Reading Challenges

Hosting

Goal: Read 5 (Level One), 10 (Level Two) or 15 (Level Three) collections of Short Stories between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

Level: Level Two (10 Books)

Reading List

Firebirds Rising - edited by Sharyn November

Firebirds Soaring - edited by Sharyn November

The Coyote Road - edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Participating

Hosted By: For Those About to Read

Goal: Read 10 YA books with any kind of mythology in them in 2012

Reading List

The Warlock by Michael Scott

Lament by Maggie Stiefvater

Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater

Eona by Alison Goodman

Lights on the Nile by Donna Jo Napoli

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

The Enchantress by Michael Scott

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

Hosted By: YA Bliss

Goal: Read 5, 10, or 15 YA Historical Fiction books in 2012

Level: Level Two (10 Books)

Reading List

Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Jefferson's Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelley

Hosted By: All By MyShelf Goal: Read at least 6 books connected by similar themes Level: Level Two (12 Books) Reading List Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare (Clockwork automatons) Incarceron by Catherine Fisher ("Half-men" who are partially created from metal or wires; modern technology is outlawed) The Gift by James Patterson (Magic is illegal; main characters are brother and sister) The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (The main characters are brother and sister; main characters' mother is dead) The Smile by Donna Jo Napoli (Main character's mother dies in the book)