The Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge Wrap Up

Michelle @ The True Book Addict

I signed up for Mistletoe which is 2-4 holiday reads and I actually completed it this year. I read 3 holiday themed novels. I would have liked to read more, but my interest level is short lived for Holiday reads. I read Can this be Christmas? by Debbie Macomber, An O'Brien Family Christmas by Sherryl Woods, and My True Love Gave to Me by Various Authors. 

Read-A-Thons 2014

Read-A-Thons were another big hit for me in 2014. I went on a impromtu hiatus towards the end of the year and scaled back because I wasn't having as much fun. I have to say Dewey was probably my favorite this year. I was successful in both the Spring and the Fall Read-A-Thon.

Read-A-Thon Stats:
Most Pages Read: Bout of Books January
Most Time Tracked: Bout of Books January
I spend 106 days involved in Read-A-Thons. This is a big step down from last year's 229 days. This is 29% of the year compared to 62% last year. I read 7904 pages during read-a-thons this year. I time tracking 187 hours and 36 minutes. This is over 7 days. This is a true testament to the time I spend reading since I read 365 days a year. I spend a lot of days reading if I tracked the whole year. This is an average of 42 pages per hour. This is also an average of 74 pages per day overall.

I hope to continue to join read-a-thons in 2015. I will most likely scale back even more than I did this year, but we shall see.
Past Readathons

  Bout of Books 
892 pages in 19 hours and 17 minutes which is about 127 pages per day and 1 hour and 46 minutes per day.
Finished: Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, Pivot Point by Kasie West, Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Started: Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Progress
Wrap Up

 Shelf Addiction and Love, Life, Read
133 pages in 3 hours and 2 minutes in 3 days which is about 44 pages and 1 hour per day.
Finshed: The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon
Started: Asunder by Jodi Meadows
Progress
Wrap Up





Seasons of Reading
633 pages in 12 hours and 20 minutes in 7 days which is about 90 pages and 1 hour and 45 minutes per day.
Finished: Asunder by Jodi Meadows and Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James
Progress
Wrap Up











The Book Nympho and Romancing The Dark Side
150 pages in 4 hours and 11 minutes in 5 days which is about 30 pages and 50 minutes per day.
Started: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Progress
Wrap Up














MyShelfConfessions
404 pages in 12 hours and 3 minutes in 11 days which is about 36 pages and 1 hour and 5 minutes per day.
Finished: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Started: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Cress by Marissa Meyer
Progress
Wrap Up






Novel Heartbeat and Confessions of a Book Monster
305 pages in 8 hours 14 minutes in 7 days which is about 43 pages and 1 hour and 10 minutes per day. 
Started: Cress by Marissa Meyer
Progress
Wrap Up

Rachael Turns Pages
633 pages in 10 hours and 59 minutes and 5 days which is about 126 pages and 2 hours and 11 minutes per day.
Finished: Split Second by Kasie West
Started: 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber and Through a Tangled Wood by Various Authors
Goals
Progress
Wrap Up

Caffeinated Book Reviewer
453 pages in 9 hours and 39 minutes in 5 days which is about 90 pages and 1 hour and 55 minutes per day. 
Finished: 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber, Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Started: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Through a Tangled Wood by Various Authors
Progress
Wrap Up

Book Dragon's Lair
267 pages in 4 hours and 49 minutes in 7 days which is about 38 pages and 41 minutes per day. 
Finished: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Started: How to Love by Katie Cotugno 
Progress
Wrap Up

The Book Monsters
503 pages in 13 hours and 12 minutes in 7 days which is about 71 pages and 1 hour and 53 minutes per day. 
Finished: How to Love by Katie Cotugno, True Colors by Kristin Hannah
Started: Four Friends by Robyn Carr
Progress
Wrap Up

24hourreadathon
440 pages in 11 hours and 24 minutes in 1 day which is about 40 pages per hour.
Finished: 74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber, Heaven Changes Everything by Todd and Sonja Burpo, Through a Tangled Wood by Various Authors, Attachments by Rainbow Rowell.
Starting Line
Hour 2
Hour 5
Hour 7
Hour 9
Hour 12
Hour 16
Finish Line

Bout of Books
583 pages in 16 hours and 20 minutes in 7 days which is about 83 pages per day and 2 hours and 20 minutes per day.
Finished: Phionex Overture by Jodi Meadows, The Transfer by Veronica Roth, Cinderella is Evil by Jamie Campell
Started: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Just Destiny by Theresa Rizzo
Goals and Progress 
Wrap Up

Rachael Turns Pages
540 pages in 15 hours and 10 minutes in 7 days which is about 77 pages per day and 2 hours and 20 minutes per day.
Finished: The One and Only by Emily Giffin
Started: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Progress
Wrap Up

Book Monsters
531 pages in 16 hours and 55 minutes in 7 days which is about 75 pages per day and 2 hours and 25 minutes per day.
Finished: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Started: Little House in the Ozarks by Laura Ingalls Wilder and The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Eston
Progress
Wrap Up

My Shelf Confessions
674 pages in 12 hours and 42 minutes in 11 days which is 61 pages per day and 1 hour and 9 minutes per day. 
Books Finished: The Real Boy by Anne Ursu and Little City by the Lake by Celia Wilkins
Book Started: Ash by Melinda Lo

Progress

Wrap Up

Bout of Books

250 pages in 6 hours and 5 minutes in 7 days, which is about 35 pages per day and 52 minutes per day.
Books Started: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Progress
Wrap Up

Bookmark Lit
Books Finished: The Distance Between Us by Kasie West and On The Fence by Kasie West
Books Started: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Wrap Up

24hourreadathon
417 pages in 8 hours and 44 minutes in 1 day. This about 55 pages per hour.
Books Finished: How Zoe Made Her Dreams Mostly Come True by Sarah Stromeyer, Burn for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Books Started: Fire with Fire by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Hour 9
Hour 12
Hour 16
Wrap Up

Don't Blame the Butler
96 pages in 2 hours and 30 minutes in 1 day.
Books Started: Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

New Year's Bookish Bingo Sign Up

Hosted by Great Imaginations I wasn't sure that I wanted to do this because I have already committed to a lot of challenges in 2015, but I thought it might be fun to give it a try. This bingo gives me until the end of March. I'm going to try to fill as many squares as possible, but not pressure myself to complete the whole card. 

2015 Challenges

Lory @ The Emerald City. This is going to be hard, but I am not going to check out any books from the library in January. I love the Library, but this will be a good break to read the books I own and the new books I receive for Christmas. 

Hosted by James Reads Books The Dare is that I will only read books on my TBR list until April 1st, 2015. Like I did last year I'm going to work on getting my goodreads TBR down. I currently have 306 books on my to be read list. This does not count the 2015 releases. I will take a full break from the library in January, but will return in February as long as I don't read 2015 releases. The two 2015 releases I will read in this timeline are Fairest by Marissa Meyer and The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. 

Hosted by Laura @ Trips Down Imagination Road and Michelle @ Because Reading. This challenge pushes me to make New Year's Resolutions and actually complete them. Honestly I did pretty good with my goals for last year. I think this will be a fun way to keep me accountable. 

1. Read 65 Books

I have been averaging over 60 books so I'm going to up my goal this year to 65 books. I still find time to read in college despite not having a whole lot. I read a lot during the summer also, which helps the goal. 

2. Finish the Series I have Started

In 2015 I would like to finish the Cedar Cove Series, Caroline Series, Anna and the French Kiss, and the Lunar Chronicles. 

3. Read the Books I want to Read

I made this goal last year and I think I did pretty good in 2014 about sticking to this goal. I don't always need to read the latest and greatest. If I want to read a book I give myself permission to say go for it and read the book. (This goal is going to be hard to track progress on. I will probably just count rewind books, a.k.a books published before 2015)

4. Personal Goal- Healthier Lifestyle

This has been a continual goal for me. I have been slowly changing my lifestyle since I started college. Let me tell you it isn't easy with all the unhealthy options available through my college meal plan. I changed my eating habits this year to eat more fruits and vegetables. I want to continue that this year as well as cutting most sweets out of my diet. I'm going to allow myself cheats every so often probably only once per week. Another goal is going to be to drink more water. This seems always to be a goal for me, but 2015 is the year I want to make it happen. I want to get back on the exercise bandwagon. I always do great towards the beginning of the semester and then it goes down towards the end. I'm going to make it my goal to go swimming twice a week and to the gym at least twice a week if not more. The goal in 2015 is not just to loose weight, but change my life. 

Bookmark to Blog

This is my third year joining this challenge. The first year it took me until December 31st to complete. The second year I didn't complete this challenge. I only finished 6 months. Now this year I'm back to try this challenge again. This year the books that are ideas for the monthly key word challenge will be thrown in my 2015 TBR jar and used for my random reads every month. My hard months this year are going to be November and December. I have a lot of ideas for the other months hence I hope to complete them. 

January

 Bird, Girl, Ever, Silence, Bad, Truth, End 

Ideas: Just Another Girl by Melody Carlson, The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine, Girls Online by Zoe Snugg, Forever by Judy Blume, The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, Unhappily Ever After by Eric Hobbs, The Last Forever by Deb Callienti, Now and Forever by Susane Colasanti, Never Have I Ever: my life (so far) without a date by Katie Heaney, Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, The Thing about the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt, Legend by Marie Lu, Spindle's End by Robin McKinley, Sold for Endless Rue by Madeleine E. Robins

Read:

February

Key, Water, Lie, Chase, And, Once    

Ideas: Water Song by Suzanne Weyn, Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown, Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts, Once Upon a Winter's Heart by Melody Carlson, Once in Every Life by Kristin Hannah

Read:

March

KInd, Face, Power, City, Blue, Night, To

Ideas: The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle, Fairy Tale Weddings: Cindy and the Prince / Some Kind of Wonderful by Debbie Macomber, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George, Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey, The Night Dance by Suzanne Weyn, Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie, The Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane Nickerson, Starry Night by Debbie Macomber, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Read:

April

Dream, Prince, Long, Wind, Rose, The, Rock

Ideas: The Girl who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst, A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan, Brair Rose by Yolen Jane, Rose Daughter by Robin Mckinley, The Rose Bride by Nancy Holder, Rose by Holly Webb, Anything with The

Read:

June

My, Together, Whisper, Win, Soul, Sleep

Ideas:  My Fair Godmother by Jannette Rallison, My Name is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton, Titan Magic Body and Soul by Jodi Lamm, Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey, A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan, Sleeping Beauty's Daughters by Diane Zahler

Read:

July

Sun, Unto, Energy, Fate, High, Look

Ideas: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George, I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor

Read:

August

Fall, Boy, Glass, Heart, Lost, Now

Ideas: Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, Angelfall by Ee Susan, Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah, Don't Fall by Rachel Schieffelbein, Farmer Boy Goes West by Heather Williams, Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee, To All the Boys I have Loved Before by Jenny Han, The Fill in Boyfriend by Kasie West, The Glass Case by Kristin Hannah, Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George, Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore, Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult, Heart Like Mine by Amy Hatvany, The Crystal Heart by Sophie Mason, Let's Get Lost by Adi Alsaid, The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp

Read:

September

Color, Touch, Life, Day, How, Sweet

Ideas: My Life as a Rhombus by Varian Johnson, My Life Next Door by Huntsley Fitzpatrick, This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl, On This Day by Melody Carlson, Just One Day by Gayle Forman, Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale, Maybe One Day by Melissa Cantor, The Sweetest Spell by Suzane Selfors, Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

Read: 

October

Ghost, Home, Beach, Away, Test, Number

Ideas: Home Front by Kristin Hannah, Home Again by Kristin Hannah, Already Home by Susan Mallory, Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weinner

Read:

November

Rise, Holiday, And, Little, Call, Dark

Ideas: A Little House of their Own by Celia Wilkins, When Courage Calls by Jannette Oke, A Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Brunce, A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz

Read:

December

Space, Mirror, Over, Flower, Trap, Cold

Ideas: The Mermaid's Mirror by L.K. Madigan, I Know It's Over by Kelly Martin, Cold Spell by Jackson Pearce

Read: 

Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair. I'm going to shoot for adult which is 36 books. 

Hosted by Sheila @ The Book Journey The level I choose is Going Pro which is 28+ checkouts. As a library addict this should be an easy complete.

Hosted by the Geeky Bloggers Book Blog  and The Book Nympho. I'm going with Overdrive Junkie which is 36 books. I think this will be a fun challenge. 

Hosted by Literary Escapism. Last year I read over 30 new authors. I'm excited to read many new authors again this year. I will be signing up for the challenge to read 25 new authors. 

Book Blogger Recomendation Challenge. I'm going to shoot for 3 books. 

Hosted by The Geeky Zoo Girl

Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair I didn't join a page challenge last year because the blog that has been hosting it quit in the middle of the year and then came back. I'm glad that a steady blog is hosting the Pages Read challenge. I'm going to go for around 15,000 pages. At my current reading amount I should make it easily. 

Hosted by All About Books. My goal is going to be to reduce my TBR by 3 books per month that is a 36 book reduction over the course of 2015. The total read per month is calculated by Books Read- Minus Books purchased. My public library in my college town hosts a book sale every first weekend of the month and it is hard for me to not buy any books. I would like to get some read in 2015 and donate them to the library for them to sell. 

Hosted by My Reader's Block. I'm going to go for Pike's Peak, which is to read 12 books. I'm hoping along with the TBR reduction challenge this will be pretty easy to complete. 

Hosted by Chapter Break and Second Run Reviews. I'm signing up for Blue Belt which is 11-20 books. My only way I'm going to be allowed to buy book is through rewards see here or through giftcards. I will hopefully receive some more for Christmas.  

Hosted by The Reader's Antidote. This one may be a little counter productive to the series enders challenge. The goal is to start 7 series is this year. I have so many series I would love to binge read this year, so I'm going to take on this challenge. Plus yay for more points for prequel/sequel. 

Hosted by Somewhere Only We Know and Words Fueled by Love. I'm going to go for Level 1: 1-5 books. I would like to read Winter, A Little House of their Own, 1225 Christmas Tree Lane, Isla and the Happily Ever After. That would finish 4 series for myself. I did pretty good this year at starting and finishing series. 

Hosted by Jessi @ Novel Heartbeat and Melissa @ Writer Girl Reads. I'm going to go for Ametuer which is 25-50 points. 1 point for prequel or sequel novellas, 2 points for each sequel, 10 pts for completing the series.

Hosted by Mel @ The Daily Prophecy. I'm going for the level of Big Bad Wolf, which is 10-15 fairytale retelling books. I think I will probably read right around this number since I read 14 this year. I usually read a good mixture of genres. 

Hosted by Books and Iced Coffee. I joined this one last year. Like Last year I'm not going to set a goal just going to try to read as many YA books as possible and complete the monthly challenges. 

January: Standalone Novel: 

Hosted by The Book Addicts Guide. This challenge is a blogger challenge to keep my blog clean and organized. This challenge is over at the end of June. I will be doing monthly progress reports on this challenge. 

Reading Challenge Addict. So far I have signed up for 18 challenges so actually not as crazy as last year. I'm going to set my goal for Reading Challenge Addict for Out of This World which is 16+. I know I will join more seasonal challenges throughout the year because they are so much fun. 

My Year in Reading Challenges 2014

This is going to be my wrap up for my year long reading challenges that I completed. I will be following a similar layout to last year. If you are interested in my Spring or Summer Wrap Ups they can be found by clicking on Spring or Summer here. My Triple Dog Dare Challenge Wrap Up can be found here.

The seasonal challenges are a lot easier for me to participate in. I have chosen a number of interactive challenges for 2015 that I hope to keep up with. As announced earlier this week I will not be hosting any year long challenges on the blog, but the Library Books Read-A-Thon will be back in June.

I'm going to stick with the same goal as last year. All challenges that are going to be completed must be completed by November 30th, 2014. This will exclude the TBR challenges as I will still read off my TBR pile in December. I plan to spend December curled up with my holiday reads as I have done this year.

These stats are through an O'Brien Family Christmas by Sheryl Woods since I want to get this up before the end of the year.

Stats:

Books Read: 69
Pages Read: 19713 as of Nov 30th
Chunksters (450+): 7
In The Middle (300 to 400 pages): 29
Quick Fix (under 300): 32

Authors
Men: 6
Women: 39
New: 31
I read 45 different authors this year. I think Rainbow Rowell, Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian, and Jodi Meadows were my favorite new authors of this year.




Star Rating
5 Star: 48
4 Star: 13
3 Star: 8
2 Star: 0
1 Star: 0

Publication Dates

1952	1
1996	1
1998	1
2000	1
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	4
2007	1
2008	1
2009	1
2010	3
2011	5
2012	8
2013	18
2014	21

I read a variety of publication dates this year, but I prominently focused on the releases I missed from 2013 and the New Releases of 2014. Here's the funny part is even though I read 18 books published in 2013 I still feel like I'm missing quite a few releases and I still see a lot of 2013 books popping up in 2015. I read 21 new releases this year which is a lot, but I didn't get to every one I wanted to read. Landline and Isla and the Happily Ever After for two.

Joined: 28 + Reading Challenge Addict
Completed: 24 + Reading Challenge Addict
Did Not Complete: 4

I'm disappointed to have not completed Monthly Keyword, Kristin Hannah, and the Chunkster Challenge. I'm not that concerned about the Dystopia reading challenge. I picked out a lot of reading challenges in 2014 and I have picked out quite a few for 2015 also. I think I did well this year with completing the challenges and I'm excited for another year of Reading Challenges. 

Hosted by Bookmark to Blog

Goal: 12

Read: 7

Status: Did Not Complete

Joining in 2015: Yes

Despite being the hardest challenge it is the one I find most rewarding so despite not completing it this year I will be trying again in 2015. 

Months Completed

January: Someday Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham

February: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

May: Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James

June: True Colors by Kristin Hannah

July: Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey

August: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks

October: The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon

 Hosted by Literary Escapism

Goal: 25

Read: 31

Status: Completed August 16th, 2014

Joining in 2015: Yes

1. Cameron Dokey

2. Donna Jo. Napoli

3. Kasie West

4. Jodi Meadows

5. Carolyn Turgeon

6. Jenni James

7. Haruki Marakami

8. Rainbow Rowell

9. E.B. White

10. Katie Cotungo

11. Robyn Carr

12. Todd Burpo

13. Emery Lord

14. Theresea Rizzo

15. Jamie Campell

16. Alyssa B. Sheinmel

17. Esther Friesner

18. Ann Hunter

19. Anita Valle

20. Ashley Elston

21. Robin Sloan

22. Kailyn Lowry

23. Maya Van Wagenen

24. Malinda Lo

25. Gwendolyn Heasley

26. Erin Morgenstern

27. Sarah Stromeyer

28. Jenny Han

29. Siobhan Vivian 

30. Lauren Graham

Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair  

Goal: Adult- 36

Read: 50

Status: Completed July 18th, 2014

Joining in 2015: Yes

Finishing the Series is Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews, 2014 Series is Hosted by Read, Sleep Repeat, Prequel & Sequel is Hosted by Novel Heartbeat and Writer Grrl Reads, and 2014 Series Enders is Hosted by Somewhere Only We Know and Words Fueled by Love

Finishing the Series and 2014 Series

Goal: Finish 2 Series

Read: Completed 6 Series

Status: Completed December 16th, 2014

Joining in 2015: No 

I will not be joining these challenges in 2015. I did not find either too motivating as far as series finishing goes. 

Prequel & Sequel 

Goal: Ametur 25-50 pts

Earned: 75 points with 26 books (Right on the border of the Advanced level)

Status: Completed June 22nd, 2014

Joining in 2015: Yes (earning points for reading is fun)

Series Enders

Goal: 1-5 series enders

Read: 6 

Status: Completed December 16th, 2014

Joining in 2015: Yes

The Points are for the Prequel & Sequel Challenge

Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth 

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber 

The Queen's Army by Marissa Meyer 

Cress by Marissa Meyer 

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins 

Little City by the Lake by Celia Wilkins 

Golden by Cameron Dokey 

Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey 

True Believer by Nicholas Sparks 

Pivot Point by Kasie West 

Split Second by Kasie West 

The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston 
The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston 

Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Asunder by Jodi Meadows 

Phoenix Overture by Jodi Meadows 

Infinite by Jodi Meadows 

Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James 

Sleeping Beauty by Jenni James 

Rumpelstiltskin by Jenni James 

Bun for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Fire with Fire by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian

The Nicholas Sparks Reading Challenge Hosted by The Book Vixen

Goal: First Date: 1-4 books

Read: 1 (True Believer)

Status: Completed February 13th, 2014

Joining in 2015: No

Hosted by Coffee Bean Bookshelf 

No picture of books for this one either. 

Goal: As Many as Possible

Read: 48

Status: Completed December 21st, 2014

Joining in 2015: No

I'm actually disappointed that this challenge will not be returning in 2015. It was a fun challenge, but the blog has shut down or I can not find the new link. This was a fun challenge to see how many books I could knock off my tbr list. I still managed to read quite a few 2014 releases also. 

Hosted by Books and Iced Coffee. 

Goal: As Many as Possible

Read: 45

Status: Completed December 31st, 2014

Joining in 2015: Yes

I wasn't planning on making a picture for this one, but it is one of the only way to showcase the books that I read that I owned this year.

Fairy Tales Retold is Hosted by Debz Bookshelf and 2014 retellings is Hosted by The Nighttime Novelist.

Goal: Mountain Troll: 10-12 and Not so Easy 6-12

Read: 16

Status: Completed July 18th, 2014

Joining in 2015: Yes and No

I will be rejoining the Fairy Tales Retold Challenge on his new home on Mel's Daily Prophecy. I will not be joining the 2014 retellings challenge due to lack of availability.

I love fairy tale retellings and I feel like I read a lot this year, but I of course would love to read just as many next year and work on getting my TBR pile down. Fairy Tale fortnight always has great suggestions and always overflow my goodreads TBR list.

Hosted by caffeinatedlife. 

Goal: Ocassional Rereader 1-4

Read: 2

Status: Completed May 19th, 2014

Joining in 2015: No

I reread The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah for this challenge. I will not be joining next year because I don't have any books that I specifically want to reread just yet. 

Hosted by Rachael Turns Pages. This picture is used with written permission from Dandelion Mom. 

Goal: Evening Stroll 3-4

Read: 2

Status:Did Not Complete

Joining in 2015: No

I read True Colors and Firefly Lane for this challenge. 

This challenge will not be available in 2015. There was not much participation in the challenge and I wasn't even able to complete it. Although I will continue to read Kristin Hannah novels and I'm glad I was able to spread the word through this challenge. 

Hosted by Jessie's Book Place.

Goal: Paperclips 15 books

Read: 32

Status:Completed May 22nd, 2014

Joining in 2015: No

I'm sad to see this challenge go. I read a lot of books for this challenge over the 2 years I joined it and I enjoyed participating in the challenge. It was one of the main reasons I decided to not host The In the Middle Challenge in 2015. I read a total of 6,013 pages for this challenge this year. 

Hosted by Rachael Turns Pages. 

Goal: Never Stop Reading 20+ books

Read: 29

Status:Completed July 22nd, 2014

Joining in 2015: No

I have really been on the fence as to whether or not to host this challenge. I don't think I promote the challenge enough throughout the year and I have found so many awesome interactive challenges to join. My challenge is very easy to complete since it is only page numbers. I will miss this challenge in 2015 and it is with a heavy heart that I have decided not to host The In the Middle Reading Challenge in 2015. I may bring it back in 2016. I read 10,448 pages for The In the Middle Challenge.

Hosted by Chunkster Challenge. 

Goal: 10

Read: 7

Status:Did Not Complete

Joining in 2015: No

I will be joining a cummlative page challenge in 2015, but since the Chunkster challenge is the only other page number challenge available I will be forgoing this challenge also. I read quite a few big books this year. At the beginning of the year I was reading one a month so I thought I would pass the goal easily. Then about summertime I slowed down on the Chunksters. I read 3,838 pages for the Chunkster Challenge. Regardless of this challenge I still hope and plan to read quite a few chunksters in 2015. 

Anne and Kristilyn's Book Bingo 

Goal: Complete the Card

Read: Completed the Card

Status:Completed November 21st, 2014

Joining in 2015: No

So far this challenge is not available. I would love to join again in 2015. I give this challenge credit for being the reason I started this blog. 

TBR Pile

1. Golden by Cameron Dokey

2. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

3. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

4. Four Friends by Robyn Carr

5. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent

6. Family Affair by Debbie Macomber

7. Heaven Changes Everything by Todd and Sonja Burpo

8. Through a Tangled Wood by Various Authors

9. Attatchments by Rainbow Rowell

10. Swan Sister edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

11. Cinderella is Evil by Jamie Campell

12. Maelyn by Anita Valle

13. Mr. Pnemubra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

14. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

15. On the Fence by Kasie West

Mix It Up

Adult Fiction: True Believer by Nicholas Sparks

Young Adult Fiction: How to Love by Katie Cotugno

Reread: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Free Square:  Norwegian Wood by Haruki Maurakami 

Contemporary: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

New Releases

1. Cress by Marissa Meyer 

2. Split Second by Kasie West

New Authors: Zel by Donna Jo Napoli, Pivot Point by Kasie West, The Fairest of Them All by Carolyn Turgeon

3. Open Road Summer by Emery Lord

4. Just Destiny by Theresa Rizzo

5. Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

6. Deception's Princess by Esther Friesner

7. The Subtle Beauty by Ann Hunter

8. The One and Only by Emily Giffin

9. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

10. The Rules for Breaking by Ashley Elston

11. Pride Over Pity by Kailyn Lowry

12. Popular by Maya Van Wagenen

Genres

Fantasy: The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

Free Square: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Fairytale Retelling: Ash by Malinda Lo

Complete a Project: Someday Someday Maybe by Lauren Graham

Favorite Author: True Colors by Kristin Hannah

Series

1. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

2. Allegiant by Veronica Roth

3. Asunder by Jodi Meadows

4.  Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James

5. 6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber

6. 74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber

7. Phoenix Overture by Jodi Meadows

8. Sunlight and Shadow by Cameron Dokey 

9. Sleeping Beauty by Jenni James

10. The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston

11. Rumplestiltskin by Jenni James

12. Little City by the Lake by Celia Wilkins

13. Four: a Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

14. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

15. Bun for Burn by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian 

Hosted by Blog of Erised

Goal: 7-12

Read: 5

Status:Did Not Complete

Joining in 2015: No

I had fun with this challenge, but don't see the need to join it next year. 

1. Pivot Point by Kasie West 2. Allegiant by Veronica Roth 3. Cress by Marissa Meyer 4. Split Second by Kasie West 5. Four: a Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

Hosted by ReadingChallengeAddict.

Goal: 18+

Completed: 24

Status: Completed

Joining in 2015: Yes

With a total of 24 challenges completed it is obvious that I need this challenge in my life next year because I'm still a Reading Challenge Addict. 

1. Triple Dog Dare Hosted by Ready When You Are C.B. Finished April 1st, 2014. 

2. A Year of Rereading Hosted by caffeinatedlife Finished May 19th, 2014

3. Spring Sequel Hosted by Words in a Teacup Finished June 20th, 2014

4. Spring Into a Good Book Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair Finished June 20th, 2014

5. Spring Reading Thing Hosted by Musings of a Book Addict. Finished June 20th, 2014

6. Once Upon a Time VIII Hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings Finished June 21st, 2014

7. Summer Library Challenge Hosted by The Book Monsters' Finished July 31st, 2014

8. Summer Library Program Hosted by Katie's Book Blog  Finished August 1st, 2014

9. Summer Reads 2014 Hosted by My Heart Hearts Books Finished August 27th, 2014

10 New Authors  Hosted by Literary Escapism Finished August 16th, 2014

11. Library Challenge Hosted by Book Dragon's Lair  Finished July 18th, 2014

12. Finishing the Series  Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews Finished December 16th, 2014

13. 2014 Series  Hosted by Read, Sleep Repeat Finished December 16th, 2014

14. Prequel & Sequel Hosted by Novel Heartbeat and Writer Grrl Reads Finished June 22nd, 2014

15. 2014 Series Enders Hosted by Somewhere Only We Know and Words Fueled by Love Finished December 16th, 2014

16. Nicholas Sparks Reading Challenge  Hosted by The Book Vixen Finished February 13th, 2014

17. 2014 Rewind Hosted by Coffee Bean Bookshelf Finished December 21st, 2014

18. Everything Ya Hosted by Books and Iced Coffee Finished December 31st, 2014

19. Fairy Tales Retold Hosted by Debz Bookshelf Finished July 18th, 2014

20.2014 retellings is Hosted by The Nighttime Novelist. Finished July 18th, 2014

21. A Year of Rereading Hosted by caffeinatedlife. Finished May 19th, 2014

22. Quick Fix Hosted by Jessie's Book Place. Finished May 22nd, 2014

23 The In the Middle Reading Challenge Hosted by Rachael Turns Pages Finished July 22nd, 2014

24. Book Bingo Hosted by Anne and Kristilyn's Book Bingo Finished November 21st, 2014