April Page Count Contest: Sign Up

Now the Review Copy Cleanup is over, I have been scouring the net for a new challenge to motivate me to read in April. I'm so happy I found the April Page Count Contest hosted by Reading Angel!

The goal for this challenge is to read a big bunch of pages during the month April. To make it a bit more competitive you can win prizes when you read more, but there are also some prizes to win for the slower readers in our mids. If you're interested, you can still sign up (:


So I'll be going with a temporary to-read list:

• Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning (671 pages - starting at 324)
• Grave Mercy by R.L. Lafevers (549 pages)
• Ripper by Amy Carrol Reeves (340 pages)
• The Peculiars by Maureen Doyle McQuerry (354 pages)
• Love Life by Rachel Spangler (254 pages)
• Eve by Anna Carey (336 pages)
• Brave New Love by Various Authors (390 pages)
• Tomorrow Land by Mari Mancusi (281 pages)
• The Earthquake Machine by Mary Pauline Lowry (326 pages)

Added later:

• Cinder by Marissa Meyer (387 pages)
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano (368 pages)
• Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper (308 pages)
• Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (362 pages)
• The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (485 pages)

Which brings my tentative goal to 3,100 pages. I really hope I can read this much this month! Are any of you participating in the April Page Count Contest? Let me know, and I'll cheer you on :D

2012 Reading Challenge: TBR Pile

In the upcoming year I will be participating in the TBR Pile Reading Challenge! I have tons and tons of books on my shelves that need to be read, but I never seem to be coming to because of all the review copies. Plus there are prizes to win and mini-challenges to participate in! It sounds very awesome.

I will go for A Friendly Hug (11-20 books). This because I like hugs, and don't want to aim too high. Better to find out I do better than expected!

Here are a few books that I want to read:

• The Stand by Stephen King
• Cell by Stephen King
• Lisey's Story by Stephen King
• The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (yes, that's 11 books with over 600 pages each)
• The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
• The Hitchhiker's Galaxy series by Douglas Adams

It seems like I've been especially neglected my long fantasy books! It will be interesting to see how far I can come.


If you're interested, sign up here.