2018 Reading Challenges

2018 Reading Challenge

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Of course, the Goodreads challenge, as always. This year I'm hoping to read at least 50 books, but I would really love to read much more than that! I may up my goal as the year goes by!

And as of September 14th I have reached my goal! I'm gonna up it a little bit to 60 books and see how I do.

10/17/18 update: Alright, I'm at 60, pretty much, so I'm going for 75 now! Lol.

2017 Reading Challenge

2017 Reading Challenge

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January:

1. It's a Mall World After All by Janette Rallison
2. Cassidy Jones and the Seventh Attendant (Cassidy Jones Adventures #3) by Elise Stokes
3. Cassidy Jones and the Luminous (Cassidy Jones Adventures #4) by Elise Stokes
4. Give Me a K-I-L-L (Fear Street Relaunch #6) by R.L. Stine
5. Black Heart (Curse Workers #3) by Holly Black
6. Texas Gothic (Goodnight Family #1) by Rosemary Clement-Moore

February:

7. Lullaby (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #7) by J.L. Bryan
8. The Keeper (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #8) by J.L. Bryan
9. Cassidy Jones and the Eternal Flame (Cassidy Jones Adventures #5) by Elise Stokes
10. Ring Around The Rosy, Not Another Ghosty (Mellow Summers #11) by Janet McNulty
11. Hickory Dickory Dock The Ghost In The Clock (Mellow Summers #12) by Janet McNulty


March:

Nada :(

April:

12. Spirit and Dust (Goodnight Family #2) by Rosemary Clement-Moore
13. The New Girl (Fear Street #1) by R.L. Stine

May:

14. The Overnight (Fear Street #3) by R.L. Stine
15. The Librarians and the Lost Lamp (The Librarians #1) by Greg Cox
16. The Prom Queen (Fear Street #15) by R.L. Stine
17. One Evil Summer (Fear Street #25) by R.L. Stine
18. The Haunting of Hex House (Young Adult Horror #3) by Jackson Dean Chase
19. Come to the Cemetery (Young Adult Horror #1) by Jackson Dean Chase
20. Because We Told Her To by Sal Conte
21. The Dead Lifeguard (Fear Street Super Chiller #6) by R.L. Stine
22. Summer Horror (Fear Street Collector's Edition #6) by R.L. Stine

June:

23. The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase (The Librarians #2) by Greg Cox
24. High Tide (Fear Street Super Chiller #12) by R.L. Stine
25. Trapped (Fear Street #51) by R.L. Stine

July:

26. The Babysitter (The Babysitter #1) by R.L. Stine
27. Poison (Elemental Assassin #0.1) by Jennifer Estep
28. Web of Deceit (Elemental Assassin #0.2) by Jennifer Estep

August:

29. Alex Finch: Monster Hunter (The Monster Files #1) by Cate Dean
30. Ball Gowns and Blood Stains by Dorothy Dreyer
31. Missing (Fear Street #4) by R.L. Stine
32. Spider's Bargain (Elemental Assassin #0.5) by Jennifer Estep
33. Web of Death (Elemental Assassin #1.5) by Jennifer Estep
34. Wasted (Elemental Assassin #2.7) by Jennifer Estep

September:

35. Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack
36. Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales by Kiersten White
37. The Knife (Fear Street #14) by R.L. Stine
38. The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong
39. Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare
40. Tangled Dreams (Elemental Assassin #3.5) by Jennifer Estep
41. Tangled Schemes (Elemental Assassin #3.7) by Jennifer Estep
42. Spider’s Nemesis (Elemental Assassin #4.5) by Jennifer Estep
43. Pink Lock Picks and Sequined Witch Hats by Carla Rehse
44. Thread of Death (Elemental Assassin #5.5) by Jennifer Estep
45. The First Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders #1) by R.L. Stine

October:

46. The Second Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders #2) by R.L. Stine
47. The Third Evil (Fear Street Cheerleaders #3) by R.L. Stine
48. Cheerleaders (Fear Street Collector's Edition #12) by R.L. Stine
49. The Girl Who Saved Ghosts (The Unbelievables #2) by K.C. Tansley

November:

50. Halloween Night by R.L. Stine
51. The Mind Reader (Fear Street #26) by R.L. Stine
52. Spell Book & Scandal by Jen McConnel

December:

53. The Tower (Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper #9) by J.L. Bryan
54. Spartan Heart (Mythos Academy spinoff #1) Jennifer Estep
55. The New Year's Party (Fear Street Super Chiller #9) by R.L. Stine

Did you join any fun challenges this year? Let me know! I might just decide to join some more ;)

Reading Decathlon Challenge: Wrap Up

So, I did the challenge and now it's done. How did I do, you ask? Well...

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? #79: The Reading Decathlon Challenge!

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey.

[Images take you to books' Goodreads page!]

Reading Decathlon Challenge: In Which I Try to Read 10 Books in 10 Days... Yikes!

So this challenge is pretty self-explanatory. Read 10 books in 10 days! You can read more about it on Epic Reads here!

Last Reads of 2012 Readathon: Books That Kept You Up All Night Challenge and Goal!

Today it's my turn to host for the Last Reads of 2012 Readathon (find out what I'm talking about HERE! You can still sign up! If I mention anything that you don't understand, it will be cleared up in the Readathon post) and I am posting about something called "Sleep? What’s That For?" If you would also like to post your own version of this "challenge," feel free to do so! Just make sure to include a little description of the challenge. Or just leave me comment on this post!

This Readathon is a Readathon built specifically to let you catch up on your last books of 2012! Want to read some of those review books you got ages ago but have been meaning to get to? What about that book that you bought but has been collecting dust on your shelf ever since? This is the place to get caught up on that! Just go HERE and find out what you can do and sign up!

My challenge, "Sleep? What’s That For?" is pretty self-explanatory. They're the Books That Kept You Up All Night! You know, those night you do this when the rest of the world is sleeping:

Then you start getting really tired and sleepy and you want to do this:

But the book is SO good/intriguing that you just HAVE to find out what happens next, so you do this:

And the next day you feel like:

this:  and/or this: 

Yeah, we've all been there. So what books have kept me up all night? Let's take a look! Now, it was hard to just choose a handful since I'm a night owl and, naturally, I stay up and read at night. So I'm going to cheat by listing some series instead of singular books.. (click on the images to take you to the book's Goodreads page for more info)

Oh the Blood Coven Vamps...this series was great! It was so much fun to read, funny, entertaining...really hard to put down!

See my review of: Stake That | Girls That Growl | Bad Blood | Night School | Blood Ties | Soul Bound | Blood Forever (coming soon)

Mythos Academy is AMAZING! Such a great story line, and characters (LOGAN!) and a beautiful mixture of Norse and Greek mythology! I LOVE mythology! So yeah, this series is pretty unputdownable...pffft, it's not like I need sleep ;)

See my review of: Kiss of Frost | Dark Frost | Crimson Frost (coming soon)

Ah, the Soul Screamers...there's something about Rachel's writing that just pulls me in and wont let go. She writes with so much emotion and takes me on an epic emotional roller coaster that I find myself awake at all hours of the night reading!

See my review of: If I Die | Never To Sleep | Before I Wake (still reading it ;))

This one was a very cool retelling. The ending especially kept me hooked...I really wanted to know how things would turn out. I was so close to the end, and it was already late, so I said, "Eh, I'm already up, might as well finish it and satisfy my curiosity." ;)

See my review of Jekel Loves Hyde

This one's another retelling...a retelling of Alice in Wonderland. I was up all night reading this book because my brother was sick (dad was sleeping, mom was at work, so it was up to me, the 1st year nursing student/big sis to take care of the 8-year-old twin). And okay, that wasn't the only reason...the book was just very captivating with its vivid scenes and interesting characters! Definitely worth a few hours of my sleep!

(just finished this book, so review will be coming soon)

Those are just a few more memorable ones. And dont forget to let me know which books have kept you up at night!

And now onto my goal for the Readathon! Originally, the list below (plus 5 others I'm done with already) is what I wanted to get done... but 10 days to read 10 books?? Ha! I'm a fast reader, but not that fast! These are all review books (with the exception of Before I Wake*, which I am borrowing from the library), so now I'm hoping to get at least 1/2-1/4 of these read before the year ends. In other words, I want to make a good dent in this pile.

1. Before I wake (Soul Screamers #6) by Rachel Vincent *
2. Renegade (The Elysium Chronicles #1) by J.A. Souders
3. Broken by A.E. Rought
4. The New Death and Others by James Hutchings
5. Narrative Loserdom: From Journal One by Ryan Collins
6. Tidal Whispers by various authors
7. The Other Slipper by Kenechi Udogu
8. Any Love But Mine by Debbie Davies
9. The Mine by John A. Heldt
10. Phoenix Angel (Shardwell Series #1) by A. Gerry and C. Hall

But we'll see what happens ;) And I'm keeping track of my books on this page, so you can drop by, if you'd like, to see ho I'm doing.

What are your goals for the challenge?? Made a post? leave me a link and I'll drop by!

2012 YA Mythology Challenge

The challenge is to read 10 YA or Middle grade novels that incorporate any type of Mythology in the story line (Greek, Egyptian, Norse, etc.).

I can't believe I didn't know about this challenge sooner...and I call myself a mythology lover, ha! Anyway, this challenge...it was like made just for me! Although, it was a little too easy ;) In fact, even though I just found this challenge, I'm already done with it! Check out my books and reviews (just clicky the image!)

That's 15 books and counting! I'm hoping to get a few more books read before the year ends :)

Finishing the Series Reading Challenge

It's a challenge for all those series books you started at some point and haven't finished...pretty self-explanatory :) For more info and to sign up, click here!

This challenge has 3 levels, and I'm gonna try for level 3: Complete 3 or more series.

I'm keeping track of my 2012 reading challenges on this page, so feel free to check them out!

1st in a Series Reading Challenge 2012

Are you an avid series reader? Do you want to give a few new series a try? Then this is the reading challenge for you! Participants in the 1st in a Series Challenge decide to start a certain number of series in 2012 and then share their reviews with the community! For more info and to sign up, click here!

In this challenge there are 4 levels you can choose from...and I'm gonna go for level 4!

Series Fanatic: Read 20 books that are the first in any series.

I'm keeping track of my 2012 reading challenges on this page, so feel free to check them out!

Off The Shelf 2012 Reading Challenge

This challenge is to read those books you own a copy of, print, digital, and audio, you have been meaning to read, but never gotten to. For more info and to sign up, click here!

I'm gonna go with Level the Tempted level – 5 books. I feel like I should try for more, but I have a ton of review books to get through! But hopefully I'll be able to read more than 5, 'cause honestly, I've got a lot of books I own that have been unread for a while.

I'm keeping track of my 2012 reading challenges on this page, so feel free to check them out!

2012 Support Your Local Library Challenge

This challenge is pretty simple: borrow and read as many books from you public library. Audio, e-books (some libraries allow e-books to be checked out), bound books are okay. No re-reads. For more info and to sign up, click here.

I'm gonna go with Level 2: read 24 library books

I'm keeping track of my 2012 reading challenges on this page, so feel free to check them out!

2012 Read Your Name Challenge

The challenge is to read your name in book title first letters, ultimately spelling out your name. You can use your first name, or blogger name, or your pets name, or even your favorite literary character's name; whichever you like, choose books with first title letters that spell out your name. The challenge runs from Jan. 1st 2012, to Dec. 31st 2012. You may join at any time between Jan 1st and Nov 30th. For more info and to join, click here.

I'm keeping track of my 2012 reading challenges on this page, so feel free to check them out!

Witches and Witchcraft 2012 Reading Challenge

So, this year I've joined quite a few reading challenges, and I just realized that I haven't posted any intro posts to these challenges! So, yes, half way into the year, I'm going to write up these posts ;)

The 1st one is the 2012 Witches and Witchcraft Reading Challenge. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012 and the books read should be about a witch as a main character, or major witchcraft elements counts. Click here for more info and to sign up!

I LOVE anything witchy! Witches are my favorite supernatural beings! So this challenge is just awesome! I'm gonna go for the Maiden Level...I have to read  6-10 witchy books.

I'm keeping track of my 2012 reading challenges on this page, so feel free to check them out!

If you like anything magical and love witches, this is the reading challenge to join! Hope you have some witchy fun ;)

The Summer Wrap-Up Read-A-Thon

 I have decided to join Jude and Jennifer (our lovely hosts) on this Summer read-a-thon. I am very excited for this because this is exactly what I needed! Because I am focusing on school right now, I have fallen behind on my reading, and this challenge is the exact thing I needed to get me back on track this summer!

The read-a-thon will take place August 4th-August 12th. It will provide some motivation to finish up all the reading you were hoping to get done over the summer. You can read whatever you want and as much or little as you want. If you can only participate during a few days of the read-a-thon that is okay too.

They're going to have challenges and giveaways, so that's a plus! For more information, and to sign up, head on over to either of the hosts blogs, here or here...You only have to visit one. So, will you be participating in this event??