Reading Challenge Update [February - June 2016]

I got a little preoccupied with life and forgot to post my reading updates. I feel like I haven't read all that much, but somehow, I'm still on track with my overall goal for the year. The other challenges . . . not so much.

GoodReads Reading Challenge

These Months: 38 books
Total: 47/80

The Books:
February

Lair of Dreams (The Diviners #2) by Libba Bray

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt

You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

The One-of-a-Kind Cat Book by Ciye Cho

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
March

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co #1) by Jonathan Stroud

What's the Opposite? (The Hueys) by Oliver Jeffers

The Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co #2) by Jonathan Stroud
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson
April
When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware #1) by Jonathan Kellerman
Stars Above (The Lunar Chronicles #4.5) by Marissa Meyer
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium #3) by Stieg Larsson
Blood Test (Alex Delaware #2) by Jonathan Kellerman
Over the Edge (Alex Delaware #3) by Jonathan Kellerman
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) by Robert Galbraith
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
Silent Partner (Alex Delaware #4) by Jonathan Kellerman
Time Bomb (Alex Delaware #5) by Jonathan Kellerman
Private Eyes (Alex Delaware #6) by Jonathan Kellerman
May
Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare
Devil's Waltz (Alex Delaware #7) by Jonathan Kellerman
 Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic #1) by Tamora Pierce
All the Pretty Girls (Taylor Jackson #1) by J.T. Ellison
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Tris's Book (Circle of Magic #2) by Tamora Pierce
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
June
Andromeda (The God-Haunted Saga #1) by Meg Trotter
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright
That's Not My Penguin... by Fiona Watt
That's Not My Dinosaur by Fiona Watt 
The Future Collection: Science Fiction Short Stories by Beth Revis
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Daja's Book (Circle of Magic #3) by Tamora Pierce
Where's My Nose? by Susan Ring
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

These Months: 6
Total: 12/40

The Categories/Books:
February
a book written by a celebrity: You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
a book written by a comedian: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
March
a book translated into English: The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson
a New York Times bestseller: The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith
April
a book set in your home state (Tennessee): The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
June
a book that is under 150 pages: The Future Collection: Science Fiction Short Stories by Beth Revis

These Months: 7 TBR Books
Total: 10/30

The Books:
February
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
March

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co #1) by Jonathan Stroud

The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike #1) by Robert Galbraith
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson
April
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium #3) by Stieg Larsson
June
The Future Collection: Science Fiction Short Stories by Beth Revis

These Months: 0
Total: 1/12

Reading Challenge Update [September 2015]

I stepped up my reading in September! Hopefully this means I'll get at least a couple of my challenges completed by the end of the year! NaNoWriMo is coming up in November, so it will probably take a hit then, but I've gotten far enough ahead it shouldn't matter. Happy reading!

This Month: 10 books

The Books:

Boundless (Unearthly #3) by Cynthia Hand

Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey

The Emperor's Edge (The Emperor's Edge #1) by Lindsay Buroker

A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) by Beth Revis

Racing Savannah (Hundred Oaks #4) by Miranda Kenneally

Wither (The Chemical Garden #1) by Lauren DeStefano

All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) by Ally Carter

Fever (The Chemical Garden #2) by Lauren DeStefano

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld

Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) by Lauren DeStefano

This Month: 6

Total: 39/50

The Categories/Books:

A book a friend recommended: The Emperor's Edge (The Emperor's Edge #1) by Lindsay Buroker

A book at the bottom of your to-read list: Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey

A trilogy: The Chemical Garden 1-3 by Lauren DeStefano

A book with a love triangle: Boundless (Unearthly #3) by Cynthia Hand

A book set in the future: A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) by Beth Revis

A book that takes place in mentions your hometown: Racing Savannah (Hundred Oaks #4) by Miranda Kenneally

This Month: 7 TBR books

Total: 28/40

The Books:

Boundless (Unearthly #3) by Cynthia Hand

Jekel Loves Hyde by Beth Fantaskey

The Emperor's Edge (The Emperor's Edge #1) by Lindsay Buroker

A Million Suns (Across the Universe #2) by Beth Revis

Wither (The Chemical Garden #1) by Lauren DeStefano

Fever (The Chemical Garden #2) by Lauren DeStefano

Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) by Lauren DeStefano

 

Reading Challenge Update [March 2014]

Hey quirks! Welcome to my Reading Challenge Update (RCU). I'm doing a few of the same challenges as last year, and I added a couple new ones as well. I'm really excited about these challenges because challenges like these pushed me to read more in 2013, so I hope the same will happen this year because my goals are even bigger!

Unlike my Goodreads Rundowns where I give a bunch of stats, here I will just be listing the books I read during the previous month under the challenges to which they apply. To see where I am at between these posts, check out my Reading Challenges tab above.

This Month: 5 --- Total: 13/75
Until I Die by Amy Plum (Revenants #2)
If I Should Die by Amy Plum (Revenants #3)
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (Woodcutter Sisters #1)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd (The Madman's Daughter #1)

This Month: 1 --- Total: 3/12

The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams (Incarnation #1) [Key Word: Forever]

This Month: 2 --- Total: 3/12

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity #1) [Motif: Award Winner]

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (Woodcutter Sisters #1) [Motif: Fairy Tales]

This Month: 6 --- Total: 14/40

Until I Die by Amy Plum (Revenants #2)

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Code Name Verity #1)

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (Woodcutter Sisters #1)
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd (The Madman's Daughter #1)

The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams (Incarnation #1)

This Month: 0 --- Total: 0/1

Reading Challenge Update [February 2014]

Hey quirks! Welcome to my Reading Challenge Update (RCU). I'm doing a few of the same challenges as last year, and I added a couple new ones as well. I'm really excited about these challenges because challenges like these pushed me to read more in 2013, so I hope the same will happen this year because my goals are even bigger!

Unlike my Goodreads Rundowns where I give a bunch of stats, here I will just be listing the books I read during the previous month under the challenges to which they apply. To see where I am at between these posts, check out my Reading Challenges tab above.

This Month: 1 --- Total: 8/75
Icons by Margaret Stohl (Icons #1)

This Month: 1 --- Total: 2/12

The Dark Between by Sonia Gensler [Key Word: Dark]

This Month: 0 --- Total: 1/12

This Month: 1 --- Total: 8/40

The Dark Between by Sonia Gensler

This Month: 0 --- Total: 0/1

Reading Challenge Update [January 2014]

Hey quirks! Welcome to my Reading Challenge Update (RCU). I'm doing a few of the same challenges as last year, and I added a couple new ones as well. I'm really excited about these challenges because challenges like these pushed me to read more in 2013, so I hope the same will happen this year because my goals are even bigger!

Unlike my Goodreads Rundowns where I give a bunch of stats, here I will just be listing the books I read during the previous month under the challenges to which they apply. To see where I am at between these posts, check out my Reading Challenges tab above.

This Month: 7 --- Total: 7/75
Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

Saving Raphael Santiago by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan (The Bane Chronicles #6)
City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #5)
Champion by Marie Lu (Legend #3)
What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang (The Hybrid Chronicles #1)
Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando
Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher

This Month: 1 --- Total: 1/12

Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita (Secrets of My Hollywood Life #1) [Key Word: Secret]

This Month: 1 --- Total: 1/12

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (Shades of London #2) [Motif: Around the World]

This Month: 7 --- Total: 7/40

Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

The Savage Grace by Bree Despain (The Dark Divine #3)

Champion by Marie Lu (Legend #3)

Shadow Eyes by Dusty Crabtree

What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang (The Hybrid Chronicles #1)

 The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (Shades of London #2)

Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita (Secrets of My Hollywood Life #1)

This Month: 0 --- Total: 0/1