2014 book summary

My Goodreads 2014 challenge was 750 books and I made that goal on August 19th. :)

2014 total: 1359

Here's the breakdown by category...
873 picture books
108 graphic novels
91 adult fiction
87 youth fiction
72 young adult fiction
51 manga
39 youth non fiction
29 adult non fiction
8 comics
1 young adult non fiction

My month of the least reading was in April when I read 54 books.
My month of the most reading was in August when I read 159 books.
:)
Even if you take out all the youth books, picture books, graphic novels, manga, and young adult books, I still read 120 "adult" books.  Woo hoo!
 
for comparison, my 2013 totals:
520 picture books
132 graphic novels
81 adult fiction
65 young adult fiction
58 youth fiction
50 adult non fiction
23 comics
21 manga
19 youth non fiction
1 young adult non fiction
2013 total:  970

My Goodreads 2015 challenge is 1000 books.  I'm already doing pretty well because I'm trying to catch up on my comics.  ;)  I am also doing the Series Ender challenge again this year, which I'm looking forward to.  I found another cool book challenge I'm going to try.  I'll see if I can post it here some time.

Happy reading in 2015!

books i've read december 2014

12.1.14

• Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland (Y)

12.2.14

• Wild by Emily Hughes (PB)
• Hello, Mr. Hulot by David Merveille & Jacques Tafi (PB)
• Poor Puppy and Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel (PB)
• The King's Taster by Kenneth Oppel, Steve Johnson, & Lou Francher (PB)
• Love Monster and the Perfect Present by Rachel Bright (PB)
• Julia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke (PB)
• Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure by Viviane Schwarz & Joel Stewart (PB)
• There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• Rosie's Magic Horse by Russell Hoban & Quentin Blake (PB)
• The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc (PB)
• Mal and Chad: The Biggest, Bestest Time Ever! by Stephen McCranie (GN)

12.3.14

• Oops by Mercer Mayer (PB)
• The Hating Book by Charlotte Zolotow (PB)
• Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray (PB)
• Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky & Carin Berger (PB)
• The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas & Helen Oxenbury (PB)
• The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Connor (Y)
• Mal and Chad: Food Fight! by Stephen McCranie (GN)

12.4.14

•  Goddess Girls: Athena the Wise by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams (Y)
• Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard Volume Two edited by David Petersen, Paul Morrissey, & Rebecca Taylor (GN)

12.7.14

• Barkbelly by Cat Weathrill (Y)
• Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen (GN) 

12.8.14

• Goddess Girls: Aphrodite the Diva by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams (Y)

12.11.14

• Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman & Beth Krommes (Y-NF)
• A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston & Sylvia Long (Y-NF)
• Desert Giant: The World of the Saguaro Cactus by Barbara Bash (Y-NF)

12.12.14

• Revealed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA) 

12.13.14

• Violet and Victor Write the Best-Ever Bookworm Book by Alice Kuipers & Bethanie Deeney Murguia (PB)
• The Animals' Santa by Jan Brett (PB)
• Just Right for Two by Tracey Corderoy & Rosalind Beardshaw (PB)
• The Way to the Zoo by John Burningham (PB)
• Bob's Hungry Ghost by Genevieve Cote (PB)
• Olive and the Embarrassing Gift by Tor Freeman (PB)
• Except If by Jim Averbeck (PB)
• Mrs. Mo's Monster by Paul Beavis (PB)
• Alone Together by Suzanne Bloom (PB)
• Cats Are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev (PB)
• Monkey and Robot: In the Garden by Felix Hayes & Hannah Broadway (PB)
• Square Cat ABC by Elizabeth Schoonmaker (PB)
• Naptime by Iris de Mouy (PB)
• The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin & Scott Magoon (PB)
• Jim's Lion by Russell Hoban & Alexis Deacon (Y)
• Hello Kitty: Work of Art by Giovanni Castro, Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, & Maite Oz (GN)
• Bow-Wow's Nightmare Neighbors by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague Cash (GN)
• Love You When... by Linda Kranz (PB)
• The Tree Lady by H. Joseph Hopkins & Jill McElmurry (Y-NF)
• Malala, Iqbal: Two Stories of Bravery by Jeanette Winter (Y-NF) 

12.14.14

• Redeemed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)
• Lowriders in Space by Cathy Camper & Raul the Third (GN)

12.16.14

• My Sister the Vampire: Take Two by Sienna Mercer (Y)

12.17.14

• Gay Men Draw Vaginas created by Shannon O'Malley & Keith Wilson (A-NF)
• Is There a Dog in This Book? by Viviane Schwarz (PB)
• The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff & Eliza Wheeler (PB)
• Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Erica S. Perl & Arthur Howard (PB)
• Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Houghton (PB)
• Olga the Cloud by Nicoletta Costa (PB)
• Hello Kitty: Surprise! by Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, & Anastassia Neislotova (GN)
• Hello Kitty: Just Imagine... by Giovanni Castro, Jacob Chabot, Ian McGinty, Jorge Monlongo, & Sarah Goodreau (GN)
• Night Sky Dragons by Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham, & Patrick Benson (Y)
• Johnny Boo Does Something! by James Kochalka (GN) 

12.18.14

• Explorer: The Mystery Boxes edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)

12.19.14

• Terra Tempo: Ice Age Cataclysm! by David Shapiro, Christopher Herndon, & Erica Melville (GN)
• Terra Tempo: The Four Corners of Time by David Shapiro, Christopher Herndon, & Erica Melville (GN)
• Redwoods by Jason Chin (Y-NF)

12.21.14

• The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan (Y)
• The Complete Adventures of Johnny Mutton by James Proimos (Y)

12.22.14

• What There Is Before There Is Anything There by Liniers (PB)
• Who's Next Door? by Mayuko Kishira & Jun Takabatake (PB)
• Bird Cat Dog by Lee Nordling & Meritxell Bosch (GN)
• Zubert by Charlie Sutcliffe (PB)
• The Sweetest Witch Around by Alison McGhee & Harry Bliss (PB)
• Arm in Arm by Remy Charlip (PB)
• Hermelin the Detective Mouse by Mini Grey (PB)
• The Day I Lost My Superpowers by Michael Escoffier & Kris di Giacomo (PB)
• Rupert Can Dance by Jules Feiffer (PB)
• Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents by Lita Judge (Y-NF)
• Explorer: The Lost Islands edited by Kazu Kibuishi (GN)

12.23.14

• The Motherless Oven by Rob Davis (GN)
• Terra Tempo: The Academy of Planetary Evolution b David R. Shapiro & Christopher Herndon (GN)

12.24.14

• My Sister the Vampire: Love Bites by Sienna Mercer (Y) 
• Feynman by Jim Ottaviani & Leland Myrick (GN)

12.25.14

• Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson (Y)
• The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha (A-NF)

12.26.14

• Shadowville by Michael Bartalos (PB)
• Doug Unplugs on the Farm by Dan Yaccarino (PB)
• Little Miss Hug by Adam Hargreaves (PB)
• My First Book of Super-Villains by David Katz (PB)
• Always by Emma Dodd (PB)
• Here Comes Santa Cat by Deborah Underwood & Claudia Rueda (PB) 
• Corby Flood by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Y)

12.27.14

• A Crankenstein Valentine by Samantha Berger & Dan Santat (PB)
• The Great Googly Moogly by Courtney Dicmas (PB)
• Square Circle Moose by Kelly Bingham & Paul O. Zelinsky (PB)
• Surprise by Miles Van Hout (PB)
• One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl & Tom Lichtenheld (PB)
• The Wolf Who Wanted to Change His Color by Orianne Lallemand & Eleonore Thuillier (PB)
• Some Bunny to Talk to: A Story About Going to Therapy by Cheryl Sterling, Paola Conte, Larissa Labay, & Tiphanie Beeke (Y-NF)
• Ewe and Aye by Candace Ryan & Stephanie Ruble (PB)
• Mister Horizontal & Miss Vertical by Noemie Revah & Olimpia Zagnoli (PB)
• The Hueys in None the Number: A Counting Adventure by Oliver Jeffers (PB)
• Goodnight Already! by Jory John & Benji Davies (PB)
• While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee (PB)
• Frank! by Connah Brecon (PB)
• Miss Mousie's Blind Date by Tim Beiser & Rachel Berman (PB)
• Calvin, Look Out!: A Bookworm Birdie Gets Glasses by Jennifer Berne & Keith Bendis (PB)
• Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett & Melvyn Grant (PB)
• Sad Santa by Tad Carpenter (PB)
• Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt & Isabelle Arsenault (GN)
• You're Here! by Karla Oceanak & Julie Rowan-Zoch (PB)
• Buggy Bug by Chris Raschka (PB)
• Whale Shines: An Artistic Tale by Fiona Robinson (PB)
• The Tree House that Jack Built by Bonnie Verburg & Mark Teague (PB) 
• The Mutts Diaries by Patrick McDonnell (GN)
• A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack by William Joyce & Kenny Callicutt (PB)
• The Monsterator by Keith Graves (PB)
• Claude on the Slopes by Alex T. Smith (Y)
• Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (Y-NF)
• Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, & Gabrielle Grimard (Y-NF)
• When I Was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, & Gabrielle Grimard (Y-NF)
• This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne (PB)

12.28.14

• Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow (YA)
• Mr. Thundermug by Cornelius Medvei (A)
• Ottoline Goes to School by Chris Riddell (Y)
• Dragonbreath: Attack of the Ninja Frogs by Ursula Vernon (Y)
• Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener by Ursula Vernon (Y)
• Kalona's Fall by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (YA)

12.29.14

• The Cake by Dorothee de Monfreid (PB) 
• In Real Life by Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang (GN)
• Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett & Adam Rex (PB)

12.30.14

• Superfab Saves the Day by Jean Leroy & Berengere Delaporte (PB)
• Betty Goes Bananas by Steve Antony (PB)
• I Wish I Could Draw by Cary Fagan (PB)
• Mr. Brown's Fantastic Hat by Ayano Imai (PB)
• A Patch of Black by Rachel Rooney & Deborah Allwright (PB)
• The Problem with Not Being Scared of Monsters by Dan Richards & Robert Neubecker (PB)
• Mouse Guard: The Black Axe by David Petersen (GN)
• Benny and Penny in Just Pretend by Geoffrey Hayes (Y)
• Little Elliot, Big City by Mike Curato (PB)
• Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light (PB)
• If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian & Barbara Hirsch Lember (PB)
• Toys in Space by Mini Grey (PB) 
• Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell (GN)
• Dragonbreath: Lair of the Bat Monster by Ursula Vernon (Y)

12.31.14

• The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann (Y)

12.14 total: 145
84 picture books; 23 graphic novels; 20 youth fiction; 11 youth non fiction; 4 young adult fiction; 2 adult non fiction; 1 adult fiction 

Series Ender Challenge--for 2014 & 2015

Well, since 2014 is over, it's time to review how I did on the Series Ender Challenge. :)  I pledged myself at a Level 2, which was 5-10 books.  I ended up with 18!  Or 17, if you don't count picture books.  ;)

Here's my 2014 Series Enders:

• Requiem by Lauren Oliver
• Allegiant by Veronica Roth
• Mastiff by Tamora Pierce
• Reached by Ally Condie
• The Battle for WondLa by Tony DeTerlizzi
• Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems
• United We Spy by Ally Carter
• Urchin and the Rage Tide by M.L. McAllister
• Emperor Pickletine Rides the Bus by Tom Angleberger
• William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return by Ian Doescher
• The Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
• Courtney Crumrin: The Final Spell by Ted Naifeh
• The Death Cure by James Dashner
• Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
• The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison
• Redeemed by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
• The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Ta da!

I think I'm going to participate, for myself, in the 2015 Series Ender Challenge because it was fun and it motivated me to finish some series' that I had gotten behind in.  :)  So...  Here's the buttony thing.  I'm gonna go with Level 2 again for 5-10 books.  Yay!