Challenges

Challenges for 2012:

ALA YA Award Books Challenge hosted by Anne at My Head is Full of Books. I am going to read one book in each category.
1. Michael L. Printz Award Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
2. Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is 
3. Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences (Pick one)
4. Margaret A. Edwards Award honors an author for significant and lasting contribution to YA Lit 
(Pick one book by this author)
5. Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding YA book translated from a language other than English and subsequently published in the United States.
6. Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright
7. William C. Morris Award Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
8. YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults 
9. Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults (pick one)

The Alex Award Challenge is hosted by Bonnie at The Story Girl and I am going to read 1 to 3 books.

The Chris Crutcher Challenge is hosted by Anne at My Head is Full of Books and has no time limit and the goal is to read all of the books by Chris Crutcher.

• Angry Management (2009)
• Deadline (2007)
• The Sledding Hill (2005)
• King of the Mild Frontier: an ill-advised autobiography (2003)
• Whale Talk (2001)
• Ironman (1995)
• Staying Fat for Sarah Brynes (1993)
• The Deep End (1992)
• Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories (1991)
• Chinese Handcuffs (1989)
• The Crazy Horse Electric Game (1987)
• Stotan! (1986)
• Running Loose (1983)

The Dystopia 2012 Challenge is hosted by Bonnie at Bookish Ardour. I am going to read 5 books.

1. When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
2. Divergent by Veronica Roth

I am hosting the Middle East Reading Challenge. I am going to read at least 5 books.

1. Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera (not for location, but for the subject matter)
2. A Short History of Africa by Gordon Kerr (not the whole book, but much of it is northern Africa)
3. Olives by Alexander McNabb

The Non-fiction/Non-Memoir Challenge is hosted by Julie of My Book Retreat. I am going to read 5 books.

1. Dewey by Vicki Myron
2. A Short History of Africa by Gordon Kerr
3. Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is not the new Thirty by Tracey Jackson

The War Through the Generations: 1914-1918 Challenge is hosted by Anna (Diary of an Eccentric) and Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit). I am going to read 3 books.

1. My Brother's Shadow by Monika Schroder

The What's in a Name 5 Challenge is hosted by Beth at Beth Fish Reads.

1. A topographical feature: Desert Angel by Charlie Price
2. Something you'd see in the sky: The Fault in our Stars by John Green
3. Creepy crawly: Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
4. Type of house: Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera (prison)
5. Something you'd carry in your pocket, purse or backpack: Gun Games by Faye Kellerman (gun)
6. Something you'd find on a calendar:

Winter Olympics 2014 is hosted by Tanya of GirlXOXO and runs until 2014. I have taken on a huge challenge and will read a book from every country that won a medal in the 2000 Olympics

1. Germany--My Brother's Shadow by Monika Schroder (author and setting)
2. Russia--Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (author)
3. USA--Dewey by Vicki Myron (author and setting)
4. Poland--The Baggage Handler by Colin Browne (one of the main characters is Polish)

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These are the challenges that I participated in during 2011:

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These are the 16 challenges that I participated in during 2010. I completed all of them!