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Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, October 2014Start Date: 10/01/2014
End Date: 10/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 1,366P
Total Bonus Points: 110
Books Read:
1.Dark Places(audio) - 349P - 10/15/2014
Bonus Points: (strong female character)40 = 40
2. Rainwater (audio) - 247P = 28/10/2014
Bonus Points: (House on Cover)30 + (strong femail character)40 = 70
3. A Storm of Swords (DNF) - 590P
4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (DNF) - 180P
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, September 2014Start Date: 09/01/2014
End Date: 09/30/2014
Total Pages Read: 1,257P
Total Bonus Points: 70
Books Read:
1. The Handmaid's Tale - 311P - 03/09/2014
Bonus Points: (banned)50 = 50
2. Definitely Dead - 324P - 20/09/2014
Bonus Points: (blue book)10 = 10
3. January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her - 304P - 22/09/2014
Bonus Points: 0
4. The Fault in Our Stars - 318P - 29/09/2014
Bonus Points: (Blue Cover)10 = 10
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, August 2014Start Date: 08/01/2014
End Date: 08/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 1,225P
Total Bonus Points: 0
Books Read:
1.A Clash of Kings (finished from July 703P/969P) - 266P - 05/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0
2. Dead to the World - 291P - 08/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0
3. Dead as a Doornail - 295P - 11/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0
4. The Invention of Wings - 373P - 13/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, July 2014Start Date: July 1, 2014
End Date: July 31, 2014
Total Pages Read: 3,694P
Total Bonus Points: 120
Books Read:
1. Night Film - 640P - 03/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0
2. Dragonfly in Amber (Finished from Jan 523P) - 752P - 05/07/2014
Bonus Points: (sci-fi)20 + (lacking sanitary/medicine)50 = 70
3. The Language of Flowers - 322P - 09/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0
4. Dune Messiah - 331P - 14/07/2014
Bonus Points: (sci-fi)20 = 20
5. Club Dead - 292P - 15/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0
6. Those Across the River - 357P - 19/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0
7. The Kitchen House - 365P - 21/07/2014
Bonus Points: (friends)30 = 30
8. The Cuckoo's Calling (audio) - 455P - 24/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0
9. A Clash of Kings - DNF - 703P
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, June 2014Start Date: June 1, 2014
End Date: June 30, 2014
Total Pages Read: 2,925P
Total Bonus Points: 40
Books Read:
1.Thirteen Reasons Why - 288P - 02/206/2014
Bonus Points: 0
2. The Story of Beautiful Girl - 346P - 07/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0
3. Still Alice - 294P - 11/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0
4. Pride and Prejudice (continued from January 191P) - 368P - 16/06/2014
Bonus Points: (Published in 1813) 40= 40
5. The Time Traveler's Wife (audio) - 518P - 16/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0
6. Dune (continued from January 199) - 517P - 20/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0
7. Orphan Train - 304P - 21/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0
8. Coming Through Slaughter - 158P - 30/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0
9. Dragonfly in Amber - DNF - 523P
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, May 2014Start Date: May 1, 2014
End Date: May 31, 2014
Total Pages Read: 3,262P
Total Bonus Points: 320
Books Read:
1. The Taker - 438P - 07/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 + (300+ pgs)40 = 70
2. Living Dead in Dallas - 421P - 09/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 = 30
3. The Pact (audio) - 512P - 10/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 + (300+ pgs)40 = 70
4. Beautiful Ruins (audio) - 337P - 22/05/2014
Bonus Points: (300+ pgs)40 = 40
5. Reconstructing Amelia (audio) - 400P - 31/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 + (300+ pgs)40 = 70
6. Winter's Tale - 748P - 31/05/2014
Bonus Points: (300+ pgs)40 = 40
7. Dune DNF - 199P
8. Pride and Prejudice DNF - 191P
9. The Count of Monte Cristo DNF - 146P
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, April 2014Start Date: April 1, 2014
End Date: April 30, 2014
Total Pages Read: 3,349P
Total Bonus Points: 190
Books Read:
1. Gone with the Wind (finished from March) 166P - 01/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20
2. The Thirteenth Tale (audio) 406P - 02/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20
3. The Notebook 214P - 06/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20
4. Burial Rites (audio) 322P - 14/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20
5. Outlander 627P - 15/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 + (gardens/herbalist)30 = 50
6. Waking Kate 38P - 16/4/2014
7. Lost Lake 294P - 17/04/2014
Bonus Points: 0
8. Annabel 461P - 22/04/2014
Bonus Points: (Canadian author)10 + (new author)20 = 30
9. Creepers 342P - 24/04/2014
Bonus Points: (Canadian author)10 + (new author)20 = 30
10. Firefly Lane (audio) 470P - 27/04/2014
Bonus Points: 0
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, March 2014Start Date: March 1, 2014
End Date: March 31, 2014
Total Pages Read: 4,412
Total Bonus Points: 40
Books Read:
1. Julia's Chocolates - 390P - 01/03/2014
Bonus Points: (green)5 = 5
2. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - 224P - 03/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0
3. Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys - 256P - 05/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0
4. The Husband's Secret - 394P - 09/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0
5. Labor Day: A Novel - 241P - 12/03/2014
Bonus Points: (much emphasis on babies, the desire to have a baby, the loss of 4 babies)20 = 20
6. Life After Life - 529P - 15/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0
7. Six Years - 351P - 16/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0
8. The Maze Runner - 374P - 18/03/2014
Bonus Points: (green cover)5 = 5
9. Blackberry Winter - 290P - 20/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0
10. P.S. I Love You - 492P - 22/03/2014
Bonus Points: (Ireland)10 = 10
11. Gone with the Wind (DNF) - 871P
Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, February 2014Start Date: 02/01/2014
End Date: 02/28/2014
Total Pages Read: 3,902P
Total Bonus Points: 90
Books Read:
1. The Snow Child - 386P 03/02/2014
Bonus Points: (winter)10 + (white)15 = 25
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - 320P 05/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0
3. Dead Until Dark - 312P 08/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0
4. The Sugar Queen - 276P 11/02/2014
Bonus Points: (romance)15 = 15
5. The Goldfinch (continued from January) - 570P 15/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0
6. Eleanor & Park - 328P 17/02/2014
Bonus Points: (teen romance)15 = 15
7. East of Eden (audio) - 601P 20/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0
8. The Secret Garden - 318P 21/02/2014
Bonus Points: (F)5 + (red)15 = 20
9. The Perfume Collector - 456P 24/02/2014
Bonus Points: (romance)15 = 15
10. Water for Elephants - 335P 28/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0
January 2014Start Date: 01/01/2014
End Date: 01/31/2014
Total Pages Read: 2396 pages
Total Bonus Points: 90 points
Books Read:
1. The Light Between Oceans 343P 04/01
Bonus points: 10
2. Twelve Years a Slave 142P - 10/01
Bonus points: 10
3. Winter Garden 391P 14/01
Bonus Points: 10
4. A Game of Thrones 807P 30/01
Bonus Points: 10+40=50
5. The Signature of All Things (audiobook) 512P 31/01
Bonus Points: 10
6. The Goldfinch DNF 201P
2014 Monthly Page CountJanuary - 2396P
February - 3,902P
March - 4,412P
April - 3,349P
May - 3,262P
June - 2,925P
July - 3,694P
August - 1,225P
September - 1,257P
October - 1,366P
November - 2,144P
December - 2,056P
December 2014 Reading StatsMonthly Stats:
1. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris ✰✰✰✰ 03/12/2014
2. A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris ✰✰✰ 04/12/2014
3. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith ✰✰✰✰ 14/12/2014
4. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt ✰✰✰ 21/12/2014
5. The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle ✰✰✰✰ 28/12/2014
6. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris ✰✰✰✰ 30/12/2014
New Authors: Patrick deWitt, Katrina Kittle
Female Authors: Charlaine Harris, Robert Galbraith, Katrina Kittle
Male Authors: Patrick deWitt
Debut:
New Series:
4-star: 4
5-star:
Favorite of the Month: The Silkworm
Worst of the Month: The Sisters Brothers
Biggest Surprise of the Month: The Kindness of Strangers
November 2014 Reading StatsLoR November 2014 Reading Stats
Monthly Stats:
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey ✰✰✰✰✰ 06/11/2014
2. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris ✰✰✰ 15/11/2014
3. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin ✰✰✰✰✰ 19/11/2014
4. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver ✰✰✰ 20/11/2014
5. Tethered by Amy MacKinnon ✰✰✰ 21/11/2014
6. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton ✰✰✰✰ 24/11/2014
New Authors: Ken Kesey, Barbara Kingsolver, Amy MacKinnon, Sue Grafton
Female Authors: Charlaine Harris, Barbara Kingsolver, Amy MacKinnon, Sue Grafton
Male Authors: Ken Kesey, George R.R. Martin
Debut: Tethered
New Series: A is for Alibi
4-star: 1
5-star: 2
Favorite of the Month:
Worst of the Month:
Biggest Surprise of the Month:
October 2014 Reading StatsLoR October 2014 Reading Stats
Monthly Stats:
1. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn ✰✰✰✰ 15/10/2014
2. Rainwater by Sandra Brown ✰✰✰ 28/10/2014
New Authors: Gillian Flynn, Sandra Brown
Female Authors: Gillian Flynn, Sandra Brown
Male Authors:
Debut:
New Series:
4-star: 1
5-star:
Favorite of Month:
Worst of Month:
Biggest Surprise of Month:
Infinite JestStarted: 30/09/2014
Finished:
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September 2014 Reading StatsLoR September 2014 Reading Stats
Monthly Stats:
1. Handmaid's Tale, The by Margaret Atwood ✰✰✰✰ 03/09
2. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris ✰✰✰✰ 20/09
3. January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield ✰✰✰✰✰ 22/09
4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green ✰✰✰✰ 29/09
New Authors: Margaret Atwood, Michael Schofield, John Green
Female Authors: Margaret Atwood, Charlaine Harris
Male Authors: Michael Schofield, John Green
Debut: January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her
New Series:
4-star: 3
5-star: 1
Favorite of Month: January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her
Worst of Month:
Biggest Surprise of Month: January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her
