Top Ten Tuesday: Favorites Reads of 2016 (Freebie Week)

Since starting my blog back up, I have been leaving the weekly meme's behind. I have found that, though they bring in a lot of traffic, I haven't been pleased with the content within them. Today is the first Top Ten Tuesday that I've done in a while because I had a fun idea for the freebie week.

Top Ten Favorite Reads of 2016

Rules for myself:

• No rereads
• Only one book per series

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and The Bookish as a featured weekly meme on their blog.

So weird confession, even though I've read a ton this year, I haven't been super impressed by much. I also have been reading a ton from the same series, so it makes this list much harder to compile than it should be.

Marley & Me by John Grogan

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Angelfall by Susan Ee

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Saga Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh 

Dairy of a Haunting by M. Verano

What have been your favorite books of the year so far?

Top Ten Tuesday: Last 10 Books I added to my TBR

Hello everyone! Today we are going to be discussing the last 10 books that were added to my TBR. I'm doing my list according to the last 10 books I added to my physical TBR pile rather than on my Goodreads to-read list. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish.

1.) Magnus Case and the Gods of Asgard: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

2.) Vicious by V.E. Schwab

3.) Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

4.) The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

5.) Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

6.) Passneger by Alexandra Bracken

7.) The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett

8.)  Winter by Marissa Meyer

9.) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

10.) The Diviners by Libba Bray

Top Ten Tuesday: 2016 Resolutions

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The broke and the Bookish. This weeks topic is top ten bookish resolutions for 2016. I have already did my 2016 goals, but I have a few things I would like to better in 2016.

1.) Read at least 400 pages per week

This may seem like a small thing to accomplish in 2016, but 400 pages could either be one or two books in that week. I want to read 75 in 2016, so I have to make sure to make time for reading.

2.) Read at least 5 new releases

I want to start reading books before the hype around them grows to large. I know that I would have liked Red Queen so much better if I would have read it in the month it came out, rather than waiting until June to read it.

3.) Read only books I'm excited for

I have this tendency to read books that I'm not excited for or interested in because people pressure me into it. I want to decide to read things because its what I want, but not because everyone else wants me to.

4.) Read at least 5 adult books in 2016

I read Horrorstor in 2015, and I loved it. This made me want to pick up more adult books in 2016 and really push myself into more books that I know I would enjoy. Maybe this will also help me jump more into other genres like high fantasy.

5.) Read more from other genres

I am tired of reading only contemporary because you can only get so many adventures from the standard contemporary novel. I loved them, but I need more in my reading life that I'm not getting.

6.) Read a book from every letter in the alphabet

This one needs a little explaining. For this I want to read a book that begins with very letter in the alphabet. Example: Coldest Girl in Cold Town is C. For titles with "The" and "a" the second word will be what goes under that letter.

7.) Read one Volume of Grim Fairy Tales

I own both of these in the pretty word cloud editions. I need to get through one of them because I really enjoyed what I've read so far.

8.) Use the library more

As much as I love buying beautiful books, I hate the price of them. I want to use my school library to start reading graphic novels because I can't justify spending so much money on them anymore.

9.) Declutter my collection

I have a lot of books I bought because they were really cheap and I know I'm never going to read them. I want to clean out my collection for books that I actually want to read and will enjoy.

10.) Review 50% of the books I read

This doesn't count graphic novels, but I would like to review at least half of the books I read. As long I am writing what I liked and what I didn't like in those reviews it I will be happy.