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

Completed 32/33

Genre Categories

1. Realistic Fiction/Social Issues – The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 1/15/12
2. Romance – Split by a Kiss by Luisa Plaja 3/27/12
3. Fantasy – Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta 2/19/12
4. Science Fiction – The Future of Us by Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher 1/12/12
5. Apocalyptic/Dystopia – Legend by Marie Lu 3/11/12
6. Mystery/Thriller – Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter 2/28/12
7. Classic – Alanna by Tamora Pierce 4/13/12
8. Graphic or Adventure – Friends with Boys by Faith Erin Hicks 3/18/12
9. Poetry/Free Verse – You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz 4/3/12
10. Anthology – Geektastic by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci 3/28/12

Setting/Narrator Categories

1. Female protagonist - Article 5 by Kristen Simmons 4/3/12
2. Male protagonist - 
3. One or More Characters are Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender – Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins 1/8/12
4. Non-human protagonist – Hallowed by Cynthia Hand 3/13/12
5. Involves a family conflict – The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder 1/7/12
6. Takes place in a School – The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney 3/17/12
7. Takes place in a non-industrialized country – The Devil’s Breath by David Gilman 4/12/12
8. Contemporary Historical Novel (from another Century) – Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher 3/25/12
9. First Person Narrator - Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday 1/29/12
10. Third Person Omniscient Narrator – The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith 1/26/12
11. Multiple-perspective Narrator – Chain Reaction by Simone Elkeles 1/21/12

Author/Award Categories      

1. Work by an author you have never read before – Awaken by Katie Kacvinsky 2/11/12
2. Author from a Country other than the U.S., the U.K., Canada, or Australia – The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan 1/18/12
3. Michael L. Printz Award – The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
4. William C. Morris YA Debut Award – Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan 2/5/12
5. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award – Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones 4/23/12
6. Cybils Award – Split by Swati Avasthi 2/21/12
7. Young Reader’s Choice Award – Deadline by Chris Crutcher 4/22/12
8. Book that has or is being made into a movie – Blood Red Road by Moira Young 3/20/12
9. First or Last book in a Series – Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder 1/14/12
10. Title from a high school Reading List  (Fiction or Non-Fiction) – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 3/31/12
11. Best or a Recommended Book for Boys - Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach 1/6/12
12. Best or a Recommended Book for Girls – Eon by Alison Goodman 4/8/12

Previous Challenges:
2010 Challenge
2011 Challenge