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
