It may be only December 3rd but I have completed all my 2016 reading challenges. Woot. Woot. No last minute cramming in a few more pages to complete a challenge on the last day of the month this year.
So how did I do and what did I read?
A. Read all the YMA Winners (YA selections only). Complete!
1. Michael L. Printz Award (Best YA literature of the year)
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
2. Schneider Family Book Award (Teen living with a disability)
- The Unlikely Hero of Room 13-B by Teresa Toten
- Girl at War by Sara Novic;
4. Margaret A. Edwards Award (Read one book by the winning author)
- Name of author David Levithan
- Title: Will Grayson, Will Grayson; Dash and Lilly's Book of Dares;Lover's Dictionary
- Porcupine the Truth by Bill Konigsberg
6. William C. Morris Award (First YA novel by author)
- Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
7. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
- Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
8. Coretta Scott King Author Award (African American Author) (The winner is a children's book, so select one of the Honor Books)
- X: a Novel by Iliyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
- Enchanted Air by Margarite Engle
B. Read all the Printz Award and Honor books from 2016 (Complete!)
Award winner:
1. The Yearling by Marjorie Rawling (1938)/Jan. 13, 2016
2. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920)/April 16, 2016
3. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (1939)/June 19, 2016
4. West With the Night by Beryl Markham (1942)/June 24, 2016
5. A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor (1955)/July 7, 2016
6. The Splendid Outcome by Beryl Markham (1987)/ July 24, 2016
7. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937)/ October 23, 2016
8. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1868)/ November 27, 2016
- Bone Gap by Laura Ruby---read June 13, 2015
Honor books:
- The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick----read May 11, 2015
- Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez---read January 28, 2016
C. Read Pulitzer Prize books---4 completed
- The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
- The Yearling by Marjorie Rawles
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
- The Sympathizer by Viet Nguyen
D. Read Classics by Women Authors---8 completed
E. Goodreads Challenge: Goal: read 105 books for the year. I've read 111 so far! I also intended to make a dent on my Goodread To-Read list. I think I started the year with over 60 book titles on that list and now it is 58 books. I read quite a few books from the list but kept adding more to it.
Thoughts:
This year I focused on reading challenges that advanced my interests and ongoing challenges and I'm feeling really good about what I accomplished. Eight classics and four Pulitzers feels especially good. Since I am always looking for Printz Award winners many of the books on the first and second challenge I had already read in 2015 before turning the calendar page to 2016. It feels a little like cheating but it will be an ongoing situation. When the 2017 Youth Media Awards are announced, I will have already read many of the books. The one challenge I love and I missed this year, Austen in August, was postponed until September and, as you know, I was too slammed that month to participate in a reading challenge.
Looking forward to 2017:
Since this year felt just about right to me in terms of reading challenges, I will stick with a similar plan for 2017. I want to continue to read off my Classics and Pulitzer lists. I will read all the YMA winners and the Printz award and honor books, and hopefully this year 'Austen in August' will be in August so I can join in.
