YA Book Review: Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter

Release Date: 27 March 2012

Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher via NetGalley

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Goodreads description:

KATE WINTERS HAS WON IMMORTALITY.

BUT IF SHE WANTS A LIFE WITH HENRY IN THE UNDERWORLD, SHE'LL HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT.

Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part. Though Kate is about to be crowned Queen of the Underworld, she's as isolated as ever. And despite her growing love for Henry, ruler of the Underworld, he's becoming ever more distant and secretive. Then, in the midst of Kate's coronation, Henry is abducted by the only being powerful enough to kill him: the King of the Titans.

As the other gods prepare for a war that could end them all, it is up to Kate to save Henry from the depths of Tartarus. But in order to navigate the endless caverns of the Underworld, Kate must enlist the help of the one person who is the greatest threat to her future.

Henry's first wife, Persephone.

My Thoughts...

YA Book Review: Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

Release Date: 13 March 2012

Publisher: Dealcorte BFYR
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher via NetGalley

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Goodreads description:

It all begins with a stupid question: Are you a Global Vagabond?

No, but 18-year-old Bria Sandoval wants to be. In a quest for independence, her neglected art, and no-strings-attached hookups, she signs up for a guided tour of Central America—the wrong one. Middle-aged tourists with fanny packs are hardly the key to self-rediscovery. When Bria meets Rowan, devoted backpacker and dive instructor, and his outspokenly humanitarian sister Starling, she seizes the chance to ditch her group and join them off the beaten path.

Bria's a good girl trying to go bad. Rowan's a bad boy trying to stay good. As they travel across a panorama of Mayan villages, remote Belizean islands, and hostels plagued with jungle beasties, they discover what they've got in common: both seek to leave behind the old versions of themselves. And the secret to escaping the past, Rowan’s found, is to keep moving forward.

But Bria comes to realize she can't run forever, no matter what Rowan says. If she ever wants the courage to fall for someone worthwhile, she has to start looking back.

My Thoughts...

2012 Reading Challenges - Tracking Post

This is the post that I will update with my challenge progress throughout the year for the three year-long challenges that I'm participating in.

Sensational Seconds YA Reading Challenge - hosted by ME! 

1. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

2. Allegiance by Cayla Kluver

3. Until I Die by Amy Plum

4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

5. Surrender by Elana Johnson

6. The Forgetting Curve by Angie Smibert

7. Thumped by Megan McCafferty

8. Goddess Interrupte by Aimee Carter

9. Once by Anna Carey

10. Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally

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The Debut Author YA/MG Reading Challenge - hosted by Kristi, The Story Siren.

1. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

2. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

3. Everneath by Brodi Ashton

 4. Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

5. May B. by Caroline Starr Rose

6. The Invisible Tower by Nils Johnson-Shelton

7. The International Kissing Club by Ivy Adams

8. The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges

9. Digit by Annabel Monaghan

10. The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers

11. Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin

12. Slide by Jill Hathaway

13. The Other Life  by Susanne Winnacker

14. Kiss the Morning Star by Elissa Jane Hoole

15. Pretty Crooked by Elisa Ludwig

16. Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein

17. Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt

18. Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Wolf Shaw

The Sophomore Reading Challenge - hosted by Shayn, Chick Loves Lit

1. Hallowed by Cynthia Hand

2. The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

3. New Girl by Paige Harbison

4. The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen

5. Pieces of Us by Maggie Gelbwasser

6. Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard

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1.Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
2.  Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik

3. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

4. Between Sea & Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore

5. Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber

6. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

7.I Am J by Chris Beam

8. The Duff by Kody Keplinger

9. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

10. Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

11. What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones

12. Saints of Augustine by P.E. Ryan

2012 Sophomore Reading Challenge

Yet another reading challenge! When I saw Shanyn from Chick Loves Lit putting this together on Twitter, I knew immediately that I was probably going to sign up. :) It goes practically hand-in-hand with some of my "Sensational Seconds" challenge books. (Which you should totally sign up for, just sayin')  you can sign-up for this challenge HERE.

The goal for this one is to read 10 sophomore novels during 2012. For this challenge, I want to include some of the sophomore novels that don't fit with my other challenge, so here's my preliminary list of books for the challenge:

1. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
2. Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard
3. The Archived by Victoria Schwab
4. Try Not to Breathe by Jennifer Hubbard
5. Don't Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala
6. In Honor by Jessi Kirby
7. The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen
8. New Girl by Paige Harbison
9. Surrender by Elana Johnson
10. Insurgent by Veronica Roth

(Okay, so the last two are total overlaps with the other challenge, but I'm so EXCITED about them that they deserved to be on both lists!!)