Kayleigh's 2020 Reading Challenges

[Laura ☾]

Kayleigh {K-Books} wrote: "It was really good. I can’t wait for the second book.

I’ve finished reading and although it was slow to start with I ended up really enjoying it. I d..."

Which others are too planning to read? 😊

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Laura, I'm planning to read the Catwoman book as I love Sarah J Maas. They are the only two I'll read from the series as I'm not a lover of Batman and Superman.

Jo, it does get better. It is slow to start but I did end up really enjoying it.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I started and it's my first DNF of the year. It was so slow and I've struggled for four days just to read 50 pages so I'm going to try something else.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I finished and I loved it. Such a great ending to the series. That’s another series finished.

Up next I’ll be reading this one will probably take me a while as it’s a huge book.

[Laura ☾]

Kayleigh {K-Books} wrote: "I finished and I loved it. Such a great ending to the series. That’s another series finished.

Up next I’ll be reading ..."

Yaaaay! Let me know what you think hehe - I kind of raced through it in two days...oops

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

WOW! I don't know how you managed that. This book is huge haha. I don't get a lot of time to read mid-week because of work so I probably won't read much until the weekend.

[Laura ☾]

I read very fast haha! I think this one took me maybe 10-11 hours so I just read at night over the two nights !

[HeatherH]

Laura is this crazy fast super human reader hahah! I'll be starting Crescent City today!

[Brittany]

Wow Laura! How'd you enjoy it?

[Laura ☾]

I actually really enjoyed it! 😁

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I'm still reading Crescent City. I stopped to read an ARC for an author friend. I can't tell you about it yet as they haven't announced or added it to goodreads so all I'll say it it's amazing and can't wait to tell you all about it when I can.

I'm now back to reading Crescent City and I'm absolutely loving it so far. I love Sarah J Maas' books.

[Laura ☾]

Kayleigh {K-Books} wrote: "I'm still reading Crescent City. I stopped to read an ARC for an author friend. I can't tell you about it yet as they haven't announced or added it to goodreads so all I'll say it it's amazing and ..."

Yay! Look forward to hearing what the book Is!


And yes! I loved crescent city ! Happy reading and let me know what you think!

[Brittany]

Ooo! That is exciting Kay! Look forward to hearing more about it

[Sonnie]

Ohhh can't wait to hear about the other book Kay! Glad you're enjoying Crescent City! I had it pre-ordered, but then I cancelled before it came. I still haven't finished Kingdom of Ash (been on a break from it) so I knew I wouldn't be in the mood to read it until later on in the future. I know it will be good though!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I'll be able to tell you all next month. It's legit killing me because it was sooooo good haha.

I might have more time to read soon as I'm expecting work might be closed soon. I'm completely distracting myself by reading from the craziness going on in the world right now.

[Brittany]

Next month eh, good to know!

I expect your work will close too Kay. Working in said craziness and trying not to get stuck working way too much overtime is my world right now. Enjoy the break when you get one!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

It's honestly setting my anxiety off so much. As we are still open I am literally going to work and then going straight home and that is it. It's such a scary time.

[Brittany]

Its been made worse with all the social media causing frenzy but yeah, pandemics aren't a good time. Take care of yourself. It will pass.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Thanks Britt, you too. I'm just going on as I usually do and losing myself in books haha

[Brittany]

It is a good way to lose yourself!!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

It took me almost the entire month but I've finally finished and I loved it. I did feel like it was a little bit too long for a first book of a series but it was still amazing.

[Brittany]

Woo, glad you loved it!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Up next: apparently I'm into big books this month LOL

[Brittany]

Lol nice! Big books are good, just intimidating!

[Sonnie]

Question. You've read all of SJM books right, Kay? What would you rate the Crescent City series so far (I know only the first book is out, but just by going off of it). For me ACOTAR is my favorite over TOG, so I was curious as to where this new series will fall.

[Liliana, YA Paranormal Lover]

That's awesome Kay! Big books ARE intimidating! Lol.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I have Sonnie. I would rate it as one of her best. I think this could definitely become my favourite of hers with more books.

[Laura ☾]

Kayleigh {K-Books} wrote: "I have Sonnie. I would rate it as one of her best. I think this could definitely become my favourite of hers with more books."

Honestly, it wasn't my favourite so far - but then again in neither of her other series was the first book my favourite! It definitely has the potential though!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Laura, yes I agree. It’s not my favourite right now but I think it could become my favourite. I loved it.... it was just too long.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I can finally.... finally.... FINALLY tell you all about the secret book that I read. My favourite author in the entire world, Jennifer L Armentrout, wrote her first ever epic fantasy novel and she wanted it to be a super secret surprise release. It is out now and let me tell you it's my favourite of her books... and my favourite book of the year so far. If you love fantasy I highly recommend this one. It's amazing!!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

March Update:

Finished -

Finished Series - 1
Started New Series - 2
TBR went down 2 - it now sits at 245

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I finished and while I enjoyed it it wasn't as amazing as I was expecting. So many people were raving about this book and I just thought it was okay. Erin's writing style is so beautiful though.

[Brittany]

Sometimes all that hype makes it hard for a book to live up to expectations.
Still you had a month of good books!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I did... and I got through a few super long books so I'm happy with that. I do feel like I need a few more shorter reads now though haha.

[Brittany]

I dont blame you!!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

So although my challenge this year is to get my TBR down I’ve decided to re-read a favourite series of mine before the release of the next book. There’s 4 books to get through before the next one releases early June so my plan is I have to read 2 unread books in between them.

So I’ve finished

Now reading

[Brittany]

Nice Kay, and rereads can be lovely! I still need to read that series too...

Super curious about The Kingdom, tell me all about it and whether I will love it or not

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I really love this series. Last time I read the earlier books was 2013 so I thought it was about time haha.

I will definitely keep you updated.

[Teodora]

Keep us posted about The Kingdom! I am curious too!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I finished and I really enjoyed it. It was very different from what I was expecting. Not a retelling at all but a kind of dystopia/sci-fi set in a futuristic Disney type theme park where the princesses are part-android. It was also quite thriller/murder mystery as well so a bit of a mash up I f genres. It was really interesting and I’d quite like her to wrote a sequel to this as it could definitely be taken further.

Up next: we will see how I go with this one as it’s a retelling of Jane Eyre and although I’ve started Jane Eyre about 5 times I still have yet to get through it.

[Teodora]

Now The Kingdom sounds really good! Glad you enjoyed it!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Thanks Teodora, I really enjoyed it and I would recommend it :)

[Brittany]

That sounds even better than I expected Kay. Definitely want that one.


Hmm, see if a retelling works better for you! I haven't read Jane Eyre either but I intend to sometime

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I think you'd really like it Britt. I wasn't loving it at first but it was so intriguing I just couldn't put it down. It's a super quick read as well as it's told in a mixture of prose, articles and interview transcripts it was so good.

I'm enjoying the retelling so far. I am determined to get through Jane Eyre at some point. It has been years since I've tried it so maybe I'd enjoy it more now. My reading tastes have changed a lot in the past few years.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

I've finished which I really enjoyed. It's definitely made me want to give Jane Eyre another go at some point. It was really great, if a little bit predictable in the storyline.

This isolation is doing wonders for my TBR haha.

I started but as much as I adore everything Disney, and I did enjoy the movies based on these books, I'm just not feeling it. It's a bit meh. I'm at page 50 so I'm gonna give it another 50 and see how I feel after that.

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

So I DNF'd Isle of the Lost. It was just too slow and aimed at too young an audience for me. Oh well... that's got 3 books off my TBR at least haha

I've finished which is also finishing another series .... woop!!!

I've just started which I'm really enjoying so far.

[HeatherH]

Congrats on another series done! How is the Alice in Zombieland series? My daughter has been pestering me to read them for a long time..

[Brittany]

Too bad about not enjoying Isle of the Lost.

Yay to finishing Alice in Zombieland! How did you enjoy the last book?! HeatherH its a good series, they were 4 star books for me.

Cruel Beauty looks good.

This really is doing wonders for your tbr!

[HeatherH]

Thanks Brittany! It's a goal for this year to try to finally get to them!

[Kayleigh {K-Books}, YA Fantasy Fan]

Heather, I loved the entire Alice in Zombieland series. It is such a great series, I highly recommend them.

I finished and gave it 3 stars. I'm quite conflicted over it. I think it was a really good retelling and the author's writing style was amazing but I don't know I found it a bit boring. I don't know whether it's because I've read loads of Beauty and the Beast retellings already but I just found it predictable. I've definitely read better retellings of this tale. Due to this I don't think I'm going to bother reading the rest of the series.

I'm starting next