It's 100 Follower Giveaway Time!!

Hi everyone!! 

It's time for my 100 follower giveaway! Yayy! Thank you to all of my followers both old and new! 

Giveaway Details:

• Open Internationally (if Book Depository ships to your country)
• Must be a GFC follower! (I know there are some changes to the GFC system so if you cant follow with GFC use networked blogs of follow by email) 
• Open to new and old followers
• The giveaway will be open for one month starting today 6th of November till the 10th of December (now I know that is a long time but I'm going to be really busy at the end of November and start of December!)
• If I hit another milestone in followers before the giveaway ends I might be extra kind and pick TWO winners!

The winner(s) will have their choice of ONE of the following books:

Note: All books are ones that I have either read and enjoyed or ones that I have been wanting to read!

How to Enter:

• Fill out the form below with your name and email address

Please Be Advised:

• I am not responsible for lost or damaged goods from The Book Depository
• No personal information (address) will be stored or used except for the purpose of this giveaway
• Winner will be contacted by email and will have 72 hours to respond with mailing address and book choice or a new winner will be chosen.
• The winner will be picked by a random number generator (random.org)
• There is only one entry per person, if you comment more than once, one of your comments will be deleted
• I have the right to change giveaway details as I see fit
• Entrants must be 13 or older

Also keep in mind that it is coming up to the holiday season so it may take a little while longer for things to be delivered! 

Thanks and happy reading everyone! 

Upcoming Giveaway!

So you may (or may not) have noticed that I have nearly hit 100 followers! *Dances in celebration, pulling all of my lovely followers in to join the party!*

So now it has come time for a 100 follower giveaway! I'm still gobsmacked that I have 100 people that follow my blog! I have to say that the book blogging world is one of the greatest to be a part of. It has become its own community of people who love to read. So Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all of my lovely followers! (I really can't thank you enough! But thank you once more for good measure)

So I rallied my creative friend Bec to help me come up with a blog name, bouncing ideas back and forth while I googled to see if they already existed (and most of them did). So finally after I thought all hope was lost for a blog name, (when even your creative friend is stumped you know things aren't looking good) I came up with Following The Reader. Of course in times of need my mind turns to Disney movies right? Peter Pan was one of my favourite childhood movies and I will always always remember the song 'Following The Leader.' (Sometimes in peoples Meme Linky's I find myself typing Amy @ Following The Leader. woops!)

So what books would you like to see up for grabs in the giveaway? I would love to hear your thoughts. The books will be coming from The Book Depository straight to you, so have a looksie and let me know what you would like to see available as options for the giveaway! I will pick a few books to choose from, so there is more variety. The giveaway will be open internationally (if The Book Depository ships to your country). I can't say when for sure it will be open, but follow me on twitter @AmyTheReader for updates and of course there will be an official giveaway post!

Enough rambling from me! Don't forget to comment with what books you would like to see!

Happy reading and stay tuned!
- Amy

Top 100 YA reads!

Hi everyone!

So I saw that elizziebooks, posted this Top 100 YA reads list on her blog, showing which ones she had read and I thought what a great idea! Now I'm not sure where this list originated from, I tried to follow it back to the first blogger who did it, but it seemed never ending. So I have put the books that I have read in bold and the books I own that are in my to-read pile I underlined.

1. Alex Finn – Beastly
2. Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones
3. Ally Carter – Gallagher Girls (1, 2, 3, 4)
4. Ally Condie – Matched
5. Alyson Noel – The Immortals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
6. Anastasia Hopcus – Shadow Hills
7. Angie Sage – Septimus Heap (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
8. Ann Brashares – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, 3, 4)
9. Anna Godbersen – Luxe (1, 2, 3, 4)
10. Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
11. Aprilynne Pike – Wings (1, 2, 3)
12. Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush (1, 2)
13. Brandon Mull – Fablehaven (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
14. Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret
15. Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments (1, 2, 3, 4)
16. Carrie Jones – Need (1, 2, 3)
17. Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (1, 2, 3)
18. Christopher Paolini – Inheritance (1, 2, 3, 4)
19. Cinda Williams Chima – The Heir Chronicles (1, 2, 3)
20. Colleen Houck – Tigers Saga (1, 2)
21. Cornelia Funke – Inkheart (1, 2, 3)
22. Ellen Hopkins – Impulse
23. Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
24. Faraaz Kazi – Truly, Madly, Deeply
25. Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars (1, 2, 3)
26. Gabrielle Zevin – Elsewhere
27. Gail Carson Levine – Fairest
28. Holly Black – Tithe (1, 2, 3)
29. J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
30. James Dashner – The Maze Runner (1, 2)
31. James Patterson – Maximum Ride (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
32. Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why
33. Jeanne DuPrau – Books of Ember (1, 2, 3, 4)
34. Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
35. John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
36. John Green – An Abundance of Katherines
37. John Green – Looking for Alaska
38. John Green – Paper Towns
39. Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus (1, 2, 3, 4)
40. Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Caster Chronicles (1, 2)
41. Kelley Armstrong – Darkest Powers (1, 2, 3)
42. Kristin Cashore – The Seven Kingdoms (1, 2)
43. Lauren Kate – Fallen (1, 2, 3)
44. Lemony Snicket – Series of Unfortunate Events (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
45. Libba Bray – Gemma Doyle (1, 2, 3)
46. Lisa McMann – Dream Catcher (1, 2, 3)
47. Louise Rennison – Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
48. M.T. Anderson – Feed
49. Maggie Stiefvater – The Wolves of Mercy Falls (1, 2, 3)
50. Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
51. Maria V. Snyder – Study (1, 2, 3)
52. Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
53. Markus Zusak – I am the Messenger
54. Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
55. Mary Ting – Crossroads
56. Maureen Johnson – Little Blue Envelope (1, 2)
57. Meg Cabot – All-American Girl (1, 2)
58. Meg Cabot – The Mediator (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
59. Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
60. Meg Rosoff – How I live now
61. Megan McCafferty – Jessica Darling (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
62. Megan Whalen Turner – The Queen’s Thief (1, 2, 3, 4)
63. Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road
64. Melissa de la Cruz – Blue Bloods (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
65. Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
66. Michael Grant – Gone (1, 2, 3, 4)
67. Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion
68. Neal Shusterman – Unwind
69. Neil Gaiman – Coraline
70. Neil Gaiman – Stardust
71. Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book
72. P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast – House of Night (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
73. Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials (1, 2, 3)
74. Rachel Caine – The Morganville Vampires (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
75. Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Nick; Norah’s Infinite Playlist
76. Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
77. Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
78. Rom LcO’Feer – Somewhere carnal over 40 winks
79. S.L. Naeole – Grace (1, 2, 3, 4)
80. Sabrina Bryan & Julia DeVillers – Princess of Gossip
81. Sarah Dessen – Along for the Ride
82. Sarah Dessen – Lock and Key
83. Sarah Dessen – The Truth about Forever
84. Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
85. Scott Westerfeld – Leviathan (1, 2)
86. Scott Westerfeld – Uglies (1, 2, 3)
87. Shannon Hale – Books of a Thousand Days
88. Shannon Hale – Princess Academy
89. Shannon Hale – The Books of Bayern (1, 2, 3, 4)
90. Sherman Alexie & Ellen Forney – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
91. Simone Elkeles – Perfect Chemistry (1, 2, 3)
92. Stephanie Meyer – The Host
93. Stephanie Meyer – Twilight Saga (1, 2, 3, 4)
94. Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees
95. Susan Beth Pfeffer – Last Survivors (1, 2, 3)
96. Suzanne Collins – Hunger Games (1, 2, 3)
97. Suzanne Collins – Underland Chronicles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
98. Terry Pratchett – Tiffany Aching (1, 2, 3, 4)
99. Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl (1, 2, 3)
100. Wendelin Van Draanen – Flipped

Wow, there are still so many books that I want to read on this list!! Feel free to copy the list and do this for yourself to see how many you have read! If you do it please leave a link below, I would love to check it out!

Happy reading!
- Amy