Becky's Book Reviews: 2012 Reading Challenges

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Saturday, September 22, 2012

2012 Reading Challenges: Fall Into Reading

The Fall into Reading challenge is one of my favorites. It is hosted by Callapidder Days. (September 22nd through December 20th). (Link to sign-up page). I had great fun breaking my reading list into themes for the Spring Reading Thing, so I think I'll try to do the same for Fall Into Reading.

Historical Fiction

1. Dear America: Christmas After All. Kathryn Lasky.
2. Dear Mr. Darcy. Amanda Grange.
3. The Red Queen. Philippa Gregory.
4. The Lady of the Rivers. Philippa Gregory.
5. The Kingmaker's Daughter. Philippa Gregory.
6. Jump Into the Sky. Shelley Pearsall.
7. Yesterday's Dead. Pat Bourke.
8. Hannah Is a Palindrome. Mindy Warshaw Skolsky.
9. Hannah and the Best Father of Route 9W. Mindy Warshaw Skolsky.
10. Dear America: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Like the Willow Tree, Portland Maine, 1918. Lois Lowry.

What historical fiction I hope to read:

1930s, America

Hannah and the Best Father of Route 9W by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky

1918-1919, Canada

Yesterday's Dead by Pat Bourke

1930s, America

Dear America: Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift by Kathryn Lasky

15th century, England

The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory

15th century, England and France

Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory

15th century, England

The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory

Regency England

Dear Mr. Darcy by Amanda Grange

Science Fiction and Fantasy Series Books

1. The Giver. Lois Lowry.
2. Gathering Blue. Lois Lowry.
3. Messenger. Lois Lowry.
4. Son. Lois Lowry.
5. The Broken Lands. Kate Milford.
6. Unwholly. Neal Shusterman.
7. The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1) Robert Jordan.
8. The Great Hunt. (Wheel of Time #2) Robert Jordan.
9. The Dragon Reborn. (Wheel of Time #3) Robert Jordan. 1991. Tor. 624 pages.
10. The Shadow Rising. (Wheel of Time #4) Robert Jordan.
11. The Fires of Heaven. (Wheel of Time #5) Robert Jordan.
12. Lord of Chaos. (Wheel of Time #6) Robert Jordan.
13. Catching Fire. Suzanne Collins.
14. Mockingjay. Suzanne Collins.
15. Caught. (Missing #5) Margaret Peterson Haddix.

What books I hope to read:

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Messenger by Lois Lowry

Son by Lois Lowry

Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

Caught (Missing Book #5) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

The Broken Lands by Kate Milford

Middle Grade Books with Newbery Potential (or Mock Newbery Potential)

1. The Lions of Little Rock. Kristin Levine.
2. No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller. Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.
3. Splendors and Glooms. Laura Amy Schlitz.
4. Three Times Lucky. Sheila Turnage.
5. Liar & Spy. Rebecca Stead.

Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

Splendor and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

What Came From the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt

The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine

Nonfiction for MG/YA and Adult

1. Who Gets the Drumstick? Helen Beardsley.
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© 2012 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Saturday, September 01, 2012

2012 Challenges: RIP VII

This will be my sixth year, I believe in joining Carl's Readers Imbibing Peril reading event/challenge. It covers: Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. Dark Fantasy. Gothic. Horror. Supernatural. Or anything sufficiently moody that shares a kinship with the above. I'll be joining at peril the first--reading four books.

What I'll be reading or trying to read:

The Broken Lands by Kate Milford

Rootless by Chris Howard

Unwholly by Neal Shusterman

Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Goblin Secrets by William Alexander

The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch

Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz

What Came From the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt

Origin by Jessica Khoury

Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel

What I'll be recommending...

The Boneshaker by Kate Milford *everyone* NEEDS to read this GREAT book. It is one of the best, best, best books ever!!!

A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz. Again a book I just loved so very, very much! I've read it at least twice now and it's one that is just a PERFECT, PERFECT fit for this challenge!

© 2012 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

2012 Challenges: Once Upon a Time VI

Carl is hosting the sixth edition of the Once Upon a Time reading challenge. I am signing up for quest the first which is to read at least five books that fit in the Once Upon a Time categories: fantasy, folklore, fairy tale, mythology.

Do I know exactly what I'll be reading? No. Not really. Not for sure. I mean I have an idea that I'd like to reread a few favorite books, a few favorite authors. I have an idea that I want to give some new series a try. But what I say I'm going to read today may be what I decide definitely NOT to read two or three weeks from now!

1. Bless This Mouse. Lois Lowry. Illustrated by Eric Rohmann. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 160 pages.
2. The Bone Magician. F.E. Higgins. 2008. Feiwel and Friends. 274 pages.
3. The Eyeball Collector. F.E. Higgins. 2009. Feiwel and Friends. 250 pages.
4. Wisdom's Kiss. Catherine Gilbert Murdock. 2011. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 304 pages.
5. The Light Princess. George MacDonald. 1864. 110 pages.
6. Enchanted. Alethea Kontis. 2012. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 320 pages.
7. The Lunatic's Curse. F.E. Higgins. 2011. Feiwel & Friends. 352 pages.
8. Glamour in Glass. Mary Robinette Kowal. 2012. Tor. 336 pages.
9. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. Frank Cottrell Boyce. 2012. Candlewick Press. 192 pages.
10. A Cat of a Different Color. Steven Bauer. Illustrated by Tim Raglin. 2000. Random House. 200 pages.
11. Young Fredle. Cynthia Voigt. Illustrated by Louise Yates. 2011. Random House. 240 pages.
12. Over Sea, Under Stone (Dark Is Rising, #1) Susan Cooper. 1965. 208 pages.

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