2013 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge

I will once again be challenging myself to read more books in the next year than I did in the last year! I honestly don't know how long I can keep this growth up (I went from 37 in 2010 [still in university] to 72 in 2011, and I'm already up to 82 in 2012 with a few weeks to go), but I'm liking it! That 100 book goal that once seemed so unattainable suddenly seems within reach!

In 2012 my goal was the Out of Breath level (6 to 10 more books), but I ended up reaching the Breaking a Sweat level (11 to 15 more books). So I'm going to go with Breaking a Sweat for 2013. That means that my 2013 reading goal will be at least 93 books. I'll update this post at the end of the year with the final numbers.

Oh, one other quick thing. I just realised that I cheated a bit last year, as I didn't realise kids' books aren't supposed to count. But I count them everywhere else, so I'm just gonna keep counting them. There aren't a lot of them, and I figure the huge chunksters I read balance them out. According to Goodreads I'm already at almost 20000 pages in 2012, so I think overall my books are a decent size!

I will list my 2013 books below to keep track for this challenge.

Update: I read 90 books in 2012, so since I signed up for the Breaking a Sweat level, that means my 2013 goal is 101!

1. Geomancer (The Well of Echoes #1) by Ian Irvine
2. 7 Generations: A Plains Cree Saga by David Alexander Robertson
3. The Secret (Animorphs #9) by K.A. Applegate
4. The Uninvited by Liz Jensen
5. Shadows of Kings by Jack Whitsel
6. Damage Control by J.A. Jance
7. Caarina the Cooking Fairy by Julia Dweck
8. Bright Star by Nickie Anderson
9. The Archived by Victoria Schwab
10. The Android (Animorphs #10) by K.A. Applegate
11. The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
12. Burnish Me Bright by Julia Cunningham
13. The Ghost Witch by Betty Ren Wright
14. The Forgotten (Animorphs #11) by K.A. Applegate
15. The Reaction (Animorphs #12) by K.A. Applegate
16. Lasher (The Mayfair Chronicles #2) by Anne Rice
17. Uglies: Cutters (Uglies: Graphic Novel #2) by Scott Westerfeld
18. Getting the Most Out of RootsMagic Version 5 by Bruce Buzbee
19. Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
20. The ABACUS Protocol: Sanity Vacuum by Thea Gregory
21. Water Harvest by Eric Diehl
22. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
23. The Witches by Roald Dahl
24. The Change (Animorphs #13) by K.A. Applegate
25. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
26. Ghosts Beneath Our Feet by Betty Ren Wright
27. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
28. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Twilight #3.5) by Stephenie Meyer
29. Wild Children by Richard Roberts
30. The Andalite Chronicles by K.A. Applegate
31. Dime Store Magic (Women of the Otherworld #3) by Kelley Armstrong
32. The Testing (The Testing #1) by Joelle Charbonneau
33. Wars in Toyland by Joe Harris
34. Industrial Magic (Women of the Otherworld #4) by Kelley Armstrong
35. The Orphanage of Miracles by Amy Neftzger
36. The Testing Guide (The Testing #0.5) by Joelle Charbonneau
37. Angel on the Ropes by Jill Shultz
38. Brianna the Ballet Fairy by Julia Dweck
39. Lichgates (The Grimoire Saga #1) by S.M. Boyce
40. Riding on a Beam of Light by Ramsey Dean
41. Ten Girls to Watch by Charity Shumway
42. Hello Hot Lunch, Hello Cool Lunch by Lisa Leconte
43. Love Rehab: A Novel in Twelve Steps by Jo Piazza
44. Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
45. The First Rule of Swimming by Courtney Angela Brkic
46. The Dark Victorian Vol. 2: Bones by Elizabeth Watasin
47. Three Lives of Tomomi Ishikawa by Benjamin Constable
48. The Unknown (Animorphs #14) by K.A. Applegate
49. Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb by Ally Malinenko
50. Divergent by Veronica Roth
51. The Show (Northwest Passage #3) by John A. Heldt
52. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #1) by Louise Rennison
53. The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler
54. Wanted! by Caroline B. Cooney
55. Glitches (Lunar Chronicles #0.5) by Marissa Meyer
56. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
57. On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #2) by Louise Rennison
58. The Queen's Army (Lunar Chronicles #1.5) by Marissa Meyer
59. This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
60. Taltos (The Mayfair Chronicles #3) by Anne Rice
61. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
62. The Escape (Animorphs #15) by K.A. Applegate
63. Knocked Out By My Nunga-Nungas (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #3) by Louise Rennison
64. The Warning (Animorphs #16) by K.A. Applegate
65. Dancing in My Nuddy Pants (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson #4) by Louise Rennison
66. Club Monstrosity (Monstrosity #1) by Jesse Petersen
67. The Monsters in Your Neighborhood (Monstrosity #2) by Jesse Petersen
68. Haunted (Women of the Otherworld #5) by Kelley Armstrong
69. Donuts by Julia Dweck
70. Pie-Rits by Julia Dweck
71. X-Men: Schism by Jason Aaron
72. Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) by Marissa Meyer
73. The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness
74. The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass
75. Deadly Offer (The Vampire's Promise #1) by Caroline B. Cooney
76. The Maze Runner (Maze Runner #1) by James Dashner
77. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
78. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
79. Angel Omnibus by Christopher Golden, Joss Whedon, etc.
80. Apocalyptic Organ Grinder by William Todd Rose
81. Will O' the Wisp by Tom Hammock