Young Adult Book Reading Challenges discussion
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Quarterly Challenge (Spring 2011)
Ooh! I love it. Now to make up my list. Goody!
I am very much into reading challenges myself:)
I am super excited!!! Hope I can do this!!! :-) Happy Reading everyone!!! :-)
Holy cow this is a challenging list...debating how much I can do
this will be a real challenge for me, # of books wise but I am going to give it a go and see how far I can get. Off to make my list.
QUESTION: IU started reading Crecsendo a few days ago but I am only on Chapter 3, Can I count that as my series book?
Lori wrote: "QUESTION: IU started reading Crecsendo a few days ago but I am only on Chapter 3, Can I count that as my series book?"I think it's perfectly fine, Lori.
thank you, I really didn't want to have to put is down to start another book, lol
I haven't started any books today yet, but I'll go ahead and occupy this spot to keep up with my progress:)1)
2) Where Things Come Back - May release
3) Eon: Dragoneye Reborn - 1st book in a series.
4) Like Mandarin - debut.
5) Once Was Lost - ALA's Best Books for Young Adults.
6) Purple Heart (Irag)
7) Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers: More Mad, Marvy Confessions of Georgia Nicolson - diary
8) Where She Went - male POV
9) The Last Summer Of The Death Warriors - group nominee
10) Genesis (sci-fi), Into the Wild Nerd Yonder (chick-lit), Ruby Red (fantasy).
Ooh, I love a good list-making task. Don't know that I'll actually have time to read anything on the list, but that never stops me from making one...
Thirteen Reasons Why nominated for the read, but never chosenThe Unnameables Male POV, YALSA pick
Please Ignore Vera Dietz, Printz Honoree
Demonglass March Release
Zombie Blondes Supernatural
Uglies Dystopia
I Am the Messenger Mystery
Breathless Debut Novel
Catching Fire Part of a series
Solace of the Road Set in a foreign country
The Sky Is Everywhere
Graphic Novel
For #2, does it have to be released /this/ March/April/May? Or would M/A/M of last year or before work too?
I'will try-I love the challenge,since I live in foreign contry I read in English and most YA...and I read few different books at once! I love it!
This is a great idea. It's just I don't participate in any challenges. I already am so overbooked with book groups, book club, and ones I just want to read for myself books. I'm so behind the last thing I need is an official challenge. But, this should be fun for those who want to participate. It's a wonderful addition to this group.
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ohh yes ill try this cant wai to get reading
Yay! I love doing book challenges because I always land up reading and loving books I wouldn't have picked up otherwise.Here are some books I might read for the challenge. I'll cross them off when I'm done.
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FINISHED CHALLENGE 5/17/11
alright here i go:1.Looking for Alaska
2.(i still have to decide on one)
3.Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
4.Beautiful Creatures
5.Going Bovine
6.Girl with a Pearl Earring
7.Dracula
8.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
9.I, Coriander
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12.The Subtle Knife
Well Lori has convinced me to do this. LOL I will compose my list soon. So many choices. I'll try not to read them in just a couple weeks Lori! LOL
I think I'm in. Will contemplate a list and post it later.
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my list (I'll cross them off when I read them)1.Ship Breaker
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5. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn
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7. Stolen: A letter to my captor
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For the selection of the book that never won for a monthly read - I've read most of those books already. For those that are part of a series, can the second book or a book from the series be read instead?
Wooo I like this one :)1. Looking for Alaska by John Green
2. The Dark and Hallow Places by Carrie Ryan
3. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Claire
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5. Fire by Kristin Cashore
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7. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
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9. Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
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I will put "Done" next to books I finish!Here's my list:
1. Please Ignore Vera Dietz (Done)
2. Everfound (Done)
3. Goose Girl (Done)
4. Across the Universe (Done)
5. Leviathan (Done)
6. The Alchemist (Done)
7. Vampire Knight: Official Fan book (Done)
8. Superior Saturday (Done)
9. To Kill a Mockingbird (Done)
10. Nightshade (Done)
11. Eternal Ones (Done)
12. The Replacement (Done)
I am finished!!! Read every single book and enjoyed doing so!!!
1. Nothing - by Teller - read; weirded out 2. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - fantasy - very cute - for tweens
3. Lockdown by Smith - loved!
4. Iron King by Kagwa - read and loved!
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6. The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice by Finnin - read a loved
7. Crank by Hopkins
8. Across Five Aprils by Hunt - good historical novel
9. Mistborn by Sanderson
10. a. Pathfinder by Card - sci fi - read and loved
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c. Z by Ford - horror- read; very creepy
Fun! I love reading challenges with some real parameters!
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Ok, This has taken me all night to ponder through and see what the library has available...1. MALE POV:Hole in My Life (Also Printz runner-up) 4 STARS (finished 3-9-2011)
2. ALA: When You Reach Me (also Newbery Winner) 4 STARS (finished 3-7-2011)
3. POLL LOSER: I'd Tell You I love you, but then I'd have to kill you (Carter)
4. MYSTERY: Weed that Strings the Hangman's knot (Bradley)
5. FANTASY: Fire (Cashore...I know, I know, I should have already read this by now, I've been hoarding it)
6. DYSTOPIC: Girl in the Arena
7. SERIES: Mockingjay (Collins) - My teen daughters stole it and then I also was hoarding it for a reading dryspell
8. PRINTZ: Ship Breaker
9. NEW RELEASE: Outside, In (Maria V Snyder)
10. VERSE/GRAPHIC: Lightning Thief Graphic Novel or the Twilight graphic novel
11. AUTHOR DEBUT: Singer of All Songs -Kate Constable (FINISHED 3/4/11 - 3 stars)
12. FOREIGN: Alchemy and Meggy Swann (Cushman) - set in England
Did anyone else find it hard not to cheat and pick a book you've already read? There were so many that were award winners that I read already, but I am pressing forward with TWELVE NEW BOOKS! Yea!
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Okay here goes.....1) Looking for Alaska. 4 stars - really liked this
2) Falling Under
3) Incarceron. 3 stars - okay but for all the hype I was not that impressed.
4) Entwined - 4 stars, not what I expected but a good fairytale
5) Lips Touch: Three Times
6) The Sweet Far Thing. 3 stars, not impressed with the last in this series
7) The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Loved this! Funny and sad, really felt for the main character
8) The Knife of Never Letting Go 4 stars - fast paced, great cliffhanger ending
9) The Giver 4 stars - classic from grade school, well written dystopia
10) Anna and the French Kiss,
Sapphique 1 star, no comment enough said
I Am Number Four
Don't forget, as you read, you have got to say whether or not the books are worth reading. I'd love to add a lot of these that I haven't heard of before.
OK definetly! Below is my unfilled list that I will fill as the time comes.
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Looking for Alaska
3 STARS
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City of Fallen Angels
5 STARS
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Pretty Little Liars
4 STARS
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Before I Fall
4.5 STARS
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Clockwork Angel
4.2 STARS
6.) Heist Society
7.) The Throne of Fire
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A World Without Heroes
4 STARS
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Life As We Knew It
4 STARS
10.)Across the Universe(SCI-FI) 5 STARS
11.)Matched (DYSTOPIA) 5 STARS
12.)Gimme a Call (CHICK-LIT) 4 STARS
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Yes, how about stars next to the books read? So that we all know what is worth reading and what is not.
I don't know how you are all getting your lists done so quickly. I am struggling with a few of the categories.Is there a list somewhere of debut novels?
Oh and I DID end up switching my series book. I can't stop thinking about the Iron King so I have going to put Crescendo away for now and go with The Iron Daughter, lol
Thank you Tatiana.ETA: WOW, I can't believe how many debut books I have sitting on my shelf(to read) or on my kobo. I have decided on 2 but have a renewed intrest in some of the books I have stacked up.
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1) Read a book which is a Printz winner or honoree. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi2)
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1.2. 'Outside In' by Maria Snyder : 30th march
3.The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong : 22nd May (Wonderful book)
4. A Discovery of Witches Deborah Harkness : 23rd march
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6. The Princess Bride : April 9th
7.Thirteen Reasons Why 5th april
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fantasy : Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough 17 may
paranormal : The False Princess By ellis o'neal 18 may
'Heist Society' by Ally Carter : May 19
I'll go on adding dates I finished these books on!
What a fun challenge. Too bad I won't be able to read that much over the next few months. I will try to get to these books already on my to-read list:1.
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3. Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy (part of a series)
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1) Thirteen Reasons Why (Can I count this? I started it yesterday) otherwise I'll read A Northern Light2) Where She Went
3) Real Live Boyfriends
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5) Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie or Going Bovine (I'm halfway through both of these books, so can I count one or the other? If not I'll pick something else. Actually I just started reading After today, so I'll just go with that.
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10) dystopia Bumped or Outside In, mystery The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag. Question: I just purchased The Iron Thorn and it's pretty much just steampunk with faeries and/or witch magic mixed in, I think (haven't started it yet). Anyway, would that qualify as fantasy? I tend to think yes but I just want to check (don't look at me like that. I just started reading steampunk last year, so there).
Not Spring down here in Australia so i'll make this my Autumn (fall what every you call it) reading list
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I never participated in any challenge before, so this is the first time I join. I am excited about this. But, honestly, I read rather slow. Reading 12 books in 3 months is really a challenge to me.And my schoolwork is so heavy. Anyway, I will try my very best to complete it. Below is the book I want to read.
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3. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
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10. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Historical Fiction)
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I will start reading these after I finish Jane Eyre, still get 200 pages to go.
Young Adult Book Reading Challenges
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Rules
Duration: March 1, 2011 - May 31, 2011.
We are an YA Book Club, so all books should be young adult.
You have 3 months to read 12 YA books that satisfy following requirements:
1) Read a book which is a Printz winner or honoree. The list of all winners and honorees can be found .
2) Read a book that is a new release published in March, April or May of this year. Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ offers lists of the most popular new releases by month, they might help you to make your choices - March, April and May.
3) Read a book that is a part of a series.
4) Read an author's debut novel.
5) Read a book that is on one of the ALA's Best Books for Young Adults lists. Pick any year. The lists can be found .
6) Read a book set in a foreign country.
7) Read a book which is a book-in-verse, a graphic novel or epistolary (written in a form of a diary, letters, notes, etc.).
8) Read a book written from a male POV.
9) Read a book which was nominated for a month's pick in our group, but never won. Our old polls are here
10) Read 3 books that belong to 3 different genres of your choosing. You can pick from: science fiction, fantasy, paranormal, dystopia, mystery, urban fantasy, chick lit or horror.
Everything should be done on this thread - your questions, your plans, your progress.
P.S. If you are interested in more challenges - monthly, yearly, etc., post your suggestions here
Happy reading!