Reading Challenge 2017 completed: 50/50

Hi my dear readers!

So as some of you may know I read 68 books in 2016, which was a big deal considering I started reading from cover to cover in 2014 (when I was 16- my first ever book was Torn Apart by James Patterson). And so I come free a background where reading isn’t influenced or admired: in fact my mama still believes I read *devil books* ( which is any cover that has the words to do with Fire or just looks scary)

This is a big deal guys.

Reading wasn’t a habit growing up.

It’s a privilege now.

And so in 2016–I read anything I could get my hands. This was how my collection grew- I joined YA twitter because my favourite genres to read are fantasy and contemporary and I honestly just read anything I could afford.

I quickly began to love authors like Sabaa Tahir, Tahereh Mafi, S J Maas, Nicola Yoon, Leigh Bardugo etc.

And then I realised, if I read like this from younger then so many issues that I faced could’ve been sorted whilst I was growing up in school.

I now own about 210 books. In just under 2 years, I have bought 210 and read a good 140 of them. By the end of this year i’m hoping to get through another shelf.

But isn’t that special?

I own 210 books. In a tiny corner of my room that I share with 3 of my sisters, I own 210 books. I thinks that’s pretty remarkable.

So anyway, apart from this tiny back story on how I came to reading, I want to list some of my favourite reads from this year.

These include NYT bestsellers, recent debuts, series that I’ve always wanted to start and just some reads that I stumbled upon finding but thoroughly enjoyed. They aren’t listed in the order of what I enjoyed most but more the order how I read them I guess(January- October 2017)

Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon= YA Contemporary
Consequences (1,2,3) by Aleatha Romig = New Adult
Beautiful Disaster (1,2,3) by Jamie McGuire= YA Contemporary
Wing Jones by Katherine Webber= YA Contemporary
Hold Back The Stars by Katie Khan= YA SFF
Caraval by Stephanie Garber= YA Fantasy
Throne of Glass (1,2,3,4,5,6) by S J Mass= YA Fantasy
A Court of Thorns and Roses(1,2,3) by S J Mass = YA Fantasy/ New Adult
Cinder by Marissa Meyer = YA Fantasy
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas = Ya Contemporary
If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak = YA Contemporary
Rebel of the Sands (1,2) by Alwyn Hamiltion= YA Fantasy
Simon Vs the Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli= YA Contemporary
The Grisha Trilogy(1,2,3) by Leigh Bardugo = YA Fantasy
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo=YA Fantasy
Shatter Me Trilogy(1,2,3) by Tahereh Mafi= YA Fantasy
One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M.McManus= YA thriller
A Darker Shade of Magic(1,2,3) by V.E Schwab= YA Fantasy
Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed= YA Contemporary

So there you have it! These were the books I thoroughly enjoyed so far this year. I have met quite a few of these authors and they are some of the greatest people that I know. By the end of this year I’m going to try to read 15 more books (with all the drafting, editing, assignment writing and events that I have in the next two months!)

And I’ll leave you with this quote that I love and admire so much, because it’s something I can relate to.

“Reading is a conversation. A good books talks. But a good book listens as well.”- Mark Haddon.

Thanks for reading everyone! I’m going to add in some photos of my book shelves and comment if you can spot any of the books that I’ve listed!