2012 Audio Book Challenge

I tried this one last year at the obsessed level (20+ audiobooks) and didn't quite make it. I ended with 17, which isn't bad. Listening to audio books is actually the way I would prefer to read most books, unfortunately many of the ones I want to listen to are not available on audio (yet). So of course I'm going to take a stab at this challenge again this year. I don't have a list yet of which audios I plan to listen to in 2012 so I'll have to update as I go. Here are the details, which you can also find here at Teresa's Reading Corner: 

Once again, there are four levels to the challenge

• Flirting-Listen to 6 Audio Books
• Going Steady- Listen to 12 Audio Books
• Lover- Listen to 25 Audio Books
• Married-Listen to +++  Audio Books

This year I'm going to sign up at the Going Steady level and commit to listening to a minimum of 12 Audiobooks. My personal goal for 2012 is 20 audiobooks but I'm fairly certain I can manage at least 12. I look forward to sharing audiobook reviews with everyone!

1. The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell 
2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
3. Carrie Ryan - The Forest of Hands and Teeth
4. Julie Kagawa - The Immortal Rules
5. Emmy Laybourne - Monument 14
6. Kat Zhang - What's Left of Me
7. Megan Crewe - The Way We Fall
8. Neal Shusterman - Unwholly
9. Kristen Simmons - Article 5
10.J.K Rowling - The Casual Vacancy
11. Crewel by Gennifer Albin

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2012 Contemporary Reading Challenge

In 2011, I read my first YA Contemporary books and LOVED them!! I definitely plan to read more books by authors like Ellen Hopkins, John Green, and Sarah Ockler, and I definitely want to read more amazing books like Raw Blue and If I Stay which simply blew me away! So of course I wanted to sign up for this Contemporary Reading challenge from Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing! 
Some of the books I look forward to reading for this challenge in 2012 include:

Completed 1. John Green - The Fault in our Stars 2. Brian James - Life is but a Dream 3. Miranda Megan- Fracture 4. Hannah Harrington - Speechless 5. Kat Rosenfield - Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone 6

The Dystopia 2012 Reading Challenge

I read a bunch of dystopian themed books last year, both adult and YA and absolutely loved them! I look forward to what this genre has to offer in 2012! So I simply had to sign up for Bookish Ardour's Dystopia 2012 Challenge!  I'm going to sign up for Asocial for now, but may change it later to Contagion. 

Challenge Levels

1. Asocial– Choose 5 books to read
2. Contagion – Choose 15 books to read
3. Soldier – Choose 30 books to read
4. Drone – Choose 50 books to read
5. Conditioned – Choose 75 books to read
6. Brainwashed – Choose anywhere between 76-135 books to read
7. Totalitarian – Choose anywhere between 136-200 books to read
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Some of the books I hope to read for this challenge include:

Books Read

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Monument 14 by Emmy Labourne

2012 Debut Author Challenge

This was the one challenge that I completed successfully last year plus many of those debuts ended up being my favorite reads of the year! I'm excited to once again participate in this awesome challenge hosted by the wonderful Story Siren!
Some of the debut authors I hope to enjoy in 2012 are:

































Books Read
Everneath by Brodi Ashton - Jan 12, 2012
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Monument 14 by Emmy Labourne
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield
The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang
Ironskin by Tina Connolly
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

2011 was not a good year for reading challenges for me. I had some ‘real life’ responsibilities that overwhelmed me at the beginning of the year that caused me to take an extended break from blogging and, as a result, many of my reading challenges were left uncompleted. Needless to say, my TBR pile has become quite an intimidating stack! I have been lucky enough to win so many books from some incredible blogs and I am determined to read each and every one of them. So I’ve decided to join the TBR Pile Reading Challenge that is being hosted by Evie’s Bookish and quite a few others where there promises to be a monthly review linkup, mini challenges, and monthly giveaways as an incentive to keep going. This should be a fun challenge that will help me get through those books I’ve been dying to read anyway! I’m starting off small since the rule is I can go up but not down in the challenge so I’m going to commit to A Friendly Hug which is the second level requiring me to read 11-20 books! Wish me luck!!

Want to join in the fun? Here’s the details!

This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012. As we would like to see quality reviews linked up to our monthly wrap-ups, only bloggers can enter. Sorry about that! Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2011 and earlier! NO ARCs and 2012 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed! You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge (You need to include the info + host list + challenge button. You can also grab the button code and add it to your sidebar!) You can move up levels, but no moving down. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year. At the end of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. For participating in the mini-challenge you will get +1 entry. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;) December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - 12 books, 12 winners, INTERNATIONAL. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways! Levels: 1-10 - A Firm Handshake 11-20 - A Friendly Hug 21-30 - A Sweet Kiss 31-40 - Love at First Sight 41-50 - Married with Children Hosts: Evie from Bookish - http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com @SeoEvie Nicole from All I Ever Read - http://www.nicoleabouttown.com/ @Nicoleabouttown Bonnie from Hands and Home - http://www.handsandhome.ca/ @HandsHomeBlog Donna from Book Passion For Life - http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/ @BookPforLife Caitlin from WatchYA Reading - http://whatchyareading.net @caitlingss Rie from Mission To Read - http://missiontoread.com/ @missiontoread Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea -http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/ @alouetteuette Christa from Hooked On Books - http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot.com @ChristasBooks Jenna from Fans Of Fiction - http://fansoffiction.blogspot.com/ @fansoffiction Angel from Mermaids Vision - http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com @mermaidvisions Wrap-Up POST Schedule: January - Donna (Theme: Let It Snow + Book Cover Challenge) February - Nicole (Theme: Un-requited Love/Love Gone Wrong + Advice Column Challenge) March - Rie (Theme: Green or Pinched + Green Cover Challenge) April - Bonnie (Theme: Easter + Mini Challenge) May - Christa (Theme: MayDay - Disaster Books! + Cover Disaster Challenge) June - Jenna ( Theme: Camping + Sentence Challenge) July - Rie (Theme: International Day + Cover Comparison Challenge) August - Angel (Theme: Summer Memories + Send Your Fav Character On Vacation Challenge) September - Nicole (Theme: Life Changing Books + Mini Challenge) October - Caitlin (Theme: Thanksgiving Theme + Share-A-Book Challenge) November - Vicky (Theme: Spooky Halloween + Book Puzzle Challenge) December - Evie (Theme: Xmas Bliss + Book Bachelor Challenge)

Sounds great right?? Evie left the option open to change and rearrange the TBR books I’ve chosen for the challenge which is great! Here is a tentative list of what I plan to read for this challenge:

1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
2. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
3. 20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
4. The First Days by Rhiannon Frater
5. The Tree Shepherd's Daughter by Gillian Summers
6. Jenny Pox by JL Bryan
7. The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
8. Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
9. The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell  Completed 1/12/2012
10. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
11. Feed by Mira Grant Completed 1/3/12 review here
12. After by Amy Efaw
13. Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
14. Finnikin of The Rock by Melina Marchetta
15. Imaginary Girls - Nova Ren Suma
16.The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
17. Ultraviolet by RJ Anderson  Completed 1/13/2012 Review Here
18. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
19. I Am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
20. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Well, this is enough of a list to get started. This is likely to change, for one reason because I am hoping to read at least a few of these before the end of the year!! Do you plan to sign up? Do you also have an overwhelming to-read pile?Are there any on my to-read list that are also on yours or that you’ve read and think I should move to the top of the list (or the bottom)? Leave me a comment and let me know!

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