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Quarterly Challenge #15 (Sept 1 - Nov 31, 2014)
I've failed miserably on the last few challenges because of playing catch up on my other reading, but I'm going to try for this one and see how it goes. (And maybe back read for the challenges I missed, because they seem like a lot of fun).Using this post as a placeholder for when I make my choices. Good luck and happy reading all!
1. "Lies We Tell Ourselves" by Robin Talley
2. "The Aftermath" by Jen Alexander
3. "Some Quiet Place" by Kelsey Sutton
4. "All That's Missing" by Sarah Sullivan
5. "Because of Her" by K.E. Payne
6. "Dirty Wings" by Sarah McGarry
7. "Party Games" by R.L. Stine
8. "The Worst Witch" by Jill Murphy
9. "The Wonder" by Colleen Oakes
10. "More than This" by Patrick Ness
Lol I read Across the Universe three days ago...I should have held off a bit longer!
Ash wrote: "Lol I read Across the Universe three days ago...I should have held off a bit longer!"OMG, I love that book. A good series overall too.
Yes I really enjoyed it, and I'll definitely be reading the rest of the series once I'm done with Heir of Fire (one more sleep!)...but I'll have to find something else for number 6 lol
So in! Finished 11/3/14
I'm with you Rose! I'm going to sink this one.1 new release
2 AUTUMN
3 W/a dress. Emily's Dress and Other Missing Stuff
4 Grandparents
5 Gay/Lesbian. Bill Konigsberg's latest
6 Music
7 Holloween scary (okay, full disclosure - don't like these, so rec a good one that won't keep me up all night.)
8 Younger kid appeal Jill Santapolo's latest series.
9 kick a** female protag. Gilded?
10 400 pages... Brandon Sanderson?
Can't wait to see your lists to decide on my blank categories! I'm ready for another Rainbow Rowell book. Surely one will fit?
Progress: 0/101) New release: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
2) AUTUMN: Alienated by Melissa Landers
3) Fall Fashion Week: The Jewel by Amy Ewing
4) Grandparents: Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
5) LBGTQ: Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis
6) Music: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
7) Horror: The Evolution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
8) Young Readers: Over My Dead Body by Kate Klise
9) Sadie Hawkins: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
10) 400 pages: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
9/101)
2)
3)Isis
4)
5) Freakboy
6)
7)
8) The Kneebone Boy
9)Outgoing female:Book of a Thousand Days
10)
Okay I'll have a go at this! I have a few books in mind! Completed: 2/10
1) New Release: Falling Into Place READ
2) AUTUMN: To Kill A Mockingbird
3) With a dress: Threads
4) Grandparents:
5) LGBTQ:
6) Music: If I Stay READ
7) Halloween Horror: Say Her Name
8) Younger Reader:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400+ pages:
Excited to give this a go!1/10
1) New release: I'll Give You the Sun
2)
3) Fall Fashion Week: Matched
4) Grandparents: I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
5) LBGTQ: Will Grayson, Will Grayson
6) Music: If I Stay or Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
7) Horror: Dollhouse
8) Young Readers: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
9) Sadie Hawkins: Sold
10) 400 pages: Uglies
Just updated my choices in post #2. I'm kind of surprised how fast that went (and the grandparents one was difficult, but there's a list here for anyone who needs help with that as well: http://www.yareadinglist.com/2013/09/... )
1.) New Release: Heir of fire 2.) AUTUMN: A million suns
3.) Dress: Redeemed ( house of night #12)
4.) Grandparents:
5.) LBGTQ Character: city of glass (Magnus Bane)
6.) Music: if i stay
7.) Horror: The unbecoming of Mara Dyer
8.) Harry Potter and the scorer's stone
9.) Female Protagonist: Where she went
10.) +400 pages: The host
So, I failed the last quarterly challenge, but I'm determined to do better this time!Completed: 1/10
1) New release: Allegiant (October 22nd 2013)
2) AUTUMN: Across the Universe
3) Fall Fashion Week: Goddess Interrupted
4)
5) LBGTQ: Boy Meets Boy
6) Music: Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception
7) Supernatural: Origin (this time I will read it!)
8) Young Readers: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
9) Sadie Hawkins: Eona
10) 400 pages: Insurgent
I haven't done one of these in a while, I know, I know...1) New release: The Young Elites (Marie Lu)
2) AUTUMN: Afterworlds (Scott Westerfeld)
3) Fall Fashion Week: For Darkness Shows the Stars (Diana Peterfreund)
4) Grandparents:
5) LBGTQ:
6) Music:
7) Supernatural: The Lovely and the Lost (Page Morgan)
8) Young Readers:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400 pages: I Am the Mission (Allen Zadoff)
Completed : 8/101) New release:
2) AUTUMN:
3) Fall Fashion Week:
4) Grandparents:
5) LBGTQ:
6) Music:
7) Horror: City of Bones
8) Young Readers:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400 pages: The High Lord
so i've yet to complete a challenge in this group so i'm going to try my hand at this one1.new release - MARY; the summoning
2.autum- the maze runner
3. fall fashion week- alice in zombie land
4. grandparents- miss peregrines home for peculiar children
5. lgbtq- one man guy
6. music- will grayson will grayson
7. horror- the merciless
8. young readers- harry potter and the goblet of fire
9. sadie hawkins- god save the queen
10. 400 pages- daughter of smoke and bone
For the days like national music day do they have to be in that month or that day to read that book
1. The infinite sea 2. The monstrumologist
3. popular
4. Phoenix holt
5. City of glass
6. The hobbit
7. The monster calls
8. The titans curse
9. The battle of the labyrinth
10. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
10/101) New release: Kiss of Broken Glass
2) AUTUMN: The Art of Getting Stared At
3) Fall Fashion Week: Between
4) Grandparents:Sublime
5) LBGTQ: I'll Give You the Sun
6) Music:Perfected
7) Horror: The Fall
8) Young Readers: The Fires of Calderon
9) Sadie Hawkins: Snow Like Ashes
10) 400 pages: The Darkest Minds
ALRIGHT. I THINK I CAN ACTUALLY DO THIS ONE.The last challenge was during summer vacation and lets just
say that I dont really read during summer vacation. You would
think it would be the opposite, but nope. I read more during
the school year I guess lol
1/10
1) New Release (even though I havent read the first two): Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
2) AUTUMN: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
3) Fall Fashion Week: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
4) Grandparents:
5) LBGTQ:
6) Music: Girl on Tour by Caisey Quinn
8) Young Readers:
9) Outgoing Female: Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
10) 400 Pages: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
I'm in! 10/10
Lair of Dreams
Threatened
Across a Star-Swept Sea
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
Grasshopper Jungle
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
The Name of the Star
Mockingbird
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Code Name Verity
Note: Hold Me Closer Necromancer even has a playlist!
I will try this one6/10
1) New release:
2) AUTUMN:Through the Ever Night
3) Fall Fashion Week: Sweet Reckoning
4) Grandparents:Six Feet Over It
5) LBGTQ: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
6) Music:
7) Horror:This Dark Endeavor
8) Young Readers:The Arctic Incident
9) Sadie Hawkins:A Mad, Wicked Folly
10) 400 pages:Intertwined
0/10 Completed 1) New release: The Infinite Sea
2) AUTUMN: Talon
3) Fall Fashion Week: The Winner's Curse
4) Grandparents: Salt & Storm
5) LBGTQ: Dark Metropolis
7) Horror: The Queen of Zombie Hearts
8) Young Readers: The 13 Clocks
9) Sadie Hawkins: Snow Like Ashes
10) 400 pages: The Caller
I'll try to complete all ten books, but I will do a minimum of 5 of them. The books on the list below may change slightly depending on various factors.I'll do my best to update this.
1) New release:
2) AUTUMN:
3) Fall Fashion Week: The One by Kiera Cass
4) Grandparents: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
5) LBGTQ:
6) Music:
7) Halloween: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
8) Young Readers:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400 pages:
Read:
Completed 7/101. New Release:
2. AUTUMN: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
3. Fall Fashion Week:
4. Grandparents: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. LBGTQ:
6. Music:
7. Horror: Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender
8. Young Readers:
9. Sadie Hawkins:
10. 400 Pages:
IM IN! :D1. New Release: Cold Stone Touch by Jennifer L. Armentrout
2. AUTUMN: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
3. Fall Fashion Week: Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London
4. Grandparents: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
5. LBGTQ: Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by David Levithan
6. Music: Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway
7. Horror: The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
8. Young Readers: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
9. Sadie Hawkins: Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
10. 400 Pages: Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout
11/10 :)1) New release: 10/29/13 Altered (#2) by Gennifer Albin (9/17/14) then 10/7/14 Unraveled (#3) by Gennifer Albin (11/9/14)
2) AUTUMN: A Million Suns by Beth Revis (9/22/14)
3) Fall Fashion Week: Gravity by Abigail Boyd (9/12/14)
4) Grandparents: Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King (9/7/14)
5) LBGTQ: The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell by William Klaber (9/8/14)
6) Music: Songs From the Phenomenal Nothing by Steven Luna (9/2/14)
7) Horror: Ghost Town by Rachel Caine (9/17/14)
8) Young Readers: The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielson (10/13/14)
9) Sadie Hawkins: Power (#10) by Robert J. Crane (9/2/14)
10) 400 pages: Across the Universe by Beth Revis (9/8/14)
I'm in!1) New Release:
2) AUTUMN:
3) With a dress: Threads
4) Grandparents:
5) LGBTQ:
6) Music:
7) Halloween Horror: Say Her Name
8) Younger Reader:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400+ pages:
i'm in.here is the list!
...
Finished! on 16.11.'14
I'm in!Completed: 10/10
1) New release:
2) AUTUMN:
3) Fall Fashion Week:
4) Grandparents:
5) LGBTQ:
6) Music:
7) Horror:
8) Young Readers:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400 pages:
Mod
1) New release: Clariel (done)
2) AUTUMN: The Treatment (done)
3) Fall Fashion Week: The Jewel (done)
4) Grandparents: Fablehaven (done)
5) LBGTQ: Ash (done)
6) Music: Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie (done)
7) Horror: Girl of Nightmares (done)
8) Young Readers: The Forgotten (done)
9) Sadie Hawkins: The Reaction (done)
10) 400 pages: The Valley of Amazement (done)
1. New release: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yang2. Autumn:
3. Fall fashion week: The Unbecoming of Mara Dwyer
4. Grandparents:
5. LGBTQ:
6. Music:
7. Horror:
8. Younger reader: The Lightning Thief
9. Sadie Hawkins:
10. 400+ pages:
Progress: 0/10
Yay! Another challenge! I'll try to do better this time around and actually keep track of the books I'm reading. Anyway, here's my list:Reading Progress: 0/10
1. New release: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
2. AUTUMN: Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes
3. Dress: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
4. Grandparents: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
5. LGBTQ: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
6. Music: Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
7. Supernatural/Horror: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
8. Young Reader: The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
9. Sadie Hawkins: Snow Like Ashes
10. 400+ pages: The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
Let's do this thing! XO
Completed: 0/101) New release:
2) AUTUMN:
3) Dress:
4) Grandparents:
5) LGBTQ:
6) Music:
7) Supernatural/Horror:
8) Young readers:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400+ pages:
2/101. New release: Blue Lily, Lily Blue
2. AUTUMN: Unmade
3. Dress: Hex Hall (9/3)
4. Grandparents: The Van Alen Legacy
5. LGBTQ: Love in the Time of Global Warming
6. Music: I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
7. Scary: Fiendish
8. Young Reader: Stuck
9. Sadie Hawkins: Revelations (9/5)
10. 400+ pages: The Diviners
I actually completed a quarterly challenge for the first time with #14 so I'm going to try to see if I can do it again!Completed: 9/10
1) New release: Falling Into Place by Amy Zhang (11/6)
2) AUTUMN: Numbers by Rachel Ward (11/15)
3) Dress: Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (9/2)
4) Grandparents: The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr (9/11)
5) LGBTQ: Reality Chick by Lauren Barnholdt (9/6)
6) Music: If I Stay by Gayle Forman (9/20)
7) Supernatural/Horror: Conversion by Katherine Howe (10/14)
8) Young readers: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (11/3)
9) Sadie Hawkins: Graceling by Kristin Cashore (11/23)
10) 400+ pages: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Going to try this one. My summer challenges fell by the wayside this year.
Mod
No I they don't have to be published that month or on that day.
1. September/October/November release2. AUTUMN
3. The Selection
4. Features grandparents
5. Two Boys Kissing
6. If I Stay
7. Zom-B - Finished 10/18
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone or The Fourteenth Goldfish
9. Outgoing female character
10. My Most Excellent Year
I LOVE these challenges!10 / 10
1) New Release: Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts - Finished 9/2/14
2) AUTUMN: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld - Finished 9/22/14
3) With a dress: Being Audrey Hepburn: A Novel by Mitchell Kriegman - Finished 9/9/14
4) Grandparents: One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke - Finished 11/19/14
5) LGBTQ: Winger by Andrew Smith - Finished 9/21/14
6) Music: Get Happy by Mary Amato - Finished 11/10/14
7) Halloween Horror: The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco - Finished 9/3/14
8) Younger Reader: Wonder by R.J. Palacio - Finished 9/27/14
9) Sadie Hawkins: Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins - Finished 10/4/14
10) 400+ pages: Allegiant by Veronica Roth - Finished 9/14/14
In again!Progress: 10/10
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Oh, I'd just read 'The Lucy Variations'. Should have waited a little. Well.
Abandoned on the go:
(for 3) after 16%)
(for 3) after 13%)
(for 3) after 10%)
(for 2), after ca. 15%)
5/10Excited to do this challenge for the first time!
Blood Of My Blood
2) Read a book whose title starts with one of the letters of the word AUTUMN. Noughts Crosses
3) September 4 is the start of Fall Fashion Week. Read a book with a dress on the cover. Size 12 Is Not Fat
4) September 7 is National Grandparents Day. Read a book that features grandparents. Holes
6) October 27 is National Music Day. Read a book with a title that comes from a song title or lyrics OR read a book with a character who is interested in music.
Five Flavors of Dumb
7) Read a scary, supernatural or horror book for Halloween, October 31. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Do we post what se have already read here? And I've read a book featuring an LBGTQ character but it's not October yet. Is that okay?
My first challenge, I'll try my best :)0/10
1. New Release: Heir of Fire - Sarah J Maas DONE
2. AUTUMN: the Maze Runner - James Dashner
3. Dress: the Selection - Kiera Cass
4. Grandparents: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs.
5. Lesbian/gay: Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green, David Levithan.
6. Music: Just listen - Sarah Dessen
7. Scary: The unbecoming of Mara Dyer - Michelle Hodkin DONE
8. Young Reader: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters.
9. Sadie Hawkins: Graceling - Kristin Cashore
10. 400 pages: the 5th Wave - Rick Yancey DONE
1. NEW RELEASE: Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han 2. AUTUMN: All That Glows by Ryan Graudin
3. DRESS: A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller
4. GRANDPARENTS: Cross My Heart, Hope to Die by Sara Shepard
5. LGBTQ: Deadly by Sara Shepard
6. MUSIC: This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
7. SCARY: Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
8. CHILDREN: Fang by James Patterson
9. SADIE HAWKINS: The Torn Wing by Kiki Hamilton
10. 400+ PAGES: Stolen Songbird by Danielle L. Jensen
Awesome! I'm in!Progress: 6/10
1) New Release: Burying Water
2) AUTUMN: Maybe One Day
3) With a dress: Star Cursed
4) Grandparents: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
5) LGBTQ:
6) Music:
7) Halloween Horror:
8) Younger Reader:
9) Sadie Hawkins:
10) 400+ pages:
I am in!1) New release: The Iron Trial- Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
2) AUTUMN:The Maze Runner- James Dashner
3) Fall Fashion Week: Rebel Angels- Libba Bray
4) Grandparents:Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children- Ransom Riggs
5) LBGTQ: City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
6) Music: The Last Song- Nicholas Spark
7) Horror: The Diviners- Libba Bray
8) Young Readers:Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- J.K. Rowling
9) Sadie Hawkins: City of Ashes- Cassandra Clare
10) 400 pages: Divergent- Veronica Roth
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Rules
Duration: September 1, 2014 – November 31, 2014
We are a YA Book Club, so all books should be young adult (unless otherwise noted). Thanks to our new moderator, Ash, who had some great ideas that I implemented this time.
You have 3 months to read 10 YA books that satisfy following requirements:
1) Read a book that is a new release published in September, October or November of 2014. GoodReads offers lists of the most popular new releases by month, they might help you to make your choices – September, October, November (If you have difficulties obtaining these new books, you can read a release from the same months in 2013).
2) Read a book whose title starts with one of the letters of the word AUTUMN.
3) September 4 is the start of Fall Fashion Week. Read a book with a dress on the cover. Ideas here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5... https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
4) September 7 is National Grandparents Day. Read a book that features grandparents.
5) October is Gay & Lesbian History Month. Read a book that features an LBGTQ character.
6) October 27 is National Music Day. Read a book with a title that comes from a song title or lyrics OR read a book with a character who is interested in music. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4... https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2... https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/5...
7) Read a scary, supernatural or horror book for Halloween, October 31.
8) November 14 is Young Readers Day. Read a book aimed at kids.
9) November 15 is Sadie Hawkins Day. Read a book with an outgoing female protagonist. https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
10) Read a book that is at least 400 pages.
Everything should be done on this thread - your questions, your plans and your progress.
Happy reading!