How Do YA Readers Make New Year's Resolutions?

Do you/did you make any resolutions?  I would love to hear them.  What is your favorite YA resolution from the video?

Pop Sugar's 2016 Ultimate Reading Challenge

This one is easy - read a variety of books - and check off the boxes as you read them! 

 Join the challenge at Pop Sugar!

1. A book based on a fairy tale - Love Me Love Me Not 
2. A National Book Award winner 
3.  A YA bestseller
4.  A book you haven't read since high school
5.  A book set in your home state
6.  A book translated to English
7.  A romance set in the future
8. A book set in Europe - Into the Dim 
9.  A book that's under 150 pages
10.  A New York Times bestseller
11.  a book that's becoming a movie this year
12.  A book recommended by someone you just met
13.  A self-improvement book
14.  A book you can finish in a day
15.  A book written by a celebrity
16.  A political memoir
17.  A book at least 100 years older than you
18.  A book that's more than 600 pages
19. A book from Oprah's Book club 
20.  A science fiction novel
21.  A book recommended by a family member
22.  A graphic novel
23.  A book published in 2016 - Brotherhood in Death
24.   A book with a protagonist who has your occupation
25.  A book that takes place during summer
26. A book and its prequel 
27. A murder mystery 
28. A book written by a comedian 
29. A dystopian novel 
30. A book with a blue cover - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 
31. A book of poetry
32.  The first book you see in a bookstore
33.  A classic from the 20th century
34. A Book from the library - Goat Mountain 
35.  An autobiography
36. A book about a road trip 
37. A Book about a culture you are unfamiliar with - Orhan's Inheritance 
38. A satirical book 
39. A book that takes place on an island 
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy 

Let's Talk Book Challenges

The start of the year always brings with it a myriad of challenges across the book blogger world -- and who doesn't like a challenge?

I always start out all gung-ho (do they still say  gung-ho?) and sign up for lots of challenges, because of course, crossovers are allowed, so why not go for them all?  This momentum lasts for a couple of months during a good year, starts to wane around March, sometimes with an upsurge in June and by September -- fuggedaboutit!

So this year I decided that I would be more choosey in the challenges that I signed up for.  I scrolled through the list at A Novel Challenge and with a very discerning eye began to make a list of those that I would like to participate in this year.  I told myself that I was not going to over do it.  I.Was.Not.Going.To.Over.Do.It.  Well, I completed the list and counted them up. . . and. .. I HAVE 2 MORE CHALLENGES THAN I DID LAST YEAR!!!  OMG!

So prepare yourself for a barrage of blog posts over the next week, as they will each get a mention here as a place to keep my list of books that I complete for each challenge.  For as Barney says: