Goodreads Reading Challenge 2019 Complete

Last updated on 24 January 2023

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Mission complete! I’ve finished my Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2019!

At the beginning of the year I set myself the goal of reading 50 books throughout the course of 2019, and on September 30th I finished book number 50. I think next year I had better up my goal to 60 because for the past few years I’ve gone past my goal around this time of the year. Last year I managed to read 79 books (due to the fact we read short books for the Blogger’s Bookshelf Book Club, and I got into comics and graphic novels, too), and 50 the year before. With three months still to go on the reading challenge for the year, I thought I’d take opportunity to catch you up on the reviews that I’ve posted here on the blog and also over at Blogger’s Bookshelf.

Reviews on This Splendid Shambles so far

• Dry by Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman ★★★★
• The Cruel Prince by Holly Black ★★★★½
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan ★★★½
• On the Come Up by Angie Thomas ★★★★
• The Wicked King by Holly Black ★★★★
• The Binding by Bridget Collins ★★★★
• Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare ★★★½
• Invisibly Breathing by Eileen Merriman ★★★½
• Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte ★★★★½
• Evermore by Sara Holland ★★★
• King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★½
• The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee ★★★★★
• The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book by Neil Gaiman ★★★★★
• The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare, Wesley Chu ★★★½
• The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell ★★★½
• Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly ★★★★
• Broken Throne by Victoria Aveyard ★★★½
• My Name Is Not Peaseblossom by Jackie French ★★½
• Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare ★★★★
• The Eyes of Tamburah by Maria V. Snyder ★★★★
• Wolf Light by Yaba Badoe ★½
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson ★★★★★
• Puddin' by Julie Murphy ★★★½
• Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu ★★★
• The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson ★★★★½
• The Evil Queen by Gena Showalter ★★
• Frankly in Love by David Yoon ★★★½
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera ★★★★
• Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks ★★★★★
• Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall ★★★★½
• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ★★★★
• Stargazing by Jen Wang ★★★★
• Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett ★★★
• Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern ★★★★
• Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim ★★★★

Reviews and posts on Blogger’s Bookshelf so far

• Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | BBC Radio 4 | Dramatised Audio Book 
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
• Girl, Wash your Face, by Rachel Hollis
• The Hobbit BY J.R.R. Tolkien | BBC Radio 4| Dramatised Audio Book 
• One of Us is Lying, by Karen M McManus
• Love Lie Repeat, by Katherine Greer
• In Real Life, by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang
• We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart
• Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
• The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
• Features | A Trip to Powells Books – Largest Independent Bookstore in the World
• Features | 3 Reasons I read Novel Acknowledgements 
• Features | Delightful Dedications
• Features | 10 YA Novels I’m Looking Forward To in 2019
• Features | An Evening with Sarah J Maas

And that’s just January to October! I’ll do another round up of book reviews come the end of the year, but for know let me know if you’ve read any of these, or suggest a book or two to me that I can read in the coming months. I already have a good pile to check out including Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell, Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall, and Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett.

How’s your reading challenge coming along? What’s been your favourite book so far this year?