What I Avoided to Talk About...

Just to torture myself, I will state two facts you guys have probably heard me whine about way too many times this year.

1) I read 108 books last years

2) My goals was 120 books this year

3) I will totally not make that goal

4) I will probably be VERY far away from last year's goal, too

Now, all of this is probably not news to you (not to me, definitely!). And I just realized those were 4, not 2 facts which might explain my counting problems.

Anyway, what I didn't realize in my utter disappointment with myself was that I made almost every other challenge I signed up for! And when I say that, I mean, I managed to do preeeetttyyy well in all but one of them!

Goal: 11-20 books 

1) Graceling by Kristin Cashore

2) Fire by Kristin Cashore

3) The Diviners by Libba Bray

4) Cloaked by Alex Flinn

5) Tempest by Julie Cross

6) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

7)Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

8) Gone by Michael Grant

9) Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

10) Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

11) The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong

12) My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares

13) Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott

14) The Boyfriend list by E. Lockhart

15) Love Story by Jennifer Echols

16) The Statistical Probablity of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

17) Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

18) Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

19) Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

20) How To Save a Life by Sarah Zarr

21) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Current status: 11 books! (nailed it!)
And I am almost entirely sure I will make it even more than 11 books until the year is over!

Sequel Challenge:

1) Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

2) Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood

3) Darkest Hour

4) Reunion

5) Ninth Key (all by Meg Cabot)

6) Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

7) Confessions of an Almost Girlfriend by Louise Rozett

8) Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick

9) Dare You To by Katie McGarry

10) Shadowland by Alyson Noel

11) Blue Moon by Alyson Noel

12) The Elite by Kiera Cass

13)  Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard

14) Wanted by Sara Shepard

15) Frostbite by Richelle Mead

16) Shadowkiss by Richelle Mead

17) Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

18) Scarlett by Marissa Meyer

19) Entice by Jessica Shirvington 

20) Vortex by Julie Cross

21) Through the Ever Night by Veronika Rossi

22) Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

23) Reached by Ally Condie

These are all the sequels i did read this year and I'm pretty sure my goal here was 12 a year. Yeah, doubled that. You know me. I tend to be awesome like that.

Vampires

Frostbite by Richelle Mead

Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

Blood Promise by Richelle Mead

Werewolves/Shifters

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Fey

The Iron King by Julie Kagawa (The Iron Fey #1)

Angels/Nephilim

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Entice by Jessica Shirvington

Mermaids

Dragons

Zombies

Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick

Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick

Demons

Witches/Wizards

Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood

Ghosts

Ninth Key by Meg Cabot

Darkest Hour by Meg Cabot

Reunion by Meg Cabot

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnsson 

Aliens

The Rules by Stacey Kade

Other (ie: sirens, unicorns, centaurs, timetravel etc.)

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

Tempest by Julie Cross

Vortex by Julie Cross

Blue Moon by Alyson Noel

Shadowland by Alyson Noel

Ink by Amanda Sun

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg 

I cannot even contain my excitement about this particular challenge! Before the challenge, I didn't like Paranormal Romance at all!!! Okay, that's not the point, because I still don't like the genre. However, I have discovered some really great books in it that are brilliant even though they are paranormal!

The last challenge I participated in was the Debut Author Challenge which I completely failed at. I remember reading Geek Girl and Prophecy at the beginning of the year, but those are literally the only Debuts I have read the entire year which is just sad. I honestly feel bad about it!

Anyway, how well have you done at your challenges this year? What are you doing to get as many book read as possible before the year is over?