2013 New Adult Challenge

 

So I have decided to join another reading challenge and seeing as I have got loads of NA books but have only read a couple i thought why not join this challenge to get me reading the books.

 

 

Here are the new goals for the 2013 challenge:

• Just Graduated: read a minimum of 5 New Adult books
• Moving Out: read a minimum of 10 New Adult books
• Living On Your Own: read a minimum of 20 New Adult books
• Fully Independent: read a minimum of 30 New Adult books

 

Rules for the challenge:

Purpose of the challenge: Read as many new adult books as you can for the year 2013!

Pick a challenge goal: Refer to above!

Sign up for the challenge on the hosts website (Just click the image and it will take you there)

What is new adult and what books count for the challenge?

NA Alley's Definition of New Adult:

Kristan Hoffman, winner of the St. Martin's Press New Adult contest, was once quoted by Cally Jackson as saying:

“The Transition from child to adult doesn’t happen overnight--just ask as anyone who is or has been (or is a parent to) a teenager. But the transition from teen to adult doesn’t happen overnight either. There’s a period of time where adulthood feels like a new pair of shoes. The expectations of independence and self-sufficiency are still new, still being broken in. New Adults are the people who have just begun to walk in those shoes; New Adult fiction is about their blisters and aches.”

Cally Jackson’s post about “The Missing Genre” and Kristan Hoffman’s post for Writer's Digest "New Adult: What Is It" sum up nicely why we’re here--why we are writing New Adult fiction, and why we’re blogging about it. Because the genre is breaking in its new pair of shoes, too, and this blog is about those blisters, those aches, and ultimately, the successes that come with finding independence and self-sufficiency.

What age brackets to reach for: Books with protagonists in their late teens or early twenties (18-30 years of age) who are usually post-grads of high school and are living out in the adult world taking care of themselves. Generally, these are things to look for. Use the ages of 18 - 30 as a guideline. Everything else, just use your judgement!

What genres count: Any genre that falls into the age bracket and consists of new adult themes (ie college, first jobs, etc.) count. That means fantasy, dystopian, paranormal, contemporary, etc.

When does the challenge start and end? January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2013

 

 

I am going to try for Living on Your Own for now but I do hope that I can do more.

 

1. All Over You by Emily Snow
2. Last Bitten by Lauren Ash
3. You'll Be Safe Here by Kristine Pierce

 

Book Review: Last Bitten (The Emerald Night #1) by Lauren Ash

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Format: Kindle

Publishers: Indie

Published: 17th January 2013

Pages: 52

Genre: New Adult, Paranormal Romance

Main Characters: Nia

Date Read: 27th - 28th January 2013

Rating Given:

 

Blurb from Goodreads:

A night gone wrong...

Amidst the grinding bodies of the hottest club in Seattle--Johnny's, twenty year old Nia finds herself in the arms of a mysterious green eyed-stranger. Will she give into him? The most erotic kiss of her life may just turn into the kiss of death. Nia is in for one heck of a ride--a run for her life under accusations of her best friend's attempted murder.

The Emerald Night holds more than just a boring latte.

Publisher's Note: Due to mature adult themes and adult language, this short novel is not suitable for minors under the age of 17.
 

I didn't actually know about this book until it was on Facebook that it was free on Kindle so I thought why not and for the most part it wasn't bad.

 

 I kind of like this cover I think it ties in with what the main character was wearing at the beginning of the book. I also like the colours that was used as it makes the cover stand out.

 

When I first started this book I wasn't too sure on whether I was going to like it as it just didn't seem that believable. I felt the romance side of the story was not really explained well enough and I just didn't get the attraction as there just didn't seem to be enough chemistry, I've read hotter romances in YA books! Once things started to get explained I did understand where her feeling came from. Even though this was a short story I felt like there was a lot of things that kept happening and has made me want to continue this story to see what happens next.

 

Nia seemed a bit naive and easily gave into a bit of peer pressure but once the story went on I felt she did grow a bit but not much. Johnny seemed to be a bit pushy to start with but again once the story went on I did understand where he was coming from and I did feel for him at times.

 

Overall it was a quick and easy read I just felt things needed to explained a lot sooner.

 

BOTM #16

Here is my January Book of the month post. I have done a vlog of the books that I have read and also books that I am going to read in February.

Here's the books that I read in January 2013:

• The MacKinnon Curse: The Beginning by J.A. Templeton (4.5/5)
• Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols (5/5)
• Hollowland by Amanda Hocking (3.5/5)
• The Lost Prince by Julie Kagawa (4/5)
• Persistence of Vision by Liesel K. Hill (4/5)
• Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout (5/5)
• Dare You To by Katie McGarry (5/5)
• Devil's Bargain by Rachel Caine (4.5/5)
• Blood and Snow by RaShelle Workman (3.5/5)
• Offside by M.G. Higgins (1.5/5)
• The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead (5/5)
• Last Bitten by Lauren Ash (3/5)
• All Over You by Emily Snow (3.5/5)
• Milo 2.0: Origins: The Fire by Debra Driza (1/5)
• Intuition by J. Meyers (2.5/5)

And the Book of the Month goes to...

This month was a good month of reading so it was really hard to pick a book of the month but in the end I went for The Indigo Spell. I just loved this book and if I could I would give it an even higher rating as I was enthralled by it. To see my review click here.

It's Monday What Are You Reading? #64

It's Monday What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Journey in which we plan our reading week!
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Finished Reading

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Blood and Snow by RaShelle Workman

Devil's bargain by Rachel Caine

Offside by M.G. Higgins (No review click title for Goodreads)

Dare You To by Katie McGarry (No review until April click title for Goodreads)

 

 

Currently Reading

 

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

Not read much yet but what I have read I am enjoying.

 

Last Bitten by Lauren Ash

Liking it so far but again I haven't read much.

 

 

Reading Next

 

Blood Prophecy by Alyxandra Harvey

I was going to start this last week but when The Indigo Spell arrived I changed my mind.

 

All Over You by Emily Snow

This was free on Amazon so I thought I would see if the series is worth getting into.

 

 

So that's what I'm reading this week, let me know in the comments below what your reading or link me up to your post.