Reading Challenge: Anne & Kristilyn’s 2014 Book Bingo Reading Challenge

I think it's time for me to join another reading challenge.  This one looks really fun!  You have to fill in the bingo card.  You can win bingo the regular ways, but the big challenge is to do a blackout.  So I'll try!  Click on the button above to come join us!

Reading Challenge: ARC April

I'm joining the ARC April reading challenge hosted by Octavia at Read Sleep Repeat.  The challenge is to read as many ARCs as you can during April 2014.  Here's what I hope to get done (I'll add more as I think I can do them!)

Reading Challenge Wrap-Up: Take Control of your TBR Pile

This challenge ran from March 1st - March 31st 2014, hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer (click button above).  I had just started doing book reviews again and this was the first challenge I signed up for.  I was a little wary, so I just thought I'd try for 5 books.  I did a little better than that!

     

  

  

March 2014 Wrap-Up Reading Challenges A-Q

I hope everyone had a wonderful March!  Here are my reading challenge wrap-ups.  Now, I just started back with this blog and joined all the challenges in mid-March.  As I was allowed to include what I had read in January and February, I've worked hard getting reviews done and links entered on the correct Reading Challenge pages.  Here's all the books I've read and reviewed through March 31, 2014.

1. A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows #4) by Kim Harrison 
2. A Perfect Blood (The Hollows #10) by Kim Harrison
3. Ashling (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #3) by Isobelle Carmody 
4. At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost 
5. Bite Me (London Undead #1) by PJ Schnyder 
6. Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows #8) by Kim Harrison  
7. Book of Riley Part 4 by Mark Tufo
8. Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank
9. Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children #1) by Jean M. Auel  
10. Dead and Kicking (A Ghost Dusters Mystery #3) by Wendy Roberts 
11. Dead The Ugly Beginning by T.W. Brown 
12. Deadlocked 4 by A.R. Wise 
13. Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) by Jeaniene Frost 
14. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 
15. Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows #3) by Kim Harrison 
16. Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood #1) by Victoria Scott 
17. Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher 
18. For a Few Demons More (The Hollows #5) by Kim Harrison 
19. Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) by Jeaniene Frost 
20. Love Letters from Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #3) by Donna Ball
21. Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts
22. Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs  
23. Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
24. Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #1) by Isobelle Carmody 
25. One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost 
26. Pale Demon (The Hollows #9) by Kim Harrison 
27. Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
28. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin 
29. The Chase (Fox and O'Hare #2) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg  
30. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
31. The Farseekers (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2) by Isobelle Carmody 
32. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
33. The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts
34. The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4) by Isobelle Carmody 
35. The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
36.  The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs (Cyrus Mills #1) by Nick Trout
37. The Royal Treatment (Alaskan Royal Family #1) by MaryJanice Davidson 
38. Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi 
39. Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi 
40. What a Mother Knows by Leslie Lehr
41. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 
42. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
43. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore  
44. Zombie, Ohio (Zombie #1) by Scott Kenemore  

 Now here's the challenges and what books go with what challenge.

Here's the challenges A-Q.

I signed up to read 20 Dystopian books in 2014, I'm well on my way with 8 books!

1. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin 
2. Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood #1) by Victoria Scott 
3. Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi 
4. Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #1) by Isobelle Carmody 
5. The Farseekers (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2) by Isobelle Carmody 
6. Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi 
7. Ashling (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #3) by Isobelle Carmody 
8. The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4) by Isobelle Carmody

 

I signed up to read 75 Ebooks in 2014, I'm over halfway there!

1. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin
2. The Chase (Fox and O'Hare #2) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg  
3. Dead The Ugly Beginning by T.W. Brown 
4. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 
5. Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
6. Zombie, Ohio (Zombie #1) by Scott Kenemore  
7.  Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows #8) by Kim Harrison 
8. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore 
9. Pale Demon (The Hollows #9) by Kim Harrison
10. One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost 
11. At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost 
12. Love Letters from Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #3) by Donna Ball
    
13. Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher 
14. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
15. Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood #1) by Victoria Scott 
16. A Perfect Blood (The Hollows #10) by Kim Harrison
17. Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank  
18. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts  
19. Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
20. Book of Riley Part 4 by Mark Tufo   
21. Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts  
22. Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi 
23. Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #1) by Isobelle Carmody  
24. The Farseekers (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2) by Isobelle Carmody  
25. Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children #1) by Jean M. Auel 
26. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 
27. Dead and Kicking (A Ghost Dusters Mystery #3) by Wendy Roberts 
28. The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian
29. Deadlocked 4 by A.R. Wise 
30. Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows #3) by Kim Harrison 
31. What a Mother Knows by Leslie Lehr
32. Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi  
33. Ashling (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #3) by Isobelle Carmody  
34. The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4) by Isobelle Carmody  
35. The Royal Treatment (Alaskan Royal Family #1) by MaryJanice Davidson
36. The Honk and Holler Opening Soon by Billie Letts   
37. A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows #4) by Kim Harrison  
38. For a Few Demons More (The Hollows #5) by Kim Harrison  
39. Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) by Jeaniene Frost  
40. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
41. Bite Me (London Undead #1) by PJ Schnyder   
42. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder  

 

To complete this challenge, you need to read 25 books that fit the criteria on the "Bingo" card.  I'm getting there!

1. Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows #8) by Kim Harrison  
2. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin 
3. The Chase (Fox and O'Hare #2) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg  
4. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 
5. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore 
6. Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
7. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) 
8. Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank 
9. Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo 
10. Book of Riley Part 4 by Mark Tufo 
11. Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children #1) by Jean M. Auel 
12. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

  

I signed up to read 20 books about vampires and/or werewolves in 2014.  Over halfway there already!

1. Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs  
2. Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) by Jeaniene Frost  
3. Bite Me (London Undead #1) by PJ Schnyder 
4. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder  
5. A Perfect Blood (The Hollows #10) by Kim Harrison
6. Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows #8) by Kim Harrison  
7. Pale Demon (The Hollows #9) by Kim Harrison 
8. One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost 
9. At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost 
10. Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher
11. Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows #3) by Kim Harrison 
12. A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows #4) by Kim Harrison 
13. For a Few Demons More (The Hollows #5) by Kim Harrison 
14. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder  
15. Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) by Jeaniene Frost  

 

I signed up to read 10 ARCs from Netgalley.  Exactly halfway there!

1. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin 
2. The Chase (Fox and O'Hare #2) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg  
3. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 
4. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore 
5. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder  

I signed up to read 10 ARCs from Netgalley and/or Edelweiss.  I'm halfway.

1. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin 
2. The Chase (Fox and O'Hare #2) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg  
3. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 
4. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore 
5. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder  

March 2014 Wrap-up Reading Challenges R-Z

Here are the Reading Challenges I'm working on - R-Z

 

I signed up to read 30 ARCs in 2014.  

1. Sunrise (Ashfall #3) by Mike Mullin 
2. The Chase (Fox and O'Hare #2) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg  
3. Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey 
4. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore  
5. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder 

 

  I signed up to read 30 books from my TBR pile.

1. At Grave's End  
2. Love Letters from Ladybug Farm
3. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher  
4. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) 
5. Fire & Flood (Fire & Flood #1) by Victoria Scott 
6. A Perfect Blood (The Hollows #10) by Kim Harrison
7. Child of the Mountains by Marilyn Sue Shank  
8.    Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
9. Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo
10. Book of Riley Part 4 by Mark Tufo     
11. Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts  
12. Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky #1) by Veronica Rossi 
13. The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs (Cyrus Mills #1) by Nick Trout
14. Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #1) by Isobelle Carmody 
15. The Farseekers (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2) by Isobelle Carmody  
16. Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children #1) by Jean M. Auel   
17. Dead and Kicking (A Ghost Dusters Mystery #3) by Wendy Roberts 
18. Deadlocked 4 by A.R. Wise

 

I signed up to finish 12 series in 2014.

1. Fox & O'Hare Series by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg
2. Ashfall Series by Mike Mullin.
3. Ladybug Farm Series by Donna Ball 
4. Mercy Thompson Series by Patricia Briggs 
5. A Ghost Dusters Mystery Series by Wendy Roberts

I signed up to read 20 books about witches and/or witchcraft in 2014.

1. Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
2. Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows #8) by Kim Harrison  
3. Pale Demon (The Hollows #9) by Kim Harrison 
4. One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost 
5. At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost 
6. Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher 
7. A Perfect Blood (The Hollows #10) by Kim Harrison
8. Dead and Kicking (A Ghost Dusters Mystery #3) by Wendy Roberts 
9. Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows #3) by Kim Harrison 
10. A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows #4) by Kim Harrison 
11. For a Few Demons More (The Hollows #5) by Kim Harrison 
12. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder  

I signed up to read 15 books about zombies in 2014.

1. Dead The Ugly Beginning by T.W. Brown
2. Zombie, Ohio (Zombie #1) by Scott Kenemore  
3. Zombie, Indiana (Zombie #3) by Scott Kenemore 
4. Book of Riley Part 4 by Mark Tufo  
5. Deadlocked 4 by A.R. Wise  
6. Bite Me (London Undead #1) by PJ Schnyder   
7. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder 

March 2014 Wrap-up TBR Pile Challenge

I signed up to read 30 books from my TBR pile.  May have to up my goal!  I decided not to put the book covers on here because there are so many books.  Each is a link to my review with the book cover.

1. Dead The Ugly Beginning by T.W. Brown 
2. Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
3. Zombie, Ohio (Zombie #1) by Scott Kenemore  
4. Black Magic Sanction (The Hollows #8) by Kim Harrison  
5. Pale Demon (The Hollows #9) by Kim Harrison
6. One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress #2) by Jeaniene Frost 
7. At Grave's End (Night Huntress #3) by Jeaniene Frost 
8. Love Letters from Ladybug Farm (Ladybug Farm #3) by Donna Ball
9.  Fool Moon (The Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher 
10. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
11. A Perfect Blood (The Hollows #10) by Kim Harrison
12.  The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs (Cyrus Mills #1) by Nick Trout
13. Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #1) by Isobelle Carmody  
14. The Farseekers (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #2) by Isobelle Carmody  
15. Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children #1) by Jean M. Auel  
16. Dead and Kicking (A Ghost Dusters Mystery #3) by Wendy Roberts 
17. Deadlocked 4 by A.R. Wise 
18. Every Which Way But Dead (The Hollows #3) by Kim Harrison 
19. Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi  
20. Ashling (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #3) by Isobelle Carmody  
21. The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles #4) by Isobelle Carmody  
22. The Royal Treatment (Alaskan Royal Family #1) by MaryJanice Davidson 
23. A Fistful of Charms (The Hollows #4) by Kim Harrison  
24. For a Few Demons More (The Hollows #5) by Kim Harrison  
25. Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) by Jeaniene Frost  
26. Destined for an Early Grave (Night Huntress #4) by Jeaniene Frost  
27. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 
28. Survive to Dawn (London Undead #3) by PJ Schnyder 

March 2014 Wrap-up "Real" Book Challenge

I signed up to read 20 "Real" books in 2014.  I'm kind of behind, but I do have some books I've read and haven't gotten the reviews done yet, so they'll go for April!  Here's what is complete:

 

Reading Challenge: 2014 Series Challenge

Here's a reading challenge hosted by Read. Sleep. Repeat.  For this one you have to complete series.  I love series, I'm in the middle of a bunch of them!  Click the above button to sign up and join us!  You get badges as you go along.  Below are some of the books I hope to read this year.

Reading Challenge: Review Pile Reading Challenge

Here's a reading challenge hosted by Rachel @ Fiktshun and Reanna @ Phantasmic Reads! for getting rid of your review pile.  Click the button above for the rules and join us!

I'm going for the Journeyman level, which is reading 11-20 books from my reviews!

Here's what I have so far:

Reading Challenge: 2014 Fur and Fangs Reading Challenge

Hosted by Novel Heartbeat and Phantasmic Reads.  This will be a fun challenge since I enjoy reading vampire and werewolf novels!  Maybe I'll even find some new authors!  Click the button above to join the challenge!  We get to set our own goals, so I'm starting with 20 books and maybe go up from there!  Here's some I'm hoping to read.

Reading Challenge: 2014 "Real" Book Reading Challenge

Here's a great challenge to remind us how nice it still is to hold a "real" book in your hands.  Hosted by Spodcast and Fiction Fare.  Click on the button to join the fun.

I'm going for the Real Book Snob level, 21-30 books.  Below is some of what I hope to read.