2014 - Books read or reread

This is going to be the post that I list all of the books I've read in 2014. I've got a Goodreads challenge set up to keep track, of course, and if you want to know my goals for 2014. But - I also want to list them here and add the reviews I put up of them. I'm also doing groups of reviews, mini-reviews kind of, of books that I've read that I don't have enough to say about to write a full review, I'll be linking those through-out, too.

These are not organized by the order I read them in, but if you're curious then Goodreads challenge, but instead by categories. The difference between the "new" and the "been on shelf/meaning to read" shelf are a little iffy at points, probably. Mostly, new will mean books I've bought recently, up to a year or so, and the one about being on my shelf a while, means that I've owned them for a long time, years and years, and are finally getting around to reading them.

The other categories are pretty self explanatory, I think. Classics will contain all the classics I read through the year, while the manga/comics will contain all the books considered manga or comics. The reread will contain all books I've read but there will be a post with more in-depth thoughts on the books I've reread that you can find here (COMING SOON).

And let's move onto the books, shall we?

 New:

• Infinity Blade: Awakening (Infinity Blade #1) by Brandon Sanderson
• Steelheart (Reckoners #1) by Brandon Sanderson (review)
• Mitosis (Reckoners #1.5) by Brandon Sanderson
• Egghead by Bo Burnham
• Pathfinder (Pathfinder #1) by Orson Scott Card (review)
• Firstborn by Brandon Sanderson
• Doctor Who: The Rising Night by Scott Handcock
• Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) by Richelle Meade
• Seduction in Death (In Death #13) by J.D. Robb
• Reunion in Death (In Death #14) by J.D. Robb
• The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse) by Cassandra Rose Clarke 
• The Search for WondLa  (WondLa #1) by Tony DiTerlizzi (review)
• Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Meade
• The Way of Kings, Part One (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson
• Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) by Richelle Meade
• Bite Me (London Undead #1) by P.J. Schnyder
• The Way of Kings, Part Two (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Martian by Andy Weir (review)
• Preacher, Book One by Garth Ennis (review)
• Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita the Spacegirl #2) by Ben Hatke
• Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) by James S.A. Corey (review)
• Cold War by Adam Christopher
• Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton #1) by R.L. LaFevers
• Elusive Memories (The Hunted #1) by Amanda Shofner
• What in God's Name by Simon Rich
• Fire and Flood by Victoria Scott (review)
• Everything Leads to Yu by Nina LaCour (review)
• The Inventor's Secret by Andrea Cremer
• The Fear Trials (The Murder Complex #0.5) by Lindsey Cummings
• Sea of Shadows (Age of Legends #1) by Kelly Armstrong
• Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn #1) by Sioban Vivian, Jenny Han
• Open Road Summer by Emery Lord
• Catch a Falling Star by Kim Culbertson
• This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
• Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
• Never Stop Shutting Up by Mike Falzone
• Girl with Guitar (Kylie Ryans #1) by Caisey Quinn
• Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
• In the Shadows by Kiersten White, Jim Di Bartolo
• Scepter of the Ancients (Skulduggery Pleasant #1) by Derek Landy
• Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Trilogy #3) by Leigh Bardugo
• City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments #6) by Cassandra Clare
• The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
• Say Her Name by James Dawson
• Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
• Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome by John Scalzi
• Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
• Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
• Troy and Helen's Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez
• Wife by Wednesday (Weekday Brides #1) by Catherine Bybee
• On Dublin Street (On Dublin Street #1) by Samantha Young
• Married by Monday (Weekday Brides #2) by Catherine Bybee
• Fiancee by Friday (Weekday Brides #3) by Catherine Bybee
• Ariel: The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath
• Merciless by Danielle Vega
• Tinder by Sally Gardner
• Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick 
• Single by Saturday (Weekday Brides #4) by Cathrine Bybee
• Taken by Tuesday (Weekday Brides #5) by Catherine Bybee
• Opal Fire (Stacy Justice #1) by Barbra Annino
• Not Quite Dating (Not Quite #1) by Catherine Bybee
• Not Quite Mine (Not Quite #2) by Catherine Bybee
• The Little World of Liz Climo by Liz Climo
• Girl on Tour (Kylie Ryans #2) by Caisey Quinn
• The Blood of Olympus (Heroes of Olympus #5) by Rick Riordan
• Half Bad (Half Bad #1) by Sally Green
• Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman
• Three to Ride (Nights in Bliss, Colorado #1) by Sophie Oaks
• Siren Beloved (Texas Siren #4) by Sophie Oaks
• The Siren (The Original Sinners #1) Tiffany Reisz
• Wallbanger (Cocktail #1) by Alice Clayton
• An On Dublin Street Christmas & Until Fountain Bridge by Samantha Young
• Girl in Love (Kylie Ryans #3) by Caisey Quinn
• Jackaby by William Ritter
• Percy Jackson's Greek Gods by Rick Riordan
• The Clockwork Scarab (Stoker & Holmes #1) by Colleen Gleason
• The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco
• The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling #1) by Erika Johansen
• The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1) by Marie Lu

Current Count: 80

Been on shelf/meaning to read:

• Interworld (Interworld #1) by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves
• Wool Omnibus (Silo #1) by Hugh Howey (review)
• The City of Ember (Book of Ember #1) by Jeanne DuPrau
• Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) by Kristin Cashore
• A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (review)
• Redshirts by John Scalzi (review) 
• Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) by James S.A. Corey (review)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewsk
• The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness (review)
• Zom-B by Darren Shan
• The Queen is Dead (The Immortal Empire #2) by Kate Locke (review)
• Long Live the Queen (The Immortal Empire #3) by Kate Locke (review)
• The New World (Chaos Walking #0.5) by Patrick Ness
• Dead Man Rising (Dante Valentine #2) by Lilith Saintcrow
• The Devil's Right Hand (Dante Valentine #3) by Lilith Saintcrow
• The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking #2) by Patrick Ness
• All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill 
• Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery #1) by Kim Harrison (review)
• Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus by P.C. Martin
• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan
• Rock On by Denise Vega
• Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg
• Losing It (Losing It #1) by Cora Carmack
• The Beginning of Everything(Severed Heads, Broken Hearts) by Robyn Schnieder
• Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo
• Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy #2) by Leigh Bardugo
• Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices #3) by Cassandra Clare
• City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments #5) by Cassandra Clare
• Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss #1) by Stephanie Perkins
• Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss #2) by Stephanie Perkins
• The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicles #1) by Patrick Rothfuss
• The Final Empire (Mistborn #1) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Well of Ascension (Mistborn #2) by Brandon Sanderson
• The Hero of Ages (Mistborn #3) by Brandon Sanderson
• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #1) by Brandon Sanderson
• Purity in Death (In Death #15) by J.D. Robb
• Portrait in Death (In Death #16) by J.D. Robb
• Imitation in Death (In Death #17) by J.D. Robb
• Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
• The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Ultimate Guide by Rick Riordan
• Alcatraz Versus the Scriveners Bones (Alcatraz #2) by Brandon Sanderson
• Old Man's War (Old Man's War #1) by John Scalzi
• 172 Hours on the Mood by Johan Harstad
• The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) by Maggie Stiefvater x2
• The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle #2) by Maggie Stiefvater x2
• White Cat (Curse Workers #1) by Holly Black
• Red Glove (Curse Workers #2) by Holly Black
• Black Hear (Curse Workers #3) by Holly Black
• Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle #1) by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Current Count: 51

Non-Fiction:

• This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl (and others) (review)
• Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie (review)
• Paradox: The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Science by Jim Al-Khalili
• The Unknown Unknown by Mark Forsyth
• Is Everyone Hanging-Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling

Current Count: 5

Classics:

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 
• The Cosmic Puppets by Philip K. Dick
• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe
• The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde
• The Thing on the Doorstep by H.P Lovecraft
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Current Count: 8

Reread:

• The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #2) by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter #1) by Nalini Singh
• City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) by Cassandra Clare
• Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers #1) by Ridley Pearson (review)
• City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments #2) by Cassandra Clare
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2) by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) by J.K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter #6) by J.K Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling
• The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
• God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire #1) by Kate Locke (review)
• The Walking Dead: Book One by Robert Kirkman
• Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine #1) by Lilith Saintcrow
• Fruits Basket Vols 1 - 23 by Natsuki Takaya (all rereads, all graphic novels, read all of them)
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments #3) by Cassandra Clare
• Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices #1) by Cassandra Clare
• Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices #2) by Cassandra Clare
• City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare
• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1) by Rick Riordan
• The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2) by Rick Riordan
• The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3) by Rick Riordan
• The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #4) by Rick Riordan
• The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #5) by Rick Riordan 
• The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1) by Rick Riordan
• The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan
• The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus #3) by Rick Riordan
• The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus #4) by Rick Riordan
• No Plot? No Problem: Revised by Chris Baty

Current Count: 32

Manga or Comics:

• Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 2 by Hajime Isayama
• Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 3 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 4 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 5 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 6 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 7 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 8 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 9 by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan, Vol. 10 by Hajime Isayama
• Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits by many, many people
• Young Avengers Vol. 1: Style > Substance by Kieron Gillen
• Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
• Saga Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan
• Saga, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
• The Preacher: Book One by Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon
• The Walking Dead: Book One
• The Walking Dead: Book Two
• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
• Maus, Vol l by Art Spiegelman
• Maus, Vol ll by Art Spiegelman
• Locke and Key, Vol 1: Welcome to Lovecraft by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
• Locke and Key, Vol 2: Head Games by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez 
• Locke and Key, Vol 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez
• Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
• Coffin Hill, Vol 1 by Caitlin Kittredgge
• Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony
• Boxers (Boxers and Saints #1) by Gene Luen Yang
• Saints (Boxers and Saints #2) by Gene Luen Yang
• Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #1) by Ben Hatke
• Legends of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #2) by Ben Hatke
• Return of Zita the Spacegirl (Zita #3) by Ben Hatke
• Clockwork Angel: Manga (#1) by Cassie Clare, HyeKyung Baek
• Clockwork Prince, Manga (#2) by Cassie Clare, HyeKyung Baek
• Clockwork Princess, Manga (#3) by Cassie Clare, HyeKyung Baek
• Sea of Monsters: Graphic Novel (#2) by Riordan and others
• Sex Criminals, Vol 1 by Matt Fraction, Chip Zdarsky
• The Arrival by Shaun Tan
• East of West, Volume 1: The Promise by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
• East of West, Volume 2: We Are All One by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
• East of West, Volume 3: There Is No Us by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
• Sleepy Hollow #1 by Marguerite Bennett
• Through the Woods by Emily Caroll
• Chew, Volume 1: Taster's Choice by John Layman, Rob Guillory
• In Real Life by Cory Doctorow, Jen Wang
• Captain Marvel, Volume 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More by Kelly Sue DeConnick, David López
• Ms. Marvel, Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
• Wytches #1 by Scott Snyder
• The Flash #1 by Francis Manapul
• Wayward #1 by Jim Zub, Steve Cummings, John Rauch
• Wayward #2 by Jim Zub, Steve Cummings, John Rauch
• The Wicked and The Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson
• Chew, Volume 2: International Flavor by John Layman, Rob Guillory
• Injustice: Gods Among Us #1 by Tom Taylor
• Hawkeye #12, #13, #15, #17. #19 & Volume Three: L.A. Women by Matt Fraction
• The Wicked and The Divine #2, #3, #4, #5 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson
• Chew, Volume 3: Just Desserts by John Layman, Rob Guillory

Current Count: 66

Total Count: 270

Some of these books have been reviewed in a post with several other books, so I'm going to list those posts here and the books in them.

2014: Book Reviews (1)

Infinity Blade: Awakening (Infinity Blade #1)

The Laughing Corpse (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #2)

Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon 

Steelheart (Reckoners #1) + Mitosis (Reckoners #1.5) 

Interworld (Interworld #1)

Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter #1)

Egghead 

Attack on Titan, Vols. 1-3 

2014: Book Reviews (2)

Attack on Titan Vols. 4-10

The Great Gatsby

The Cosmic Puppets

Wool Omnibus (Silo #1)

City of Bones (TMI #1)

City of Ashes (TMI #2)

Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers #1)

The City of Ember (Book of Ember #1)

Pathfinder (Pathfinder #1)

Graceling (Graceling Realm #1)

2014: Book Reviews (3)
Firstborn
Doctor Who: The Rising Night
Hawkeye, Vol. 2: Little Hits
Vampire Academy (VA#1)
Seduction in Death (In Death #13)
Reunion in Death (In Death #14)

2014: Book Reviews (4 - Harry Potter edition)
contains Socerers' Stone to Deathly Hallow as of this reread

2014: Book Reviews (5)
This Star Won't Go Out
The Assassin's Curse (Assassin's Curse #1) 
The Search for WondLa (WondLa #1)
A Wizard of EarthSea (Earthsea Cycle #1)
Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2)

2014: Book Reviews (6)
Young Avengers Vol. 1
Saga Vols 1-3
Princesses Behaving Badly
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archiver #1)
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3)
Bite Me (London Undead #1)


2014: Book Reviews (7)
Paradox: The Nine Great Enigmas in Physics
War of the Worlds
Redshirts
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1)
The Martian
House of Leaves
The Preacher, Book One
Caliban's War (The Expanse #2)
The Emperor's Soul

2014: Book Reviews (8)
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1)
Zom-B
Cold War
God Save the Queen (Immortal Empire #1)
The Queen is Dead (Immortal Empire #2)
Long Live the Queen (Immortal Empire #3)
The Walking Dead, Book One
The New World (Chaos Walking #0.5)

2014 (reading) goals

I always try to start off the year new and have resolutions that I want to complete, and my track record is actually really good. This is mostly going to be about reading goals, but 2013 wasn't a good year for me. I mean, of course, there were good and amazing moments, but there also was some not so good stuff, and it actually had nothing to do with any outside source (except for the last few months because, man, lawyers are assholes, guys, assholes).

Anyway, onto the book stuff, the happy stuff, no bad things!

Read 50 - 100 books this year - I started my goal at 50 books in 2013 and I'm going to do that again, but I did end up upping it through out the year and ended up reading 115 books in all. Which is awesome, I cannot believe I read that many books.

Complete books I own / Stop buying books I won't read - I always think about going on a book buying ban, but that's not really what I want to do, because there are always books coming out. But before I buy books, I'm going to try and force myself to pause and ask myself if I'll really read it. Because I own so much contemporary and I am a very Fantasy (and SciFi) reader, and I do want to read a lot of the stuff I own, but some of the stuff I bought, I don't think I care about so much. Also, I own so many books, normally when people say this you go 'yeah, me too' but you don't understand. If i had to estimate a number, I'd say abou 2,000.
I want to clean out some I know I won't read or something. And people always say they want most the books they own to be ones they read, but I completely don't agree with that, I love, and sometimes stress about, being surrounded by books that I could read. And I have really slowed down buying books since the summer about, and I'm hoping to keep with this. Also - stop buying kindle books just because it's only $2 if I already own a physical copy. I love having the digital copy but I don't really need it.

Reread loved books (that I haven't had time to reread) - there's this weird thing about always reading new books because I bought these new books. But I also am dying to reread Harry Potter, I haven't had time to reread in at least 5 years, probably, which is just actually physically upsetting. I did reread some books in 2013 that I loved (It, Duma Key, and a few others), but there others. (Mortal Instrument series because I remember nothing, Percy Jackson series, and others).

Write more reviews  - related to this is blogging more and maybe starting to vlog (I've talked about starting again every day since I stopped and I haven't done it yet but still). I want to write more reviews for the books I read, even if they're just those short reviews, because sometimes I just don't have a lot to say about a book. Anyway - reviews, keeping up on here because I do love blogging and everything and I think it's going to change a little. (Not a lot, still all books, but probably more personal or whatever, this isn't a very thought out goal, in all honesty).

Lists - one of the people I follow on YouTube (booktubers, they're great guys) stole the list idea from someone else. Either way, the 100 top SciFi/Fantasy list by NPR. I have read a few of them, more then I expected, and a lot of them I do want to read, not all of them but quite a few. If you've got any recommendations of different lists or whatever, please leave it in the comments. (I've been looking at the BBC one and it does have a lot of books I want to or have read, but also a lot of classics).

Certain book or series I want to complete - I have no idea what of these I'll read, but I'm going to list books or series I haven't read yet with a small synopsis of why.
The Lord of the Rings (+ The Hobbit) by J.R.R. Tolkien - It's ridiculous that I haven't read these yet and I've tried and the descriptiveness doesn't get to me as much (I read King at eleven, I know about descriptiveness) but just something about it is hard to get into. I loved the movies, though I haven't seen either of the Hobbit movies yet, and it's Tolkien and I love fantasy, it's unexpectable.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick - I read Ubik in 2013 and fell in love and I have so many of his books I'm dying to read, but I know this is probably his most popular. But also all of them, I own at least 6, I think.

The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness - I have only heard good things about this series and it sounds so good. And I've owned all three books for like 2 or 3 years I think.

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak - it's ridiculous I haven't read this yet, I am actually ashamed, and I think Haley will beat my head in with the book if I don't read it soon. I just don't really like reading things that'll make me sad, okay?

Lovecraft - this is kind of a vague thing, but I want to read kind of all his stuff, but I'll be happy to of just read a couple things. I own a couple collections of different works and I love horror and creepy stuff and he is like the one all modern horror novelists talk about and I've never read anything.

The Stand / The Shinning by Stephen King + a book by Joe Hill - Joe is his son, which is why I'm pairing them together, I think I own like all of his books on my kindle and haven't read one. And I've read quite a few King books, but not two of what are probably his most known and I'm pretty The Stand is his most loved. And I've seen The Stand mini series and it's so good.

And more, of course there's so much more, but if I keep going, we will be here for probably weeks with the amount of books I want to read and I might not get to all of these this year but I hope to (The Stand is also like 1200 pages and whew). If you did a 2014 goal, leave me a comment so I can see yours, and I hope 2014 is going to be a good year.

I also don't think I'll be taking part in really any challenges besides reading a certain number of books, really, but if you think I'd be interested in one or if you think I should check one out, feel free to leave a comment or just @ me on Twitter.