2014 Resolutions Mid-Year Update

Welcome to my new year resolutions. Its a bit late, but better late than never I suppose ;)

Reading

• I will complete my Goodreads challenge of reading 80 books this year. I am over halfway. Go me. 
• Read at least 10 adult novels. Halfway through this. 
• Read at least 5 classics. I will be fixing this one soon thanks to the classics challenge!
• Read at least 5 different mangas/graphic novels. I have read mangas. Im just using them for a different challenge so it still sorta counts…
• Read at least 10 books that have been turned into movies/series, watch their movie/series counter parts, and review them both.  Halfway through.
• Read at least 10 books that have been on my TBR shelf for more than a year. None… I need to pay more attention to my TBR shelf.
• Debut Author Challenge: Reading at least 12 books by a debut author. I have barely touched this… I need to pay more attention to the new authors. 
• Reread at least 3 books. I really don’t need to hurry this.
• Read things I feel I will enjoy rather than feel might be ok. I still do this sometimes. I find it hard to say no when I get asked to review a book.
• Only read one NetGalley book at a time. Im sticking to this! I want my stats to be good. 
• Read at least 5 books that fall into genres that I do not normally read. I am one book away from completing this!

Blogging

• Update the look of the blog.
• Toy around with better names for the blog.
• Participate in more challenges/memes/tags. I actually do this one!
• Be more active in our book blogging/vlogging community. This one too :)
• From this day forth, I will put up a post every three days! I try, I really, really do. Work sucks.

Progress 24/70

Goodreads: 49/80

Adult Novels: 5/10

1. A Game of Thrones [Song of Ice and Fire 1] by George R.R. Martin
2. Love Gone Mad by Mark Rubinstein
3. Faking It by Cora Carmack
4. The First, The Sparrow, The Choice by Jason Mott
5. Finding It by Cora Carmack

Classics: 0/10

1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
4. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
5. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Manga/Graphic Novel: 0/10

1. The Dream Hunters [The Sandman 11] by Neil Gaiman
2. Vampire Knight: Blue Ice by Matsuri Hino
3. Captive Heart [Vol. 1] by Masturi Hino
4. Arcana [Vol. 1] by So-Young Lee
5. Pet Shop of Horrors [Vol 1] by Matsuri Akino

Movie Adaptations: 6/10 – 5/10

1. The Horse Whisperer – Book/Movie
2. Pay it Forward – Book/Movie
3. Vampire Knight – Manga/Anime
4. Divergent – Book/Movie
5. The Fault In Our Stars – Book/Movie
6. True Crime – Book/Movie
7. Looking for Alibrandi – Book/Movie
8. The Outsiders – Book/Movie
9. Fallen – Book/Movie
10. The Thirteenth Tale – Book/Movie

TBR Shelf: 0/10

1. Living Dead in Dallas [Sookie Stackhouse 2] by Charlaine Harris
2. Club Dead [Sookie Stackhouse 3] by Charlaine Harris
3. Dead to the World [Sookie Stackhouse 4] by Charlaine Harris
4. Dead as a Doornail  [Sookie Stackhouse 5] by Charlaine Harris
5. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
6. Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
7. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
8. Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton
9. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
10. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

Debut Author: 3/12

1. Where You’ll Find Me by Erin Fletcher
2. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
3. The Forgotten War by Howard Sargent

Reread: 1/3

1. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
2. On The Jellicoe  Road by Melina Marchetta
3. Passion by Lauren Kate

Different Genre: 4/5

1. Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Science Fiction)
2. A House Without Mirrors by Marten Sanden (Childrens)
3. The Returned by Jason Mott (Paranormal)
4. The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan (Middlegrade)

KEY:

Blue = Review Pending.

Black = Waiting to be read

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Well I kind of feel sucky after looking through this. I haven’t completed anyone of my challenges and some of them I have hardly touched.