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Jan 24, 2013 06:18PM
I'm going for a solid 50 this year but I'm actually very positive I will finish it by March or April maybe with the rate I'm going at right now. I'm already at 15 books (about to finish #16 in a few hours) and it's only 24 day into the new year! Can't you believe it! That like one book every day and a half! Haha, I feel like I don't have a life outside reading now.
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just finished book #16! Opal and wow! That is 110% hands-down the craziest/amazing/mind blowing ending I have ever read. And the most shocking (but great) ending I think I will ever read in my life. So much feeling...
You know you have read to much when Goodreads tells you that you that you should increase your goal. I put my goal at 50 books this year however it is only January and I have finished 19 books already, so I'm thinking about changing it to 65 or something...just something to think about.
I'm going to do this challenge too!
Finished #20 Pushing the Limits such a perfect ending. Noah is so much more sweeter then he gives himself credit for.
Just to tell you guys if you are actually following my 2013 reading challenge (which I'm sure you aren't) I have changed my goal from 50 books to the magical 65! Due to the fact that I am already at 20 books and January isn't even done yet. So yah, BYE!
#22
and MIND BLOWN! It's so full of action and it's so seeable. I can't believe I have to wait till 2014 for the next book! WAHHHHHHHH!!
#23
. Erm not sure what to think about this book. It is VERY different than what I usually read. I thought the parts where they were both together was REALLY good and interesting but when they weren't...yawn. overall, 6 out of 10
February books: with rate22) Prodigy 12 out of 10!
23) Daughter of Smoke & Bone 6 out of 10
24) Beautiful Disaster 8.5 out of 10
25) The Iron Daughter 8 out of 10
26) The Iron Queen 9 out of 10
27) Candor 8 out of 10
28) The Indigo Spell 9.5 out of 10
29) If I Stay 10 out of 10
30) Where She Went 9 out of 10
31) When It Happens 6 out of 10
total books finished this month: 10 books
#25
it's nice and sweet and lives up to a fairytale suited for teenagers but I didn't like how Meghan just sits there and lets Ash or Puck fight for her. GET UP GIRL! Learn to fight or something. And of course, nice guy finish last in most stories as well as this one. :(
#26
That ending! aww, poor Ash. When she made her discussion it was like a knife going through my stomach and being twisted. It's okay though, everything will be fine, I'm sure.
#27
was a really quick fun read to pass the time. The concept was really interesting on how everyone listened to messages through music. And that ending wasn't exactly happy. I really did not expect that. How sad.
#29
. wow, what a powerful book. I thought it was over rated and was going to be boring but I was wrong. It's amazing and Adam is the perfect boyfriend. i Think many people can easily love this book. Maybe it should be a monthly read or something. I want others to read it.
#30
this takes place 3 years after "if i stay" where adam and mia meets up after years of not seeing each other. It was so cute and romantic. And i totally reccomend it.
March books: with rate32) Half-Blood 10 out of 10
33) Daimon 7 out of 10
35) Such a Rush 7 out of 10
36) Crash 8 out of 10
37) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer 7.5 out of 10
total books finished this month: 5 books
#32
Just think of all the awesome parts of the Vampire Academy books and BAM all in this book. But better because the dialogue is so witty and fun. Not that I'm saying VA books were boring, But this is way...WOW.
#34
. This was alright. I liked the whole plane thing because I have never read something that it's theme revolved around aircraft and flying. But it started of slow and I just hated some of the characters. And not in a love-to-hate kind of thing. No, I just hated them. Oh and loved the cover though!
#37
was freaky and confusing...like inception. the beginning was very appealing but the mysterious flashbacks were getting confusing which made it hard to enjoy.
April books: with rate38) Clockwork Princess 9.5 out of 10
39) Clash 8 out of 10
40) Pure 10 out of 10
41) The Iron Knight 9 out of 10
42) Perfect Scoundrels 8 out of 10
43) Second Chance Summer 7 out of 10
total books finished this month: 6 books
#38
is awesome end to a series. That epilogue made tears fall around me like a waterfall. Most perfect ending for both Jem and Will fans. And Magnus is like 100 times more awesome then he was already in this book.
#40
usually when reading a love triangle, I pick one guy and stick with him throughout the series but Seth and Aiden? Oh my gosh they are both perfect. I'm leaning towards Aiden because he is romantic when he say things but we don't really get to see him a lot in this book. And Seth is so lovable. "you're my cuddle-bunny" AWWWW. Now if only i can find the third book...
#41
you know that empty hollow feeling you get after you read the last book in a great series? yah, that's how i feel now...why can't I have an Ash? *sigh*
#42
Hale. Poor Hale. I just want to give him a hug. and his name, Scooter? I prefer Hale...But I don't get that scene at the waterfall that all. It doesn't make any sense whatsoever...
#43
It was cute and adorable and so cheesily romantic all in one. There is the whole summer house thing, 1st date at carnival with there 1st kiss there too. Also a kiss in the rain and blah blah however I love the cuteness of it.
May books: with rate44) The Elite 8 out of 10
45) Just One Day 9.5 out of 10
46) Stormbreaker 6.5-7 out of 10
total books this month: 3 books
#44
first off, isn't that a gorgeous cover. and second WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU AMERICA!!! What happened to your backbone! Where is that strong, I stand up for myself girl i loved? This whole book, she would want to do something then take it back later without thinking! Super frustrating. All the characters frustrated me in this book. Disappointing compared to the first.
June books: with rate47) Apollyon 9 out of 10
48) Elixir 10 out of 10
49) Hopeless 7 out of 10
50) Deity 9 out of 10
51) The Iron Legends 7.5 out of 10
52) The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight 8.5 out of 10
total books this month: 6 books
so i have an confession... I read
(book 4) before
(book 3). I know. i know. shame i me, but i couldn't help it the 4th book was staring at me from my bookshelf, i left it sitting there for a WHOLE month. I lasted a whole MONTH without Aiden! Do you know how hard that was. But now a read both and they were super good. so yah! ^-^
July books: with rate53)Of Mice and Men 7.5 out of 10
54)This Is What Happy Looks Like 9 out of 10
55)Cannery Row 7 out of 10
total books this month: 3 books
Of Mice and Men Of course this was a for a summer school assignment as i don't read classics or anything about the great depression, but this was shockingly good and I am highly emotional so the whole dog/ puppies and that ending made me tear up a little. But now need to write up the essay... that is not going to be fun at all...
#54
Has anyone of you ever watched Starstruck? Yah it's like that kinda but better and plot's a little differnent
August books: with rate56) Boundless 7 out of 10
57) Thirteen Reasons Why 6.5 out of 10
58) Origin 9.5 out of 10
total books this month: 3 books
September books: with rate59) Keep Holding On 7 out of 10
60) Beastly 5 out of 10
61) Sweet Evil 9 out of 10
62) The Fault in Our Stars 9.99out of 10
63) United We Spy 8 out of 10
total books this month: 5 books
Alyssa wrote: "Of Mice and Men Of course this was a for a summer school assignment as i don't read classics or anything about the great depression, but this was shockingly good and I am highly emotional so the wh..."I love that book. We have to study it this year and write an essay on loneliness. Actually quite looking forward to it :)
October books: with rate64) Just One Year 8 out of 10
65) Allegiant 9.5 out of 10
total books this month: 2 books
Just One Year I was more disappointed that Williem and Allison didn't meet somewhere in the book. I got that we needed to see Williem's life and his self discovery moments, but COME ON! We were left on a cliff-hanger in the last book, then we are left on the exact same one in this book! SERIOUSLY?!?! This there going to be a 3rd book??? I don't even know.
I'M DONE WITH THE BOOK CHALLENGE THING!!! (This is where I would be jumping around but it's really cold right now so I'll just stay with my blanket) Thank you to anyone who read this even though it's just my comment after comment after comment and i'm probably just writing this to myself. I really didn't think that I would find so many new books that i would fall in love with because I thought I've already read everything that I loved. I still think that there is no way I can find better books out there compared to what I've read, but we'll see about that in 2014.
But the year is not over and I'm defiantly not going to stop reading anytime soon so maybe I'll still update this. 65 books are a lot, that's more that a book a week so YAY ME!
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