2012 Book Challenges

Here are the challenges in which I’m participating in the coming year. 

I’ve decided to read outside my comfort zone so I’m going to take The Eclectic Reader Challenge, hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out. I commit to read 12 books from 12 different genres. 

The Genres:

1.-Literary Fiction

2.-Crime/Mystery Fiction

3.- Romantic Fiction

4.- Historical Fiction

5.- Young Adult

6.- Fantasy

7.- Science Fiction

8.- Non Fiction

9.- Horror

10.- Thriller/ Suspense

11.- Classic

12.- My favorite genre

Why Buy the Cow? Reading Challenge hosted by The Unread Reader and Reading the Paranormal. I’m excited about this challenge, the aim of this challenge is to grab and read free and legal ebooks. The level I’m participating in is : Coupon Clipper: 12 Books.

2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge hosted by Bookish, Hands and Home, Mission to Read and Books , Biscuits and Tea. I love this challenge since I’ve been postponing some of my books and I’ve decided to start reading a bunch of them, The level I’m participating in is : 21-30 A Sweet Kiss Level.

I’ve also decided to participate again in the Goodreads Reading Challenge and this time I hope I could read 100 books by the end of 2012

Which challenges are you participating in next year?

Thanks for stopping by my blog this year!! 

Let's make 2012 a great one!!

Bleeding Violet Review:

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

This is the story of Hanna Järvinen a girl who suffers from hallucinations and some other mental illnesses, she wears only purple and still have conversations with her dead father. Hanna arrives to the twisted town of Portero in search of her Mother whom, by the way, abandoned her since she was a little baby. Portero’s days are all about weird events and dark enigmas, Hanna will have to prove to everyone that she arrived in order to stay, no matter what the consequences are.

Bleeding Violet also has its romantic side. Hanna’s relationship with Wyatt, a local, gives the book a seductive and steamy side.

Dia Reeves made an excellent job writing and developing the story and its characters, it really keeps you attached to the book until the end, I would recommend this book but not to everyone, on my personal point of view, older teens or adults are the target audience for this book due to its fair amount of sexual dialogue and profanity content. If you are comfortable with that kind of content the book will embark you in an amazing reading endeavor.

★★★★★

Scones and Sensibility Review:

Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland

Polly Madassa is convinced she was born for a more romantic time. A time when Elizabeth Bennet and Anne of Green Gables walked along the moors and beaches of the beautiful land, a time where a distinguished gentleman called upon a lady of quality and true love was born in the locked eyes of two young lovers.

But alas, she was not.

This, however, does not stop our young heroine from finding romance wherever she can conjure it up. So while Polly is burdened with a summer job of delivering baked goods from her parents bakery (how quaint!) to the people in her small beach town, she finds a way to force…um…encourage romance to blossom. She is determined to bring lovers, young and old, together…whether they want to be or not.

My Thoughts:

12 year old Polly Madassa is obsessed with Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, she truly believes life is like in Jane Austen novels or Anne of Green Gables, so when her parents, owners of the local bakery, set her up for a summer job in which she have to deliver baked goods to local customers she, as a hopeless romantic, starts a project as a Matchmaker, thus starts interfering in the lives of others, Polly’s real problem is her lack of listening to others, as the story develops things doesn’t go according to her plan.

Polly narrates her story in first person and in an old fashioned flowery language. Sometimes the situations Polly triggered where a little annoying and I found my self wanting to shake Polly and tell her to Wake up. After some ups and downs Polly finally notice love in real life is different form a book.

This is a Cute, fluffy and light read.

★★★

100+ Reading Challenge (2010)

This is where I'm going to be posting my list of books for the 100+ Reading Challenge.

1. The Dog Walker: A Novel by Leslie Schnur
2. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
3. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
4. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
5. Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
6. Scones & Sensibility by Linday Eland
7. Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
8. Teach Me by R.A. Nelson
9. The Duchess by Jude Deveraux
10. The sisterhood of the traveling pants by Ann Brashares
11. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
12. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia
13. The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
14. Wish by Alexandra Bullen
15. A great and terrible beauty ( Gemma Doyle #1) by Libba Bray
16. Rebel Angels ( Gemma Doyle #2) by Libba Bray
17. The Sweet Far Thing ( Gemma Doyle #3) by Libba Bray
18. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins
19. Catching Fire ( Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins
20. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins
21. Need (Need#1) by Carrie Jones
22. Captivate (Need#2) by Carrie Jones
23. Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
24. Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
25. The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy
26. The Naughty list by Suzanne Young
27. Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu
28. A Most Improper Magick by Stephanie Burgis
29. Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
30. Tell me a Secret by Holly Cupala
31. L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad
32. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

those are some of the books :)

Will update it ASAP :)

2010 Debut Author Challenge

I joined 2010 Debut Author Challenge is hosted by Kristi of The Story Siren

The Challenge is open to everyone.

Here are some of my 12 choices for the Challenge.

1.- Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White

2.-Whisper by Phoebe Kitanidis

3.- The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard

4.-Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

5.- Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala

6.- The Cinderella Society by Kay Cassidy

7.- Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

8.- The Naughty List by Suzanne Young

9.- Wish by Alexandra Bullen

10.- Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu

11.- A Most Improper Magick by Stephanie Burgis

12.- Glimmerglass by Jenna Black

13.- Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland

100+ Reading Challenge.

I joined J. Kaye's 2010 100+ Reading Challenge! This is my first challenge, and i'm so happy .

I hope i can complete this.

I don't have and idea yet about how many or which books i will be able to read but i'll do my best effort.

Some rules:

1. Challenge begins January 1st through December, 2010. Books started before the 1st do not count.
2. The goal is to read 100+ books.
3. Crossovers from other reading challenges count.

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