It’s the end of 2019. It’s time to showcase my Challenge’s and how well I did or didn’t do. I picked challenges that would help me use my library or read the books I have sitting on my bookshelf and/or eReader. The only one that focuses on New Releases is the New Releases Challenge. I also put next to each challenge recommend or not. Plus I’ll share with you the challenges I signed up to do in 2020 or plan to sign up for.
Recommend Challenge: First off is the Goodreads Reading Challenge. My goal is 150. Same goal I keep each year. I surpassed this goal and am still reading into the new year.
Recommend Challenge: The Audiobook Challenge I set my goal at Stenographer (can listen while multitasking) 10-15. I surpassed my goal and listened to 45 audiobooks in 2019. Challenge Page.
- Light My Fire
- Last Dragon Standing
- The Dragon Who Loved Me
- How To Drive a Dragon Crazy
- Moonshadow
- Smooth-Talking Cowboy
- A Tale of Two Dragons
- Feel the Burn
- Untamed Cowboy
- Hot and Badgered
- Good Time Cowboy
- Hard Riding Cowboy
- Masques
- Run to Ground
- Snowed in with the Cowboy
- On the Chase
- Bring the Heat
- Raor
- Wolfsbane
- Survive the Night
- The Guardians
- Sterling
- Through the Fire
- Lionheart
- Sapphire Flames
- Wolf Rain
- Steal the Dragon
- Sweep of the Blade
- Trace of Magic
- Between Jobs
- Bite Me
- Three Mages and a Margarita
- Between Shifts
- Archangel’s War
- Wolf With Benefits
- Those Texas Nights
- No Getting Over A Cowboy
- Branded As Trouble
- Unbroken Cowboy
- Lone Star Cowboy
- Just Like a Cowboy
- When Demons Walk
- The Blacksmith Queen
- Heat Exchange
- Controlled Burn
Recommend Challenge: For The Backlist Reader Challenge all the books have to be published before 2018. I set my goal at 30+ backlist books and I read 101, surpassing it by a lot. For a full list of books read visit here.
Not Recommend Challenge: For The Love Ebooks 2019 Reading Challenge this was a new challenge for me. My goal is Phase 3: 21-30. I surpassed this one by a lot. My total of eBooks read in 2019 is 103. To see a list of all the eBooks I read visit here. (I was looking for something to help me read the books I bought or picked up as freebies in eBooks, but this challenge didn’t help me focus on that. It’s all ebooks.)
Recommend Challenge: For the Library Love Challenge I did Overdrive Junkie 36+. I read and/or listened to 43 books from my local library. Challenge Page.
- Smooth-Talking Cowboy (Audio)
- Untamed Cowboy (Audio)
- Widow’s Web
- Small Favor
- Good Time Cowboy (Audio)
- Hard Riding Cowboy
- Burn Bright
- Deadly Sting
- Kiss of Venom
- Midnight Wolf
- Wake a Sleeping Tiger
- Run to Ground (Audio)
- Snowed in with the Cowboy (Audio)
- Under Wraps
- Mail Order Cowboy
- On the Chase (Audio)
- Roar (Audio)
- Heart of Venom
- Survive the Night (Audio)
- Turn Coat
- Chocolate a la Murder
- Urban Enemies
- Broken Soul
- Cowboy Wolf Trouble
- The Spider
- Through The Fire (Audio)
- Dark Heir
- Changes
- Between Jobs (Audio)
- Between Shifts (Audio)
- Redeeming Zorus
- Stealing Coal
- Taunting Krell
- Haunting Blackie
- Archangel’s War (Audio)
- Those Texas Nights (Audio)
- Melting Iron
- Touching Ice
- No getting Over a Cowboy (Audio)
- Branded as Trouble (Audio)
- Unbroken Cowboy (Audio)
- Controlled Burn (Audio)
- Heat Exchange (Audio)
Recommend Challenge: The New Release Challenge my goal is 1-30 books per year (New Release Newbie). I read and/or listened to 27 new releases in 2019. To see a full list of the 2019 New Releases I read visit here.
Not Recommend Challenge: The Print Only 2019 Reading Challenge is a new challenge for me. My goal is 11-20 – 1st Edition and I added an additional challenge to myself for this one to read all the books on my bookshelf that I’ve bought or won, but haven’t read yet. I read 14 physical books. 3 where on my bookshelf and the rest I borrowed from my library. You can see a list of my books I had on my challenge to read and the ones I did read for this challenge by visiting here.
Last up is the Discussion Challenge:
Recommend Challenge: My goal for this challenge is 1-10 – Discussion Dabbler. I did 37 posts for this challenge. You can check them all out by visiting here.
2020 Challenges
For 2020 I’ll be doing the library love since I host. I’ll be signing up for the goodreads reading challenge, audiobook challenge, new release challenge, and the discussion challenge. Feel free to check out the challenges and join any or all.
- 2020 Library Love Challenge Sign Up
- 2020 New Release Challenge Sign Up
- 2020 Discussion Challenge Sign Up
How did you do this year (2019) on your challenges? What challenges are your favorites? Which do you recommend? I like challenges and keeping track of my reading. It’s interesting to look back and see how I read; ebooks vs physical vs audio or what genres I like more or do I enjoy more New Releases to the Backlist Titles, etc… What’s your thoughts?
Natalie Aguirre
December 31, 2019 at 2:34 pm
I can’t pick a favorite. But I recently read Rebel by Marie Lu and enjoyed it a lot.
Angela
December 31, 2019 at 6:20 pm
Glad you enjoyed Rebel by Marie Lu. Thank’s for visiting!
Nadene
December 26, 2019 at 4:04 am
You did an excellent job on your challenges. I managed to surpass my goodreads challenge by 4 books and the audio book challenge by 8. I failed my other challenges.
Angela
December 26, 2019 at 8:55 am
Oh no you didn’t make your goals on some challenges. Oh well, maybe next year. What matters is that you enjoyed them. I did a lot of challenges this year, but it because very time consuming to update, so I’m going to do the ones I really like for 2020. I’m also upping my goal to the next leave for them. Have a great week!
Melanie Simmons
December 25, 2019 at 6:04 am
Great job on your challenges.I hope you do just as well in your challenges next year.
Angela
December 25, 2019 at 11:12 am
Thank you!
Jen
December 16, 2019 at 3:58 pm
Wow! Great job – you almost completed them all and surpassed a few by a lot! Nice work. I only did the audiobook challenge in earnest, and did well with that. I tried a TBR challenge – but I stopped keeping track of it.
Angela
December 16, 2019 at 4:28 pm
I find the more challenges I have the harder it is to keep track. That’s why I’m only doing a few and I’ll be upping my challenge for them just to challenge myself more. Thank’s for stopping in.
Tanya @Rantings of a Reading Addict
December 16, 2019 at 5:19 am
You did amazing! Do you find that completing the challenges drove you to read more? I always find I sign up for them, but never complete. This year I only did GR and Audiobook. I did a little over on both of them, so I’m happy this year. I need to go back through your lists to read the posts I missed!
Angela
December 16, 2019 at 9:06 am
I don’t think the challenges drove me to read more. I’m a mood reader, so if I feel like it I read. I do try to complete my goal each year and for the most part I have. I find that after four years of doing challenges I’ve weed down to the ones I enjoy and work for me. Hope you continue to challenge yourself with some challenges. Maybe the Library Love ^_^. Have a great week!
Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
December 15, 2019 at 3:16 pm
Wow! You did FANTASTIC on your challenges! You met them all and surpassed a lot of them. Great job!!!
Angela
December 15, 2019 at 4:54 pm
Thank you. I did surpass a lot of them. I’m going to be upping my goals for 2020 in the challenges I’ve already done. Going to try to challenge myself a little more. Thank’s for visiting and hosting the Discussion Challenge.
Anne - Books of My Heart
December 15, 2019 at 8:10 am
Wow you did a LOT and did them well. I did 4 plus COYER and surpassed them all. I did the Backlist in hope I would read some things I purchased – NOPE. So they weren’t really challenges. I am doing Library Love 2020 with you and COYER, but I may do something different this year which is actually a challenge like Discussion Posts or the one Because Reading hosts where you make your own goals.
I can’t do my year end challenge posts YET. I’ll probably read 10-15 more books!
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Angela
December 15, 2019 at 11:34 am
I’ll probably read 2-4 more books, but for the most part my year is done. I’ve got grandparents coming next week and a mini-tip on the weekend, so my life is going to get busy with the Holidays soon.
Challenges: Ya, I ended up with more challenges then I said I would last year for 2019. I did well keeping them up to date. This year I’m just sticking to the ones I like. The Because Reading sounds good – nice that you can make your own goals. Hope you enjoy the challenge you are participating in in 2020.
Sophia Rose
December 15, 2019 at 7:44 am
Yay for you! You did great, Angela. I like how you shared what your goal was for signing up for the challenge and how it worked out for you along with your numbers. Looks like we participated in the New Release, Audio, and Library Love challenges together. I did great on those and wanted to do better at my Mt. TBR challenge goal.
Wishing you luck with this year’s challenges!
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Angela
December 15, 2019 at 11:35 am
Thank you Sophia. Wish you luck in 2020 with your challenges.