2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge

This is the year for challenges here at Two Chicks On Books last year we were so new we were a bit afraid of doing one because we didn’t know what they entailed. Now that our blog is almost a year old and we finally feel settled into our blogging roles we have decided to do 2! First The 2012 Debut Author Challenge hosted by Kristi from The Story Siren and now the 2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge hosted by Shanyn at Chick Loves Lit. What’s great about this challenge is we’ve read a lot of the authors first books and are extremely excited to read the sequels!

For this challenge our lists are almost identical so we’ll post out top 10 anticipated sequels for these Sophomore books. Click on the book titles if you want to see the goodreads descriptions for them.

      

      1)    Insurgent by Veronica Roth

      2)   A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford

      3)   Crown of Embers by Rae Carson

      4)   Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

      5)   Mara Dyer #2 by Michelle Hodkin

      6)   Wings of The Wicked by Courtney Allison Moulton

      7)   Outpost by Ann Aguirre

      8)   Mirage by Kristi Cook

      9)   Dawn of The Knights  by Leigh Fallon

     10)  A Fractured Light  by Jocelyn Davies

If you want to see what other books are on our 2012 SRC shelves check them out on goodreads! Jaime’s shelf and Patricia’s shelf.

So what sophomore books are you looking forward to? Did you sign up for the challenge? Comment below and let us know!

2012 Debut Author Challenge

We have decided to take on the 2012 Debut Author Challenge this year and are very excited! There are some really awesome looking debut novels that are coming out and we can’t wait to start reading them! The challenge is hosted by Kristi The Story Siren if you would like to sign up for the challenge go here http://www.thestorysiren.com/2011/11/sign-ups-for-debut-author-challenge.html

CHALLENGE OBJECTIVE:

• To read & review a minimum of twelve young adult or middle grade debut novels between the dates of January 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013.*
*The 2013 extension is so that December Debuts can be read and count toward the challenge.

RULES & GUIDELINES:

• You must have a Blog to post your reviews or be a member of Goodreads.
• Your blog must be written in English.
• Deadline to join is May 31, 2012.
BOOK GUIDELINES:

• Must be a young adult or middle grade title.
• Must be the author’s YA or MG debut, released in 2012.
• If an author has a previous novel published for adults or children, they can still qualify for the challenge.
• If an author has a previous YA or MG title, they do not qualify for the challenge.

There were so many books that most of them ended up on both of our lists so the first 12 are our combined to read books but, there were others that were on one of our lists and not the other so we posted our 10 additional reads as well. Here are the lists and if you want to see the book covers and descriptions click on our names for the links to both our Goodreads DAC 2012 lists!  

Two Chicks Book List:

     1. Elemental by Emily White

     2. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins

     3.  Illuminate by Aimee Agresti

     4.  Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

     5. Harbinger by Sara Wilson Etienne

     6. Destiny’s Fire by Trisha Wolfe

     7. Fracture by Megan Miranda

     8. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

     9. Tempest by Julie Cross

    10. Above by Leah Bobet

    11. Fractured Light by Rachel McClellan

    12. Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard

Jaime’s Additional Reads:

     1. Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris

     2. The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

     3. The Selection by Kiera Cass

     4. Struck by Jennifer Bosworth

     5. Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

     6. Slide by Jill Hathaway

     7. A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont

     8. Etiquette and Espionage (The Finishing School) by Gail Carriger
     9. Forbidden by Syrie James

    10. Defiance by C.J. Redwine

Patricia's Additional Reads:

    1. Halflings by Heather Burch

    2. Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

    3.  When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen

    4.  Croak by Gina Damico

    5.  Wake by Amanda Hocking

    6. The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rotherberg

    7.  When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen

    8.  Everneath by Brodi Ashton

    9.  Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

   10. Under the Never Sky by Victoria Rossi

Did you sign up? What books are you looking forward to reading in 2012? Post a comment and let us know :D