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Jan P2: Songs That Sound Like Blood #LoveOzYA
Feb P2: Freedom Swimmer #LoveOZYA
March P2: Highway Bodies #LoveOzYA
Jun P2: Meet Me at the Intersection #LoveOzYA
05/24 prompts completed as of 03/04/19
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#1: We Set the Dark on Fire
#2: Songs That Sound Like Blood
February:
#1: Kase-San and Shortcake
#2: Freedom Swimmer
March:
#1: Six of Crows
#2: Dread Nation
April:
#1: A Faire Encounter (panromantic)
#2: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
May:
#1:
#2: When Michael Met Mina
January prompts#1: New year, new me - or - New Beginnings: Frankie by Shivaun Plozza ✓
#2: Indigenous Australian Protagonist: Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina ✓
Read 15/24January prompts
#1: New year, new me - or - New Beginnings
Crow Country by Kate Constable (dragged to live in the country) #LoveOzYA 4★ Read 22/1
#2: Indigenous Australian Protagonist The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf ✓
#LoveOzYA 5★ Read 23/3
February prompts
#1: Translated work: She and Her Cat 4★ Read 9/2
#2: East Asian protagonist (Chinese Vietnamese Australian) Laurinda #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 8/3
March prompts
#1 Protagonist with PTSD Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 9/11
#2: Zombie apocalypse Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ✓ 4★ Read 28/10
April prompts
#2: Food, glorious food Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King Vera works at a pizza shop ✓ 4★ Read 17/10
June prompts
#1: Fun in the sun Devil's Ballast by Meg Caddy #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 14/9
#2: Protagonist or Author with a physical disability
Wilder Girls by Rory Power ✓ 5★ Read 10/9
July prompts
#1: A feel good read What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume #LoveOzYA ✓ 3★ Read 4/8
September prompts
#1: Short Story anthology Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories #LoveOzYA ✓ 3★ Read 31/10
#2: Social Media The Centre of My Everything by Allayne L. Webster #LoveOzYA ✓ 5★ Read 16/9
November prompts
#1: Queer pride Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall ✓ 4★ Read 30/11
December prompts
#1: Epic conclusions The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black ✓ 5★ Read 13/12
#2: Verse novel Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick #LoveOzYA ✓ 3★ Read 17/12
January prompts#1: New year, new me - or - New Beginnings: Crash (Crash #1) by Nicole Williams
#2: Indigenous Australian Protagonist
Buddy Read: Songs That Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas
Finished Jans prompts :)Book 1: Alive (The Generations Trilogy, #1) by Scott Sigler
And Songs That Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas for book 2
Feb prompts done!Book 1: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
I'm also reading The Circle by Mats Strandberg because it sounded pretty awesome.
Book 2: Buddy Read Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim
February Prompts#1: Translated work: No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
#2: East Asian protagonist: Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim (#LoveOzYA title)
Looking forward to the Twitter chat! :)
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January prompts
#1: New year, new me. New Beginnings:
February Prompts
#2: East Asian protagonist: Buddy Read:
March prompts
#1: A protagonist with PTSD:
#2: Zombie apocalypse: Buddy Read:
Kelly (Diva Booknerd) wrote: "Missing a few but reporting what I have to date.#1: A protagonist with PTSD: Vardaesia ✓"
Ooh!!! I was going to read something else but I think I'm going to switch it to Vardaesia now! Cheers :)
March prompts#1: A protagonist with PTSD: Vardaesia (The Medoran Chronicles #5) by Lynette Noni (#LoveOzYA)
#2: Zombie apocalypseAlice in Zombieland (White Rabbit Chronicles #1) by Gena Showalter
None of my libraries have Highway Bodies so haven't read it and won't be able to participate in the buddy chat :/
I did make a request to buy at the library though and it looks like 2 copies are 'in-processing' so yay! Hopefully, it'll fit in another month's prompts ;)
On another note, I've borrowed both my books for April already & ready to go :D
#1: Boy Toy by Barry Lyga#2: Highway Bodies by Alison Evans
I keep missing the chats because of work and I hate it :(
April promptsApr P1: Pansexual protagonist: The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde (#LoveOzYA)
Apr P2: Food, glorious food: A Thousand Perfect Notes by CG Drews (#LoveOzYA title)
May prompts
May P1: a protagonist with bipolar disorder: Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith
May P2: South Asian protagonist (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka): The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon (#LoveOzYA title)
May finished!Book One: Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith
Book Two: When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Done!June prompts
Jun P1: Fun in the sun: Wildlife (The Six Impossiverse #2) by Fiona Wood (#LoveOzYA title)
Jun P2: Protagonist or Author with a physical disability: Count All Her Bones (Girl, Stolen #2) by April Henry (MC is blind)
Made it just in time, yay!July prompts
Jul P1: A feel good read: The Yearbook Committee by Sarah Ayoub #loveozya title
Jul P2: West Asian protagonist (the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, the Armenian Highlands, the South Caucasus, the Arabian peninsula as well as the Sinai Peninsula):
Buddy read: The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
I've been dealing with a lot of life lately, but June and July were done.June 1: Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff
June 2: Meet Me at the Intersection by Rebecca Lim
July 1: Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
July 2: The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
August done!#1: Book that’s been on your TBR shelf the longest: Once a Witch (Witch #1) by Carolyn MacCullough (added on tbr back in 2010)
#2: Māori protagonist: The Shattering by Karen Healey (#LoveNZYA title) - 3 povs & 1 is Maori (Keri)
August is complete thanks to Sydney Trains today, onward to September1: The End of Oz by Danielle Paige
It's not the longest TBR I have, but it was the last book in that series on my shelves and I wanted to be done with it :p
2: Legacy by Whiti Hereaka
Yes I'm very tardy, but I finished June's books!June prompts
#1: Fun in the sun Devil's Ballast by Meg Caddy #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 14/9
#2: Protagonist or Author with a physical disability
Wilder Girls by Rory Power ✓ 5★ Read 10/9
Woot! September!!I'm on a such a high after finishing Risk - awesome pick!
September prompts
#1: Short Story anthology: Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories (#LoveOzYA)
#2: Social Media/Buddy read: Risk by Fleur Ferris (#LoveOzYA title)
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Also just wanted to let you know that the buddy chats are posted on our blog now if you did want to answer some questions about the books.
Well done with all your reads for this challenge!!
Aw, Chiara... I think I've said this before but I'm a reading challenge addict, you really can't have me staying away lolps: I've just been notified (SMS) that my reservation for Dear Martin is ready for pickup - I'm excited :D
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Yay! I’ve heard so many good things about that one. I hope you enjoy it!
Finished Risk today so September is done.Making more of an effort to read from here on in because I need to relax more, been doing a lot of life things.
Book 1 was Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories and then Book 2 was Risk (buddy read)
I have no idea what I am picking for October, but I'm hoping something spooky jumps out at me xD
October prompts DONE!#1: Time travel: The Dark (Guardians of Time #2) by Marianne Curley (#LoveOzYA)
#2: Black Lives Matter: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
I can't believe it, only 4 more prompts to go...
I was able to finish both within October this time thanks to my holiday xD1: All Our Yesterdays (I'm on my phone and cant add links right now but I think her name is Kristen)
2: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Just made it ;)November prompts
#1: Queer pride: Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories (#LoveOzYA)
#2: Transgender protagonist:
Buddy read: Finding Nevo by Nevo Zisin (#LoveOzYA title)
All done! 1. Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Which is seriously amazing and I loved it
2. Finding Nevo by Nevo Zisin
Which gave me all the feels and I spent a lot of time comparing my own journey with gender and sexuality to Nevo's.
I do love insight into the journey's of other non-binary people because it makes my own seem valid.
All in all the queerest month of happy reading feels xD
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the queerest month of happy reading feels""
I love that! I'm so glad you had a month of queer and happy reading feels - That's my reading goals each moth right there :-) :-)
Woohoo, Finished :DDecember prompts
#1: Epic conclusions: Lady Helen and the Dark Days Deceit (Lady Helen #3) by Alison Goodman (#LoveOzYA)
#2: Verse novel:
Buddy read: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Also finished! I finished with Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.
And got my verse on with Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.
I enjoyed Poet X, I'm a poetry and verse fan, and I'm into spoken word but I felt like it skipped some stuff and ended a little abruptly
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I've still need to read Poet X, shame the ending sounds like a let down. I'm still looking forward to it tho :-)
Didn't finish - only managed 15, but I had lots of reading fun. Looking forward to next year's challenge 📚📚📚Read 15/24
January prompts
#1: New year, new me - or - New Beginnings
Crow Country by Kate Constable (dragged to live in the country) #LoveOzYA 4★ Read 22/1
#2: Indigenous Australian Protagonist The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf ✓
#LoveOzYA 5★ Read 23/3
February prompts
#1: Translated work: She and Her Cat 4★ Read 9/2
#2: East Asian protagonist (Chinese Vietnamese Australian) Laurinda #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 8/3
March prompts
#1 Protagonist with PTSD Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 9/11
#2: Zombie apocalypse Dread Nation by Justina Ireland ✓ 4★ Read 28/10
April prompts
#2: Food, glorious food Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King Vera works at a pizza shop ✓ 4★ Read 17/10
June prompts
#1: Fun in the sun Devil's Ballast by Meg Caddy #LoveOzYA ✓ 4★ Read 14/9
#2: Protagonist or Author with a physical disability
Wilder Girls by Rory Power ✓ 5★ Read 10/9
July prompts
#1: A feel good read What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillaume #LoveOzYA ✓ 3★ Read 4/8
September prompts
#1: Short Story anthology Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories #LoveOzYA ✓ 3★ Read 31/10
#2: Social Media The Centre of My Everything by Allayne L. Webster #LoveOzYA ✓ 5★ Read 16/9
November prompts
#1: Queer pride Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall ✓ 4★ Read 30/11
December prompts
#1: Epic conclusions The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black ✓ 5★ Read 13/12
#2: Verse novel Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick #LoveOzYA ✓ 3★ Read 17/12
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Please remember to only read YA books fitting each prompt in the month allocated. You can catch up on previous months but please do not read in advance. Only one graphic novel or novella can be read each month and each book can only count towards one prompt.
The buddy read will always cover the second prompt. So if you read the buddy read you only have to find a book to fit the first prompt. Of course you are more than welcome to find your own two books for the prompts and still take part in the buddy read :-).
Only one book each month must be a Aussie or Kiwi title. But we do appreciate you trying to cover as many prompts as possible with local talent :-).
January prompts
#1: New year, new me - or - New Beginnings
#2: Indigenous Australian Protagonist
Buddy Read: Songs That Sound Like Blood by Jared Thomas (#LoveOzYA title)
February Prompts
#1: Translated work
#2: East Asian protagonist (China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, and South Korea)
Buddy Read: Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim (#LoveOzYA title)
March prompts
#1: A protagonist with PTSD
#2: Zombie apocalypse
Buddy Read: Highway Bodies by Alison Evans (#LoveOzYA title)
April prompts
#1: Pansexual protagonist
#2: Food, glorious food
Buddy Read: A Thousand Perfect Notes by CG Drews (#LoveOzYA title)
May prompts
#1: a protagonist with bipolar disorder
#2: South Asian protagonist (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka)
Buddy Read: When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah (#LoveOzYA title)
June prompts
#1: Fun in the sun
#2: Protagonist or Author with a physical disability
Buddy read:Meet Me at the Intersection - anthology (#LoveOzYA title)
July prompts
#1: A feel good read
#2: West Asian protagonist (the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, the Armenian Highlands, the South Caucasus, the Arabian peninsula as well as the Sinai Peninsula)
Buddy read: The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
August prompts
#: Book that’s been on your TBR shelf the longest
#2: Māori protagonist
Buddy read: Legacy by Whiti Hereaka (#LoveNzYA title)
September prompts
#1: Short Story anthology
#2: Social Media
Buddy read: Risk by Fleur Ferris (#LoveOzYA title)
October prompts
#1: Time travel
#2: Black Lives Matter
Buddy read: Dear MartinDear Martin by Nic Stone
November prompts
#1: Queer pride
#2: Transgender protagonist
Buddy read: Finding Nevo by Nevo Zisin (#LoveOzYA title)
December prompts
#1: Epic conclusions
#2: Verse novel
Buddy read: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
***NOTE: Protagonist is the main character with a point of view***
At the end of the month simply reply with the prompt and title of the book you've read. New prompts will be added to the challenge schedule here so make sure to follow this post to receive notifications.
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