Happy New Years to all! Since it is the time of exciting resolutions and goals, I thought I would share a few of the reading challenges that I am participating in this year. After all, the best way to meet your goals is to publicize them so that you feel accountable!
The first challenge I am participating in is the 2012 Debut Author Challenge, brought to us by The Story Siren (visit here for more info). The challenge: to read and review 12 young adult books that are written by first-time YA authors this year.
I am particularly looking forward to this challenge because I LOVE jumping into series on the first novel, so that I get to wait excitedly (albeit impatiently) for the next installment. 2011 brought some FANTASTIC debut novels (Divergent by Veronica Roth and Entwined by Heather Dixon being two of my favorites), so I can't wait to see what 2012 brings us! I will post a button on each of my 2012 DAC reviews to help track my progress.
The second challenge is appropriately the 2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge (clickey for more info). I won't lie, the main reason I decided to participate in this challenge is my high anticipation for Insurgent, the second book in Roth's trilogy. But, the guidelines are pretty simple: read 10 second YA novels published in 2012. The books can be the second in a series (but must also be the second book the author has written... that took me a minute), or the second stand-alone an author has written. So far on my list:
1. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
2. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour (LOVED her first book Hold Still)
3. Timekeeper by Alexandra Monir (waiting for Timeless to come back in to my school's library!)
4. Havoc by Jeff Sampson
5. New Girl by Paige Harbison (modern take on DuMaurier's Rebecca? Done!)
6. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Again, I'll accompany posts with a button.
Happy reading in 2012! Review to be posted just as soon as I'm sure I did a brilliant book justice: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor.
See you soon!
After all, the best way to meet your goals is to publicize them so that you feel accountable!
ReplyDeleteThis is SO true! And I have a lot to be accountable for :D
Insurgent is one of the ones I'm counting down the days to. Until then, Hallowed is coming out this month and I can't wait to get my hands on it. Unearthly was such a good book.
I have never heard of the Alexandra Monir series, but I've added Timeless to my to-read pile. It sounds interesting and I love time travel :)
Looks like we have very similar tastes - excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm participating in DAC for the first time too and I'm really excited! 2012 is going to be such a great year for books- I can tell already!
ReplyDeleteIn response to your super awesome comment on my John Green post: I'm so happy that I exposed you to John Green! He's really one of my all time favorite authors. (I'd recommend starting with either Paper Towns or Looking for Alaska- they're stand alones, but they're also companions to each other.) And as for the Michigan State license plate, I have no particular allegiance to the school haha. I just thought it was cool that it said DFTBA. (Don't Forget To Be Awesome.) (: