After creating my reading ladder, I was surprised. I was shocked at how short my list of books actually was. In my reading inventory, I wrote down at least six books that didn’t count on my reading ladder, because I either abandoned them, haven’t finished them, or they were a school guided book, such as To Kill a Mockingbird. I read 4, 279 pages, which is somewhere around what I expected. Since the number of books on my reading ladder surprised me, I will try to read more books next year to try and meet and possibly exceed my expectations. I have read both challenging and easy books. I have not read anything that has been exceptionally challenging, besides The Cuckoo’s Calling. Next year, I plan to read more challenging books to try