Awards: Goodreads Choice Awards (2012) Reading Challenge

[Sonia]

China wrote: "is it too late to start this challenge?"

Nope! Welcome aboard :o)

[Cathie]

Updated message #11 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Jex]

I'm really sorry to hear you didn't like Feed Kristin. It's one of my all time favorite series. I absolutely love all three of them.

[Cathie]

Kristin, have you tried reading Warm Bodies ? It won't fit into this challenge, but it is a great zombie read :-)

[Dragana]

I read the book last month. It was interesting read, first book from zombies pov I have ever read. If you are not grossed out reading about brain-eating it's fun & cute. ;)
You can read my whole review here, if you're interested.

[Lisa Kay]

Wonderful review, Dragana! LOL!

[Dragana]

Lisa Kay wrote: "Wonderful review, Dragana! LOL!"

Thanks Lisa Kay. :)

[Lanaia]

I'm in! I already read some of them, so I'm starting from now on.

Duration: March 15, 2013 – December 31, 2013
Level: Easy
Completed: 10/10 - Finished!

1. The Casual Vacancy by J.K.Rowling 2.5.13
2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 17.12.13
3. The Light Between Oceans by M.L.Stedman 9.4.13
4. Legend by Marie Lu 31.8.13
5. Quiet by Susan Cain 16.4.13
6. Easy by Tammara Webber 7.8.13
7. Cinder by Marissa Meyer 19.5.13
8. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver 30.11.13
9. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi 14.4.13
10. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa 29.12.13

[Sanskriti]

01 Jan '13 to 31 Dec '13
Level: Easy
Done: 0/10

1.

[Cathie]

Updated message #11 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

[Jex]

Welcome to the challenge Sanz

[Jex]

Welcome to the challenge Lanaia!

[Jex]

I think I've added everyone to the participants list. Let me know if I missed anyone!

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

01 Jan '13 to 31 Dec '13
Level: Moderate
Done: 20/20

Fiction
1 Robin Sloan - Mr Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore completed 21 April 2013
2 Rachel Joyce - Unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry completed 17 April 2013
3 Casual Vacancy - JK Rowling Read April 2013
4 Age of Miracles - Karen Thompson Walker Read 14 August

Middle Grade & Children's
5 The False Prince - Jennifer A.Nielsen Read 21 August 2013

Memoir & Autobiography
6 The End of Your Life Book Club - Will Schwalbe Read 31 July 2013

Mystery & Thriller
7 Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl Completed 12 April 2013

Historical Fiction
8 ML Steadman - The light between oceans Completed 25 March
9 Lindsay Faye - The Gods of Gotham Completed 29 July
10 Kate Morton - The secret keeper completed 11 May
11 Eoyn Ivey - The Snow child Completed 5 May

Young Adult Fiction
12 John Green - The Fault in our stars Completed 18 Feb
13 I hunt killers - Barry Lgya Read April 2013

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
1410 Libba Bray - The Diviners read 8 June 2013
15The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater Read 16 May 2013
16 Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo Read 13 August

Paranormal Fantasy
17 Shaow of Night - Deborah Harkness Read 27 August

Humour
18 Where'd you go Bernadette - Maria Semple Completed 11 March 2013

Goodreads Author
19 Cinder - Marissa Meyer Completed 9 July 2013
20 Pandemonium - Lauren Oliver Read 28 March 2013

[Jex]

Welcome to the challenge Karen!

Emmy made from Fruit Snacks!
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[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Jex wrote: "Every time I see blackout on someone's list I squee a little. I love that series!!!!"
Same here! When I finished the Feed I just didn't see how they could make a trilogy that stayed engaging, so I was super impressed that I loved the 2nd and 3rd books even more than the first. I wonder if it will be made into a film?
And thanks for the emmy - very cool ;)

[Sophia]

I'll do this one. :)

Level: Easy (might upgrade later)
Progress: 4/10
Deadline: December 31st, 2012

1. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling (Fiction)
DONE April 2nd - ★★★★✩

2. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Mystery and Thriller)

3. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Historical Fiction)
DONE March 27th - ★★★★★

4. Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel by Robin Sloan (Fiction)
DONE March 24th - ★★★★✩

5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Young Adult Fiction)

6. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell (Humour)
DONE March 24th - ★★✩✩✩

7. Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction)

8. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (Fiction)

9. Where We Belong by Emily Giffin (Fiction)

10. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (Historical Fiction)

[Stacie]

Here's what I've done so far!

Best Fiction
1. Home Front
2. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
3. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
4. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Best Historical Fiction

1. The Secret Keeper
2. The Prisoner of Heaven

Best Paranormal Fantasy

1. Shadow of Night

Best Science Fiction

1. Wool Omnibus

Best Romance

1. Bared to You

Best Horror

1. Breed

Best Memoir & Autobiography

1. The End of Your Life Book Club

Best History & Biography

1. The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception

Best Non-Fiction

1. This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.


Best Humor

1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2. Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner


Best Young Adult Fiction

1. The Fault in Our Stars
2. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

1. The Diviners

[Jex]

Welcome to the challenge Sophia!


Olafur Eliasson Designs Mayors Challenge Award Trophy
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[Jex]

Nice progress Stacie!

Safe Driver's Award
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[Sophia]

Updated Post #74 with The Casual Vacancy, as well as the last of my selections for this challenge. :) Yay, four out of ten complete!

[Cathie]

Updated Post # 11 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

I have read 10 books. I said I would do the easy level to begin with ~ done! :-).

I will move onto moderate now (moderate is 11-20 books right?)

[Jex]

Mini congrats Sophia!

Congrats Cathie!

Mini Congrats Kristin!


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[Cathie]

Thanks Jex :-)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Updated Post 71

I am really struggling with The Diviners. It has such good reviews! Has anyone else read it? Did you struggle with the beginning and find it improved? I'm trying to decide if I should just give it away....

[Jex]

@Karen: I haven't read it but it's on my TBR list. Sad to hear it may not be so great.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

I'm about 40% through and it is just a chore. Too many characters and not enough going on. And I REALLY dislike the main character... yeah... time to give up I think... lol

[Ashley Reading Stewardess]

Duration: March 15, 2013 – December 31, 2013
Level: Easy
Completed: 5/15

1. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling - finished February 17, 2013
2. Bloodline: A Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins
3. The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
4. Breed by Chase Novak
5. January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
6. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
7. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
8. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - finished May 1, 2013
9. Legend by Marie Lu - finished February 26, 2013
10. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
11. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright
12. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
13. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
14. Insurgent by Veronica Roth - May 20, 2013
15. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - July 5, 2013

[Lisa Kay]

Doing good, Ashley.

[Barbara]

So, I was wondering if I can join in this challenge?
I have taken the challenge with the GoodReads Choice group so I have started already.
Here are my choices and what I have read already:

1. One Breath Away-finished
2. The Light Between Oceans-finished
3. Gone Girl-finished
4. Beautiful Ruins-finished
5. The Beautiful Mystery-finished
6. A Walk Across the Sun-finished
7. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You-finished
8. In the Shadow of the Banyan
9. Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch
10. The Twelve
11. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore-finished



I have chosen 10 of the GCA books for now. I may add to it as I have quite a few read already. We'll see how some of my other challenges and reading commitments go. So many books, so little time!
Thanks for letting me participate

[Lisa Kay]

Sure, Barbara.

**Pssst** Nothing is showing, yet.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Updated Post 71
Decided to go with 20 books as I've already read 12...

[Nancy]

I just updated and completed my "Easy" goal of 10 books today. (see post #27). Since there are some other books that I'd like to read I'm going to keep going and see if I can read "Moderate" by the end of the year!

[Yvanka]

I'm starting this challenge a little late, but I only recently joined this group on Goodreads. =)

Duration: 01/2013 - 12/2013
Level: Moderate - 20
Finished: 4/20

Fiction :
1. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
2. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
3. Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
4. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller

Fantasy :
5. The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin

Memoir & autobiography :
6. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
7. January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield

Nonfiction :
8. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

Humor :
9. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
10. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops by Jen Campbell

Young adult fiction :
11. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
12. Slammed by Colleen Hoover
13. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
14. Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
15. The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Young adult fantasy & science fiction :
16. The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa

Middle grade and children's :
17. Wonder by R.J. Palacio

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Mystery & thriller :
18. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
19. Defending Jacob by William Landay

Science fiction :
20. Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey

(I added these last three books to get a total of 20, since they weren't originally on my to-read list.)

[Lisa Kay]

Welcome to GoodReads, NBRC, and this challenge, Yvanka!

[Ezi]

updated post 9

[Jex]

I just finished The Age of Miracles and wasn't a fan. It's in the fiction category. My thoughts are Here

[Kristie]

I'll join! Not sure how far I'll get, but I'll just shoot for Easy. :)


Duration: 1/1/13 - 12/31/13
Completed: 10/10

Fiction
✓ The Casual Vacancy
✓ Beautiful Ruins

Mystery & Thriller
✓ Gone Girl

Science Fiction
✓ The Long Earth

Horror
✓ The Twelve

Food & Cookbooks
✓ The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier

YA Fantasy & Science Fiction
✓ Cinder

Picture Books
✓ Boy and Bot
✓ Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
✓ Z Is for Moose

Well...I didn't get to read a few of the books that I wanted to, but I finished thanks to picture books being included. I'm hoping to complete more next year, since I'll be out of school after summer.

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Kristie wrote: "I'll join! Not sure how far I'll get, but I'll just shoot for Easy. :)
..."

Seeing that you have already read 6 I think you can up that... ;)

[Kristie]

lol - I know. I have more than 10 listed! I read 2 picture books which brought me over the halfway mark. I almost feel like that's cheating! I'm hoping to make 10 without counting them, but they make a good buffer. :)

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

lol! They are on the list so they count. :)
It is funny, I haven't read any GRCA books for a while and now I have 4 in a row ready to read... but I already upped my goal once, I think I'm sticking with 20!

[Sophie]

Current Level: Medium
Goal: Hard
Progress: 30/30

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
1. Throne of Glass
2. Cinder
3. The Raven Boys
4. The Immortal Rules
5. Seraphina
6. Legend
7. Sweet Evil
8. Shadow and Bone
9. Bitterblue



Young Adult Fiction
10. Catching Jordan
11. The Sea of Tranquility
12. My Life Next Door
13. Out of Sight, Out of Time
14. Pushing the Limits



Fiction
15. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
16. The Casual Vacancy



Paranormal Fantasy
17. Iced (Dani O'Malley, #1)
18. Shadow Heir
19. Timeless
20. Thirteen




Goodreads Author
21. The Golden Lily


Middle Grade & Children's
22. The False Prince



Memoir
23. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir




Mystery & Thriller
24. Gone Girl



Fantasy
25. The Emperor's Soul



Non-Fiction
26. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking


Humor
27. How to Be a Woman
28. Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops



Cooking
29. A Feast of Ice and Fire: The Official Game of Thrones Companion Cookbook
30. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook

[Karen ⊰✿, Fiction Aficionado]

Finished!

[Lisa Kay]

Woohoo! Congrats to you, Karen!

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[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

The 2013 version (for 2014) of this challenge is in the works. It isn't quite ready yet, but it is coming.

[Sophie]

Finished!

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Lisa Kay]

Woohoo! Congrats, Sophie!

[Dragana]

No matter how low I set my goal, I never seem to complete this challenge. This year I managed to read 5/10 - here's my updated list.
But it's always so fun planning. :)

Congrats to all who participated, I hope you had as much fun as I did!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Glad you had fun, Dragana... and well done, too!

[Dragana]

Moderators of Nothing but Reading Challenges (All the Mods) wrote: "Glad you had fun, Dragana... and well done, too!"

Thank you. See you in a next-year-version of this challenge. :)