2012 Challenges

2012 challenge goals and results! Updated December 31, 2012:

The 2012 Audio Book Challenge is hosted by Teresa @ Teresa’s Reading Corner.

There are four levels to the challenge:

• Flirting-Listen to 6 Audio Books
• Going Steady- Listen to 12 Audio Books
• Lover- Listen to 25 Audio Books
• Married-Listen to +++  Audio Books

I listened to 40/25:

1. A Million Suns by Beth Revis

2. Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

4. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

5. After by Amy Efaw

6. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

7. Forgotten by Cat Patrick

8. A Good American by Alex George

9. The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

10. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

11. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

12. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

13. Countdown by Deborah Wiles

14. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

15. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

16. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

17. Tough Sh*t by Kevin Smith

18. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

19. Gilt by Katherine Longshore

20. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

21. Bossypants by Tina Fey

22. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

23. Heartless by Gail Carriger

24. Timeless by Gail Carriger

25. Blood Red Road by Moira Young

26. The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

27. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

28. Hold Still by Nina LaCour

29. What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang

30. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

31. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire

32. Crewel by Gennifer Albin

33. In the Pleasure Groove by John Taylor

34. Colin Fischer by Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller

35. Lucid by Ron Bass and Adrienne Stoltz

36. Easy by Tammara Webber

37. Collateral by Ellen Hopkins

38. Thoughtless by S.C. Stephens

39. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

40. Love Unscripted by Tina Reber

The Sophomore Reading Challenge is hosted by Shanyn @ Chick Loves Lit.

After getting hooked on several debuts last year, I’m eager to read their sophomore efforts this year. The challenge is to read 10 sophomore YA/MG novels in 2012. I read 9/10:

1. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

2. Fever by Lauren DeStefano

3. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

4. A Million Suns by Beth Revis

5. Until I Die by Amy Plum

6. Onyx by Jennifer Armentrout (read but not reviewed yet)

7. In Honor by Jessi Kirby

8. Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala

9. Betrayal by Gregg Olsen

The Completely Contemp Challenge is also hosted by Shanyn @ Chick Loves Lit.

Contemporary is a category I’ve been reading more and would like to continue that trend. I like this challenge because the goal is to read books from 2010-2012, and I’ll be able to catch up on some of the books on my shelves already. The goal is to read at least 3 books total, and I’m going to try to read 5 books for each year.

2010:

Actual: 1/5

Forget You by Jennifer Echols (read, not reviewed yet)

2011:

Actual: 4/5

1. Amplified by Tara Kelly

2. The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder

3. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

4. Forgotten by Cat Patrick

2012:

Actual: 17/5

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

2. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

3. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

4. In Honor by Jessi Kirby

5. Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin

6. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer Smith

7. Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani

8. The Rivals by Daisy Whitney

9. Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

10. Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

11. Easy by Tammara Webber

12. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (read, not reviewed yet)

13 & 14. Slammed and Point of Retreat by Colleen Hoover

15. A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger

16. Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala

17. Live Through This by Mindi Scott

The Standalone Challenge is hosted by Hafsah @ IceyBooks & Britta @ ilikethesebooks.

Sometimes it’s nice for a change of pace to read a book that’s not part of a series. The goal of the Standalone challenge is to read 15 standalone books released in 2012. Actual 15/15:

1. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

3. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

4. Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala

5. A Midsummer’s Nightmare by Kody Keplinger

6. In Honor by Jessi Kirby

7. Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

8. Every Day by David Levithan

9. Such a Rush by Jennifer Echols

10. Purity by Jackson Pearce

11. Butter by Erin Jade Lange

12. Live Through This by Mindi Scott

13. Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn

14. Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani

15. Easy by Tammara Webber

This is the third time I’ve participated in the Debut Author Challenge hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren.

I completed the challenge and read 20/20 debuts:

1. My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

2. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

3. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

4. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard (Read along recap)

5. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (February, G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

6. What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang

7. Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry (read, not reviewed yet)

8. Crewel by Gennifer Albin

9. Starters by Lissa Price

10. Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

11. Gilt by Katherine Longshore

12. Blood Born by Jamie Manning

13. The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Cordova

14. Insignia by S.J. Kincaid (read, not reviewed yet)

15. Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin

16. Black City by Elizabeth Richards

17. Butter by Erin Jade Lange

18.Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

19. Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz, Ron Bass

20. Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz

I just found out about this challenge in Feb. but am excited to participate. The YA Audiobook Challenge is hosted by Jen @ A Book and A Latte. Since I listen to so many YA audiobooks, the required 12 should be a snap!

I increased my goal to 24 and surpassed that goal:

 

 

1. The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder

2. A Million Suns by Beth Revis

3. Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

4. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

5. Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

6. After by Amy Efaw

7. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

8. Forgotten by Cat Patrick

9. The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

10. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

11. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

12. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

13. Countdown by Deborah Wiles

14. The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman

15. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

16. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

17. Gilt by Katherine Longshore

18. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

19. Blood Red Road by Moira Young

20. The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

21. Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

22. Hold Still by Nina LaCour

23. What’s Left of Me by Kat Zhang

24. Poison Princess by Kresley Cole

25. Crewel by Gennifer Albin

26. Colin Fischer by Zack Stentz and Ashley Edward Miller

27. Lucid by Ron Bass and Adrienne Stoltz