The 2010 Debut Author Challenge is hosted by Kristi over at the Story Siren.

The rules are easy, but you can get a full run down and addtional info here: 2010 Debut Author Challenge Info. And you can sign up for it here: 2010 Debut Author Challenge Sign Up Info.

I'm adding a couple books that I really want to read. They will be highlighted once I've read. I'll continue to add to the list as I find new and exciting books. Books are listed in no particular order. Links open to my reviews.

Books Read:
01. The Dark Divine By: Bree Despain
02. Claire de Lune By: Christine Johnson
03. Exit Strategy By: Ryan Potter
04. Shade By: Jeri Smith-Ready
05.

Own To Read:

Firespell By: Chloe Neill
The Line By Teri Hall
The Body Finder By: Kimberly Derting
The Iron King By: Julie Kagawa
All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
WEREling By: Steve Feasey


On Order/Coming Soon(ish) or Coming For Review:

13 to Life by Shannon Delaney
Other By: Karen Kincy
Nevermore By: Kelly Creagh
Sea by Heidi R. Kling

Wish List: (this list will be added to)

Restoring Harmony by Joëlle Anthony
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Tell Me A Secret by Holly Cupala
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Shadow Hills by Anastasia Hopcus
The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard
A Love Story: Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily Horner
Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly
The Mark by Jen Nadol
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
Dirty Little Secrets by Cynthia Jaynes Omololu
A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Nomansland By: Lesley Hauge
The Voice of Dragons By: Carrie Vaughn

And many others. Checkout my 2010 Debut Author List on Good Reads HERE. It's added to often, so keep checking back.

So, I figured I'd take part in a couple reading challenges for next year. Here's the first one and it's Hosted By: J. Kaye's Book Blog.

I'll be doing a couple and here's two that I'll be working my way through:

2010 Young Adult Reading Challenge - Stepping it up 50 Young Adult Novels. I'm sure I'll read more then this and if that's the case I'll change it up. I'm going to follow Kari from A Good Addiction's lead and not add the books until I've read them. Way to many books to be read and way to many books coming out.

Another challenge I'll be doing is the 100+ Reading Challenge. Also Hosted By: J. Kaye's Book Blog. And again I'll add books as I read them.

I'll be adding a link for both of these challenges once I get them started. You'll be able to find the link in one of my sidebars. These should all be fun!

I was awarded the Honest Scrap Award from Peace Love & Pat! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You or this award!!

The rules are easy. You have to list 10 honest things about yourself and then pass it on to 10 other honest bloggers.

So, here goes.......

1. I love to bake, but would rather not cook. Give me some cupcakes or a cake to decorate anytime over cooking any meal.

2. I'm a cold weather person. I love the rain, doom and gloom weather over summer and heat. Heat and I don't get along. Never have, never will.

3. I like to be alone and very much am a person who loves to be at home. I tend to stay away from large groups of people. Going to Disneyland at the height of summer is a double No for me. Heat and large crowds... even thinking about it makes me want to cower in the corner.

4. I met my husband on the internet. In a yahoo chat room. Weird, but true. We've been together for 9 years, married for 8.

5. Being that it's christmas time and all, I might as well admitt that I'm a crazy for christmas person. I love everything from the lights to the tree to wrapping to the music to... well pretty much everything.

6. When I'm here, I miss Liverpool, when I'm in Liverpool I miss So. Cal. I even love the area of Liverpool that my husband's from. It's not the best area, but it has felt like home from the first day I arrived there. Now, to figure out where we want to live... here or there.

7. I can get annoyed sometimes to easily.

8. I can't walk around barefoot on cement or grass - sometimes even on carpet. It's like fingernails down a chalkboard to me.

9. I use to draw portraits. I haven't picked up a pencil and pad of paper in awhile. I miss it.

10. I'm scared of Moth's. Yep, Moth's. Spiders, not so much... moth's make me scream and run like the girl I am.
 
Now, it's my turn to pass it on to 10 blogs/bloggers! (some of you have been blogging for longer then I have and you might have already done this. Have fun with it anyways!)
 
Kari from A Good Addiction
Rex Robot Reviews
Enna Isilee from Squeaky Books
Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My!
The Book Vixen
The Neverending Shelf
Books Not Bombs
So Many Books, So Little Time
Sherry from Flipping Pages for All Ages
Jill from The O.W.L.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:


-Grab your current read
-Open to a random page
-Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
-BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
-Share the title & author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

Still reading Captivate by; Carrie Jones. Not because I don't like it... I'm LOVING it actually. Just real life is sitll in my way of reading these days. I hope to have this finished later tonight or tomorrow.

"I'm not blue anymore."
"Is that because you're red?"
"Huh? How do you know I'm red?"
"Because your blushing." He laughs (Nick and Zara - Pg. 125)

First the cover made me want to read this book, then hearing a little more about it.. yeah, it's a MUST READ! Sounds funny.. the word funny just seems like such an understatment when talking about this book. I'm really looking forward to reading it as I'm sure many of you will agree.... here's some info taken from the email about the author, book and sweepstakes:

From the author of 'Dry', 'Running With Scissors', 'Wolf at the Table' and 'Magical Thinking' is the latest offering from the viciously funny Augusten Burroughs, 'You Better Not Cry' from St. Martin's Press:


Augusten Burroughs has, and in this caustically funny, nostalgic, poignant, and moving collection he recounts Christmases past and present-as only he could. With gimleteyed wit and illuminated prose, Augusten shows how the holidays bring out the worst in us and sometimes, just sometimes, the very, very best. 
 

St. Martin's Press is having a sweepstakes to win a copy! Enter here:
 
http://us.macmillan.com/smp/promo/youbetternotcry
 
Augusten Burroughs Website

 More information about the book:
 
http://us.macmillan.com/YouBetterNotCry
 
Watch the Trailer!  
 


So, enter to win a your copy from St. Martin's Press today!