Reading Goals Discussion & March Reading Wrap-Up

3 months into 2016 and I feel as if I've been leading a reading lie. On Goodreads, I set myself a goal of reading 45 books this year. In my mind, that meant 45 novels. Like many other book lovers, I have several hundred books on my TBR list. Some of which I truly want to read, while sometimes I use my TBR list as  dumping place to put titles that I just want to look into. More often than not, I will purge my list and decide that some books can be passed by, but others remain. Beyond this, simply looking at my Goodreads challenge is where I see the issue: I did not take into account the fact that I sometimes read manga, graphic novels, and childrens' picture books. These are easy reads (in length, not necessarily in meaning) and mean I can quickly zoom through sometimes 5 or more pieces of literature in a single day.

Where does this put me? As of the end of March 2016, I've read 35 books toward my 45 book goal. But, here are the stats of what I actually read:

13 novels (37%)
9 graphic novels & comic books (26%)
4 manga (11%)
9 children's picture books (26%)

In reality, I have only read 13 novels toward my goal of 45. To reiterate, I am only 3 months into 2016 so I do have time to recover this clearly unbalanced reading pattern. And I do understand I'm kind of freaking out over something that is ultimately pretty silly in the long run, but as a person who does enjoy setting and sometimes meeting goals, this is upsetting!

Anyway, on to the wrap-up (which may or may not be in video format later!). Any blog posts or video reviews associated with these will be included below, but if I only did a short review on Goodreads, make sure to check out my ongoing 2016 review list here.

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

(click for review - blog)

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

(click for review - video)

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

(click for review - video)

The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan

(click for review - video)

Mamasaurus by Stephan Lomp

Isabella: Girl on the Go by Jennifer Fosberry

Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor

The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart

Earrings! by Judith Viorst

Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess by George O'Connor

WHY? by Nicholas Popov

The Many Selves of Katherine North by Emma Geen

**ARC from Netgalley - ETA publish date: June 2016