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Since I have been all the place this year with this challenge I'm doing some long over due catch up
March #1 Children of Blood and Bone
March # 2The Brink of Darkness
March #3Ice Wolves
March # 4The Lebs
April #2 The Rift
May #1 The Beast's Heart
May #2 Eve of Man
May # 3 Hive
May #4 Brontide
June # 2 Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
July #4 Emergence
August # 4 What the Woods Keep
March #1 Children of Blood and Bone
March # 2The Brink of Darkness
March #3Ice Wolves
March # 4The Lebs
April #2 The Rift
May #1 The Beast's Heart
May #2 Eve of Man
May # 3 Hive
May #4 Brontide
June # 2 Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
July #4 Emergence
August # 4 What the Woods Keep

#1: Steampunk: Behemoth (Leviathan #2)
#2: Moving house: Navigating the Stars (Sentinels of the Galaxy #1)
#3: Set at boarding school: Firespell (The Dark Elite #1)
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: By an author / person of colour: The Foretelling of Georgie Spider (The Tribe #3)

June Completed
#1 LoveOzYA A book adapted for film or television Grace Beside Me 3★
#2 Heroes and villains I Stop Somewhere 2★
#3 Faith or spirituality The Miseducation of Cameron Post 5★
#4 LoveOzYA Bisexual protagonist Fake Geek Girl 2★
July
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds
September
#3: Set at boarding school
We Three Heroes
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: By an author / person of colour
Black Cockatoo
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Gay or lesbian protagonist
September
#3: Set at boarding school
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: By an author / person of colour

September:
#1. Steampunk: Foundling
#2. Moving house: Words in Deep Blue
#3. Set at boarding school: Akarnae
#4. #LoveOzYA book by an author / person of colour: Songlines

1: Steampunk: Clockwork Angel
2: Moving house: Twilight
3: Set at boarding school: Vampire Academy
4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: By an author / person of colour: Laurinda

September prompts
#1: Currently reading!
#2: No Limits (Aus)
#3: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
#4 Catching Teller Crow (Aus)

1. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
2. Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke
3. The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes
4. The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina

September prompts - COMPLETED
#1: Leviathan (Aus)
#2: No Limits (Aus)
#3: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
#4: Catching Teller Crow (Aus)
August #1: Amal Unbound
Sept #2: All the Little Bones
Sept #3: Hex Hall
Oct #2: Kat: The Legend of Gnawbonia
Sept #2: All the Little Bones
Sept #3: Hex Hall
Oct #2: Kat: The Legend of Gnawbonia

#1: Debut author: Bro
#2: At sea: The Ghost's Child

1. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
2. The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
3. Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
4. Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

#1: Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index✓
#2: The Assassin's Blade✓
#3: The Poet X✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Looking for Alibrandi✓

#1: Paper Cranes Don't Fly (Aus)
#2: Deep Blue
#3: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
#4:The Outsiders (Aus)
On the home stretch!

October prompts
#3: Latin protagonist*: They Both Die at the End
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: Published over five years ago: Playing Beatie Bow pub. 1980
November prompts
#1: Judge it by its cover: All Aces (Circus Hearts #3)
#2: Autistic protagonist: Viral Nation (Viral Nation #1)
#3: Set at college/uni: Glass Houses (The Morganville Vampires #1)
#4: #LoveOzYA / #LoveNZYA book: A story of survival: The Ones That Disappeared
I've got 2 books for Feb prompts to catch up on!

#1: Throne of Glass✓
#2:Counting by 7s✓
#3: Just One Day✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: On the Jellicoe Road✓
That’s it for me, all done!

1. Palace of Fires by Bill Bennett
2. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
3. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
4. Unearthed by Amie Kaufman
I'm also going to be picking up some random YA books that I found throughout the challenge that didn't meet the prompts or where I found more than one that looked good for December, because I am all finished!

#3: Point of view protagonist with anxiety: Speak
#4: #LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Small town: Jasper Jones
And I'm done :D
Thanks for the fun challenge, mods!

July
#1 Two authors Catching Teller Crow 5★
September
#1 Steampunk The Rithmatist 4★
#2 Moving house Nice Try, Jane Sinner 5★
#3 Set at boarding school People Like Us 5★
October
#2 At sea The Surface Breaks 4★
#4 LoveOzYA: Published over five years ago 2012 Queen of the Night 3★
November
#1 Judge it by its cover The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein 5★
#4 LoveOzYA: A story of survival Impostors 3★

(Also, I realised that I had previously incorrectly reported my read for September prompt #1 as Factotum when it was actually Foundling, oops.)
August:
#2. The Cruel Prince
October:
#1. The Hate U Give
#2. Song of the Current
#3. They Both Die at the End
#4. The Outcasts
November:
#1. Lady Midnight
#2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
#3. Fangirl
#4. After the Lights Go Out

Thanks for hosting!

#1 Red Rising
#2 Ida (Aus)
#3 Take Three Girls (Aus)
#4 Lifespan of Starlight (Aus)
February: COMPLETED
#1 The Iron King
#2 Frayed (Aus) (Source Books)
#3 Wintergirls
#4 Ballad for a Mad Girl (Aus)
March: COMPLETED - YAY!
#1 Poison Study
#2 Their Fractured Light (Aus)
#3 A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares (Aus)
#4 When Michael Met Mina (Aus)
April prompts - COMPLETED
#1: Tithe
#2: Rain Fall (NZ)
#3: Seraphina
#4: Untidy Towns (AUS)
May prompts - COMPLETED
#1: Winter
#2: LIFEL1K3 (Aus)
#3: In the Dark Spaces (Aus)
#4: Songs That Sound Like Blood (Aus)
June prompts - COMPLETED!
#1 The Darkest Minds
#2 Ignite the Stars
#3 If You Could Be Mine
#4 Fake Geek Girl (Aus)
July prompts - COMPLETED
#1 Obsidio (Aus)
#2 Fly on The Wall
#3 Whisper (Aus)
#4 Amelia Westlake (Aus)
August prompts: COMPLETED
#1: The Hate U Give
#2: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
#3: Maybe (Aus)
#4: After the Lights Go Out (Aus)
September prompts - COMPLETED
#1: Leviathan (Aus)
#2: No Limits (Aus)
#3: I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
#4: Catching Teller Crow (Aus)
October prompts - COMPLETED!
#1: Paper Cranes Don't Fly (Aus)
#2: Deep Blue
#3: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
#4:The Outsiders (Aus)
November prompts
#1: Yellow (Aus)
#2: The Novice
#3: Queens of Geek (Aus)
#4: Undying: An Unearthed Aus
I’m overseas so updating this on my iPhone. I’ve really enjoyed this challenge and will update my review for the final book when I return to AUS or get better WiFi!
CHALLENGE Completed!
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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#1: The Rithmatist✓
#2: In a Perfect World✓
#3: In Other Lands✓
#4: LoveOzYA / LoveNZYA book: Hate is Such a Strong Word✓