David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine..."




We partied like it REALLY was 1999. December 21, 2012 came, and went. Countless other 'end of the world dates' have come and gone. No major earthquakes, the sun didn't go out, no zombie outbreaks (yet), and the poles didn't suddenly reverse. Kind of anti-climatic, right?

Let's turn back (or forward) the clocks, and grab onto that feeling once again! This is a mini-challenge that can be repeated throughout 2013. You pick the start date.... then 30 days from your start (give or take a day- basically a month) is your deadline.

For this challenge, to get back that 'we are going to die' feeling, you need to read a dystopian, apocalyptic, zombie outbreak, and/or post-apocalyptic books. (If you can justify your choice, then you can use it!)

Feel free to ask questions! Re-reads are fine, as long as the read dates fall within your time frame for the challenge.

Levels of Difficulty:

Countdown's Begun 1-3 Books

Four Horseman 3-6 Books

The End 7+ Books

Roll Call:
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Still Fighting the Great Fight


I Survived the Apocalypse and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt Placed on This List!

Ashley

Jonel

Zombies May Have Made Them Stumble, but They Survived!

David (Mr Blue Eyes)

Rebecka

Karen

Party Like It's 1999 Mini-Challenge
January 19, 2013 - February 18, 2013

6/6 Completed

1. Released
2. Shades of Earth
3. Ashfall
4. Promised
5. The Dead and the Gone
6. Ashen Winter

Yay Ashley! I'll give it a go too, although I'm going to back date my start date to the beginning of January :)

Ok, I'm gonna give it a go here as well. I'm not sure how far I'll make it, but we'll see.

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Jonel wrote: "Ok, I'm gonna give it a go here as well. I'm not sure how far I'll make it, but we'll see.

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Yay Jonel!! You'll do great :)

Party Like It's 1999 Mini-Challenge
January 1, 2013 - January 30, 2013

4/5 Completed

1. The New World by Patrick Ness
2. The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
3. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
4. Gone by Michael Grant
5. Prodigy by Marie Lu (still to read)

Party Like it's 1999
January 20 2013 - February 18 2013
2/6 completed

1 Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn 1/20
2 Rot and Ruin by Johnathan Maberry
3 Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness 2/3
4 Deadline by Mira Grant
5 Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
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Ooh yay, awesome picks!!!

Party Like It's 1999
January 1, 2013 - January 30, 2013
5/7 completed

1 Deluge of the Dead
2 Eden's Root
3 The End - Visions of Apocalypse
4 Fire Country
5 Seeds of War
6 The Immortal Rules - currently reading
7 1984 - currently reading

This one is an easy challenge for me because this genre is my favorite!

Wow! Still, that's impressive, you're in "The End" category lol, I'm not sure if that's a good thing lol! I'm sititng right in the middle of "Four Horsemen" haha!

Love the names Alana picked. The End, The Four Horsemen... Cracked me up! Hehehe...

I know right? She's awesome with these things :)

Am I ok to read The Morganville Vampires series?

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Am I ok to read The Morganville Vampires series?"

Not sure, is it dystopian/post apocalyptic?

David wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Am I ok to read The Morganville Vampires series?"

Not sure, is it dystopian/post apocalyptic?"

It really isn't, it's a twisted small town, but I really liked the book :)

Marla wrote: "David wrote: "Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Am I ok to read The Morganville Vampires series?"

Not sure, is it dystopian/post apocalyptic?"

It really isn't, it's a twisted small town, but I really liked t..."

Sounds like it would fit better with some if the other challenges rather than this one ;) Thanks Marla!

Ok, so here's today's update with where I am...

1. The Sun Dwellers
2. Starkiller
3. The Blemished
4. The Vanished

I must say, I'm doing much better that I'd expected.

You're doing quite well ;)

David wrote: "You're doing quite well ;)"

Thanks David!

Don't forget that this challenge IS repeatable throughout the year! Congrats to everyone that tried to run the gauntlet!

I'll do his challenge month to month and post my progress by month since I love dystopia. Here is where I am so far:

January:


February:


March:


April:

All I can say is: ROCK STAR!!!!

You're a dystopian fanatic, love it!

Thanks David! :)

In order to finish my March challenge and participate in the buddy read I'll hopefully be adding Pretties, Specials, Extras, Legend, and Partials to that March list! We'll see how that goes, this month is coming to an end fast! *fingers crossed*

Ooh I've read the four you mentioned and I just started Partials :) We're doing a buddy read of Partials starting tomorrow if you want to join in the discussion!

Yea, that's why I want to get to that one soon. I'm hoping I can join in but I also need a E and L for my March reading challenge (thinking extras and legend). So as long as I gt through those, I'll join in (although I may have to join in a few days late). How long do the buddy reads usually last?

Aww ok no worries, either way is cool :) They usually only last 3 or 4 days since people read fast lol. Ill probably be done on Tuesday evening and will give my final thoughts, but will keep watching everyone else's comments and responding until everyone's finished :) We use spoiler tags so the book isn't ruined by anyone who finished faster. We'd love to have you if you can make, but if not, no worries, we'll catch ya on another one!

How did I miss this challenge? I am in, and I may try what Meaghan's doing--I love my dystopia!

May 1st-May 31st
1. Shards and Ashes--5/1/13
2. Fragments--5/5/13
3. Zom-B--5/6/13
4. Hunger--5/12/13
5. The Star Dwellers--5/16/13
6. BZRK--5/14/13
7. The Bane--5/19/13
8. Breaking Point--5/21/13
9. Icons--5/29/13
10. Variant--5/31/13

Lol yay!! I love this challenge cause you can do it again and again :)

Its perfect, because I read Dystopians again and again!

Would my Rachel Caine books count?

I will start another topic for May since mine is already pretty long. May:

Up to 5 for May!

I mean 6, I forgot about BZRK!

Eep nice!

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Would my Rachel Caine books count?"

That's a tough call- which series? Oops, sorry saw your previous question that it's about the Morganville Vampires... I'm going to allow it. Because once you're 'in' with the vampires and know what's going on in Morganvillle, you've been condemned to stay there, forever pretty much. So, even though I wouldn't normally think of Morganville as dystopian, for the purposes of this challenge, go ahead. And if you already read books- go ahead and claim them retroactively. (Like hypothetically, you read Book#1-3 of Morganville in April- well, then for April you satisfied 'Countdown's Begun' Level.)

Thanks for making the call, Alana, I had no clue lol!

Up to 7, woot, woot!

Woot!

I ended up with 10 for May! YAY!
Starting a new one for June

Superstar!!!

Thanks! Woot! This challenge is really too easy for me, I read a LOT of dystopians! lol

Lol so true!

Only had 5 for June :(

Starting a new one for July!

Woot, woot 10 for July!
Starting a new one for August!

I want to attempt this! Start date: 8/2/13; End date: 9/1/13.

I'm shooting for 5 books.

Hehe I keep forgetting to log my books here, I've been reading a ton that would count :)

Better get on that, David! ;)
Well, I ended up with 7 for August, so not too bad!

Starting a new one for September!

I haven't done it yet. Starting from September 1

Party Like It's 1999 Mini-Challenge
September 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013
Countdown's Begun 1-3 Books
Read: 2

1. Crossed 9/2
2. The Maze Runner 9/14