2019 Reading Challenges

This challenge is hosted by Michelle and Berls @ Because Challenges Make Reading More Fun.

For this challenge, there are three different courses that you can choose from and pick classes that dictate how many you lock in for each month.

The courses and teachers are Professor AuthorLuv, in which you commit to read a certain amount of an author's work, Professor Genre, in which you pick a genre or theme, and Professor Mix-it-Up, in which you pick books from a specific list of your own making. (Looked at rules to come up with a short summary).

At first, I only planned to maybe do one, but this sounds like a lot of fun, so I'm going to do the Beginner class of all three. 

For Professor AuthorLuv, I'm going to choose K.M. Shea. She writes clean, young adult fantasy. I mostly prefer her fairy tale romance series. I might try to read some of her other fantasy books, but for the most part it will be her fairy tale retellings

For Professor Genre, I'm picking retellings. Most of these probably will be fairy tale retellings. I'll avoid using the books I count for the first course.

For Professor Mix-it-Up, my list is as follows:

1. Painter's Daughter by Julie Klassen (a Christian historical romance)

2. Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch (a contemporary YA)

3. Pippa of Lauramore by Shari Tapscott (YA fantasy romance

4. Heist Society by Ally Carter (YA mystery romance)

5. The Vicar's Daughter by Josi S. Kilpack (clean historical romance

I wasn't sure how long the list was allowed to be. If I see longer lists, I might change it a little to include more options.

I love retellings, so I am going to sign up for Tracy's @ Cornerfold's Retellings Reading Challenge.
I am picking the level Warrior Princess 6-10 books. I see myself reading more than this.

What I plan to read (Maybe?)

1. For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
2. Spinning Starlight by R.C. Lewis
3. Beauty and the Beast by KM Shea
4. The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea
5. Entwined by Heather Dixon
6. Wild Swans by KM Shea
7. The Silent Mermaid by Brittany Fichter
8. Suspicion by Alexandra Monir
9. The Captive Maiden by Melanie Dickerson
10. The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

There is also a Bingo that goes along with it.

Tackle My TBR Challenge is hosted by Kimberly @ KimberlyFaye Reads

The goal is to read x amount of TBR books for a month. I'm choosing the level Safety, which is to read 12 books, one book a month. It can vary hugely on how many books I read in a year, so I want to play it safe.

For some extra fun, there is a theme challenge. I won't follow it every month, but I will try some months. 

What I plan to read

1. Lady and the Lionheart by Joanne Bischof

2. Wanderlost by Jen Malone

3. Love, Lies, and Spies by Cindy Anstey

4. My New Crush Gave to Me by Shani Petroff

5. The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen

6. Our Song by Jordanna Fraiberg

7. A Spy's Devotion by Melanie Dickerson

8. Unremembered by Jessica Brody

9. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

10. Possibilities by Debra White Smith

I only listed 10 since the Retellings challenge books will count, too.

Series in a Month Challenge

I'm going to participate in the Series in a Month Challenged hosted by Berls and Michelle @BecauseReading. There are several rules in the challenge, but I'm not going to list them. Feel free to click the their blog's name that I have linked.

I'm going to pick the Reawakened series by Colleen Houck.

picture and summary from Good Reads

When seventeen-year-old Lilliana Young enters the Metropolitan Museum of Art one morning during spring break, the last thing she expects to find is a live Egyptian prince with godlike powers, who has been 

reawakened after a thousand years of mummification.

And she really can't imagine being chosen to aid him in an epic quest that will lead them across the globe to find his brothers and complete a grand ceremony that will save mankind.

But fate has taken hold of Lily, and she, along with her sun prince, Amon, must travel to the Valley of the Kings, raise his brothers, and stop an evil, shape-shifting god named Seth from taking over the world.

From New York Times bestselling author Colleen Houck comes an epic adventure about two star-crossed teens who must battle mythical forces and ancient curses on a journey with more twists and turns than the Nile itself.

I have read the first book but can count it by rereading it. There are rules about rereading and such so make sure to look them up if interested in joining next month.