Clean Sweep ARC Challenge (May)




Click the image above to get the rules and join in the fun!

Life has been very, very busy in my house, so I've gotten a bit behind on some ARCs. I saw this challenge on another blog and decided to join in with Caffeinated Book Reviewer and Angela's Anxious Life! Hopefully this challenge will be just the push I need to stay focused.

My Goals:

May in my house still looks like it's going to be crazy, so my goal is going to be to read at least 6 ARCs (hopefully 8). I'm hoping to read the following titles, but I have a bit of book ADD, so I may switch out some titles depending upon my mood.

I'll mark them off this list and indicate them as "read" as I go:

1. Kiss Me At Midnight by Diane Alberts (read)
2. The Warrior by Victoria Scott (read)
3. Meant To Be Mine by Becky Wade (read)
4. Played by Liz Fichera (read)
5. Neanderthal Marries Human (read)
6. Take Me On by Katie McGarry (read)
7. Rules of Survival by Jus Accrado (started)

I haven't done a reading challenge in a while, so wish me luck!

Seriously Series Reading Challenge: Final Progress Report (2013)

 I joined the Seriously Series Reading Challenge hosted by On a Book Bender and Reading the Paranormal at the beginning of the year.  To find out more about this challenge go here! You can find my original post and progressing goals for the year here.
 
This is my final tally for 2013.
 
My first quarter update is here.
My third quarter update is here.

Final Goals:

Series Started BEFORE 2013:
Upgraded to Seriously Spectacular Series Star Level (18+)
Yearly Progress: 20/18+

Series Started IN 2013:
Upgraded to Seriously Spectacular Series Star Level (18+)
Yearly Progress: 46/18+
 

December:

Old Series: Fracture Me; Crossing the Line; A Beautiful Wedding

New Series: Warmth In Ice; These Broken Stars; Wide Spaces; Forged By Fate; Wanted; Conviction; Take Me; Carter's Treasure; Brody's Love; Jesse's Soul; Eli's Honor; Wide Open; Alex's Destiny

November:

Old Series: Infinityglass; Sentinel; Crash Into You; Danio's Prelude

New Series: The Naturals; Night Owl; The Christmas Wish; Rome; Exclusively Yours; Torch; The Law of Attraction; The Home Court Advantage; Wanted

October:

Old Series: The Iron Traitor; Finding Cinderella; The Enchantress; Allegiant

New Series: Tattoo Thief; Alienated; One Week Girlfriend; Ender's Game; Brightest Kind of Darkness; My Ex From Hell; My Date From Hell; Ender's Shadow

September:

Old Series: Through the Zombie Glass

New Series: Hydraulic Level Five; The Rift Walker; The Kingmakers; Forever My Girl; My Everything; My Unexpected Forever; Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs; Friends Without Benefits

August:

Old Series: The Warlock

New Series: Flesh and Bone; The Assassin and the Pirate; Tooth and Nail; The Assassin and the Desert; The Assassin and the Underworld; The Assassin and the Empire; Throne of Glass; Afterburn; Fire and Ash; The Greyfriar; Crown of Midnight

July:

Old Series: Out of Breath; Losing Hope; Thief

New Series: The Eternity Cure; Charmed; The 5th Wave; Lick; Blood Vine; Blood Entangled; Rot and Ruin; Dust and Decay

 
June:

Old Series:

New Series: Complete Me; Entwined with You; 600 Hours of Edward; Edward Adrift; Charade; Façade; Black Heart; Neanderthal Seeks Human; The Immortal Rules

May:

Old Series: Sweet Peril; Just For Fins; Flat-Out Matt; Until I Die; Die For Her; If I Should Die; This Girl

New Series: Eyes Wide Open; Allure; Rule; Jet

April:

Old Series:

New Series: The Perfect Game; Cloud Walking; The Archived; Wait For You; Wide Awake; The Collector; Arouse; Release Me; Claim Me

March:

Old Series: Hana; Annabel; Raven; Requiem; The Necromancer; Clockwork Princess; Walking Disaster

New Series: Find You in the Dark; Light in the Shadows

February:

Old Series: Apollyon; Beautiful Chaos; Open Heart; Beautiful Redemption; The Indigo Spell; Double Crossed; Dirty Red

New Series: Hooked; Bared To You; Reflected in You

January:

Old Series: Snow Bound; Dare You To

New Series: Vain; The Farm; Naked; All In; Splintered; Recalled

 

Seriously Series Reading Challenge: Progress Report #3

 I joined the Seriously Series Reading Challenge hosted by On a Book Bender and Reading the Paranormal at the beginning of the year.  To find out more about this challenge go here! You can find my original post and progressing goals for the year here.

These are my July through September reads for this challenge. I didn't do a mid-year update (oops), but my first quarter update is here.

Current Goals:

Series Started BEFORE 2013:
Upgrading to Super Seriously Serious Level (13-18)
Yearly Progress so far: 14/18

Series Started IN 2013:
Upgrading to Seriously Spectacular Series Star Level (18+)
Yearly Progress so far: 30/18+

September:

Old Series: Through the Zombie Glass

New Series: Hydraulic Level Five; The Rift Walker; The Kingmakers; Forever My Girl; My Everything; My Unexpected Forever; Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs; Friends Without Benefits

August:

Old Series: The Warlock

New Series: Flesh and Bone; The Assassin and the Pirate; Tooth and Nail; The Assassin and the Desert; The Assassin and the Underworld; The Assassin and the Empire; Throne of Glass; Afterburn; Fire and Ash; The Greyfriar; Crown of Midnight

July:

Old Series: Out of Breath; Losing Hope; Thief

New Series: The Eternity Cure; Charmed; The 5th Wave; Lick; Blood Vine; Blood Entangled; Rot and Ruin; Dust and Decay

 

 

Seriously Series Reading Challenge: Progress Report #1

 I joined the Seriously Series Reading Challenge hosted by On a Book Bender and Reading the Paranormal at the beginning of the year.  To find out more about this challenge go here! You can find my original post and progressing goals for the year here. To link up YOUR progress, go to Kelly’s blog.

 

I only signed up with one goal in mind initially:

Original Goal:

Series Started BEFORE 2013: Seriously Serious Level (7-12)

Progress so far: 5/7

 

These are the series I have completed so far, from January to March:
 
1. The Caster Chronicles (Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia)
* Beautiful Chaos, Beautiful Redemption
 
2. The Infernal Devices (Cassandra Clare)
* Clockwork Princess
 
3. Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
* Hana, Annabel, Raven, Requiem
 
4. Beautiful (Jamie McGuire)
* Walking Disaster
 
5. More Than Magic (Elizabeth Kirke)
* Snow Bound

 

Now that I have my feet wet with the above goal, and I feel like things are going pretty well, I think I'll add another goal.

Additional Goal:

Series Started IN 2013: Super Seriously Serious Level (13-18)

Progress so far: 8/13

 

These are the series I have started so far, from January to March:

 

1. The Farm (Emily McKay)

* The Farm

 

2. The Blackstone Affair (Raine Miller)

* Naked, All In

 

3. That Boy (Jillian Dodd)

* That Boy, That Wedding

 

4. Splintered (A.G. Howard)

* Splintered

 

5. Crossfire (Sylvia Day)

* Bared to You, Reflected in You

 

6. Find You in the Dark (A. Meredith Walters)

* Find You in the Dark, Light in the Shadows

 

7. Hooked (Liz Fichera)

* Hooked

 

8. The Host (Stephenie Meyer)

* The Host

 

2013 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

 I seem to have an endless TBR pile, so this challenge really appeals to me. Any motivation to get to those poor neglected and overlooked books I have is good motivation. If you want to join this challenge or learn more about it, go here.
 
I'm going to start my level at: SWEET KISS (21-30 books). 
 
Here is my list of TBR pile books as I read them. I will update this list as the year progresses and mark off the books I've read (and add links to their reviews):
 
Read:
1. The Girl in the Wall by Daphne Benedis-Garb (pub 12/18/12)
2. Vain by Fisher Amelie (pub 12/25/12)

Candidates:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
How to Kill a Rock Star by Tiffanie DeBartolo
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Just for Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
The Host by Stephenie Meyer

2013 Seriously Series Reading Challenge

 

I'm joining in on the Seriously Series Reading Challenge hosted by On a Book Bender and Reading the Paranormal.  To find out more about this challenge or to sign-up yourself go here!

I have numerous series I've started that I'd love to complete.

At this point, the goal I'm aiming for is:

Seriously Serious Level (7-12) for Series started BEFORE 2013!

 
Here's a list of some of the series I've got my eye on to complete this year (up to as far as they've been published). I've already crossed off the ones I read prior to 2013. The ones I haven't read are in red, and I'll mark them once they're read as the year progresses:

OLD SERIES COMPLETED!

1. The Caster Chronicles (Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia)
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Darkness
Beautiful Chaos
Beautiful Redemption 

2. The Infernal Devices (Cassandra Clare)
Clockwork Angel
Clockwork Prince
Clockwork Princess
 
3. Delirium (Lauren Oliver)
Delirium
Pandemonium
Hana
Annabel
Raven
Requiem
 
4. Beautiful (Jamie McGuire)
Beautiful Disaster
Walking Disaster
A Beautiful Wedding
 
5. More Than Magic (Elizabeth Kirke)
Semester Aboard
Snow Bound
Danio's Prelude

6. Revenants (Amy Plum)
Die For Me
Until I Die
Die For Her
If I Should Die

7. The Sweet Trilogy (Wendy Higgins)
Sweet Evil
Sweet Peril

8. Breathing (Rebecca Donovan)
Reason to Breathe
Barely Breathing
Out of Breath

9. Fins (Tera Lynn Childs)
Forgive My Fins
Fins Are Forever
Just For Fins

10. Love Me With Lies (Tarryn Fisher)
The Opportunist
Dirty Red
Thief

11. Slammed (Colleen Hoover)
Slammed
Point of Retreat
This Girl (Will's POV)
 
12. Hopeless(Colleen Hoover)Hopeless
Losing Hope (Holder's POV)
Finding Cinderella 

13. Farsighted (Emlyn Chand)
Farsighted
Open Heart

14. Flat-Out Love (Jessica Park)
Flat-Out Love
Flat-Out Matt

15. White Rabbit Chronicles (Gena Showalter)
Alice in Zombieland
Through the Zombie Glass

16. Divergent (Veronica Roth)
Divergent
Insurgent
Allegiant

17. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel (Michael Scott)
The Alchemyst
The Magician
The Sorceress
The Necromancer
The Warlock
The Enchantress

18. Pushing the Limits (Katie McGarry)
Pushing the Limits
Dare You To
Crossing the Line
Crash Into You

19. Covenant series (Jennifer L. Armentrout)
Daimon
Half-Blood
Pure
Deity
Elixir
Apollyon
Sentinel

20. Hourglass series (Myra McEntire)
Hourglass
Timepiece
Infinityglass

OLD SERIES WANT TO FINISH (oh well, maybe next year):

1. Paranormalcy (Kiersten White)
Paranormalcy
Supernaturally
Endlessly

2. Unearthly (Cynthia Hand)
Unearthly
Hallowed
Boundless

3. Across the Universe (Beth Revis)
Across the Universe
A Million Suns
Shades of Earth

4. Vampire Queen (Rebecca Maizel)
Infinite Days
Stolen Nights

5. Prophecy of the Sisters (Michelle Zink)
Prophecy of the Sisters
Guardian of the Gate
Circle of Fire

6. Starcrossed (Josephine Angelini)
Starcrossed
Dreamless
Goddess

7. Falling Under (Gwen Hayes)
Falling Under
Dreaming Awake
 
8. The Body Finder (Kimberly Derting)
The Body Finder
Desires of the Dead
The Last Echo
Dead Silence

PROGRESS:

December:

Old Series: Fracture Me; Crossing the Line

New Series: Warmth In Ice; These Broken Stars; Wide Spaces; Forged By Fate; Wanted; Conviction; Take Me; Carter's Treasure; Brody's Love; Jesse's Soul; Eli's Honor; Wide Open

November:

Old Series: Infinityglass; Sentinel; Crash Into You; Danio's Prelude

New Series: The Naturals; Night Owl; The Christmas Wish; Rome; Exclusively Yours; Torch; The Law of Attraction; The Home Court Advantage; Wanted

October:

Old Series: The Iron Traitor; Finding Cinderella; The Enchantress; Allegiant

New Series: Tattoo Thief; Alienated; One Week Girlfriend; Ender's Game; Brightest Kind of Darkness; My Ex From Hell; My Date From Hell; Ender's Shadow

September:

Old Series: Through the Zombie Glass

New Series: Hydraulic Level Five; The Rift Walker; The Kingmakers; Forever My Girl; My Everything; My Unexpected Forever; Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs; Friends Without Benefits

August:

Old Series: The Warlock

New Series: Flesh and Bone; The Assassin and the Pirate; Tooth and Nail; The Assassin and the Desert; The Assassin and the Underworld; The Assassin and the Empire; Throne of Glass; Afterburn; Fire and Ash; The Greyfriar; Crown of Midnight

July:

Old Series: Out of Breath; Losing Hope; Thief

New Series: The Eternity Cure; Charmed; The 5th Wave; Lick; Blood Vine; Blood Entangled; Rot and Ruin; Dust and Decay

June:

Old Series:

New Series: Complete Me; Entwined with You; 600 Hours of Edward; Edward Adrift; Charade; Façade; Black Heart; Neanderthal Seeks Human; The Immortal Rules

May:

Old Series: Sweet Peril; Just For Fins; Flat-Out Matt; Until I Die; Die For Her; If I Should Die; This Girl

New Series: Eyes Wide Open; Allure; Rule; Jet

April:

Old Series:

New Series: The Perfect Game; Cloud Walking; The Archived; Wait For You; Wide Awake; The Collector; Arouse; Release Me; Claim Me

March:

Old Series: Hana; Annabel; Raven; Requiem; The Necromancer; Clockwork Princess; Walking Disaster

New Series: Find You in the Dark; Light in the Shadows

February:

Old Series: Apollyon; Beautiful Chaos; Open Heart; Beautiful Redemption; The Indigo Spell; Double Crossed; Dirty Red

New Series: Hooked; Bared To You; Reflected in You

January:

Old Series: Snow Bound; Dare You To

New Series: Vain; The Farm; Naked; All In; Splintered; Recalled