2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge- May Update

2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge

What books count towards the SRC?
Any second YA or MG book published by an author in 2012 counts – it can be the second in a series, a new series, or a standalone. The only requirement is that it is the SECOND book the author has published in the YA or MG realm (and it must publish in 2012 in your home country)! I have started a Goodreads list HERE – as you can see, there are probably many many books on that list you are planning on reading already

When does the challenge run?

Books read before January 2013 count for this challenge.

Why should I join this challenge?
Reading debut novels is AWESOME. It is by far my favorite challenge – it allows me to find many new authors that I love. What better way to support these authors than to read their next published book?

What are the guidelines of the challenge?
Your challenge is to read 10 sophomore YA/MG novels in 2012. To officially participate, you need a Goodreads account or blog where you post reviews in English.

What should I do if I’m an author coming out with a sophomore novel?
I would love to feature you on my blog! Please contact me via THIS FORM or by e-mail (shanynlee at gmail.com).

How do I join?
Link your blog or Goodreads account below, and make a list of the sophomore novels you’re looking forward to

There will be prize packs given away to challenge participants throughout next year. You will receive an automatic entry for signing up to participate – options for additional entries will be announced at the time of the giveway.

1.  Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire #2) by Courtney Allison Moulton
2.  Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand
3.  Perception by Kim Harrington
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2012 Standalone Reading Challenge- May Update

2012 Standalone Reading Challenge

Why a Standalone Reading Challenge?
There's a challenge for Debuts, there's a challenge for Sophomores, why not a challenge for Standalones?

So what's the challenge?
To read 15 standalone YA books in 2012!

What books count towards the 2012 Standalone Reading Challenge?
Any Young Adult standalone book that is released between December 27, 2011 and December 31, 2012. Any format (paperback, hardcover, e-book, ARC) counts, but they must be read during the year 2012.

Where can I find out which books can be read for the SARC?
We have started a list for you HERE. Please note, this list is public and won't be 100% accurate. We will try to keep it updated as best as we can. If you know of any standalones we may have missed, please feel free to add to this list.

I'm an author with a standalone novel coming out in 2012!
If you're an author with a standalone novel releasing in 2012, whether its a debut or not, you can participate too. It would be super spectacular if you would like to either donate a book/swag or sign up for an interview/promotional post! Please fill out the form HERE.

Who can participate?
Anyone with a blog or a Goodreads account where they are able to post reviews (in English) can participate.

Why should I sign up?
One, there will be a lot of fun. Two, there will be periodic prize packs (more info to come) given out to participators, as well as fun posts from and interviews with authors who have standalone YA novels releasing in 2012. And three, its a fun way to promote those novels that aren't part of a series/trilogy!

1.  Fracture by Megan Miranda
2.  Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti
3.  Miracle by Elizabeth Scott
4.  Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
5.  Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale 
6.  Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard
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2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge- May Update

2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

Welcome to 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge!!!

We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up..

Join us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance.. This is your chance! And we've got PRIZES!!! :D

Challenge guidelines:

This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012.

As we would like to see quality reviews linked up to our monthly wrap-ups, only bloggers can enter. Sorry about that!

Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2011 and earlier! NO ARCs and 2012 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!

You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.

When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge (You need to include the info + host list + challenge button. You can also grab the button code and add it to your sidebar!)

You can move up levels, but no moving down.

Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.

At the end of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. For participating in the mini-challenge you will get +1 entry.

If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;)

December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - 12 books, 12 winners, INTERNATIONAL.

You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways!

Levels:
1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children

Hosts:
Evie from Bookish - http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com/ @SeoEvie
Nicole from All I Ever Read - http://www.nicoleabouttown.com/ @Nicoleabouttown
Bonnie from Hands and Home - http://www.handsandhome.ca/ @HandsHomeBlog
Donna from Book Passion For Life - http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/ @BookPforLife
Caitlin from WatchYA Reading - http://whatchyareading.net/ @caitlingss
Rie from Mission To Read - http://missiontoread.com/ @missiontoread
Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea -http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/ @alouetteuette
Christa from Hooked On Books - http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot.com/ @ChristasBooks
Jenna from Fans Of Fiction - http://fansoffiction.blogspot.com/ @fansoffiction
Angel from Mermaids Vision - http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com/ @mermaidvisions

Wrap-up POST Schedule:
January - Donna (Theme: Let It Snow + Book Cover Challenge)
February - Nicole (Theme: Un-requited Love/Love Gone Wrong + Advice Column Challenge)March - Rie (Theme: Green or Pinched + Green Cover Challenge)
April - Bonnie (Theme: Easter + Mini Challenge)
May - Christa (Theme: MayDay - Disaster Books! + Cover Disaster Challenge)
June - Jenna ( Theme: Camping + Sentence Challenge)
July - Rie (Theme: International Day + Cover Comparison Challenge)
August - Angel (Theme: Summer Memories + Send Your Fav Character On Vacation Challenge)
September - Nicole (Theme: Life Changing Books + Mini Challenge)
October - Caitlin (Theme: Thanksgiving Theme + Share-A-Book Challenge)
November - Vicky (Theme: Spooky Halloween + Book Puzzle Challenge)
December - Evie (Theme: Xmas Bliss + Book Bachelor Challenge)

*I am signing up for the Firm Handshake level

1.  Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
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Completely Contemp Challenge 2012- May Update

Completely Contemp Challenge 2012

What books qualify?
Any YA contemporary published in 2010, 2011, or 2012. I have lists on Goodreads that show a selection of possible books for each year but this list is NOT exclusive! As long as it was published in one of those years you may count it towards your challenge list! (And note: anyone can “vote” for a book on Goodreads, so it’s best to check the publication date yourself before officially counting it towards your challenge just in case someone added it in error.)

Contemps published in 2010
Contemps published in 2011
Contemps to be published in 2012

When does the challenge run?
Books read in 2012 count towards this challenge.

Can I count books read here for other challenges?
Sure! The goal here is to get everyone to read a few extra contemporary books, so whatever works for you works for me (Make sure your other challenges allow this before counting for both, though!)

Are there places to participate besides on my blog?
Yes! There is a Goodreads group where you can post reviews and talk about the contemporary books you’re reading

*I am choosing the number 5

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2011:

1.  A Closer Look by Karen DelleCava 
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2012:

1.  Fracture by Megan Miranda
2.  Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti
3.  Miracle by Elizabeth Scott
4.  Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale

2012 Young Adult Reading Challenge- May Update

2012 Young Adult Reading Challenge

Run's January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012.

The Rules:

Anyone can join.

You don't need a blog to participate.

Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post on Jamie's blog.

Audio, eBooks, paper, re-reads all count.

No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

There are four levels:

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.

*I am participating in the Mega size challenge

1.  Bloodrose (Nightshade #3) by Andrea Cremer
2.  Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
3.  Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire #2) by Courtney Allison Moulton
4.  Fracture by Megan Miranda
5.  Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand
6. Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James 
7.  Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
8. A Want So Wicked (A Need So Beautiful #2) by Suzanne Young
9.  Dreaming Awake (Falling Under #2) by Gwen Hayes
10.  Slide by Jill Hathaway
11.  A Closer Look by Karen DelleCava 
12.  Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti
13.  The Selection by Kiera Cass
14.  The Marked (Delcroix Academy #2) by Inara Scott
15.  The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
16.  Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
17.  Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
18.  Miracle by Elizabeth Scott
19.  Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
20.  Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown
21.  Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale 
22.  Unraveling By Elizabeth Norris
23.  The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
24.  Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
25.  The Savage Grace by Bree Despain
26.  Perception by Kim Harrington
27.  Fractured Light by Rachel McClellan
28.  Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard
29.  The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
30.  Explorer X Beta by LM Preston 
31.  Elemental by Emily White
32.  Wake by Amanda Hocking
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What's in a Name? 5 Challenge

What's in a Name? 5 Challenge

Here's How It Works:

Between January 1 and December 31, 2012, read one book in each of the following categories:

1.A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley

2.A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas

3.A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm

4.A book with a type of house in the title: The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Ape House

5.A book with something you'd carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: Sarah's Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary

6.A book with a something you'd find on a calendar in the title: Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking

The book titles are just suggestions, you can read whatever book you want to fit the category.

Other Things to Know:

•Books may be any form (audio, print, e-book).
•Books may overlap other challenges.
•Books may not overlap categories; you need a different book for each category.
•Creativity for matching the categories is not only allowed but encouraged.
•You do not have to make a list of books before hand.
•You do not have to read through the categories in any particular order.

Topographical Feature:
See in the Sky:
Creepy Crawly:
Type of House:
Something You'd Carry in Your Pocket, Purse, or Backpack:
Something You'd Find on a Calendar:

2012 Debut Author Challenge- May Update

2012 Debut Author Challenge

CHALLENGE OBJECTIVE:
•To read & 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.
•Any advance reader copies you read from 2012 BEFORE the January 1st start date DO NOT count toward the challenge!
•You can read twelve books in one month, or one book a month. It doesn’t matter as long as you have 12 read by the end of the year!

RULES & GUIDELINES:
•You must have a Blog to post your reviews or be a member of Goodreads. Youtube Book Reviewers count too!
•Your blog/video 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.

MORE INFORMATION ON THE 2012 DAC, CAN BE FOUND HERE!

1.  Fracture by Megan Miranda
2.  Slide by Jill Hathaway
3.  The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
4.  Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
5.  Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown
6.  Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale 
7.  Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
8.  Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
9.  Fractured Light by Rachel McClellan
10.  Elemental by Emily White
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2012 ARC Reading Challenge- May Update

2012 ARC Reading Challenge

Note: I use the term "ARC" loosely,any book a publisher or author gives you with the expectation that you review it, counts for this challenge.

The Levels

Level Bronze:
a. All of us who have or will have less than 12 ARCS must read all of the ARCS we have. Note, that if you have 11 ARC's and then receive a 12th one you will be bumped up to category b.

b. All of us who have or will have 12 or more than 12 ARCS must read and review at least 12.

Level Silver: Read 24 ARCS

Level Gold: Read 30 ARCS

Level Platinum: Read 35 or more ARCS

Rules:

To sign up, leave a direct link to your blog post about this challenge. Please leave a comment as well.

You Can join this challenge at anytime throughout the year.

You don't have to make a list of which ARC's you plan to read, but you can if you want.

If you choose a lower level, you can always change it to a higher level if you like. However, you cannot go from a higher level back down to a lower level.

Crossovers with other challenges are allowed and Audio-books and ebooks are allowed as long as they are ARC's.

Read the books and review them on your blog. If you don't have a blog, you can post your review on sites like Powells, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc.

Please subscribe to my blog, as I will be doing a monthly post with MR Linky. Please add your reviews for each month in MR Linky in the monthly post. For your Name, please use this format Name: (Your Name, Book Title and Author's Name) for example: (Teddy, Obsessive Reading by Helen Reader). Please be sure to use the direct link to your review, not just to your blog. Then please leave a comment.

HAVE FUN!

*I will be signing up for the Platinum Level

1.  Bloodrose (Nightshade #3) by Andrea Cremer
2.  It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake
3.  Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
4.  Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire #2) by Courtney Allison Moulton
5.  Fracture by Megan Miranda
6.  Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand
7.  Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James
8.  A Want So Wicked (A Need So Beautiful #2) by Suzanne Young
9.  Dreaming Awake (Fallling Under #2) by Gwen Hayes
10.  Slide by Jill Hathaway
11.  A Closer Look by Karen DelleCava 
12.  Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti
13.  The Selection by Kiera Cass
14.  The Marked (Delcoix Academy #2) by Inara Scott
15.  The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
16.  Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
17.  Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
18.  Miracle by Elizabeth Scott
19.  Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
20.  Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown
21.  Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale 
22.  Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
23.  The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
24.  Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
25.  The Savage Grace by Bree Despain
26.  Perception by Kim Harrington
27.  Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard
28.  The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
29.  Elemental by Emily White
30.  Wake by Amanda Hocking
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2012 Reading Challenge 150+- May Update

2012 Reading Challenge 150+

DETAILS/RULES:

1. The goal is to read 150 or more books. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. Posting on GoodReads or wherever you post your reviews is good enough.

2. Allowed are: Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Manga, Graphic Novels, Library books, Novellas, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.

What doesn't count: Individual short stories or individual books in the Bible and comic books.

3. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

4. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

5. Challenge begins January 1st, 2012 thru December 31, 2012. Books started before the 1st do not count. You can join at anytime.

1.  Bloodrose (Nightshade #3) by Andrea Cremer
2.  It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake
3.  Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
4.  Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire #2) by Courtney Allison Moulton
5.  Fracture by Megan Miranda
6.  Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
7.  Hallowed (Unearthly #2) by Cynthia Hand
8.  Forbidden by Syrie James & Ryan M. James
9.  Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
10.  A Want So Wicked (A Need So Beautiful #2) by Suzanne Young
11.  Dreaming Awake (Falling Under #2) by Gwen Hayes
12.  Slide by Jill Hathaway
13.  A Closer Look by Karen DelleCava
14.  Keep Holding On by Susane Colasanti
15.  The Selection by Kiera Cass
16.  The Marked (Delcroix Academy #2) by Inara Scott
17.  The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams
18.  Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
19.  Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
20.  Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
21.  Miracle by Elizabeth Scott
22.  Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis
23.  Lies Beneath by Anne Greenwood Brown
24.  Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale
25.  Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
26.  The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting
27.  Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
28.  The Savage Grace by Bree Despain
29.  Perception by Kim Harrington
30.  Fractured Light by Rachel McClellan
31.  Dangerous Boy by Mandy Hubbard
32.  The Calling by Kelley Armstrong
33.  Explorer X Beta by LM Preston
34.  Elemental by Emily White
35.  Wake by Amanda Hocking
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Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge- May Update

Welcome to the Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge!

Here's your chance to catch up on Sookie and all her friends -- living and undead, fully human and not.

It's easy, it's fun, it's for you! And you have an entire year to complete the challenge.

The Rules:
1. Between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, catch up on Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series. No matter if you're starting with book 1 or book 8, you have a year to read all about Sookie. Read Sookie in print, listen to the audio, read an eBook -- format is not an issue.

*ETA--I didn't complete this one on time, but I am going to still keep track of what I have read.

The Books:
Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse
Dead and Gone
Dead in the Family
Dead Reckoning

Short stories:
Bite
Powers of Detection
Night's Edge
My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding
Many Bloody Returns
Wolfbane and Mistletoe
Unusual Suspects
Strange Brew
Must Love Hellhounds
A Touch of Dead
Between the Dark and Daylight
Crimes by Moonlight
Death's Excellent Vacation
Down These Strange Streets
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion


There are also Sookie and gang short stories and an up-coming anthology! For more, see Charlaine Harris's website.



I probably won't start this one for while, but I wanted to post it now.