January 2013 Recap
Posted on 21 February 2013 | No responses
Category: 2013, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
Already forgot for the month of January! I do like keeping “stats” so I will try to remember this monthly!
Books read in January: 4
Pages read in January: 1143
Avg pages per day: 37
Avg rating: 3.25
Books read towards YA Challenge: 4
Favorite book this month: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Least favorite book this month: Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally
2013 Classics Challenge
Posted on 2 January 2013 | No responses
Category: 2013, Challenge | Tags: Challenge
One of my goals this year is to read some classics that I’ve never read. I think my goal will be to read at least 6 classic novels this year. Here are some things I’d like to read:
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books Read:
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien (finished 3/23/13) – I liked these books, but I had a hard time staying into them when there were pages and pages of walking. I liked the battles and when stuff was actually going on.
2013 Feminist Reads Challenge
Posted on 31 December 2012 | No responses
Category: 2013, Challenge | Tags: Challenge
I am trying to not start too many challenges this year, but this one looks like a good one!
The 2013 Feminist Reads Challenge
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (2/2/13)
- The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell (4/27/13)
Blog fail…
Posted on 19 December 2012 | No responses
Category: 2012, Me |
I ended up not even keeping up with what I was reading monthly. Sad! I was derailed in August because I did a Sci-Fi Lit class where I was only reading parts of books and some were eBooks, so I lost track of how many pages I’d read. Then I got busy and stopped reading as much, which happens in the fall a lot, and I moved, which took up a lot of time. Now I am back to reading quite a bit, but I’m rereading instead of reading new books. But I do love the Harry Potter series so much!
It wasn’t a bad year, though. I didn’t finish the alphabet challenge, but I did finish the PBS YA Challenge. I’ll be attempting that challenge again in 2013, so I’ll put up a new post soon. I’m going to attempt to do monthly posts again, maybe with a small tweak to the format. I like that I am reading whatever I want to, not because it fits a challenge category or whatever, so I hope to continue that as the year begins and not get caught up in finishing the challenges and stuff like that. We shall see!
July Recap
Posted on 1 August 2012 | No responses
Category: 2012, Books, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
Books read in July: 7
Pages read in July: 2,287
Avg pages per day: 74
Avg rating: 3.45
Books read towards Alpha Challenge: 0
Favorite book this month: Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
Least favorite book this month: Household and Children’s Stories by The Brothers Grimm
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Books read in 2012 YTD: 60
Pages read in 2012 YTD: 21, 180
Avg pages per day YTD: 99
Avg rating YTD: 3.45
Books read towards YA Challenge YTD: 33/33
Books read towards Alpha Challenge YTD : 21/26
June-August Reading Challenge: 7/10
Fantasy and Science Fiction Class: 1/14
June Recap
Posted on 1 July 2012 | No responses
Category: 2012, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
Books read in June: 6
Pages read in June: 2,108
Avg pages per day: 70
Avg rating: 3.83
Books read towards Alpha Challenge: 3
Favorite book this month: Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
Least favorite book this month: I don’t really have one this month – I liked the stuff I read.
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Books read in 2012 YTD: 53
Pages read in 2012 YTD: 18,893
Avg pages per day YTD: 104
Avg rating YTD: 3.45
Books read towards YA Challenge YTD: 33
Books read towards Alpha Challenge YTD : 21
May Recap
Posted on 31 May 2012 | No responses
Category: 2012, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
Books read in May: 12
Pages read in May: 4,157
Avg pages per day: 134
Avg rating: 3.25
Books read towards Alpha Challenge: 3
Favorite book this month: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Least favorite book this month: Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
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Books read in 2012 YTD: 47
Pages read in 2012 YTD: 16,785
Avg pages per day YTD: 110
Avg rating YTD: 3.4
Books read towards YA Challenge YTD: 33
Books read towards Alpha Challenge YTD : 18
April Recap
Posted on 30 April 2012 | No responses
Category: 2012, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
Books read in April: 9
Pages read in April: 3,259
Avg pages per day: 109
Avg rating: 3.0
Books read towards YA Challenge: 9
Books read towards Alpha Challenge: 2
Favorite book this month: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Least favorite book this month: Devil’s Breath by David Gilman
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Books read in 2012 YTD: 35
Pages read in 2012 YTD: 12,628
Avg pages per day YTD: 104
Avg rating YTD: 3.45
Books read towards YA Challenge YTD: 33 – Complete!
Books read towards Alpha Challenge YTD : 15
March Recap
Posted on 1 April 2012 | No responses
Category: 2012, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
Books read in March: 11 (one was a re-read)
Pages read in March: 4,199
Avg pages per day: 135
Avg rating: 3.6
Books read towards YA Challenge: 9
Books read towards Alpha Challenge : 5
Favorite book this month: I guess I can’t say Hunger Games since it was a re-read, so I’ll say Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Least favorite book this month: Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher
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Books read in 2012 YTD: 26
Pages read in 2012 YTD: 9369
Avg pages per day YTD: 103
Avg rating YTD: 3.62
Books read towards YA Challenge YTD: 24
Books read towards Alpha Challenge YTD : 13
February Recap
Posted on 28 February 2012 | 1 response
Category: 2012, Challenge | Tags: Monthly Recap
A day early, but I won’t finish anything tomorrow. :)
Books read in February: 5
Pages read in February: 1,816
Avg pages per day: 63
Avg rating: 4.2
Books read towards YA Challenge: 5
Books read towards Alpha Challenge : 2
Favorite book this month: Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta
Least favorite book this month: Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
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Books read in 2012 YTD: 15
Pages read in 2012 YTD: 5,170
Avg pages per day YTD: 86
Avg rating YTD: 3.53
Books read towards YA Challenge YTD: 15
Books read towards Alpha Challenge YTD : 8
About Me
Hi - I'm Jenna and I like to read! I'll read just about anything from romance to science fiction. Lately I've been reading most YA and my thoughts on those books are the main focus of this blog. I live in Atlanta and have an adorable dog.
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