Around the World 2016

Host: It's All About Books

Mini Challenges

• Read one book for each continent
• Read one book for each state in the US
• Read one book for each ocean (the character travels across the ocean, no matter how)
• The mountaineering challenge: climb the Seven Summits
• Three Poles Challenge: visit North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest
• Visit a certain number of extreme points of Earth
• Read a certain number of books set in capital cities 
• Read a certain number of books set in at least 5 different places (e.g. road trip books)
• Read a certain number of books that are set in two places from different continents
• Read a certain number of books within a 100km/1.5 Mile radius of where you live
• Visit a certain number of the most famous landmarks in the world
• A to Z challenge: Find a place for each letter in the alphabet
• Visit a certain number of countries.
• Read books from authors from a certain number of different countries.
• Read a certain number of books set in places you’ve visited yourself.

2016 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

Host: Evie-Bookish

Goal: 1-10 books (a firm handshake)

1. Bright Side by Kim Holden

2. The Mason List by S.D. Hendrickson

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2016 New Releases Challenge

Host: Unconventional Book Views

Goals: 16-30 books per year – New Release Pro

Progress: Monthly and quarterly

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2016 Fantasy Reading Challenge

Host: The Herd Presents

Goal: Level 2 (Dipping the Toes): 12 books

1. The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine

2. Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

3. Arrows by Melissa

4. Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

5. Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

6. The Shadow Queen by C.J. Redwine

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2016 Blogger Shame Review Challenge

Host: The Herd Presents

Goal: 7 books

Progress: Quarterly

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2016 Debut Author Challenge

Goal: 12 Debut books

Host: Jana @ The Artsy Reader Girl

References: Goodreads, Spreadsheet

1. Arrows by Melissa Gorzelanczyk

2. Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Banderia

3. The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin

4. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

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2016 Alphabet Soup Challenge

Goal: Read through the alphabet

Host: Escape with Dollycas Into a Good Book

A - Arrows by Melissa Gorzelanczyk

B - Bright Side by Kim Holden

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I - Impostor Queen, The by Sarah Fine

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M - Mason List, The by S.D. Hendrickson

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R - Reign of Shadows by Sophie Jordan

S - Shade Me by Jennifer Brown

T - Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

U - Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell

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W - Walk the Edge by Katie McGarry

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Y - Year We Fell Apart, The by Emily Martin

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Alphabet Soup 2015

A - All the Bright Places
B - Between the Notes by Susan Huss Roat
C - Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
D - Deeper by Robin York
E - Eleven Weeks by Lauren McKellar
F - Faking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
G - Ghost of You, The by Amanda Burckhard
H - Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
I - I Remember You by Cathleen Bell
J - Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick and Suzanne Young
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L - Love Like Crazy by Megan Squires
M - Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols
N - Night We Said Yes, The by Lauren Gibaldi
O - One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin
P - P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Q - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
R - Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon
S - Starstruck Kiss, A by Lauren Blakely
T - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
U - Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
V - The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
W - Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up by Sara Hantz
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Y - Your Voice is All I Hear by Leah Scheier
Z - Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Netgalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge

Silver – 25 books

1. Deeper by Robin York

2. Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up by Sara Hantz

3. Because You'll Never Meet Me
4. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi

5. Between the Notes by Susan Huss Roat

6. Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols
7. I Remember You by Cathleen Bell
8. Extraordinary Means
9. What You Left Behind
10. Just Like Fate
11. Fault Line
12. Never Always Sometimes
13. Serafina and the Black Cloak
14. Witch Twins by Adele Griffin
15. One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin
16. Soul Crossed by Lisa Gail Green
17. All Fall Down by Ally Carter
18. Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby
19. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge
20. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
21. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
22. Hush
23. Whisper
24. The Truth About You and Me
25. Legacy of Kings

2015 Debut Author Challenge

Goal: 12 books

1. The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi

2. Between the Notes by Susan Huss Roat
3. The Ghost of You by Amanda Burckhard
4. One of the Guys by Lisa Aldin
5. Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
6. Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
7. Your Voice is All I Hear by Leah Scheier
8. The Fix by Natasha Sinel
9. Truest by Jackie Lea Sommers
10. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
11. Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus
12. It's a Wonderful Death by Sarah Schmitt

Around the World 2015

Hosted by: All About Books

The “Rules”:

•     There is no start and/or end date for when to join the challenge (latest date to enter a link is Dec 31th, 2015)
•     A book counts if you’ve read it in 2015 (= started AND finished in 2015), no matter when you joined the challenge
•     If characters travel to different places in the book, every place counts
•     Tip: you can connect places on a google map! ;)
•     One book can count for multiple mini challenges

Let Me Count the Ways

Goal: Diamond: 10,000 pages

January 2015
The Night We Said Yes by Lauren Gibaldi - 304 pages
Burning by Elana Arnold (21%) - 67 pages
Between the Notes by Sharon Huss Roat - 400 pages
Most Likely to Succeed by Jennifer Echols - 352 pages
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 506 pages
Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up? by Sara Hantz - 300 pages
Love Like Crazy by Megan Squires - 355 pages
A Starstruck Kiss by Lauren Blakely - 150 pages
I Remember You by Cathleen Bell - 320 pages
Never Never by Colleen Hoover & Tarryn Fisher - 150 pages
Deeper by Robin York - 400 pages
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Total: 3,304

Cumulative: 3,304

2015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

Goal: A Firm Handshake (1-10 books)

1. Deeper by Robin York

2. Will the Real Abi Saunders Please Stand Up by Sara Hantz

3. Secret for a Song by SK Falls
4. A Starstruck Kiss by Lauren Blakely
5. Love Like Crazy by Megan Squires
6. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
7. Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
8. Infinity Plus One by Amy Harmon
9. Into the Still Blue
10. Through the Ever Night

Netgalley Reading Challenge

1. Where You'll Find Me by Erin Fletcher
2. Knowing Jack by Rachel Curtis
3. He's Come Undone by Theresa Weir
4. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
5. Wrecked by Priscilla West
6. The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel
7. Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine
8. Summer I Found You, The by Jolene Perry
9. This Girl by Colleen Hoover
10. Played by Liz Fichera
11. Deeper We Fall by Chelsea Cameron 
12. My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal
13. Double Crossed by Ally Carter

14. One Two Three by Elodie Nowadazkij

15. Hooked by Liz Fichera

2014 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge TYPE A

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A - All Lined Up by Cora Carmack

B - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

C - Chasing Wishes by Nadia Simonenko

D - Deeper We Fall by Chelsea Cameron 

E - Every Day by David Levithan

F - Fragile Line by Brooklyn Skye

G - Golden Lily, The by Richelle Mead

H - He's Come Undone by Theresa Weir

I - If I Stay by Gayle Forman

J - Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

K - Knowing Jack by Rachel Curtis

L - Lovely Vicious by Sara Wolf

M - Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

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O - Of Stardust by February Grace

P - Played by Liz Fichera

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R - Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase

S - Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase

T - The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith

U - United We Spy by Ally Carter

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2014 Contemporary Reading Challenge

50 books

1.  Where You'll Find Me by Erin Fletcher

2. He's Come Undone by Theresa Weir

3. Knowing Jack by Rachel Curtis

4. If I Stay by Gayle Forman

5. Where She Went by Gayle Forman

6. Recklessly Royal by Nichole Chase

7. Suddenly Royal by Nichole Chase

8. Chasing Wishes by Nadia Simonenko

9. Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

10. Lovely Vicious by Sara Wolf
11.  Solving for Ex by Leigh Ann Kopans
12. Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel
13. The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith
14. Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
15. Every Day by David Levithan
16. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

17. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
18. Savage Delight by Sara Wolf
19. More Than This by Jay McLean
20. More Than Her by Jay McLean
21. More Than Him by Jay McLean
22. Red at Night by Katie McGarry
23. Fragile Line by Brooklyn Skye
24. Wrecked by Priscilla West
25. The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel
26. One Broke Girl by Rhonda Helms
27. United We Spy by Ally Carter
28. All Lined Up by Cora Carmack
29. Bird After Bird by Leslea Tash
30. You Make Me by Erin McCarthy
31. Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine
32. Rush Into You by Brianna Lee
33. Summer I Found You, The by Jolene Perry
34. This Girl by Colleen Hoover
35. Played by Liz Fichera
36. Deeper We Fall by Chelsea Cameron 
37. Rush Into You by Brianna Lee

38. The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes

39. Hold Still by Nina LaCour
40. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

41. One Two Three by Elodie Nowadazkij
42. Hooked by Liz Fichera

43. Say What You Will by Cammie Morgan
44. Through to You by Lauren Barnholdt
45. Sing Me to Sleep by Angela Morrison
46. The Sweet Gum Tree by Katherine Allred
47. Anna and the French Kiss
48. Making Faces
49. That Boy
50. Falling Into You

Review Pile Reading Challenge

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11-20 – Journeyman

1.  Where You'll Find Me by Erin Fletcher

2. She's Come Undone by Theresa Weir

3. Knowing Jack by Rachel Curtis

4. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

5. Fragile Line by Brooklyn Skye

6. All Lined Up by Cora Carmack

7. Wrecked by Priscilla West

8. The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel

9. One Broke Girl by Rhonda Helms

10. Bird After Bird by Leslea Tash

11. You Make Me by Erin McCarthy

12. Best Kind of Broken by Chelsea Fine

13. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

14. Summer I Found You, The by Jolene Perry

15.  Solving for Ex by Leigh Ann Kopans
16. This Girl by Colleen Hoover
17. My Last Kiss by Bethany Neal
18. Rush Into You by Brianna Lee
19. Played by Liz Fichera
20. Deeper We Fall by Chelsea Cameron
21. The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes
22. Forever Layla by Melissa Turner Lee
23. Free to Fall by Lauren Miller

2014 TBR Pile Challenge

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1-10 - A Firm Handshake

1. Blue Bloods by Melissa dela Cruz

2. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

3. Allegiant by Veronica Roth

4. Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout

5. Etiquette & Espionage

6. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

7. United We Spy by Ally Carter

8. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

9. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

10. Bloodlines  by Richelle Mead

2013 YA Reading Challenge

Hosted by My Overstuffed Bookshelf

Challenge: 2013 Young Adult Reading Challenge

Goal: Read young adult books

Level: The "Fun Size" YA Reading Challenge – Read 20 Young Adult novels.

1. Matched by Allie Condie 
2. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan 
3. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
4. Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy C. Bennett
5. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
6. Dare You To by Katie McGarry
7. Insomnia by JR Johansson
8. Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead (reread)
9. Starcrossed by Josephine Angeli  
10. Dreamless by Josephine Angeli
11. Epic Fail by Claire LeZebnik
12. The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen
13. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by J. Smith
14. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
15. It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
16. We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
 17. Slammed by Colleen Hoover
18. Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover
19. Obsidian by JL Armentrout
20. Onyx by JL Armentrout
21. Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt
22. The Perfect Game by J. Sterling
23. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
 24. Opal by JL Armentrout
25. The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise 
 26. Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
27. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
28. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
29. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
30. Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
31. Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter
32. Crossing the Line by Katie McGarry 
33. Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

PROGRESS: COMPLETE, 33/20