Jenna Likes to Read

2012 Challenge

This year my big challenge for myself is to read.  I need to do more reading for fun and not because it fits in a challenge or a book needs to be read for Paperbackswap.  Just more reading because I want to read the book.  Since this summer, I’ve been struggling more to enjoy reading.  I like to read when I am doing it usually, but I have a harder time getting started and usually am content to watch TV or play games on the iPad instead of reading.  Maybe it’s a phase, but I’d like to relax and see where this goes.

That being said, I did join the Paperbackswap YA Reading Challenge.  I am not committing to completing it, but last year I discovered that it is really easy to fit books into categories, especially at the beginning of the year.

Genre Categories                               

1. Realistic Fiction/Social Issues – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. Romance
3. Fantasy – Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta
4. Science Fiction – The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher
5. Apocalyptic/Dystopia
6. Mystery/Thriller – Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday
7. Classic
8. Graphic or Adventure
9. Poetry/Free Verse
10. Anthology

Setting/Narrator Categories

1. Female protagonist – Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
2. Male protagonist – Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
3. One or More Characters are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender
4. Non-human protagonist
5. Involves a family conflict – The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder
6. Takes place in a School
7. Takes place in a non-industrialized country
8. Contemporary Historical Novel (from another Century)
9. First Person Narrator (I and/or We)
10. Third Person Omniscient Narrator – The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
11. Multiple-perspective Narrator – Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles

Author/Award Categories      

1. Work by an author you have never read before – Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky
2. Author from a Country other than the U.S., the U.K., Canada, or Australia – The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
3. Michael L. Printz Award   Info
4. William C. Morris YA Debut Award – Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
5. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award   Info
6. Cybils Award – Split by Swati Avasthi
7. Young Reader’s Choice Award   Info
8. Book that has or is being made into a movie
9. First or Last book in a Series – Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
10. Title from a high school Reading List  (Fiction or Non-Fiction)
11. Best or a Recommended Book for Boys   Example Titles
12. Best or a Recommended Book for Girls   Example Titles

Previous Challenges:
2010 Challenge
2011 Challenge