2014 Reading Challenges Recap

So for 2014 I decided to take it easy and only participate in a few challenges. I guess passing 50% isn't so bad as 2013.

1) I will be doing the Goodreads Reading Challenge this year, but I've decided to put my goal at 52 - one book for each week of the year. Sounds a lot attainable than the 100 I thought I could do last year (I only made it to 71).  I figure my life needs more balance and 52 seems just right. The tracker is on my sidebar along with the other challenges I'll be taking part in.

I completed this challenge with 57 books!

 

2) Around the World in 12 Books via Giraffe Days. This one is going to be awesome! I put my goal at 6 books - Casual Tourist Level, but just might be able to complete the full 12 books if I choose my personal reading carefully. 

• ENGLAND - Perfect by Rachel Joyce
• FRANCE - My Wish List by Gregoire Delacourt
• AFGHANISTAN - The Pearl That Broke It's Shell by Nadia Hasimi
• PERU - Chasing the Sun by Natalia Sylvester
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3) PASSED!  Review Pile Reading Challenge via Rachel @ Fiktshun and Reanna @ Phantasmic Reads! I chose the Journeyman level of 11-20 books.

• Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder 
• Perfect by Rachel Joyce
• Lights of Aurora by Theresa McClinton
• Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich
• To Dance With the Devil by Cat Adams
• Trust In Me by J. Lynn
• Be With Me by J. Lynn
• The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
• Real Happy Family by Caeli Wolfson Widger
• Two Sisters by Mary Hogan
• Orphan Station by John Kent
• The Pearl That Broke It's Shell by Nadia Hasimi
• One Broke Girl by Rhonda Helms
• Cutting Teeth by Julia Fierro
• Branded by Abi Ketner and Missy Kalicicki
• One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahern
• Returning to Shore by Corinne Demas
• Chasing the Sun by Natalia Sylvester
• Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews
• Uncle John's Bathroom Reader For Kid's Only!
• Carrier by Anne Tibbets
• The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich
• The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
• After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman
• Inamorata by Megan Chance
• Camp Utopia and the Forgiveness Diet by Jenny Ruden
• The Hexed by Heather Graham
• Someone Else's Love Story by Joshilyn Jackson
• The Betrayed by Heather Graham
• Made For You by Melissa Marr
• Belches, Burps and Farts, Oh My! by Artie Bennett
• Vintage by Susan Gloss
• Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
• How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran           
• Breaking Love by MJ Summers

4) This is where I'll keep track of my BINGO card from the Retreat by Random House Reading Bingo Challenge. 

1. One-Word Title - ROOM by Emma Donoghue
2. By A Female Author - Big Girl Panties by Stephanie Evanovich
3. Second Book in a Series - Be With Me by J. Lynn
4. A Book Published This Year - The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
5. A Book With A Non-Human Character - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
6. A Book With a Mystery - Bones In Her Pocket by Kathy Reichs
7.A Book With a Blue Cover - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

I stopped keeping track, but I know that I didn't fill this card.