Young Adult Reading Challenge!

I am so excited about this challenge! Here's my list of books that I plan on reading:

1. Audrey, Wait (Benway)
2. Buried (MacCready)
3. Carter Finally Gets It (Crawford)
4. Catching Fire (Collins)
5. City of Ember (DuPrau)
6. Dairy Queen (Murdock)
7. Debbie Harry Sings in French (Brothers)--January 1, 2010
8. Dramarama (Lockhart)
9. Dreaming in French (Andrew)
10. Generation Dead (Waters)--January 2, 2010
11. Gym Candy (Deuker)
12. Hate List (Brown)
13. My Mother the Cheerleader (Sharenow)
14. Paper Towns (Green)
15. Replay (Grimwood)
16. Response (Volponi)
17. Screwed-up Life of Charlie the Second (Ferguson)
18. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Lubar)
19. Sophomore Switch (McDonald)
20. Sprout (Peck)
21. Suite Scarlett (Johnson)
22. Tales of the Madmen Underground (Barnes)
23. Touch (Prose)

Here's the deal (direct from J.Kaye's blog):


1. Anyone can join. You don't need a blog to participate.
Non-Bloggers: Post your list of books in the comment section of the wrap-up post. To learn how to sign up without having a blog, click here.

2. There are four levels:
--The Mini YA Reading Challenge – Read 12 Young Adult novels. (this is the one I am going to do, at least)
--Just My Size YA Reading Challenge – Read 25 Young Adult novels.
--Stepping It Up YA Reading Challenge – Read 50 Young Adult novels.
--Super Size Me YA Reading Challenge – Read 75 Young Adult novels.

3. Audio, eBooks, paper all count.

4. No need to list your books in advance. You may select books as you go. Even if you list them now, you can change the list if needed.

5. Challenge begins January 1st thru December, 2010.

6. When you sign up under Mr. Linky, put the direct link to your post where your Young Adult novels will be listed. Include the URL so that other viewers can find this fun challenge. If you’d prefer to put your list in the sidebar of your blog, please leave your viewers the link to the sign up page. Again, so viewers can join the challenge too.