Anyway, what I love about new beginnings and new years is that you get the chance to start something afresh, and this year I am determined to be organised! I have thought about the challenges I want to take part in and I'm confident this year I will be successful! (...I say that now...) SO, I've decided to participate in four challenges for 2013! (I know, it seems like a lot, but they're ones that I think I would complete anyway, with my normal reading) Anyhow, wish me luck! :D
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This challenge is hosted by Sarah at Feeling Fictional. Go here for rules and sign-up.
Well, I do live in England so I do love it when I find a good book by a British author...and I'm looking forward to showing my support for all the brilliant British books there are out there! :D
A few books I hope to read to start off this challenge are...
- Medusa Project: Hit Squad by Sophie McKenzie
- Burn Mark by Laura Powell
- Hollow Pike by James Dawson
- The Look by Sophia Bennett
- The Killables by Gemma Malley
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This challenge is hosted by Ula at Blog Of Erised. For rules and sign-up go here.
Yay!! I'm so excited for this challenge because as you may or may not know I LOVE DYSTOPIANS wooooo!!!!!!! Seriously, I have read LOADS of them. I just counted, and last year I read 29 dystopian/post-apocalyptic books! That was out of a 78 book total! (I know, I can't believe I only read 78 books last year! That has got to be the first year in...forever...well since I could actually properly read...that I haven't read more than 100 books! Shock, horror!) So, more than a THIRD of the books I read last year were dystopians!! Wow, I didn't realise it was that much! Anyway, so I could probably do the highest level, "Level 4: Leader" which is to read 19+ dystopians this year, but since you're allowed to move up levels later in the challenge if you want, I'm just going to play it safe and go for "Level 3: Revolutionist" which means my goal is 13-18 books!
Some books I plan to read for this challenge are...
- Promised by Caragh O'Brien
- Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
- Requiem by Lauren Oliver
- Shadows by Ilsa J. Bick
- The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
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I'm sure I'm not the only one who has a TBR pile about a mile high! What better way to start tackling it than in a reading challenge along with 12 mini-challenges and lots of giveaways!!! Sounds fun - I'm totally in! :D
I'm not quite sure what level to aim for here so I'm just going to go for 'A Friendly Hug' which means I'm aiming to read 11-20 books as part of this challenge!
Some I'm hoping to start off with...
- Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly
- Kissed By An Angel by Elizabeth Chandler
- Black Heart Blue by Louisa Reid
- Bumped by Megan McAfferty
- The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
- The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- Looking For Alaska by John Green
- Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles
- Gone by Michael Grant
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All you have to do for this challenge is read 100 books in a year, which I am determined to do. I only read 78 books last year, which was very disappointing as it must be the first year in...forever (!! - well, since I could read properly, at least,) that I haven't read more than 100 books! But I will spend more time reading this year and am determined to reach this goal!
I'm also doing the Dystopian & 100 books in a year reading challenges. Good luck and I always think it's so much fun to see how far you can get :D
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all these challenges, Catherine! :)
ReplyDeleteAs you probably already know, I'm a fellow dystopian lover - my favourite genre ;) - and so this challenge sounds perfect for me! I'm away to go check it out!
Thanks for sharing! :D xx
Great challenges! Thanks for sharing, Catherine! :)
ReplyDeleteYay for British authors :D I love UK books and a challenge dedicated to them sounds great.
I LOVE dystopian too! I need to read more though so this challenge is exactly what I'm looking for! :)
I attempted the TBR one last year but I didn't keep track of my books so I'm not sure how well I did. I hope you complete yours and defeat some of your TBR pile! :3
Good luck <3
Oh I'm doing the dystopia challenge! Goodluck! :)
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Haha! Last year I signed up for about 7 challenges... and failed them all!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with all your challenges this year :D
Thank you for stopping by my blog earlier, and for your lovely comment- you made my day!
You've signed up for some fabulous challenges! I also read a TON of dystopias, so I'm tempted to sign up for the Dystopia challenge... you've got some great books on that list though! The Scorch Trials is really good. =)
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I hope that you'll be able to finish all of these. <3 And good luck with your 100 book goal! Even though you only read 78 this year, I'm sure you'll be able to hit 100 in 2013. =)