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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Summer Break Reading Challenge Activity #1

Summer Break Reading Challenge

For the first activity for The Summer Break Reading Challenge, we were asked to post our reading goals for the summer!

I'm aiming for a book a day, but I really want to start getting through my CYBILS Challenge books. So, I'm starting with the ones I own. I still also need to knock down my review book pile as well.

Here's the CYBILS nominees I want to get read this summer:

Rampant
by Diana Peterfreund
Bad Girls Don't Die by Katie Alender
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Moon: The Immortals by Alyson Noel
Coffeehouse Angel by Suzanne Selfors
Eternal Kiss, The: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
Fade by Lisa McMann
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Libyrinth by Pearl North
Meridian by Amber Kizer
Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
Radiant Darkness by Emily Whitman
Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell
Silver Phoenix: Beyond the Kingdom of Xia by Cindy Pon
Snap by Carol Snow
Stealing Death by Janet Lee Carey
Swoon by Nina Malkin
Thirteenth Child (Frontier Magic Book) by Patricia C. Wrede
Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Archenemy by Frank Beddor

And a few on my review pile:
And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer
The Demon King by Cinda Williams
Matched by Ally Condie
The Buccaneer's Apprentice by V. Briceland
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
The Sorcerer of Sainte Felice by Ann Finnin

I have quite a few more, but those are the ones I will tackle first most likely. :)

22 comments:

  1. Good luck with your list! :)

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  2. I "blame" you for me joining this challenge! :)

    Good luck!

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  3. Great list. Good luck with getting through them all.

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  4. That is a big list but I am sure you will get through most if not all. Gook luck.

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  5. Great list! Good luck - hope you get through them all!x

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  6. Nice list! Those are some really good books. :)

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  7. Wow, 1 book a day is ambitious! Good luck!

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  8. Wish I could read that fast but I can't read at work

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  9. Good luck. I'm lucky to get the time to read a book a week lately lol. :)

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  10. What a list! So many good ones. I absolutely loved COFFEEHOUSE ANGEL and BAD GIRLS DON'T DIE.

    I also want to read THE DEMON KING and MATCHED!

    Good luck and thanks for joining the challenge (and reminding me to do it).

    Karin

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  11. Great goal! Blue Moon is also on my list so we will have to compare reviews.

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  12. Wow good luck! This is definitely a great goal!

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  13. I've read quite a few of the books on your list and you're in for a treat!

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  14. Thank you for posting about this challenge I'm going to join you...

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  15. Awesome list!! The Demon King is an amazing read; one of my faves from last year.

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  16. Awesome list!! The Demon King is an amazing read; one of my faves from last year.

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  17. Awesome list!! The Demon King is an amazing read; one of my faves from last year.

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  18. I'd hoped to read at least a book a day since summer was here, alas my 5 year old granddaughter will be here in the afternoons so unless I count the Berenstain Bears books I'm probably not going to manage 1 a day.

    alterlisa AT yahoo DOT com
    http://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/

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  19. Too many good books you've on the list. Some of them are on my TBR pile as well. Hope you've a great time during this readathon. A very good luck to you!

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  20. I think the Cybils nominees is a great way of doing a reading challenge -- there are so many of them I haven't read yet. Have fun!

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