YA Historical Fiction Challenge 2012

I'm hosting again this challenge on 2012! I can't believe it's been a year already. I will have to do things a little different this year, but hopefully better too. I will have exclusive giveaways for participants during the year. Spread the word! (as always, feel free to grab the image as button)

 Historical fiction: tells a story that is set in the past. That setting is usually real and drawn from history, and often contains actual historical persons, but the principal characters tend to be fictional. Writers of stories in this genre, while penning fiction, attempt to capture the spirit, manners, and social conditions of the persons or time(s) presented in the story, with due attention paid to period detail and fidelity. (Wikipedia)

Some Lists:
- My Amazon YA Historical Fiction list
- My Goodreads Historical Fiction shelf!

Choose your level:

Level 1: 5 books

Level 2: 10 books

Level 3: 15 books

 Rules:

• All Historical Fiction books must be YA or MG
• Books don't have to be 2012 releases.
• Anyone can join. Please link to a public (web) place I can find you.
• You can join at anytime. The challenge runs from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012

PARTICIPANTS:

A+M=D=:)
A Few Good Books
A Trillian Books
All By Myshelf

Beverly A. Stuart 
Book-a-holic
Bookeater/Booklover 
Books and their Wordly Realm
Buttery Blogs

Cat Winters
Cafe com Bla Bla Bla
Charlotte's Library 
Crescent's School Library

Diary of a Book Addict
Dreaming of Books

Elysabeth's Emerald City
Emmegail's Bookshelf

Five Alarm Book Reviews
For Those About to Read...
Fragments of Life
Fridge Fulla Books 

Jewell B.

Katie's Tales of Books and Bands
Kim Beaumont

L'amour Books
Lacea
LetterSalad
Library of Clean Reads
Lisa
Logan E. Turner

Mandarin Blues
Marjoleinbookblog
Michelle Nielsen
Musings From a Modern Bluestocking

Not Another Book Blog
Nyx Book Reviews 

Oak Brook Public Library Blog
Oh, For the Love of Books!

Pages and Pomegranates
Paranormal Indulgence
Put Your Soul on Paper


Rainy Day Ramblings 
Rambling Bookmarks
Reading Challenged
Rebecca's Book Blog
Rebecca-Books
Room 304

Shannon Hitchcock
Small Review
So Many Books, So Little Time
So Simply Sara


The Book Cellar
The Book Monsters
The Book Scout
The Cherry that Pissed Off my Pie
The Haunting of Orchid
The Mod Podge Bookshelf
The Young Adventuress
Ticket to Anywhere
Translate My Heart
Tripping Over Books
Turner's Antics

Words I Write Crazy

YA Book Nerd

Waiting On Wednesday (122)

"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

When Travis Stephenson returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are on the brink of divorce, his brother has stolen his girlfriend and his car, and nightmares of his best friend getting killed keep him completely spooked. But when he runs into Harper Gray, a girl who despises him for trashing her reputation with a middle school lie, life actually starts looking up. As Travis and Harper see more of each other, he starts falling for her and a way through the family meltdown, the post-traumatic stress, and the possibility of an interesting future begins to emerge.

His sense of humor, sense of his own strength, and incredible sense of honor make Travis an irresistible and eminently lovable hero in this fantastic and timely debut novel.

Release Date: June 19, 2012

Goodreads / Amazon

Top Ten Books On My TBR List For Winter

 Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the Broke and the Bookish.

1. Dead to You by Lisa McMann. Lisa McMann is one of my favorite authors even though she has never written a completely realistic fiction novel... Till now!! Agh! I can't wait for this one.

2. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Um, John Green... enough said. Also, I pre-ordered like a thousand years ago, when he said the stuff about signing, so I'm getting my final copy signed the day it comes out! Yay!


3. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally. This one is right here sitting next to me as I type, waiting for the finals and college whirlwind to pass. Which hopefully ends in two days and then I can read it! *crosses fingers*

4. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare. Ah, Jem... *sigh* I'm hoping for some Jem action!

5. Cinder by Marissa Meyer. I received this one a little while ago and had not heard anything about it. Since then, people have been raving about how good it is nonstop! I cant wait to finally join the awesome.

6. Partials by Dan Wells. Another one I got for review without knowing anything. But wow, when I read the premise, I almost dropped everything else to read it.

7. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver. I'm not a huge fan of Delirium like many seem to be but when I heard Lauren read from Pandemonium at her signing, I was fully engrossed. Can't wait to know what happens!

8. Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale. A contemporary novel about Huntington disease. I've been wanting to read this one since I first saw it. It's also sitting in my desk waiting for me.


9. Where It Began by Ann Stampler. I was pinning on this mainly because I LOVE the cover. But when I got it for review, I peeked inside and almost couldn't put it down. Can't wait to keep going...

10. Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay. Very few authors write in verse. I love verse novels, so I'm always excited when I hear about a new author joining the verse fun!

I'll end this mentioning that Graffiti Moon, Under The Never Sky and Tempest would probably be on this list if I had not read them already (or currently reading). I LOVED LOVED LOVED Graffiti Moon and I really enjoyed the others so be excited about those as well :)

YA Releases

This is a weekly post to spotlight some YA and MG books that will be releasing during this week.

• Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
• Legend by Marie Lu (my review)
• The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson