2012 YA Contemp Challenge

I could have sworn I had already made this post because I have had the button up since forever. lol Anyhow here we go!

Katie, from Katie's Book Blog and Angela from Reading Angel are hosting this awesome challenge.

There are different levels that you can choose to challenge yourself in:
Level 1: 5+ books
Level 2: 10+ books
Level 3: 15+ books

Rules:
You can read any contemporary YA novel that is published between January 1, 2012and December 30, 2012 but you must read them in 2012! (All formats accepted: paperback, ARC, e-book)

I am going to be doing Level 2 (List will probably change but here is a tentative one. I may even post more than 10 and just mark off the ones I actually read for challenge.)

01-The Difference Between You and Me by Madeleine George
02-Belles by Jen Calonita
03-The Unquiet by Jeannine Garsee
04-Purity by Jackson Pearce
05-All These Lives by Sarah Wylie
06-Survive by Alex Morel
07-Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani
08-The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
09-Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale
10-Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
11-Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

2012 YA/MG Fantasy Reading Challenge

I really want to give this one a try. I don't feel like I really read alot of Fantasy and hopefully this will broaden my reading experience.

The rules of this challenge are:
- Read 10 YA or MG fantasy that are released in 2012
- Post a review on a personal blog or Goodreads
- The challenge runs from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012
- Anyone can join at any point throughout the year
Signing Up:
Please visit this POST

My tentative list which will most surely change as we go along.

01-Bewitching by Alex Flinn (2/14/2012)
02-Touched (Touched #1)by Corrine Jackson
03-Goddess Interrupted (Goddess Test, #2)by Aimee Carter (3/27/2012)
04-Witch's Brew (The Spellspinners of Melas County #1)by Heidi R. Kling
05-Sweet Shadows (Medusa Girls, #2)by Tera Lynn Childs
06-Of Poseidon by Anna Banks (5/22/2012)
07-Lies Beneath (Lies Beneath #1)by Anne Greenwood Brown (6/12/2012)
08-The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long (8/16/2012)
09-Above by Leah Bobet (4/1/2012)
10-Queen of Glass (Queen of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas
11-The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova (4/12/2012)
12-Cinder by Marissa Meyer (1/3/2012)
13-Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare (12/1/2012)
14-Incarnate by Jodi Meadows (1/31/2012)
15-Fathomless by Jackson Pearce (August 2012)
16-When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen (2/28/2012)

2012 TBR-Reading-Challenge

I found another challenge that is right up my alley.

We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up...

Challenge runs from 1/21/12 - 12/31/12. All you have to do is read books on your shelf that you keep meaning to read. They have to be books printed before 2012. You must be a blogger to enter.
You can find out all the details and sign up yourself at Evie-Bookish

I am going to do The Sweet Kiss Level which is 21-30 TBR Books. My tentative list follows with books I am kinda ashamed I have not yet read but just for one reason or another these are still waiting and calling my name....

01-Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
02-Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
03-New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
04-Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
05-Matched - Ally Condie
06-Bumped - Megan McCafferty
07-Sweet Venom - Tera Lynne Childs
08-Wither - Lauren DeStefano
09-Rampant - Diana Peterfreund
10-Wicked Lovely - Melissa Marr
11-Beautiful Creatures - Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
12-Hex Hall - Rachel Hawkins
13-The Good Ghouls Guide to Getting Even - Julie Kenner
14-Rocky Road Trip - Catherine Clark
15-Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard
16-Flawless - Sara Shepard
17-Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
18-Ballad - Maggie Stiefvater
19-Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
20-Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
21-Karma Girl - Jennifer Estep

2012 Standalone Reading Challenge List

The Challenge
Read 15 2012 YA Standalone books (Books that are NOT part of a trilogy or ect..)between January and December 2012

For more information including a wonderful list to choose from visit our hosts at
I Like These Books and Icey Books

Here is my list. I have more than 15 listed because I had a hard time choosing right now but you only need to read 15.

The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg
Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale
Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala
Reunited by Hilary Weisman Graham
Cursed by Jennifer L. Armentrout
All These Lives by Sarah Wylie
Torn by Cat Clarke
Touched by Cyn Balog
The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Partials by Dan Wells
Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
This Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
The Vicious Deep by Zoraida Córdova
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz
Edgling by Jordan Deen
Fated by Sarah Alderson
Faery Tales and Nightmares by Melissa Marr
Unraveling Isobel by Eileen Cook
Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis