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2018 Reading Challenge
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UPDATED! 2018 Challenge Prompts & Reporting
I'm now up to date!
March prompts
#1: Mystical beings:
Children of Blood and Bone
#2: Last in a series:
Monsters of Men
#3: Twinning:
The Poet X
#4: #LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: A Muslim protagonist:
Dark Dreams: Australian refugee stories
March prompts
#1: Mystical beings:
#2: Last in a series:
#3: Twinning:
#4: #LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: A Muslim protagonist:
March Prompts done! XD1: Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
2: Final 7 by Kerry Drewery
3: This Side of Home by Renée Watson
4: Noah's Law by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Woohoo, March is done :DMarch prompts
#1: Mystical beings: Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands, #3) by Alwyn Hamilton (djinns)
#2: Last in a series: Masquerade (Micah Grey #3) by Laura Lam
#3: Twinning: One by Sarah Crossan
#4: #LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: A Muslim protagonist - Ten Things I Hate about Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah
March Prompts#1: Froi of the Exiles✓
#2: Obsidio✓
#3: The Legends of Luke Skywalker✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Good Muslim Boy✓
February:#1. A Shadow Bright and Burning
March:
#1. Ironheart
#2. The Ship of the Dead
#3. I'll Give You the Sun
#4. Noah's Law
March Prompts I Completed:- Mystical Beings - Magonia
- Last in a series - Obsidio
- Twinning - I'll Give You the Sun
- LoveOzYA “Muslim Protagonist” - Does My Head Look Big in This?
I actually finished this month's prompts early, yay!April:
#1. Everything, Everything
#2. The Subtle Knife
#3. Eragon
#4. The Secret Science of Magic
I finished March's books, so I must be reading something 😄#1: Mystical beings: Strange the Dreamer 4★
#2: Last in a series: Nexus 3★
#3: Twinning Are You Seeing Me? 5★
#4: LoveOzYA book: Muslim protagonist: When Michael Met Mina 4★
April prompts#1: Biracial protagonist: The Ship Beyond Time (The Girl from Everywhere #2) by Heidi Heilig
#2: Animal Companion: Terrier (Beka Cooper #1) by Tamora Pierce
#3: Dragons, Dragons everywhere: Dragonkeeper (Dragonkeeper #1) by Carole Wilkins
#4: #LoveOZYA / #LoveNZYA book: First Love: Afterworlds (Afterworlds #1) by Scott Westerfeld
April Prompts#1: I Have Lost My Way✓
#2: Night Swimming✓
#3: Carry On✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: A Tangle of Gold✓
April prompts
#1: Biracial protagonist*:
The Astonishing Colour of After
#2: Animal Companion:
The Price Guide to the Occult
#3: Dragons, Dragons everywhere:Reread Draekora
#4: #LoveOZYA / #LoveNZYA book: First Love:
Amelia Westlake
#1: Biracial protagonist*:
#2: Animal Companion:
#3: Dragons, Dragons everywhere:
#4: #LoveOZYA / #LoveNZYA book: First Love:
Yay, finished APRIL. Managed to read two books that have been on my shelf for 7-8 years (!?) Really enjoyed Rain Fall, especially as I've been to this area of NZ, would never have found it if it wasn't for this challenge. April prompts - COMPLETED
#1: Tithe
#2: Rain Fall (NZ)
#3: Seraphina
#4: Untidy Towns (AUS)
Little late this month - Life got a little crazy1. Cobwebs by Karen Romano Young
2. Pegasus by Robin McKinley
3. Talon by Julie Kagawa
4. My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
April prompts completed1: Biracial protagonist: Dread Nation
2: Animal Companion: City of a Thousand Dolls
3: Dragons, Dragons everywhere: Onyx and Ivory
4: #LoveOZYA / LoveNZYA book: First Love: This Mortal Coil
April prompts:-1. The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
2. Didn't do an animal companion book.
3. Talon series by Julie Kagawa
4. LoveOZYA First love - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff...I don't know if I've done the last one correctly. My interpretation is of a book that has first love written by an Aussie Author, is that correct?
May prompts Completed!#1: Retelling: Yellowcake by Margo Lanagan
#2: Artificial Intelligence: Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
#3: Mysterious Monsters: Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1) by Laini Taylor
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Aboriginal / Indigenous Australian or Māori author: The Disappearance of Ember Crow (The Tribe #2) by Ambelin Kwaymullina
May is done and dusted early!1. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
2. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
3. This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
4. Sister Heart by Sally Morgan
And I feel the need to say Sister Heart was amazing in such a short space, I think it was my favourite this month
May prompts completed!1: Retelling: Pride
2: Artificial Intelligence: LIFEL1K3
3: Mysterious Monsters: Beyond a Darkened Shore
4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Aboriginal / Indigenous Australian or Māori author: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
Gotherella wrote: "And I feel the need to say Sister Heart was amazing in such a short space, I think it was my favourite this month..."I love Sister Heart too! Everyone should read it.
And I'm so behind in my May, April, everything reading...
My Completed Prompts of April and May:April prompts
1. Biracial protagonist - Wing Jones
2. Animal Companion - The Wicked Will Rise
3. Dragons, Dragons everywhere - The Last Namsara
4. #LoveOZYA / #LoveNZYA book: First Love - Beautiful Mess
May prompts
1. Retelling - The Wrath and the Dawn
2. Artificial Intelligence - Wires and Nerve, Volume 1
3. Mysterious Monsters - The Dark Prophecy
4. #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Aboriginal / Indigenous Australian or Māori author. - Becoming Kirrali Lewis
Gill wrote: "I'm so behind but I've done:March
1. The Beast's Heart"
oh, isn't it beautiful!? Are you coming to meet Leife this weekend, Gill? Sat arvo in Dymocks George St & Sun morning in Dymocks Penrith.
I’m overseas at the moment and can’t properly add my books (I’ll try though)... but May is done! 1. Winter
2. Lif3L1kE (Aus)
3. In the Dark Spaces (Aus)
4. Songs that Sound like Blood (Aus)
May Prompts#1: Hunted✓
#2: The Burning Maze✓
#3: Nimona✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia✓
You're all doing brilliantly! Finally finished my May prompts!
May prompts
#1: A Court of Frost and Starlight
#2: LIFEL1K3
#3: Graevale
#4: LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
May prompts
#1: A Court of Frost and Starlight
#2: LIFEL1K3
#3: Graevale
#4: LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
June Prompts#1: Northern Lights✓
#2: Wonder Woman: Warbringer✓
#3: The Subtle Knife✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Queens of Geek✓
Well, I can finally post my first completed month - January! I am possibly the slowest, but am enjoying seeing what others are reading and have learned, and read, new books. January reads...
#1: First in a series - How to Hang a Witch ✓
#2: Non-binary, Genderfluid or Genderqueer point of view protagonist* - Ida by Alison Evans ✓
#3: Supportive friends -Take three girls ✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Among the stars - In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black ✓
I've completed June and read 1 for Feb too February Prompts
#1: Dark magic: Clariel (Abhorsen #4) by Garth Nix
June prompts
#1: A book adapted for film or television: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
#2: Heroes and villains: The Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1) by Melissa de la Cruz
#3: Faith or spirituality: Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed
#4: LoveOzYA/NZ book: Bisexual protagonist: Pink by Lili Wilkinson
June Prompts done!1. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
2. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
3. Hellhole by Gina Damico
4. Pink by Lili Wilkinson
Long time, no updates haha. Here's some of prompts I've met over the last few months:MARCH
3: Stung
APRIL
1: Song of Blood & Stone
2: Wildwood Dancing (#loveozya)
4: Cybele's Secret (#loveozya)
MAY
3: Traitor to the Throne
June prompts completed1: A book adapted for film or television: Mortal Engines
2: Heroes and villains: Steelheart
3: Faith or spirituality: The Boundless Sublime
4: LoveOzYA/NZ book: Bisexual protagonist: Take Three Girls
I finished two books this weekend, but that only got me to April!?April Completed
#1: Biracial protagonist: Wing Jones 4★
#2 LoveNZYA Animal Companion Rain Fall 2★
#3 Dragons everywhere Seraphina 5★
#4 LoveOZYA First Love Stone Girl 4★
And when I say Stone Girl has first love, it's a very toxic relationship, but a very good book.
My completed June Prompts:#1: A book adapted for film or television - To All the Boys I've Loved Before
#2: Heroes and villains - Zeroes
#3: Faith or spirituality - The Names They Gave Us
#4: LoveOzYA/NZ book: Bisexual protagonist - The Brightsiders
:)
Whoopsss I haven't reported any of my reads for a few months but I promise I have been reading!!May:
#1. Frogkisser!
#2. LIFEL1K3
#3. Skulduggery Pleasant
#4. Becoming Kirrali Lewis
June:
#1. How I Live Now
#2. Not Your Sidekick
#3. La Belle Sauvage
#4. Queens of Geek
July:
#1. You Know Me Well
#2. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
#3. You're Welcome, Universe
#4. Night Swimming
Completed July!July prompts
#1: A book by two or more authors: One Small Thing by Erin Watt (nom de plum for collaboration of Elle Kennedy & Jen Frederick)
#2: A character you identify with: The Ghost Bride
#3: Visually / Hearing impaired protagonist: Girl, Stolen (Girl, Stolen #1)
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist: Clancy of the Undertow
Slowly but surely getting through the prompts:March 2: Hero at the Fall
June 2: Furyborn
June 3: Wolfskin (loveozya)
July Done!She Is Not Invisible1: Gemina by Amie Kaufman
2: The Farm by Emily McKay
3: She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
4: The Flywheel by Erin Gough
July prompts completed!1: A book by two or more authors: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
2: A character you identify with: American Panda
3: Visually / Hearing impaired protagonist: Winter Glass
4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist: I Had Such Friends
July Prompts#1: Autoboyography✓
#2: Crooked Kingdom✓
#3: Song of Summer✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: The Sidekicks✓
August Prompts#1: Children of Blood and Bone✓
#2: The Red Pyramid✓
#3: Little & Lion✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Black✓
August prompts1: Fighting injustice: War Storm
2: Sibling rivalry: Grace and Fury
3: Jewish protagonist: What If It's Us
4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Thrills and chills: Wreck
August prompts#1: Fighting injustice: Renegades (Renegades #1)
#2: Sibling rivalry: I Love I Hate I Miss My Sister
#3: Jewish protagonist: Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity #1)
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Thrills and chills. My Sister Rosa
I finished August's books on time! Still working on May-July.August Completed
#1 LoveOzYA Fighting injustice The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge 4★
#2 LoveOzYA Sibling rivalry Bonesland 3★
#3: Jewish protagonist: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 5★
#4: LoveOzYA Thrills and chills The Haunting of Lily Frost 1★
February:#2. Time Catcher
August:
#1. The Waking Land
#2.
#3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
#4. Wreck
A few days late, but August is done! I added to my long list too.#1: The Hate U Give
#2: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
#3: Maybe (Aus)
#4: After the Lights Go Out (Aus)
August is done :)1: All the Rage by Courtney Summers
2: Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
3: Starglass by Phoebe North
4: Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Still playing catch up but have a few to report.
June
#1: A book adapted for film or television
Grace Beside Me
#2: Heroes and villains:
Legendary
#3: Faith or spirituality
Muse of Nightmares
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Bisexual protagonist:
July prompts
#1: A book by two or more authors
#2: A character you identify with
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
#3: Visually / Hearing impaired protagonist
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist
August prompts
#1: Fighting injusticeGrace and Fury
#2: Sibling rivalry
Bright We Burn
#3: Jewish protagonist
Just One Night
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Thrills and chills
All the Little Bones
June
#1: A book adapted for film or television
#2: Heroes and villains:
#3: Faith or spirituality
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Bisexual protagonist:
July prompts
#1: A book by two or more authors
#2: A character you identify with
#3: Visually / Hearing impaired protagonist
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist
#1: Fighting injustice
#2: Sibling rivalry
#3: Jewish protagonist
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Thrills and chills
Books mentioned in this topic
The Novice (other topics)Sea Witch (other topics)
A Quiet Kind of Thunder (other topics)
The Hate U Give (other topics)
A Quiet Kind of Thunder (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Nina LaCour (other topics)Bill Bennett (other topics)
Amie Kaufman (other topics)
Francisco X. Stork (other topics)
Gabby Rivera (other topics)
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