YA just got even more gorgeous!
Every year we host a Summer Reading Challenge dedicated to celebrating the best seasonal women’s fiction titles. Bloggers, authors and readers unite to enjoy a 3-month book bonanza.
This year, 2015, we are doubling down on the reading with a brand new young adult challenge that gets kids, teens, and the young at heart reading all summer long!
#ReadingIsBeautiful is a two month YA reading challenge that celebrates the beauty of books (and those who read them)!
Weekly Giveaways
Every week you will have a chance to win a new YA novel and a pair of sunglasses when you participate in the reading challenge!
Grand Prize Giveaway
Read along with the challenge all summer long for a chance to win your very own YA BOOK BLOG!
Already have a blog? We will give your site a full redesign or a $300 Visa Gift Card!
Readers
Purchase the books and read along! Below you’ll find every book we’re reading this summer and a link to Amazon to purchase. If you’re going to join us, RSVP here.
Any time you get a new book on the #ReadingIsBeautiful Challenge, do one of these things to enter the weekly and grand prize giveaways:
- Instagram a picture of the book cover
- Shoot a quick video about your new book and put it on social
- Review the book on Amazon and email us to let us know you did at christelle@sparkpointstudio.com
- Tag a friend who is beautiful and bookish
- Guest post on a family member’s or friend’s book blog
- Here’s more ways you can participate in #ReadingIsBeautiful
Bloggers
If you are a YA blogger, sign up for all these books’ blog tours here.
If you have a relative who is a book blogger, you can also see if they’ll let you “guest post” your reviews from YA SRC on their blog. Then you can enter for a chance to win a blog of your own!
Editors
If you are interested in including any of these books on a round up, interviewing authors, receiving content or learning more about #ReadingIsBeautiful, please email
christelle@sparkpointstudio.com or call at 480.773.3475.
RSVP
Whether you’re a book blogger or a YA enthusiast, RSVP here to let us know you will be participating!
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to learn about any new authors added to the challenge throughout the summer. From surprise e-reads to guest authors, you can follow all YA Summer Reading Challenge lineup updates using #YASRC!
Week One: This year, Lisa T. Bergren released book two in her Remnants series. In Remnants: Season of Fire, the action resumes, with Andriana recovering from her first mission while realizing the fight for the world has only just begun. And just as she and her protector, Ronan, admit their mutual attraction, their bonds are tested when Dri is captured by Keallach, the emperor of Pacifica. The longer her captivity stretches, the more certain she becomes she can convince Keallach to return to the Maker’s plan and join the other Remnants.
Week Two: Bestselling author Heather Burch is back with a new novel that is beyond perfect for the season. When Summer takes a job as a nanny and joins her employers family in Belize, she thought the only issue would be Bray, the arrogant and irritating oldest brother in the family. But when Summer and Bray get stranded on an island, survival helps their relationship take a turn. “Summer by Summer by Heather Burch is a fast-paced book that you’ll have no trouble devouring while hanging out on the beach just a few steps from the ocean.” – Hypable
Week Three: Not all summer reading is about sunshine. From Braceface TV writer, Melissa Clark comes a dark story that will push your emotions and sensations to the edge. Bear Witness is the story of a girl recovering from the loss of a friend. Paige’s best friend was kidnapped from a sleep over three years ago, and now everyone expects her to just move on. Despite the years that separate her from the tragic event, Paige continues to cope and come to terms with the horror of her past and the uncertainty of her future.
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Week Four: Beauty is a part of Melanie’s world. In fact, it’s her whole world. Having been drug to casting calls and auditions her whole life; she has been leaning on her looks for as long as she can remember. But when a tragic accident disfigures her face, her mother sends her to Montana for the summer to recuperate out of the spotlight. That’s where she meets Sam and finds w beauty like she’s never known before. “This beautifully written book has strong characters women everywhere will relate to, and a huge twist that will leave you in disbelief. A fantastic coming-of-age story!”
Week Five: Sam Baron thought he was just a regular kid. That is of course until a dwarf showed up on his doorstep and changed everything. Before he has a second to catch his breath, Sam discovers he is the direct descendent of Odin and his mother is a witch. His friends have been captured in an elaborate scheme to lure Sam into another realm where danger and a life-changing choice await him. “Percy Jackson meets Norse mythology in this captivating and unique adventure…” – Foreword Reviews
Week Six: For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid comes a new classic to love. Atticus Hobart is not loving his 7th grade year. The girl he loves is oblivious to his existence, his family life is falling apart and to say he’s being bullied would be an understatement. When an eccentric 77-year-old substitute teach, Mr. Looney, comes into his life, things start to take a turn though and Atticus discovers a whole new side of himself. Using his imagination, his voice and the truth behind his own name, Atticus starts to face the world with a fresh pair of eyes in The Looney Experiment.
Week Seven: Being a twin has never been easy on Sarah. Her beautiful other half, Annie, has always been in the spotlight and Sarah has remained shyly in the shadows. But when Annie chops off her hair and quits beauty pageants she becomes the center of attention for a whole new reason. Desperately trying to discover her sister’s secrets while coping with her boyfriend suddenly dumping her, Sarah finds herself more focused on Annie than ever before. The secret Annie is so desperate to keep begins uniting the two sisters words left unspoken for years finally surface in Never Said.
EBook Extras!
Stel Alaster has never known life without the Corridor. It appeared suddenly seventeen years ago, the only portal to a parallel version of our world—Second Earth. Everyone on First Earth fears Mods, the genetically modified Second Earthers who built the Corridor. They are too smart, too strong, and have powers that can’t be controlled. Any Mod found on First Earth is branded, then detained in the Corridor’s research labs. Only Stel has a dangerous secret. She has a power, too: She can open a portal to Second Earth . . . and several other parallel universes she’s discovered. If anyone ever finds out, she’ll be imprisoned, no better than a Mod or common lab rat.But when the Corridor starts to fail, emitting erratic bursts of energy that could destroy First Earth, Stel must risk everything to save the people and world she loves.
For one hundred years, Seri’s people have lived under the thumb of the Blood, the cruel and mysterious rulers of Athon. Seri wants nothing more than to put food on the table and marry the hotheaded but handsome Rilen come spring. But when a noblewoman asks Seri to be her handmaiden, Rilen insists she move to the enemy’s castle, and spy on the newly arrived prince. Prince Graeme has grown weary of his family’s curse. The Blood are powerful and immortal, but doomed to live in the shadows, flitting from lover to lover, always in search of the mythic Eterna—the one woman who will sate their hunger. A war is brewing between Athonite and Vidari, between Blood and man. As uprisings sweep through the land, Seri and Graeme find themselves at the center of a storm with only one choice: betray each other, or betray their people.