Georgia Nicolson Reading Challenge!

This awesome challenge was put together by Greenbeanteenqueen! Yay! When I joined my first few challenges in 2009 I thought my just joining a few I could seriously finish them all and it's really not looking like that. So instead with these new challenges I'm joining I'm just going to use these as a goal and try not to be so hard on myself. We'll see how it goes!

Here are the rules:

1. Between now and June 18, 2010 read all ten of the Georgia Nicolson books. They can be any format. (I'm going to cheat and start at the second book because I read the first last summer... though I might need a bit of a refresher.)

2. There's a Mr. Linky at the bottom of the post-sign up here. Greenbeanteenqueen will post another Mr. Linky to post reviews of the books in another post.

3. Post reviews on all the Georgia books you read and share the Ace Gang fun!

4. If you don't have a blog, no worries-join however you want! Post reviews on GoodReads, Amazon, LibraryThing, or Shelfari (or wherever!) or just talk to your friends about the books you read or just leave comments on the challenge posts telling us what you thought.

5. Anyone can join at anytime! So join in and have fun and laugh out loud with Greenbeanteenqueen's favorite British teen!

Who's with me, join up!

I thought it would help me if I made a list of the books to see what I need to do to prep for the challenge. Here are all the books:

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (need to buy)
Dancing In My Nuddy Pants
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (need to buy)
Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers
Startled by His Furry Shorts
Love is a Many Trousered Thing
Stop in the Name of Pants (need to buy)
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? (released Oct 6 2009)

Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge!!

OMG OMG OMG yay yay yay! My "big sis" made my dream come true of a Sookie Stackhouse reading challenge! I've recently become obsessed with the show, True Blood and decided I wanted to read the books as well!

Here's the info!

The challenge will go from July 1 of 2009 to June 30th of 2010 and we have this time to catch up on the series. So it's great for newbies like me and for people that have already read part of the series! I might even get daring and try one of them in an audio book we will see what happens!

If you do decide to join make sure to go here and sign-up with your own challenge post in the mr. linky. It looks like after July 4th there will also be a new mr. linky for review posts!

Here are the titles in the series so far:

Dead Until Dark
Living Dead in Dallas
Club Dead
Dead to the World
Dead as a Doornail
Definitely Dead
All Together Dead
From Dead to Worse
Dead and Gone

I'm super excited about a short stories anthology that's coming out in the fall called A Touch of Dead!

Anyhow please join us... i'm off to probably buy this to help me with the challenge! :P

Fall Into Reading 2008 Challenge Wrap Up

So my first ever reading challenge has come to an end today! And I think I finished it, tell me if you agree? I read 12 of the 13 books on my list with the 13th being a book I started and ended up giving up on. I would have finished it if I didn't decide to abandon it. I didn't change any of the books on my list which I'm pretty proud of!

Here's my list:

1. Matrimony

2. Loose Girl

3. The Wordy Shipmates gave up on after 80 pgs this rarely happens!

4. My Husband's Sweethearts

5. Swimming with Strangers

6. Off The Menu

7. Perfect On Paper

8. When We Were Romans

9. Meet Delaney

10. The Grift

11. We Bought A Zoo

12. Oh, The Humanity!

13. Miles From Nowhere

Did you finish reading all the books on your fall reading list? If not, why not?
As I said above, finished 12/13 with the 13th being one I decided I didn't want to finish. So to me yes I did! I also read about 11 other books that weren't on the list.

Did you stick to your original goals or did you change your list as you went along?

I did stick to my original list which I'm proud of! I really wanted to finish these books by today and I did!

What was your favorite book that you read this fall? Least favorite? Why?
My favorite book I read this fall off of my list was Perfect On Paper with Off the Menu coming in a close second! Least favorite would have to be the book I didn't finish, The Wordy Shipmates. After 80 or so pages I realized I couldn't remember anything I had read and that wasn't a good sign!

Did you learn something new because of the Fall Into Reading challenge?—something about reading, or yourself, or a topic you read about?
One thing I learned was maybe I need to take a break from short stories. It seems to me that often times the short stories don't have concrete endings and it started to get to me with Swimming With Strangers.

What was your favorite thing about the Fall Into Reading challenge?

My favorite thing was making a reading list and seeing myself complete it! I loved crossing books off as I read them, I'm looking forward to doing that with my 3 challenges for 2009!

Thanks to Katrina of Callapidder Days for hosting this challenge!

What was the last challenge you completed or one you are joining in 2009?

Graphic Novels Challenge 2009

So I was super excited to find out that Laza had started a graphic novel challenge! She has even created levels of participation you can choose from. So I looked over all the graphic novels I have to read and wanted to read and decided to go for the highest level, Doctorate, which is to read 24 graphic novels! I'm taking the term graphic novel a bit loosely to include some anthologies, smaller comic books and an illustrated zine anthology. Anyhow I'm very excited. Check out the challenge's blog here to join!

1. 32 Stories by Adrian Tomine

2. At A Crossroads: Between A Rock and My Parents Place by Kate T. Williamson

3. Best American Comics 2008 edited by Lynda Barry

4. Delayed Replays by Liz Prince

5. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man by John Porcellino

6. Breaking Up by Aimee Friedman

7. French Milk by Lucy Knisley

8. Funeral of the Heart by Leah Hayes

9. Girl Stories by Lauren Weinstein

10. Invincible Summer Volume 2 by Nicole J Georges

11. Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci

12. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware

13. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes

14. Little Things: A Memoir in Slices by Jeffrey Brown

15. Mome Vol. 10 Winter/Spring 2008 edited by Gary Groth

16. The New York Four by Brian Wood

17. Nothing Better: No Place Like Home by Tyler Page

18. Ojingogo by Matt Forsythe

19. Pussey! by Daniel Clowes

20. A Year in Japan by Kate T. Williamson

21. Watchmen (need to check out from library)

22. Unlovable by Esther Pearl Watson

23. The Lagoon by Lilli Carre

24. Romeo and Juliet by Esther Pearl Watson

The 2009 ARC Reading Challenge

I didn't think I would join any challenges when I first joined the book blogging community but I keep finding ones that fit what I already am planning to read so how can I not join! It will be fun to spend this year reading along with others in this challenge and hearing what they are reading and enjoying! The 2009 ARC Reading Challenge is being hosted by Teddy Rose of So Many Precious Books, So Little Time. Are you interested in joining too? Go to this link to check out the details and join!

So it looks like I'm supposed to list all the ARCs and/or review books I currently have and add to the list as I get more. And since I have more than 12 my goal is to read and review 12 of the books from the list by December 31st 2009!

Here's my list:

1. The Customer Is Always Wrong edited by Jeff Martin

2. When Wanders Cease To Roam by Vivian Swift

3. Going to See the Elephant by Rodes Fishburne

4. 3 Willows by Ann Brashares

5. Houston, We Have A Problema by Gwendolyn Zepeda

6. Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren Henderson

7. Kisses and Lies by Lauren Hendeson

8. Going Down South by Bonnie J. Glover

9. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti

10. Your Roots Are Showing by Elise Chidley

11. GoldenGirl by Micol Ostow

12. Something Like Beautiful by Asha Bandele

13. The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez

14. The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickson

15. North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

16. I'm Sorry You Feel That Way by Diana Joseph

17. Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott

18. The Misadventures of Oliver Booth by David Desmond

19. Persistence of Memory of Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

20. Superpowers by David J. Schwartz

21. Parties and Potions by Sarah Mlynowski

22. Cathy's Ring by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman

23. The Plague by Joanne Dahme

24. Rainy Day Rescue by Inda Schaenen

25. The Quarter Horse Foal by Inda Schaenen

26. Willow by Julia Hoban

27. Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

28. Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag

29. If I Stay by Gayle Forman

30. The Octopus Effect by Michael Reisman

31. Taken By Storm by Angela Morrison

32. Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

33. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

34. Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

35. Boy Minus Girl by Richard Uhlig

36. Shelter Me by Alex McAulay

37. Got You Back by Jane Fallon

38. At A Loss For Words by Diane Schoemperlen

39. Inside Out Girl by Tish Cohen

40. Getting the Girl by Susan Juby

41. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston

42. The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks

43. Hollywood Royalty: The A-List by Zoey Dean

44. No More Us For You by David Hernandez

45. The Abc's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro

46. The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan

47. No Such Thing As The Real World by Various

48. Super In the City by Daphne Uviller

49. I Can Make You Thin by Paul McKenna

50. In Too Deep by Jennifer Banash

51. The Kiss Murder by Mehmet Murat Somer
52. Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
53. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
54. Chasing Boys by Karen Tayleur
55. The Season by Sarah MacLean
56. The Makedown by Gitty Daneshvari
57. Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood
58. 20 Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
59. Geektastic by Various
60. Sleepaway Girls by Jen Calonita
61. Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
62. Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti
63. Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley
64. You Are So Undead to Me by Stacey Jay
65. Hottie by Jonathan Bernstein
66.Heartbreak River by Tricia Mills
67. Peace, Love and Baby Ducks by Lauren Myracle
68. Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
69. Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald
70. The Fearless Fish Out of Water by Robin Fisher Roffer
71. Confessions of a Former Child by Daniel J. Tomasulo
72. Prelude by William Coles
73. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx
74. The Rose Variations by Marisha Chamberlain
75. Everything Is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis
76. The Local News by Miriam Gershow
77. Retail Anarchy by Sam Pocker
78. Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli
79. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
80. B as in Beauty by Alberto Ferreras
81. Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
82. Highway to Hell by Rosemary Clement- Moore
83. Brutal by Michael Harmon
84. Surface Tension by Brent Runyon
85. Fate by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
86. Genesis by Bernard Beckett
86. TMI by Sarah Quigley
87. Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
88. My Big Nose and other Natural Disasterse by Sydney Salter
89. The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival by Dene Low
90. Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
91. Tempo Change by Barbara Hall
92. It's Not You, It's Me by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann
93. A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell
94. Same Difference by Siobhan Vivian
95. Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson
96. Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
97. Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
98. Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
99. Being Nikki by Meg Cabot
100. The Diamonds by Ted Michael
101. Deep in the Heart of High School by Veronica Goldbach
102. Five Minutes More by Darlene Ryan
103. Say the Word by Jeannine Garsee
104. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
105. Project Sweet Life by Brent Hartinger
106. Prophecy of the Sisters of Michelle Zink
107. Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
108. Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
109. Precious by Sandra Novack
110. The Beef Princess of Practical County by Michelle Houts
111. Sebastian Darke: Prince of Pirates by Philip Caveney
112. Misery Loves Cabernet by Kim Gruenenfelder
113. Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart
114. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
115. Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
116. 30 Days to Finding and Keeping Sassy Sidekicks and Bffs by Clea Hantman
117. One Lonely Degree by C.K. Kelly Martin
118. If The Witness Lied by Caroline B. Cooney
119. Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel
120. Cathy's Key by Jordan Weisman and Sean Stewart
121. Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
122. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
123. The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama
124. Alyzon Whitestarr Isobelle Carmody
125. Castration Celebration by Jake Wizner
126.The Sweet Life of Stella Madison by Lara M. Zeises
127. Dull Boy by Sarah Cross
128. After Amy Efaw
129. Hold Still Nina Lacour
130. Wanderlust by Lucy Silag
131. Fire by Kristin Cashore
132. Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer
133. I am a Genius of Unseapkable Evil and I want to be your Class President by Josh Lieb
134. Donut Days by Lara Zielin
135. Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
136. Exclusively Chloe by J.A. Yang
137. Lovestruck Summer by Melissa Walker
138. Beach Trip by Cathy Holton
139. An Off Year by Claire Zulkey
140. Leftovers by Heather Waldorf
141. How to Buy A Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson
142. Slept Away by Julie Kraut
143. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
144. And Then Everything Unraveled by Jennifer Sturman
145. The Comeback by Marlene Perez
146. The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading by Charity Tahmaseb and Darcy Vance
147. Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass Book One by Erica Kirov
148. Breathing by Cheryl Renee Herbsman
149. The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
150. Guinevere's Gamble by Nancy McKenzie
151. Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
152. The Sorceress by Michael Scott
153. Ash by Malinda Lo
154. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
155. Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri
156. Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles
157. Love, Lies, and Texas Dip by Susan McBride
Red Carpet Riot by David Van Etten

2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

So I am doing pretty well with my first ever reading challenge, the Fall Into Reading challenge. I have read 10/13 books so far. One of the remaining 3 I don't think I'm going to finish inside of the time period, maybe someday, I'm just not feeling it.

Anyhow, J. Kaye is hosting a young adult challenge for 2009. And if you know me, you know I've been picking up young adult books like crazy lately, so I've decided this is the challenge for me!

Guidelines for 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge

1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate. (Click here to join!)

2. Read 12 Young Adult novels. You may list your chosen books any time during the year. Change the list if needed.

3. Challenge begins January thru December, 2009.

4. You can join anytime between now and December 31, 2009.

Here is my list:

1. GoldenGirl by Micol Ostow

2. North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

3. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

4. Something, Maybe by Elizabeth Scott

5. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti

6. Looking For Alaska by John Green

7. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

8. Teach Me by R.A. Nelson

9. Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty

10. The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols

11. Cathy's Key by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman

12. Paper Towns by John Green (swapped out Rumors for this one)

It's my goal to read a lot more YA lit in 2009 than this but it's just a starting place!

Will you be joining this challenge? I know we had this discussion a few weeks ago about what YA I should read first, so scream at me and demand me to add some more must reads!

Fall Into Reading 2008 Challenge

I was inspired to join my first challenge, the Fall Into Reading 2008 Challenge thanks to S. Krishna! She mentioned it was her first challenge and how she had never joined any before because it's hard to read books on a whim when you're part of a challenge! I agree with her, this one seems very flexible. I couldn't help but start the mental list in my mind so I decided to join in too!

Here's my list:

1. Matrimony

2. Loose Girl

3. The Wordy Shipmates gave up on after 80 pgs this rarely happens!

4. My Husband's Sweethearts

5. Swimming with Strangers

6. Off The Menu

7. Perfect On Paper

8. When We Were Romans

9. Meet Delaney

10. The Grift

11. We Bought A Zoo

12. Oh, The Humanity!

13. Miles From Nowhere

I definitely hope to read more than these 13 books over the next 3 months but this is what I'm thinking I'll focus on first of all. I'm sure others will sneak their way in! 

Are you doing this challenge?