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I still can’t believe it’s 2016! Time has flown away and it’s time for a new year and new challenges and goals… But first I’m going to check my progress for the December month. I already knew it was going to be a busy month with the Holiday season and all, and it shows in the numbers below. I managed to finish a total of 13 books, which isn’t too bad but they were quite short reads… Between Holiday preparations and cooking I just didn’t have that much spare time last month. Still, in 2015 I have managed to reach an amount of books and pages read I never thought would be possible, so I’m by no means complaining! 😉

  • Number of books read in December: 13
  • Total number of books read this year: 185
  • Total number of pages read in December: 3.734
  • Total number of pages read this year: 61.483

I’m terribly behind with my reviews with no less than five out of thirteen still pending… The Holiday season was truly busy. Hopefully I will be able to catch up soon! December wasn’t the best month with a few mediocre or even bad reads… Hopefully January will be better!

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5 STARS: Absolutely and entirely mind blowing! I suggest you to pick up a copy now. 
November 9 – by Colleen Hoover

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4 STARS: Wow, this was really good. Close to amazing!
Melophobia – by James Morris // Paperweight – by Meg Haston // Hamlet – by William Shakespeare // The Raven Boys – by Maggie Stiefvater // The Sky Is Everywhere – by Jandy Nelson

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3.5 STARS: Great read. Really entertaining!
My True Love Gave To Me – by Stephanie Perkins

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3 STARS: It was a nice read, but not fantastic. 
The Happiness Project – by Gretchen Rubin // Memories – by Lang Leav // Let It Snow – by John Green

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2.5 STARS: I give this one the benefit of the doubt. Nothing too exciting. 
My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century – by Rachel Harris

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1.5 STARS: The story wasn’t horrible, but there still isn’t another word to describe it but ‘bad’.
Takeover – by Lisa Black // Rough Roads With Reckless Drivers – by Lara Pass

Time for a final look into my 2015 challenges… I actually managed to finish almost every challenge! The only one I wasn’t able to fully complete was the Bookish Bingo 2015 challenge, with ONE pending square (book published in the last month) to fill in order to have a full bingo. So close!

# CHALLENGES #

bookishbingoprogressGoodreads Reading Challenge: FINISHED!! (60/60)
Updated Goodreads Reading Challenge: FINISHED!! (90/90)
Yet Again Updated Goodreads Reading Challenge: FINISHED!! (120/120)
The Official 2015 TBR Pile Challenge: FINISHED!!
Dusting Of The Shelf Reading Challenge: FINISHED!!
Bookish Bingo 2015: 44/45
2015 When Are You Reading? Challenge: FINISHED!!
Reading Through The Centuries Challenge: FINISHED!!
Bookish Bingo Ready For Spring: FINISHED!!

As far as the other reading and blogging goals go: no progress with neither of the pending goals. Oops! Hopefully I will be able to get to them in 2016…

# OTHER READING/BLOGGING GOALS #

  • Read at least 5 classics
  • Finish rereading the Harry Potter series 
  • Complete at least 5 series
  • Bring my physical TBR pile below 150 books: 250/150
  • Read at least one book over 800 pages
  • Read at least 5 books in Spanish: 0/5
  • Join at least 5 challenges during the year
  • Finish older reviews that haven’t been posted yet: 0/10
  • Update older reviews to new format: 18/32

Happy January and Happy Reading!