2011 Reading Challenges

I took part in a few reading challenges throughout 2011, and for the most part I did pretty well on them. Here are the results for my records and your perusal.

The Contemps

1. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
2. Losing Faith by Denise Jaden
3. Freefall by Mindi Scott
4. Girl, Stolen by April Henry
5. The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
6. Fixing Delilah by Sarah Ockler
7. Trapped by Michael Northrop
8. Between Here and Forever by Elizabeth Scott
9. The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
10. Sharks & Boys by Kristen Tracy
11. Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt
12. Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer
13. Small Town Sinners by Melissa Walker
14. Family by Micol Ostow
15. Back When You Were Easier to Love by Emily Wing Smith
16. Pearl by Jo Knowles
17. Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard
18. Want to Go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman

Didn't quite make it for this one. So close, too! I just had too many other books I was more interested in reading.

2011 YA Historical Fiction Challenge

1. Everlasting by Angie Frazier
2. The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell
3. Cate of the Lost Colony by Lisa Klein
4. The Betrayal of Maggie Blair by Elizabeth Laird
5. The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins
6. Wrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
7. Steel by Carrie Vaughn
8. The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
9. Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
10. Cascade by Lisa T. Bergren
11. Karma by Cathy Ostlere
12. Walk the Wild Road by Nigel Hinton
13. Threads and Flames by Esther Friesner
14. Torrent by Lisa T. Bergren
15. Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
16. The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton

My goal was to read 10 YA historicals, so I definitely made this one! Through keeping track of these titles I learned that I like reading in the historical genre, but mostly when it's combined with fantasy or something similar; only 6 of these are strictly historical fiction.

2011 Debut Author Challenge

1. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
2. Across the Universe by Beth Revis
3. Bumped by Megan McCafferty
4. The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
5. Girl Wonder by Alexa Martin
6. Sixteenth Summer by Michelle Dalton
7. The Liar Society by Lisa & Laura Roecker
8. Clarity by Kim Harrington
9. Enclave by Anne Aguirre
10. Possession by Elana Johnson
11. Blood Red Road by Moira Young
12. The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross
13. Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
14. Karma by Cathy Ostlere
15. A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan
16. Wildefire by Karsten Knight
17. The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle
18. Fury by Elizabeth Miles
19. The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
20. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
21. Lie by Caroline Bock
22. Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer
23. Sophie & Carter by Chelsea Fine
24. Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
25. Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts
26. Divergent by Veronica Roth
27. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
28. I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler
29. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
30. The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher
31. Saving June by Hannah Harrington
32. Flyaway by Helen Landalf
33. The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton

Wow, how many great YA debut novels were there last year?! I actually read 49 debuts, but didn't review all of them on the blog. Here's hoping there are just as many great YA debuts in 2012. I know I've already read a few great ones!