I'm trying to go a little more low key with my reading challenges this year, I'm still participating in both the 1001 lists, I'm ManBookering again and trying to read 75 books again in the good reads challenge...which update I managed to do, so I've upped it to 100.
Check out what I've been reading here :)
2014 Reading Challenges
I can tend to go a little crazy when it comes to challenges, I see one and I want to participate. So this year I'm going to try and be slightly more subdued about the whole thing. I'm still going to set my self some challenges and have some fun, but I'm not going to go all crazy.
So on Good Reads I've set my goal to read 75 books this year, I managed to read 75 last year, so I think this is achievable again and with the help of a couple of book-a-thons I think I'll manage it. I'm also going to aim to read 12 each from the 1001 Books to read before you die and 1001 Books to read before you grow up, so that's one a month minimum. Next up is my Mt. TBR, it's out of control, I'm avoiding a count of all the books on my shelves, but I need to get them in order and soon, so I think it's inevitable, and I know the number is going to be large. For now I'll stick with these challenges, see how I go, if I discover any other challenges I may add them in.
Bout of Books 9.0 Read-a-Thon
1. Christmas Wishes by Rhian Cahill - Completed 7/1/14
2. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Completed 8/1/14
3. The List of my Desires by Gregoire Delacourt - Completed 8/1/14
4. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen - Audio - Completed 9/1/14
5. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott - Completed 11/1/14
6. How to Dance with a Duke by Manda Collins - Completed 11/1/14
7. Queer by William S. Burroughs - Audio - Completed 12/1/14
8. A Double Tragedy by Louisa May Alcott - Audio - Completed 12/1/14
9. She is not Invisible by Marcus Sedgewick - Completed 12/1/14
10. One night she would never forget by Amy Andrews Completed 12/1/14
I also read 127 pages of The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt and the J Pic Damon by Gary Crew and Aaron Hill.
Dewey's 24hr Read-a-Thon
1. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Bout of Books 10.0 Read-a-Thon
1. Suspect by Robert Crais.
2. Taken by Robert Crais.
3. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.
4. Always on my Mind by Jill Shalvis
5. A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle by John Green.
6. Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard
7. Foundling: Monster Blood Tattoo Book 1 by D. M. Cornish
8. The 100 by Kass Morgan
9. Then by Morris Gleitzman
10. The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
11. The Jubilee Express by Maureen Johnson
I also started:
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (115pgs)
Half Bad by Sally Green (90pgs)
Deeper than Need by Shiloh Walker (15%)
Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington (45 min)
Let it Snow by Maureen Johnson, John Green & Lauren Myracle (211pgs)
1001 Books to read before you die
1. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
2. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
3. Possession by A. S. Byatt
4. The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
5. The Collector by John Fowles
6. The Things They Carried by Time O'Brien
7. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
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1001 Books to read before you grow up
1. Just Annoying by Andy Griffiths
2. Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
3. Mister Monday by Garth Nix
4. Flotsam by David Weisner
5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
6. Foundling: The Monster Blood Tattoo Book 1 by D. M . Cornish
7. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
8. The Girl Who Loved Horses by Paul Goble
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Mt. TBR
Print Books:
1. Blood Red Road by Moira Young
2. Be Mine: Sizzle/Too Fast to Fall/Alone with You by Jennifer Crusie, Victoria Dahl and Shannon Stacy
3. The 100 by Kass Morgan
4. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
5. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
6. Possession by A. S. Byatt
7. Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
8. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
9. On The Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
10. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
11. One Night She Would Never Forget by Amy Andrews
12. Always on my Mind by Jill Shalvis
13. The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
14. Linger by Maggie Steifvater
15. Born Under a Lone Star Sky by Darlene Graham
16. Strangers in the Desert by Lynn Raye Harris
17. Lone Star Seduction by Day Leclaire
18. The Giver by Lois Lowry
19. The Collector by John Fowles
20. Let it Snow by John Green, MAureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
21. The Lady in Red by Fayrene Preston
Ebooks/Audio:
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**** Ok remember how I was saying I can go a little crazy when it comes to challenges - well I went on to LibraryThing today to update my 75 Challenge Thread and found another challenge...so what could a girl do, I couldn't say no...So what is the challenge pray tell? Book Bingo!! That's what! So here's the list, there's two, an adult and a YA bingo card, so Im doing both :D ****
Regular Bingo:
More than 500 pages: Possession by A.S. Byatt
Forgotten Classic:
Book that became a movie: Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee
Published this year:
Number in the title:
Written by someone under 30:
Book with non-human characters: Saga Vol. 1 - 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
Funny Book: Bite Me by Shelley Laurenston, Pride Book 9
Female Author: Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
Book with a mystery: The Cuckoos Calling by Robert Galbraith, Cormoran Strike Book 1
One-Word Title: Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Book of short stories: Be Mine: Sizzle/Too Fast to Fall/Alone with You by Jennifer Crusie, Victoria Dahl and Shannon Stacy
Set on a different continent:
Non-Fiction:
First book by a favourite author: Stray by Rachel Vincent
Heard about online:
Best-selling book:
Based on a true story:
Book at the bottom of TBR pile:
Book my friend loves: How to Dance With a Duke by Sarah MacLean
Book that scares me: The Collector by John Fowles
More than 10 years old: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, Book 1 in The Dark Tower Series
Second book in a series:
Blue cover:
Free Square:
YA Bingo Card:
Book with female heroine: She is not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
Book set in a high school: Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Last of a trilogy: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Book with 'color' in the title: Blood Red Road by Moira Young
First book in series: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Book set in the future: The 100 by Kass Morgan
Book with a break-up: Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
Book without a love triangle: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Book that became a movie: Vampire Academy
Book set in Paris:
Book set in the past: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Book with magic: Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling y D. M. Cornish
Book set in summer: On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Book with a dragon:
Book that made you cry: Between the Lives by Jessica Shirvington
Graphic novel: The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
Book based on a myth: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Classic YA:
Book with a Lion, Witch or Wardrobe:
Book with an incredible fight scene: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Book heard about online: More Than This by Patrick Ness
Book set in another world: The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
Book with epic love story:
Book with music:
Free Square: Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
January
1. Christmas Wishes by Rhian Cahill – F Novella. 40pgs.
2. Damon by Gary Crew & Aaron Hill – JF 30pgs
3. The List of my Desires by Gregoire Delacourt – F 224pgs
4. Dreamland by Sara Dessen – YA - Audio 250pgs
5. Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott – YA 170pgs
6. How to Dance with a Duke by Manda Collins F 333pgs
7. Queer by William S, Burroughs – F – Audio 160pgs
8. A Double Tragedy by Louisa May Alcott – F - Audio
9. She is not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick – YA – 354pgs
10. One Night She Would Never Forget by Amy Andrews – F 266pgs
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