Once again we are at that point of the year where we reflect on our actions so far and plan for the future. Yes, 2020 is almost here and it is a leap year. Hurrah!! More time to read.

I think I was too ambitious and had planned to read about 60 books including the Popsugar regular challenge. By the end of January I was lagging behind the schedule. My reading took a hit when I had to juggle reading with some other. There was a slump for about four months. By August I was way behind to recover. Still I tried to complete as much as possible and ended the year with 43 books. Out of the 40 books in Popsugar regular challenge, I finished 26 of the criteria. 65% completion rate is not so bad after all!!

Below is the list of prompts I completed

I went beyond my favourite genre and took chances on new authors due to some overwhelming reviews. There were many surprises and a few disappointments. My top 5 books in no particular order for the year would be

1. The Man Called Ove

2. The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

3. The Book Thief

4. The Help

5. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Eat, Pray, Love and Where'd You Go, Bernadette were disappointing in-spite of the raving reviews I read. I wish I could have read Becoming by Michelle Obama. It is still in my TBR (the ever-growing list). 

Please find the list of all the books I took up for 2019 in the link below

https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/14655913

This Year was comparatively short in numbers but that's okay. I have attempted some books which I normally would not pick up at all and I found some gems. 

What's next? This year I have created my own reading challenge and you can find the details here. In 2020 I am going to attempt the Popsugar advanced reading challenge. It has 10 prompts only, so I think I can do it. I have lined up the books already and aiming for 35 in total. Also I am going to include Tamil books in them. Hoping for a good reading year. 

As usual, I pledge to be regular on updating the blog. 

Happy Reading Folks!!