2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge

Yep, I decided to join the 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge!  I have so many pre-2012 TBR books that I figured this was a fun way to get through them :)  (Yeah I know, I'm late to the party...)

The 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge is hosted by:

Evie from Bookish - http://www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com @SeoEvie
Nicole from All I Ever Read - http://www.nicoleabouttown.com/ @Nicoleabouttown
Bonnie from Hands and Home - http://www.handsandhome.ca/ @HandsHomeBlog
Donna from Book Passion For Life - http://bookpassionforlife.blogspot.com/ @BookPforLife
Caitlin from WatchYA Reading - http://whatchyareading.net @caitlingss
Rie from Mission To Read - http://missiontoread.com/ @missiontoread
Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea -http://booksbiscuitsandtea.blogspot.com/ @alouetteuette 
Christa from Hooked On Books - http://christashookedonbooks.blogspot.com @ChristasBooks
Jenna from Fans Of Fiction - http://fansoffiction.blogspot.com/ @fansoffiction
Angel from Mermaids Vision - http://mermaidvision.wordpress.com @mermaidvisions

Challenge guidelines: 

1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012.
2. As we would like to see quality reviews linked up to our monthly wrap-ups, only bloggers can enter. Sorry about that!
3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2011 and earlier! NO ARCs and 2012 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed! 
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge (You need to include the info + host list + challenge button. You can also grab the button code and add it to your sidebar!)
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
8. At the end of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. For participating in the mini-challenge you will get +1 entry.
9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;)
10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - 12 books, 12 winners, INTERNATIONAL.
11. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways!

Levels: 
1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children

My goal is to read and review 21-30 books (A Sweet Kiss level).  I'll be keeping track of my progress under the 2012 Reading Challenges tab.

Some books I hope to be reading...

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
I'd Tell You I Love You, but then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

If you want more info, just click on one of the links of a host blog!  For example, here's Evie's from Bookish link.

2012 Debut Author Challenge

Yeah this post is really late... but I'm doing the 2012 Debut Author Challenge, hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren!

The Debut Author Challenge is where you try to read and review 12 books by debut authors :)  This will be my first year participating even though this is the 4th year for the challenge.

There's even a Goodreads page where you can see what everyone else is reading in for the challenge and you can update the debuts you've read this year :)

If you want more info, click here!  And you can sign up here!

My goal is to read at least 12 YA debuts... yeah I'm lame for only doing the minimum, but I'll try to read more than 12 :)

Here's some I'm hoping on reading:

Italicized titles means I've read and reviewed them!

Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Tempest by Julie Cross *Review*
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Undeadly by Michele Vail
When the Sea is Rising Red by Cat Hellisen
Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans
What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang
Crewel by Jennifer Albin
Venom by Fiona Paul

There are a ton of debut authors with books that already came out this month that I didn't include because I didn't want all of the books to be from January lol...  I probably won't be able to read all of these, but excited to see what the debut authors of 2012 bring :)

Are you participating in DAC?  What are some books by debut authors that you're looking forward to? :)  And since this is my first 2012 reading challenge, are there more I should participate in? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments :)