(Books page updated as of 2/27/2014)
I was wanting to do a progress update each month on what I'm reading, but January was not a good month for reading. Because as much as I love to read, I also love anime and video games, and so that is what happened in January.
(**coughcough**FullMetalAlchemistmarathon**coughcough**)
Nonetheless, I still got some reading in (even if I might have had to cheat a little bit, but, hey, as my little brother defends: "A volume of a manga series is technically a book, too!"), so according to my calculations, I have managed to read 6 books in January... 4 of which were four volumes of manga of which I'm not certain whether or not they count for some of the challenges I'm participating in, so I'll at least be fair in that aspect.
Which is fine. It just means I have more books to read in order to add onto each challenge and my end goals for 2014.
February ended up a bit better than January, so at least I feel like I'm making better progress.
A forecast for March has me listing several more titles in a row... so hopefully I don't burn myself out (as if that could happen), though my lists never go as planned, so we'll see. I may create a March post, or I may wait and do bi-monthly posts... which might be better now that I think about it.
Anyway...
Related posts:
More Reading Challenges!
2014 TBR Pile Challenge -- Roof Beam Reader
Challenges:
100 Books in a Year hosted by Book City Chick
Outdo Yourself Challenge hosted by The Book Vixen
2014 TBR Pile Challenge hosted by Roof Beam Reader
2014 TBR Pile Challenge hosted by Bookish
2014 Series Challenge hosted by Read. Sleep. Repeat.
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The four volumes I read of Sukitte iinayo will only be included in the generalized Reading Challenges on Goodreads and BookLikes.
I wrote a compiled review for all four volumes: Review -- Sukitte iinayo, Vol. 1 to 4.
All other books read are automatically included in the above two challenges as well.
2014 Reading Challenge:
1. Sukitte iinayo, Volume 1 by Hazuki Kanae - Review, Volumes 1 to 4
2. Sukitte iinayo, Volume 2 by Hazuki Kanae
3. Sukitte iinayo, Volume 3 by Hazuki Kanae
4. Sukitte iinayo, Volume 4 by Hazuki Kanae
5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Review
6. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West - Review
7. The Unbound (The Archived, book 2) by Victoria Schwab - Review
8. Split Second (Pivot Point, book 2) by Kasie West - Review
9. The Giver by Lois Lowry - Review
10. Serial Hottie by Kelly Oram - Review
11. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima - Review
12. This Is What Happy Looks Like - Review
Otherwise, here is my January and February progress for each of the other challenges listed:
100 Books in a Year hosted by Book City Chick
Present Progress: 8 books read
January
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak -- Review
2. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West -- Review
February
1. The Unbound by Victoria Schwab -- Review
2. Split Second by Kasie West -- Review
3. The Giver by Lois Lowry -- Review
4. Serial Hottie by Kelly Oram -- Review
5. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima -- Review
6. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith -- Review
Outdo Yourself Challenge hosted by The Book Vixen
Goal: 102 to 106 books
Present Progress: 8 books read
January
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak -- Review
2. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West -- Review
February
1. The Unbound by Victoria Schwab -- Review
2. Split Second by Kasie West -- Review
3. The Giver by Lois Lowry -- Review
4. Serial Hottie by Kelly Oram -- Review
5. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima -- Review
6. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith -- Review
2014 TBR Pile Challenge hosted by Roof Beam Reader
Goal: 12 pre-selected books
Present Progress: 2 books read
No progress in January.
February
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry -- Review
2. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima -- Review
2014 TBR Pile Challenge hosted by Bookish
Goal: 31 to 40 books
Present Progress: 6 books read
January
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak -- Review
2. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West -- Review
February
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry -- Review
2. Serial Hottie by Kelly Oram -- Review
3. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima -- Review
4. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith -- Review
2014 Series Challenge hosted by Read. Sleep. Repeat.
Goal: 7 to 11 series
Present Progress: 2 series
No progress in January.
February
1. The Unbound by Victoria Schwab / Book 2 of The Archived series -- Review
2. Split Second by Kasie West / Book 2 of Pivot Point series -- Review
See also: 2014 Series Challenge
Just as well, The Book Thief was chosen as a read-along with my BFF for our own personal Mini Book Club.
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I promise I'll come up with a better format for my next update post. This one seems kind of clunky and chaotic, but I suck at finding a good structure or format until after the fact. What would really make my day would be the ability to include tables in my blog posts... I... might think about inserting photos of my actual tables I keep on an excel spreadsheet for my book lists and reading lists, though I wonder if that might be too extreme.
