Diary Of The Book Dragon

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

I found this guest post very interesting to write, as settings in YA are something I've thought about but never fully articulated. Normally, I speak more about characters, but a setting brings a character to life. I’m enchanted by rich worldbuilding.

It also sparked some interesting Twitter discussions when I put out a call for what other people want to see more of in YA when I was stuck on the 10th setting.

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Welcome to my stop on Interred Blog Tour. Read on if you want to find out more about Interred, first book in a new young adult paranormal series by Marilyn Almodóvar. Also there is an awesome GIVEAWAY! :)

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This was the toughest Top Ten list for me to write so far. Why? Because, although I have rather long list of waiting-to-be-published books on Goodreads, they are mostly sequels to series I am reading or new books by authors I already read. When I had to filter down that list to debut authors, I had only two books left.

Desperate time need desperate measures, so I had to do my share of googling and scouring the catalogs of some of my favorite publishers until I found a list of books that I was some-what satisfied with. The list could probably be better and I bet there are some awesome books out there I didn't mention here.

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The objective of Debut Author Challenge is to read and review at least 12 YA or middle grade debut novels published in 2013. For more information or to sing up go to the Hobbitsies Official 2013 Debut Author Challenge page.

Debut Author Challenge is such a wonderful idea, because it helps us discover new authors. And I don't know about you, but I get intimidated when people recommend me a series that already has more than 5 or (heaven help me) 10 books. Debut Author Challenge helps me keep up with great new series from the beginning. ; )

I will set a modest goal for myself: 12 24 books (one two book per month). But, I won't kid myself, you and I both know that I will read more. :D (And if you noticed I already increased my number of books. There are so many awesome debuts this year!)

This page will be updated as I read/review/buy books that are eligible for this challenge.

Books Read: 8/24

The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan Published on January 8, 2013	The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell Published on January 10, 2013	The Holders by Julianna Scott Published on March 5, 2013
Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland Published on April 2, 2013	Chantress by Amy Butler Greenfield Published on May 7, 2013	The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston Published on May 14, 2013
Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon Published on May 7, 2013	Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn Published on June 11, 2013

For now, here is my tentative list of some interesting YA and middle grade books by 2013 debut authors that I will probably be reading in 2013:

Books/ARCs I Already Own:

• The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
• Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart
• The End Games by T. Michael Martin
• Ink by Amanda Sun
• MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza
• Pantomime by Laura Lam
• The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski
• Playing Tyler by T.L. Costa
• Pretty Dark Nothing by Heather L. Reid
• Reboot by Amy Tintera
• Taken by Erin Bowman
• The Ward by Jordana Frankel
• When the World was Flat (And We Were in Love) by Ingrid Jonach

Books I Plan To Buy:

• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke
• City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster
• Cracked by Eliza Crewe
• Dualed by Elsie Chapman
• Loki's Wolves by K.L. Armstrong & M.A. Marr
• The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett
• Poison by Bridget Zinn
• Prophecy by Ellen Oh

IMM is hosted by The Story Siren & STS is hosted by Tynga's Reviews

Here is a list of books that I bought or received from various sources during last week.

The pile of books that I have to review is REALLY getting out of control. I am adding another goal to my bookish goals for 2013, I'm gonna try to do not request any new books from NetGalley for a month. If I manage I will try even to prolong it until March 1st. Wish me luck. :)

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Welcome to my stop in on Fire Prophet Blog Tour. Read on if you want to find out more Spirit Fighter & Fire Prophet, first two books in fantasy series Son of Angels by Jerel Law. Also there is an awesome GIVEAWAY! :)

And here's link for those who want to check out the rest of the Fire Prophet Blog Tour schedule.

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As each New Year starts we make some goals or so called New Year Resolutions. You know what I mean - this year you are finally going to lose that extra weight or clean up that messy store-room...

I am always ambitious with my plans, because, you know, this year I am going to fix & organise it all and by the end everything is going to be perfect. Of course, this never happens, I usually manage to complete just some of my goals but... As the smart little bunny in the picture below says: "If I gotta fail, I'm gonna fail big!"

IMM is hosted by The Story Siren & STS is hosted by Tynga's Reviews

Here is a list of books that I bought or received from various sources during last two weeks.

So, here I am after my holiday break. :) I hope you had nice time and had a good rest during the holidays. I sure did. Sorry if I did not respond to comments or tweets, but now I'm back (or will be back after brake for the weekend LOL).

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Another great book tour organised by Shane @ Itching For Books. I didn't hear about Doomed by Tracy Deebs before I saw blog tour sign-up but summary appealed to my inner-geek so here I am. :)

My part of the blog tour today is to offer you my thoughts about the book and to try and make a dream cast for the movie. Also of course you have an opportunity to check out the book summary, find out a little bit more about the author & enter awesome GIVEAWAY!!!

Doomed by Tracy Deebs

Ebook, 481 pages
Published on January 8, 2013 by Walker Childrens
(Provided for review by blog tour organisator)

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