Reading Challenge 2013
I'm going to try and update my Goodreads this year as well as keeping up my new book review blog. This year I'm aiming to read 200 new books, which I almost reached last year. The goal has been reduced to 150 as with university I have been unable to keep up with 17 books a month.
Ratings system:
Excellent book, amazing writing, will recommend and re-read.
Very good book, well-written, would recommend.
Good book, good story-line and enjoyable to read.
Average quality, many areas could be improved.
Poorly written book, a waste of time to read it.
(Sometimes I may give a book a low rating if it didn't interest me, which does not necessarily mean it is badly written.)
200 Books in 2013
JANUARY
1. Unrest - Michelle Harrison
2. The Madness Underneath - Maureen Johnson
3. Speechless - Hannah Harrington
4. The S-Word - Chelsea Pitcher
5. What's Left of Me - Kat Zhang
6. Hysteria - Megan Miranda
7. Buried Thunder - Tim Bowler
8. Unfed - Kirsty McKay
9. The Book of Why - Nick Montemarano
10. Shadowhunters and Downworlders - Cassandra Clare (editor)
11. One Breath Away - Heather Gudenkauf
12. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
12. The Reece Malcolm List - Amy Spalding
14. Now You See Me - S.J. Bolton
15. Pursued - Joel Gomez-Dossi
February
16. Black Swan Rising - Lee Carroll & Carol Goodman
17. Mila 2.0 - Debra Driza
18. She Loves You, She Loves You Not - Julie Anne Peters
19. Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare
20. A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
21. Haunting Violet - Alyxandra Harvey
22. Clarity - Kim Harrington
23. Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
24. Devil's Bargain - Rachel Caine
25. Through Dead Eyes - Chris Priestley
26. The Gashlycrumb Tinies - Edward Gorey
27. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories - Tim Burton
28. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
29. Henry IV Part I - William Shakespeare
30. Henry IV Part II - William Shakespeare
March
31. Tithe - Holly Black
32. Ironside - Holly Black
33. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
34. The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor - Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga
35. Othello - William Shakespeare
36. The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury - Robert Kirkman & Jay Bonansinga
37. Gray - Pete Wentz & James Montgomery
38. The Island - Sarah Singleton
39. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
40. Now and Forever - Ray Bradbury
APRIL
41. Dark Inside - Jeyn Roberts
42. Rage Within - Jeyn Roberts
43. Skinny - Donna Cooner
44. Butter - Erin Lange
45. Undone - Cat Clarke
46. Starters - Lissa Price (currently reading)
MAY
47. Maggot Moon - Sally Gardner
48. Hold On - Alan Gibbons
49. Numbers 2 - Rachel Ward
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Book Wishlist
Hunting Lila - Sarah Alderson
Losing Lila - Sarah Alderson
Quicksilver - R.J. Anderson
Invisible - Jeanne Bannon
August - Bernard Beckett
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
Undercurrent - Paul E. Blackwell
Anna Dressed In Blood - Kendare Blake
Girl of Nightmares - Kendare Blake
The Art of Travel - Alain de Botton
The Consolations of Philosophy - Alain de Botton
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
Any Human Heart - William Boyd
The Darkest Minds - Alexandra Bracken
Hate List - Jennifer Brown
Last Breath - Rachel Caine
Black Dawn - Rachel Caine
Bitter Blood - Rachel Caine
Fall Of Night - Rachel Caine
Daylighters - Rachel Caine
Dualed - Elsie Chapman
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Prince - Cassandra Clare
Clockwork Princess - Cassandra Clare
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Pretty Girl-13 - Liz Coley
Matched - Allie Condie
Crossed - Allie Condie
Reached - Allie Condie
Columbine - Dave Cullen
Someone Else's Life - Katie Dale
Along For The Ride - Sarah Dessen
Dreamland - Sarah Dessen
Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen
Vicious Little Darlings - Katherine Easer
Blind Spot - Laura Ellen
The White Devil - Justin Evans
Breathing Underwater - Alex Flinn
The Ocean At The End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
Beautiful Redemption - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Dream Dark - Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Pices Of Us - Margie Gelbwasser
Shelter - Frances Greenslade
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
The Sacrifice - Charlie Higson
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin
The Evolution of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin
Crank - Ellen Hopkins
The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz
Splintered - A.G. Howard
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Insomnia - J.R. Johansson
The Last Little Blue Envelope - Maureen Johnson
Girl A Sea - Maureen Johnson
These Broken Stars - Amie Kaufman
The Enchantments - Nina LaCour
The Realm of Possibility - David Levithan
Lost Christmas - David Logan
Rise of the Nine - Pittacus Lore
Legend - Marie Lu
Faery Tales & Nightmares - Melissa Marr
Heaven - Christoph Marzi
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Missing - Lisa McMann
Crash - Lisa McMann
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Shine - Lauren Myracle
The Sky Is Everywhere - Jandy Nelson
Unbreakable - Elizabeth Norris
Starglass - Phoebe North
Trapped - Michael Northrop
Prized - Caragh M. O'Brien
Brother/Sister - Sean Olin
Delirium - Lauren Oliver
Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver
Betrayal - Gregg Olsen
Forgotten - Cat Patrick
Revived - Cat Patrick
All The Wrong Reasons - J.L. Paul
The Adoration of Jenna Fox - Mary E. Pearson
Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
Lola and the Boy Next Door - Stephanie Perkins
Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins
Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer
PODs - Michelle K. Pickett
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Past Midnight - Mara Pumhagen
The Symptoms of My Insanity - Mindy Raf
Pretty Dark Nothing - Heather L Reid
A Million Suns - Beth Revis
Shades of Earth - Beth Revis
Letters To A Young Poet - Rainier Marie Rilke
Revolution 19 - Gregg Rosenblum
Amelia Anne Is Dead And Gone - Kat Rosenfield
The Dead-Tossed Waves - Carrie Ryan
The Dark and Hollow Places - Carrie Ryan
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick
Alice In Zombieland - Gena Showalter
Unwind - Neal Shusterman
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight - Jennifer E. Smith
Stargirl - Jerry Spinelli
Ink - Amanda Sun
Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor
Days Of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor
The Double Life of Cassiel Roadnight - Jenny Valentine
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Earthfall - Mark Walden
Pod - Stephen Wallenfels
Partials - Dan Wells
Mind Games - Kiersten White
The Other Life - Susan Winnacker
Cold Hands, Warm Heart - Jill Wolfson
The Probability of Miracles - Wendy Wunder
Blood Red Road - Moira Young
The Program - Suzanne Young
All These Things I've Done - Gabrielle Zevin
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Circle of Fire - Michelle Zink
Guardian of the Gate - Michelle Zink