HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Oh man, that was a hoot.

So my GoodReads goal was to read between 75 and 100 books in 2016. Did I get there? Not even close. I made it to 57, which is a respectable total I suppose, just not what I originally had in mind. I usually read like crazy, but this year I had a lot of my evenings taken up. Prime reading time that wasn’t available.

Which isn’t a bad thing at all. I just need to be more realistic in my reading goals if I’m going to be more social.

But anyway, here is the final list of books read for 2016:

1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
2. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
3. Cress by Marissa Meyer
4. Winter by Marissa Meyer
5. Girl of Myth and Legend by Giselle Simlett
6. Dollhouse by Anya Allyn
7. The Selection by Kiera Cass
8. The Elite by Kiera Cass
9. The One by Kiera Cass
10. The Inheritor by Marion Zimmer Bradley
11. Splintered by A.G. Howard
12. Unhinged by A.G. Howard
13. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
14. Ensnared by A.G. Howard
15. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
16. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
17. The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long
18. Eve & Adam by Michael Grant & Katherine Applegate
19. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
20. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
21. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
22. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
23. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
24. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
25. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
26. Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
27. Magic Street by Orson Scott Card
28. Land by Theresa Shaver
29. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
30. Five by Christie Rich
31. Dark Matter by Christie Rich
32. Mosquitoland by David Arnold
33. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
34. Looking for Alaska by John Green
35. Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
36. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
37. The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
38. White Cat by Holly Black
39. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
40. Division of the Marked by March McCarron
41. Feed by Mira Grant
42. The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
43. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
44. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
45. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
46. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
47. The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore
48. United as One by Pittacus Lore
49. Exalted by Tara Elizabeth
50. The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
51. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
52. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
53. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
54. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
55. You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day
56. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
57. If I Stay by Gayle Foreman

So lots of good books, but also a lot of re-reads. I really want to try and read more new books this year. I’ve decided to make my GoodReads goal for 2017 only 50 books. If I feel like I am getting close to completing it, I’ll add more. But I think that is a better goal for me right now, especially since I have other things taking up my time.

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Next goal: Completing the Series. Oh dear. This was absolutely terrible.

I had a list of 30 series that I had read in previous years and never finished. I wanted to try and finish 10 of those, as well as finish all series that I began this year. How many did I finish?

Um, one.

1. Dollhouse series by Anya Allyn
2. Phedre’s Trilogy by Jacqueline Carey
3. The Blackcoat Rebellion series by Aimee Carter
4. The Seven Realms series by Cinda Williams Chima
5. Hellsbane series by Paige Cuccaro
6. Book of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau
7. The Rules of Disappearing series by Ashley Elston
8. Myths Academy series by Jennifer Estep
9. Otherworld series by Yasmine Galenorn
10. Scarlet series by A.C. Gaughen
11. Grimm series by Adam Gidwitz
12. Legends of Dimmingwood series by C. Greenwood
13. Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins
14. Rain Wild Chronicles by Robin Hob
15. Mara Dyer series by Michelle Hodkin
16. Shades of London series by Maureen Johnson
17. Scarlett series by Maureen Johnson
18. Arrows trilogy by Mercedes Lackey
19. Five Hundred Kingdoms series by Mercedes Lackey
20. Starbound series by Amie Kauffman & Meagan Spooner
21. Sevenwaters trilogy by Juliet Marillier
22. The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer – COMPLETE!!
    
23. Angelfire series by Courtney Allison Moulton
24. Chicagoland Vampires series by Chloe Neill
25. Abhorsen series by Garth Nix
26. The Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
27. Books of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater
28. Bartimaeus series by Jonathan Stroud
29. Between series by April Genevieve Tulcholke
30. Program series by Suzanne Young

I started eight new series this year, but only completed two and decided not to finish one (I did give myself permission to not finish a series if I really didn’t like the first book).

1. The Selection series by Kiera Cass – FINISHED (the main series, had no interest in reading any of the offshoots)
2. Fire and Thorns series by Rae Carson
3. Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore – FINISHED
4. Elemental Enmity series by Christie Rich – DO NOT WISH TO FINISH
5. The Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo
6. The Marked series by March McCarron
7. Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
8. Exalted series by Tara Elizabeth

Gah. So many books that I need to read!! It’s getting a bit ridiculous at this point! So now going into 2016, I have 35 series that I would like to finish. My goal will be to finish five, as well as complete any series that I begin in 2017.

So there it is. 50 books for GoodReads, five series for Complete the Series.