I hear 2013 calling my name. I think it's time to call 2012 quits and start my end of the year posts. In total I entered 27 reading challenges this year. Let's see how I did... Failed challenges edition.

Wow! Two years in a row I wanted to read this series and two years in a row I utterly failed...

Outlander (1991)
Dragonfly in Amber (1992)
Voyager (1994)
Drums of Autumn (1997)
The Fiery Cross (2001)

So close! Yet, I didn't complete it in time. Those Us and Xs are very hard to find. And I cheated a bit with the Q.

A — American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout (2/2/12)
B — Bad Doings and Big Ideas by Bill Willingham (4/23/12)
C — Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (1/12/12)
D — Doctor Who: Through Time and Space (2/22/12)
E — The Boys Volume 10 by Garth Ennis (6/7/12)
F — Frostbite by Richelle Mead (6/22/12)
G — A Gentleman Always Remembers by Candace Camp (2/7/12)
H — Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (1/8/12)
I – Intentions of the Earl by Rose Gordon (6/29/12)
J — The Joy of Scrapbooking by Lisa Bearnson (1/30/12)
K — Wonderland by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew (5/23/12)
L — A Lady Never Tells by Candace Camp (1/23/12)
M — The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore (2/11/12)
N — Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli (6/1/12)
O — Slanted and Enchanted by Kayla Oakes (9/16/12)
P — The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (5/7/12)
Q — Social Q’s by Philip Galanes (12/4/12)
R — Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (2/1/12)
S — Fables: Super Group (2/2/12)
T — Timeless by Gail Carriger (3/18/12)
U —
V — The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (4/20/12)
W — Fables: Witches by Bill Willingham (1/6/12)
X –
Y — The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs (2/26/12)
Z — Zombie Blondes by Brian James (2/4/12)

Failed, but a pretty decent showing considering my goal.

0-99 — This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson (9/1/12)
100-199 — Haunts of San Jose by David Lee (9/1/12)
200-299 — The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs (2/26/12)
300-309 — Click edited by J. Courtney Sullivan and Courtney Martin (12/7/12)
310-319
320-329 — Liberty Defined by Ron Paul (9/3/12)
330-339 — The Green Book (12/11/12)
340-349 — Active Liberty by Stephen Breyer (12/10/12)
350-359
360-369
370-379 — Change.edu by Andrew Rosen (9/16/12)
380-389 — On Target by Laura Rowley (9/19/12)
390-399 – Social Q’s by Philip Galanes (12/4/12)
400-499 — Words Words Words by David Crystal (12/5/12)
500-599
600-699 — The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson (4/18/12)
700-709 — Slanted and Enchanted by Kayla Oakes (9/16/12)
710-719
720-729
730-739 – Minigami by Gay Merrill Gross (12/11/12)
740-749 — Blue by Lisa Cregan (12/10/12)
750-759 — Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun by Gita May (9/21/12)
760-769
770-779 — The Joy of Scrapbooking by Lisa Bearnson (1/30/12)
780-789
790-799 — Harry Potter Film Wizardry by Brian Sibley (1/29/12)
800-899 — Readings on Shakespeare’s The Histories (3/25/12)
900-909 — The Lost Millennium by Florin Diacu (9/12/12)
910-919 — Paris in Love by Eloisa James (5/16/12)
920-929 — Not Quite What I was Planning (12/3/12)
930-939 — Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History by Patrick Hunt (9/18/12)
940-949 — Sprezzatura by D’Epiro and Pinkowish (12/6/12)
950-959
960-969 — A History of Egypt by Jason Thompson (12/7/12)
970-979 – Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (6/17/12)
980-989
990-999

Another overly ambitious goal, but I gave it a try anyway.

1982 — Blade Runner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (11/27/12)
1983 –
1984 –
1985 –
1986 –
1987 –
1988 — The Sandman Volume 1 Preludes and Nocturnes (6/4/12)
1989 –
1990 — The Sandman Volume 2 the Doll’s House (6/6/12)
1991 — Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (1/8/12)
1992 — The Sandman Volume 4 Season of Mists (7/2/12)
1993 — The Sandman Volume 5 A Game of You (7/5/12)
1994 —
1995 — The Dark Compass by Philip Pullman (8/12/12)
1996 — The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg (4/20/12)
1997 – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
1998 — Reading’s on Shakespeare’s The Histories (3/25/12)
1999 — HP 2 by J.K. Rowling (2/22/12)
2000 — The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (8/20/12)
2001 — Sprezzatura by D’Epiro and Pinkowish (12/6/12)
2002 –
2003 — HP 5 by J.K. Rowling (5/29/12)
2004 — Persepolis: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (7/4/12)
2005 — The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (4/8/12)
2006 – Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick (6/17/12)
2007 — Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster (1/29/12)
2008 — Hatter M Vol. 1 (1/15/12)
2009 — The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks (1/7/12)
2010 — Fables: Witches (1/6/12)
2011 — Jack of Fables: The End (1/6/12)

This one was a bit of a joke. I think I knew signing up that I wouldn't complete it. Oh well!

1. Blue — Blue by Lisa Cregan (12/10/12)

2. Red — Fables: Rose Red (1/10/12)

3. Yellow —

4. Green — The Green Book (12/11/12)

5. Brown — Choclate by Shara Aaron and Monica Bearden (12/4/12)

6. Black — Blackout by Mira Grant (10/17/12) 7. White — The White Pearl by Kate Furnivall (12/13/12)

8. Other Color —

9. Word that implies color —

This one was a seasonal challenge with interesting qualifies. And yet I only finished 9 out of the 14 categories.

Read a book chosen for the U.S. 2012 World Book Night.
Read a book you were supposed to read in school, but either bailed on or Cliff-Noted.
Read a memoir or narrative nonfiction book. – Paris in Love by Eloisa James
Read a book in one calendar day. – The Frog Prince: A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults by Stephen Mitchell
Read a book that you’ve always wanted to read but haven’t gotten around to yet. – Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Read a pair of books that have antonyms in the titles. – Beauty by Robin McKinley and
Read a book that is set in a place you’ve never been but want to visit. – The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe (Salem, Massachusetts)
Find a book written the year you were born that was later made into a movie. Read the book and watch the movie; compare. Or find a movie released the year you were born that was based on a book. Do the same thing.
Go into a bookstore or library. Pick any bookshelf. Read the third book from the left on the fourth shelf from the top
Read a book about which you’ve heard bad things. – Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
Read a trilogy (or any three consecutive books in a series). Total page count for all three books together must be at least 500 pages. – A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray; Rebel Angels by Libba Bray; The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray