Quarterly Challenge (Summer 2011)

[Tatiana]

MaryJean wrote: "Here's my list so far. I'm probably gonna change one or two of my choices but this is my 1st time doing a challenge so I'm excited to post!

Book #4 made me realize I only have one friend on goodr..."

My favorite historical YA books:



fantasy with historical setting:

[Julia]

MaryJean,
7. I'm STUCK! Does anyone have a suggestion?

It depends what you like... I renamed this category 'fantasy that isn't urban,' meaning it's fantasy in a historical setting. A series I love in this sub-genre is His Majesty's Dragon. You could also read historical fiction. I read and loved Revolution earlier this year, which isn't as straight-up historical fiction as Chains and Forge are. Look at what we who have decided on what to read are reading and see if any of those books interest you.
Happy Reading!

[Jade]

1. 5 stars What I Saw And How I Lied :Judy Blundell
2. Wolfsbane (Nightshade 2) – Andrea Cremer
3. The Last Song – Nicholas Sparks
4. Flipped – Wendelin Van Draanen
5. Delirium :Lauren Oliver
6. Lord Sunday (The Keys to the Kingdom 7) – Garth Nix
7. Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle 2) – Libba Bray
8. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
9. Sovay – Celia Rees
10. Grimms' Fairy Tales – Brothers Grimm

[Rebecca]

On Historical Fiction:

I did like

and My cousin LOOOVED (that show that's how she put it)

I have + on my TBR list.

[Ellen]

Finished!!

1. Godless by Pete Hautman- National Book Award finalist- READ
2. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray- new release- READ
3. The Summer I Got a Life by Mark Fink- summer book- READ
4. The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson- Friend's 5-star- READ
5. Memento Nora by Angie Smibert- ALA list- READ
6. Stolen: A letter to my captor by Lucy Christopher- Australian author= READ
7. Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey- historical fiction- READ
8.Bitter Melon by Cara Chow- minority- READ
9. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak- on to-read list- READ
10.Prom Nights from Hell- short stories- READ

[MaryJean]

Thanks Rebecca, Tatiana and Julia :)

I went from zero ideas to 5 new books on my to-read list haha.. I can already tell that starting this challenge was a good idea; I normally wouldn't read historical fiction but the books you guys recommended all look interesting! I'm leaning toward The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson for this challenge, hopefully I can find it at my library. If I can't find that, What I Saw And How I Lied is going to be my second choice..

Thanks again for all the awesome suggestions, they were such a big help!

[Kitty]

So here is my plan thus far.

I don't have any ideas for my New Release yet because, well, to be honest, I work in a used bookstore and don't tend to see new releases very often. But if it gets too far into the summer and I haven't seen any of the newest releases come through, than I'll head over to the Barnes and Noble across the way from where I work.


1) National Book Award: Holes
2) new release: Always a Witch (Aug 1, 2011)
3) Summer: The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
4) 5 star: The Hunger Games
5) ALA nominee: Blink & Caution
6) non-American author: The Hunter's Moon
7) historical fiction/fantasy: Keeper of the Grail
8) minority: Pirates!]
9) to-read list: Inkheart
10) anthology: Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy

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[Amy]

[Jennifer]

Tatiana wrote: "Jennifer, whenever you post a comment, there is a link at the top (some html is ok). Click on it and you will see instructions there."

Thank you!!

[Jennifer]

1. NBAYP nominee: Ship Breaker (Paolo Bacigalupi)
2. June Release: Fins Are Forever (Tera Lynn Childs)
3. Summer book: That Summer (Sarah Dessen)
4. 5 star: City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
5. ALA: Beauty Queens (Libba Bray)
6. UK author: Incarceron (Catherine Fisher)
7. Historical fiction: Ingenue (Jillian Larkin)
8. Minority Teen: Rules of Attraction (Simone Elkeles)
9. To-read: Bad Taste in Boys (Carrie Harris)
10. Anthology: Lips Touch: Three Times (Laini Taylor)

[Joko]

1) Mockingbird - Kathryn Erskine

2) Witches of the East End – Melissa de la Cruz OR Ten Things We Did - Sarah Mlynowski OR Sisterhood Everlasting – Ann Brashares

3) The Au Pairs – Melissa de la Cruz

4) The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

5) Bumped – Megan McCafferty

6) Evil Genius – Catherine Jinks

7) Wrapped – Jennifer Bradbury

8) Sold – Patricia McCormick

9) Before I Fall – Lauren Oliver

10) Prom Nights From Hell – Meg Cabot and others

So far, so fun. I'm gonna have trouble getting about half of the books on my list. But i'll go on a bookhunt. It's all part of the fun. ;)

[[deleted user]]

1) National Book Award/Nominee - undecicded
2) new release - undecided
3) Summer - undecided
4) 5 star - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Leviathan
5) ALA nominee - Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
6) non-American author - The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
7) historical fiction/fantasy - Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
8) minority - Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
9) to-read list - Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
10) anthology - Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor

I Suck! Need to read more!

[Deborah]

Everyone is reading Will Grayson, Will Grayson and loving it. I'm going to have to add it to my reading selection.

[Lori]

I just went through the tread and realized I hadn't started my list yet, lol. SO here it is, still working on it though.

1. Luna - 4 Stars
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4.Will Grayson, Will Grayson
5.
6. One Whole & Perfect Day - UK Author
7. Exile and A Spy in the House
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10.
As you can see, still lots to decide on, lol.

[Julia]

2/10 read...
NBA YPL 1) Lockdown
Released in June, July... 2)Kitty's Big Trouble OR Ghost Story
Set in summer 3) Summer Sisters OR Twenty Boy Summer* OR Spellcast*
A friend's 5 star book 4) Who Fears Death 6/15/11 5 stars Amazing book!
YALSA 5)Huntress- currently reading...
A British writer 6) Annexed
Fantasy that isn't urban 7) The Native Star*
A book which has a racial/ethnic minority teen as a secondary or main character 8) Imaro*
From my TBR shelf 9) The Golden Compass*
Anthology 10) ]Welcome to Bordertown* 6/9/11 5 stars a wonderful place to return to-- or go to for the first time!

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[alisonwonderland (Alison)]

I didn't do particularly well on the Spring Challenge, but since making the list is half the fun, here's my Summer Challenge list:

1. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (National Book Award) 4 stars

2. Small Town Sinners by Melissa C. Walker (July 2011 Release) 4 stars

3. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (Set in Summer)

4. If I Stay by Gayle Forman (5-Star Favorite) 4 stars

5. Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt (ALA’s 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee) 5 stars

6. The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta (Australian Author)

7. The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klage (Historical Fiction)

8. Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith (Ethnic Minority Teen)

9. The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett (To-Read List)

10. Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (Short Stories) 3 stars

[Julia]

3/10 read

NBA YPL 1) Lockdown- currently reading
Released in June, July... 2)Kitty's Big Trouble OR Ghost Story
Set in summer 3) Twenty Boy Summer* OR Spellcast*
A friend's 5 star book 4) Who Fears Death 6/15/11 5 stars
YALSA 5) Huntress 6/20/11 3 1/2 stars
A British writer 6) Annexed
Fantasy that isn't urban 7) The Native Star*
A book which has a racial/ethnic minority teen as a secondary or main character 8) Imaro*
From my TBR shelf 9)The Golden Compass*
Anthology 10) ]Welcome to Bordertown* 6/9/11 5 stars

* Means I own it now.

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[Lisa]

8/10 books read!
Here's my list! It might change depending on what I can find at the library and what I buy, etc.(I put more than one book in some categories because I couldn't choose and I wanted options)

1) Read a book which is a National Book Award for Young People's Literature winner or nominee.
Kathryn Erskine, Mockingbird

2) Read a book that is a new release published in June, July or August of this year.
Ordinary Beauty-Laura Wiess Done! 3.5/5


3) Read a book set in summer or has a summery cover (beach and such).
Sisterhood Everlasting-Ann Brashares Done! Loved it. 5/5

4) Read a book which is a 5-star favorite of one of your Goodreads friends.
Morgan Matson-Amy and Roger's epic detour Done! LOVED IT! 5/5

5) Read a book that from ALA'a 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominations list.
Gayle Forman-Where She Went Done! Really really good! 4.5/5

6) Read a book written by a non-American author.
Entangled-Cat Clarke(UK author) Done! Average. 3/5

7) Read a book which is a historical fiction novel or a fantasy that has a historical setting (no present day urban fantasy).
Ruta Sepetys-Between shades of gray Done! Very good book. 4/5

8) Read a book which has a racial/ethnic minority teen as a secondary or main character.
Jacqueline Woodson-If You Come SoftlyDone! Poor writing. 1/5

9) Read one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest.
Louise Renninson-Withering Tights Done! Cute and girly. 3/5

10) Read a collection of short stories written either by the same author or a group of authors
Holly Black-Zombies VS Unicorns
JK Rowling-The Tales of Beedle the Bard


I forgot about this challenge and didn't finish it.

[Julia]

4/10 read

NBA YPL 1) Lockdown 6/21/11 4 1/2 stars
I recommend this for any here who are still looking for a book with racial/ ethnic minority teen as main character.
Released in June, July... 2)Kitty's Big Trouble OR Ghost Story
Set in summer 3) Twenty Boy Summer* OR Spellcast*
A friend's 5 star book 4) Who Fears Death 6/15/11 5 stars
YALSA 5) Huntress 6/20/11 3 1/2 stars
A British writer 6) Annexed
Fantasy that isn't urban 7) The Native Star*
A book which has a racial/ethnic minority teen as a secondary or main character 8) Imaro*- currently reading
From my TBR shelf 9)The Golden Compass *
Anthology 10) Welcome to Bordertown* 6/9/11 5 stars

* Means I own it now.

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[Julia]

5/10 read

NBA YPL 1) Lockdown 6/21/11 4 1/2 stars
I recommend this for any here who are still looking for a book with racial/ ethnic minority teen as main character.
new release 2) Kitty's Big Trouble OR Ghost Story
Set in summer 3) Twenty Boy Summer* OR Spellcast*
A friend's 5 star book 4) Who Fears Death 6/15/11 5 stars
YALSA 5) Huntress 6/20/11 3 1/2 stars
A British writer 6) Annexed
Non- urban Fantasy 7)The Native Star*
A book with a racial/ethnic minority teen as a main character 8) Imaro*- 6/24/11 2 stars I didn't love this epic fantasy set in an alternative Africa as much as I was hoping to... But I have #3 in the series, if I can get #2 I'll read it.
From my TBR shelf 9)The Golden Compass*
Anthology 10) Welcome to Bordertown* 6/9/11 5 stars

* Means I own it now.

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[[deleted user]]

I'm still in the process of making my list, but this is what I have so far:

1. Dark Water by Laura McNeal

2. (In The Process of Choosing)
The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
The Vampire Stalker by Allison van Diepen
Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz
Ordinary Beautiful by Laura Weiss
Don't Stop Now by Julie Halpern
Brother/Sister by Sean Olin
Alice Bliss by Laura Harrington
Winter's Shadow by M.J. Hearle
Abithica by Susan Goldsmith
Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
Sometimes It Happens by Lauren Barnholdt
Immortal Embrace by Charlotte Blackwell
My Sister's Destiny by Kristina Caden
A Long, Long Sleep by Anne Sheehan

3. Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt

4. (In The Process of Choosing)
The Body Finder by Kimberely Derting
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

5. (In The Process of Choosing)
Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
Leverage by Joshua Cohen
You Against Me by Jenny Downham
I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Recovery Road by Blake Nelson
Fall For Anything by Courtney Summers

6. (In The Process of Choosing)
Entangled by Cat Clarke
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Lucas by Kevin Brooks

7. Selling Hope by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb (Not sure if I'm going to offically choose this one, can anyone give me any suggestions?)

8. (In The Process of Choosing)
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Lost In the River of Grass by Ginny Rorby
Girl v. Boy by Yvonne Collins

9. (In The Process of Choosing)
Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeber

10. Kiss Me Deadly by Trisha Telep and other authors.

It has taken me all of last night and almost five hours today to get this list down to where it is now. So there are papers everywhere of all kinds of books that I would really like to read. Hopefully I will have the official list down by the end of the day and start reading:)
Thanks for the challenge!

[Lori]

I am having some difficulties. My kobo broke :( And most of the books I planned on reading were on it. I will do my best to read them off the calibre program but I can't read as much at a time because of the back lighting. I WILL continue though.

And just a word about about kobo, They have AWESOME customer service!! my husband called them the day my screen went wonky and they automatically said they would send a prepaid box to us and we just have to stick the kobo in it and send it back. They said it would be 5-7 days for the box to arrive and I had it 2. Unfortunately I wasn't home so I now have to go pick it up at the office. If anything I am even happier with my kobo now. (or at least will be when I get it back)

[[deleted user]]

Summer Reading List (Final Copy)

1. Dark Water by Laura McNeal

2. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma

3. Two-Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt

4. The Body Finderby Kimberely Derting

5. You Against Me by Jenny Downham

6. Lucas by Kevin Brooks

7. Selling Hope by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

8. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

9. Deadly Little Secret by Laurie Faria Stolarz

10. Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love by Trisha Telep and other authors

[Caroline (Words & Whispers)]

Here's my list! This is my first challenge, and I've already got a couple books done so far. All of them are either already checked out from the library or I own them, so I won't have to worry about getting them in time.

1) Ship Breaker

2) Possession

3) Sixteenth Summer

4) Please Ignore Vera Dietz

5) Beauty Queens

6) Forbidden

7) Between Shades of Gray

8) Rot & Ruin

9) ArchEnemy

10) Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd

[Tatiana]

1) (National book award)

2) (August release)

3) (summer beach scene cover)

4) (friend's 5-star)

5) (2012 ALA Best list)

6) (UK)

7) (fantasy with historical flavor)

8) (racial minority character)

9) (longest on TBR)

10) (short stories)

[Erika]

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[Lisa]

My Plan:
1. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
2. War and Watermelon by Rich Wallace
3. Stay by Deb Caletti
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
6. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
7. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
9. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
10. 21 Proms by various authors

[Amy]

1. Shipbreaker, Dark Water, or One Crazy Summer
2. Forever (7/11) 4
3. The Summer I Turned Pretty
4. Hex Hall (7/11/11) 4.5
5. Divergent (7/21/11) 5+ (loved this book, my fav of the summer!!!)
6. Incarceron
7. Nobody's Princess (6/24/11) 2
8. Perfect Chemistry
9. Matched (8/11) 3.75
10. Prom Nights from Hell

[Kritika]

I just can't get a hold of any books on the 2012 ALA list. I almost yelled with happiness when I saw Divergent sitting on a library shelf...but I couldn't check it out because it had been requested in the time between me seeing it and checking it out. SO FRUSTRATING

[Christie]

Time to update what I have read...

1.National Book Award: Ship Breaker 7/6/11
2.New Release: Forever
3.Summer Book: Dairy Queen
4.Leah's 5 Star Book: Matched 6/15/11
5.ALA's 2012: Okay for Now 6/30/11
6.Non-American Author: Book Thief 6/10/11 Amazing book I am so glad this challenge had moved this book up my list. It was amazing...did I say that already.
7.Historical Fiction: Chains 7/11/11
8.Racial/Ethnic Minority: Perfect Chemistry
9.To-read for the longest: Secret Circle
10.Collection of Stories: Geektastic

[Kae]

1) The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by jeanne birdsall

2) The Rogue by Trudi Canavan

3) life's a beach by claire cook

4) a 5-star book

5) bumped by megan mccafferty

6) the curious incident of the dog in the night time by mark haddon, his dark materials, eoin colfer, entangled by cat clarke

7) wolfbreed by sa swann

8) the summoning by kelley armstrong

9) one of the 10 books that have been on your to-read list the longest

10) bite

[Julia]

7/10 read

NBA YPL 1) Lockdown 6/21/11 4 1/2 stars
I recommend this for any here who are still looking for a book with racial/ ethnic minority teen as main character.
new release 2) Kitty's Big Trouble 7/8/11 3 1/2 stars
Set in summer 3) Twenty Boy Summer* OR Spellcast*
A friend's 5 star book 4) Who Fears Death 6/15/11 5 stars
YALSA 5) Huntress 6/20/11 3 1/2 stars
A British writer 6) Annexed 7/12/11 3 starsI didn't finish it, I read just less than a third of it, but I read enough to know I wasn't in the mood for it and that I should pick it up again, because it is an interetsting novel.
Non- urban Fantasy 7)The Native Star*
A book with a racial/ethnic minority teen as a main character 8) Imaro*- 6/24/11 2 stars I didn't love this epic fantasy set in an alternative Africa as much as I was hoping to... But I have #3 in the series, if I can get #2 I'll read it.
From my TBR shelf 9)The Golden Compass*
Anthology 10) Welcome to Bordertown* 6/9/11 5 stars

* Means I own it now.

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[Kerri]

Better late than never:

Dark Water - Pearl McNeal
Everlasting - Alyson Noel
Gifts from the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
* I have no friends =( any suggestions?
The Iron Thorn - Caitlin Kittredge
Finding Sky - Joss Stirling
The Red Queen - Phillipa Gregory
Copper Sun - Sharon M Draper
Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
Corsets & Clockwork:13 Steampunk Romances - Trisha Telep

[Tatiana]

Kerri wrote: "Better late than never:

Dark Water - Pearl McNeal
Everlasting - Alyson Noel
Gifts from the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
* I have no friends =( any suggestions?
The Iron Thorn - Caitlin Kittredge..."

Kerri, I want to recommend to you.

[Deborah]

Kerri, I'll through in Wildwood Dancing and A Single Shard as a couple of my 5*. I also have Saving Francesca on my list To Read.

[Julia]

Kerri,

Here are some of my 5 star books this year:
Welcome to Bordertown ,
Who Fears Death ,To Kill a Mockingbird , Mockingbird , Revolution .

[Jennifer]

Finished this list off last night....8 left of the A-Z challenge!!

[Tatiana]

Jennifer wrote: "Finished this list off last night....8 left of the A-Z challenge!!"

Congrats, Jennifer! I still have 2 more to go...

[Dawn]

Delirium is an awesome book.Loved, loved, loved it!!!!


Kim wrote: "7/10 completed as of 7/9/11

This will be my first challenge. I'm so excited. Here are my choices:
1. Dark Water by Laura McNeal (because it's based in my dad's hometown) 6/28 -..."

[The Romance Bookie]

Oooh this is a great challenge!

1. Still need to try to cover that one :)
2. Currently reading "Overbite" by Meg Cabot, which came out July 5th, 2011 Overbite
3. Read Huge by Sasha Palley
4. Read Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles(Kody Keplinger author of "The DUFF" rated it 5 and me too!)
5. Read What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
6. Read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling, to my little brother :)
7. Read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and (I don't know if it would count, but it takes place during the depression) Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
8. Read "How to Ruin a Summer Vacation" "How to Ruin My Teenage Life", and "How to Ruin your Boyfriends Reputation" by Simone Elkeles (Amy's boyfriend is Israeli, he isn't the main character, but definitely the secondary!) Ruined
9. Read City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (That book was sitting on my shelf at home for over a year! And am I glad I finally read it! It was great!)
10. It's not a collection, but I ordered a Short Story by Sarah Dessen on Sunday :). The only stories I ever read were the Chicken Soup books and the ones I had to read in school :).

[Kim]

Hi Dawn! I'm reading Delirium right now actually. I'm 174 pages in and I'm liking it so far.

Dawn wrote: "Delirium is an awesome book.Loved, loved, loved it!!!!


Kim wrote: "7/10 completed as of 7/9/11

This will be my first challenge. I'm so excited. Here are my choices:
1. [book:Dark Water|7507907..."

[Dawn]

Got this list done. One more list to go;)

[Kim]

1 more book until I'm done. Too bad it doesn't even come out until next week.

[Gwenyth]

I also have one more book to go...but I have been putting it off... decided to catch up on some reviews and reading for my blog first...

[Tatiana]

One more left for me as well...

[Julia]

8/10 read

NBA YPL 1) Lockdown 6/21/11 4 1/2 stars
I recommend this for any here who are still looking for a book with racial/ ethnic minority teen as main character.
new release 2) Kitty's Big Trouble 7/8/11 3 1/2 stars
Set in summer 3)Spellcast* 7/22/11 5 stars Exactly what I needed to read!
A friend's 5 star book 4) Who Fears Death 6/15/11 5 stars
YALSA 5) Huntress 6/20/11 3 1/2 stars
A British writer 6) Annexed 7/12/11 3 stars I didn't finish it, I read just less than a third of it, but I read enough to know I wasn't in the mood for it and that I should pick it up again, because it is an interetsting novel.
Non- urban Fantasy 7)The Native Star*
A book with a racial/ethnic minority teen as a main character 8)Imaro*- 6/24/11 2 stars I didn't love this epic fantasy set in an alternative Africa as much as I was hoping to... But I have #3 in the series, if I can get #2 I'll read it.
From my TBR shelf 9)The Golden Compass*
Anthology 10)Welcome to Bordertown* 6/9/11 5 stars; Reread several of the stories aloud to my husband & sister on a driving vacation this week. They are as good a second time around.

* Means I own it now.

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[Deborah]

I just got my last three from the library today!
Matched
Shadow Spinner
Zombies vs. Unicorns

[Lori]

OK I crashed and burned in this challenge this round. I have read but nothing that seemed to fit in the categories this time. I will start anew with the next quarterly challenge if it is continues.

[Christie]

One month to go....

1.National Book Award: Ship Breaker 7/6/11
2.New Release: Forever (just started)
3.Summer Book: Dairy Queen
4.Leah's 5 Star Book: Matched 6/15/11
5.ALA's 2012: Okay for Now 6/30/11
6.Non-American Author: Book Thief 6/10/11 Amazing book I am so glad this challenge had moved this book up my list. It was amazing...did I say that already.
7.Historical Fiction: Chains 7/11/11
8.Racial/Ethnic Minority: Perfect Chemistry 6/24/11
9.To-read for the longest: Secret Circle
10.Collection of Stories: Geektastic 8/1/11

[Catherine]

Just crossed off another book and realized...I just may finish in time! 2 & 1/2 books to go. But, school starts up and life and everything, so you never know :). Here's to fast reading!!