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Happy New Year everyone! Here's a little reading challenge to kick off 2014. It'll last from 1 January to 31 March and any books you finish in that time can be used, as long they are at least 150 pages long.

Here are the tasks:
1. Start a new series.
2. Read a book by an author you've never read before.
3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :)
4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences.
Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something.
5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise.
Again, something significant.
6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it.
7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
It can be a wedding, a concert, the publication of a book you're looking forward to, etc.

Happy reading!

1. Start a new series. - Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human

2. Read a book by an author you've never read before. - The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan

3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :) - The Martian by Andy Weir

4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences. Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something. - The Flight of the Silvers by Daniel Price

5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise. - Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh Spademan agrees to kill Grace/Persephone, but changes his mind when he meets her

6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it.
- Get my NetGalley approval to feedback ratio up to 80%
- Snowblind by Christopher Golden

7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
- Lu's wedding in Zanzibar!
-The Troop by Nick Cutter Takes place on an island

7/7

Let's try this:

✔1. Start a new series.
Apocalypse Now Now

✔2. Read a book by an author you've never read before.
Taylor Swift: The Unofficial Story: Platinum Edition

✔3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :)
Birthright

✔4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences. Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something.
Immortal Beloved

5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise.
Again, something significant.

✔6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it.
- Spend more time with my Rabbits
The Rabbit-Raising Problem Solver: Your Questions Answered about Housing, Feeding, Behavior, Health Care, Breeding, and Kindling

✔7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
It can be a wedding, a concert, the publication of a book you're looking forward to, etc.
- My wedding!
The Troop

6/7

1. Start a new series. Stormdancer

2. Read a book by an author you've never read before. Afraid

3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :) The Book of the Shepherd

4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences.
Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something. Junky

5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise.
Again, something significant. The Hobbit - Thorin

6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it. - try not to overthink things and just go with the flow
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
It can be a wedding, a concert, the publication of a book you're looking forward to, etc.

I'm in!
1. Start a new series.The Boys of Summer
2. Read a book by an author you've never read before.Layers Deep by Lacey Silks
3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :) Lost in Us
4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences. Break You - they got drunk – did the nasty and she fell pregnant – ON THEIR FIRST DATE
Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something.
5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise. Reservation does cheating on her count??
Again, something significant.
6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it.
- Stop partying so much *blushes* Escape In You
7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
It can be a wedding, a concert, the publication of a book you're looking forward to, etc.
- The release of Dragon craving… I absolutely ADORED the first book in the series Gargoyle Addiction… So much so! Dragon Craving

Hello Guys! I'm in! Cannot wait to start reading again! Haven't read in about 4 -6 months! Glad to be back!

I'm in!
1. Start a new series.(DONE)- Starcrossed
2. Read a book by an author you've never read before. (DONE) Before I Fall
3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :) (DONE) Beautiful Disaster
4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences. (DONE) Something Borrowed
Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something.
5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise. (DONE) Where She Went
Again, something significant.
6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it.(DONE,I THINK) - My New Years resolution is to spend more time with friends this year so I read Beaches which revolves around two friends. - Let me know if this is good enough.
7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
It can be a wedding, a concert, the publication of a book you're looking forward to, etc.

Here are the tasks:
1. Start a new series.
2. Read a book by an author you've never read before.
3. Read a book in which the main character tries to make a new start and improve their life (whether or not it works :)
4. From the holiday season back to the real world. Read a book where a major character overindulges (in food, alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) and then has to deal with the consequences.
Note: this should be a significant feature in the plot, not just a few drinks followed by a hangover or something.
5. New Year's Resolutions: they never last. Read a book in which the main character breaks an oath or promise.
Again, something significant.
6. But hey, it's a new year and it's good to be optimistic. Make a New Year's Resolution, tell us what it is, and read a book related to it.
7. What event are you looking forward to this year? Let us know and read a book that's related to it.
It can be a wedding, a concert, the publication of a book you're looking forward to, etc.

Done! :)

well done :)

This one ends tomorrow guys! Anyone else going to try and finish it?

Sorry, I never make new years resolutions and then I could lie and say I made one but that wouldn't be fair. So this challenge was impossible for me to finish. But it had some interesting tasks that we may want to recycle in another challenge. :)

Looks like I'll have to settle for 6/7 :(

Lol, Barbara, you'd could have just thought of something without bothering to stick to it! No one sticks to them anyway.

Well I am a stickler for the rules, so I didn't think it fair because then I could think of something easy that fit the book I happened to read. Unfair advantages and all that. I am a moderator after all. :)

Well, I meant for the challenge to be easy, since it's the start of the year :) And my Resolution made that task very easy for me.

Yeah, you just had to read a book you got from NetGalley. Very clever.

It was a good and easy challenge. The resolution wasn't the only reason I didn't participate. It was right smack in the middle of all my internet and computer problems, which made it hard for me to update stuff. I still haven't got all my files back and all the programs installed on my laptop, but I am getting there.

So close!

Okay - so I think I finished it... If the powers that be wanna check it out... Only got a chance to update it now. Sorry folks. I really need to get better at updating my Goodreads when I finish books. Cos I read like 10 a month.

Looks fine to me - well done!