2010 is Over - - let's wrap it up!

2010 is almost over and 2011 is about to begin!  Where does the time go?  

I joined a number of challenges in 2010 and completed some of them - I have high hopes for 2011!

So...this post is my wrap-up for 2010 - - you can see how many books I read/reviewed and so on ~ 

Here is a list of the books I actually reviewed and/or mini-reviewed on my blog in 2010:

The Ways of Khrem by D. Nathan Hilliard

From the Dead by John Herrick

Minder and Adversary by Kate Kaynak

The Down & Dirty series by Moira Rogers (Ante Up, Wild Card, Calling the Bluff)

Once In a Full Moon by Ellen Schreiber

Honor Bound by Moira Rogers

Dark Deceptions by Dee Davis

Branded: Fall of Angels by Keary Taylor

Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler

Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett

Wings by Aprilynne Pike

Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

Addiction by Sandra Marshall

Touch the Dark by Karen Chance

Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

Tainted, Torn and Turned by Julie Kenner

Heartless (Book 1: Tales of Goldstone Wood) by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

Exposure by Brandilyn Collins

On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith

Here are the Challenges I participated in:

2010 Summer Romance Challenge ~ hosted by Book Chick City   

My goal for this challenge was 8 books ~ I read 12 books:

Once Bitten by Kalayna Price - 6/11/10

Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers - 6/21/10

Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass #4 - 6/22/10

Leader of the Pack by Karen MacInerney - 7/1/10

Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione - 7/2/10
Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione - 7/410
Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione - 7/6/10
Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione - 7/7/10

Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts - 7/8/10

Wild Card by Moira Rogers - 8/15/10

Calling the Bluff by Moira Rogers - 8/15/10

Ante Up by Moira Rogers - 8/16/10

My goal for the E-Book challenge was 40 books ~ I read 52!

1. Soulless by Gail Carriger

2. Crux: Southern Arcana Book 1 by Moira Rogers

3. Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith

4. Wolf Signs: Granite Lake Wolves Book 1 by Vivian Arend

5. Wolf Flight: Granite Lake Wolves Book 2 by Vivian Arend

6. Wolf Games: Granite Lake Wolves Book 3 by Vivian Arend

7. Into the Mist: Falcon Mercenary Group Book 1 by Maya Banks

8. Into the Lair: Falcon Mercenary Group Book 2 by Maya Banks

9. Skin Deep: Laura Blackstone Book 1 by Mark Del Franco

10. Male Call: Hot Zone Book 1 by Denise A. Agnew

11. Stopping Time, part 1 by Melissa Marr

12. Stopping Time, part 2 by Melissa Marr

13. Must Love Hellhounds by Ilona Andrews

14. Unknown by Rachel Caine

15. Cry Sanctuary: Red Rock Pass Book 1 by Moira Rogers

16. Sanctuary Lost: Red Rock Pass Book 2 by Moira Rogers

17. Sanctuary's Price: Red Rock Pass Book 3 by Moira Rogers

18. Exposure by Brandilyn Collins

19. On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

20. Try Me by Parker Blue

21. Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast

22. Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast

23. Run, Wolf by Keith Melton

24. Tainted by Julie Kenner

25. Once Bitten by Kalayna Price

26. Alpha Turned by K.B. Alan

27. Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

28. Addiction by Sandra Marshall

29. Turned by Julie Kenner

30. Torn by Julie Kenner

31. Even Money by Dick Francis

32. Sanctuary Unbound: Red Rock Pass #4 by Moira Rogers

33. Short Stories from Red Rock by Moira Rogers

34. Leader of the Pack: Tales of an Urban Werewolf by Karen MacInerney

35. Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

36. Crossroads: Southern Arcana Book 2 by Moira Rogers

37. Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander

38. Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione

39. Passion Unleashed by Larissa Ione

40. Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione

41. The Mane Event by Shelly Laurenston

42. The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston

43. The Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston

44. The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

45. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

46. A Safe Harbor by Moira Rogers

47. Hunting Season: The Gathering by Shelly Laurenston

48. Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

49. Wild Card by Moira Rogers

50. Calling the Bluff by Moira Rogers

51. Ante Up by Moira Rogers

52. Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler

The Read Your Name Challenge was great - I chose to read my blog name:  Bev at the Wormhole for this challenge:

B: Brighid's Quest by P.C. Cast (this is the sequel to Elphame's Choice and absolutely had to be read immediately upon finishing Elphame!  It too was great! finished 4/25/10)

E: Elphame's Choice by P.C. Cast - - finished April 23, 2010

V: Viper's Nest (39 Clues #7) by Peter Lerangis - finished August 11, 2010

A: Alpha Turned by K.B. Alan ----- finished April 16, 2010

T: Tainted by Julie Kenner - - - -finished May 18, 2010

T: Touch the Dark by Karen Chance - - - finished 6/10/2010

H: Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander - - finished 7/12/2010

E: Even Money by Dick Francis - - finished - 6/20/2010

W: Wings by Aprilynne Pike - finished 6/15/2010

O: Once Bitten by Kalayna Price - - - finished 6/11/2010

R: Run, Wolf: Nightfall Wolf Clans #1 by Keith Melton - - - finished 5/15/2010

M: Mind Games by Carolyn Crane - - - finished 6/8/2010

H: Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl - - - finished 5/8/2010

O: On the Edge by Ilona Andrews - - finished April 18, 2010

L: Leader of the Pack - Karen MacInerney - - - finished July 2010

E: Exposure: A Novel by Brandilyn Collins - - - finished 5/4/2010

The read-a-thon went from 8/13/10 to 8/16/10. I was not very successful at this one - - - apparently I need a longer time frame to get books read.

I also participated in the August Ultimate Reviewers Challenge - 8/1/10 - 8/31/10 - - I guess what I needed was a challenge to get myself in gear because I managed to write 8 reviews/mini-reviews during this challenge. The books are listed above in the reviewed in 2010 list.

I was fairly successful at this one - July 12-14, 2010.

I was able to read two books by Larissa Ione as well as listening to a book on CD while in my jeep.

I was a massive failure at this challenge - truly....I didn't get a single book from the five on my list for this challenge read.  They all still remain on my TBR.  September marked the start of my crazy work schedule and my reading suffered along with my housework and my family's home-cooked meals.

Now - a year long challenge - there is something I can get done!  I was successful at this challenge - my goal, obviously, was 100 books in 2010 - as of today I have read 106!

Here are two other challenges that I was a miserable failure at!  I didn't successfully read the first book in the challenge so I was done at the very start.  I should have known better - there is something daunting about a book with over 500 pages.

While I am listing challenges that I was a failure at - I might as well add this one:   Fangtastic Fiction's Vampire Reading Challenge.  I had chosen four books from four areas and only got one of the four read.

This is yet another failure - I have actually moved the books I had chosen for this challenge and moved them to a new challenge being held in 2011. Hopefully I will get them all read this time around.

I did actually read one of the 13 books on the list.

I was almost successful with The Spring Reading Thing 2010.  I had a list of 15 books and I managed to read 10 of them during the challenge. 

This one wasn't so bad - I only planned to read one book and actually got it read!  The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith.

This challenge I thought would be easy, but I was not completely successful.  I managed to read a few of the books, but not all of them.  My goal was to read 22 books and I read 9 of them.  

The last of the challenges that I tried to participate in for 2010 were:

RYOB Challenge - goal 25 books - completed only 8 of them.

2010 YA Challenge - goal 15 books - completed only 6 of them.

2010 Debut Author Challenge - goal 19 books - completed only 10 of them.