It's time for the 5th annual Take Control of Your TBR Pile Challenge, hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer.

The goal of this month-long challenge is to read & review books from our TBR piles, but they must be at least 100 pages long & to be published before March 1st, 2017.

For more detailed info & to join the challenge, visit the posts HERE & HERE!

I really, really haven't been reading, so my TBR pile just kept growing and growing, so yes, I'd love to read at least some of the books on my TBR pile, and maybe just start to read a lot, like I used to do.

My Goals: 

- to read at least 5 full-length books from my TBR Pile

- to read a book from the pile of books translated to my language

- to read eARC

- to read ARC

- to read a paperback or hardback

- to read at least 1 hour a day, every day

So, that's about it! I know this will be fun! I'll try to participate in the Twitter Party on March 15th, and the 24-Hour Read-a-Thon on March 18th. And I'll update this post with my progress, and maybe tweet about it now then.

  

 

Good luck everyone & happy reading!!!

This monthly Bookish Bingo is hosted by Julie & Lynn @ Chapter Break!

  

  

Rules:

• You may use the same book to fill multiple squares
• You must have read (finished) the book in that month to count for that particular month’s card

     

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For more info about this challenge & to join, go HERE or to the February bingo post HERE!

 

 

I'll update the bingo card with my progress & list the books & categories below as I finish books.

 

Number of squares filled: 0

 

Squares + Books:

 

Set on a School Campus - 

 

Bar - 

 

The Flights of Fantasy Reading Challenge is hosted by Alexa @ Alexa Loves Books & Rachel @ Hello, Chelly!

  

The goal is to read fantasy books in 2016.

 

On Twitter, use #flightsoffantasy.

 

For more detailed info, and to sign up, visit the posts HERE or HERE!

 

 

My goal is to read 25 fantasy books.

  

 

I'm not posting a list, I'll just read whatever I'm in the mood for, though probably they will be a mix of first-reads & re-reads, and probably from all the types of fantasy (since I love it all). ;) I'll just list them as I read them.

 

 

My Reading List:

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The 2016 Series Enders Reading Challenge is hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know & Holly @ Words Fueled by Love.

The goal of this challenge is to read & review last books in series.

  

This challenge will run from January 1, 2016 until December 31, 2016.

There will be 4 levels:

Level 1: 1 – 5
Level 2: 5 – 10
Level 3: 10 – 15
Level 4: 15+

 

 

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

 

 

Last year I failed at this challenge. I read only one final book, and even that one I never reviewed, so, yes, major fail. Hopefully, this year I'll do better. ;)

And so, I decided for Level 1: to read & review 5 series enders.

If I read 5, I'll be happy, especially because I'm not reading as much as I used to read over a year ago. Anyway, I'll list the books as I read & review them.

 

 

My Reading List:

1.

This monthly Bookish Bingo is hosted by Julie & Lynn @ Chapter Break!

  

  

Rules:

• You may use the same book to fill multiple squares
• You must have read (finished) the book in that month to count for that particular month’s card

     

I really like that every month there'll be a new card, and that the important thing is the number of squares, not getting a bingo (which had been hard for me to do in a few other bingo challenges I've participated in), as well as one book can fill multiple squares, which is perfect because it's a shorter bingo.

 

For more info about this challenge & to join, go HERE or to the January bingo post HERE!

  

I'll update the bingo card with my progress & list the books & categories below as I finish books.

Number of squares filled: 7

 

Squares + Books:

 

Cowboy - Take Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates

  

Set on a ranch - Take Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates

 

Friends to Lovers - Take Me, Cowboy by Maisey Yates

 

Popular Tourist Location - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis
 
Free Space - Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis

 

Set in a city - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

 

Dead Body - The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

   
 

I filled only 7 squares, but I'm happy because I read only 5 books in January!

Winning at Reading is a month-long reading challenge hosted by Bea's Book Nook.

The goal of this challenge is to read books we've won or received as gifts, but haven't read yet. Any length, format & genre count.

The Twitter hashtag is #winningatreading.

For more detailed info & to sign up, visit the post HERE!

I have quite a few won books that I haven't read yet, especially ebooks, so this is the perfect challenge to hopefully read a few of them.

My goal is to read 3 won books, from which at least one will be physical book & one ebook.

I'll list the books as I read them once the challenge starts & I've read them ;)

My Reading List:

 

The Q4 Review Pile Reading Challenge is hosted by Rachel @ Fiktshun!

 

The challenge started on October 1st & ends on December 31st! So, yes, I'm a month late, but I'm in for the remaining 2 months.

 

The purpose of this challenge is to tackle the books on your review pile. They can be books you received from publishers or authors, grabbed from NetGalley or Edelweiss, or picked up at a convention or a conference with the intent of reading and reviewing them. The result (hopefully) of joining this challenge is to reduce those review piles and to feel a lot less guilty by the time 2016 comes around.

 

Use the hashtag #Q4RPRC2015 to share your progress and connect with other participants on Twitter.

 

To sign up for this challenge (sign ups open until December 1st, 2015) and for more details, visit the sign up post HERE.

 

There are 4 levels, and I'll try to reach the 2nd level Rockstar: to read & review 9-16 review books.

 

My Reading List:

 

1. The Sport of Baronets by Theresa Romain - my review
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I've seen the COYER challenge around, but I've never joined it before, so it's the first time I'm participating. And the challenge just started, so I'm almost on time. ;) To say that I've neglected my blog & reviewing would be an understatement, so I think COYER is just the thing that will get me back into the bookish bloggish mood. And it's definitely time to get back to reading, blogging & the bookish blogosphere overall. Also, I finally bought my Kindle reader a couple of months ago, so I don't have to use Kindle for PC anymore to read my ebooks, and also, we can read physical books, too, and plenty of those on my shelves, too, and I love reading challenges, and read-a-thons, and scavenger hunts, and Twitter parties, so yes, I can't wait to start :) I probably won't be on Facebook & Instagram, but I'll do the rest (hopefully). But, enough about me, now about the challenge...

  

The Clean Out Your E-Reads Challenge is
hosted by Fantasy is More Fun, Because Reading, and Books, Movies, Reviews.Oh My! - See more at: http://www.becausereading.com/its-here-coyer-sign-up/#sthash.dnqxBg2L.dpuf

The Clean Out Your E-Reads Challenge is
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The Clean Out Your E-Reads Challenge is
hosted by Fantasy is More Fun, Because Reading, and Books, Movies, Reviews.Oh My! - See more at: http://www.becausereading.com/its-here-coyer-sign-up/#sthash.dnqxBg2L.dpuf

The Clean Out Your E-Reads Challenge is
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The Clean Out Your E-Reads Challenge is
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The Clean Out Your E-Reads Challenge is hosted by Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun, Michelle @ Because Reading & Stormi @ Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh My!.

  

  

To sign up, and for more detailed info about this challenge & its rules, visit the sign up post HERE!

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The COYER Scavenger Hunt will run Saturday, June 20th – Friday, September 4th – keeping with the longer format we’ve adopted for the last couple challenges. Sign-ups will be open starting today through Saturday August 8th - See more at: http://www.becausereading.com/its-here-coyer-sign-up/#sthash.dnqxBg2L.dpuf

The COYER Scavenger Hunt will run Saturday, June 20th – Friday, September 4th – keeping with the longer format we’ve adopted for the last couple challenges. Sign-ups will be open starting today through Saturday August 8th - See more at: http://www.becausereading.com/its-here-coyer-sign-up/#sthash.dnqxBg2L.dpuf

The COYER Scavenger Hunt will run Saturday, June 20th – Friday, September 4th. Sign-ups will be open until Saturday August 8th.

  

 

The most important rule I think is to Read Books! It can be an ebook, physical book, audiobook, book that cost $200 –  you can read any book you legally own! And to review them of course ;)

  

 

There are 3 parts you can participate in & 3 giveaways for them: Reviews, The Scavenger Hunt & Super Supportive Participant. I'm hoping to participate in all of them, and not for the giveaways, but because they sound like so much fun :) Also, there will be Read-a-thons a.k.a. the Bonus Rounds, to which I'm really looking forward to & the Twitter Parties.

I won't post any goals, but those are the events I'm planning to participate in.  And I'll just update this post with my progress below.

  

 

The official Scavenger Hunt list can be found HERE. 

  

 

And as I already said, the complete list of rules & schedules can be found HERE & HERE!

  

So, that's it! I can't wait to begin, so good luck to everyone & have fun!!!
  
  

My Progress:

1. The Reality Bug by D. J. MacHale - oldest book on my Goodreads TBR pile (4 points) - to review

2. As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka - book set in a foreign country: Finland (2 points) - to review

3. Nightborn by Lou Anders - Celebrate 2015: book #2 in the series (3 points) - my review 
4. Marry Me at Christmas by Susan Mallery - a book with a Christmas theme (1 point) - to schedule review
5. The Pirate Pig by Cornelia Funke - a book featuring an animal prominently in the story (4 points) - to review
6. Ever Near by Melissa MacVicar - a book with a cover that's at least 51% blue (1 point) - reading
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Red, White & Blue: Read something with red, white, or blue on the cover or the words red, white or blue in the title. Read-a-thon is from July 4th – 10th, but you can sign up now, right here!

Beach Party: Read books that take place on/near a beach or involve vacation. Read-a-thon is from July 18th – 24th, but you can sign up now, right here!

Campfire Tales: Read books that YOU consider scary. Read-a-thon is from August 1st – 7th, but you can sign up now, right here!

Happy B-day COYER: Read books whose title includes C, O, Y, E, & R. Read-a-thon is from August 15th – 21st, but you can sign up now, right here!

Dog Days of Summer: Read a book with an animal on the cover. Read-a-thon is from August 29th – September 4th, but you can sign up now, right here!

- See more at: http://www.becausereading.com/the-hunt-has-begun-coyer-style/#sthash.RboYLJVR.dpuf

The Re-Read Challenge is a 2015 challenge hosted by Hannah @ So Obsessed With & Kelly @ Belle of the Literati.

 

The goal of this challenge is to re-read books! I love re-reading, and this year I've been planning to re-read even more than usually, so when I saw this challenge, I knew I had to join!
 

Some of the books I plan to re-read are: Harry Potter 1-7, the Eon/Eona duology, the Parasol Protectorate 2-5, The Night Circus, the Skinjacker trilogy, The Heir Chronicles 1-4, maybe even the Seven Realms series, probably the Lunar Chronicles 1-3 before I read the finale, and of course I'll re-read a few books by Neil Gaiman, too. I do that every year. And I'll probably re-read Ready Player One & I Am the Messenger, too. And yes, most will be fantasy, this year I've decided re-read my fav fantasy novels! But, there are a lot more I want to re-read, these are just at the top at the moment! So, wherever my mood takes me ;) Yes, I love to re-read!!!

So, my goal is to re-read at least 25 books!

For more details and to sign up, visit the posts HERE or HERE!

My Re-Read List:

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling - read
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling - read

3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling - read
4. Monster Hunters by Dean Lorey - read
5. Monster Madness by Dean Lorey - read
6. Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch - read
7. Alien Tango by Gini Koch - read
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling - read
?.The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - reading
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The 2014 Series Enders Reading Challenge was really successful for me, so I had to join again. I know it will be just as fun :)

The 2015 Series Enders Reading Challenge is hosted by Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know & Holly @ Words Fueled by Love.

 

The goal of this challenge is to read & review last books in series.

 

This challenge will run from January 1, 2015 until December 31, 2015.

  

There will be 4 levels:

Level 1: 1 – 5
Level 2: 5 – 10
Level 3: 10 – 15
Level 4: 15+

  

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

This time, I decided for level 2 - to read & review 5-10 series finales. 

 

I'll just list them below as I read them.
   
 

My Reading List:

 
1. Rose and the Silver Ghost (Rose series) by Holly Webb - to review
2.

 

Bookish is hosting the 2015 TBR Pile Reading Challenge!
  
This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2015. 

Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Short stories and novellas are OK, too! Only books released in 2013 and earlier! NO  2015 ARCs and 2015 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!

  

 There are 6 levels: 

1-10 - A Firm Handshake

11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - First Kiss
31-40 - Sweet Summer Fling
41-50 - Could this be love?
50+ - Married With Children 

Like in 2014, I decided for the Sweet Summer Fling level a.k.a to read & review 31-40 books from my TBR pile, though this year, I'm hoping to read more. 

Every couple of months, there will be monthly read-a-longs, too, so I'm hoping to participate in some of those, too. It also depends on the books that will be chosen for the read-a-longs.

 

On Twitter, use #2015TBRPile.

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

 
As always, I'll just list the books as I read them.

   

My Reading List:

 
1. Messenger's Legacy by Peter V. Brett - my review
2. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald - to review
3. Alien in the Family by Gini Koch - to review
4. The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas - to review
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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!