Rated YA-MA discussion

We like consistency! (with a twist!)



Just like last year, we are going to be doing a New Author Challenge. However, this year we want you to do a new to you author from each of our genre folders.

The first quarter challenge runs from January 1st to March 31st.

How it works:

♦ As usual, we will be reading 6 books. The books must be of a completely new author that you haven't read anything of theirs before.

♦ Each author must represent one of the genre's in this group; Science Fiction, Fantasy, PNR/UF, Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, or a book from one of specific 'other book/comic' threads (GLBT, Manga/Graphic Novel, Adult book with a YA feel, classic, non-fiction).

♦ Audio books are allowed in any of the genres.

♦ Both stand alone books and first in a series books are allowed, if it's from a new author to you.

♦ All of the books MUST be at least 150 (paper) pages in order to qualify for this challenge. If the kindle or ebook pages are different than the paper count, please provide the correct number, so no books are left out unjustly.

♦ As you can already use 1 Adult book as your 'other book' folder pick, provided it reads like a YA, we will only allow 1 more Adult book to be substituted to represent one of our genre's in this challenge. This makes for 2 possible adult picks overall.

♦ You can select as many new releases that you want, provided it fits all of the other qualifications of this challenge.

Loophole:
Just to be nice, because we all love reading fav authors, I will be allowing 1 old author in our reading mix, provided that it is at least a brand new series to you. No continuing a series with a 'new' installment.

Please, when you are updating the thread and your numbered tally post, list out exactly what slot the book is going to fit. for instance '1st adult pick, genre PNR/UF, old author new series'. I can probably figure it out on my own, but it'll save me so much time.

Lastly! If you are looking for possibilities definitely check out each genre's folder/thread.

Okay, I'm ready for your questions, and happy Challenge to you all!

Angie #16: FINISHED!!!
Laurel #48: FINISHED!
Kdbrand #6: FINISHED!!
Rhondav #210: FINISHED
7hir7een #105: FINISHED
Diane #5: FINISHED!!
Kelly #177: FINISHED!
Linda #60: FINISHED!!!
Athena #292: FINISHED!!!
Sarah #295: FINISHED
Bailey #24: FINISHED
Casey #19: FINISHED
Jen #39: FINISHED
Christie #12: FINISHED
Ash Wednesday #43: FINISHED
Anna (Yoda Is My Spirit Animal) #82: FINISHED
Kim #100: FINISHED
Ashley #73: FINISHED
Natalie #28 FINISHED
Erika #53: FINISHED
R #21: FINISHED
Jennifer #13: FINISHED! Two Rounds
Anna #7: FINISHED! Two Rounds

Alexa #306: 4/6 realistic/fantasy/pnr/sci-fi (1 adult)
Brittney #124: 1/6 PNR
Carol #108:
Christina #50:
Dawn #59: 3/6 sci-fi/fantasy/historical
Dee #71: 4/6 historical/other/realistic/fantasy
Elaine #51: 4/6 realistic/sci-fi/historical/fantasy
Emily #30: 5/6 realistic/other/historical/fantasy/sci-fi
Frishawn #98: 2/6 historical/fantasy (1 adult)
Go Go Chocobo #356:
Gremlin #62: 4/6 sci-fi/realistic/other/fantasy
Jenny #4: 3/6 fantasy/UF/sci-fi (1 adult)
Kim #65: 1/6 PNR
Kira #23: 2/6 fantasy/sci-fi
Kristen #285:
Maria #204: 2/6 PNR/fantasy
Michelle {Book Hangovers} #90: 5/6 other/realistic/sci-fi/UF/fantasy
Nathalie #123: 2/6 Fantasy/PNR
Nicole K #139: 1/6 sci-fi
Sandra #27: 4/6 realistic/PNR/sci-fi/fantasy
Shera #279: 2/6 sci-fi/fantasy
Stacie #11: 3/6 fantasy/realistic/other
Wendy F #3: 4/6 Fantasy/UF/realistic/sci-fi (1 adult and loophole)

I have absolutely no idea what to go with, but here's where my tally will be!

Possibilities:
Other:
Fantasy:
Realistic Fic:
PN/UF:
Sci-Fi/Dystopian:
Historical:

Possible loophole pick for Fantasy:

Wendy's picks:

Fantasy


UF


Realistic


Sci-Fi


Other/nonfic

I'm in.
My possibilities-

Fantasy:


Sci-fi:


UF/PNR:


Historical:

(I'm jealous of everyone who gets to put Code Name Verity or Between Shades of Gray here.)

Contemporary Realistic:


Other:
(Adult books, YA feel)

Loophole pool to maybe use for one of the genres:


Adult pool:



Finished:
Fantasy
UF/PNR
Sci-fi

I have many that are going around in my mind. I'm in. Here is my "Working List" subject to change on a whim.
Fantasy finished 2/6
Historical Fiction finished 1/12
Paranormal finished 2/9
realistic fiction / contemporary - still waiting :(
Adult pick - Urban Fantasy finished 1/1
- Science fiction finished 1/19
realistic fiction finished 2/12

Updated 1/24/14 -done

Count me in too. Now to figure out what to read.

Here are my possibles:

Science Fiction: -read this one *Finished
-New Author

Fantasy: -New Author *Finished

PNR/UF: -New Author *Finished

Historical Fiction: -New Author *Finished

Realistic Fiction: -New Author *Finished

(Adult book with a YA feel): -read this one *Finished
-New Author

I'm in!

Question - Can I use as my "loophole" book since I've been reading her blog but this will be the first book I've read by her?

Realistic fiction:
John Green
Rainbow Rowell

Fantasy:


Science fiction:


Historical fiction:


PNR/UF:


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Round 1 - Completed


Round 2 - Completed
- PNR, loophole
- historical fiction
- realistic fiction
- science fiction
- fantasy
- other (glbt)

I do not see a genere of contemporary fiction - is that the same as realistic fiction? I see a lot of books categorized as contemporary but we do not have that genere listed

Anna wrote: "I'm in!

Question - Can I use as my "loophole" book since I've bee..."

Yep, that would be fine Anna. It would work well as a 'other' non-fic pick. It would also count as your Adult pick.

I may actually steal that idea! Thanks, hahaha!

Diane wrote: "I do not see a genere of contemporary fiction - is that the same as realistic fiction? I see a lot of books categorized as contemporary but we do not have that genere listed"

Yes, contemp and realistic fic would be the same thing.

I'm in! And super excited because I haven't done a challenge in awhile!
Genre= Fantasy New author Finished 1~16, loved!
Switching to Genre = SciFi New author Finished 3~28 Quick read, fun concept or Genre = PNR/UF New author Finished 3~31 Not a fan, a little to redundant and cheesy for me.
Genre = Realistic New author Finished 1~29
Genre = Historical New author ~ Failed, didn't get too
Genre = Other New author Finished 3~36! and Wow!

I am in and excited about clearing off my to read list. Here are my possibilities:

Science Fiction - New author FINISHED
Fantasy - New Author FINISHED
PNF/UF - New Author FINISHED
Historical Fiction - New Author FINISHED
Realistic Fiction - New authorFINISHED
Other - Adult Book that Feels like YA (YALSA Alex Award 2013) - New Author FINISHED

I'm in and super stoked. Here's my list of possibilities: - Round 2 :)
- Science Fiction - New Author *Finished 2/7/14
- Fantasy - New Author * Finished 2/16/14
- PNF/UF - New Author *Finished 2/13/14
- Historical Fiction - New Author *Finished 3/17/14
- Realistic Fiction - New Author *Finished 3/22/14
- Other - Graphic Novel - New Author *Finished 3/24/14
Round 1 finished books:

One more clarifying question- do we have to have each pick from a different genre or can we have two from the same genre as long as the author is new or one is adult reads like YA and the other is actually YA?

One from each category. I'm 99.999% certain. I think.
Also, @Jennifer - Shadow & Bone is actually a high fantasy.

I'm in!


✔Science Fiction:
✔Fantasy:
✔PNR/UF:
✔Historical Fiction:
✔Realistic Fiction:
✔Other:

Jenny is correct, it is one book from each genre.

Jenny, I was just getting ready to say that about the fantasy book, haha.

I have a probably dumb question, but would NA count as our adult pick like in the other challenges or can we use it as our Adult that reads like YA pick?

I have this awesome looking NA zombie apocalypse/dystopia that I got for review, and wondering where it would fit.

Hmm this sounds harder than i think my mind can handle after the holidays, but I'm in anyway. Here's a stupid question, other than guessing based of the description, is there another way to tell what genre a book is? A more obvious way.
I am thinking:
for Paranormal Romance
Historical Fiction
for Fantasy

Completed:
Historical Fiction
Paranormal Romance
Fantasy
Sc-Fi
Other/Classic

These genres are pretty basic and are different enough that it shouldn't be difficult to figure out where books fit based on synopses. But if one gives you trouble, Goodreads lists genres on the book's page - these listed genres are based on what people have shelved the book as, so that isn't always exact (particularly with YA) because a lot of people just don't know what they're doing. Amazon's book pages list genres as well, under the section "Look for Similar Items by Category" and those are pretty accurate because they're supplied by the publisher. This info is also usually (though not always) listed inside the book, on the copyright page, like so:


ETA: If a particular genre is giving someone trouble or you don't have a good grasp of what one of the genres really is, Stacia has made a post explaining the group's genre folders and what those genres mean here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I'm in!! Potential list below. I own three of these books - shame on me for not reading them sooner <_<

Science Fiction: finished 2/11

Fantasy: finished 3/24

Urban Fantasy / PNR: finished (3/6)

Historical Fiction: finished 3/31

Realistic Fiction: finished 1/6

Other: finished 3/27

This sounds like fun! I'm in!


Finished:
(Paranormal)
(Sci-Fi)
(Fantasy)
(Hist Fic/Adult)
(Memoir/Non-fiction)



So many to chose from!

(SF)
(Fantasy)
(PNR/UF)
(Realistic-ish)
(Hist Fic/Adult)
(Memoir/Non-fiction)

Subject to change, but I'm feelin' pretty good about this list

I love this challenge! I sucked royally on the last challenge but I think this one will actually help me pick through my to-read pile.

Fantasy potentials:


Contemporary potentials:


Historical Fiction potentials:


Sci-Fi:


Urban fantasy:


Other:


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Completed: 2/6
Fantasy:
Dystopian/Sci-fi?:

Fun! I'm in. Now I'll just need some suggestions for some of my less read genre's. I need more but this is just a start.
Possibles
Fantasy:

Sci-fi:

UF/PNR:

Historical:

Contemporary Realistic:

Other:

Loophole:


Completed
6/6

Kira wrote: "I love this challenge! I sucked royally on the last challenge but I think this one will actually help me pick through my to-read pile.

Fantasy potentials:
[boo..."

OooOooo...I'm so going to pick through your lists! You always have good taste ;)
And OMG, read Throne of Glass lady!

Bailey wrote: "And OMG, read Throne of Glass lady!"

Oy, I know! I'm working up to it, I really am.

I'm in! I'll have to pick up paper and pen to ponder some potentials for each genre.

Progress: Better than expected 4/6
:Realistic Fiction, known author
: Sci-fi
: PRN, adult
: fantasy

I'll join again.

Rated YA-MA: First Quarter Challenge: New, New and New, 2014 Edition
Completed 6 out of 6

Science Fiction
1/11

Fantasy
2/6

PNR/UF
2/23

Historical Fiction
2/1

Realistic Fiction
3/30

Other (Adult with YA Feel, all the books won Alex Awards)
3/29

Natalie wrote: "I'll join again."

Oh, I hope you read, and love, Daughter of the Forest!

I'm in! I love this challenge! I don't do possibilities ahead of time because I like to read whatever when the spirit moves me.

Completed:
Realistic Fiction:
Other/Nonfiction:
Historical Fiction:
Fantasy:
Science Fiction:

Jennifer--I'm a little jealous of you reading for the first time. It is one of my absolute all time favorites!

Angie wrote: "I have a probably dumb question, but would NA count as our adult pick like in the other challenges or can we use it as our Adult that reads like YA pick?

I have this awesome looking NA zombie apoc..."

Not a dumb question.

NA would count as adult. However since you get both 'Adult that reads like a YA' + one more adult pick, that gives you two opportunities to read an NA/adult book.

Does that answer the question?

Casey wrote: "Hmm this sounds harder than i think my mind can handle after the holidays, but I'm in anyway. Here's a stupid question, other than guessing based of the description, is there another way to tell wh..."

I tend to pop into the book description and check out the top 3 shelves members have placed it on. If you pick one for PNR/UF (which I would say Shiver is), and it's mostly shelved on those shelves, I'll accept it. Now, it can't just be listed as a possible shelve it has to be one of the more popular shelves for the book.

Jenny wrote: "These genres are pretty basic and are different enough that it shouldn't be difficult to figure out where books fit based on synopses. But if one gives you trouble, Goodreads lists genres on the bo..."

Thanks Jenny! Perfect answer.

Okay, I think I have added everyone to the tally, but it's always a good idea to check and make sure you're listed and I have your post # correct.

Can the author still be considered new to you if you have only read a short novella by them?

Hmmm, I'm going to go with no on that one, though it did make me debate it.

However, you could use that for your loophole book.

Wendy F wrote: "Angie wrote: "I have a probably dumb question, but would NA count as our adult pick like in the other challenges or can we use it as our Adult that reads like YA pick?

I have this awesome looking ..."

Yep! Thanks. :)

I'm in!

Science Fiction: The Moon Dwellers

Fantasy: Shadowborn

✔ PNR/UF: Untamed City: Carnival of Secrets

Historical Fiction: The Night Circus

✔ Realistic Fiction: Holier Than Thou

✔ Other/Loophole Adult: Waking Up Married

Kira wrote: "I love this challenge! I sucked royally on the last challenge but I think this one will actually help me pick through my to-read pile.

Fantasy potentials:
[boo..."

Oh gad, The Mad Scientist's Daughter! *whispers* yessssss (ETA: though that's like 75% adult 25% YA)

I wanna join! It's going to take me a bit of time to figure out my picks.

Okay, here my potential reads for the challenge (some genres are difficult for me, I'll try to look for ideas here.

Sci-fi:

Fantasy:

PNR UF: * A *A

Realistic Fiction: *

Historical fiction:

Others:??

(*) Known author
(A) Adult

Sandra, are you going to be updating post 41 with your reads?

(Are galleys okay provided the book gets released before March 2014?)
Tentative list:

Fantasy: (done 03.07.14)

Sci-Fi/Dystopia: (done: 01.12.14)

Contemporary: (done 01.13.14)

Historical: (done: 02.20.14)

Old author, new book loophole: (done: 03.30.14)

Adult with YA feel: (done: 01.07.14)

Completed: 6/6

Galleys are fine, as long as they fit in the 'new author, each genre' guideline.

Are you going to post your updates in post #43?

Okay thanks :) Yes, I'll be picking (atleast) one for each of those categories I made (all are new authors for me save for the old author loophole pile)

ETA: I'm not sure if Unholy Ghosts has a YA feel... Anyone?

I would say, not really. It's definitely all adult.

Okay will have to find a new one for that category :)

Count me in!

Possible pool

Science Fiction Read!
Fantasy: Read!
PNR/UF: Read!
Historical Fiction: Read!
Realistic: Read!
Other (Classic): Read!

Update: 6/6 Finished

Jenny wrote: "These genres are pretty basic and are different enough that it shouldn't be difficult to figure out where books fit based on synopses. But if one gives you trouble, Goodreads lists genres on the bo..."

tHANK YOU!

Ooh, count me in!! I'll come back and add books as I go just like last time.