2019 Reading Challenges Attempted (And Slayed!)

Hi everyone! How did you do with your reading challenges for 2019? I decided to stick with just one challenge this past year–the Goodreads Challenge–because I needed to simplify a bit. And I was pleasantly surprised that I not only met my goal of 60 books, but I surpassed it and ended up reading 110 books!
I plan on making another post soon, which shows the stats for what I read in 2019, like how many were borrowed vs. books I owned, how many were audiobooks or physical books, etc. But for now, here are a list of the books I read in 2019.
Goodreads Challenge
Hosted by: Goodreads
My goal: 60 books
Challenge Progress: COMPLETE! 110/60 books
(Note: I’m counting my DNFs and DNF FOR NOWs, even though Goodreads doesn’t. IDGAF.)
Pages Read: 34,674
(Note: I’m counting all the books I read for these pages. Yes, even audiobooks and even graphic novels/manga. As stated above, IDGAF.)
Books Read
1. Fire by Kristin Cashore (AUDIOBOOK and PHYSICAL BOOK) – Pages Read: 480 – Date Finished: 1/5/19
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (DNF) – Pages Read: 130 – Stopped Reading On: 1/8/19
3. Bird Box by Josh Malerman (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 262 – Date Finished: 1/10/19
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (REREAD) – Pages Read: 320 – Date Finished: 1/13/19
5. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 280 – Date Finished: 1/16/19
6. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 369 – Date Finished: 1/23/19
7. Flame by Amy Kathleen Ryan – Pages Read: 336 – Date Finished: 1/24/19
8. Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 241 – Date Finished: 1/24/19
9. The Selection by Kiera Cass (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 336 – Date Finished: 2/6/19
10. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (EBOOK) – Pages Read: 224 – Date Finished: 2/7/19
11. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (REREAD) – Pages Read: 341 – Date Finished: 2/10/19
12. The Elite by Kiera Cass (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 336 – Date Finished: 2/12/19
13. The One by Kiera Cass (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 368 – Date Finished: 2/14/19
14. George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl (READ TO MY SON) – Pages Read: 89 – Date Finished: 2/16/19
15. The Heir by Kiera Cass (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 342 – Date Finished: 2/20/19
16. The Crown by Kiera Cass (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 278 – Date Finished: 2/21/19
17. You by Caroline Kepnes (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 424 – Date Finished: 2/27/19
18. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 455 – Date Finished: 3/5/19
19. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 342 – Date Finished: 3/8/19
20. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 208 – Date Finished: 3/12/19
21. The Giver by Lois Lowry (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 208 – Date Finished: 3/13/19
22. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 211 – Date Finished: 3/15/19
23. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Illustrated Edition) by J.K. Rowling (REREAD) – Pages Read: 326 – Date Finished: 3/20/19
24. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 226 – Date Finished: 3/20/19
25. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (DNF) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 57 – Stopped Reading On: 3/20/19
26. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 274 – Date Finished: 3/21/19
27. In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 264 – Date Finished: 3/25/19
28. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 284 – Date Finished: 3/27/19
29. Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 384 – Date Finished: 4/1/19
30. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (DNF FOR NOW) – Pages Read: 118 – Stopped Reading On: 4/1/19
31. Saga, Vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples – Pages Read: 160 – Date Finished: 4/6/19
32. Bitch Planet, Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Taki Soma, and Valentine De Landro – Pages Read: 156 – Date Finished: 4/6/19
33. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 464 – Date Finished: 4/10/19
34. Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 442 – Date Finished: 4/17/19
35. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner – (REREAD)(AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 384 – Date Finished: 4/24/19
36. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 205 – Date Finished: 4/25/19
37. The Twits by Roald Dahl (READ TO MY SON) – Pages Read: 96 – Date Finished: 4/27/19
38. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (REREAD) – Pages Read: 734 – Date Finished: 4/30/19
39. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 374 – Date Finished: 4/30/19
40. The Giver: Graphic Novel by P. Craig Russell and Lois Lowry – Pages Read: 185 – Date Finished: 5/3/19
41. This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 390 – Date Finished: 5/7/19
42. Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 425 – Date Finished: 5/15/19
43. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 195 – Date Finished: 5/17/19
44. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl (READ TO MY SON) – Pages Read: 73 – Date Finished: 5/18/19
45. Authority by Jeff VanderMeer (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 341 – Date Finished: 5/22/19
46. Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 341 – Date Finished: 5/30/19
47. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 416 – Date Finished: 6/5/19
48. Circe by Madeline Miller (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 393 – Date Finished: 6/13/19
49. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld (REREAD) – Pages Read: 440 – Date Finished: 6/17/19
50. The Stars are Legion by Kameron Hurley (AUDIOBOOK & PHYSICAL BOOK) – Pages Read: 400 – Date Finished: 6/21/19
51. Attack on Titan, Volume 26 by Hajime Isayama – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 6/21/19
52. Attack on Titan, Volume 27 by Hajime Isayama – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 6/24/19
53. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (AUDIOBOOK & PHYSICAL BOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 408 – Date Finished: 7/3/19
54. The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (AUDIOBOOK & PHYSICAL BOOK) – Pages Read: 439 – Date Finished: 7/12/19
55. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (AUDIOBOOK & PHYSICAL BOOK) – Pages Read: 391 – Date Finished: 7/20/19
56. The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater (AUDIOBOOK & PHYSICAL BOOK) – Pages Read: 439 – Date Finished: 7/24/19
57. Talon by Julie Kagawa (DNF) (AUDIOBOOK & PHYSICAL BOOK) – Pages Read: 67 – Stopped Reading On: 7/25/19
58. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 310 – Date Finished: 8/4/19
59. Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell – Pages Read: 304 – Date Finished: 8/7/19
60. Cannonball by Kelsey Wroten – Pages Read: 272 – Date Finished: 8/9/19
61. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (REREAD) – Pages Read: 406 – Date Finished: 8/11/19
62. The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 416 – Date Finished: 8/13/19
63. Lock Every Door by Riley Sager – Pages Read: 371 – Date Finished: 8/22/19
64. Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash – Pages Read: 267 – Date Finished: 8/23/19
65. The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 384 – Date Finished: 8/25/19
66. Night by Elie Wiesel (REREAD) – Pages Read: 115 – Date Finished: 8/29/19
67. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 418 – Date Finished: 8/30/19
68. The Yellow Wallpaper and Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 64 – Date Finished: 8/30/19
69. The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater – Pages Read: 320 – Date Finished: 8/31/19
70. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 309 – Date Finished: 9/10/19
71. Attack on Titan, Volume 28 by Hajime Isayama – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 9/10/19
72. Lost Soul, Be at Peace by Maggie Thrash – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 9/11/19
73. In a Handful of Dust by Mindy McGinnis (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 384 – Date Finished: 9/15/19
74. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – Pages Read: 341 – Date Finished: 9/17/19
75. Dracula by Bram Stoker (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 488 – Date Finished: 9/24/19
76. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – Pages Read: 146 – Date Finished: 9/24/19
77. Ghost by Jason Reynolds (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 9/26/19
78. Crewel by Gennifer Albin (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 368 – Date Finished: 10/2/19
79. Altered by Gennifer Albin (AUDIOBOOK) (REREAD) – Pages Read: 401 – Date Finished: 10/11/19
80. Unraveled by Gennifer Albin (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 304 – Date Finished: 10/16/19
81. A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 317 – Date Finished: 10/22/19
82. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas – Pages Read: 565 – Date Finished: 10/22/19
83. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 384 – Date Finished: 10/30/19
84. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 513 – Date Finished: 11/5/19
85. Wires and Nerve by Marissa Meyer, Douglas Holgate, and Stephen Gilpin – Pages Read: 238 – Date Finished: 11/6/19
86. Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele – Pages Read: 176 – Date Finished: 11/8/19
87. Gone Rogue by Marissa Meyer, Douglas Holgate, and Stephen Gilpin – Pages Read: 324 – Date Finished: 11/9/19
88. Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 648 – Date Finished: 11/13/19
89. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (REREAD) – Pages Read: 870 – Date Finished: 11/15/19
90. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 652 – Date Finished: 11/19/19
91. The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 351 – Date Finished: 11/20/19
92. ApocalyptiGirl by Andrew MacLean – Pages Read: 96 – Date Finished: 11/22/19
93. Josie and the Pussycats Vol 1 by Marguerite Bennett, Cameron DeOrdio, and Audrey Mok – Pages Read: 144 – Date Finished: 11/22/19
94. The Sound of the World by Heart by Giacomo Bevilacqua – Pages Read: 192 – Date Finished: 11/26/19
95. Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani – Pages Read: 176 – Date Finished: 11/26/19
96. My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephanie Perkins (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 321 – Date Finished: 11/27/19
97. Ghost World by Daniel Clowes – Pages Read: 80 – Date Finished: 11/28/19
98. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto – Pages Read: 432 – Date Finished 12/3/19
99. My Brother’s Husband Vol 1 by Gengoroh Tagame – Pages Read: 352 – Date Finished: 12/5/19
100. My Brother’s Husband Vol 2 by Gengoroh Tagame – Pages Read: 352 – Date Finished: 12/5/19
101. The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas (REREAD) (AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 448 – Date Finished: 12/10/19
102. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu – Pages Read: 296 – Date Finished: 12/11/19
103. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo – Pages Read: 256 – Date Finished: 12/12/19
104. Forward by Lisa Maas – Pages Read: 198 – Date Finished: 12/13/19
105. A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G. & J.R. Zuckerberg – Pages Read: 96 – Date Finished: 12/13/19
106. Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal – Pages Read: 259 – Date Finished: 12/17/19
107. This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki – Pages Read: 320 – Date Finished: 12/21/19
108. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (REREAD)(AUDIOBOOK) – Pages Read: 759 – Date Finished: 12/22/19
109. Luisa: Now and Then by Carole Maurel, adapted by Mariko Tamaki – Pages Read – 272 – Date Finished: 12/25/19
110. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages edited by Saundra Mitchell – Pages Read: 368 – Date Finished: 12/29/19
*Note: I also started reading a few other books near the end of the year, but got less than 20% read in each of them, so I haven’t listed them here.
So there they are! I’m pretty proud of myself, because I don’t think I’ve read over 100 books in a year since I was a kid! How did your 2019 reading go? I’d love to hear from you!
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