Stephanie's 2015 Reading Challenges

[Stephanie]

2015 Reading Challenge Goal: 150 books
January - December 2015
Total: 46 out of 60

[Stephanie]

Decade Challenge
January - December 2015

1800-1809 Castle Rackrent (1800) Finished 1/6
1810-1819 The Vampyre: A Tale (1819) Finished 2/13
1820-1829 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) Finished 2/22
1830-1839 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) Finished 2/22
1840-1849 The Three Musketeers (1844) Finished 1/12
1850-1859 The Coral Island (1858)
1860-1869 Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)
1870-1879 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
1880-1889 Treasure Island (1883)
1890-1899 The Invisible Man (1897)
1900-1909 In the Days of the Comet (1906)
1910-1919 The Phantom of the Opera (1911) Finished 6/17
1920-1929 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
1930-1939 Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
1930-1949 The Body in the Library (1942)
1950-1959 Fahrenheit 451 (1953)
1960-1969 In Cold Blood (1966)
1970-1979 The Silmarillion (1977)
1980-1989 Ender's Game (1985)
1990-1999 Neverwhere (1996)
2000-2009 Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (2009) Finished 1/24
2010-2015 11/22/63 (2011)

[Stephanie]

Original Book Bingo Challenge
May - August 2015

B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration

I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it!

N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block
N3: FREE - The Amulet of Samarkand
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking

G1: Nice to meet you
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends

O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip
O4: Take a look
O5: Take a break

[Stephanie]

Genre Challenge
January – December 2015

January - Historical Fiction
Castle Rackrent
The Three Musketeers

February - Romance & Chick-Lit
The Memory Keeper's Daughter

March - Contemporary and Literary Merit
American Gods

April - Poetry and Plays

May - Fantasy (including Utopian)

June - Minority Studies/LGBT

July - Manga/Graphic Novels &/OR Humor

August - Mysteries

September - Science-Fiction

October - Horror/Thriller &/OR Short Story Collections

November - Adventure &/OR Travel

December - Children's Lit &/OR Traditional Lit

[Stephanie]

Point Challenge
January – December 2015

January Point Challenge
Total Points: 18

February Point Challenge
Total Points: 16

March Point Challenge
Total Points: 7

April Point Tally
Total: 34

May Point Tally
Total Points: 3

June Point Tally
Total Points: 15

[Stephanie]

2015 Audio Book Challenge
January - December 2015

Level 4: 12 audio books

1. Doctor Who: The Eye of the Jungle
2. Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis
3. The Phantom of the Opera
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[Stephanie]

Personal Challenge
January - December 2015

Read a total of 10,000 pages.

Total pages read so far: 9,977

[Stephanie]

A brand new year and I feel that I have made a great start.

I've finished reading these books:

Castle Rackrent - Finished 1/6
The Three Musketeers - Finished 1/12
Doctor Who: The Eye of the Jungle - Finished 1/12
Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis - Finished 1/13
The Hobbit (re-read) - Finished 1/19
Assassin's Creed: Renaissance - Finished 1/24

[Camille]

What did you think of Castle Rackrent?

[Stephanie]

Camille wrote: "What did you think of Castle Rackrent?"
I didn't like it. I found it to be pretty boring.

[Stephanie]

Finished reading The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Ended up enjoying this one. I thought that the storyline of the book was well-written.

Also finished reading The Vampyre: A Tale. It was a good book and it was neat to read the book that started off the vampire genre.

[Stephanie]

Finished reading a few more books.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Finished 2/22
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Finished 2/22
Bakuman vol. 1 - Finished 2/22
Bakuman vol. 2 - Finished 2/23

[Camille]

How was the Hunchback of Notre-Dame?

[Stephanie]

Camille wrote: "How was the Hunchback of Notre-Dame?"

I didn't like it. I had to push myself to finish reading it. A few times I really wanted to just abandon the book and read something else. I felt that the author focused way too much on the description of Paris, Notre Dame, and of medieval times.

[Stephanie]

Finished reading two books focusing on the ghost-hunting cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society. I'm a fan of their show called Ghost Hunters, so of course I ended up enjoying the books. It was neat to read about some of the cases that featured on the show and it was an even greater treat to read about cases that never made it onto the show.

Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society - Finished 2/26

Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society - Finished 2/28

[Stephanie]

March was a much slower reading month for me. Others things kept eating into my reading time.

Bakuman vol. 3 - Finished 3/5
Bakuman vol. 4 - Finished 3/6
Bakuman vol. 5 - Finished 3/6
Bakuman vol. 6 - Finished 3/7
American Gods - Finished 3/31

[Stephanie]

April has been a much better month. So far I've read:

Tegami Bachi vol. 1 - Finished 4/1
Tegami Bachi vol. 2 - Finished 4/1
Tegami Bachi vol. 3 - Finished 4/1
Calvin and Hobbes: Something Under the Bed Is Drooling - Finished 4/2
Calvin and Hobbes: Yukon Ho - Finished 4/4
Calvin and Hobbes: Weirdos from Another Planet - Finished 4/9
Bakuman vol. 7 - Finished 4/10
Bakuman vol. 8 - Finished 4/10
Tegami Bachi vol. 4 - Finished 4/11
Tegami Bachi vol. 5 - Finished 4/11
Tegami Bachi vol. 6 - Finished 4/11
Tegami Bachi vol. 7 - Finished 4/17
Tegami Bachi vol. 8 - Finished 4/17
Calvin and Hobbes: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat - Finished 4/20

[Stephanie]

Haven't been reading much lately, due to being too busy studying for college. I've only read one book this month - The Amulet of Samarkand.

[Stephanie]

Finished reading these books in the month of June.

Bakuman vol. 9 – Finished 6/2
Bakuman vol. 10 – Finished 6/3
Bakuman vol. 11 – Finished 6/4
Bakuman vol. 12 – Finished 6/9
Bakuman vol. 13 – Finished 6/13
Bakuman vol. 14 – Finished 6/15
The Phantom of the Opera – Finished 6/17
Bakuman vol. 15 – Finished 6/18
Bakuman vol. 16 – Finished 6/18
Bakuman vol. 17 – Finished 6/26
Bakuman vol. 18 – Finished 6/28
Bakuman vol. 19 – Finished 6/29
Bakuman vol. 20 – Finished 6/30