobooks lately, I was able to surpass my goal! Here are the books I read in 2018:

2018 Reading Challenges

Goodreads Challenge

Hosted by: Goodreads
My goal: 50 books
Challenge Progress: COMPLETE! 58/50 books
(Note: I’m counting my DNFs and DNF FOR NOWs, even though Goodreads doesn’t. IDGAF.)

Books Read

1. Caraval by Stephanie Garber – DNF FOR NOW – Pages Read: 159 – Stopped Reading On 1/17/18
2. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon – Pages Read: 378 – Date Finished: 2/11/18
3. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin – Pages Read in 2018 (I started this book in 2014): 376 – Date Finished: 2/21/18
4. Attack on Titan Volume 23 by Hajime Isayama – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 3/4/18
5. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – Pages Read: 407 – Date Finished: 3/8/18
6. Hunter by Mercedes Lackey – DNF FOR NOW – Pages Read: 56 – Stopped Reading On 3/26/18
7. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff – REREAD – Pages Read: 602 – Date Finished: 3/27/18
8. The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda – REREAD – Pages Read: 293 – Date Finished: 4/14/18
9. How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather – Pages Read: 358 – Date Finished: 4/24/18
10. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi – Pages Read: 525 – Date Finished: 5/2/18
11. The Prey by Andrew Fukuda – REREAD – Pages Read: 326 – Date Finished: 5/17/18
12. Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard – Pages Read: 400 – Date Finished: 5/24/18
13. Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan – REREAD – Pages Read: 307 – Date Finished: 6/1/18
14. Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan – REREAD – Pages Read: 309 – Date Finished: 6/13/18
15. Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden – Pages Read: 234 – Date Finished: 6/21/18
16. Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff – Pages Read: 659 – Date Finished: 6/22/18
17. Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy – DNF – Pages Read: 50 – Stopped Reading On 6/27/18
18. The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith – Pages Read: 292 – Date Finished: 6/28/18
19. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli – REREAD – Pages Read: 303 – Date Finished: 7/03/18
20. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard – Pages Read: 383 – Date Finished: 7/16/18
21. The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney – Pages Read: 341 – Date Finished: 7/18/18
22. The Call of the Wild – Pages Read: 172 – Date Finished: 7/23/18
23. Sweet by Emmy Laybourne – Pages Read: 272 – Date Finished: 7/24/18
24. Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan – Pages Read: 587 – Date Finished: 7/31/18
25. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley – REREAD – Pages Read: 288 – Date Finished: 8/6/18
26. Ask the Passengers by A.S. King – Pages Read: 304 – Date Finished: 8/16/18
27. Hunter by Mercedes Lackey – Pages Read: 374 – Date Finished: 8/28/18 (Yes, I am counting this one twice this year because, as I state above, I am counting my DNFs and DNF FOR NOWs, and at first, I only read 56 pages of Hunter, deciding to DNF FOR NOW. Then I checked out the audiobook from the library and read the whole thing. So yeah, I’m counting it twice. IDGAF.)
28. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel – DNF – Pages Read: 164 – Stopped Reading On: 8/29/18
29. Esio Trot by Roald Dahl (Read to my son) – Pages Read: 80 – Date Finished: 9/2/18
30. The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes – Pages Read: 308 – Date Finished: 9/4/18
31. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson – Pages Read: 359 – Date Finished: 9/13/18
32. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 9/17/18
33. Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff – Pages Read: 615 – Date Finished: 09/18/18
34. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly – Pages Read: 368 – Date Finished: 09/30/18
35. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl (Read to my son) – Pages Read: 67 – Date Finished: 10/13/18
36. Unwind by Neal Shusterman – Pages Read: 335 – Date Finished: 10/15/18
37. Deadline by Mira Grant – Pages Read: 584 – Date Finished: 10/18/18
38. There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins – Pages Read: 289 – Date Finished: 10/23/18
39. Attack on Titan Vol. 24 by Hajime Isayama – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 10/24/18
40. Attack on Titan Vol. 25 by Hajime Isayama – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 10/26/18
41. Injection, Vol 1 by Warren Ellis, et al. – Pages Read: 120 – Date Finished: 10/29/18
42. Low, Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope by Rick Remender, et al. – Pages Read: 144 – Date Finished: 11/5/18
43. The Wicked + the Divine, Vol 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen, et al. – Pages Read: 144 – Date Finished: 11/5/18
44. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds – Pages Read: 306 – Date Finished: 11/6/18
45. Blackout by Mira Grant – Pages Read: 512 – Date Finished: 11/13/18
46. The Trap by Andrew Fukuda – Pages Read: 320 – Date Finished: 11/21/18
47. Graceling by Kristin Cashore – REREAD – Pages Read: 471 – Date Finished: 12/7/18
48. The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness – Pages Read: 317 – Date Finished: 12/13/18
49. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 2: Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen, et al. – Pages Read: 168 – Date Finished: 12/13/18
50. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 3: Commercial Suicide by Kieron Gillen, et al. – Pages Read: 200 – Date Finished: 12/15/18
51. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4: Rising Action by Kieron Gillen, et al. – Pages Read: 144 – Date Finished: 12/16/18
52. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 5: Imperial Phase, Part I by Kieron Gillen, et al. – Pages Read: 144 – Date Finished: 12/16/18
53. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 6: Imperial Phase, Part II by Kieron Gillen, et al. – Pages Read: 168 – Date Finished: 12/17/18
54. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell – Pages Read: 72 – Date Finished: 12/17/18
55. Saga Vol 6 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples – Pages Read: 152 – Date Finished: 12/24/18
56. Saga Vol 7 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples – Pages Read: 152 – Date Finished: 12/24/18
57. Saga Vol 8 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples – Pages Read: 146 – Date Finished: 12/24/18
58. Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl (Read to my son) – Pages Read: 112 – Date Finished: 12/25/18