2012 Challenges

Okay, so I'm a little late in posting this, but better late than never, right? I've decided to join a few challenges this year. I've done this in the past. Some I'd stuck with it...others I hadn't. This year, I'm determined to see all the challenges thru to completion. So, here are the challenges:

This is a new one for me. I haven't really been reading any dystopia books. There were a few that caught my attention, so I figured why not. Since I'm kinda new to dystopia, I'm gonna go for the 1st level (Asocial: 5 books). I may move up if I find more books. I only have 4 books I have on my list so far: Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, and Shatter Me. I'd started reading Hunger Games before it became overly popular, but for whatever reason (not because I didn't like it...cos I did), I didn't finish.

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 This is a challenge to read books you've been meaning to read, but never got to it. I have a HUGE TBR pile, so why not join the challenge, right? And because my TBR pile is huge, I'm going for the highest level: Married With Children (41-50 books). Yeah, my pile's that big. I'm not gonna list all the books as my pile is big, but here are a few:

• All I've Ever Wanted - Adrianne Byrd
• The Girl in the Steel Corset - Kady Cross
• The Goddess Test - Aimee Carter
• Inside Out - Maria V. Snyder
• Outside In - Maria V. Snyder
• Uncommon Criminals - Ally Carter
• Fury of the Phoenix - Cindy Pon

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The goal if this challenge is to read 12 minority YA books for the year. Since I'm always on the lookout for YA with characters of color, I so wanted to join this challenge. I think I may pass the 12 books, but we'll see. Here are a few books on my list:

• Fury of the Phoenix - Cindy Pon
• Spirit's Princess - Esther M. Friesner
• Living Violet - Jaime Reed
• Team Human - Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan
• Mesmerize - Artist Arthur

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The goal here is to read 12 YA/MG books from authors making their debut this year. I think I can pass 12. Hmmm...


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This one's from Goodreads. I've chosen to up the ante, so to speak. Last year, my goal was 100 books, which I passed. This year? 150 books. Let's see if I can do it!


Last but definitely not least a blog challenge...


I did this last year and LOVED the challenge. This year, I plan to participate again not only with this blog, but also my other blog, The International Diva. It's gonna be a challenge, but I'm up for it.

Interested? Join here.

Well, that's it my friends. Lots of challenges, no? We'll see how I do. :D