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Showing posts with label neat. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2015

2015 Challenges

I'm participating in 3 different challenges this year: the 2015 Series Ender Challenge, the PopSugar 2015 Reading Challenge, and the Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Book Challenge.

2015 Series Ender Challenge
I agreed to read at a Level 2, 5-10 series enders.


PopSugar 2015 Reading Challenge
  •  A book with more than 500 pages
  • A classic romance
  • A book that became a movie
  • A book published this year
  • A book with a number in the title
  • A book written by someone under 30
  • A book with nonhuman characters
  • A funny book
  • A book by a female author
  • A mystery or thriller
  • A book with a one-word title
  • A book of short stories
  • A book set in a different country
  • A nonfiction book
  • A popular author's first book
  • A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
  • A book a friend recommended
  • A Pulitzer Prize winning book
  • A book based on a true story
  • A book at the bottom of your to-read list
  • A book your mom loves
  • A book that scares you
  • A book more than 100 years old
  • A book based entirely on its cover
  • A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
  • A memoir
  • A book you can finish in a day
  • A book with antonyms in the title
  • A book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit
  • A book that came out the year you were born
  • A book with bad reviews
  • A trilogy
  • A book from your childhood
  • A book with a love triangle
  • A book set in the future
  • A book set in high school
  • A book with a color in the title
  • A book that made you cry
  • A book with magic
  • A graphic novel
  • A book by an author you've never read
  • A book that takes place in your hometown
  • A book that was originally written in a different language
  • A book set during Christmas
  • A book written by an author with your same initials
  • A play
  • A banned book
  • A book based on or turned into a TV show
  • A book you started but never finished
 Book Riot 2015 Read Harder Book Challenge
  • A book written by someone when they were under the age of 25
  • A book written by someone when they were over the age of 65
  • A collection of short stories
  • A book published by an indie press
  • A book by or about someone that identifies as LGBTQ
  • A book by a person whose gender is different from your own
  • A book that takes place in Asia
  • A book by an author from Africa
  • A book that is by or about someone from an indigenous culture
  • A microhistory
  • A YA novel
  • A sci-fi novel
  • A romance novel
  • A National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, or Pulitzer Prize winner from the last decade
  • A book that is a retelling of a classic story
  • An audiobook
  • A collection of poetry
  • A book that someone else has recommended to you
  • A book that was originally published in another language
  • A graphic novel, a graphic memoir, or a collection of comics of any kind
  • A book that you would consider a guilty pleasure
  • A book published before 1850
  • A book published this year
  • A self-improvement book

I will post monthly updates about where I am with these challenges.  I do intend to tailor some of them because the books they ask for don't exist (a book set in my hometown) or aren't something I can find out (a book my mom loves) and because I want them to fit with what I read--so yes, I will be reading youth, young adult, and adult books.  Additionally, I plan to use some books for multiple challenges.  Some are the same (a book published this year) in two lists and some can fit multiple categories on different lists.  So...those are my rules. ;)

Friday, January 2, 2015

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!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Bookshelf Porn--it's not what you think!

This site is amazing! Check out all those beautiful bookshelves full of books!!!

http://bookshelfporn.com/tagged/favorites

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Part time at Barnes & Noble

I started my new part time job at Barnes & Noble today! Yay! Okay, so retail is not my favorite, but I'm working with books! I'm so excited. I get to be around books and see the new stuff that comes out. And, of course, I get a discount. :) YAY!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

#12 Reader on Good Reads

I'm the #12 Reader of All Time in the World on Good Reads! Neat! Check it out!

http://www.goodreads.com/user/top_readers?country=all&duration=a

I wish I could be #11 because that's my favorite number... But I'll take #12!