LINK-UP | 2014 READING CHALLENGES

I’m pretty sure every single reader out there has this problem: A huge stack (or stacks, in my case) of books we keep meaning to read, but don’t. Usually because a shiny new book distracts us. Yes, booklovers are basically magpies.

So Bookish Blog is hosting a 2014 reading challenge to encourage us to actually get around to reading some of those books. The rules are pretty simple – any book that was published in 2013 or sooner is eligible, and we just have to review the books we read. (For all the details, go here.)

I’ll probably change my mind about the books I plan to read (multiple times), but for now, here’s my list:

1. Shatter Me by Tehereh Mafi
2. Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
3. Shadowlands by Kate Brian
4. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
5. The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski
6. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
7. The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
8. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
9. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
10. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard
11. Enclave by Ann Aguirre
12. Reality Boy by A.S. King
13. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
14. Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
15. Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
16. Margot by Jillian Cantor
17. Partials by Dan Wells
18. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
19. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
20. Capital by John Lanchester
21. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
22. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
23. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
24. Looking for Alaska by John Green
25. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
26. The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong 
27. The Rising by Kelley Armstrong 
28. The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
29. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
30. Q’s Legacy by Helene Hanff
31. Self-Inflicted Wounds by Aisha Tyler 
32. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
33. Legend by Marie Lu
34. Prodigy by Marie Lu
35. Champion by Marie Lu
36. Up A Tree In the Park At Night with A Hedgehog by P. Robert Smith
37. The Library of Unrequited Love by Sophie Divry
38. The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
39. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
40. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
41. Being Henry David by Cal Armistead
42. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
43. These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
44. Outpost by Ann Aguirre
45. Horde by Ann Aguirre
46. The Diviners by Libba Bray
47. The Maze Runner by James Dashner 
48. Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
49. The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year by Sue Townsend
50. This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
51. Hearts and Minds by Amanda Craig
52. She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
53. The Woman Who Went to Bed for A Year by Sue Townsend
54. Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
55. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
56. Newjack by Ted Conover
57. The Martian by Andy Weir
58. Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
59. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
60. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

I’m also signing up for the Goodreads Reading Challenge again this year. Last year I joined in June, so I did 32 books since I only had six months. So this year I’m doubling that to 64 books, or just over five books per month.

I know a bunch of you are doing a whole host of challenges, but that’s it for now! Trying to keep things realistic this year! Though, if you know of any truly awesome challenges you think I should know about, please do share in the comments!