2013 Challenge Wrap Ups

Even though I only signed up for 3 challenges in 2013, I still had a hard time keeping track of everything. Evidently I suck at keeping track of books I've read! I definitely need to stay on top this year and make things easier on myself.

2013 YA Contemporary Challenge hosted by Katie's Book Blog

My goal for this year was 40 books, and I only reached 32. Kinda sucks for me, but I read quite a few New Adult and Adult contemps that didn't qualify. So I'll have to take that into account when I set my goals for 2014.

1. Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
2. Burning by Elana K. Arnold
3. Made of Stars by Kelley York
4. Fault Line by Christa Desir
5. Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
6. The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing #1) by Ashley Elston
7. Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
8. Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
9. Ink is Thicker Than Water by Amy Spalding
10. When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
11. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
12. Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce
13. All I Need by Susane Colasanti
14. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
15. The Trouble with Flirting by Claire LaZebnik
16. Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller
17. Hysteria by Megan Miranda
18. Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg
19. Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
20. Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder
21. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
22. Golden by Jessi Kirby
23. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
24. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
25. The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
26. Just One Day (Just One Day #1) by Gayle Forman
27. The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace (Pseudonym), Mandy Hubbard
28. Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn, Jolene Perry
29. Wild Cards (Wild Cards #1) by Simone Elkeles
30. Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
31. Nantucket Blue (Nantucket #1) by Leila Howland
32. The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine

2013 Standalone Reading Challenge hosted by Icey Books.

The challenge was to read 15 Standalone Young Adult books released this year. I did great on this challenge by reading 26 books.

1. This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
2. Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
3. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
4. The Book of Broken Hearts by Sarah Ockler
5. Golden by Jessi Kirby
6. Hysteria by Megan Miranda
7. Dirty Little Secret by Jennifer Echols
8. Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder
9. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
10. How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
11. Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
12. When You Were Here by Daisy Whitney
13. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
14. Revenge of the Girl with the Great Personality by Elizabeth Eulberg
15. Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
16. Where the Stars Still Shine by Trish Doller
17. Thin Space by Jody Casella
18. The Truth About You and Me by Amanda Grace (Pseudonym), Mandy Hubbard
19. Starry Nights by Daisy Whitney
20. Out of Play by Nyrae Dawn, Jolene Perry
21. Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
22. Burning by Elana K. Arnold
23. All I Need by Susane Colasanti
24. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
25. Kindness for Weakness by Shawn Goodman
26. The Trouble with Flirting by Claire LaZebnik

2013 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies.

I picked 10 books as my goal and I easily reached it. Some of these books were my favorite reads this year!

1. Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook
2. Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
3. Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) by Laurie Boyle Crompton
4. Taken (Taken #1) by Erin Bowman
5. Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce
6. How My Summer Went Up in Flames by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
7. The Rules for Disappearing (The Rules for Disappearing #1) by Ashley Elston
8. Nantucket Blue (Nantucket #1) by Leila Howland
9. Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
10. Thin Space by Jody Casella
11. Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
12. All Our Yesterdays (All Our Yesterdays #1) by Cristin Terrill
13. Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair
14. Fault Line by Christa Desir
15. After Eden (After Eden #1) by Helen Douglas

2013 Goodreads Reading Challenge

This was an easy challenge. I was in really bad shape at one time earlier in the year because I was in a semi reading slump. But I managed to catch up without any extra effort and finish the year right on my goal of 75 books. So YAY me!

2014 isn't too far away and I am researching which challenges I want to participate in. I don't know if I should keep the same challenges or shake things up this year.