Books and Iced Coffee's 2014 Everything YA Reading Challenge

Books and Iced Coffee has decided to host a challenge and I flipped when I saw it! A YA READING CHALLENGE, EVERYBODY!!!!! Do I need to express my love for YA and for this challenge?

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Challenge Guidelines:

1. Participants must create a shelf or a page to where they can list the books that they have read for the year. 
2. Book must meet any of the sub- genres of the young adult category, whether it’s paranormal, romance, drama, contemporary, horror, etc. 
3. Must be longer than 100 pages.
4. The year of when the book was published does not matter. As long as you have read the book in 2014, it will be accepted. 
5. TO THOSE WHO HAVE A BLOG, feel free to post up a review of each book that you have read for the challenge and provide a link please?? I would love to read it :) 
6. All formats are acceptable (paperback, ARC, ebook, etc.)

Reading list:

1. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
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Thank you, Books and Iced Coffee for this very wonderful challenge! ☺

Read. Sleep. Repeat.'s 2014 Series Challenge

I love series as much as I hate them (the endless cliffhangers and the amount of money that you spend--ugh), but still, series make up half of my books.

Read. Sleep. Repeat. has created a Series Challenge for 2014. It's a good way to discover and finish the series that I've unwillingly neglected for the past years.

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Challenge Guidelines:

1. You have to FINISH the series
2. If the series isn’t complete yet, or will not be completed before December 1st, 2014 read up to the most recent book in said series.
3. Novellas count, but are optional.
4. HAVE fun
5. If you decide to break up with a series after book one, it does not count!
6. You do not have to START the series in 2014, you just have to FINISH it in 2014
7. Series that you started prior to 2014 are fine as long as you FINISH the series in 2014
8. The series has to have at least 2 books out prior to December 1st, 2014
9. Proof that you finished the book is required. It could be a full review, a mini review, or a rating with a few lines.
10. DNF’s do not count. PERIOD.

[Hopefully to be achieved] Reading List: 

1. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (as dumb as it may sound, yes, I still haven't finished reading this) [4/7]
2. The Selection trilogy by Kiera Cass [2/3]
3. Matched trilogy by Ally Condie [0/3]
4. Delirium trilogy by Lauren Oliver [0/3]
5. Anna and the French Kiss series by Stephanie Perkins [0/3]
6. Shatter Me trilogy by Tahereh Mafi [0/3]
7. Under the Never Sky trilogy by Shannon Messenger [0/3]
8. The Mara Dyer trilogy by Michelle Hodkin [0/3]

I don't really hope winning this challenge, because I know it's almost impossible, but it's worth a shot. And besides, there's really a lot of great series out there waiting to be bought/read.

Thank you for this wonderful challenge, Read. Sleep. Repeat.! ☺

Bookmark To Blog's 2014 Monthly Motif Reading Challenge

Bookmark to Blog's Kim has decided to host a motif challenge for this year. The task is to read a book under the category that she has assigned to each month. I think it's a wonderful challenge and it's something that I could use to expand my blog and myself to books. ☺

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MONTHLY MOTIFS: 
Jan- Around the World
Choose a book to read that takes place in a country different than the one you live in or choose a book written by an author that is from a country different than your own.

Feb- Award Winner
Read a book that has won recognition or a literary award.  Here's a list of literary awards to help you get started on your search: Literary Awards.

Mar-  Fairy tales or Fairy Creatures
Read a fairy tale retelling or a book with fey/fairies in it.

Apr- Short & Sweet
Read a collection of short stories or anthologies.

May- Mystery, Murder, & Mayhem
Read a murder/mystery book, a book in which someone dies of mysterious causes, or a book in which a mystery must be solved.

June-  A Long Journey
Read a book in which the character(s) take a trip, go on a quest, or find themselves on a journey toward something, etc.

July- Assassins, Warriors, & Rebels
Read a book in which the main character is one of these things or fights against one of these things.

Aug- Alternate Reality
Read a book that's set in the future, on another planet, in another dimension, or in an unknown world. A Dystopian book will count this month as well.

Sep- Book to Movie
Read a book that has a movie based off of it. For an extra challenge, see the movie as well.

Oct- The Witching Hour
There's been a lot of zombies lately, but this year include a 'witchy' book in your scary reads- a book about a witch or a book that has witches in it.

Nov- An Oldie but a Goodie
Pick a book published before 2000 that you've always wanted to read, but just never got to. Or pick a book set in the past (before 2000).

Dec- That's a Wrap
Finish a series you've been meaning to finish or read the next book in a series you started but never finished.