December 2012

    Since December 21 2012 is the end of the Mayan calendar and everyone is
    talking about it, some say it's the end of the world (this doesn't mean I believe
      it), others say it's the end of an era and have different ideas, I was thinking
    it could be a theme for this month.

     For the read by theme book club, author you haven't read before, I'm only
      going to read  Bruno, the chief of police by Martin Walker so I can have
      enough time. Although I think most of them will count since they'll be new
      authors for me.

      The reason I'm reading Bruno, ... this month is because it's the first book of
       a series and the second book fits what I hope will be January's theme
       food/drink.

       Since I'm going to try to read more than three books in one month, I don't
        think I'll be able to post about all of them so I'm going to tell you how I
        rate books, because that's what I'll post by Dec 23.

       Most of the books I read, since I'm so picky I don't read just any book,
       I rate 5 stars.

                  - If I really like the book I give it 5.

                  - If there was something I didn't think was a great choice (for me)
                  but I like it in general I give it 4

                  - If I didn't like something really important in the plot I give it 3

       I hardly give lower ratings because like I say I choose my books pretty
       carefully and I don't think I've read one (by choice) that I didn't like.

       But everyone has different opinions and most of the people I know
      don't like the same things as me, so I know that there are people that
      don't agree with my rating.

      So my idea was to read dystopian novels and series in December. I
      haven't look for challenges, maybe I should have done that first, but I was
      thinking it could be a sort of challenge. I still don't know if I should count every
      book or count the series as one. I think I didn't really look for a real challenge
      out there because I know that there are books that do talk about the end of the
      world, not necessarily about a different world after a big destruction or change,
      which will probably fit most themes that's what I think, or maybe they started
      them in January and I'm kind of late. So, since I read mostly fiction and I don't
      think the world will end, I'm going for changes to the world as we know it.

               - an invasion by any type of creatures that changed everything

               - a massive destruction that has changed our way of life

               - diseases, used as biological weapons or natural

               - the destruction of our world by humans

       or anything similar.

      So far I've found:

                - Under the Dome by Stephen King

                - Sky Chasers series by Anne Kathleen Ryan     (2 books published)

                - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

                - 2066 by Peter A. Brandt

                - Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi                  (1 book published)

                - Legend series by Marie Lu                              (1 book published)

                - Unwind series by Neal Shusterman                  (2 books published)

                - Under the Never Sky series by Veronica Rossi  (1 book published)

                - Razorland series by Ann Aguirre                (2 books published)

                - Dust Lands series by Moira Young            (2 books published)

                - Delirium series by Lauren Oliver                (2 books published)

                - Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness       (3 books published)

                - Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry   (3 books published)

                - Birthmarked series by Caragh M. O'Brien  (3 books published)

         I'm still not sure if I should add Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris to the list,
         there is only one book published so far (this is not the reason).

         I'm trying to have a long list, even though it's for one month because I
         might not find all of the books.

         Obviously, since I'm looking for more than 5 books in one month and I
         don't have that kind of money, I wont be buying all of them, I'll ask friends
         if they have them and also the library is a good choice, so if I can't find a
         book I wont be able to read it even if it fits the theme.

        I wont count the ones I've already read and I wont be rereading them. These
        are: The hunger games, the maze runner, divergent

       If you have any recommendations or know of an existing challenge going on at
       the moment please let me know.