As many of you already know, I'm a fan of Reading Challenges. I have fun making lists and keeping track of books and reading stats, so reading challenges add an extra dimension of fun to my love of reading. I'm hoping to reach my goal of reading at least 101 books again this year and I'm pleased to report that I've read 50 book so far in 2013 so I'm just about on track. Three of those books were re-reads, which are not included in my goodreads numbers, but I'm still counting them as books read for the year.
As for the other challenges, I'm doing well with most of them. I've already read four big books [500+ pages] so I've met my Big Book Challenge at least twice over, but I'd still like to finish Anna Karenina by the end of the year. I have one more category to complete for the What's In a Name challenge and I already have a book chosen for that, so I'm sure I'll meet that challenge in the next six months, too. I've also kept up with the monthly TBR Challenge hosted by Wendy the Super Librarian, although I never got around to writing my review for May's book, I did read it and comment on both twitter and goodreads about it. The one challenge in which I'm suffering right now is my own In Death Series Reading Challenge. I'm just not motivated to pick up one of the books in that series lately. Maybe they're starting to feel the same to me..
Below is my Book Bingo Scorecard for the mid-year mark. The completed first quarter squares are marked with a light blue button and the second quarter squares are marked with the white buttons. I'm pleased with my progress so far and think I'll end up filling the whole board except for the Books Re-Read column. I'm not a big re-reader. There's not enough time in the day to read the unread books, you know? For those of you playing Book Bingo, my list of books read for each square is below the scorecard. You'll want to check my list out and be sure to post yours as well, because you need to read a book that someone else has read for the challenge in order to complete the center FREE SQUARE, which is therefore not really free. ;)
Books highlighted below in PINK are completed squares.
I've read all the books listed below.
Read From Your TBR Pile: [15] [see 1st column]
ONE book:
1. Surrender At Dawn by Laura Griffin
TWO books:
2. Promises in Death by J.D. Robb
3. A Rogue By Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean
THREE books:
4. First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
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FOUR books:
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FIVE books:
11. Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson
12. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
13. The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
14. Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
15. Spellbound by Nora Roberts
Read Books in a Series: [15] [see 2nd column]
ONE Book in a Series:
1. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs
TWO Books in a Series:
The Works Series by Marie Harte
1. Bodywork by Marie Harte
2. Working Out by Marie Harte
THREE Books in a Series:
The Princes Trilogy by Elizabeth Hoyt
1. The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
2. The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
3. The Serpent Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
FOUR Books in a Series:
Elemental Assassin Series by Jennifer Estep
1. Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep
2. Thread of Death by Jennifer Estep [novella]
3. By A Thread by Jennifer Estep
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FIVE Books in a Series:
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Read 2013 Releases: [12] [see 3rd column]
ONE book:
1. Sins & Needles by Karina Halle
TWO books:
2. Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas
3. On Every Street by Karina Halle
[no list of THREE books - see FREE SQUARE below]
FOUR books:
4. Wild Invitation by Nalini Singh
5. Hearts of Shadow by Kira Brady
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FIVE books:
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FREE SQUARE: [middle square] Read ONE book someone else has read for this challenge
1. Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi
[... read by http://msbuff.com/reading-challenges-2013/]
Read Books Everyone Else Has Read: [15] [see 4th column]
ONE book:
1. The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
TWO books:
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
3. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
THREE books:
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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FOUR books:
7. Exclusively Yours by Shannon Stacey
8. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
9. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
10. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
FIVE books:
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Re-Read books: [15] [see 5th column]
ONE book:
1. The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan
TWO books:
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FOUR books:
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FIVE books:
11. Hearts of Darkness by Kira Brady
12. "Falling For Anthony" by Meljean Book [novella]
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And that's it so far! The next Book Bingo check in will be due around October 1. In the meantime, let's read!
Did you make any reading goals for 2013? How are you doing with them so far?
Very nice reading year so far Christine! LOL. I think you can finish off the card by the end of the year! Go, go, go!
ReplyDeleteYou're doing great with the Book Bingo! I love your buttons to mark your progress. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! You are doing an amazing job so far! I like how the book bingo has allowed for you to keep track of your different reading when it comes to series and stuff. I've been rereading a lot more this year and it has been so nice to revisit my favorite books :) Good luck with the rest of the year!
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