2011 Young Adult Reading Challenge

The Young Adult Reading Challenge is another one I did last year that I'm doing again.  I'm going to do the second level, Fun Size, and read 20 YA books.

1. Evernight - Claudia Gray -  finished Feb 6
2. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - finished Feb 19
3. Pretty Little Liars #3: Perfect - Sara Shepard - finished Feb 24
4. Stargazer - Claudia Gray - finished Mar 4
5. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins -  finished Mar 14
6. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - finished Mar 22
7. Keys to the Repository - Melissa de la Cruz - finished Mar 25
8. Misguided Angel - Melissa de la Cruz - finished Apr 15
9. Pretty Little Liars #4: Unbelievable - Sara Shepard - finished May 5
10. Hourglass - Claudia Gray - finished May 12
11. Pretty Little Liars #5: Wicked - Sara Shepard - finished May 20
12. Afterlife - Claudia Gray - finished June 23

13. Bloody Valentine - Melissa de la Cruz - finished June 24

14. Pretty Little Liars #6: Killer - Sara Shepard - finished July 17
15. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher - finished July 22

Crusin' Thru the Cozies Reading Challenge

Mysteries are by far my favorite type of book to read.  I usually like to read ones with darker themes, but I do enjoy a cozy mystery every once in awhile.  For the Crusin' Thru the Cozies Challenge, I'm going to start at Level 1 - Snoop and read 1-6 cozy mysteries.  Even though there's a range, I'm going to read six of them.

1.  Dial Me for Murder - Amanda Matetsky - finished Jan 7

2. For Better or Hearse - Laura Durham - finished Feb 13
3. To Love and To Perish - Laura Durham - finished April 2 
4. Shot Through Velvet - Ellen Byerrum - finished June 9

Outdo Yourself/Support Your Local Library Challenges

I wanted to read 50 books in 2010.  Right now I'm at 45 and there's still 18 days left, so theoretically, I can still reach my goal.  The Outdo Yourself Challenge is pretty self explanatory.  I need to try and read more books in 2011 than I did this year.  I'm starting out easy with the first level, Getting My Heart Rate Up, to read 1-5 more books.

Update (1/2/11) - So I did it. I read 50 books in 2010.  I finished the last book on New Years Eve and now I'm ready to challenge myself and read 51 books in 2011.

Since this is basically just a post to list all the books I've read this year, I'm going to combine it with the Support Your Local Library challenge. I get all my books from the library so it shouldn't be a problem.  Since I'm trying to read 51 books, the Mega Size level fits.

1.  Dial Me for Murder - Amanda Matetsky - finished Jan 7
2. Secrets to the Grave - Tami Hoag- finished Jan 15
3. Hard Corps: From Gangster to Marine Hero - Marco Martinez - finished Jan 23
4. Tick Tock - James Patterson - finished Jan 29
5. Evernight - Claudia Gray -  finished Feb 6
6. For Better or Hearse - Laura Durham - finished Feb 13
7. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins - finished Feb 19
8. Pretty Little Liars #3: Perfect - Sara Shepard - finished Feb 24
9. Stargazer - Claudia Gray - finished Mar 4
10. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins -  finished Mar 14
11. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins - finished Mar 22
12. Keys to the Repository - Melissa de la Cruz - finished Mar 25
13. To Love and To Perish - Laura Durham - finished April 2 
14. Love You More - Lisa Gardner - finished April 
15. Misguided Angel - Melissa de la Cruz - finished Apr 15
16. Save Me - Lisa Scottoline - finished Apr 22
17. Mystery - Jonathan Kellerman - finished Apr 29
18. Pretty Little Liars #4: Unbelievable - Sara Shepard - finished May 5
19. Hourglass - Claudia Gray - finished May 12
20. Pretty Little Liars #5: Wicked - Sara Shepard - finished May 20
21. Grievous Sin - Faye Kellerman - finished May 31
22. Shot Through Velvet - Ellen Byerrum - finished June 9
23. The Closers - Michael Connelly - finished June 18
24. Afterlife - Claudia Gray - finished June 23
25. Bloody Valentine - Melissa de la Cruz - finished June 24
26. Fallen - Karin Slaughter - finished July 1
27. Smokin' Seventeen - Janet Evanovich - finished July 7

28. 10th Anniversary - James Patterson - finished July 9

29. Now You See Her - James Patterson - finished July 14
30. Pretty Little Liars #6: Killer - Sara Shepard - finished July 17
31. Thirteen Reasons Why - Jay Asher - finished July 22
32. The Silent Girl - Tess Gerritsen - finished July 25

33. Hotwire - Alex Kava - finished July 28