2013 Challenges!

This year, I didn't participate in many challenges. I'm changing that in 2013!

Here are the challenges I'm participating in:

Standalone Reading Challenge hosted by IceyBooks and I Like These Books.

The Challenge: To read 15 Young Adult and Middle Grade standalone novels in 2013 that are released in the United States between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013. 

For more information on The Standalone Reading Challenge, visit here. 

TBR Reading Challenge hosted by Bookish.

The Challenge: To read books that have been sitting on your shelf for a while. 

For this challenge, I'm going to try to read 11-20 (A Friendly Hug) books from my TBR Pile. Hopefully I'll get more in, but I'm going to start with that.

For more information or to sign up, visit here.

YA/MG Fantasy Challenge hosted by The Book Cellar

The goal of this challenge is to read and review 10 YA/MG fantasy books throughout the year.

For more information or to sign up, visit here. 

Debut Author Challenge hosted by Hobbitsies. 

The Challenge: Each participant must read and review at least twelve debut books in 2013. 

For more information or to sign up, visit here. 

Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge hosted by The Book Vixen.

The goal of this challenge is to outdo yourself by reading more books in 2013 than you did in 2012. There are different levels that you can pick from. You can move up a level as often as you'd like but no moving down.

I am going to try to read the Out of Breath Level (6-10 more books)

For more information or to sign up, visit here. 

Sophomore Reading Challenge hosted by Chick Loves Lit.

Sophomore Reading Challenge is a follow-up to the Debut Author Challenge where readers can challenge themselves to read 10 “sophomore” books in the year.

For more information or to sign up for this challenge, visit here.

Hopefully I can keep track of all of the challenges!

What challenges are you participating in next year?

2012 YA Contemporary Challenge

I'm a huge fan of challenges, and now is the time to sign up for all sorts for 2012.

This year Katie at Katie's Book Blog and Reading Angel are hosting the 2012 YA Contemporary Challenge

Rules:
You can read any contemporary YA novel that is published between January 1, 2012 and December 30, 2012 but you must read them in 2012! (All formats accepted: paperback, ARC, e-book

You can get to different levels:

Level 1: 5+ books
Level 2: 10+ books
Level 3: 15+ books

I'm personally going to go for level 3. I think out of everything, I read the most contemporary, so 15 books in a year should be no problem for me.

I'll be listing books as I read them here.

2012 Contemps Read:

1. Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard

2. Unbreak My Heart by Melissa C. Walker

3. Rock On by Denise Vega

4. Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay

5. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg 

6. Purity by Jackson Pearce

7. Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

8. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarrey

9. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

10. Thou Shalt Not Road Trip by Antony John

11. The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen

12. Life is But a Dream by Brain James

13. Wanderlove by Kristin Hubbard

14. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

15.Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg

16. The Story of Us by Deb Caletti

17. Someone else's Life by Katie Dale

To sign up or for more information, go here.

2012 Debut Author Challenge

Yay! It's that time of the year to sign up for next year's challenges! And one of my favorites (and one of the only ones I actually keep up with) is the DAC hosted over at The Story Siren!

I'm super excited to start this because there are already so many debuts coming out next there that I can't wait for! They all look so good!

For all the info, go here.

To sign up, go here.

Is anyone else planning on doing this?

What other challenges are you planning on do next year? I would love to hear about them! 

30 Books in 30 Days Challenge

Cait over at The Cait Files is hosting the 30 Books in 30 Days Challenge where, you guess it, you read 30 books in the month of June.

For more info go here.

There are many reasons for me to participate in this, including:

• I have so many freaking books to read! And I'm getting even more with books I reserved at the library coming in.
• I'm super behind on my reading goal. My monthly goal is to read 17 books a month, and so far I've only accomplished that goal in February and April. I'm a total of 10 books behind for the entire year.
• It summer! Since there's no school there's no reason for me not to do this!

I'll probably do an update post once every week.

As for anyone else who is doing this challenge, good luck!

April is NetGalley Month!

Emily over at Red House Books has declared April NetGalley Month! The goal of this is to read as many books from NetGalley as you can. I don't know about everyone else, but I really needed this.

Rules to enter:

*Make your own post declaring April NetGalley month linking back to this post

OR

*Tweet the following:

@NetGalley April as been declared! I'm joining @WilowRedHouse for a chance to win some awesome prizes-will you join us? http://bit.ly/fzxPRE

*If you don't have a blog or Twitter - post it to Facebook with a link

*If you don't blog, tweet or FB but still want to join in - send me an email at WilowRaven[at]yahoo[dot]com

For more information, go .here

Books I plan to read:

Hereafter by Tara Hudson

Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Mercy by Rebecca Lim

The Near Witch by Victoira Schwab

Wherever You Go by Heather Davis

Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross

There are others, but I'll stick to these for now. Hopefully I can get through them all. 

Off the Shelf Challenge 2011

I'm going to participate in the Off the Shelf Challenge this year. I think it will be really good, considering I really want to read all the many books on my shelf.

This challenge is to read those books you own copies of, but have never got around to reading. If you don't have many that you own, but have a massive TBR shelf you're welcome to read those ones as long as you don't add new ones. You don't need to actually get rid of your books after you've read them, this is just to read them.

to sign up for the challenge, go here.

Challenge Levels:

1.Tempted– Choose 5 books to read
2.Trying – Choose 15 books to read
3.Making A Dint – Choose 30 books to read
4.On A Roll – Choose 50 books to read
5.Flying Off – Choose 75 books to read

For extra hard challenges:
1.Hoarder – Choose 76-125 books to read
2.Buried – Choose 126-200 books to read

Here's my list:

1. Numbers by Rachel Ward
2. Arson by Estavan Vega
3. Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts
4. Matters of the Heart
5. One Last Wish 
6. Jonas (Beautiful Dead)
7. Ash by Melina Lo
8. The Ivy
9. XVI by Julia Karr
10. Abused Werewolf Rescue Group
11. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
12. Girl, Stolen
13. Hex Hall
14. Hearts at Stake by Alexandra Harvey
15. Jessica's guide to Dating on the Dark Side
16. Daughters of the Moon
17. The Fallen
18. Give Up the Ghost by Meagan Crewe
19. Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
20. The Replacement
21. Looking for Alaska
22. How I Found the Perfect Dress
23. The Red Necklace
24. Little Black Lies by Tish Cohen
25. Lipstick Apology

So I've got 25 books to read. I'll be crossing them off as I read them.

350 Page Book 2011 Challenge

If you haven't noticed lately, it's time to signing up for challenges for 2011! I'm trying to sign up for as many as I can (Am I taking on too much? Yes.), but still only doing the ones that intest me and that I want to do.

Anyway, I'm doing the 350 Page Book 2011 Challenge hosted by Ashley at What's Your Story. To see original post go here.  

The objective is to read as many books as possible that contain 350 pages.

The challenge will last from January 1st, 20110- December 31st, 2011.

The Guidelines:

· *This challenge does not have to only include YA, but it should be predominantly YA that means at least 75% of the books you read should be young adult fiction.

· * Each book MUST contain 350 pages or more.

· *Only physical copies and e-books will count toward the challenge. (Sorry, but audio books don’t have pages!)
Y YES, e-readers DO count! :)

· -You can add each book as you read them. You do NOT have to make a list.


This shouldn't be too much of a challenge for me, considering I prefer longer books to shorter. It will still be fun to see how many books I can read.

YA Historical Fiction Challenge 2011

For 2011 Sab at YA Bliss is hosting the YA Historical Challenge. I love historical fiction, so I'm super excited for this! There are so many great ones coming out next year (though they don't have to come out next year to be part of the callenge).

Historical fiction: tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional. Writers of stories in this genre, while penning fiction, attempt to capture the spirit, manners, and social conditions of the persons or time(s) presented in the story, with due attention paid to period detail and fidelity. (Wikipedia)

There are three levels:

Level 1: 5 YA HF books in 2011

Level 2: 10 YA HF books in 2011

Level 3: 15 YA HF books in 2011

I'm planning to get to level 1, but hoping to get to level 2. To see the original post go here.

What I've read:

1. Vixen by Jillian Larkin
2. Entwined by Heather Dixon
3. Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey

1st in a Series Challenge 2011

Previously hosted by J. Kaye's Book Blog and Royal Reviews, the 1st in a Series Challenge is hosted by Kate at A Few More Pages this year.

Guidelines for the 1st in a Series Challenge 2011:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. If you're not a blogger, leave your information in the comments.

2. There are four levels for this challenge:

Series Novice: Read 3 books that are the first in any series.

Series Lover: Read 6 books that are the first in any series.

Series Expert: Read 12 books that are the first in any series.

Series Fanatic: Read 20 books that are the first in any series. (I expect to get this)

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. Any genre counts.

3. The challenge runs from January 1 through December 31, 2011.

4. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2011.

5. If you're a blogger, write up a sign-up post that includes the URL to this post so that others can join in. Feel free to use the button above. When you sign up in the Linky, put the direct link to your 1st in a Series Challenge sign-up post.



To sign up for this challenge, go here.

I've read:

1. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
2. Vixen (The Flappers) by Jillian Larkin
3. The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
4. Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy) by Lauren DeSTafano
5. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
6. Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires, Book 1) by Rachel Caine
7. The Goddess Test (Harlequin Teen) by Aimee Carter
8. Divergent (Divergent Trilogy) by Veronica Roth
9. Bitten: A Novel (Women of the Otherworld) by Kelley Armstrong
10. Stray (Shifters Book 1) by Rachel Vincent
11. Die for Me (Revenants) by Amy Plum
12. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
13. Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel
14. Hereafter by Tara Hudson
15. The Darkest Night (Hqn) by Gena Showalter
16. The Gathering (Darkness Rising, Book 1) by Kelley Armstrong
17. Wings by Aprilynne Pike
18. Blood Magic (The Blood Journals) by Tessa Gratton
19. Hourglass by Myra McEntire
20. Eternal Rider (Lords of Deliverance) by Larissa Ione

I've read a lot more 1st in a series, but since I've reached my goal, I'm going to stop there. 

2011 Debut Author Challenge

The ever so lovely Kristi at The Story Siren is hosting the fantastic Debut Author Challenge again for 2011. This is my second year participating in this challenge.

Kristi has already put together a spreadsheet of Debut authors of 2011, and you can find that here.

Here's just a few of the books that I'll be reading next year:

*Italicized means have, but needs to be read
*Bold means read, but have not reviewed
*Underlined means reviewed

• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• Die for My by Amy Plum
• Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
• Timeless by Alexandra Monir
• Hourgalss by Myra McEntire
• The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney
• XVI by Julia Karr
• Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
• Hereafter by Tara Hudson
• The Lipstick Laws by Amy Holder
• Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
• Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
• Entwined by Heather Dixon
• Wither by Lauren DeStefano
• Haven by Kristi Cook
• Wake Unto Me by Lisa Cach
• Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
• The False Princess by Ellis O'Neal
• Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley
• Warped by Maurissa Guibord
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• The Girl in the Steele Corset by Kady Cross
• The Mephisto Covenant by Trinity Faegan
• A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies
• The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
• Shattered Souls by Mary Lindsey

To sign up for the challenge, go here.



2010 Debut Author Challenge

This year I'm going to do the 2010 Author Debut Challenge over at The Story Siren. I'll probably add a lot more as I find them, but here is just a few that I found so far.

Here's My 2010 Debut Author list:

1. 
   
   The Body Finder-Kimberly Derting
2. 
   
   Whisper-Phoebe Kitandis
3. 
   
   The Mark-Jen Nadol
4. 
   
   Harmonic Feedback- Tara Kelly
5. 
   
   Sea-Heidi R. Kling
6. 
   
   Tagged- Mara Purnhagen
7. 
   
   The Tension of Opposites- Kristina McBride
8. 
   
   The Beautiful Between- Alyssa B. Sheinmel
9. 
   
   Before I Fall- Lauren Oliver
10. 
    
    Free Fall- Mindi Scott
11. 
    
    Guardian of the Dead- Karen Healey
12. 
    
    Tell Me a Secret- Holly Capula
13. 
    
    Dirty Little Secrets- C.J. Omololu
14. 
    
    Glimmerglass- Jenna Black
15. 
    
    The Ghost and the Goth- Stacey Kade
16. 
    
    Hex Hall- Rachel Hawkins
17. 
    
    All Unquiet Things- Anna Jarzab
18. 
    
    The Line- Teri Hall
19. 
    
    The Lonely Hearts Club- Elizabeth Eulberg
20. 
    
    Brightly Woven- Alexandra Bracken
21. 
    
    13 to Life- Shannon Delany
22. 
    
    Shadow Hills- Anastasia Hopcus
23. 
    
    Shade- Jeri Smith-Ready
24. 
    
    Other- Karen Kincy
25. 
    
    Mistwood- Leah Cypess
26. 
    
    Claire de Lune- Christine Johnson
27. 
    
    Nevermore- Kelly Creagh
28. 
    
    Angel Star- Jennifer murgia
29. 
    
    Everlasting- Angie Frazier
30. 
    
    Personal Demons- Lisa Desrochers
31. 
    
    Nightshade- Andrea Cremer
32. 
    
    A Blue so Dark- Holly Schindler
33. 
    
    Losing Faith- Denise Jaden
34. 
    
    Change of Heart- Shari Maurer
35. 
    
    Bleeding Violet- Dia Reeves
36. 
    
    I Now Pronounce You Someone Else- Erin McCahan
37. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
38. 
    

*      = Read

*Title= Reviewed

2010 A to Z Challenge

This year I'm signing up for the A to Z challenge. I'll be doing both the title and author and read 52 books.

To sign up click here

A-Z Titles

A-

All Unquiet Things

B-

Body Finder, the

C-

Chasing Brooklyn

D-

Dust of 100 Dogs, the

E-

Eigth Grade Bites

F-

Fallen

G-

Gone

H-

Heavenly

I-

Iron King, the

J-

Jekel Loves Hyde

K-

L-

Lonely Hearts Club, The

M-

Mark, the

N -

Need

O-

O, Juliet

P-

Pretty Dead

Q-

Queen of Secrets

R-

Read my Lips

S-

Secrets of Peaches, the

T-

Tangled

U-

V-

Vison in White

W-

Wintergirls

X-

Y-

Z-

A-z Authors

A-

Anderson, Jodi Lynn

Anderson, Laurie Halse

B-

Brooks, Kevin

C-

D-

Derting, Kimberly

Despian, Bree

E-

F-

Fitzpatrick, Becca

Friedman, Aimee

G-

H-

I-

J-

K-

King, A.S.

Kate, Lauren

Klause, Annette Curtis

L-

Laurens, Jennifer

Livingston, Lesley

Leroe, ellen W.

M-

Mackler, Carolyn

Maxwell, Robin

McMann, Lisa

N-

Nadol, Jen

O-

P-

Q-

R-

Rowen, Michelle

S-

Schroeder, Lisa

Summers, courtney

Selfors, Suzanne

Sparks, Nicholas

T-

U-

V-

W-

X-

Y-

Z-

Romance Reading Challenge 2010

So this year I'll be participating in the Romance Reading Challenge over at The Royal Reviews. I, for one, love reading romances and will probably fall under the obssesive catagory.


Challenge Guidlines:
1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. To participate click here.

--Non-Bloggers: Include your information in the comment section.



2. There are four levels:



-- Curious – Read 3 Romance Fiction novels.



-- Fascinated – Read 6 Romance Fiction novels.



-- Addicted – Read 12 Romance Fiction novels.



-- Obsessed – Read 20 Romance Fiction novels.



3. Any book format counts.



4. 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.



5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010. Only books started on January 1st count towards this challenge.



6. When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to the post about the Romance Reading Challenge. Include the URL so that other participants can find join in and read your reviews and post.

2010 100+ Reading Challenge

I'm going to participate in 2010 100+ reading challenge over at J. Kay's Book Blog

1. The goal is to read 100 or more books. 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. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here.



2. Audio, Re-reads, eBooks, YA, Young Reader, Nonfiction – as long as the book has an ISBN or equivalent or can be purchased as such, the book counts.



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 thru December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.



6. When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to your post where your books will be listed. Include the URL to this post so that other viewers can find this fun challenge. If you’d prefer to put your list in the sidebar of your blog, please leave your viewers the link to the sign up page. Again, so viewers can join the challenge too.

If you'd like to participate, too, click here