2015 Book Challenges

The Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge 2015, hosted by The Geeky Zoo Girl.

RULES:
This challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st 2015.  Create a blog post committing to your participation. You will be reading books of this list which is a compilation of books suggested by book bloggers in the community. Choose one of the levels and start reading!

Level:
Bronze - 3 books
Silver - 5 books
Gold - 10 books
Platinum - 25 books
Diamond - 50 books +

My Level: Silver
1. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
2. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
3. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
4. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
5. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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The Eclectic Reader Challenge 2015 , hosted by Book'd Out.

RULES:
This challenge will run from January 1st to December 31st 2015.  Create a blog post committing to your participation.  You can choose your books as you go or create a list in advanced.  You have to read a book from each of the genres listed below.  You can read your chosen titles in any order, at any pace, just complete the challenge by December 31st 2015.  Each time you read and review a book as part of this challenge, make sure you identify it by adding either a direct statement or the challenge image badge to the post.

The Genres:

1. Retellings: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
2. A book set in a country starting with the letter S:
3. PI Crime:
4. A novel published before you were born: Matilda by Roald Dahl
5. Contemporary romance: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
6. Fiction for foodies: Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
7. Microhistory:
8. Science Fiction set in space: The 100 by Kass Morgan
9. Sports:
10. Featuring diversity: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
11. Epistolary Fiction: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
12. Middle Grade/YA Adventure: Savvy by Ingrid Law

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The Newbery Reading Challenge 2015; hosted by Smiling Shelves.

RULES: This challenge runs from January 1st - December 31st, 2015.  Make a post stating your intention to join the challenge.  Books begun before January 1st do not count.  Rereads, audiobooks and ebooks are acceptable.  Choose a point level.  Reviews are encouraged, but not necessary. There will be a page to link up any reviews.

Each book you read is worth points.  You get:

• 3 points for a Newbery Medal Winner
• 2 points for a Newbery Honor Book
• 1 point for a Caldecott Medal Winner

In addition to that, you pick a level to aim for:

• L'Engle: 15-29 points
• Spinelli: 30-44 points
• Avi: 45-59 points
• Lowry: 60-74 points
• Konigsburg: 75+ points

My level choice is: L'Engle - 15-29 points

1. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - 3 points
2. Savvy by Ingrid Law - 2 points
3. Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo - 3 points
4. Doll Bones by Holly Black - 2 points

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Full House Reading Challenge 2015; hosted by Book Date. 

RULES: This challenge runs from January 1st to December 31st, 2015.  Create a post committing to your participation.  Read and review books based on topics on the card below.  There will be a link every quarter for you to add your reviews as you go along.  The goal is to complete the full house card, with one free exchange if there is something on a square that you really dislike.

Published in 2014: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins 

You heard about the book online: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Author new to you: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
Library Book: My Faire Lady by Laura Wettersten
Published pre 2000: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Published 2000-2013: How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer
Novella: Fairest by Marissa Meyer
Author outside you own country: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
You love the cover: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
First in a series: Becoming Jinn by Lori Goldstein
Published 2015: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Book by and author you really like: Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
Debut novel by author: The 100 by Kass Morgan
Outstanding hero or heroine: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
Set in the Southern Hemisphere: What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
A Keeper: The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Won or Borrowed: Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
A Top Book of 2015 for you: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Set in the Northern Hemisphere: Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly
Setting that I now want to visit: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Type of Book I Rarely Read: Room by Emma Donoghue
2nd book or more in a series: Winter by Marissa Meyer
Award Winning: The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (National Book Finalist)
Free Choice: Walking on Trampolines by Frances Whiting
Been on You TBR Forever: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

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The 2015 TBR Pile Challenge; hosted by The Roof Beam Reader.

RULES: Read 12 books from your "to be read" pile.  Each of these books must have been on your bookshelf for at least a full year.  They must be published before 1/1/2014, anything before that is fair game. Create a list of book with two alternatives just in case one or two of your original picks end up in the "can't get through" pile.  Books must be read and reviewed to count as completed.  The 15th of every month there will be a post where you can post your reviews.

1. Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988)
2. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (1962; my edition 1995) NO LONGER OWN 
3. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (1999) NO LONGER OWN
4. Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte (1847; my edition 2001)
5. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1898; my edition 2007)
6. Mr. Toppit by Charles Elton (2009)
7. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce (2010)
8. Matched by Ally Condie (2010)
9. Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt (2011)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
11. Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms by Lissa Evans (2012)
12. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (2013)

Alternates:
1. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (2005)
2. Graceling by Kristin Cashore (2008)
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Alphabet Soup Challenge

There are some letters on my page of book reviews that don't have any books under them and I think it's high time for that to change.  I've decided that I will read a book for every letter of the alphabet this year because that would be fun. (excluding the "the"s in the book titles)   Here's where I will keep track of that adventure.  I'm not going to necessarily read the books in alphabetical order, but hopefully I will get to each book.

# - The 100 by Kass Morgan
A - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
B - Becoming Jinn by Lori Goldstein
C - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
D - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
E - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
F - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
G - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
H - How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer
I - Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
J - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
K -
L - Little Bee by Chris Cleave
M - Matilda by Roald Dahl
N - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
O - Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
P - The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Q -
R - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
S - Savvy by Ingrid Law
T - Trouble is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly
U - Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
V -
W - War Horse by Michael Morpurgo 
X -
Y - The Young Elites by Marie Lu
Z - Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

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The Book List Challenge 

I've been reading off a book list since 2007 and last year I read quite a few from the list.  This year I would like to continue to read more books off of it. There are over 450 books, so it shouldn't be a problem. It's the Teenreads Ultimate Reading List if you'd like to take a look.

My goal is 15 books off the list this year.

1. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
2. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
3. The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
4. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
5. Savvy by Ingrid Law
6. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
7. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
8. The Young Elites by Marie Lu
9. Room by Emma Donoghue