Well, I was trying to avoid participating in any challenges this year because I am terrible at keeping track of them, but I realized that I did sign up for The Story Siren’s 2012 Debut Author Challenge, and I have already read a few this year. I do enjoy participating in the DAC, so I will attempt to keep better track of what I read this year. Here is a tentative list of 2012 YA debuts that I would like to read:
Already read:
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Katana by Cole Gibsen
Fracture by Megan Miranda
The Book of Wonders by Jasmine Richards
May B by Caroline Starr Rose
Books I would also like to read this year:
Above World by Jenn Reese
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Scarlet by A C Gaughen
Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood
When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen
The Stalker Chronicles by Carley Moore
After the Snow by S D Crockett
The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova
Shooting Stars by Allison Rushby
Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig
The Cabinet of Earth by Anne Nesbet
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Oppression by Jessica Therrien
And that’s just for the start of the year, and it does not include the adult debuts I have read or want to read! I’ll update with another post in April.
You can learn more about the challenge and sign up for it here.
Are you participating in 2012 DAC? What are you planning to read?
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I'm participating in the Story Siren's Debut Author Challenge. The guidelines are below:
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVE
To read and review a minimum of twelve young adult or middle grade debut novels between the dates of January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013.*
*The 2013 extension is so that December Debuts can be read and count toward the challenge.
RULES AND GUIDELINES
You must have a blog to post your reviews or be a member of Goodreads.
Your blog must be written in English.
Deadline to join is May 31, 2012.
BOOK GUIDELINES
Must be a young adult or middle grade title.
Must be the author’s YA or MG debut, released in 2012.
If an author has a previous novel published for adults or children, they can still qualify for the challenge.
If an author has a previous YA or MG title, they do not qualify for the challenge.
As many of you know, I've run monthly One Sentence Debut Reviews, covering three books each month (technically, I've only done 10/12 months, but you get the idea). Next year, for sanity purposes, I will lump my debut reads into three posts for spring, summer, and fall releases. I will continue to give away bookmarks/swag for books debuting in 2012.
Anyone else participating this year?
Obviously my blog has the same look. The new look is coming, I promise. Also, I've been sick with sinuses (ugh), so this week, I won't be blogging as much. Next week, I'll be back in the game!
Now, on to other things. It's that time of year again...time to join reading challenges. Here are a list of challenges I've decided to join. At the end of this post, I'll list the names of some of the books I plan to read and the challenges they belong to. Some of the books qualify for more than on challenge. Now, the thing this year for me is to actually review the books. Last year, I completed most of my challenge lists, but forgot to review. This year, I'm trying to do more book reviews this year.
This challenge is hosted by
The Story Siren . The goal is to read at least 12 from new Young Adult/Middle Grade authors.
Ok, I saw this one and knew I
had to join! I absolutely LOVE kick ass heroines! Yvonne over at
Diva Bookcase is hosting it. All you need to do is read at least twelve books featuring kick ass heroines. The heroines do not have to be the main character, but a big part of the story. The books must be read in 2011.
The purpose of this challenge is for readers to diversify their reading and send a message to publishers: we want more PoC literature and less of white washing of covers. You can sign up
here. I'm going for Level 4 or 5.
- Level 1: Read 1-3 POC books
- Level 2. Read 4-6 POC books
- Level 3. Read 7-9 POC books
- Level 4. Read 10-15 POC books
- Level 5. Read 16-25 POC books
This challenge is hosted by Jamie at For The Love of YA. Anyone can join. There are four levels. I'm thinking I'm gonna go for Level 3.
- The Mini YA Reading Challenge – Read 12 Young Adult novels.
- The "Fun Size" YA Reading Challenge – Read 20 Young Adult novels.
- The Jumbo Size YA Reading Challenge – Read 40 Young Adult novels.
- The Mega size YA Reading Challenge – Read 50+ Young Adult novels.
This challenge is hosted at
I Eat Words. Books must be MG or YA and all series must have at least 3 books by the end of 2011. I'll start with Level 3.
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oooh! This is the first I've heard of it, but I'm all over it. Yes, I'll be taking the challenge!
Just signed up! I've read so many debuts this year I'm hoping it won't be hard to keep with it. ;)
Terry and Tere (fun to see your names together), so glad you're signing up. I ended up reading many more than the required twelve. Looking forward to seeing what you read!