And of course we won’t stop this year! Here are my 2013 reading challenges, where I will keep track of how I am doing. Encouragements welcome, questions will be answered. :) Happy reading!
2013 Reading Goals
5275 books- 5 Classic Books
- 20 Filipino Books
- 4 Chunkster Books
Chunkster Challenge
* Chubby Chunkster – read FOUR chunkster books in the year
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
- Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
5 Classic Books
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
20 Filipino Books
- Queen of the Clueless by Mina V. Esguerra
- Fourteen Love Stories edited by Angelo R. Lacuesta and Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
- Heroes’ Awakening by Rigel Ordinario
- Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan
- Unseen Moon by Eliza Victoria
- What’s In Your Heart by Ines Bautista-Yao
- Icon of the Indecisive by Mina V. Esguerra
- Sky Blue After the Rain by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
- The Filipino Heroes League # 2: The Sword by Paolo Fabregas
- All’s Fair in Blog and War by Chrissie Peria
- Vintage Love by Agay Llanera
- Cover (Story) Girl by Chris Mariano
- Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
- Well Played by Katrina Ramos Atienza
- The Real Score by Kesh Tanglao
- Young and Scambitious by Mina V. Esguerra
- Trese: Stories from the Diabolical, Volume 1 by Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo
- Guardians of Tradition by Mae Astrid Tobias, Rommel E. Joson (Illustrator), Renato S. Rastrollo (Photos)
- Corpse in the Mirror by A.S. Santos
- In Over Her Head by Anne Plaza
- Finding X by Miles Tan
- Just A Little Rain by Jayen San Diego
- All I Want for Christmas by Chris Mariano, Chrissie Peria and Miles Tan
- Welcome to Envy Park by Mina V. Esguerra
Required Reading
January:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
February
Every Day by David Levithan
Boundless by Cynthia Hand
Fourteen Love Stories edited by Angelo R. Lacuesta and Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
March
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Iscariot: A Novel of Judas by Tosca Lee
April
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
May
Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
June
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
July
The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
August
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
September
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
October
Trese: Stories from the Diabolical, Volume 1 by Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
November
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
December
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
Books Read in 2013:
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Heist Society by Ally Carter
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Sorta Like A Rock Star by Matthew Quick
- Radiant by Cynthia Hand
- Dead Stars by Paz Marquez-Benitez
- Every Day by David Levithan
- Queen of the Clueless by Mina V. Esguerra
- The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan (reread)
- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- Boundless by Cynthia Hand
- Fourteen Love Stories edited by Angelo R. Lacuesta and Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
- The Scent of Rain by Kristin Billerbeck
- Reunited by Hillary Weisman Graham
- The Comeback Kiss by Lani Diane Rich
- Amelia O’Donohue is So Not A Virgin by Helen Fitzgerald
- Heroes’ Awakening by Rigel Ordinario
- Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
- Discount Armageddon by Seannan McGuire
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
- The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart
- Iscariot: A Novel of Judas by Tosca Lee
- Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- There Is a Balm in Gilead: Our Memories of Hope by Goodreads – TFG
- Smaller and Smaller Circles by FH Batacan
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- Unseen Moon by Eliza Victoria
- Amplified by Tara Kelly
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
- What’s In Your Heart by Ines Bautista-Yao
- Icon of the Indecisive by Mina V. Esguerra
- Sky Blue After the Rain by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
- The Filipino Heroes League # 2: The Sword by Paolo Fabregas
- All’s Fair in Blog and War by Chrissie Peria
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
- The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins
- The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
- Vintage Love by Agay Llanera
- Cover (Story) Girl by Chris Mariano
- Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
- Parasite by Mira Grant
- No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
- Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
- Well Played by Katrina Ramos Atienza
- Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way by Shauna Niequist
- The Real Score by Kesh Tanglao
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Young and Scambitious by Mina V. Esguerra
- Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage by Allison Vesterfelt
- Trese: Stories from the Diabolical, Volume 1 by Budjette Tan and KaJo Baldisimo
- Guardians of Tradition by Mae Astrid Tobias, Rommel E. Joson (Illustrator), Renato S. Rastrollo (Photos)
- Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
- Corpse in the Mirror by A.S. Santos
- Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
- The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
- The Final Descent by Rick Yancey
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
- In Over Her Head by Anne Plaza
- The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
- Waking Kate by Sarah Addison Allen
- Finding X by Miles Tan
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
- Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life by Shauna Niequist
- Just A Little Rain by Jayen San Diego
- How To Be Alone by Tanya Davis, illustrated by Andrea Dorfman
- All I Want for Christmas by Chris Mariano, Chrissie Peria and Miles Tan
- Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
- Letters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
- Welcome to Envy Park by Mina V. Esguerra