Over the next cou­ple of days I’ll be sign­ing up for some 2012 Read­ing Chal­lenges. I like the broad ones that I have a good chance of com­plet­ing and,  like train routes in Ticket to Ride, I love it when chal­lenges over­lap. We’ll see how that works out this year.

First up, the 2012 Young Adult/Middle Grade Fan­tasy Read­ing Chal­lenge hosted by Erica at The Book Cellar. I eas­ily read ten new MG/YA fan­tasy titles each year, but I am not so good about review­ing what I read and this will help with that.

If you live near Iowa City,  Sarah Prineas (first up on Erica’s list) will be speak­ing about her new book, Win­ter­ling, at the Iowa City Pub­lic Library Jan­u­ary 7 at 1 p.m. and Prairie Lights Books Jan­u­ary 14 at 1 p.m.