Just Another Reader

So I'm a day late. I did start this yesterday, but I couldn't paste on my kindle fire and I was too lazy to get up and use the computer. Anyway, I continue to kick ass at reading and have been flying through some books. I'm making good progress on my 2014 challenge and the two quarterly challenges, while finally remembering about my yearly challenge. Also, I'm having a fun time with the SOS Bookshelf Bingo. No one has won yet, but it's getting to the end and I'm already sad about it :(

 

*I've decided to change this a bit to a bimonthly update, on the 1st and 15th of each month. But I'm keeping the name, since I really like the word fortnight.

 

Books finished in 2014 since last update:

• The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman; narrated by Nadia May
• Ruby Red by Kiersten Gier
• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 8 by Naoko Takeuchi; translated by William Flanagan
• Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 9 by Naoko Takeuchi; translated by William Flanagan
• 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Among Others by Jo Walton
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Little Knife by Leigh Bardugo
• Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan
• This is Where I Leave You by Johnathan Tropper
• Landline by Rainbow Rowell
• Crown of Shadows by C.S. Friedman; Narrated by R.C. Bray

 

In the middle of:

• Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta
• Old Man's War by John Scalzi

 

Books Read in 2014:

137/250

 

On Track?

3 book ahead schedule

 

Reviews to write:

One

 

Challenges completed:

Six

 

Yearly:

Recommended by Readers Challenge: 5 out of 10

Randomizer Challenge: 3 out of 12

The String Theory Challenge: 5 out of 12

The Monopoly Genre Challenge: 18 out of 22

The Seasons of Love Challenge: 14 out of 27

 

Quarterly:

BWB TBR Challenge Q1: 7 out of 7

Rated YA-MA New, New, and New Challenge: 6 out of 6

2014 Reading Challenge Chinese Zodiac Challenge: 12 out of 12

BWB TBR Challenge Q2: 7 out of 7

Rated YA-MA Scavenger Hunt Challenge: 12 out of 6

2014 Reading Challenge Series Finish Challenge: 17 out of 18

BWB TBR Challenge Q3: 3 out of 9

Rated YA-MA AcronyMANIA: 3 out of 7

 

Monthly:

February Personal Challenge: 5 out of 9

-Did not finish either random pick

-Did not read a paperback book that I already own

-Only read one book published in 2014

January Personal Challenge: 5 out of 7

-Did not finish the random pick of The Blade Itself

-Did not read a paperback book that I already own.

 

Pages read in 2014 (to be added monthly):

40,550

 

Favorite Reads:

January: The Little Android by Marissa Meyer

February: Cress by Marissa Meyer

March: World After by Susan Ee

April: Saga Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

May: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, narrated by Edward Hermann

June: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

July:

August:

September:

October:

November:

December:

 

Favorite book of 2014 thus far:

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown, narrated by Edward Hermann