January Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

Hello readers! This year I am trying to be more vigilant in my reading. I've signed up for a TBR Pile Reading Challenge and set my reading goal on Goodreads to 30. Last year I was horribly behind and didn't meet my goal... I even lowered it and still missed it by two books. Le sigh. I'm hoping I'll be able to do much better with getting books read and reviews up. To help me figure out what needs to be read, I counted all the YA/MG books sitting on the shelves waiting for me. There are 57. Ahem. I'm such a slacker! I'm even posting my wrap-up post late! Lame-o. Anyway, I have been reading and reviewing, so I thought I'd share my progress so far.

I have completed two books in my TBR pile! It may not seem like much to some, but I'm right on track with my reading goal for the year. Go me! Here are the two books I've completed (Click cover for review... Tiger Lily review coming super soon):

 

I'm also nearly done with book three, so that's spiffy:

So that's my reading progress so far. It's moving right along and I think I might actually complete my goals! For the TBR Pile Reading Challenge, there are also monthly mini-challenges. This month's challenge was to make a book spine poem. I'm total crap at poetry - and I've never done this before - but it was really kind of fun to see what my books could say. Here's mine!

Just in case it's hard to read, it says (I did cheat a little by adding one extra word... shh!):

A Great and Terrible Beauty

Lies Beneath

The Serpent's Shadow.

Every Day

A Want So Wicked

is Born at Midnight.

That really was a lot of fun! I can't wait to see what our mini-challenge is for February! I suppose I could share what I plan on reading, but I'm really kind of a mood reader. I know I'll be finishing up The Mark of Athena and then I'll be reading Scarlet with one of my blogging buddies, Jen of Literally Jen. After that, who knows! I have plenty of books to choose from, that's for sure!

Happy reading, all!