End of the Year Wrap Up: New Authors Challenge

Goal: 15+

Challenge: MET

1. Stephanie Parent
2. Stephanie Hemphill
3. Karen Hesse
4. Jane Higgins
5. Kate Brian
6. Katja Millay
7. Coleen Patrick
8. John Green
9. Kadir Nelson
10. Maria V. Snyder
11. Julianne Moore
12. Jennifer L. Armentrout
13. Kat Zhang
14. Denise Grover Swank
15. Rick Yancey
16. Taila Vance
17. Nancy J. Cavanaugh
18. Laura Nowlin
19. Robyn Schneider
20. Lauren Myracle
21. C. J. Redwine
22. CJ Lyons
23. Laura Bickle
24. Cassandra Clare
25. Gabrielle Prendergast
26. Sarah Crossan
27. Romily Bernard
28. Diana Peterfreund
29. Markus Zusak

Did YOU discover any awesome new authors in 2013?

End of the Year Wrap Up: All About Middle Grade Challenge

Goal: 1-10

Challenge: MET

The Wild Book by Margarita Engle, Love That Dog by Sharon Creech, 

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

Witness by Karen Hesse, This Journal Belong To Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh,

The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan

Now for a little Q & A:

Favorite Middle Grade of 2013?

This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh

Favorite Cover?

What was YOUR favorite middle grade book from 2013?

End of the Year Wrap Up: Contemporary Challenge

Goal: 15+

Challenge: MET

Hysteria by Megan Miranda, The Language Inside by Holly Thompson, 

Come Back to Me by Coleen Patrick

Spies & Prejudice by Talia Vance, Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter, If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin, Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

This is W.A.R by Lisa & Laura Roecker, The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider, 

The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle, Broken by CJ Lyons

After Math by Denise Grover Swank, Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergast, 

Find Me by Romily Bernard, Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

Now for a little Q & A:

Favorite Contemporary of 2013?

Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone
Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

Best cover?

Favorite protagonist?

Anna from Time After Time 
  Kat from Perfect Scoundrels

Most crush worthy guys?

BENNETT from Time After Time
 W.W. Hale the Fifth from Perfect Scoundrels

Best couple?

I know I'm getting a little repetitive here but...
Anna & Bennett from Time After Time
Kat & Hale from Perfect Scoundrels

What was YOUR favorite Contemporary of 2013?

End of the Year Wrap Up: Debut Author Challenge

Goal: 12+

Challenge: FAILED

Come Back to Me by Coleen Patrick, If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider, Find Me by Romily Bernard, 

Audacious by Gabrielle Prendergast

Now for a little Q & A: 

Favorite debut of 2013?

Find Me by Romily Bernard

Favorite cover?

Most promising new series?

Find Me by Romily Bernard

Favorite stand alone debut?

Come Back to Me by Coleen Patrick

What was YOUR favorite book by a debut author this year?

End of the Year Wrap Up: Sequel Challenge

Goal: 12+

Challenge: MET

Double Crossed by Ally Carter, Where She Went by Gayle Forman, 

Through The Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

Onyx, Opal, Origin, & Shadows by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech, Once We Were by Kat Zhang, Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter, Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

The Elite by Kiera Cass, The Outside by Laura Bickle, Enders by Lissa Price, 

Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

Now for a little Q&A:

Favorite Sequel?

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi, Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter,
Time After Time by Tamara Ireland Stone

Most disappointing Sequel?

Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham

Favorite Cover?

What was YOUR favorite sequel from 2013?

End of the Year Wrap Up: TBR Pile Challenge

Goal: 1-10

Challenge: MET

The Bridge by Jane Higgins, Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, If I Stay by Gayle Forman,

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green, Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder, Displacement by Thalia Chaltas, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Now for a little Q & A:

Book on your TBR the longest?

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Book you wish you had read sooner?

Almost all of them!

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
If I Stay by Gayle Forman

Favorite cover?

End of the Year Wrap Up: Dystopia Challenge

Goal: 7-12 books

Challenge: Met

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi, The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, 

The Elite by Kiera Cass

The Hallowed Ones by Laure Bickle, The Outside by Laura Bickle, 

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund, Enders by Lissa Price

Now for a little Q & A: 

Favorite Dystopian of 2013?

Ahhhhh, they were almost all favorites, but if I were forced to chose. 

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi  and Enders by Lissa Price

Favorite Cover?

Favorite kick-butt heroine? 

Katie from The Hallowed Ones & The Outside

What was YOUR favorite Dystopian of 2013?