A Colorful Reading Challenge

A Colorful Reading Challenge is being hosted over at Lost in Books.

The point of the challenge is to read 9 books with 9 different colors in the title. Six colors are required, while the last 3 can be your choice. Books may be overlapped with other challenges. At least 6 of the books should be new to you (doesn't matter which 6).

The challenge runs from Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2009.

The required six colors are: blue, red, white, black, silver, gold and then you can pick 3 more options.

Red - The Red Siren by M.L. Tyndall

Blue

White

Black - Black Water - Joyce Carol Oates

Silver

Gold

Chunkster Challenge 2009

Ok - I had been holding out signing up for this challenge, but seeing that I have some "chunksters" coming up in some of my arcs - I didn't feel that I could avoid it any longer! And the sign up is ending March 1!

Here are the rules:

*A chunkster is 450 pages or more of ADULT literature (fiction or nonfiction) Don't complain folks, I read all thousands of pages of the Twilight series and they were good, but not a challenge. A chunkster should be a challenge.
*If you read large type books your book will need to be 525 pages or more I asked around and the average LT book is 10-15% longer or more so I think that was a fair estimate.
*No Audio books in the chunkster. It just doesn't seem right. Words on paper for this one folks.
* You may start any time after signing up. You must complete your reads before or on Nov 15th.
*Short Stories and Essay collections will not be counted.
*Books may crossover with other challenges (see option 4 for a collaborative effort with TBR challenge)
*Only option 4 requires that you make a set list of books to complete the challenge
Those are the basics. Here are your options:
*The Chubby Chunkster - this option is for the reader who has a large tome or two to read, but really doesn't want to commit to more than that. 2 books is all you need to finish this challenge.
*Do These Books Make my Butt Look Big? - this option is for the slightly heavier reader who wants to commit to 3-5 Chunksters over the next ten months.
*Mor-book-ly Obese - This is for the truly out of control chunkster. For this level of challenge you must commit to 6 or more chunksters OR three tomes of 750 pages or more. You know you want to.....go on and give in to your cravings.

And lastly, in an intriguing collaboration with the wildly popular Miz B of the TBR Challenge we have:
*Too Big To Ignore Anymore - this option is for those chunksters on your TBR list. You may select any number of books over 450 pages but you must LIST THEM to complete the challenge and they must be on your TBR list as well (honor code folk, I don't have time to be the challenge police)

I think that I am going to have to go for the Mor-book-ly Obese - Starting with the following books:

1. Scream for Me - Karen Rose
2. The Four Corners of the Sky - Michael Malone
   
3. Holly's Inbox - Holly Denham
4. The Kingmaking - Helen Hollick
5. The Stones - Eleanor Gustafson
6. Frederica - Georgette Heyer
7. Miranda's Big Mistake - Jill Mansell
   

Serial Readers Challenge 2009

It will never end - yes, I just signed up for this challenge - but the good news is that I have already read one book! Yeah! Go here to sign up - rules are just to read series/trilogies related by author - but all titles must be read in 2009 (but don't have to read in order!)

Here is my list so far:

• All About Us series

1. It's All About Us - Shelley Adina

2. Be Strong and Curvaceous - Shelley Adina

3. The Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina

• Charles Towne Belle Books

1. The Red Siren - M.L. Tyndall

• Daniel Vartanian series

1. Scream for Me - Karen Rose

• Carter House Girls series

1. Lost in Las Vegas - Melody Carlson

2. New York Debut - Melody Carlson

• Sister to Sister series

1. Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith

• An Amanda Bell Brown Mystery

1. Deadly Charm - Claudia Mair Burney

2. Murder, Mayhem and a Fine Man - Claudia Mair Burney

• Highland Series

1. Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle

Young Readers Challenge

I know - I signed up for another challenge - but this one has to do with all the books I read to my son who is 4! (His first day of school last fall - above) Becky from Becky's Book Reviews is hosting it and you can go there to sign up. I will only be reviewing these books if I think they are exceptional or if my son really liked them (so I have had to read them over and over and over!)

Here are some of her guidelines!~

Read 12 children's books in 2009.

'Children's books' are defined as anything written to be read (or read aloud) to children 12 and under.Examples of children's books are: board books, picture books, early readers, chapter books.

No list is required. If you choose to post one, you can change it as needed. But it isn't required at all.

Audio books work.Rereads are acceptable, but try to mix it up old and new if you can.Overlaps with other challenges are acceptable.You may consider yourself 'finished' with the challenge if/when you complete the twelfth book. (You could finish it January if you're ambitious. But there is no requirement to read one book per month all year long.)

If you want to keep going past twelve books, that's fine. I won't stop you!If you want to challenge yourself further you might consider going with a theme:

*Read twelve picture books published in 2009

*Read twelve children's fantasy titles published since 2000

*Read twelve children's books that have been made into a movie

*Read three books on shapes, three books on numbers/counting, three books on the alphabet, three books on colors.You get the idea. You can make it as simple or complex as you like!© Becky Laney of Young Readers

Here is my list - If it is listed, it has been read once - if there is a number in parenthesis following it - that is how many times we have read it!

1. More Fun With Maisy - Lucy Cousins
2. Katy Duck dance star - Alyssa Satin Capucilli
3. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Joffe Numeroff
4. Pie in the Sky - Lois Ehlert
5. Get to Work, Trucks! - Don Carter
6. The Worm Family - Tony Johnston
7. This Train - Paul Collicutt
8. The Smushy Bus - Leslie Helakoski (2)
9. Matthew's Truck - Katherine Ayres
10. Good Morning Engines - Britt Allcroft
11. Alexander's Pretending Day - Bunny Crumpacker
12. Motor Graders - Jean Eick
13. The Wolf Who Cried Boy - Bob Hartman
14. Curious George Visits a Police Station
15. Going Places
16. The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear - Don Wood
17. Toy Story II - Play a Sound
18. Blue's Music Maker - Play a Song
19. Hello, Robots - Bob Staake (3)
20. Reptar to the Rescue - Stephanie St. Pierre
21. Young MacDonald - David Milgrim
22. Little Boy - Alison McGhee and Peter Reynolds
23. The Night Before Christmas Pop Up Story Book (Better than Broccoli Books)
24. Nursery Rhymes (Wee Willie Winkie and Other Rhymes) Pop Up Book (Better than Broccoli)
25. Nursery Rhymes (Humpty Dumpty and Other Rhymes) Pop Up Book (Better than Broccoli)
26. My Subway Ride - Paul Dubois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender
27. Santa's Workshop Pop Up Story Book (Better than Broccoli Books)
28. Nursery Rhymes (Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and Other Rhymes) Pop Up Book (Better than Broccoli)
29. Old MacDonald Had a Workshop - Lisa Shulman
30. Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox
31. Walter the Farting Dog - William Kotzwinkle (2)
32. Curious George Goes to the Beach - Margret and H.A. Rey
33. Sleepy Cadillac - Thacher Hurd
34. Curious George and the Dump Truck - Margret and H.A. Rey
35. Shape Space - Cathryn Falwell
36. Maisy's Morning on the Farm - Lucy Cousins
37. Alphabet City
38. Kipper's Toy Box - Mick Inkpen
39. The Bestest Mom - Susan Hood
40. Sailor Boy Jig - Margaret Weis Brown
41. Hoppity Skip Little Chick - Jo Brown
42. Freight Train - Donald Crews
43. Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon - Margret and H.A. Rey
44. Happy Birthday Spongebob - J-P Chanda
45. Scooby Doo and the Disappearing Donuts - Gail Herman
46. If I Could Drive a Loader - Michael Teitelbaum
47. If I Could Drive a Tow Truck - Michael Teitelbaum
48. If I Could Drive a Fire Truck - Michael Teitelbaum
49. If I Could Drive a Dump Truck - Michael Teitelbaum

Chick Lit Challenge

From January 1 through December 31, 2009, read at least 10 chick lit books. Books can overlap with other challenges and you can change your list at any time. I am hoping to fulfill this challenge by just reading either my ARC's or books for other challenges - so I will be filling in my list as I go. It is being hosted over at the Twiga Blog and you can go there to leave a comment to sign up.

1. Be Strong and Curvaceous - Shelley Adina
2. The Red Siren - M.L. Tyndall
3. For the Love of Pete - Julia Harper
4. Lost in Las Vegas - Melody Carlson
5. Scrapping Plans - Rebeca Seitz
6. The Valentine Edition - Robin Shope
7. It's All About Us - Shelley Adina
8. John's Quest - Cecelia Dowdy
9. Simple Wishes - Lisa Dale
10. The Spring of Candy Apples - Debbie Viguie
11. Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith
12. The Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina
13. Marked by Passion - Kate Perry
14. Katt's in the Cradle - Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell
15. Deadly Charm - Claudia Mair Burney
16. Yesterday's Embers - Deborah Raney
17. An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jill Mansell
18. The Girl She Used To Be - David Cristofano
19. The Lost Hours - Karen White
20. So Not Happening - Jenny B. Jones
21. Murder, Mayhem and a Fine Man - Claudia Mair Burney
22. New York Debut - Melody Carlson
23. Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle
    

Outlander Reading Challenge (Diana Gabaldon)

I know - enought challenges already - but I had added these books to my TBR pile BEFORE this challenge was posted - so it just fits!

The challenge is to read or listen to each of the six Outlander books in order before the release of An Echo in the Bone (fall of 2009). This challenge is being hosted by A Reader's Respite and you can go here to see all the rules and to get the link to sign up.

• Outlander
• Dragonfly in Amber
• Voyager
• Drums of Autumn
• The Fiery Cross
• A Breath of Snow and Ashes

World War II Reading Challenge (War Through the Generations)

This challenge is being hosted over at War Through the Generations.





Rules are as follows:


1. To participate in the WWII Reading Challenge, you must commit to reading at least five books throughout the year. We plan to read more than that, and feel free to do the same! The books can be fiction or non-fiction, and they can be about any aspect of WWII. WWII should be the primary or secondary theme, and it doesn’t matter whether the book takes place during the war or after the war. (Please visit the WWII Reading List page for some recommendations.) 2. You can count books you are reading for other challenges, so long as they meet the aforementioned criteria.


3. You can decide which books you’d like to read right away, or you can choose them during the course of the challenge. However, you must set a reading goal when you sign up. At the end of the challenge, those who met or exceeded their reading goals will be entered in a drawing (prizes to be announced later).



**Participants anywhere in the world are eligible for the drawing!**



For sign up rules please visit the challenge host here.

I will be reading 5 books - as I have at least 3 just browsing through their list that were already in my TBR pile! Here are some possibles -

1. - Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
2. - Night of Flames - Douglas W. Jacobson
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Read Your Name Challenge

The challenge is to read your name in book title first letters, ultimately spelling out your name. I am going to use my whole first name this time - so that would be Kristina.

That means:
1. Using your first name, or blogger name, or your pets name, or even your favorite literary character's name; whichever you like, choose books with first title letters that spell out your name. (Audio books and eBooks are also okay.)
2. Bloggers and non-bloggers alike are free to join.
3. If you have your own blog, go back to the host blog here every month and leave a comment containing the link to your challenge page containing the books you've read or each review you've written for books that count for this challenge. (Crossovers with other challenges are okay.) There will be a new post for this on the first of every month.
4. The challenge runs from Jan. 1st 2009, to Dec. 31st 2009. You may join at any time.

So go visit Victoria at her blog to sign up!

• Kiss - Ted Dekker and Erin Healy
• Rachel's Tears - Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
• I Do Again - Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs
• Scream for Me - Karen Rose
• Trail of Crumbs - Kim Sunee
• It's All About Us - Shelley Adina
• New York Debut - Melody Carlson
• Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith
  
  

Numbers Challenge

The challenge is to read 5 books whose titles have a number in them from Jan 1, 2009 to August 1, 2009. This includes written numbers like 'one' and numbers like 10th or first.

You can choose up to three that are on lists for other challenges. So two of the choices must not be on any list. You can re-read books but all books must NOT be read until January 1, 2009.

To join - sign up here.

My Possibilities:

1. - The Four Corners of the Sky - Michael Malone
   
2. - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling

2009 Suspense & Thriller Reading Challenge

Rules of this challenge:
* Read TWELVE (12) different sub-genres of thrillers in 2009.
* You do NOT need to select your books ahead of time. Also, you may change as you go.
* Your books can crossover into other challenges.
* You don't need a blog to join in this challenge. For those who do, this is important. When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your S/T books will be listed. If you list just your blog’s URL, it will be removed.
*Challenge is being hosted by J.Kaye Book Blog and you can signup here.
*Listed at the host site is a very detailed list of sub-genres for thrillers.

Books:

1. - Scream for Me - Karen Rose (Serial Killer Thriller)
2. - Kiss - Ted Dekker and Erin Healy (Conspiracy Thriller)
3. - Scream - Mike Dellosso (Action Thriller)
4. -Deadly Charm - Claudia Mair Burney (Amateur Detective Mystery)
5. - Fatal Illusions - Adam Blumer
6. - Boneman's Daughter - Ted Dekker
7. - Always Watching - Brandilyn and Amberly Collins
   
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Themed Reading Challenge (Feb 1, 2009 - July 31, 2009)

This one sounds like a lot of fun - and I have already been forming themes in my head just based on the other challenges that I have signed up for. Here are the rules:

February 1, 2009 - July 31, 2009
The Themed Reading Challenge is a six month challenge designed to help readers clear books from their to-be-read stacks which center around a common theme or themes. Here are the “rules”:
Books should be chosen from the reader’s TBR pile (this may be an actual physical pile or a virtual pile).
The goal is to read 4 to 6 books linked by theme.
Overlaps with other challenges are allowed.
Readers may change their list of books at any time.

Readers may choose three different levels of participation:
Read at least 4 books with the same theme.
Read at least 5 books that share at least TWO themes.
Read at least 6 books that share MORE than two themes.

Themes can be geographic, genre, author, subject matter, or anything in between! Last year’s themes were wonderfully creative and varied and included such things as: books about books, books set in New England, books with a color in the title, books about vampires, books with the word ‘lady’ in the title, Gothic classics, fairy tales retold for adults, highschool classics, Asian culture, feathered friends, WWII, Canada, books in translation, and Beverly Cleary. There were many others I have not listed here!
The only thing limiting your choices is your imagination - so have fun!
Sign-ups for this challenge will close on March 30th.

My tentative theme is going to being Irish/Ireland - I will probably do option A even though I have listed 5 books. If I find another theme while I am reading them I will list it also.

1. Blessed are the Cheesemakers - Sarah-Kate Lynch
2. Revenge - Mary Stanley
3. Ireland - Frank Delany
4. Christine Falls - Benjamin Black
5. The Gathering - Anne Enright
6. The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry

Yeah - this theme bit the dust - it is now going to be books with Dead or words that mean dead in the title.

1. Deadly Charms - Claudia Mair Burney
2. Fatal Illusions - Adam Blumer
3. What the Dead Know - Laura Lippman
4. Talking to the Dead - Bonnie Grove
   

This is being hosted by Caribous's Mom.

Dewey's Books Reading Challenge

I am relatively new to blogging, and had just started following Dewey's blog when she passed away. From all the posts remembering her, I am sorry that I did not have the chance to get to know her. I am going to take part in the reading challenge remembering her - because it seems only fitting to do so.

If you would also like to sign up, it is being hosted here. You can find all the rules there as well as the link to Dewey's archives.

I am going to choose Option 1 and my 6 books are listed below -

1. 2003 - Into the Forest - Jean Hegland
2. 2004 - The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
3. 2005 - Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
4. 2006 - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
5. 2007 - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
6. 2008 - Christine Falls - Benjamin Black

Unshelved Reading Challenge (Feb 1, 2009 - June 1, 2009)

I had never heard of the Unshelved Bookclub until I stumbled across this challenge. It is a comic strip book review that comes out each Sunday. So Becky of Becky's Book Reviews is hosting a challenge to read 3 books from the list.





Audio books welcome. Blog not required. Overlaps with other challenges allowed. Lists not required. But books must come from their archives. Remember, new books/strips are being added all the time.



Tentative books are:

1. Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne
2. The City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau
3. Heir Apparent - Vivian VandeVelde
   

Sign up is here.

Art History Reading Challenge

This one is going to take me out of my comfort zone - but it is only 6 books(I say that now.. hope it doesn't come back to bite me!) and the ones on their sample list look pretty interesting. So I am going to join this challenge.

To Join The Art History Reading Challenge and challenge yourself to read at least 6 books about art in 2009. These can be either fiction or nonfiction, and can span every genre from historical fiction to graphic novel.

Go here for some inspiration!

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Audiobook Challenge

Yeah - an audiobook challenge! I just discovered Audiobooks this year - it is great for reading some of those books that you want to, but that just seem to go on forever and ever!



Here are the guidelines:

1) You can join anytime at J.Kaye's Book Blog as long as you don’t start listening to your books prior to 2009.

2) This challenge is for 2009 only. The last day to have all your books read is December 31, 2009.

3) You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.

4) When you sign up under Mr. Linky, list the direct link to your post where your library books will be listed. If you list just your blog’s URL, it will be removed. If you don’t have a blog, leave the URL blank.

5) Our goal is to listen to 12 audiobooks in 2009. No need to list your books now. You can do so as you go.

6) Feel free to post a link to your reviews in the comment section here (over at J.Kaye's!). That way, we can visit your blog and read your review.

Thanks j.kaye for hosting this event!

1. - The Road - Cormac McCarthy


2. - Cross Country - James Patterson


3. - A Long Stone's Throw - Frank McCourt
4. - Holes - Louis Sachar
   
5. - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling


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Harlequin/Silhouette Romance Reading Challenge

Ok - I have a bunch of romance books just growing old in our basement - so this challenge will make me dig them out and read some!

All of the books have to be from either the Harlequin or Silhouette imprint. It doesn't matter which one. The challenge is...

1) Read 1 book with a holiday theme.

2) Read 1 book by an author you never read before.

3) Read 1 book with one of these words in the title - wedding, marriage, husband or wife

4) Read 1 book set in a place you've never been before.

5) Read 1 book with a body of water in the title (i.e. water, lake, river, island, etc.)

That's a total of 5 books for the year.A few additional things...

1) You can change books in the middle of the year, nothing is written in stone!

2) Books used in this challenge may be used in other challenges.

3) Books can be in any format - paper, audio, ebook.

4) Please sign up by commenting to the post here.

5) Please go back and post your reviews as you read the books for the challenge.

6) You can also link to your own blog using one of the buttons found at the challenge website!

There will be a prize at the end of the challenge. I don't know what it will be yet, but everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into the contest!

My books:

1. Holiday- - Wolfe Winter by Joan Hohl
2. New Author - The Dreammaker by Judith Stacy
3. Wedding, Marriage, Husband or Wife in title - Thorne's Wife by Joan Hohl
4. Place where I have never been - Montana Mavericks Weddings by Diana Palmer, Ann Major and Susan Mallery
5. Body of water in title - The Sea at Dawn by Laurie Paige

2009 Pub Challenge

Since I already signed up for another challenge where I have to read 9 books from 2009 - they should fit in well with this challenge also!

Here are the 2009 rules:

1. Read a minimum of 9 books first published in 2009. You don’t have to buy these. Library books, unabridged audios, or ARCs are all acceptable. To qualify as being first published in 2009, it must be the first time that the book is published in your own country. For example, if a book was published in Australia, England, or Canada in 2008, and then published in the USA in 2009, it counts (if you live in the USA). Newly published trade paperbacks and mass market paperbacks do not count if there has been a hardcover/trade published before 2009.
   


2. No children’s/YA titles allowed, since we’re at the ‘pub.’
   


3. At least 5 titles must be fiction.
   


4. Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
   


5. You can add your titles as you go, and they may be changed at any time.


6. Sign up here using Mr. Linky

Thank you to 1 More Chapter for hosting this challenge!

1. - For the Love of Pete - Julia Harper


2. - Scrapping Plans - Rebeca Seitz


3. - Lessons From San Quentin - Bill Dallas


4. -Simple Wishes - Lisa Dale


5. - Age Before Beauty - Virginia Smith


6. - This Side of Heaven - Karen Kingsbury


7. - Scream - Mike Dellosso


8. - Katt's in the Cradle - Ginger Kolbaba and Christy Scannell


9. -Marked by Passion - Kate Perry
10. - The Stones - Eleanor Gustafson
11. - Deadly Charm - Claudia Mair Burney
12. - Yesterday's Embers - Deborah Raney
13. - Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark - Donna Lea Simpson
14. - An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jill Mansell
15. - Fatal Illusions - Adam Blumer
16. - The Girl She Used to Be - David Cristofano
17. - The Lost Hours - Karen White
18. - Boneman's Daughter - Ted Dekker
19. - The Noticer - Andy Andrews
20. -Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle
    
    
    
    

Well-Seasoned Reader Challenge

I like those challenges that make you find something in a title or book, etc - so this one should be fun to hunt down books for!

Here's how it works:

Rule #1: The challenge runs from January 1 to March 31. (No cheating and starting before!)

Rule #2: You must read three books. After that, it's up to you how much you want to read.

Rule #3: The books must: have a food name in the title OR be about cooking/eating OR have a place name in the title OR be about one (or more) person's travel experience OR be about a specific culture OR be by an author whose ethnicity is other than your own. I'll leave it up to you to choose how the three books you read fit the criteria.

Rule #4: They must be middle-grade on up, but can be either fiction or non-fiction.The purpose, this winter, is to take yourself someplace out of the ordinary, to go on a literary trip, whether that be challenging your expectations, discovering a new place, or enjoying the experience of reading about good food, places, and people.

Sign up using the Mr. Linky at challenge host website - Book Nut.

1. - The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan (author different ethnicity than mine)
2. - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere - ZZ Packer (food in title)
3. - Trail of Crumbs - Kim Sunee (about food/eating and different ethnicity than mine)

Books read:

1. Lessons From San Quentin - Bill Dallas (Place name in title)
2. The Spring of Candy Apples - Debbie Viguie (Food in title)
3. Trail of Crumbs - Kim Sunee (about food/eating, food in title, and author different ethnicity than mine)
4. The Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina (Food in title)

Celebrate the Author Challenge

More about the challenge:
It is a twelve month challenge. January - December 2009.
The challenge is designed to “celebrate” author birthdays. Choose one author for each month of the year. Read at least one book a month. 12 authors. 12 birthdays. If you like, you can read MORE than that. The challenge is designed to ‘celebrate’ the special bond–the connection–that occurs between the author AND the reader as well as the connection between readers. It is very easy to “bond” with other readers over certain works, certain authors, etc.
To find out author birthdays, visit these helpful sites:
Author birthdays by date (pdf), author birthdays by name (pdf), kidsreads.com, teenreads.com, author birthday directory, etc.
Or conduct google searches of your own. (Hint: typing the authors name, a “+” and the word ‘birthday’, tends to work if you assume that wikipedia gets such things right.)
You can choose picture books, poetry books, early readers, chapter books, fiction for middle grades, fiction for teens, adult reads, nonfiction, whatever you want. You could choose 12 picture books. You can read books in or out of your comfort zone.
You might want to make a list and choose alternatives for each month…that way you can narrow it down as you go. And you do NOT have to choose a book until the very moment you’re ready to start reading. Just pick a handful of authors.
And here’s the secret. If you change your mind, just be sure to change your list to reflect that change. I don’t care how many times you change your list.
This year the round ups will be here on this wordpress site. You’ll be leaving links to your reviews. If you write reviews that is. Or you’ll be leaving comments to say what you read.
To sign up for this challenge, please leave a comment here. Thank you Becky for hosting this challenge!

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June - An Offer You Can't Refuse - Jill Mansell
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

Well, since I have been wanting my daughter to read more, I have told her that as soon as basketball season is over- she and I were going to start reading together more - this should help me reach the goal for this YA challenge!







Guidelines for 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.

2. Read 12 Young Adult novels. You may list your chosen books any time during the year. Change the list if needed.

3. Challenge begins January thru December, 2009.

4. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009. .



When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to your post where your Young Adult novels will be listed. If you list just your blog’s URL, it will be removed. This should be done at the challenge host site - J.Kaye's Book Blog.

1. - Pretties - Scott Westerfeld
   
2. - Uglies - Scott Westerfeld


3. - Specials - Scott Westerfeld


4. - Extras - Scott Westerfeld


5. - Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
6. - It's All About Us - Shelley Adina


7. - Be Strong and Curvaceous - Shelley Adina
8. - The Fruit of My Lipstick - Shelley Adina


9. - Just Listen - Sarah Dessen


10. - The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen


11. - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling


12. - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
13. - Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
14. - Inkspell - Cornelia Funke
15. - Inkdeath - Cornelia Funke
16. - Watcher in the Woods - Robert Liparulo
17. - Gatekeepers - Robert Liparulo
18. - Lost in Las Vegas - Melody Carlson
19. - Holes - Louis Sachar
20. - The Spring of Candy Apples - Debbie Viguie
21. - Diamonds in the Shadow - Caroline B. Cooney
22. - Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
23. - So Not Happening - Jenny B. Jones
24. - New York Debut - Melody Carlson
25. - Always Watching - Brandilyn and Amberly Collins
26. - The Lake That Stole Children - Glenn Clark Douglas