This page is dedicated to my 2013 reading challenges I will be participating in. These challenges allow for crossovers so some of the same books can be on any of the challenges listed. The coming year will be my second participation in challenges, and I did manage to meet my goals in 2012. Happy reading to other challenge participants! No review for a book you’re curious about? Just send me an email to vmcarswell (at) gmail (dot) com and I’ll let you know what I thought!
Last year I beat my goal of 50 books! This year I am only raising it my 5 since I am going to be having a lot going on this year.
1. Forgotten – Cat Patrick
2. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green
3. Lola and the Boy Next Door – Stephanie Perkins
4. Days of Blood and Starlight – Laini Taylor
5. Dreamland – Sarah Dessen
6. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
7. Cinder – Marissa Meyer
8. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac – Gabrielle Zevin
9. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
10. On The Jellicoe Road – Melina Marchetta
11. Red Glove – Holly Black
12. Asunder – Jodi Meadows
13. Black Heart – Holly Black
14. The 12th of Never – James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
15. Scarlet – Marissa Meyer
16. Dear Teen Me – Multiple Authors
17. The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan
18. The Awakening – L.J. Smith
19. The Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan
20. Struck – Jennifer Bosworth
21. I Hunt Killers – Barry Lyga
22. Ink – Amanda Sun
23. The Murmurings – Carly Anne West
24. The Fairest of Them All – Carolyn Turgeon
25. Requiem – Lauren Oliver
26. Dangerous Girls – Abigail Haas
27. The Ruining – Anna Collomore
28. Tides – Betsy Cornwell
29. The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan
30. Two Boys Kissing – David Levithan
31. Darkfever – Karen Marie Moning
32. Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell
33. Just One Day – Gayle Forman
34. Teardrop – Lauren Kate
35. Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver
My goal last year was 15, and I ended up reading 22, so this year I am going to shoot for 25, but in combination with the Debut Author Challenge. Last year I separated it, but this year I am combining it and including the debuts I read with it (I didn’t find a rule against it!).
1. Forgotten – Cat Patrick
2. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green
3. Dreamland – Sarah Dessen
4. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac – Gabrielle Zevin
5. On The Jellicoe Road – Melina Marchetta
6. The Awakening – L.J. Smith
7. Struck – Jennifer Bosworth
8. I Hunt Killers – Barry Lyga
9. The Fairest of Them All – Carolyn Turgeon
10. Dangerous Girls – Abigail Haas
11. Two Boys Kissing – David Levithan
12. Darkfever – Karen Marie Moning
13. Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell
Last year my goal was 5 books and I think I am going to keep it the same this year since there are so many books coming up in 2013 that I can’t wait to read.
1. The Awakening – L.J. Smith
2. The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan
3. The Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan
4. The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan
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Last year I found some amazing authors with this challenge, so I am going to be doing this one again this year! For this one I must read at least 12 debuts.
1. Ink – Amanda Sun
2. The Murmurings – Carly Anne West
3. The Ruining – Anna Collomore
4. Tides – Betsy Cornwell
For this challenge, I went with the cautious level and decided to try reading books from 12 different genres. Out of 55 books I am going to attempt to read this year, I am sure I can get in 12 different genres.
1. Forgotten – Cat Patrick (Fantasy)
2. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green (Contemporary)
3. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins (Dystopia)
4. Lola and the Boy Next Door – Stephanie Perkins (Romance)
5. Cinder – Marissa Meyer (Fairy Tale Retelling)
6. 12th of Never – James Patterson & Maxine Paetro (Mystery)
7. Dear Teen Me – Multiple Authors (Non-fiction)
8. The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan (Mythology)
9. The Murmurings – Carly Anne West (Horror)
10. I Hunt Killers – Barry Lyga (Thriller)
11. Two Boys Kissing – David Levithan (LGBT)
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