Along with my Goodreads Challenge (you can find my progress on the side bar) I also challenged myself to 3 other challenges for 2016. Every month I will check in with my challenge updates.

Love at First Page and Gone with the Words 2016 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge. You can find out all the details you need to know HERE. There are different levels to this challenge and I decided to go for the grand slam level.

 

Title: The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You
Author: Lily Anderson
Dates Read: December 5 – 10

Thoughts: I really enjoyed this one. It was suggested to me and I had a great time with it. I reviewed it HERE. My one complaint is that title. Man is it a tongue twister.

 

 

Title: Hard Hitter
Author: Sarina Bowen
Dates Read: December 12 – 15

Thoughts: I loved this one so much more than the first in the series. I wasn’t sure what I would think since Rookie Move was kind of a disappointment, but these two had such good chemistry and everything felt natural between them. See my review HERE.

 

 

Title: Alex, Approximately
Author: Jenn Bennett
Dates Read: December 15 – 20

Thoughts: SWOON, SWOON, SWOON. I seriously loved this book. Porter is so adorable I couldn’t help but fall for him. And I loved the story. Review is a long ways off, but if this isn’t on your TBR, ADD IT.

 

 

Title: Fireworks
Author: Katie Cotugno
Dates Read: December 21 – 27

Thoughts: This is Katie Cotugno’s best book IMO. The friendship, the romance, the setting, the tome frame? It all just worked for me. I seriously loved everything about this book. Review to come sometime next year.

So I guess I read 4 more romances in December. NAILED IT!

I  finished this challenge of strong. I read 37 books. Which makes me a:

GRAND SLAM

Well done to anyone that even attempted it!

And if you missed the news, I am the new host for the 2017 Contemporary Romance Reading Challenge. Danielle and Jess have passed the reigns on to me. You can sign-up HERE. And feel free to grab the button and post it on your blog.

Sarah at The YA Book Traveler is hosting Rock My TBR challenge. It is no secret that as book bloggers we have a lot of books that don’t get read. We get busy or getting something new and shiny (we are an easily distracted bunch) and things we were excited about reading don’t actually get read. This is my chance to change that and to read some of the books that have been collecting dust since before I was blogging. You can find more information HERE

 

I did not ROCK MY TBR this month. OOPS

 

So I failed at Rocking MY TBR. I read 4. I mean well, I really do, but I get easily distracted by new shiny books. Sorry TBR. I still love you.

Lauren from Bookmark Lit is hosting The Must Read in 2016 “Challenge”. This challenge isn’t really a challenge per say. More a way to push yourself to read some books you were excited about in 2015 that you just never got to. Find out more HERE. This challenge will over lap a lot with Rock My TBR. Because of that I am just going to post a picture of what I read in the month from my original post:

I also totally sucked at this challenge. I tried but See Rock My TBR. New shiny gets me everytime. Oh well, 4 ain’t too bad. :-).

How did you do in your December Challenges? How did you do for the year?

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December Wrap-Up: Post Edition

• [1 Dec] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – November
• [5 Dec] Wrecked by Maria Padian ★★★★
• [5 Dec] For This Life Only by Stacey Kade
• [5 Dec] Game On by Michelle Smith ★★★★
• [6 Dec] 2016 Statistics Survey: A Bunch of Randomness
• [7 Dec] The ABCs with Megan
• [8 Dec] Cover Reveal: SALVAGED by Jay Crownover
• [9 Dec] Book Blitz: Fly With Me by Chanel Cleeton (Giveaway)
• [12 Dec] The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson ★★★★
• [13 Dec] Top Ten Tuesday – Books I’m Looking Forward To For The First Half Of 2017
• [14 Dec] The ABCs with Me (Version 3.0)
• [16 Dec] Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen ★★★★
• [20 Dec] Top Ten Tuesday – Crafty Things I Want Under the Tree
• [21 Dec] The ABCs with Sarah from Treat Yourself with Books (2)
• [27 Dec] Top Ten Tuesday – Best of 2016
• [28 Dec] The ABCs with Emily from Emily Reads Everything
• [29 Dec] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 13: Wishlist (The Ton)
• [31 Dec] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – December & 2016 Post Wrap-Up

Year Wrap-Up: 2016 Post Edition

• [4 Jan] Blog Tour: The ABCs with Etta from Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (giveaway)
• [5 Jan] 2015 Statistic Survey – The Answers
• [6 Jan] The ABCs with Brittany from Please Feed the Bookworm
• [7 Jan] Passenger by Alexandra Bracken ★★★★
• [8 Jan] 2016 Reading Challenges
• [10 Jan] 3 Year Blogiversary…SAY WHAT?? (giveaway)
• [11 Jan] Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn ★★★★
• [12 Jan] Pulseit Changing to Riveted!
• [13 Jan] A Kiss is Just a Kiss – The Winner’s Kiss Blog Tour
• [14 Jan] The Secret Life of a Book Blogger
• [15 Jan] The Distance from A to Z – #MoreAtoZ
• [18 Jan] The Distance from A to Z by Natalie Blitt ★★★★★
• [19 Jan] Top Ten Tuesday – Recently Added to My TBR
• [20 Jan] The ABCs with Abby Berman from The Distance from A to Z (Natalie Blitt) + a Giveaway
• [21 Jan] Blog Tour: Shade Me Rainbow Blitz | My Favorite Blue Things (Giveaway)
• [22 Jan] Pocket Letter Sign-Ups : Round 2 {CLOSED}
• [25 Jan] Life Lessons from Gayle Forman (Giveaway)
• [26 Jan] Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Wish Were on Audio (Freebie Topic)
• [27 Jan] The ABCs with Lauren from Bookmark Lit
• [28 Jan] The Score by Elle Kennedy ★★★★★
• [29 Jan] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – January 2016
• [1 Feb] Last Year's Mistake by Gina Ciocca ★★★★
• [2 Feb] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Room Dreams
• [3 Feb] The ABCs with Shelly from Read. Sleep. Repeat.
• [4 Feb] Talking About…(4)
• [5 Feb] A Book Blind Date
• [7 Feb] 14 Days of Fictional Swoon – Couple You’d Plan a Date With
• [9 Feb] Top Ten Tuesday – Valentine’s Day Freebie: Favorite Couples
• [10 Feb] The ABCs with Cassie from The Casserole
• [11 Feb] Favorite Things: Pink Edition
• [12 Feb] Pocket Letter 2: Link-Up
• [15 Feb] The Truth About Boys by Shana Norris ★★★½
• [16 Feb] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 2 : Craft Supply Wishlist
• [17 Feb] The ABCs with Katie from Polished Page Turners
• [18 Feb] Taking Shots Survival Kit Giveaway
• [19 Feb] First Reads
• [22 Feb] Rebel Bully Geek Pariah by Erin Jade Lange
• [23 Feb] Quiet Books – From Favorite Authors
• [24 Feb] The ABCs with Sara from The Hiding Spot
• [29 Feb] So Sick
• [2 Mar] The ABCs with Mary from Mary Had a Little Book Blog
• [3 Mar] Blog Tour: The ABCs with Denver from The Lifeboat Clique (Kathy Parks)
• [7 Mar] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – February 2016
• [8 Mar] Champagne Wishes and Craft Dreams 3: The Purchases
• [9 Mar] The ABCs with Kristin
• [10 Mar] Style Files : J Crew
• [11 Mar] The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski ★★★★★
• [15 Mar] Top Ten Tuesday – Spring 2016 TBR
• [16 Mar] The ABCs with Veronica from The Talking (Blogging) Bookworm
• [17 Mar] What’s on My Kindle…
• [18 Mar] The Remedy by Suzanne Young ★★★★★
• [21 Mar] The Epidemic by Suzanne Young ★★★★★
• [22 Mar] Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Love and Don’t Talk Enough About
• [23 Mar] The ABCs with Me (Andi’s ABCs)
• [24 Mar] Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs ★★★★
• [25 Mar] Jamberry Crush
• [28 Mar] A Court of Thorns and Roses Prize Pack
• [29 Mar] Top Ten (okay, 8) Tuesday – 5 Star Reads of 2016
• [30 Mar] The ABC with Carrie
• [31 Mar] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – March 2016
• [1 Apr] Blog Woes: Post Struggles
• [2 Apr] The Natural History of Us by Rachel Harris ★★★½
• [4 Apr] Style Files: Vans
• [5 Apr] Top Ten Tuesday – Instagram Accounts
• [6 Apr] The ABCs with Nicole from YA Interrobang
• [8 Apr] Two Summers by Aimee Friedman ★★★★½
• [11 Apr] Blog Tour – The Mirror King by Jodi Meadow: The ABCs (+ a Giveaway)
• [12 Apr] Top Ten Tuesday – Books for Lovers of Realistic Stories
• [13 Apr] The ABCs with Daphne from Gone Pecan
• [14 Apr] Travel Theme Guest Posts
• [15 Apr] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 4: Current Want List
• [19 Apr] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 5 – Card Making (GIVEAWAY)
• [20 Apr] The ABCs with Anna from Anna and the French Kiss (Andi Style)
• [21 Apr] Wanderlost by Jen Malone
• [22 Apr] What I Love About A Court of Thorns and Roses
• [25 Apr] A Reading Phase – Reading All. The. Books.
• [26 Apr] Top Ten Tuesday – Bookworm Delights
• [27 Apr] The ABCs with Laura from 125 Pages
• [28 Apr] The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner ★★★★
• [29 Apr] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – April 2016
• [2 May] The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson ★★★★★
• [3 May] Blog Tour: Would You Rather with Renee Ahdieh (The Rose and the Dagger)
• [4 May] The ABCs with Me (Andi)
• [5 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Intro
• [6 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Kelly
• [7 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Elizabeth
• [8 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Liz
• [9 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Sarah
• [10 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Emilie
• [11 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Lauren
• [12 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Sue
• [13 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Allison
• [14 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Mariam
• [15 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Jennifer
• [16 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Stefani
• [17 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Heidi
• [18 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” the World – Sydney
• [19 May] Andi’s “AB”Sees” the World – Sarah (2)
• [20 May] Andi’s AB”Sees” with Lauren Smith
• [21 May] Charged by Jay Crownover ★★★★
• [23 May] Violent Ends by Shaun David Hutchinson, Neal Shusterman, Brendan Shusterman, Beth Revis, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Courtney Summers, Kendare Blake, Delilah S. Dawson, Steve Brezenoff, Tom Leveen, Hannah Moskowitz, Blythe Woolston, Trish Doller, Mindi Scott, Margie Gelbwasser, Christine Johnson, Elisa Nader, E.M. Kokie ★★★★
• [24 May] Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Sites I Visit Daily
• [25 May] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 6 – Card Making (2)
• [26 May] A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas ★★★★★
• [27 May] Fantasy Wardrobe – A Court of Mist and Fury
• [31 May] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – May 2016
• [1 Jun] The ABCs with Rachel from Beauty and the Bookshelf
• [2 Jun] Get Your Swag On – Pre-Order Campaign for The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love
• [3 Jun] TRP: To Read Pile
• [6 Jun] Talking About (5)
• [7 Jun] Top Ten Tuesday – Reasons I Love All of You
• [8 Jun] The ABCs with Stefani from Caught Read Handed
• [9 Jun] The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash ★★★★★
• [10 Jun] On My Kindle…
• [13 Jun] Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar
• [14 Jun] Top Ten Tuesday – Books I’m Excited for July – December 2016
• [15 Jun] Book Connection
• [16 Jun] Blog Tour: The ABCs with Graham and Roxana from The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love (Sarvenaz Tash) + a giveaway
• [17 Jun] 738 Days by Stacey Kade ★★★★½
• [20 Jun] Thank God it’s Monday Blog Tour – Jessica Brody Guest Post
• [21 Jun] Top Ten Tuesday – Favorite Release of 2016 (so far)
• [22 Jun] The ABCs with Brianna from Fables Library
• [23 Jun] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 7 – Card Making (3)
• [24 Jun] Scrap A Book (1)
• [27 Jun] Blog Tour : 738 Days by Stacey Kade Q & A (+ giveaway)
• [28 Jun] Top Ten Tuesday – 10 Must Read Series/Companion Series
• [29 Jun] The ABCS with Kailia from Life According to a Bibliophile
• [30 Jun] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – June 2016
• [1 Jul] The Crown by Kiera Cass ★★★
• [4 Jul] Defending Taylor by Miranda Kenneally ★★★★½
• [5 Jul] Spotlight: Defending Taylor by Miranda Kenneally (Excerpt + Giveaway)
• [5 Jul] Blog Tour: Two Summers by Aimee Friedman (Deleted Scene + Giveaway)
• [6 Jul] The ABCs with Nicole from Paperback Princess
• [7 Jul] In Real Life by Jessica Love ★★★★½
• [8 Jul] Giveaway – Ghostbusters (Mass Market Paperback)
• [11 Jul] Christmas in July – Handmade Card Swap Sign-Up
• [12 Jul] Top Ten Tuesday – Ten Facts About Me
• [13 Jul] The ABCs with S. Usher Evans
• [14 Jul] P.S. I Like You by Kasie West ★★★★★
• [15 Jul] Blog Woes – Style Rut
• [19 Jul] Top Ten Tuesday – Books Set Outside the US
• [20 Jul] The ABCs with Me (Version 2.0)
• [21 Jul] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 8 – Card Making (4) & Other Projects
• [22 Jul] Collection or Obsession: Anna and the French Kiss
• [25 Jul] On my Radar: Top TBR Books (and a dream book)
• [26 Jul] Top Ten Tuesday: Things Books Made Me Want to Do
• [27 Jul] The ABCs: Bookitcon Edition with Avery Roe (Kendall Kulper)
• [29 Jul] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – July 2016
• [1 Aug] Blog Tour: Thank God It’s Monday (A Week of Mondays) – Second Monday Concept Board by Jessica Brody
• [2 Aug] Top Ten Tuesday – Books I Would Buy w/a Fully Loaded Gift Card
• [3 Aug] The ABCs with Danielle
• [4 Aug] The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson ★★★★
• [5 Aug] Buyer Beware
• [8 Aug] The Book Push – All in Pieces (Suzanne Young)
• [9 Aug] Top Ten, okay, Six, Tuesday – Authors that Deserve More Recognition
• [10 Aug] The ABCs with Sarah from What Sarah Read (2)
• [11 Aug] Scrap A Book (2)
• [15 Aug] Happy Birthday to Me! (Giveaway)
• [16 Aug] Top Ten Tuesday – Books with a Real Life Setting (read in 2016)
• [17 Aug] The ABCs with Kaitlin Michelle from The Vivacious Hobo
• [18 Aug] Cherry by Lindsey Rosin ★★★
• [18 Aug] A Week of Mondays by Jessica Brody ★★★★
• [18 Aug] Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen ★★★
• [19 Aug] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 9 – Card Making (5)
• [22 Aug] Blog Tour – Game On by Michelle Smith (Character ABCs + Giveaway)
• [23 Aug] Top Ten Tuesday – Books on my TBR FOREVER
• [24 Aug] The ABCs with Kathleen from Books, TV, and More… Oh MY!
• [25 Aug] Book Promo – Santorini Sunsets by Anita Hughes
• [26 Aug] Blog Tour: For This Life Only by Stacey Kade – Top Ten TV Characters (+a Giveaway)
• [29 Aug] Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein ★★★★½
• [30 Aug] On my Radar: Top TBR Books…and a dream book (2)
• [31 Aug] The ABCs with Gwen from The Book Lounge
• [1 Sep] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – August 2016
• [2 Sep] Crafty Giveaway – Handmade Book Box
• [5 Sep] Blog Blitz: Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen (Excerpt + Giveaway)
• [6 Sep] Top Ten Tuesday – Favorite TV Shows
• [7 Sep] The ABCs with Deana
• [8 Sep] If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo ★★★★
• [12 Sep] Soulprint by Megan Miranda ★★★★½
• [13 Sep] Top Seven Tuesday – Favorite Fantasy Books
• [14 Sep] The ABCs with Sarah from Treat Yourself with Books
• [15 Sep] Blog Tour: Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas [Location Scout & Giveaway]
• [16 Sep] Scrap A Book (3)
• [17 Sep] Blog Tour: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl – The ABCs + giveaway
• [20 Sep] Top Ten Tuesday – 9 Favorite Audios and 1 Podcast
• [21 Sep] The ABCs with Cristina from Girl in the Pages
• [22 Sep] Blog Tour – Paint by Sticker Masterpieces + Giveaway
• [23 Sep] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 10: Wish List (3)
• [26 Sep] These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner ★★½
• [27 Sep] Top Ten Tuesday – Fall 2016 TBR
• [28 Sep] The ABCs with Sophie from Book Wish
• [29 Sep] Blog Tour: The Black Key – Amy Ewing (Top 10 + Giveaway)
• [30 Sep] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – September 2016
• [4 Oct] Replica by Lauren Oliver ★★★½
• [5 Oct] The ABCs with Cassie from Rants and Raves of a Bibliophile
• [6 Oct] Kids of Appetite by David Arnold
• [7 Oct] On My Radar: Top TBR Books (3)
• [11 Oct] Top Ten Tuesday – Recommended Books
• [12 Oct] The ABCs with Liz from The Talking (Blogging) Bookworm
• [13 Oct] All in Pieces by Suzanne Young ★★★★★
• [14 Oct] Shari’s Berries – Books and Dessert
• [17 Oct] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 11: Note Card Sets
• [19 Oct] The ABCs with Erica from Novel Ink
• [20 Oct] Blog Tour: Disruption by Jessica Shirvington – Q & A
• [21 Oct] Disruption by Jessica Shirvington ★★★★
• [24 Oct] The Black Key by Amy Ewing ★★★★
• [25 Oct] On My Radar: 2017 Wish List (4)
• [26 Oct] The ABCs with Sarah from The Bookish Fox
• [27 Oct] Book Promo – Christmas in Paris by Anita Hughes
• [28 Oct] TBR: Recently Added
• [31 Oct] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – October
• [1 Nov] Top Ten Tuesday – Book Club Picks for Realistic Contemporary
• [2 Nov] The ABCs with Jennifer from YA Book Nerd
• [3 Nov] Talking About…(6)
• [4 Nov] The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron ★★★★
• [8 Nov] Top Ten Tuesday – Recently Added
• [9 Nov] The ABCs with Kait from Scintillating Reads
• [10 Nov] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 12: Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers
• [14 Nov] Scrap A Book (4)
• [15 Nov] Eventbrite: Dream Author Panel
• [16 Nov] The ABCs with Tiff from Mostly YA Lit (4)
• [17 Nov] Cards by Andrea S.-The Sale
• [21 Nov] Guest Post – Riveted Lit Q&A with All in Pieces author Suzanne Young
• [23 Nov] The ABCs with Kelsey
• [28 Nov] Reading Goal
• [29 Nov] Sign Up: Contemporary Romance 2017 Reading Challenge!
• [30 Nov] The ABCs with Mish from Chasing Farrytales
• [1 Dec] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – November
• [5 Dec] Wrecked by Maria Padian ★★★★
• [5 Dec] For This Life Only by Stacey Kade
• [5 Dec] Game On by Michelle Smith ★★★★
• [6 Dec] 2016 Statistics Survey: A Bunch of Randomness
• [7 Dec] The ABCs with Megan
• [8 Dec] Cover Reveal: SALVAGED by Jay Crownover
• [9 Dec] Book Blitz: Fly With Me by Chanel Cleeton (Giveaway)
• [12 Dec] The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson ★★★★
• [13 Dec] Top Ten Tuesday – Books I’m Looking Forward To For The First Half Of 2017
• [14 Dec] The ABCs with Me (Version 3.0)
• [16 Dec] Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen ★★★★
• [20 Dec] Top Ten Tuesday – Crafty Things I Want Under the Tree
• [21 Dec] The ABCs with Sarah from Treat Yourself with Books (2)
• [27 Dec] Top Ten Tuesday – Best of 2016
• [28 Dec] The ABCs with Emily from Emily Reads Everything
• [29 Dec] Champagne Wishes and Crafty Dreams 13: Wishlist (The Ton)
• [31 Dec] A Month in Review: Challenge Update – December & 2016 Post Wrap-Up

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