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My 2014 Reading Thus Far

4/1/2014

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We are three months into 2014 already (how did that happen?). I haven't posted any monthly wrap-up posts, because I decided to do quarterly ones instead. 2014 is one quarter over (again, how did that happen?). And here's my reading progress so far:
Books read: 28
Pages read: 8,797
Fiction: 82%
Nonfiction: 18%
Male authors: 36%
Female authors: 64%

The percentages pretty much line up with my totals from all of last year. I guess I'm a pretty consistent reader!

Favorite book so far: The Song of the Quarkbeast by Jasper Fforde
Reading Challenge Progress
Mount TBR: 11/36     31%
I Love Library Books: 11/50     22%
Newbery: 5/30 points     17%
Color Coded: 5/9     56%
Full House: 14/25     56%
What's In a Name?: 1/5     20%
Nonfiction: 5/25     20%
European: 3/10     30%
Global: 2/7     29%
Around the World: 2/12     17%
Read It Again, Sam: 3/12     25%
You Read How Many Books?: 28/100     28%
Chunkster: 3/8     38%
Alphabet Soup: 11/26     42%
In case you can't tell, I love reading challenges! I think I'm finally done signing up for 2014 reading challenges, so I'm going to make this my sign-up post as a Reading Challenge Addict. I'm aiming for the In Flight level, which is 11-15 reading challenges completed. I've signed up for 14, and I'm in decent shape for most of them. This should be doable!
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I'm looking forward to many good books to come this year. How's your 2014 reading going so far?
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Erin Beard link
4/1/2014 04:55:49 am

Look at all the pretty books!! Congrats on all your reading so far this year!!

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
4/1/2014 01:24:26 pm

Thanks, Erin! I had fun playing around with PicMonkey to create that. It was my first time, but it's so easy to use. Hope you're enjoying your reading year!

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Kim link
4/1/2014 02:10:59 pm

You're on a role! I love reading challenges too.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
4/2/2014 12:30:15 pm

I love how reading challenges make me read books I would never have picked up otherwise. Hopefully I can keep this momentum up and finish all my challenges!

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Jade @ Bits & Bobs link
4/3/2014 03:04:10 am

Something about seeing all of the book covers together like that makes me happy... I don't know.

It looks like you're doing well so far this year. I wish you all the best with completing your challenges. And I look forward to seeing the next round up post.

:-)

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
4/5/2014 02:54:44 am

Thanks, Jade! I agree - I like the look of all the book covers. It makes it look like I've read a lot of books! It's always interesting to see what a mix the books turn out to be. I hope your reading is going equally well for this year!

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