2015 Goals

I am not good about joining challenges, but I wanted to set some targets for myself.  Here are some reading plans I have for 2015:

 *I want to read more than last year because I feel I am in a better reading space than last year.  I am not going to hold myself to this though, because slumps can creep up without warning.

*For the next few there can be overlap but I want to read more middle grade books this year than I did last year.  I seemed to really stick to YA books this past year and I don't want to just do that.  I remember loving some middle grade books and I want to get back to that. 

*I have a list of books by authors I either didn't read when I was younger or haven't read now.  I plan to get on that this year.

*For example, I would like to re-read some Harry Potter, but never feel like I have time.  This year I am going to give myself permission to re-read some of those books I remember loving.

*I have to read more from my shelves.  Every summer I bring home stacks of books from the library and don't even get most of them read because I get so wrapped up in ARCs.  This year, I am going to read more from my shelves.



So there it is, my reading goals for 2015.  Have you set any or joined any challenges?

Teen Chick Lit Challenge

I joined another challenge over here at Chick Lit Teens. This one will be totally fun! I already have my first book in mind! For this one I have to read 10 Teen Chick Lit books. Let's see how I do!
1. Ruined by Pamela Morris
2. Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
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Middle Grade Reading Challenge

This week marked the start of the Middle Grade Reading Challenge hosted by Jill at O.W.L. The book I am reading fits! Anyway, here's what I have to do to complete this challenge:
There will be 4 levels:
5th Grader: At least 4 Books
6th Grader: At least 6 Books
7th Grader: At least 8 Books
8th Grader: At least 10 Books

Fifth Grade Level:
1. Olivia Kidney by Ellen Potter (I would feel very comfortable having fifth graders read this, but I think fourth graders and also higher third graders would be fine reading this as well.)
2. The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry (again, also fine for third & fourth graders--such a fun book!)
3. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
4. 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Sixth Grade Level:
1. Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull
2. Powerless by Matthew Cody
3. A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
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Seventh Grade Level:
1. I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
(although this says young adult on amazon, Elizabeth Bird read and reviewed it and she doesn't read young adult and the main character is 12)
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Eighth Grade Level:
1. Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough (most would probably say this is too young adult, but I know several 8th graders that would be able to dig this book just fine.)
2. Lockdown: Escape for Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith
3. The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea Campbell
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