The 2014 TBR Pile Reading Challenge was hosted @ Bookish.

 

My goal was to read & review 31-40 books (level Sweet Summer Fling) from my TBR pile, and I read 39.

  

 

My Reading List:

 
1. Helen & Troy's Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez - my review 

2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor - my review 

3. Behind the Scenes by Trish Jensen - my review

4. Have Yourself a Curvy Little Christmas by Sugar Jamison - my review 

5. The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams - my review 

6. The Magician's Nephew by C. S. Lewis - my review

7. Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan - my review 

8. You Suck by Christopher Moore - my review 

9. Bite Me by Christopher Moore - my review 

10. The Last Battle by C. S Lewis - my review 

11. The Lost City of Faar by D. J. MacHale - my review 

12. Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld - my review 

13. Goliath by Scott Westerfeld - my review 

14.  Another Little Piece of My Heart by Tracey Martin - my review 

15. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa - my review 

16. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake - my review 

17. Where She Went by Gayle Forman - my review 

18. Stiltskin by Andrew Buckley - my review

19. Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder - my review

20. Beauty Awakened by Gena Showalter - my review 

21.  Taste of Darkness by Maria V. Snyder - my review 

22. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - my review 

23. The Darkest Craving by Gena Showalter - my review 

24. Ashes on the Waves by Mary Lindsey - my review 

25. Passenger by Andrew Smith - my review 

26. More Than This by Patrick Ness - my review 

27. Kiss That Frog by Cate Rowan - my review 

28. The Grimm Conclusion by Adam Gidwitz - my review 

29. The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova - my review 

30. Rose by Holly Webb - my review 

31. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - my review 

32. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore - my review 

33. The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa - my review 

34.  The Ghost Box by Catherine Fisher - my review 

35. Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl - my review 

36. Doctor Who: The Death Pit by A. L. Kennedy - my review 

37. The Final Murder by Anne Holt - my review
38. Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger - my review
39. The Never War by D. J. MacHale - my review 

  

 

I also participated in the Daughter of Smoke & Bone read-along! 

 

The 2014 Review Pile Reading Challenge was hosted by Rachel @ Fiktshun & Reanna @ Phantasmic Reads.

 

The goal of this challenge was to read & review books in the past year that we've received for review.

I loved participating in this challenge, because it kept me keep up with my review pile. Not always, there were still some review books that I read, but didn't gotten around to reviewing them :( but it happens, especially with my often reading, blogging & reviewing slumps I had in 2014. But, still, when I was in the mood, I did great, so overall, it wasn't a bad year.

My goal was to read & review 11-20 books, but I ended up with 85. Yes, I totally rocked it. Around 70-80% from these books are full-length novels, the rest are a mix of shorter reads, like novellas, illustrated childrens books & graphic novels. This year I read a lot more books from my review pile than my tbr pile. So, this year, I'm planning to do the opposite.

 

Books I read & reviewed:

 

1. Helen & Troy's Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez - my review 

2. Breakaway by Jeff Hirsch - my review 

3. The Lost Planet by Rachel Searles - my review 

4. Cursed by Lizzy Ford - my review

5. Once In A Lifetime by Jill Shalvis - my review

6. Behind the Scenes by Trish Jensen - my review

7. Have Yourself a Curvy Little Christmas by Sugar Jamison - my review 

8. Tesla's Attic by Neal Shusterman & Eric Elfman - my review 

9. Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt - my review 

10. Shadowdance by Kristen Callihan - my review 

11. Another Little Piece of My Heart by Tracey Martin - my review 

12. Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen - my review 

13. DarkFuse #1 edited by Shane Staley - my review 

14. Texas Hold'Em by Christie Craig - my review 

15. Stiltskin by Andrew Buckley - my review 

16. The Purple Girl by Audrey Kane - my review  

17. She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick - my review 

18. One Night with an Earl by Jennifer Haymore - my review 

19. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - my review 

20. Come Home to Me by Brenda Novak - my review 

21. Dead Silent by Sharon Jones - my review  

22. Flirting with Forever by Molly Cannon - my review 

23. Deadlock by Tim Curran - my review

24. The Secret of the Sea Creature by Laurie S. Sutton - my review 

25. The Thirteenth Mystery by Michael Dahl - my review 

26. The Art of Plants vs. Zombies - my review 

27. Emily & the Strangers Volume 1 - my review 

28. Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg - my review 

29. The Riverman by Aaron Starmer - my review 

30. When We Met by Susan Mallery - my review 

31. Before We Kiss by Susan Mallery - my review 

32. Open Road Summer by Emery Lord - my review  

33. The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry - my review 

33. 10 Ways to Handle the Best Man by Heidi Rice - my review 

35. Crazy, Stupid Sex by Maisey Yates - my review 

36. Her Valentine Fantasy by Nancy Warren - my review 

37. Misbehaving by Tiffany Reisz - my review 

38. Kiss That Frog by Kate Rowan - my review 

39. Crossing the Line by Megan Hart - my review 

40. New Beginnings by Victoria Schwab - my review

41. Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott - my review 

42. More Than This by Patrick Ness - my review

43. Until We Touch by Susan Mallery - my review

44. Making Waves by Ophelia London - my review 

45. The Mute Button by Elllie Irving - my review 

46. Taming the Country Star by Margo Bond Collins - my review 

47. Love Like the Movies by Victoria Van Tiem - my review 

48. Burned by Sarah Morgan - my review 

49. The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa - my review 

50. Rose and the Lost Princess by Holly Webb - my review 

51. Phi Beta Bimbo by Trish Jensen - my review 

52. The Ghost Box by Catherine Fisher - my review 

53. Arms of Anu by Christina Mercer - my review

54. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - my review
55. One Night in Buenos Aires by Amanda K. Byrne - my review
56. Half a King by Joe Abervrombie - my review
57. Fanning the Flames by Victoria Dahl - my review
58. The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth - my review
59. Loving Mindy by Karen Erickson - my review

60. Frostborn by Lou Anders - my review
61. Doctor Who: The Death Pit by A. L. Kennedy - my review
62. Love Bites by Ophelia London - my review
63. It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - my review
64. Talk Sweetly to Me by Courtney Milan - my review
65. Rose and the Magician's Mask by Holly Webb - my review
66. Her Kind of Trouble by Sarah Mayberry - my review
67. Shipwrecked with the Billionaire Rock Star by Victoria Wessex - my review

68. Red Blooded by Amanda Carlson - my review
69. The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud - my review
70. He's So Fine by Jill Shalvis - my review
71. The Asylum for Fairy Tale Creatures by Sebastian Gregory - my review
72. The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su & Kate Rorick - my review
73. All's Fair in Love & Weddings by Christine S. Feldman - my review
74. Evernight by Kristen Callihan - my review
75. The Frankenstein Journals by Scott Sonneborn - my review
76. Season for Desire by Theresa Romain - my review

77. Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan - my review
78. 10 Rules to Sex Up a Blind Date by Heidi Rice - my review
79. One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - my review
80. My True Love Gave to Me edited by Stephane Perkins - my review 

81. The Last Temptation by Neil Gaiman - my review

82. The Earl's Defiant Wallflower by Erica Ridley - my review
83. The Viscount's Christmas Temptation by Erica Ridley - my review
84. Mr Miracle by Debbie Macomber - my review
85. The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter - my review

One big THANK YOU to both Rachel & Reanna for hosting this challenge! 

Blog Ahead is a challenge I really need to do, especially because I haven't been around my blog or the blogosphere as much as I should've been, so I've gotten behind on my reviews, so I need to catch up & get ahead.

  

The Goal

 

The basic goal is to get "ahead" in your blog posts.

At the end of the month of Nov you'll have 30 additional pre-schedules than when you started the month.

  

For more info & to join, visit the post HERE!

   

I'll do a mix of reviews & memes posts. I'll list them below as I schedule them.

My Posts List:

  

1. WoW #172 (Nov 12)
2. TTT (Nov 11)
3. The Last Temptation review (Nov 11)
4. What's Next? #34 (Nov 13)
5. WoW #173 (Nov 19)
6. WoW #174 (Nov 26)
7. TTT (Nov 18)
8. TTT (Nov 25)
9. Delightful Launch Day Blitz: Excerpt & Giveaway (Nov 25)
10. Half-Off Ragnarok review (Nov 27)
 

So, yes, I failed totally at this challenge, but better 20 than none ;)

 

Once again, Great Imaginations is hosting 3 months long Bookish Bingo, but this time - it's the Holiday edition. I had lots of fun with the Summer edition, and I'm so excited about this one, the categories are amazing. I don't know if I'll manage to fill the board, but I'm looking forward to trying ;) 

 

For more info & to join, visit the post HERE!

  

The bingo categories & my progress:

  

My Reading List:

- Horror~~> Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan - my review
- Mystery~~> Dark Paradise by Angie Sandro - goodreads
- Set on Halloween~~> The Last Temptation by Neil Gaiman... - my review

- Set in Autumn~~> Oh, Naughty Night! by Leslie Kelly - to review

- Black Cover~~> The Boy in the Cemetery by Sebastian Gregory - to review

- Romance~~> Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins - to review

- Free~~> New Year's Resolution: Romance! anthology - to review

- Green Cover~~> Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire - my review

- Set During Christmastime~~> Mr Miracle by Debbie Macomber - my review

- Creature on Cover~~> A Christmas Horror Story by Sebastian Gregory - to review
- Fall or Winter Release~~> The Darkest Touch by Gena Showalter - my review
- Historical~~> The Earl's Defiant Wallflower by Erica Ridley - my review
- Reread~~> The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - goodreads
- Steampunk~~> Soulless by Gail Carriger

I absolutely, totally failed this time! Even though I read 14 books, I didn't get a bingo. 

The September is for Sequels Challenge is hosted by Lisa @ Lisa Loves Literature.

The goal of this challenge is to read sequels.

I actually came across this challenge only yesterday, and even though I'm late, I knew I had to sign up.

 

I'm really behind on my series, especially when it comes to 2014 releases (and I shouldn't even start on those before 2014), anyway, I already planned to catch up on some of those 2014 releases, mainly so they don't pile up. I actually already read one sequel this weekend, so I hope it's fine that I'll count it toward this challenge.

For more detailed info about this challenge & to sign up, visit the post HERE.

My goal is to read 5 sequels. 

I'll just list them as I read them, but some of the books I'd like to tackle are: Gena Showalter's Burning Dawn, Gail Carriger's Curtsies & Conspiracies, Marissa Meyer's Cress, Victoria Schwab's The Unbound or whatever I'm in a mood for ;) I also already tackled Amanda Carlson's Red Blooded.

My Reading List:

1. Red Blooded (Jessica McClain #4) by Amanda Carlson - my review

2. Burning Dawn (Angels of the Dark #3) by Gena Showalter - my review

3. Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School #2) by Gail Carriger - my review
4. Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer - my review
5. The Never War (Pendragon #3) by D. J. MacHale - my review
6. Evernight (Darkest London #5) by Kristen Callihan - my review
7. Season for Desire (Holiday Pleasures #4) by Theresa Romain - my review

 

Book Blog Walkers is hosted by Felicia S. a.k.a The Geeky Blogger @ The Geeky Blogger's Book Blog. 

   

For more info about this challenge, and to join, visit the post HERE!

 

 

I had fun participating in this event these last couple of months, and in August I did better than in July, so of course I'm in once again in September. Actually, I can't wait!

 

Book Blog Walkers is hosted by Felicia S. a.k.a The Geeky Blogger @ The Geeky Blogger's Book Blog. 

  

For more info about this challenge, and to join, visit the post HERE!

 

Check-in #1:

(August 15th)

 

So far this month, I haven't been active as much as I wanted to, but at least I squeezed in some walking & exercising a few days, though only a little. Hopefully, the 2nd half of the month would be better.

- walking: 8 km

- exercises: 1 h 10 min

- elliptical trainer: 25 km

Check-in #2:

(August 22nd)

Once again I didn't do as great as I wanted to, but I've been too busy, so I managed to get active only for a few days, and the following days will probably be like that, though I have hopes for the last days of the month to be more free to get active & do a lot more walking ;)

- walking: 10 km
- exercises: 1h 10 min
- elliptical trainer: 20 km

Final Update:

(August 31st)

- walking: 29 km

Wrap Up:

   
- walking: 47 km
- exercises: 2 k 20 min
- elliptical trainer: 45 km