Challenges 2012

This has been quite a year for me. Apart from 3 short challenges in 2011 I had never taken part in anything like this before.
I have made up for that in 2012 where I have taken part in 24 challenges and I am quite proud to say that I actually completed 22 of these.

Reading Challenge Addict 2012.
How addicted are you to reading challenges?

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My initial goal was to enter 6-10 challenges and complete them.
I more than reached that goal. I entered 23 challenges in 2012 and completed 21 of them. And I have completed this challenge as well.
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2012 Sci-Fi Challenge
Read a Sci-Fi book a month over the year.

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I have finished this challenge on the 10th of December.






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2012 Where Are You Reading Challenge
Read a book that takes place in each of the 50 States.


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I never got far with this challenge, I just found it too difficult to look for the books.




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2012 Ebook Challenge
Read a set number of E-books within the year.
I chose the level of Server - Read 100 Ebooks.
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I reached my goal of 100 books on the 28th of October. I will keep adding books for this challenge. My total of ebooks read is 134 books

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2012 Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge
Read books from the Book Blogger Recommendation List.
I chose Level III - read 15 books.
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I have finished this challenge on the 21st of November.


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2012 Witches & Witchcraft Reading Challenge
Read a set number of Witchy books, fiction and non-fiction.

I chose the Level of Mother - read 11-15 Witchy books

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9th of October 2012: I have finished this challenge and I way passed both the level I chose and the next level. I will keep adding books to this even though I am done with the challenge. My total for this challenge is 41 books.


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All the Books of Pern 2012 Challenge
Read a set number of Pern books within the year.

I chose the level Blue - read the original trilogy plus the Harper Hall trilogy or any 6.

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I have finished my goal of this challenge 31st of January.


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 Scavenger Hunt 2012 Reading Challenge

How It Works:
Check the list to see what requirement the book has for the current month, read it during the applicable month only, and rate/review the book on Goodreads! :)
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I have finished this challenge on the 15th of December.
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100 Books In A Year Challenge
Read 100+ books in 2012 any genre
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9th of October: I have reached my goal of 100 books but I am not going to stop reading. My total number of books is 137 books.

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Why Buy the Cow? Reading Challenge 2012
read a set number of free and legal downloaded books within the year.
I chose the Level of Coupon Clipper - read 12 books
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August 2012: I have reached my goal of 12 books and I will end up reading a few more, but I don't think I will be able to reach the next level. I actually ended up reading 28 books for this challenge.

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Goodreads 2012 Reading Challenge
set a personal goal for the number of books to read in 2012.
I chose 110 books
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I reached my goal of 100 books on the 28th of October. I will keep adding books for this challenge.
All in all in 2012 I have read 146 books.

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A Winter's Respite Read-a-Thon January 23 - 29
You do not have to participate the entire week. Join in when you can.

I chose to take part the entire week and read at least 6 books

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I have finished this Challenge and I ended up reading 7 books, all in all approximately 2000 pages. 



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The Magical March Reading Challenge!
To read and review works of Fantasy, Science-Fiction, or Magical Realism.
I chose the level of  Wizard's Class 6-7 books read and reviewed
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I Finished this Challenge and read 12 books all in all.

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Six Degrees of Separation Challenge

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, "a friend of a friend" statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer.
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It was too difficult to try and find the reviews from people in the e-books so I didn't finish this challenge.

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Dewey's Read-a-Thon April 2012
For 24 hours, we read books, post in our blogs about our reading, and visit other readers’ blogs.

My goal was to last the 24 hours and read 3 or 4 books.

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I finished this challenge and I achieved my goals.


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Spring Into Horror Read-a-Thon
You do have to read at least one scary book during the duration of the read-a-thon.
My goal is to read 6 books and at least 4 of them has to be horror. 
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I Finished this challenge and reached my goal. I read 5 horror books and 1 fantasy book.


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A - Z Challenge 2012
Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list.
My goal is to read books from A - Z + Æ, Ø, Å 
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I Finished this challenge and reached my goal.
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Finishing the Series Reading Challenge
It's a challenge for all those series books you started at some point and haven't finished.

My goal is level 3 - complete 3 or more series. I would like to finish 5 series.

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I have finished this challenge on the 13th of December.
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FrightFall Read-a-Thon October 1-7 2012
You do have to read at least one scary book during the duration of the read-a-thon.
My goal is to read at least 4 books of which 1 has to be scary
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I Finished this challenge and reached my goal. I read 3 scary books and 1 paranormal book.

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Dewey's Read-a-Thon October 2012
For 24 hours, we read books, post in our blogs about our reading, and visit other readers’ blogs.
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My goal is to last the 24 hours, read at least 3 books. And as something new, visit at least 2 other blogs every hour and leave a comment.
I Finished this challenge and reached my goal. I read 3½ books, lasted the 24 hours and visited over 50 other blogs.
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Season of the Witch October 2012
Read as many witch-related books in October as possible.

My goal is to read a least 10 books this month that has some kind of magic in them.
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I have finished this Challenge and I succeeded as I read 10 books.

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22 on 22 Read-a-Thon
There is no pressure to read a certain amount of books during this Read-a-Thon, it is strictly for fun to celebrate a birthday!

My goal for this Read-a-Thon is to read 4 books.

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I Finished this challenge and reached my goal. I read 4 books.

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Thankfully Reading Weekend 22-25 November 2012
There are no rules to the weekend, we’re simply hoping to devote a good amount of time to reading, and perhaps meeting some of our reading challenges and goals for 2012.
My goal for this long weekend is to read 3 books toward my other 2012 challenges

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I Finished this challenge and reached my goal. I read 3 books.


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2012 Christmas Spirit Reading Challenge.
Read Christmas books.

My goal is to read 5-6 Christmas books and see some Christmas films.

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I have reached my goal as I have read 14 books / short stories and watched 3 films + two short Christmas films.

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