2015 Reading Challenge Wrap Up!

Happy New Year, Everyone! 2015 was certainly a busy year for me! Most noteworthy: we bought a house and moved! That was pretty exciting! Back to books, here is a wrap up of my 2015 Reading Challenges. 

Goodreads Reading Challenge - I did complete this challenge, but just barely! I chose a short story for my last book but, I figured, after reading Outlander, it all balanced out. ;) I'm so happy I finished it! I was two books behind most of the year. 

60/60 completed!

You can see my Goodreads 2015 in Books here.


Dystopia Reading Challenge 2015 

This was my favorite challenge this year! I exceeded my goal of 7 by reading 11 dystopian/apocalyptic books! 

My review for Alive by Scott Sigler

Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Reading Challenge

I thought I had not finished this challenge until I sat down to do this blog post. Originally, I was only going to count books published in 2014 and older, but that became confusing for me as I sometimes didn't realize when the book was published since I had them on my list for a while. LOL! So, in the end, I just combined them! 

11/10 completed! 

I reviewed:

Stronger Even Than Pride by Gail McEwen
Forever Yours by Robin M. Helm
Suddenly Mrs. Darcy by Jenetta James
Emma Knows All by Laura Briggs and Sarah Burgess



TBR Pile Reading Challenge

This was a good challenge for me. It helped me get to those books I always put off. Some of these I really loved and was so glad I read! Code Name Verity was one of those! Incredible book! 
12/12 completed!

That was my year! For more information about the challenges, just click on the challenge banners above. 

I'm going to be posting my new challenges for 2016 soon! 

How was your year? Did you complete your challenges?

Dystopia Reading Challenge 2015

Okay, I'm going to do this challenge again because I loved it! And I still have so many left Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic books on my shelf to read!  

The Dystopia Reading Challenge 2015 is hosted by Cornerfolds. Head over there if you would like to join the fun! 

**This challenge recently changed hands. It is no longer at Blog of Erised, and Cornerfolds is the new host!  


The level I'm going for is Rebel - level 2 (7 to 12 books) again this year. 

I've finished the following books:

Legend by Marie Lu 
Prodigy (Legend, #2) by Marie Lu  
Champion (Legend, #3) by Marie Lu
Alive by Scott Sigler ~ my review 
Slated by Teri Terry 
The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau 


I'm going to start with this list and try to update it as I read them. I will also add books to my completed list on my 2015 Reading Challenge page.

Happy Reading!!

How well did I do in my 2014 Read Challenges?

Hey Everyone! Here's a quick wrap-up on my 2014 Reading Challenges:

I exceeded my goal of reading 60 books on my Goodreads Reading Challenge by reading 64! Woot!

I signed up for the "A Friendly Hug" level (11 to 20 books) for the 2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge, hosted by Bookish, and I made it! Barely. I read 11 books! You can see the list of books I read for this in my 2014 Reading Challenges page. I did not review any of these books. I just enjoyed them. :)

And last, but not least, the 2014 Dystopia Reading Challenge, hosted by Blog of Erised. I completed this one too! I read 20 books!! Woot! Again, you can find a list of books read on my 2014 Reading Challenges page. 

I'm pretty happy about reaching my goals! **throws confetti** I still have many books on my TBR pile, so I am going to be doing the TBR Pile Reading Challenge again, but I've missed the sign-ups for that. Well, that won't stop me! I will make my own. In fact, I'm doing all of these again, and I'm adding one more for 2015, Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Reading Challenge 2015. 

Did you do any challenges in 2014? How did you do?

W... W... W... Wednesdays ~ Nov. 5, 2014

Oh, my! It's Wednesday already! It's time for W... W... W... Wednesdays, which is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should be Reading. To play along, just answer the following questions.

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you'll read next?

What am I currently reading? I've started my Christmas reading by reading The Heart of Christmas by Brenda Novak. I'm really enjoying it! Even though this is the seventh in the series, it stands alone just fine. 

I receive this book from NetGalley, so I should have a review up soon! It looks like I'll have a nice little selection of Christmas stories to bring to you! 





What did I recently finish reading? I finished reading Icons by Margaret Stohl. I enjoyed this dystopian story about Dol, a girl who is one of four kids who survive the effects of the Icons. Why did they survive? What makes them special, and how can they help the people that are under the control of the House of the Lords. The Lords are aliens who came to colonize the earth. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series, Idols! -Another book read for my Dystopian Book Challenge! 



What do I think I'll read next? Hmmm... I'm not sure. I have a few books coming my way that I would like to read, but if they don't get here soon... I still have Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen to read. :D


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What are you reading? 

Dystopia Reading Challenge 2014

Hey everyone! I found a Dystopian reading challenge to join! 

This is perfect because I have a lot of Dystopian books on my TBR pile! Because I have already read 6 dystopian books this year before finding this challenge, I will start off with level 2, Rebel, with the remaining books I have left. 

Here's what I have to read at the moment:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Aberrant by Ruth Silver

ICONS by Margaret Stohl (I just found ICONS this past weekend while I was at the LA Festival of Books. I just happened to walk by her book signing and picked up a book!)

Btw, the six books I've already read and loved were The Lunar Chronicles and The Maze Runner series.


If you like to join in on the fun, head over to Blog Of Erised and sign up!