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Challenge # 16: Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

We’re starting a new year, so we’re going to try a new format for our quarterly challenge. You may still choose to read as many or as few categories as you like.

◆As always, all formats are accepted (print, ebook, audio) and rereads are fine as long as you read the entire book and not just skim it.
◆Any genre is acceptable unless specifically stated otherwise.
◆You can change your list or level at any time or just make it up as you go along.

This challenge is based on a list of Popular New Year’s Resolutions from http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New...

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

Levels
Easy: 1- 4 books
Medium: 5 – 8 books
Hard: 9-12 books
Extreme: All 13 books

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.
4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do)
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)
6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet.
7. Get Fit: Werewolves and shifters always seem to be in great shape, so read a book featuring weres or shifters of some type. Or you could read a book with a very fit character on the cover ; )
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

You may join the challenge up to the final day of March. If you get a late start it’s fine to back date with any books you started on January 1 or later.

When you've completed a book for the challenge, please come back to this thread and post a NEW comment with something like this:

2/9 completed
along with your updated list.


Questions? Anything I’ve forgotten? Just ask.

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I've never done any challenges but this looks like fun. Do I have to set a goal or just post when I finish one of the above?

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

Extreme: 0/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.
4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do)
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)
6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet.
7. Get Fit: Werewolves and shifters always seem to be in great shape, so read a book featuring weres or shifters of some type. Or you could read a book with a very fit character on the cover ; )
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

Tom wrote: "I've never done any challenges but this looks like fun. Do I have to set a goal or just post when I finish one of the above?"


Welcome to your first challenge! We're pretty easy going about challenges here, so you can do whatever works best for you. Some folks like to plan them out ahead of time, but I usually read whatever I want and just hope it fits a category. Then I just update as I go.

I hope you have fun with your first challenge.

Here's my list, hoping they all work. For example, not having read my choice for #2 I can only guess the world is actually at stake by the blurb on the back cover. My #3 choice has a nice picture of flames on the cover. For #4 I believe The Golden Compass counts as YA. For #6 I chose the Dresden Files collection of short stories I haven't yet read, as Harry always seems to be scraping by. Finally, for #11 I read The Hobbit many years ago (well before Goodreads, or the internet even) and this seems like a good excuse to read it again. Overall will be a lot of fun!

0/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages. Woman in the Dark
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster. A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover. Blood Cross
4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do) The Golden Compass
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.) The Fool's Run
6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet. Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
7. Get Fit: Werewolves and shifters always seem to be in great shape, so read a book featuring weres or shifters of some type. Or you could read a book with a very fit character on the cover ; ) Moon Called
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans Every Which Way But Dead
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy! Criminal Enterprise
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own. A Conspiracy of Faith
11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason The Hobbit
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite Agents of Light and Darkness
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author. Grave Witch

I will be signing up. Thanks for putting the challenges together, Christine.

Tom wrote: "Christine wrote: "Tom wrote: " So do i state that i am shooting for extreme like ladymurmur did?? Or at the end do you just post how far you got? "


If you want to declare yourself an extremist, go for it! :)

Most folks pick a level to aim for from the start, but you can always change it later if you read more or less.

I read a lot and thought this would be easy but this is going to be HARD!...haha Here's a starting point for me because I am very mood driven for my books and couldn't imagine lining up 13. :o)



Extreme: 0/13

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.A Hidden Fire
4.Thirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet.
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.Cry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Come Alive
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11.Finnikin of the Rock (not sure might be rereading)
12.Queen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

Christine wrote: "Tom wrote: "Christine wrote: "Tom wrote: " So do i state that i am shooting for extreme like ladymurmur did?? Or at the end do you just post how far you got? "


If you want to declare yourself an ..."

I could do it easily if everything wasn't a series these days that leads into at least 3 books. :o)

Not 100% sure that all these books are my final choice, but I wanted to include as many things from my to-read list as possible if they (hopefully) fit the categories. I can't swear that #4 has scenes that take place in school as I haven't read it yet. And #7 has a lycanthrope character (the guy on the cover?) but reviews say he's only one of several main characters so maybe it counts? Judges opinions welcome. ;)

0/13


1. The Grimoire of the Lamb and In Sea-Salt Tears both because they're so very short.
2. Urban Shaman
3. Child of Fire
4. Little Brother
5. Bloodshot
6. Timeless
7. Dead Iron
8. Every Last Drop
9. The Color of Magic
10. Unshapely Things
11. Crocodile on the Sandbank
12. The Hobbit Every time I see a commercial for Desolation of Smaug, I think 'I have to read The Hobbit again'.
13. Midnight Riot

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

Completed: 13/13

✔1. Lose Weight:
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism (1/14) ***
✔2. Volunteer to Help Others:
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (1/2) **
✔3. Quite Smoking:
Small Favor (3/14) *****
✔4. Get a Better Education:
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi (2/5) ****
✔5. Get a Better Job: Beyond the Homestretch: What I've Learned from Saving Racehorses (2/7) *****
✔6. Save Money:
Summer Knight (1/2) ****
✔7. Get Fit:
Origin (1/5) ***
✔8. Eat Healthy Food:
Blood Rites (1/18) ****
✔9. Manage Stress:
Anna and the French Kiss (1/13) ****
✔10. Manage Debt:
Death Masks (1/10) *****
✔11. Take a Trip:
The Thief (1/7) ****
✔12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle:
UnSouled (1/24) *****
✔13. Drink Less Alcohol:
Salvage the Bones (1/13) ***

I'm in!

2/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. DONE A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
3. Blood Cross
4. The Golden Compass
5. The Fool's Run
6. Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
7. Moon Called
8. Every Which Way But Dead
9. Criminal Enterprise
10. A Conspiracy of Faith
11. The Hobbit
12. Agents of Light and Darkness
13. Grave Witch

This is an awesome challenge! I need to spend a little time with it to map out my reads.

Greg wrote: "1/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. A Kiss Before the Apocalypse"



Wow, Greg! I'm impressed. I've barely started my new book for the year, and you're already done with one.

I hope you enjoy A Kiss Before the Apocalypse. I just finished Walking In the Midst of Fire and it was the best in the series so far, in my opinion.

And Ashley Marie has already finished a book, too! Wow.

Brandy wrote: "This is an awesome challenge! I need to spend a little time with it to map out my reads."

I didn't commit to my reads but definitely had to map out to see how it could be done first. that took a lot longer than I expected. Totally doable for me if I can stop myself from getting into a series that leads me into 6 other books...haha

Christine wrote: "Greg wrote: "1/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. A Kiss Before the Apocalypse"



Wow, Greg! I'm impressed. I've barely started my new book for the year, and you'r..."

Lol, thanks, but it was the novella choice, which only took me around two hours to read or so. The rest will be a bit more of an investment. I am going to see what I can do before classes start up in 10 days though, so maybe I'll get through a few more by then. OF course, I see you've put together a couple of other yearly challenges too which I have yet to look at. Thank you for so much effort in putting these together, they are great. :)

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

Extreme: 1/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.
4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do)
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)
6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet.
7. Get Fit: Hexed (3 of the 4 stories include shifters. )
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

Extreme: 1/13

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.A Hidden Fire
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet.
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.Cry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Come Alive
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11.Finnikin of the Rock (not sure might be rereading)
12.Queen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

2/13


1. DONE The Grimoire of the Lamb and In Sea-Salt Tears
2. Urban Shaman
3. Child of Fire
4. Little Brother
5. Bloodshot
6. Timeless
7. Dead Iron
8. Every Last Drop
9. The Color of Magic
10. Unshapely Things
11. Crocodile on the Sandbank
12. DONE The Hobbit
13. Midnight Riot

Moved Come Alive to 6 because Perry is always struggling to make a buck.

Extreme: 2/13

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.A Hidden Fire
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6.Come Alive
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.Cry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11.Finnikin of the Rock (not sure might be rereading)
12.DoneQueen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

3/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. DONE A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
3. DONE Blood Cross
4. The Golden Compass
5. The Fool's Run
6. Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
7. Moon Called
8. Every Which Way But Dead
9. Criminal Enterprise
10. A Conspiracy of Faith
11. The Hobbit
12. Agents of Light and Darkness
13. Grave Witch

Extreme: 3/13

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.A Hidden Fire
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6.DoneCome Alive
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.Cry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11.Finnikin of the Rock (not sure might be rereading)
12.DoneQueen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

Extreme: 3/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Raven Cursed
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.
4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do)
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)
6. Save Money: On the Edge
7. Get Fit: Hexed
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

6/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. DONE A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
3. DONE Blood Cross
4. DONE The Golden Compass
5. DONE The Fool's Run
6. DONE Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
7. Moon Called
8. Every Which Way But Dead
9. Criminal Enterprise
10. A Conspiracy of Faith
11. The Hobbit
12. Agents of Light and Darkness
13. Grave Witch

COMPLETED 13/13

Here are my books:

1. Lose Weight: Fallen (Dark Gods Saga) by Violette Dubrinsky - COMPLETED 1/22

2. Volunteer to Help Others: Haunted Moon by Yasmine Galenorn - COMPLETED 1/31

3. Quite Smoking: Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon - COMPLETED 2/2

4. Get a Better Education: First Frost by Jennifer Estep - COMPLETED 2/3

5. Get a Better Job: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole - COMPLETED 2/5

6. Save Money: Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews COMPLETED 2/8

7. Get Fit: The Keeping by Nicky Charles - CONPLETED 2/12

8. Eat Healthy Food: Of Shadow Born by Dianne Sylvan. - COMPLETED 2/15

9. Manage Stress: Blood Trade by Faith Hunter - COMPLETED 2/22

10. Manage Debt: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris - COMPLETED 2/28

11. Take a Trip: Coveted by Stephanie Nelson - COMPLETED 3/11

12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Her Dark Angel by Felicity Heaton - COMPLETED 3/14

13. Drink Less Alcohol: The Ghost and The Graveyard by Genevieve Jack - COMPLETED 3/26

Finished a few, so posting a quick update:

Completed: 4/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.
✔2. Volunteer to Help Others:
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (1/2) **
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.
4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do)
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)
✔6. Save Money:
Summer Knight (1/2) ****
✔7. Get Fit:
Origin (1/5) ***
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
✔11. Take a Trip:
The Thief (1/7) ****
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

Extreme: 4/13

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.A Hidden Fire
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6.DoneCome Alive
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.DoneCry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11.Finnikin of the Rock (not sure might be rereading)
12.DoneQueen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

I'm going with Medium level (6 books). I'm also not sure that these books will be my final choices but for now...

2/6

1. Quit Smoking: Child of Fire
2. Get a Better Education: Vampire Academy
3. Eat Healthy Foods: The Grendel Affair DONE
4. Manage Debt: Will have to look at my book selection at home
5. Drink Less Alcohol: Midnight Riot
6. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Pale Demon DONE

Veronica G. wrote: "I'm going with Medium level (6 books). I'm also not sure that these books will be my final choices but for now...

1/6

1. Quit Smoking: Child of Fire
2. Get a Better Education: [bo..."

I keep wanting to start vampire academy! I feel like its going to be a commitment with so many books out. Not sure if thats why its still on my TBR and not READ pile yet.

3/13


1. DONE The Grimoire of the Lamb and In Sea-Salt Tears
2. Urban Shaman
3. Child of Fire
4. Little Brother
5. Bloodshot
6. Timeless
7. DONE Dead Iron
8. Every Last Drop
9. The Color of Magic
10. Unshapely Things
11. Crocodile on the Sandbank
12. DONE The Hobbit
13. Midnight Riot

10/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.

Prophecy of the Female Warrior - 1/9 - 3.80

2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.

Uhura's Song - 1/10 - 3.75

3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.



4. Get a Better Education: Read a non-fiction book OR a YA books that includes at least a few scenes in a school setting (any kind of school will do)


5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)

new to me series by author already read: Rosso Lussuria Vampire series

Darkness Embraced - 1/8 - 3.00

6. Save Money: Read a book with a character who is rich or one who is struggling to make ends meet.

RIZEN: Tales of the Zombie Apocalypse - 1/11 - 4.00 stars

7. Get Fit: Werewolves and shifters always seem to be in great shape, so read a book featuring weres or shifters of some type. Or you could read a book with a very fit character on the cover ; )

Riding with the Cop: An Erotic Sex Story Of Sexual Submission - 1/5 - 0 stars

8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans

Iron & Velvet - 1/6 - 5 stars

9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!



10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.

Inception - 1/4 - 3

11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason

The Emergency Claus - 1/9 - 5.0

12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Read a book you already own, a book borrowed from the library, or reread an old favorite

The Ruins of Mars: Waking Titan - 1/3 - 2

13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

To Murder a Saint - 1/8 - 3




I took advantage of that "Any genre is acceptable unless specifically stated otherwise" I did.

Extreme: 5/13

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.DoneDream of the Serpent
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6.DoneCome Alive
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.DoneCry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10.A Hidden Fire
11. Fighting Redemption
12.DoneQueen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

New Year's Resolution Challenge
January 1 - March 31

13/13 completed

1. Lose Weight (novella or book < 200 pages)
Done 1/22 - After Dead by Charlaine Harris

2. Volunteer to Help Others (one character saves another's life or their town/the world)
Done 1/30 - Succubus Dreams by Richelle Mead

3. Quit Smoking (smoke, fire, or flame in the title)
Done 1/15 - Firespell by Chloe Neill

4. Get a Better Education (non-fiction or YA in a school setting)
Done 1/23 - David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell

5. Get a Better Job (series new to me by a familiar author)
Done 3/25 - Omens by Kelley Armstrong

6. Save Money (character is rich or struggling to make ends meet)
Done 3/29 - The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

7. Get Fit (featuring weres or shifters)
Done 1/22 - Blood Blade by Marcus Pelegrimas

8. Eat Healthy Food (featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans)
Done 1/11 - Succubus On Top by Richelle Mead

9. Manage Stress (any book that makes me happy)
Done 1/25 - I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman

10. Manage Debt (book already owned)
Done 3/8 - Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut

11. Take a Trip (main characters travel)
Done 1/19 - Biting Cold by Chloe Neill

12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (book borrowed from the libary)
Done 1/17 - Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

13. Drink Less Alcohol (book by an author new to me)
Done 1/31 - Killing Floor by Lee Child

4/13


1. DONE The Grimoire of the Lamb and In Sea-Salt Tears
2. Urban Shaman
3. Child of Fire
4. DONE Little Brother
5. Bloodshot
6. Timeless
7. DONE Dead Iron
8. Every Last Drop
9. The Color of Magic
10. Unshapely Things
11. Crocodile on the Sandbank
12. DONE The Hobbit
13. Midnight Riot

Extreme: 7/13

Finished this post.

1.The Soul Mate
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Read a book in which one character saves another’s life or saves their town or the world from disaster.
3.DoneDream of the Serpent
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6.DoneCome Alive
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.DoneCry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10.DoneA Hidden Fire
11.Done Fighting Redemption
12.DoneQueen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

13/13

1. An Empty Room
2. Doctor Who: Peacemaker
3. Rose Under Fire
4. Looking for Alaska
5. Love in the Time of Global Warming
6. Maggot Moon
7. Blood and Chocolate
8. Magic in the Mirrorstone: Tales of Fantasy short story "Veronica Brown" by Sean Manseau
9. The Good Luck of Right Now
10. Tandem
11. Ashen Winter
12. All the Truth That's in Me
13. Wash

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Tom wrote: "I keep wanting to start vampire academy! I feel like its going to be a commitment with so many books out. Not sure if thats why its still on my TBR and not READ pile yet.
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I have a friend who was only so-so on the VA series but she LOVES the spin-off Bloodlines series and she's begging me to read it. So I feel like I need to start with VA first - something to do my total inability to read a series out of order, including spin-offs.

Veronica G. wrote: "I have a friend who was only so-so on the VA series but she LOVES the spin-off Bloodlines series and she's begging me to read it. So I feel like I need to start with VA first - something to do my total inability to read a series out of order, including spin-offs."

Oh, that's funny... I'm just the opposite. Loved Vampire Academy but am just "meh" on Bloodlines. Still reading it, though. I agree that it feels wrong to read series or their spin-offs out of order!

Veronica G. wrote: "Tom wrote: "I keep wanting to start vampire academy! I feel like its going to be a commitment with so many books out. Not sure if thats why its still on my TBR and not READ pile yet.
"

I have a f..."

I'm reading the Alpha & Omega series without reading Mercy Thompson. I have the bloodlines TBR'd but didn't realize it was a VA spinoff. I only dabble in YA and VA seems like such a big YA commitment.

Tom wrote: "I'm reading the Alpha & Omega series without reading Mercy Thompson. I have the bloodlines TBR'd but didn't realize it was a VA spinoff. I only dabble in YA and VA seems like such a big YA commitment. "


You haven't read Mercy Thompson yet?! I have a soft spot for Mercy as it was one of the first UF series I read and the first one that I really loved. You don't have to read it before Alpha & Omega, but you have to read it.

I believe i passed on it because of the length of the series. Im sure I'll get ro it eventually. I've only been reading for a couple of years and there are so many great books to get to. :)

11/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. DONE A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
3. DONE Blood Cross
4. DONE The Golden Compass
5. DONE The Fool's Run
6. DONE Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
7. DONE Moon Called
8. DONE Every Which Way But Dead
9. DONE Criminal Enterprise
10. A Conspiracy of Faith
11. DONE The Hobbit
12. DONE Agents of Light and Darkness
13. Grave Witch

Extreme: 8/13

Finished this post.

1.The Soul Mate
2.DoneCry No More
3.DoneDream of the Serpent
4.DoneThirteen Reasons Why
5.The Summoning (Ive read Bitten )
6.DoneCome Alive
7.The Shadow Queen(Janelle looks fit)
8.DoneCry Wolf (werewolf)
9.Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10.DoneA Hidden Fire
11.Done Fighting Redemption
12.DoneQueen of the Darkness
13.The Darkest Minds

12/13


1. DONE The Grimoire of the Lamb and In Sea-Salt Tears
2. DONE Urban Shaman
3. Child of Fire
4. DONE Little Brother
5. DONE Bloodshot
6. DONE Timeless
7. DONE Dead Iron
8. DONE Every Last Drop
9. DONE The Color of Magic
10. DONE Unshapely Things
11. DONE Crocodile on the Sandbank
12. DONE The Hobbit
13. DONE Midnight Riot

13/13


1. DONE Woman in the Dark
2. DONE A Kiss Before the Apocalypse
3. DONE Blood Cross
4. DONE The Golden Compass
5. DONE The Fool's Run
6. DONE Side Jobs: Stories From the Dresden Files
7. DONE Moon Called
8. DONE Every Which Way But Dead
9. DONE Criminal Enterprise
10. DONE A Conspiracy of Faith
11. DONE The Hobbit
12. DONE Agents of Light and Darkness
13. DONE Grave Witch

I really enjoyed all 13 books I read for this challenge, they went so fast!

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Jan 1, 2014 to Mar 31, 2014

Extreme: 5/13

1. Lose Weight: Read a novella or any book less that 200 pages.
2. Volunteer to Help Others: Raven Cursed
3. Quite Smoking: Read a book with ‘smoke’, ‘fire’, or ‘flame’ (or any variation of those words) in the title OR a picture of smoke or fire on the cover.
4. Get a Better Education: Arcanum 101
5. Get a Better Job: Read a book in which a character changes professions OR read a new-to-you series by an author you’ve already read. (For example, if you’ve already read Diana Rowland’s Kara Gillian series, here’s an opportunity to give her White Trash Zombie series a try.)
6. Save Money: On the Edge
7. Get Fit: Hexed
8. Eat Healthy Food: Read a book featuring any type of creature that feeds off of humans. Not just vampires sucking blood, but also those that feed on emotions or dreams, through sex, or any other means of sucking life energy from humans
9. Manage Stress: Read any book that makes you happy!
10. Manage Debt: Read a book you already own.
11. Take a Trip: Read a book in which the main character(s) go on vacation or have to travel for any reason
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: Unleashed
13. Drink Less Alcohol: But read more books! Read a book by a new to you author.

New Year’s Resolution Challenge
Goal: Extreme
Completed: 13

1. Lose Weight: Home for the Holidays (Feb. 9)
2. Volunteer to Help Others: King Cave (Jan. 19)
3. Quite Smoking: Fire (Jan. 13)
4. Get a Better Education: Ruby Red (Jan. 11)
5. Get a Better Job: It Had to Be You (Jan. 20)
6. Save Money: Dream a Little Dream (Feb. 14)
7. Get Fit: What a Dragon Should Know (Jan. 24)
8. Eat Healthy Food: White Hot Kiss (Mar. 28)
9. Manage Stress: The Rosie Project (Jan. 25)
10. Manage Debt: Sunshine (Jan. 10)
11. Take a Trip: Biting Cold (Jan. 22)
12. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle: House Rules (Jan. 28)
13. Drink Less Alcohol: Tangled (Feb. 1)