2018 YA Reading Challenge Info and Sign Ups

I am bringing back my YA Reading Challenge for its third year!

I happen to be an adult who reads a lot of science fiction and fantasy young adult books with an occasional contemporary book thrown in. I am not embarrassed by this at all. 

However, this YA reading challenge is not just for adults. Anyone can participate! 

As with all my challenges, I let you set your own reading goals.

The Rules: 

• This challenge begins January 1, 2018 and ends Dec 31, 2018 will count. 

•  You may sign up anytime during the year. 

•  I won't be creating different levels. Read as little or as many books as you want

• Books must be young adult or new adult genres.

• Books may be horror, romance, dystopian, paranormal, graphic novels, etc. 

• You may include books of any format including traditional books, ebooks, or audiobooks.

•  You may reread books.

•  Books may count towards other reading challenges. 

•  Use the hashtag #2018YARC 

•  If you could be so kind, please place the 2018 YA Reading Challenge banner on your blog to help spread the word. 

•  Please link back to this blog, post about it on Facebook, Tweet about it, and so on to help spread the word. 

•  Use the linky below to sign up

2018 Paranormal Reading Challenge Info and Sign Ups

I'm bringing back the Paranormal Reading Challenge for 2018! This reading challenge includes all kinds of supernatural. This means you can read about vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, ghosts, and even witches!

As always this is a challenge where you choose your own reading goals. It's low pressure so read as much or as little as you would like!

The Rules: 

• This challenge begins January 1, 2017 and ends Dec 31, 2017.

• You may sign up anytime during the year.

• I won't be creating different levels. Read as little or as many books as you want.\

• Books must be paranormal. This means the book has supernatural beings or elements but is set in our world. This includes vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, ghosts, witches, wizards, psychic powers, magic, fairies, mermaids, angels, gods, etc. 

• You may include books of any format including traditional books, ebooks, or audiobooks.

• Books may be YA, adult, horror, romance, graphic novels, etc.

• You may reread books.

• Books may count towards other reading challenges.

• Use the hashtag #2018ParanormalChallenge

• If you could be so kind, please place the 2018 Paranormal Reading Challenge banner on your blog to help spread the word.

• Please link back to this blog, post about it on Facebook, Tweet about it, and so on to help spread the word.

• Sign up using the linky below

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by hosted by The Broke and the Bookish but after Jan 9, 2017 it will be hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

Today's topic is Top Ten Books I Hope Santa Brings

1. Artemis by Andy Weir

2. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

3. The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman

4. Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks

5. The Girlboss Workbook by Sophia Amarusa

6. Year One by Nora Robets




7. Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Aloneby Brené Brown

8. Darker by E L James

9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Cobalt Squadronby Elizabeth Wein 

10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Jason Fry 

(Doesn't release until March 6 but maybe Santa can get a hold of an advanced copy?)

Let's #BreakTheInternet Dec 12 to Save Net Neutrality

What You Can Do on the December 12 Day of Action for Net Neutrality

On December 12, 2017, websites, Internet users, and online communities will come together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. Learn how you can join the protest and spread the word at https://www.battleforthenet.com/.

Right now, new FCC Chairman and former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai has a plan to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies immense control over what we see and do online. If they get their way, the FCC will give companies like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T control over what we can see and do on the Internet, with the power to slow down or block websites and charge apps and sites extra fees to reach an audience.

If we lose net neutrality, we could soon face an Internet where some of your favorite websites are forced into a slow lane online, while deep-pocketed companies who can afford expensive new “prioritization” fees have special fast lane access to Internet users – tilting the playing field in their favor.

But on December 12th, the Internet will come together to stop them. Websites, Internet users, and online communities will stand tall, and sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality.

The Battle for the Net campaign will provide tools for everyone to make it super easy for your friends, family, followers to take action. From the SOPA blackout to the Internet Slowdown, we've shown time and time again that when the Internet comes together, we can stop censorship and corruption. Now, we have to do it again!

Learn more and join the action here: https://www.battleforthenet.com/

Why Does Net Neutrality Matter?

My Holiday Adventure-a-thon TBR: Team #HolidaySnowman

For once I am actually signing up for something before the start date! This means what I read will actually count for points for my team.

The Holiday Adventuure-a-thon is December 13 - 24th. It is hosted by Novel Thoughts.

The idea is that you choose and ending point and team, then follow a map to get to that end point.

Here is the map:

To make things a bit easier this round Novel Thoughts has also included this handy chart (which honestly I personally like much better than the map):

There are also four different teams. (Please see Novel Thoughts for the list.) 

I chose Team #HolidaySnowman

because it has been my goal to read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah all year and I am going to get that book read if it's the last thing I do! (Not really. The last thing I will probably do is watch the ball drop but it sounds determined, right?) I also have some holds from the library and they are due back during the readathon so I had to fit these in. Fortunately I was able to do it!

Here is my TBR for the Holiday Adventure-a-thon:

I will also be reading the Christmas and snow themed book for my own readathon Whole Latte Xmas! This challenge runs from Nov 5 to Jan 7. You can find all the info and sign up here.