{"id":3625,"date":"2017-01-17T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=3625"},"modified":"2017-01-17T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T00:40:00","slug":"my-2016-reading-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/my-2016-reading-review\/","title":{"rendered":"My  2016 Reading Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I only read 74 books in 2016 in caparison\u00a0to 145 books in 2015, it was still a pretty good reading year. I tried some great new authors\u00a0and read many good books. Besides this, the highlight of 2016 for me is this blog. I started Travelling Through Words and worked on it. I designed my own banner. I posted\u00a0book reviews and a lot of other posts. I made connections with other bloggers, bookstagrammers and authors. For me, these are the best accomplishments I made this year.<\/p>\n<p>I also completed my 1 year blogging anniversary this month. With this, I want to give a huge thank you to all the people who read my posts, followed my blog, commented on it, liked it and just everyone who supported me. THANK YOU SO MUCH &lt;3<\/p>\n<p>All this said, lets get started with my 2016 reading journey!<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Favorite Books<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>This list is in no particular order. It just contains the books that stood out for me among others.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-56 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/the-sword-of-summer-rick-riordan.jpg\" alt=\"the-sword-of-summer-rick-riordan.jpg\" width=\"221\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/the-sword-of-summer-rick-riordan.jpg 492w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/the-sword-of-summer-rick-riordan-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2016\/01\/27\/book-review-magnus-chase-and-the-sword-of-summer-by-rick-riordan\/\">My review of this book<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1356335082l\/23228.jpg\" alt=\"Boy Meets Boy\" width=\"258\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/03\/book-review-boy-meets-boy-by-david-levithan\/\">My review of this book<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Kings or Pawns by J.J Sherwood<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stepsofpower.com\/images\/book1cover.jpg?v=07062016\" alt=\"Image result for kings or pawns sherwood\" width=\"228\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/30\/book-review-kings-or-pawns-steps-of-power-the-kings-book-i\/\">My review of this book<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Percy Jackson&#8217;s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"download-1\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/02\/book-review-percy-jacksons-greek-gods-by-rick-riordan\/\">My review of this book<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Percy Jackson&#8217;s Greek Heroes\u00a0by Rick Riordan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-3701 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/greekheroes.jpg\" alt=\"greekheroes\" width=\"197\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/greekheroes.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/greekheroes-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/greekheroes-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/greekheroes-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/greekheroes-1147x1536.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTF5SPpGGIzfhAat2sab8QHxBUGKc2SNG_leBpL8VfdVWBeGEE\" alt=\"Image result\" width=\"225\" height=\"353\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<strong>Wise and Otherwise by Sudha Murty<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1317724455i\/11285110._UY200_.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for wise and otherwise\" width=\"207\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Digital Fortress by Dan Brown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1360095966l\/11125.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for digital fortress\" width=\"204\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Blankets by Craig Thompson<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/0\/02\/Blankets_cover.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for blankets craig\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>Hashtag series and Gearshark series by Cambria Hebert<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3625 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/my-2016-reading-review\/attachment\/23493256\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/23493256-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/my-2016-reading-review\/download-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/download-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">Some New-To-Me Authors Whose Books I Read In 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Morgan Matson<\/li>\n<li>Craig Thompson<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Smith<\/li>\n<li>David Levithan<\/li>\n<li>Durjoy Dutta<\/li>\n<li>Laurie Elizabeth Flynn<\/li>\n<li>Sudha Murty<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Mcguire<\/li>\n<li>P.G Wodehouse<\/li>\n<li>Dan Brown<\/li>\n<li>Cambria Hebert<\/li>\n<li>J.J Sherwood<\/li>\n<li>Khushwant Singh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color:#000080;\">My 2016 Haul<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3892\" src=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/collage-2017-01-171.jpg\" alt=\"collage-2017-01-17.jpg\" width=\"565\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/collage-2017-01-171.jpg 565w, https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/collage-2017-01-171-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I also got abridged editions of Pride and Prejudice, Monte Cristo and Oliver Twist.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This pretty much sums up my reading of 2016. Hope you all liked this post! Let me know down below some of your favorite books of 2016 \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though I only read 74 books in 2016 in caparison\u00a0to 145 books in 2015, it was still a pretty good reading year. I tried some great new authors\u00a0and read many good books. Besides this, the highlight of 2016 for&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/17\/my-2016-reading-review\/#more-3625\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My  2016 Reading Review<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,52,99,187,310,480,504],"class_list":["post-3625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2016-books","tag-blog-post","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-my-2016-reading-review","tag-top-books-of-2016","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11571,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/29\/my-reading-journey\/","url_meta":{"origin":3625,"position":0},"title":"My Reading Journey","date":"December 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone. I hope you all are doing well. Since the year is coming to an end I decided to sit back and look through my reading journey and see how my tastes have changed. Luckily, I have almost always kept a track of the books I have read either\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Miscellaneous&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Image result for the more you read the more you will know","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.ithinkwecouldbefriends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Read-places-youll-go-5x7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11624,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/13\/2017-reading-year-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":3625,"position":1},"title":"2017- Reading Year In Review","date":"January 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi everyone! I wish all of you a very very\u00a0 Happy New Year! May you never run out of books to read. This post is so hard to write. I guess that's because I have to reflect back on the last 12 months and write it down. It is difficult\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Book Reviews&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Happy New Year!","src":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/happy-new-year.png?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":627,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/02\/my-reading-more-diversely-jar-my-ultimate-tbr-jar\/","url_meta":{"origin":3625,"position":2},"title":"My Reading More Diversely Jar \/ My Ultimate TBR Jar","date":"April 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"For the last couple of\u00a0\u00a0years it has been quite a trend to make TBR (to-be-read) lists and jars in the book community. I had a list for 2015 and was successful in completing most of them. 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