2015 Challenges!

2015 is finally here! With a new year it's time to start some new challenges. Challenges are fun and will probably make it so much easier for me to pick out books to read. Yay me! I'm going to officially start three challenges today, but knowing me there will probably be some more challenges during the year (I'm extremely competitive, you have been warned). 

The first challenge is the 2015 Reading Challenge from Popsugar.com.

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Several of the things in the challenge will be quite easy, all but a book from a pulitzer price winner and a book from my hometown will be super easy to finish. I live in a smallish town in Sweden so not many people have written books about where I live, but when me and my friend looked it up there was one book that takes place in my hometown. Not sure if it's good though... Ah well, that's the first challenge,

The second challenge is Finish That Series Challenge!

Guide lines:

1. Series must be FINISHED in order for them to count.
2. If the series isn't complete yet, you must read up to the most recent book in said series.
3. Novellas are optional.
4. You do not have to start the series in 2015, just finish it.
5. The series has to have at least 2 books out prior to December of 2015.

I've already made a post where I've added the books I'm aiming to read during the challenge. There are however book series that have been added since I've made that list so I will post an updated list in a new blog post. 

The third challenge is my goodreads challenge, which is my goal for 2015. I aim to read at least 70 books this year, and since I have so many series to finish I doubt that it will be a problem to reach and surpass that goal. 

So, that's my goals and challenges for 2015. Do you have any challenges you aim to do during 2015? Are you joining any of the ones I'm doing?

Finish That Series Challenge of 2015

Damn you Bella! It's entirely your fault that I found and got interested in this challenge. Bella found THIS video on youtube and thought it would be a good idea to do. I, like the lemming I am, also thought this was a good idea after reading Bella's blog about it. So please, blame her.

The rules are fairly simple:

1. The series has to be COMPLETELY FINISHED for it to count in the challenge.
2. If the series is not completed (as in the author is not done writing it) you have to read up until the book that was published last.
3. You don't need to read the novellas in a series for the series to count, just the main books.
4. You don't need to start the series in 2015, just finish it. So if you started a series in 2008 now is your chance to finish it.
5. The series has to have at least 2 books already published for it to count. 

Alright, all I have to do now is pick the series I want to finish. If you watch the video you'll find that you get points for the amount of series you finish. I'm not sure how many series I want to read but I'm thinking about finishing at least 10. This beacause I have a few series in which I only have one more book to read to complete it.

My series:

The Syrena Legacy by Anna Banks

• Of Poseidon
• Of Triton
• Of Neptune

The Maze Runner series by James Dashner

• The Maze Runner
• The Scorch Trials
• The Death Cure

The Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins

• Sweet Evil
• Sweet Peril
• Sweet Temptation

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

• The Hunger Games
• Catching Fire
• Mockingjay

Percy Jackson & the Olympins by Rick Riordan

• The Lightning Thief
• The Sea of Monsters
• The Titan's Curse
• The Battle of the Labyrinth
• The Last Olympian

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

• A Game of Thrones
• A Clash of Kings
• A Storm of Swords
• A Feast for Crows
• A Dance with Dragons

The Abandon Trilogy by Meg Cabot

• Abandon
• Underworld
• Awaken

Heather Wells series by Meg Cabot

• Size 12 is Not Fat
• Size 14 is Not Fat Either
• Big Boned
• Size 12 and Ready to Rock
• The Bride Wore Size 12

Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward

• Dark Lover
• Lover Eternal
• Lover Awakened
• Lover Revealed
• Lover Unbound
• Lover Enshrined
• Lover Avenged
• Lover Mine
• Lover Unleashed
• Lover Reborn
• Lover at Last
• The King

The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

• Clockwork Angel
• Clockwork Prince
• Clockwork Princess

Wowiee. Get a little stressed looking at that list now... Good thing I will have a whole year to read them. As you can see, in some of the series I've only got 1 or 2 more books to read in order to complete them. The only one that'll probably be difficult to finish is the A Song of Ice and Fire, since I've tried to start the first book so many times without success. Ah well. I might add some more series during next year, you never know.