2013 Challenge Wrap Ups

Even though I only signed up for 3 challenges in 2013, I still had a hard time keeping track of everything. Evidently I suck at keeping track of books I've read! I definitely need to stay on top this year and make things easier on myself.


2013 YA Contemporary Challenge hosted by Katie's Book Blog

My goal for this year was 40 books, and I only reached 32. Kinda sucks for me, but I read quite a few New Adult and Adult contemps that didn't qualify. So I'll have to take that into account when I set my goals for 2014.

  1. Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
  2. Burning by Elana K. Arnold
  3. Made of Stars by Kelley York
  4. Fault Line by Christa Desir
  5. Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
  6. The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing #1) by Ashley Elston
  7. Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
  8. Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
  9. Ink is Thicker Than Water by Amy Spalding
  10. When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
  11. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
  12. Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce
  13. All I Need by Susane Colasanti
  14. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
  15. The Trouble with Flirting by Claire LaZebnik
  16. Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller
  17. Hysteria by Megan Miranda
  18. Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg
  19. Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
  20. Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder
  21. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
  22. Golden by Jessi Kirby
  23. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
  24. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
  25. The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
  26. Just One Day (Just One Day #1) by Gayle Forman
  27. The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace (Pseudonym), Mandy Hubbard
  28. Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn, Jolene Perry
  29. Wild Cards (Wild Cards #1) by Simone Elkeles
  30. Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
  31. Nantucket Blue (Nantucket #1) by Leila Howland
  32. The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine


2013 Standalone Reading Challenge hosted by Icey Books.

The challenge was to read 15 Standalone Young Adult books released this year. I did great on this challenge by reading 26 books.

  1. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
  2. Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
  3. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
  4. The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
  5. Golden by Jessi Kirby
  6. Hysteria by Megan Miranda
  7. Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
  8. Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder
  9. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
  10. How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
  11. Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
  12. When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
  13. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
  14. Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg
  15. Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
  16. Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller
  17. Thin Space by Jody Casella
  18. The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace (Pseudonym), Mandy Hubbard
  19. Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney
  20. Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn, Jolene Perry
  21. Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
  22. Burning by Elana K. Arnold
  23. All I Need by Susane Colasanti
  24. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
  25. Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
  26. The Trouble with Flirting by Claire LaZebnik


2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies.

I picked 10 books as my goal and I easily reached it. Some of these books were my favorite reads this year!

  1. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
  2. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
  3. Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
  4. Taken (Taken #1) by Erin Bowman
  5. Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce
  6. How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
  7. The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing #1) by Ashley Elston
  8. Nantucket Blue (Nantucket #1) by Leila Howland
  9. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
  10. Thin Space by Jody Casella
  11. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
  12. All Our Yesterdays (All Our Yesterdays #1) by Cristin Terrill
  13. Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
  14. Fault Line by Christa Desir
  15. After Eden (After Eden #1) by Helen Douglas


2013 Goodreads Reading Challenge

This was an easy challenge. I was in really bad shape at one time earlier in the year because I was in a semi reading slump. But I managed to catch up without any extra effort and finish the year right on my goal of 75 books. So YAY me!

2014 isn't too far away and I am researching which challenges I want to participate in. I don't know if I should keep the same challenges or shake things up this year.

2 comments:

  1. Great job! I stopped doing challenges except the Goodreads one, but I do keep reading stats and I'm crunching the numbers right now!
    Happy New Year!
    Thanks so much for stopping by! Jen @ YA Romantics

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  2. The Goodreads challenge is SO easy to keep track of! Mark your book as read and BAM, you're done. I like that. Especially since I realize I suck at keeping track of challenges.

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