I adore reading challenges and use them as motivation to read books outside of what I would normally read. This is a list of the challenges I completed in 2012, and most of them, I'll be doing again in 2013.
Reading Challenges {2012 Finished List}
Book Award Winners Of 2011 Challenge
No. of books required: 8 (personal challenge)
Favorites: Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi and Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, Danielle Evans
Least Favorite: A Visit from The Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan.
More Details: Reading Book Award Winners Challenge {Finished}
The Eclectic Reader Challenge
No. of books required: 10
Genre I read the most in 2012: Fantasy (Young Adult and Adult)
Least Favorite: The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides
More Details: The 2012 Eclectic Reader Challenge {Finished}
The Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge
No. of books required: 10
Genres: Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Notes: I read mostly speculative fiction all year long, so I can't even choose a favorite or least favorite.
More Details: 10 Books For The 2012 Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge {Finished}
The European Reading Challenge
No. of books required: 5
Countries: Italy, UK, Czech Republic, Sweden & Hungary
Least Favorite: Radiant Days, Michael A. FitzGerald
More Details: The 2012 European Reading Challenge {Finished}
Amazon Best Books Reading Challenge
No. of books required: 5
Favorites: Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor and Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor
Least Favorite: The Marriage Plot, Jeffrey Eugenides and The Lover's Dictionary, David Levithan
More Details: 2012 Amazon Best Books of 2011 Reading Challenge {Finished}
The Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge
No. of books required: 10
Favorites: Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman (Adult) and Daughter of Smoke & Bone, Laini Taylor (Young Adult)
Least Favorite: The Iron King, Julie Kagawa
More Details: 10 Favorite Books of Bloggers {The 2012 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge - Finished}
The Audiobook Challenge
No. of books required: 10
Types of books I listened to: Mostly young adult (because of the fast pacing) which holds my attention.
Least Favorite: The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith
More Details: The 2012 Audiobook Challenge {Finished}
What's In a Name Reading Challenge
No. of books required: 6
Favorites: Everybody Sees the Ants, A.S. King and Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley
Least Favorite: Radiant Days, Michael Fitzgerald (again).
More Details: What's In a Name Reading Challenge 2012 {Finished}
There were a few more shorter reading challenges that I participated in throughout the year as well, but the only one I think I will continue with is the The Big Book Summer Challenge hosted by Book by Book
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Well done! That's quite a lot of challenges!