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

hop


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)

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