Around the World 2016

Host: It's All About Books

Mini Challenges

• Read one book for each continent
• Read one book for each state in the US
• Read one book for each ocean (the character travels across the ocean, no matter how)
• The mountaineering challenge: climb the Seven Summits
• Three Poles Challenge: visit North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest
• Visit a certain number of extreme points of Earth
• Read a certain number of books set in capital cities 
• Read a certain number of books set in at least 5 different places (e.g. road trip books)
• Read a certain number of books that are set in two places from different continents
• Read a certain number of books within a 100km/1.5 Mile radius of where you live
• Visit a certain number of the most famous landmarks in the world
• A to Z challenge: Find a place for each letter in the alphabet
• Visit a certain number of countries.
• Read books from authors from a certain number of different countries.
• Read a certain number of books set in places you’ve visited yourself.

2016 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

Host: Evie-Bookish

Goal: 1-10 books (a firm handshake)

1. Bright Side by Kim Holden

2. The Mason List by S.D. Hendrickson

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2016 New Releases Challenge

Host: Unconventional Book Views

Goals: 16-30 books per year – New Release Pro

Progress: Monthly and quarterly

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2016 Fantasy Reading Challenge

Host: The Herd Presents

Goal: Level 2 (Dipping the Toes): 12 books

1. The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine

2. Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

3. Arrows by Melissa

4. Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

5. Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

6. The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

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2016 Blogger Shame Review Challenge

Host: The Herd Presents

Goal: 7 books

Progress: Quarterly

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2016 Debut Author Challenge

Goal: 12 Debut books

Host: Jana @ The Artsy Reader Girl

References: Goodreads, Spreadsheet

1. Arrows by Melissa Gorzelanczyk

2. Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Banderia

3. The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin

4. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

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2016 Alphabet Soup Challenge

Goal: Read through the alphabet

Host: Escape with Dollycas Into a Good Book

A - Arrows by Melissa Gorzelanczyk

B - Bright Side by Kim Holden

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I - Impostor Queen, The by Sarah Fine

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M - Mason List, The by S.D. Hendrickson

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R - Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

S - Shade Me by Jennifer Brown

T - Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

U - Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

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Y - Year We Fell Apart, The by Emily Martin

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Alphabet Soup 2015

A - All the Bright Places
B - Between the Notes by Susan Huss Roat
C - Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
D - Deeper by Robin York
E - Eleven Weeks by Lauren McKellar
F - Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
G - Ghost of You, The by Amanda Burckhard
H - Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
I - I Remember You by Cathleen Bell
J - Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young
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L - Love Like Crazy by Megan Squires
M - Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols
N - Night We Said Yes, The by Lauren Gibaldi
O - One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin
P - P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Q - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
R - Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon
S - Starstruck Kiss, A by Lauren Blakely
T - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
U - Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
V - The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
W - Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up by Sara Hantz
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Z - Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge

Silver – 25 books

1. Deeper by Robin York

2. Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up by Sara Hantz

3. Because You'll Never Meet Me
4. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi

5. Between the Notes by Susan Huss Roat

6. Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols
7. I Remember You by Cathleen Bell
8. Extraordinary Means
9. What You Left Behind
10. Just Like Fate
11. Fault Line
12. Never Always Sometimes
13. Serafina and the Black Cloak
14. Witch Twins by Adele Griffin
15. One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin
16. Soul Crossed by Lisa Gail Green
17. All Fall Down by Ally Carter
18. Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
19. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
20. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
21. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
22. Hush
23. Whisper
24. The Truth About You and Me
25. Legacy of Kings

2015 Debut Author Challenge

Goal: 12 books

1. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi

2. Between the Notes by Susan Huss Roat
3. The Ghost of You by Amanda Burckhard
4. One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin
5. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
6. Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
7. Your Voice is All I Hear by Leah Scheier
8. The Fix by Natasha Sinel
9. Truest by Jackie Lea Sommers
10. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
11. Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus
12. It's a Wonderful Death by Sarah Schmitt

Around the World 2015

Hosted by: All About Books

The “Rules”:

•     There is no start and/or end date for when to join the challenge (latest date to enter a link is Dec 31th, 2015)
•     A book counts if you’ve read it in 2015 (= started AND finished in 2015), no matter when you joined the challenge
•     If characters travel to different places in the book, every place counts
•     Tip: you can connect places on a google map! ;)
•     One book can count for multiple mini challenges