2016 Reading Challenges: September Update

I’m not exactly sure how this happened. One minute it was August, and the next it was suddenly the 14th of September. Half of my classes already started, the other right around the corner…And I hadn’t read yet a single book! There go my reading challenges!

I mean, sure, I went through all my courses for my teaching degree ànd have gotten started on my classes and have even gotten started on my courses for my Journalism master!

(Also, yes, I’m doing two courses at once. Again.)

Anyways, I basically found myself without any books read in September on the 14th. So obviously, I then set myself to reading as much as I could – and here’s basically the result of that!

Specifically:

This is what happens when you read all Tintin comics in the course of 3 days… https://t.co/cM3ldyKnJP via @goodreads

— WalkingThroughPages (@SaarTalks) 17 September 2016

GoodReads Reading Challenge

Kuifje en de Picaros, Hergé
Vlucht 714 naar Sydney, Hergé
De Juwelen van Castafiore, Hergé
Kuifje en de Alph-Art, Hergé
Kuifje in Tibet, Hergé
Coke in Stock, Hergé
De Affaire Zonnebloem
Kuifje op de Maan, Hergé
Bestemming: Maan, Hergé
De Zonnetempel, Hergé
De Zeven Kristallen Bollen, Hergé
De schat van Scharlaken Rackham, Hergé
Het Geheim van de Eenhoorn, Hergé
Het Zwarte Goud, Hergé
Kuifje in Congo, Hergé
Kuifje in Amerika, Hergé
De Sigaren van de Farao, Hergé
De Blauwe Lotus, Hergé
Het Gebroken Oor, Hergé
Het Zwarte Eiland, Hergé
De Scepter van Ottokar, Hergé
De Krab met de Gouden Scharen, Hergé
Lying Out Loud, Kody Keplinger
The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend), Kody Keplinger

So, yeah. That’s a thing that happened. So obviously, I re-read the entire Tintin series. Turns out that’s actually quite a useful trick to up your Goodreads Reading Challenge – who knew :p

Read Around the World Challenge

So I finally got some more books read for the Read Around the World Challenge . Apparently, it’d been since May that I’d actually read anything that counted for this one. Oops? At least I got my last continent done!

PopSugar Reading Challenge

A graphic novel: Kuifje en de Alph-Art, Hergé

STXRY Reading Challenge

A book that’s on fire: De Zonnetempel, Hergé
A book that makes you want to be a villain: De Zeven Kristallen Bollen, Hergé
A graphic novel: Kuifje en de Alph-Art, Hergé
A book no one wants you to read: Keep me Posted, Lisa Beazley

So, there you have it – that’s what I’ve been reading this past month! How about you? Any great reads this back to school? Be sure to let me know below!

And as always: if you want to know how I’ve been doing the rest of the year? Just check out my Reading Challenges Overview!

-Saar