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At the end of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, I made a goal for myself to participate in and create some reading challenges of my own. Here are the ones I’m participating in:
In case you don’t know, The Contemps Challenge requires that you commit to reading 18 of the 21 books published by these authors over the course of a year. You have till November 15, 2010 to make the commitment. So far, I’ve read the following books for this challenge:
1. Freefall by Mindi Scott
2. Losing Faith by Denise Jaden
3. Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers
4. Trapped by Michael Northrop
5. Between Here And Forever by Elizabeth Scott
6. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
7. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
8. The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
9. Want To Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman
10. Pearl by Jo Knowles
11. Sean Griswold’s Head by Lindsey Leavitt
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One of my blogging friends, Marcie Turner of 2 Read Or Not 2 Read is hosting Harry Potter Reading Challenge 2011. Since I’ve never read these novels yet and can probably manage to fit in one book a month from this series for the first seven months of the year, I’m really excited to be participating this year. As I’ve read the books, I’ll mention them here and link to the reviews from this page.
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Over the last year, I’ve become enamored by reading a lot of YA historical fiction, and I have my eye on a bunch of new ones that will be published in 2011 as well as those that I missed in 2010. With that in mind, I knew that the YA Historical Fiction Challenge was right up my alley.
There are three participation levels for this challenge, but I’m selecting Level 2: 10 YA HF books in 2011, which is a few more than I read last year. Once I’ve read some books for this challenge, I’ll list them here and link to the reviews.
1. Purple Daze by Sherry Shahan
2. Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
3. Haunting Violet by Alyxander Harvey
4. The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson
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Recently I wrote a post about the 10 Books I Wish I Read In 2010, so when I heard about the Wish I’d Read That Challenge 2011, I really wanted to participate. Reducing the TBR pile is always the goal, so I can’t wait to start in on the books published before 2011 that I still need to read.
For this challenge, I’m going to aim for the fourth level Obsessed – Read 20 books. Wish me luck!
I’ve read the following books for this challenge so far:
1. Pieces of Me by Charlotte Gingras
2. Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
3. Nice Recovery by Susan Juby
4. The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones
5. Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
6. The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
7. The End: Five Queer Kids Save the World by Nora Olsen
8. Somewhere in Blue by Gillian Cummings
9. You by Charles Benoit
10. Room by Emma Donoghue
11. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
12. 13 To Life by Shannon Delany
13. Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
14. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
15. When the Stars Go Blue by Carridad Ferrer
16. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
17. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
18. It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
19. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
20. The Hallow by Jessica Verday
21. The Haunted by Jessica Verday
22. Anna And the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
23. The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
24. Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork
25. Keep Sweet by Michele Dominguez
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The 2011 Debut Author Challenge is the chance for lovers of middle grade and young adult fiction to check out a minimum of 12 debut novels over the course of the year. There is no maximum though, so we’re encouraged to read as widely as possible.
So far, I’ve read the following books for this challenge:
1. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
2. Choker by Elizabeth Woods
3. XVI by Julia Karr
4. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
5. Haven by Kristi Cook
6. Here Lies Bridget by Paige Harbison
7. Clarity by Kim Harrington
8. Captured by Maggie L. Wood
9. Divergent by Veronica Roth
10. Possession by Elana Johnson
11. Ashes, Ashes by Jo Treggiari
12. Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
13. Wildefire by Karsten Knight
14. Dark Parties by Sara Grant
15. Blood Red Road by Moira Young
16. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
17. LIE by Caroline Bock
18. I’m Not Her by Janet Gurtler
19. Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts
20. The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
