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Welcome to YA Book Club's 24th Reading Challenge!

Rules:

Duration: December 1, 2016 � February 28, 2017

We are a YA Book Club, so all books should be young adult (unless otherwise noted).

You have 3 months to read 10 YA books that satisfy following requirements:

1. Read a book that is a new release published in December of 2016, January or February of 2017. GoodReads offers lists of the most popular new releases by month, they might help you to make your choices � December , January, February (If you have difficulties obtaining these new books, you can read a release from the same months in the prior year).

2. Many book awards are announced in the winter (Printz, Newbery, Cybils, etc). Read a past or present award winner. You can also read a book from the GoodReads Choice Awards winner lists.

3. Read a book that takes place during winter or a winter holiday (Christmas, Valentines Day etc). Some examples here: /list/show/5..., /list/show/2..., /list/show/5...

4. Read a book whose title starts with a letter from the word WINTER

5. December 3 is Disability Day. Read a book with a character who has a disability. Some ideas here: /list/show/1..., /list/show/1..., /list/show/1...

6. December 8 is Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day. Read a science fiction book or if sci fi is not your thing read a book set in another time period. Some ideas here: /list/show/2..., /list/show/7..., /list/show/4...

7. January 12 is Poetry at Work Day. Read a book of poetry or if you don't like poetry read a short story collection or novella.

8. January 27 is National Geographic Day. Read a book with some beautiful nature on the cover or set in nature. Some ideas here: /list/show/1..., /list/show/1...

9. February is Library Lovers month. Read a book from the library or from a friends library!

10. February 27 is World Sword Swallower's Day. Read a high fantasy book or a book with some sort of weaponry used. Some ideas here: /list/show/7..., /list/show/8..., /list/show/2..., /list/show/7...

Everything should be done on this thread - your questions, your plans and your progress.

Track your challenge here: /challenges/...

Happy reading!

0/10


1. New Release:
2. Awards: A Court of Mist and Fury
3. Winter/Holidays: Ice Like Fire
4. WINTER:
5. Disability: Scarlet
6. SciFi/Historical:
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy:

11/15

*1. New Release: Caraval (READ)
*2. Awards: A Court of Mist and Fury(READ)
*3. Winter/Holidays: Ex-mas (READ)
*4. WINTER:
*W - What Light(READ)
*I - If I Die Young(READ)
N - Not If I See You First
*T - Tales of the Peculiar(READ)
E - Everland
R - Rebel of the Sands
*5. Disability: Everything, Everything(READ)
6. SciFi/Historical: Carve the Mark
*7. Poetry: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories (READ)
*8. Nature: The Lie Tree (READ)
*9. Library: Orbiting Jupiter (READ)
*10. High Fantasy: Heartless(READ)

8/10


1. New Release: Wintersong
2. Awards: I Am the Messenger
3. Winter: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4. WINTER: This Is Where It Ends
5. Disability: The Fault in Our Stars
6. SciFi: And All the Stars
7. Novella: The Assassin and the Pirate Lord
8. Nature: Golden
9. Library: More Happy Than Not
10. High Fantasy: Heartless

10/10

New Release: Silver Stars
Award Winner: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal (Hugo Award 2015)
Winter: What Light
WINTER: Every Heart a Doorway
Disability: Under Rose-Tainted Skies (OCD and agoraphobia)
Sci-Fi: The Wide, Wide Sea
Poetry: Whiskey Words & a Shovel II
Nature: The Raven King
Library: This Is Where It Ends
High Fantasy: Queen of Shadows

1/10


1. New Release:
2. Award Winner:
3. Winter/Holiday:
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical: Wolf by Wolf
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy:

1. New Release: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 4: I Kissed a Squirrel and I Liked It 2/9
2. Awards: Adulthood Is a Myth 12/31
3. Winter/Holidays: What Light 12/14
4. WINTER: Reconstructing Amelia 1/17
5. Disability: By Your Side 2/21
6. SciFi/Historical: Vengeance Road 2/10
7. Poetry/Short Story: UnStrung 12/29
8. Nature: At the Edge of the Universe 1/14
9. Library: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe 12/31
10. High Fantasy/Weapon: The Shadow Throne (swords) 12/18

Read:


To Read:

DONE !!

15/15 completed

�. New Release : Ever the Hunted
�. Awards : Divergent - GR Choice Awards 2011 (3.5 STARS)
�. Winter/Holidays : re-read First Kiss (3 STARS)
�. WINTER :
W : The Wrath & the Dawn (3.5 STARS)
I : Ignite (3 STARS)
N : Night School (4 STARS)
T : This is Not a Test (5 HUGE STARS)
E : Endgame (2.5 STARS)
R : Resistance (2.5 STARS)
�. Disability : Fangirl - father mentally ill (5 STARS)
�. SciFi/Historical : The 100 (DNF 75%)
�. Poetry/Novella/Short story : Please Remain Calm (5 STARS)
�. Nature : Sweet (2 STARS)
�. Library : Touch of Frost (3 STARS)
�. High Fantasy : An Ember in the Ashes (3 STARS)

Ever the Hunted

9/10

1. New Release: Carve the Mark
2. Awards: Rose Under Fire
3. Winter/Holidays: Hunted
4. WINTER: The Invasion of the Tearling
5. Disability: You're Welcome, Universe
6. SciFi/Historical: Silver Stars
7. Poetry:
8. Nature: Wayfarer
9. Library: A Mad, Wicked Folly
10. High Fantasy: The Fate of the Tearling

10/10

1. New Release: Traveler
2. Awards: Red Queen
3. Winter/Holidays: Frozen
4. WINTER: Winter
5. Disability: Side Effects May Vary
6. SciFi/Historical: Pretties
7. Short Story Collection: The Bane Chronicles
8. Nature: The Goddess Test
9. Library: Eldest
10. High Fantasy: The Beauty of Darkness

0/10

1. New Release:
2. Awards:
3. Winter/Holidays:I Am Number Four
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical:
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy:

Completed: 15/15

�. New Release: Ever the Hunted by Erin Summerill (2 Stars)
�. Awards: Four: A Divergent Story Collection by Veronica Roth (3 Stars)
�. Winter Holiday: A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray (2 Stars)
�. WINTER
W: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart (2 Stars)
I: The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle (1.5 Stars)
N: Never Never by Colleen Hoover (1.75 Stars)
T: Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby (2.5 Stars)
E: Ensnared by A.G. Howard (3 stars)
R: Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins (2.5 Stars)
�. Disability: A Step Toward Falling by Cammie McGovern (1 Star)
�. SciFi/Historical: Starflight by Melissa Landers (3.5 Stars)
�. Poetry: Crank by Ellen Hopkins (3 Stars)
�. Nature: Stray by Elissa Sussman (2.5 Stars)
�. Library: Aerie by Maria Dahvana Headley (2 Stars)
�. High Fantasy: Heartless by Marissa Meyer (4 Stars)

15/16

�(1) New Release: Wayfarer
�(2) Award Winning: Alive [Teens' Top Ten #1 2016]
�(3) Winter Holiday: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
(4) WINTER:
¼Ø„W: When
I: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
¼Ø„N: Nameless & â›�Need
¼Ø„T: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
¼Ø„E: Every Last Word
¼Ø„R: Raging Heat
�(5) Disability: Laughing at My Nightmare
�(6) Sci Fi: Rebel Mechanics
�(7) Poetry: Chasing Brooklyn
�(8) Nature: Fracture
�(9) Library Book: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
�(10) High Fantasy: The Wishsong of Shannara

Completed: 3/10

1. New Release:
2. Awards: Challenger Deep
3. Winter/Holidays: What Light 12/18
4. WINTER: There Will Be Lies 12/13
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical: Matched or Fever 1793
7. Poetry: Impulse
8. Nature:
9. Library: Until Friday Night 12/10
10. High Fantasy: Seraphina

All but one last time!

10/10

1. New Release: Caraval by Stephanie Garber - Finished 1/6/17
2. Awards: March: Book Three by John Lewis - Finished 2/20/17
3. Winter/Holidays: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie - 1/21/16
4. WINTER:
W The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage by Eric Greitens - Finished 12/9/16
I It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini - Finished 12/19/16
N Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom
T Tokyo Heist by Diana Renn - Finished 12/13/16
E The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles
R Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition by Katie Rain Hill - Finished 12/3/16
5. Disability: Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw - Finished 12/4/16
6. SciFi/Historical: The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman - Finished 12/9/16
7. Poetry: The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf - Finished 1/28/17
8. Nature: Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand - Finished 2/28/17
9. Library: There You'll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones - Finished 12/3/16
10. High Fantasy: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta - Finished 12/18/16

Finished! 26/1
15/15

� 1. New Release: Long Way Home 23/1 (4 stars)
� 2. Awards: The Girl of Fire and Thorns (Didn't win, but it was nominated) 28/12 (4 stars)
� 3. Winter/Holidays: The Bitter Kingdom 29/12 (5 stars)
� 4. W: Wicked Sense 17/1 (3 stars)
� I: Inception 1/1 (4 stars)
� N: Never Forgotten 16/1 (4 stars)
� T: Tangled Tides 26/1 (4 stars)
� E: Elfin 18/1 (2 stars)
� R: Reap 16/12 (4 stars)
� 5. Disability: The Crown of Embers 29/12 (5 stars)
� 6. SciFi/Historical: Cipher 16/1 (5 stars)
� 7. Novella: The Shadow of Fate 19/12 (3 stars)
� 8. Nature: Boundless 9/12 (5 stars)
� 9. Library: Unearthly 7/12 (4 stars)
� 10. High Fantasy: Crystal Storm 28/12 (4 stars)

Finished:

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1. New Release-
2. Award Winner-
3. Winter/ Holidays-
4. WINTER-
5. Disability-
6. SciFi/Historical-
7. Poetry-
8. Nature-
9. Library- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
10. High Fantasy

Is The Wrath and the Dawn a high fantasy book?

0/10

1. New Release:
2. Awards:
3. Winter/Holidays:
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical:
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy:

1. New Release: Starfall
2. Awards: Uprooted
3. Winter/Holidays:
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical: Railhead
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy:

4/10

1. New Release:
2. Awards: Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury Read
3. Winter/Holidays:
4. WINTER:
5. Disability: Marchlands by Karla Kuban (amputation & mental illness) Read
6. SciFi/Historical: Z for Zachariah Read
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy: Shadow and Bone Read

10/10
DONE!

1.New Release: Crystal Storm
2. Award Winner: The Book Thief
3. Winter/Holiday: Frozen Tides
4. WINTER: The Time Paradox
5. Disability: We Were Liars
6. SciFi/Historical: The Diabolic
7. Poetry: The Dogs I Have Kissed
8. Nature: Gathering Darkness
9. Library: The Sun is Also a Star
10. High Fantasy: Crooked Kingdom

0/...

1.

10/10

1. New Release: Caraval (feb, 4)
2. Awards: Rebel of the Sands (jan, 19)
3. Winter/Holidays: Shadow and Bone (feb, 24)
4. WINTER: A Torch Against the Night (dec, 30)
5. Disability: Out of My Mind (feb, 13)
6. SciFi/Historical: UnSouled (feb, 2)
7. Poetry: Glitches (dec, 3)
8. Nature: Arabesque (dec, 6)
9. Library: Blue Lily, Lily Blue (jan, 25)
10. High Fantasy: Alanna: The First Adventure(jan, 2)

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5/10

1. New Release: Love Is Love 2/6 �
2. Awards: Saga, Volume 4 1/11 �
3. Winter/Holidays: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
4. WINTER: This Is Where It Ends
5. Disability: The Rest of Us Just Live Here
6. SciFi/Historical: Ruby Red
7. Poetry: The Queen 12/11 �
8. Nature: Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max 1/14 �
9. Library: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why 12/6 �
10. High Fantasy: Three Dark Crowns

3/10

1) New release:
2) Award:
3) Winter: The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4) WINTER: Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel
5) Disability:
6) Sci-fi:
7) Poetry/ short story:
8) Nature:
9) Library: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
10) High fantasy:

3/15

1. New Release: Wintersong
2. Award Winner: Salt to the Sea
3. Winter/Holiday: Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
4. Winter -
W: Wentworth Hall
I:
N: Need
T: Threats of Sky and Sea
E: Everything, Everything
R: Rot & Ruin
5. Disability: Cinder
6. SciFi/Historical: Crosstalk
7. Poetry/Short Story: Corsets & Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances
8. Nature:
9. Library: Scarlet
10. High Fantasy: Island of Dragons

3/10

1. New Release: Carve the Mark
2. Awards: A Monster Calls
3. Winter/Holidays: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
4. WINTER:Three Dark Crowns
5. Disability: Cinder
6. SciFi: Illuminae
7. Novella: The Assassin's Blade
8. Nature: Fallen OR Unearthly
9. Library:The Lost Hero
10. High Fantasy: A Court of Thorns and Roses

0/10

1. New Release:
2. Awards:
3. Winter/Holidays:
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical:
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library:
10. High Fantasy:

1. New release
2. Awards
3. Holidays
4. WINTER: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
5. Disability: Say What You Will
6. SciFi/historical
7. Poetry
8. Nature
9. Library
10. Fantasy: The Crimson Crown

0/10


1. New Release:
2. Awards: Eleanor & Park
3. Winter/Holidays:
4. WINTER: Winter
5. Disability: The Fault in Our Stars
6. SciFi/Historical: Cress
7. Poetry:
8. Nature: Cruel Beauty
9. Library: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
10. High Fantasy: Heartless

8/10

1. New Release:
2. Awards: Spirit Bound (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards 2010)
3. Winter/Holidays: Crown of Midnight
4. WINTER: T- Twisted
5. Disability: All the Truth That's in Me
6. SciFi/Historical:
7. Novella: The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories
8. Nature:The Amaranth Enchantment
9. Library: Lord of the Flies
10. High Fantasy: The Bitter Kingdom

Lady Marguerite wrote: "Oh yeah, it's my first challenge ! Questions, can the award book be from any country ? And does the poetry need to be YA too ? I didn't even know that existed. Thanks !

1/10 completed

1. New Rele..."

Yupp the award can be from any country and no the poetry can be anything. There are some YA books written in verse but that's not a requirement.

Carolyn wrote: "Is The Wrath and the Dawn a high fantasy book?"

It's not 100% high fantasy but my brain thinks it works for Sword Swallower's Day and it's a great book so go for it!

7/10

1. New Release: The Edge of Everything
2. Awards: A Monster Calls
3. Winter/Holidays: The Book of Dead Days
4. WINTER:
5. Disability: The Call
6. SciFi/Historical:
7. Poetry: A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other Badass Girls
8. Nature: Long Lankin
9. Library: Hellhole
10. High Fantasy:

1. New Release: Kim Savage - After the Woods
2. Awards: Matthew Jobin - The Nethergrim
3. Winter/Holidays: Maggie Stiefvater - Shiver
4. WINTER:
W - Lauren DeStefano - Wither
I - Susan Vaught - Insanity
N -Lili St. Crow - Nameless
� - Christina Lauren - The House
E - Madeleine Roux - Escape from Asylum
R - Brenna Yovanoff - The Replacement
5. Disability: Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief
6. SciFi/Historical: Sherri L. Smith - Orleans
7. Poetry: Ellen Hopkins - Identical
8. Nature: Cynthia Hand - Unearthly
9. Library: Courtney Alameda - Shutter
10. High Fantasy: Leigh Bardugo - Shadow and Bone

7/10 +3


1. New Release: At the Edge of the Universe
�2. Awards: March: Book Three (2016 NBA for YPL, Printz Medal, Coretta Scott King Medal) Completed 12/31/16
3. Winter/Holidays: What Light
�4. WINTER: Edward's Eyes Completed 2/24/17
�5. Disability: Wonder Completed 2/12/17
�6. SciFi/Historical: March: Book One Completed 12/14/16
�7. Poetry: Brown Girl Dreaming Completed 1/29/17
�8. Nature: Navigating Early Completed 1/17/17
�9. Library: The Wishing Spell Completed 01/02/17
10. High Fantasy: The Hobbit

Extras:
� March: Book Two
� How I Got Lost in London
� Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation

0/10


1. New Release:
2. Award Winner:
3. Winter/Holidays:
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. Time Travel:
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library Book:
10. High Fantasy:

Read 3/10

1. New Release: Wires and Nerve, Volume 1
2. Award Winner: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Winter/Holidays: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
4. WINTER: What Light
5. Disability: Unwind
6. Time Travel: Son
7. Poetry: Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
8. Nature: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
9. Library Book: The Night Circus
10. High Fantasy: The Final Empire

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1/10
1. New Release-
2. Award Winner-
3. Winter/ Holidays-
4. WINTER-
5. Disability-
6. SciFi/Historical-
7. Poetry-
8. Nature-
9. Library- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
10. High Fantasy

Lady Marguerite wrote: "Oh yeah, it's my first challenge ! Questions, can the award book be from any country ? And does the poetry need to be YA too ? I didn't even know that existed. Thanks !

5/15 completed

1. New Rele..."

I listened to the audiobook of The 100, it was terrible... Not even nearly as good as the show, and thank God for that!

Kent wrote: "Lady Marguerite wrote: "Oh yeah, it's my first challenge ! Questions, can the award book be from any country ? And does the poetry need to be YA too ? I didn't even know that existed. Thanks !

5/1..."
Ahah thanks I feel less alone. That's what i said in my review : WHERE IS THE AWESOMENESS OF CLARKE ?

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2/10
1. New Release-
2. Award Winner-
3. Winter/ Holidays-
4. WINTER- A World Without You(reading)
5. Disability-
6. SciFi/Historical-Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
7. Poetry-
8. Nature-
9. Library- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
10. High Fantasy

1. New Release: Wintersong
2. Award Winner: Alice
3. Winter/Holidays: The Winter People
4. W: Whiteout
5. I: Inherit the Stars
6. N: Nyctophobia
7. T: These Broken Stars
8. E: Enclave
9. R: Red Queen
10. Disability: Shatter Me
11. SciFi/Historical: The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora
12. Poetry: ??
13. Nature: Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive
14. Library: The Weirdness
15. High Fantasy: Beguilement

1. New Release- Carry On (READ)
2. Award Winner-
3. Winter/ Holidays-
4. WINTER- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (READ)
5. Disability-
6. SciFi/Historical- Code Name Verity
7. Poetry- Chasers of the Light
8. Nature- The Darkest Part of the Forest
9. Library- Beast (READ)
10. High Fantasy-

1. New Release: Ever the Hunted (07/01/2017)
2. Award Winner: Looking For Alaska (Currently Reading)
3. Winter/ Holidays: Let it Snow
4. WINTER: We Were Liars
5. Disability: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
6. SciFi/Historical: Cinder
7. Short Story/ Novella/ Potery: Four- A Divergent Collection (21/12/16)
8. Nature: Unearthly
9. Library: Girl Online
10. High Fantasy: Eragon

Challenge #24

Don't think I'll finish this challenge just because I got sucked into the Uglies series and can't read anything else lol.

6/10

1. New Release- Lost Girl
2. Award Winner (Best Fantasy)- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 (READ)
3. Winter/ Holidays- Shadow and Bone
4. WINTER- The Willing (READ)
5. Disability- Me Before You (READ)
6. Historical- Hollow City (Currently Reading)
7. Short Story- Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene (READ)
8. Nature- Uglies (READ)
9. Library- Six of Crows (READ)
10. High Fantasy- The Queen's Poisoner

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3/10
1. New Release-
2. Award Winner-
3. Winter/ Holidays-
4. WINTER- A World Without You
5. Disability-
6. SciFi/Historical-Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
7. Poetry-
8. Nature-
9. Library- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
10. High Fantasy-The Crown's Game(reading)

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2/10

1. New Release-
2. Award Winner- A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
3. Winter/ Holidays- Let it Snow by John Green
4. WINTER - Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley
5. Disability- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (READ)
6. SciFi/ Historical- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
7. Poetry-
8. Nature- Fallen by Lauren Kate (READ)
9. Library- This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp
10. High Fantasy- Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (READING)

1. New Release:
2. Awards: The Rest of Us Just Live Here [3 STARS]
Fangirl [5 STARS]
3. Winter/Holidays: The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily [4 STARS]
4. WINTER:
5. Disability:
6. SciFi/Historical: And I Darken [READING]
7. Poetry:
8. Nature:
9. Library: library's in my country suck
10. High Fantasy: