Fall In Love With YA Challenge!

When I found YA fiction I fell in love. I honestly missed that part of my childhood. When I was 10 I went from children's fiction to adult fiction and the classics. I'm devastated I never got hold of the YA genre! However, when I did, it was love at first sight.

Unfortunately, I fell out of touch with the genre, and at the rate some books are published, I felt left behind. In 2013 I didn't read as much as usual do to sudden health issues, so my YA love suffered all the more. Now that the new year is on it's way, I made a promise to get back to reading, and to get back to reading a genre I miss having on my TBR pile.

This challenge might not be very specific, compared to some challenges I've seen, but it's simple and effective. I really hope you join in with me.

Rules

~ The challenge will run from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013. I will put a post up at the end of every month for you to add your reviews. While you do not have to review publicly, you will in order to enter the giveaways... but more on that later, ;)

~ Books that count must be YA fiction. Check out Goodreads for more information, or just go to your local book shop and find the appropriate section. They must be full length, for older teens (so no children's fiction, please!), and 

~ Yes, the following counts: re-reads, ebooks, arcs, stand alones, and series. Just needs to be YA.

How to Join

~ If you want to join the challenge please make a post on your blog or at least link this button so that others can follow back to this page and join the challenge. (Check it out on your right!)

~ Post below as a comment to announce you are joining and leave a link to your challenge acceptance post!

~ While you do not need a blog, please link your reviews to the monthly posts so that you can be included in the giveaways and general count.

~ Join whenever! I will conclude sign-ups only next December, so that the final giveaway prize can be for those who joined the challenge honestly.

~ Following my blog will make it easier to stay in touch.

Giveaways

~ Yes, there will be giveaways! Some will be announced, others will be surprises for those who posted their reviews. The only way to win is to participate!

Levels...

Level One - Just Met - 0-5

Level Two - Best Friends - 6-10

Level Three - Love At First Sight - 11-15

Level Four - True Love - 16-20

Level Five - Soul Mates -  20+

I really hope you join in! This is all about falling back in love with YA fiction, or being reminded of why the genre means so much to us. There will be posts, guest reviews, giveaways, and more! I hope to see you soon!

"Hello, I'm still here..." Challenge

At the beginning of the new reading year, with my last having been a mess, I wanted nothing more than to start off 2013 as a much more organized reader! I had lost track of all the books and reading goals I had made for myself when 2012 had started, with the move, illnesses, and personal events. I had no idea what was on my shelves, really, and I'd even completely forgotten about series' and authors that I'd fallen in love with in the past. So armed with my laptop, my book collection, and a lot of patience, I started making a list.

I found that a lot of the books on my shelves were calling out, "Hello, I'm still here!  You forgot all about me!" Or some books were just dead silent because I don't remember why I bought them in the first place. So I boxed up some to be donated, gave others away to good homes, and then made a master list of books that I owned but hadn't read yet.

The magic number came out to be 79. There are 79 books on my shelves at this very moment that I have not had the pleasure of reading. How sad is that? I feel guilty for buying them and sticking them in their place on my shelves. I don't remember some of them and others I wanted to crack open right there and drink up. I knew I had to do something so that this number was reduced.

This year I challenged myself to read 100 books. I have also decided that at least 50 need to be from my own shelves. AND I've put myself on a "book diet" of how many books I can buy.

I'm excited about this challenge because not only is it possible, but it needs to be done! I made this challenge for myself but I want to open it to all of you. I also want to make it fun, so here's how I'll run it...

First, organize all of the books on your shelves and make a master list of books you own, have not read, but need to read. This does not include books that you have no intention of reading and that you're going to be getting rid of.

Give yourself a goal, like half your books or a number, then portion this out. So perhaps you want to read five of the books you own before investing in a new purchase. Or maybe your list is smaller than mine (good for you!) and you can alternate between new books and already owned books.

Make a post on your blog or keep track of it here on this post. (If volume increases I will gladly put up a page!) At the end of every month give us the names of the books you read and your progress for the challenge.

If lots of people join and I have an impressive number of awesome people reading their hearts out I will hold monthly giveaways for the participants! That's right, every month your name could be in the running for free books, gift cards, or other bookish swag.

I hope more people will join me in being responsible readers! It's a New Year's resolution I'm looking forward to keeping.

2012 Young Adult Mythology Reading Challenge

Finally!

A challenge.

I don't know why I chose this challenge. I think it's because out of all the young adult novels I've read, I don't think any of them have really been mythology themed. So, to get myself into the mythology reading spirit, I have decided to join this challange hosted by the impeccable blogger over at For Those About to Read...

The problem is... I don't know any titles, =(  Right now I'm in the process of stalking some down, but until that time I'm hoping ome of my readers will locate a few for me. Much obliged if you do!

I can't wait to start this! For updates please check out my challenge page to see how I'm doing. Thank you much!

Happy reading!