hosted by Tara at Hobbitsies
The objective of this challenge is to read and review a minimum of twelve YA or middle grade début novels throughout the year. For more information please click here.
I will be aiming for two début novels a month – meaning 24 books in total. There is a progress bar on my sidebar which will keep track of how I am going.
The conditions of the challenge say that the Australian release of the novel must be in 2012 (as I live in Australia), which means the books I can choose from will be different from bloggers in other countries. However, this year the rules can be bent a little, and if a debut book doesn’t look like it will be published in Australia, but is available overseas, I can use it too.
Here is a list of YA titles which are eligible – I will read them and link to the reviews. The books in bold font are the ones I already own.
January
- Level 2 by Lenore Applehans – Sci-fi/Dystopian – Allen & Unwin AU
- Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum – Post-apocalyptic/Sci-fi
- Altered by Jennifer Rush – Sci-fi/Dystopian
- Prophecy by Ellen Oh – Fantasy
- The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell – Fantasy
- Splintered by A.G. Howard – Fantasy
- Broken by A.E. Rought – Retelling/Fantasy – Strange Chemistry
- A Shimmer of Angels by Lisa M. Basso – Paranormal
February
- Dualed by Elsie Chapman – Sci-fi/Dystopian
- Pivot Point by Kasie West – Sci-fi
- City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster – Fantasy
- Pantomime by Laura Lam – Fantasy - Strange Chemistry
March
- Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza – Sci-fi
- Poison by Bridget Zinn – Fantasy
- Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson – Historical fiction/Fantasy
- The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett – Contemporary/Fantasy
- The Culling by Steven dos Santos – Post-Apocalyptic
- Powerless by Patrick Matthews – Fantasy
- Freaks by Kieran Larwood – Sci-fi/Magic
- Linked by Imogen Howson – Sci-fi – Releasing in August in Australia from PanMacmillan
- The Collector by Victoria Scott – Paranormal
- The Holders by Julianna Scott – Fantasy
- Mortality by Kellie Sheridan – Paranormal/Zombies
- The Watcher by Lisa Voisin – Paranormal
April
- Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtlif – Fantasy
- Taken by Erin Bowman – Dystopian – HarperTeen
- Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland – Paranormal – Simon Schuster
- The Key & the Flame by Claire M. Caterer – Fantasy/Adventure
- Eden by Helen Douglas – Sci-fi/Thriller – Bloomsbury
- The Flame In The Mist by Kit Grindstaff – Fantasy
- Pretty Dark Nothing by Heather Reid – Paranormal
- In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters – Historical Fiction/Paranormal
- The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale – Psychological Thriller/Fairytale
- The Ward by Jordanna Frankel – Dystopian – HarperTeen
May
- ACID by Emma Pass – Dystopian – Random House
- Arclight by Josin L. McQuein – Sci-fi Thriller
- Chantress by Amy Butler Greenfield – Fantasy
- My Sister’s Reaper by Dorothy Dreyer – Paranormal
- Prophecy Girl by Cecily White – Paranormal – EntangledTeen
- The Falconer by Elizabeth May – Fantasy/Steampunk – Gollancz
- Reboot by Amy Tintera – Futuristic Thriller – Allen & Unwin
- Transparent by Natalie Whipple – Sci-fi/Fantasy – HarperTeen - Released by Five Mile Press in AU
- Praefatio by Georgia McBride – Paranormal
- Parallel by Lauren Miller – Sci-i – HarperTeen
- The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke – Sci-fi – Disney Hyperion
- The End Games by T. Michael Martin – Post-apocalyptic/Thriller
- Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon – Sci-fi – Strange Chemistry
June
- Tides by Betsy Cornwell – Magical Realism – Clarion
- PODs by Michelle K. Pickett – Sci-fi/Dystopian – Spencer Hill Press
- Triangles by Kimberley Ann Miller – Psychological/Paranormal – Spencer Hill Press
- In the After by Demitria Lunetta – Sci-fi/Post-apocalyptic – HarperTeen
- Insomnia by J.R. Johansson – Supernatural thriller – Flux
- Ink by Amanda Sun – Paranormal – HarlequinTeen
- Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn – Paranormal/Horror – HarperTeen
July
- After You by Jessica Corra – Magical Realism – Dial
- Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton – Paranormal – Flux
- Starglass by Phoebe North – Sci-Fi – Simon & Schuster
August
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke – Mystery/Horror – Dial
- When the World was Flat by Ingrid Jonach – Strange Chemistry
- Prophesy of Oz by Megan Shan – Fantasy/Retelling
3/24 début novels read