2014 Reading Challenges Attempted
Happy New Year, everyone!
With each new year comes a new set of Reading Challenges for me to participate in. To see which ones I’m attempting for 2015, go here. But this post is all about how I did with the challenges I attempted in 2014.
I didn’t do as well as I hoped, but I did have a little snafu with my pregnancy and the fact that my first trimester wasn’t any fun and really wasn’t conducive to reading. But I still got a good amount of reading done! So here’s my final tally for my 2014 Reading Challenges:
2014 Reading Challenges
Goodreads Challenge
I set a goal of 65 books this year and only read 49 (I don’t count DNFs). Next year I’m going to set my goal down to 60 books and hope I can do that. We’ll see what happens, considering I’ll be having a baby early in the year!
How Many Pages Will You Read?? Challenge
**Courtney actually didn’t host this challenge in 2014, but I wasn’t sure if she was going to or not, so I went ahead and attempted the challenge anyway.**
Read either 15,000 or 30,000 pages in 2014
Level: 15,000 pages
(Graphic novels don’t count)
(Graphic novels don’t count)
Hosted by Courtney at Abducted by Books
Challenge Progress: COMPLETED! 18,195/15,000 Pages
Books Read
1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell – Pages Read: 435 – Finished on 01/08/14
2. Pivot Point by Kasie West – Pages Read: 343 – Finished on 01/16/14
3. Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper – Pages Read: 277 – Finished on 01/18/14
4. Vicious by V.E. Schwab – Pages Read: 364 – Finished on 01/28/14
5. Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Pages Read: 260 – Finished on 01/30/14
6. Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2) by Emmy Laybourne – Pages Read: 215 – Finished on 01/31/14
7. Invisibility by Andrea Cremer & David Levithan – Pages Read: 358 – Finished on 02/05/14
8. Fifteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton – Pages Read: 249 – Finished on 02/08/14
9. Let the Sky Fall (Sky Fall #1) by Shannon Messenger – Pages Read: 404 – Finished on 02/18/14
10. Let the Storm Break (Sky Fall #2) by Shannon Messenger – Pages Read: 381 – Finished on 02/22/14
11. The Edge of Falling by Rebecca Serle – Pages Read: 285 – Finished on 02/28/14
12. Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi – Pages Read: 338 – Finished on 03/06/14
13. Destroy Me (Shatter Me #1.5) by Tahereh Mafi – Pages Read: 109 – Finished on 03/07/14
14. Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi – DID NOT FINISH – Pages Read: 96 – Stopped reading on 03/11/14
15. Legend by Marie Lu – Pages Read: 305 – Finished on 03/16/14
16. This Side of Salvation by Jeri Smith-Ready – Pages Read: 368 – Finished on 03/21/14
17. Destruction (The December People #1) by Sharon Bayliss – Pages Read: 250 – Finished on 03/25/14
18. How to Love by Katie Cotugno – Pages Read: 389 – Finished on 04/02/14
19. The Search for WondLa (WondLa #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi – Pages Read: 466 – Finished on 04/03/14
20. The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds #1) by Alexandra Bracken – Pages Read: 488 – Finished on 04/12/14
21. Killer Instinct by S.E. Green – Pages Read: 257 – Finished on 04/12/14
22. My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris – Pages Read: 260 – Finished on 04/17/14
23. Leviathan (Leviathan #1) by Scott Westerfeld – Pages Read: 434 – Finished on 04/22/14
24. Scarlet (Scarlet #1) by A.C. Gaughen – Pages Read: 292 – Finished on 04/25/14
25. Not a Drop to Drink (Not a Drop to Drink #1) by Mindy McGinnis – Pages Read: 309 – Finished on 04/27/14
26. Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas – Pages Read: 418 – Finished on 05/06/14
27. A Hero For WondLa (WondLa #2) by Tony DiTerlizzi – Pages Read: 437 – Finished on 05/09/14
28. Gone (Gone #1) by Michael Grant – Pages Read: 558 – Finished on 05/18/14
29. #scandal by Sarah Ockler – DID NOT FINISH – Pages Read: 103 – Stopped reading on 05/21/14
30. The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson – Pages Read: 372 – Finished on 05/24/14
31. Landline by Rainbow Rowell – Pages Read: 308 – Finished on 06/03/14
32. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – Pages Read: 434 – Finished on 06/19/14
33. Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo – Pages Read: 356 – Finished on 06/24/14
34. Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid – Pages Read: 348 – Finished on 06/27/14
35. Servants of the Storm by Delilah S. Dawson – Pages Read: 376 – Finished on 07/03/14
36. Random by Tom Leveen – Pages Read: 217 – Finished on 07/04/14
37. Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto – DID NOT FINISH – Pages Read: 119 – Stopped reading on 07/05/14
38. The Jewel (The Lone City #1) by Amy Ewing – Pages Read: 358 – Finished on 07/11/14
39. Savage Drift (Monument 14 #3) by Emmy Laybourne – Pages Read: 305 – Finished on 07/12/14
40. Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen – Pages Read: 343 – Finished on 07/15/14
41. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin – Pages Read: 655 (I read 152 pages in 2013) – Finished on 07/22/14
42. Get Even (Don’t Get Mad #1) by Gretchen McNeil – Pages Read: 389 – Finished on 08/07/14
43. Rumble by Ellen Hopkins – Pages Read: 546 – Finished on 08/08/14
44. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – Pages Read: 371 – Finished on 08/16/14
45. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse #1) – Pages Read: 292 – Finished on 09/03/14 (Challenge was completed with this book)
46. Jackaby by William Ritter – Pages Read: 299 – Finished on 09/12/14
47. Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer – Pages Read: 550 – Finished on 10/07/14
48. Famous in Love (Famous in Love #1) by Rebecca Serle – Pages Read: 320 – Finished on 10/17/14
49. The Battle for WondLa (WondLa #3) by Tony DiTerlizzi – Pages Read: 462 – Finshed on 10/31/14
50. Compulsion by Martina Boone – DID NOT FINISH – Pages Read: 108 – Stopped Reading on 11/13/14
51. This Is How It Ends by Jen Nadol – Pages Read: 320 – Finished on 11/21/14
52. Zodiac (Zodiac #1) by Romina Russell – Pages Read: 319 – Finished on 12/16/14
53. Alistair Grim’s Odditorium (Odditorium #1) by Gregory Funaro – Pages Read: 412 – Finished on 12/24/14
54. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2) by George R.R. Martin – Pages Read: 42 – Didn’t finish this year, will be continuing in 2015
55. Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam #1) by Margaret Atwood – Pages Read: 126 – Didn’t finish this year, will be continuing in 2015
2014 Mount TBR Reading Challenge
Read books that you owned prior to January 1, 2014. ARCs do not count.
Level: Mount Blanc–Read 24 books from your TBR pile
Hosted by Bev at My Reader’s Block
Challenge Progress: FAILED (But not too badly) 18/24 books
Books Read
1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell – Finished on 01/08/14
2. Pivot Point by Kasie West – Finished on 01/16/14
3. Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Finished on 01/30/14
4. Sky on Fire (Monument 14 #2) by Emmy Laybourne – Finished on 01/31/14
5. Invisibility by Andrea Cremer & David Levithan – Finished on 02/05/14
6. Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi – Finished on 03/06/14
7. Legend by Marie Lu – Finished on 03/16/14
8. How to Love by Katie Cotugno – Finished on 04/02/14
9. The Search for WondLa (WondLa #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi – Finished on 04/03/14
10. My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris – Finished on 04/17/14
11. Leviathan (Leviathan #1) by Scott Westerfeld – Finished on 04/22/14
12. Scarlet (Scarlet #1) by A.C. Gaughen – Finished on 04/25/14
13. Not a Drop to Drink (Not a Drop to Drink #1) by Mindy McGinnis – Finished on 04/27/14
14. Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas – Finished on 05/06/14
15. Gone (Gone #1) by Michael Grant – Finished on 05/18/14
16. The Name of the Star (Shades of London #1) by Maureen Johnson – Finished on 05/24/14
17. Shadow and Bone (The Grisha #1) by Leigh Bardugo – Finished on 06/24/14
18. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin – Finished on 07/22/14
Read a set number of ebooks in 2014
Level: CD–Read 10 ebooks
Hosted by Sarah at Workaday Reads
Challenge Progress: FAILED 5/10 ebooks
Books Read
1. Destroy Me (Shatter Me #1.5) by Tahereh Mafi – Finished on 03/07/14
2. Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi – DNF – Stopped reading on 03/11/14
3. Destruction (The December People #1) by Sharon Bayliss – Finished on 03/25/14
4. Scarlet (Scarlet #1) by A.C. Gaughen – Finished on 04/25/14
5. This Is How It Ends by Jen Nadol– Finished on 11/21/14
2. Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) by Tahereh Mafi – DNF – Stopped reading on 03/11/14
3. Destruction (The December People #1) by Sharon Bayliss – Finished on 03/25/14
4. Scarlet (Scarlet #1) by A.C. Gaughen – Finished on 04/25/14
5. This Is How It Ends by Jen Nadol– Finished on 11/21/14
Last Year’s BEA Books Challenge
This one is just one I made up myself. I know there are lots of review book reading challenges out there, but a lot of those were really complex and I just wanted a simple challenge for myself to try to read as many of the books I got from Book Expo America 2013 before I went back in 2014. I had read several prior to the start of 2014, but I still had many more to read at that point. My goal was 10 2013 BEA books before the end of May.
Challenge Progress: FAILED 2/10 2013 BEA books
Books Read
Challenge Progress: FAILED 2/10 2013 BEA books
Books Read
1. Changers Book One: Drew by T. Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper – Finished on 01/18/14
2. Vicious by V.E. Schwab – Finished on 01/28/14
So I totally failed this challenge, but then I wanted to keep a list of the books I read and reviewed that I received from BEA this year (2014), so here’s that list:
Books Read
1. Landline by Rainbow Rowell – Finished on 06/03/14
2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – Finished on 06/19/14
3. Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid – Finished on 06/27/14
4. Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto – DID NOT FINISH – Stopped reading on 07/05/14
5. The Jewel (The Lone City #1) by Amy Ewing – Finished on 07/11/14
6. Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen – Finished on 07/15/14
7. Get Even (Don’t Get Mad #1) by Gretchen McNeil – Finished on 08/07/14
8. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – Finished on 08/16/14
9. Jackaby by William Ritter – Finished on 09/12/14
10. Famous in Love (Famous in Love #1) by Rebecca Serle – Finshed on 10/17/14
11. Zodiac (Zodiac #1) by Romina Russell – Finished on 12/16/14
12. Alistair Grim’s Odditorium (Odditorium #1) by Gregory Funaro – Finished on 12/24/14
2. Vicious by V.E. Schwab – Finished on 01/28/14
So I totally failed this challenge, but then I wanted to keep a list of the books I read and reviewed that I received from BEA this year (2014), so here’s that list:
Books Read
1. Landline by Rainbow Rowell – Finished on 06/03/14
2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen – Finished on 06/19/14
3. Let’s Get Lost by Adi Alsaid – Finished on 06/27/14
4. Ghost House by Alexandra Adornetto – DID NOT FINISH – Stopped reading on 07/05/14
5. The Jewel (The Lone City #1) by Amy Ewing – Finished on 07/11/14
6. Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen – Finished on 07/15/14
7. Get Even (Don’t Get Mad #1) by Gretchen McNeil – Finished on 08/07/14
8. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – Finished on 08/16/14
9. Jackaby by William Ritter – Finished on 09/12/14
10. Famous in Love (Famous in Love #1) by Rebecca Serle – Finshed on 10/17/14
11. Zodiac (Zodiac #1) by Romina Russell – Finished on 12/16/14
12. Alistair Grim’s Odditorium (Odditorium #1) by Gregory Funaro – Finished on 12/24/14
So I definitely didn’t do as well as I had planned, but I still think I did a pretty good job! Hopefully next year will be just as productive, if not more so!
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Brandi Kosiner
January 1, 2015 at 4:59 pmhey girl, def celebrate your success rather than worrying about not finishing some things
Angie F
January 1, 2015 at 6:48 pmYou still made progress and that's great! You totally had a legit reason for not finishing them, too. Hopefully this year goes better!
Kate Midnight Book Girl
January 2, 2015 at 12:50 pmI'm really impressed, Andrea! Even on the challenges you might have technically failed, you still did good. I haven't really signed up for any challenges this year other than Goodreads, but that's only because I know I need to focus on my tbr books, and I don't want to get caught up, as I have in the past, with trying to read a-z books, or books with colors in their titles, or books by a debut author, or travel around the world in 80 books… or any of the other ones that give me excuses to buy new books. I'm hoping your baby is sweet, quiet and sleeps well, so that you will have a little time to read. I'm so glad ya'll are having so much success in WA, but if you were here in VA or back in OK, you know Courtney or I would be happy to babysit the little ones while you read! ;)