2011 YA Reading Challenge

I am signing up for another challenge...LOL. I hope I will be able to keep up with them. The Young Adult Reading Challenge is hosted by JamieLovesYA. I'm going to begin with the minimum level and try to read 12 YA novels. I may be ambitious by the middle of the year and move up to the next level but I'm going to start small for now.

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Here are the rules:

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.  Create a post about the challenge and link your challenge post up in the linky below.

--Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. The Challenge starts on January 1, 2011 and goes until December 31, 2011.

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I'm going to start my list with just the first book I know I will be reading in January

1. Maze Runner - James Dashner
2. Matched - Ally Condie
3. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
4. Thirteenth Chime - Emma Michaels
5. Cloud Nine - Melissa Smith
6. Rot & Ruin - Jonathan Maberry
7. Uglies - Scott Westerfield
8. Pretties - Scott Westerfield
9. Specials - Scott Westerfield
10. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
11. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
12. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead

2011 E-Book Reading Challenge

I promise I am not crazy but yes I'm signing up for my second challenge for 2011 so far. This one I don't think will be difficult simply because most of my reading is done on my eReader. Here are the rules of the challenge:

Hosted by: LadyBug Reads

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

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

2. There are four levels:

-- Curious – Read 3 e-books.

-- Fascinated – Read 6 e-books.

-- Addicted – Read 12 e-books.

-- Obsessed – Read 20 e-books.

3. Any genre 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 1, 2011 and lasts until December 31, 2011.

I'm going to be ambitious and sign up for Obsessed and really anyone who knows me well and knows how I am with my reader will know I'm probably a bit more than obsessed :-). I will list my books as I go along.

1. Matched - Ally Condie
2. Maze Runner - James Dashner
3. Said the Spider - Earl Van Gilder
4. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
5. Twenty-five Years Ago Today - Stacy Juba
6. Don't Go There - Rob Logger
7. Strangers on a Bus - Robblogger
8. Unsavory Delicacies - Russell Brooks
9. Lover Unleashed - JR Ward
10. The Thirteenth Chime - Emma Michaels
11. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
12. Revenge Served Cold - Jackie Fullerton
13. Lethal People (A Donovan Creed Novel) - John Locke
14. Cloud Nine - Melissa Smith
15. Rot & Ruin - Jonathan Maberry
16. The Assassin's Village - Helen Mortimer
17. Uglies #1 - Scott Westerfield
18. Pretties - Scott Westerfield
19. Specials - Scott Westerfield
20. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares - Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

2011 Book Blogger Recommendation

After many hours of reasoning whyI should or shouldn't sign up for a challenge in 2011, I decided to bite the bullet and sign up. I only did one challenge in 2010 but I may go for more than one in 2011. However, I'm only posting the 2011 Book Blogger Recommendation hosted by  Reading With Tequila. I'm going to try for Level II but hope to reach Level III. Here are the books I chose from the 2010 Book Blogger Recommendation list. Some are alternatives just in case I can't get through one of the 10.

1. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
2. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
3. Rot and Ruin - Jonathan Maberry
4. Paranormalcy - Kiersten White
5. Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare
6. Blood Oath - Christopher Farnsworth
7. Fallen - Lauren Kate
8. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
9. Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
10. Beautiful Lies - Lisa Unger
11. Delirium - Lauren Oliver
12. An Echo in the Bone - Diana Gabaldon
13. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
14. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
15. Graceling - Kristin Cashore