Crazy for Young Adult Books discussion

Description

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of events.

New Releases | Fractured/ Retellings Fairy-tales

Oh yay!!!! Love it!!

Read: 6/12


January: Fairy tale - Entwined 31/01/15
February: Spy - Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy 04/02/15
March: LGBT - The Darkest Part of the Forest 25/03/15
April: Tradgedy Before I Fall 11/04/15
May: Time Travel My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century 24/05/15
June: Humour From What I Remember... 08/06/15
July: Mental Health Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock 19/07/15
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Yes! Amazing!

01/01/2015 - ??/12/2015
Read: 0/12


January: Fairy Tale - Dorothy Must Die
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Read: 5/12


January: Fairy Tale - Towering by Alex Flinn - 1/2
February: Spy - Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger - 2/3
March: LGBT - The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black - 3/24
April: Tragedy - Kiro's Emily by Abbi Glines - 4/15
May: Time Travel - The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - 5/10
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Start: 1/1/2015
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Completed: 9/12

January: Fairytales - Disfigured Love 1/28 (2 stars)
February: Spy - Mind Games
March: LGBT- Every Day 3/28 (2 stars)
April: Tragedy - More Than This 4/22 (2 stars)
May: Time Travel -Time Between Us 5/10 (5 stars)
June: Humor - Past Perfect 6/15 (2 stars)
July: Mental Health -All the Bright Places 7/27 (4 stars)
August: Poetry/Verse -Skyscraping
September: Didn't Participate
October: Zombie - Something Strange and Deadly 10/12 (5 stars)
November: Thriller - The House 11/05 (4 stars)
December: Alternate History - Becoming Darkness 12/07 (4.5 stars)

Read:

I'm actually nervous for this one! I have specific genres I like but if it is only one book, I think I will be able to do it!

Start Date: 1·1·15

Completed: 3/12

January: Burned
February: Two Lies and a Spy
March: Openly Straight
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Start date: 1/1/15
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Completed books: 0/12

January: 1/6/15
February: spy: finished: 1/11/15
March: finished: 4/11/15
April: tragedy: Finished: 5/16/15
May: Time Travel: Finished: 5/6/15
June: Humor: - Finished: 10/2/15
July: Mental health: finished: 9/7/15
August: Verse/Poetry Books:
September: Dying Earth:
October: Zombies: finished: 12/8/15
November: Thriller: either Finished: 11/8/15
December: Alternate history:

I think this is such a good idea. I usually just read from specific genres so it'd be good to branch out.

Date Started: 1/1/15
Date Finished: 8/12/15
Completed: 12/12

January: Fairytales - Splintered 24/1/15
February: Spy - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You 11/3/15
March: LGBT - The Art of Being Normal 14/3/15
April: Tragedy - Before I Fall 18/4/15
May: Time Travel - All Our Yesterdays 11/5/15
June: Humour - Jumping to Confusions 17/6/15
July: Mental Health - It's Kind of a Funny Story 18/7/15
August: Poetry/Verse - Far from You 14/8/15
September: Dying Earth - The Testing 21/9/15
October: Zombies - Hollowland 10/11/15
November: Thriller - The Naturals 28/11/15
December: Alternate History - A Thousand Pieces of You 8/12/15

Read

This sounds awesome! There are only one or two specific genres I won't read, so it's possible they won't come up. :D

Start Date: January 1, 2015

Read: 1/12

January: Fairy tale - The Enchantress Returns
February: Spy - Etiquette & Espionage
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I'm only going to be using Kindle books for this challenge, I think it's perfect to help me read more of them. January was pretty easy but February is definitely a curve ball. March was new. April is awesome. I love a tragedy.

Read:3/12. Extras: 1

January: Fairytales - Poisoned by Katherine Pine
February: Spy - Introductions + Thief by C.L. Stone
March: LGBT - Not Letting Go by Danni Keane
April: Tragedy -
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I'm in! It's my first time participating in this challenge and I hope I'll do good! :D

Start Date: January 1st, 2015
End Date: December 31st, 2015

Completed: 3/12

January: Fairy Tale: Cinder 1/1/15 (5 stars) ✔
February: Spy: Etiquette & Espionage
March: LGBT: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 3/23/15 (5 stars) ✔
April: Tragedy: Confess 4/23/15 (5 Stars) ✔
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Start Date: 1·1·15
Completed: TBD

Read: 0/12

January: Fairy Tale - Cruel Beauty
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Start: January 2015
End: December 2015

Read: 1/12

January: Fairy Tale: ✔
Tiger Lily ★★★
February: Spy:
March: LGBT:
Great
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Excited to try this :)


Start: Jan 2015
End: Dec 2015

Read: 12/12

January: Fairy Tale Cress - 1/24/2015
February: Spy Code Name Verity - 2/12/2015
March: LGBT The Darkest Part of the Forest - 3/22/2015
April: Tragedy Going Bovine - 4/30/2015
May: Time Travel Amber House - 5/20/2015
June: Humor Miss Mayhem - 6/26/2015
July: Mental Health The Program - 7/24/2015
August: Poetry/Verse Crank - 8/29/2015
September: Dying Earth - Not a Drop to Drink - 9/30/2015
October: Zombie - Strange Angels - 10/18/2015
November: Thriller - The Cuckoo's Calling - 11/17/2015
December: Alternate History - What's Left of Me-12/23/2015

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Read: 8/12


January: Fairy Tale: Fairy Tale Reform School: Flunked
February: Spy: Curtsies & Conspiracies
March:LGTBQ: Me Being Me Is Exactly as Insane as You Being You
April: Tragedy: Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
May: Time Travel: Charlotte Sometimes
June: Humor: My Fairly Dangerous Godmother
July: Mental Health
August: VERSE/POETRY BOOKS:True Believer
September:
October:Zombie: Rot and Ruin
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December:

I just joined and I am really excited to do this challenge!!


January: Fairy Tale: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
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Genre Challenge
Completed: 1/12

January: Fairytale | The Darkest Part of the Forest
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Genre Challenge
Duration: 1st Jan, 2015 - 31st Dec, 2015
Books Completed: 0/12

January: fairy-tale | Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
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I'm in, this one seems interesting.

I'm in!
Starting on 1 Jan 2015
Finished on: 1 Dec 15
Completed books: 12/12

January: Fairy Tale-Kill Me Softly
February: Spy-Red Rising (spy in a sci-fi setting)
March: LBGT-Ash
April: Tragedy-The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (parts are hilarious, but everyone dies and what isn't tragic about the fate of Native Americans on the rez?)
May: Time-TravelKing Arthur and Her Knights: Enthroned #1, Enchanted #2, Embittered #3
June: Humor-The Player
July: Mental Health-Until the End
August: Verse-Out of the Dust
September: Dying Earth-Sand Omnibus
October: Zombie-Deadtown
November: Thriller-Ex-Heroes
December: Alternate History-Nero's Fiddle

Completed:

COOL!

2015 Genre Challenge

January= Fairy Tale Cinder (01/27)
February= Spy
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One of my New Year resolutions was is to not just read a lot, but to read a wider variety of books. This is so perfect to do that!

Start Date: 1/1/15
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Read: 0/12

January: Fairy Tale - Alice in Zombieland
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January: fairy tale-Clockwork Angel completed January 8th 2015
February: Heist Society Completed: February 14th, 2015
March LGBT:The Blood of Olympus Completed:March 28th
April: Tragedy- completed April 20th 2014
May Time travel-A Thousand Pieces of You Completed: May 16th,2015
JunePaper Towns completed: June 25th, 2015
July- Mental health-The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer completed: July 12,2015
August: Poetry/verse :Impulse completed: August 16th,2015
September Dying world: four
October- zombies- the queen of zombie hearts completed october 31st
November THRILLER: A Spark Unseen completed: November22, 2015
December
READ: 11/12

I'm in!

Completed: 1/12

January (read 1/17, 3*)
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Read: 0/12


January: Fairy Tale
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Count me in too!

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I'm in!!

Read: 5/12

January: Fairy Tale Becoming Beauty (3 stars)
February: Spy Etiquette & Espionage (1 star)
March: LGBT The Darkest Part of the Forest (5 stars)
April: Tragedy The Best of Me (3 stars)
May: Time Travel How to Love (3 stars)
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Books Read

Gisbelle wrote: "Description

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking animals) and enchantments, often involvi..."

Does Harry potter count?

i'm in
January; Clockwork Angel completed
February: Heist Society completed
March:The Blood of Olympus completed
April: Before I Fall
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You got me interested in this one! I'll give it a try

Read: 5/12


January: Fairy Tale: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 3* 1/25/13
February: Spy: Scorpia 4,5* 2/9/15
March:
April: UnSouled 3.5* 6/1/15
May: The Future of Us 4* 6/8/15
June: I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away 3.5* stars 6/24/15
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Elizabeth wrote: "Does Harry potter count? "

The book doesn't have all the right components making up a fairy tale.

Start Date: 1/1/15
Completed:

Read: 6/12

January: Fairy Tale - Roses- finished 1/31/15 4.5 stars
February: Spy - Code Name Verity
March: LGBT The Perks of Being a Wallflower - finished 6/9/15 5 stars
April: Tragedy - Please Ignore Vera Dietz - finished 8/29/15 5 stars
May: Time Travel - My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century - finished 8/17/15 5 stars
June: Humor - Beauty Queens
July: Mental Health - This Song Will Save Your Life - finished 10/7/2015 5 stars
August: Verse -
September: Dying Earth -
October: Zombies -
November: Thriller - Panic - finished 12/22/2015 3 stars
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Finished:

Sounds fun! I'll try it out.
Start: 1/2/15
Finish:
Completed: 6/12

January: Fairy Tale - Entwined Finished 1/24
February: Spy- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Finished 2/21
March: LGBT- Middlesex Finished 4/25
April: Tragedy - Before I Fall Finished 5/3
May: Time Travel - The Clay Lion Finished 5/28
June: Humor - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Finished 7/2
July: Mental Health-Made You Up
August: Verse - Sold
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January- Beastly

I am in I hope I can do this one

Completed: 12/12 plus 1


January: Fairy Tale - Scarlet Moon 1/17/15 ***, Stitching Snow 5/30/15 *****
February: Spy/Espionage - Violins of Autumn 3/30/15 ***
March: LGBT - Luna: a Novel 4/7/15 ****
April: Tragedy - You Are Not Here 4/11/15 ****
May: Time Travel - When You Reach Me 6/28/15 ***
June: Humor - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 9/26/15 *****
July: Mental Health - impulse 8/15/15 ****
August: Verse/Poetry - Perfect 12/13/15 ****
September: Dying Earth - Z for Zechariah 10/31/15 ***
October:Zombie - This is Not a Test ***** 12/27/25
November:Thriller- Liars, Inca **** 1/2/16
December:Alternate History- A thousand Pieces of You***** 1/3/16

Start: 1/1/2015
Completed: 0/12

January: fairy tale: 1/4/15
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January: Fairy Tale- Alice in Zombieland
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Start Date: 1/28/15
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Completed books: 9/12

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Start Date: 01/06
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January: Fairy Tale
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I'm in!

January; Fairytale: Den fredløse 3/5 stars
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Start on 1/12/15
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Completed books: 1/12

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January: Fairest 2/6 (This book came really late :/)
February: Etiquette & Espionage 2/7
March: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 5/9...
April: Where She Went 5/15
May: Ruby Red 5/20
June: My Fair Godmother 6/13
July: Asylum 10/1
August: Crank 10/2
September:Tales of the Dying Earth
October: Outpost
November: I Hunt Killers
December: Curtsies & Conspiracies

Completed: 8/12

January: Faerie Tale Retelling Cruel Beauty 1/18/15, 4 stars
February: Spy Etiquette & Espionage 4/29/15, 4 stars
March: LGTB If You Could Be Mine 5/7/15, 3 stars
April: Tragedy I Was Here4/23/15, 4 stars
May: Time Travel The Halloween Tree 7/11/15 5 stars
June: Humor
July:Mental Health Wintergirls 24/9/15, 3 stars
August: Poetry/ Verse Hamlet
September: Dying Earth The Time Machine 8/11/15 4 stars
October: Zombie
November: Thriller A Study in Scarlet 22/7/15, 3 stars
December: Alternate History Curtsies & Conspiracies

Question- is there a length requirement? I was looking into reading Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson and its only 6 pages...

I feel like this challenge is more for full length novels right

Start Date: 1/1/15
Finish Date: 28/12/15

Completed: 12/12

January: Fairy Tales - Alice in Zombieland
February: Spy - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
March: LGBT - Middlesex
April: Tragedy - Vanishing Girls
May: Time Travel - Landline
June: Humour - Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
July: Mental Health - All the Bright Places
August: Verse/Poetry - Crank
September: Dying Earth - The Testing
October: Zombie - Warm Bodies
November: Thriller - The Girl on the Train
December: Alternate History - Etiquette & Espionage

Start date: Jan 16

Completed: 2/12

January: Fairy Tales Stitching Snow 4* 1/20/15
February: Spy Waistcoats & Weaponry 5* 2/8/15
March:LGBT Heartless 4* 3/14/15
April:Tragedy The Way of Shadows 4.5* 4/14/15
May:Time Travel Sapphire Blue
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Does the queen by Kiera cass count as a fairy tale?