5 points-

1)Must Love Black
2)The New Policeman
3)Gulliver's Travels
4)The Amaranth Enchantment
5)Read a memoir - no clue yet...
6)Blood Bound
7)Slaughterhouse-Five
8)Magic Pickle
9)Fragile Eternity
10)The Bad Beginning

10 points
1) May Bird and the Ever After Book One
2)Ann Patchett's The Patron Saint of Liars (Dec.)
3)The Writing Class
4)Tuck Everlasting
5)The Last Olympian dyslexia
6)Runt
7)Prince of Persia
8)Candide
9)Evermore - would love to live in CA
10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)Tough one...


15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in
4)The Good Thief
5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure)
8)Heart of Darkness (only book I didn't read! grr I don't want to read it now even hehe)



25 points
1)The Winter Rose
2)First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
4)Outliers hate nonfiction

This Challenge is now closed to new participants. You can join the Summer Challenge, which will be officially starting on Memorial Day (May 25).

This challenge isn't cancelled because of the New Fall Challenge, is it?

Michelle, No the challenge isn't canceled, but it's definitely taken the back burner to the other challenges. Feel free to keep trucking through the challenge if you want.

Haha...okay, just wanted to make sure. I want to finish a little more of this before I prepare for the new stuff...but it looks AWESOME!

Since there hasn't been a score update in a while, I thought I'd post something. (05 September)

1. Annashu-345
2. Emily-280
3. Michelle W-270
4. Verity-260
5. David-255
6. Kelsey-240
7. Bonnie-235
8. Michelle Kay-230
9. Meghan-215
10. Justine-200
11. tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
12. Judith-185
13. Lori-170
14. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
15. Kristen-140
16. Franzz-135
17. Allison-130
18. tied: Mandy and Sara-115
19. Lauren-90
20. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
21. Audrey-80
22. Lorianne-70
23. Jamie-45
24. Lis-35
25. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
26. Laura-5
27. Summer-0

Did I miss anyone?

Wow, Annashu's almost there!! Can you see the checkered flag? (13 Sept)

1. Annashu-360
2. Emily-280
3. Verity-275
4. Michelle W-270
5. David-255
6. Kelsey-240
7. Bonnie-235
8. Michelle Kay-230
9. Meghan-215
10. Justine-200
11. tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
12. Judith-185
13. Lori-170
14. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
15. Kristen-140
16. Franzz-135
17. Allison-130
18. tied: Mandy and Sara-115
19. Lauren-90
20. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
21. Audrey-80
22. Lorianne-70
23. Jamie-45
24. Lis-35
25. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
26. Laura-5
27. Summer-0

Only two more months to go!! (26 Sept)

1. Annashu-360
2. Michelle W-295
3. Tied: Emily and Verity-280
4. David-265
5. Kelsey-240
6. Bonnie-235
7. Michelle Kay-230
8. Meghan-215
9. Justine-200
10. tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
11. Judith-185
12. Lori-170
13. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
14. Kristen-140
15. Franzz-135
16. Allison-130
17. tied: Mandy and Sara-115
18. Lauren-90
19. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
20. Audrey-80
21. Lorianne-70
22. Jamie-45
23. Lis-35
24. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
25. Laura-5
26. Summer-0

1.heart of darkness
2.irish fairy tales
3.rebecca of sunnybrook farm
4.the alchemist
5.kingbird highway
6.the tenderness of wolves
7.when you are engulfed in flames
8.grapes of wrath
9.the shock doctrine

1.?
2.the lost world (doyle)
3.?
4.the city of ember
5.the prophet of yonwood
6.we
7.the town of sparks
8.bury my heart at wounded knee
9.icelander
10.snow white russian red (polish)

1.my antonia
2.the last algonquin
3.making silent stones speak (archaeology)
4.the book of ralph
5.the chris farley show
6.night comes to the cretaceous (geology)
7.fairy tales- oscar wilde
8.the kensington runestone

1.the most of p.g.wodehouse
2.not sure
3.the black book
4.howl


total: 225 240 260

so i never realized that there was a time limit to sign up for this, and i've been working on it all year, so i figure i'd post anyway.

i might just make it.

Well, Traczie, since few people are still with it, I am not going to gripe about your posting; so you're at #9.

1. Annashu-360
2. Michelle W-295
3. Verity-290
4. Emily-280
5. David-255
6. Kelsey-240
7. Bonnie-235
8. Michelle Kay-230
9. Traczie-225
10. Meghan-215
11. Justine-200
12. tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
13. Judith-185
14. Lori-170
15. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
16. Kristen-140
17. Franzz-135
18. Allison-130
19. tied: Mandy and Sara-115
20. Lauren-90
21. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
22. Audrey-80
23. Lorianne-70
24. Jamie-45
25. Lis-35
26. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
27. Laura-5
28. Summer-0

why thank you!

ta-da all done

YAY! GOOD JOB!!

Wow! With a whole two months to spare!

Wait; you just won the REAL Official School Year Challenge 09, what are you going to do now?

work on the fall/winter challenge of course...the silly thing is that I was one book away for several months.

So you're not going to Disneyland?! :P

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

Still going strong:
2. Verity-305
3. Michelle W-295
4. David-290
5. Emily-280
6. Kelsey-240
7. Tied: Bonnie and Kelly-235
8. Michelle Kay-230
9. Traczie-225
10. Meghan-215
11. Justine-200
12. tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
13. Judith-185
14. Lori-170
15. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
16. Kristen-140
17. Franzz-135
18. Allison-130
19. tied: Mandy and Sara-115
20. Lauren-90
21. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
22. Audrey-80
23. Lorianne-70
24. Jamie-45
25. Lis-35
26. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
27. Laura-5
28. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

Still going strong:
2. Verity-305
3. Michelle W-295
4. David-290
5. Emily-280
6. Tied: Traczie and Kelsey-240
7. Tied: Bonnie and Kelly-235
8. Michelle Kay-230
9. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
10. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
11. Judith-185
12. Lori-170
13. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
14. Kristen-140
15. Franzz-135
16. Allison-130
17. tied: Mandy and Sara-115
18. Lauren-90
19. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
20. Audrey-80
21. Lorianne-70
22. Jamie-45
23. Lis-35
24. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
25. Laura-5
26. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

Chugging along:
2. Verity-335
3. Michelle W-295
4. David-290
5. Emily-280
6. Tied: Traczie and Kelsey-240
7. Tied: Bonnie and Kelly-235
8. Michelle Kay-230
9. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
10. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
11. Judith-185
12. Sara-175
13. Lori-170
14. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
15. Kristen-140
16. Franzz-135
17. Allison-130
18. Mandy-115
19. Lauren-90
20. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
21. Audrey-80
22. Lorianne-70
23. Jamie-45
24. Lis-35
25. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
26. Laura-5
27. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

Chugging along:
2. Verity-335
3. Michelle W-295
4. David-290
5. Emily-280
6. Kelly-250
7. Tied: Traczie and Kelsey-240
8. Bonnie-235
9. Michelle Kay-230
10. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
11. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
12. Judith-185
13. Sara-175
14. Lori-170
15. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
16. Kristen-140
17. Franzz-135
18. Allison-130
19. Mandy-115
20. Lauren-90
21. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
22. Audrey-80
23. Lorianne-70
24. Jamie-45
25. Lis-35
26. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
27. Laura-5
28. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

Still here:
2. Verity-335
3. David-320
4. Michelle W-295
5. Emily-280
6. Kelly-255
7. Tied: Traczie and Kelsey-240
8. Bonnie-235
9. Michelle Kay-230
10. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
11. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
12. Judith-185
13. Sara-175
14. Lori-170
15. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
16. Kristen-140
17. Franzz-135
18. Allison-130
19. Mandy-115
20. Lauren-90
21. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
22. Audrey-80
23. Lorianne-70
24. Jamie-45
25. Lis-35
26. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
27. Laura-5
28. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

And with a little over a fortnight left:
2. Verity-355
3. David-320
4. Michelle W-295
5. Emily-280
6. Traczie-260
7. Kelly-255
8. Kelsey-240
9. Bonnie-235
10. Michelle Kay-230
11. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
12. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
13. Judith-185
14. Sara-175
15. Lori-170
16. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
17. Kristen-140
18. Franzz-135
19. Allison-130
20. Mandy-115
21. Lauren-90
22. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
23. Audrey-80
24. Lorianne-70
25. Jamie-45
26. Lis-35
27. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
28. Laura-5
29. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)

Only 5 days left:
2. Verity-355
3. David-345
4. Emily-295
5. Michelle W-295
6. Traczie-260
7. Kelly-255
8. Kelsey-240
9. Bonnie-235
10. Michelle Kay-230
11. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
12. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
13. Judith-185
14. Sara-175
15. Lori-170
16. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
17. Kristen-140
18. Franzz-135
19. Allison-130
20. Mandy-115
21. Lauren-90
22. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
23. Audrey-80
24. Lorianne-70
25. Jamie-45
26. Lis-35
27. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
28. Laura-5
29. Summer-0

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)
2. Verity-370 (completed 29 Nov)

!!2 days left, let the nail biting begin!!

3. David-355
4. Emily-295
5. Michelle W-295
6. Traczie-260
7. Kelly-255
8. Kelsey-240
9. Bonnie-235
10. Michelle Kay-230
11. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
12. Tied: Tahleen and Lynn-190
13. Judith-185
14. Sara-175
15. Lori-170
16. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
17. Kristen-140
18. Franzz-135
19. Allison-130
20. Mandy-115
21. Lauren-90
22. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
23. Audrey-80
24. Lorianne-70
25. Jamie-45
26. Lis-35
27. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
28. Laura-5
29. Summer-0

Whew! I hadn't updated mine in a long time!


Great job Annashu and Verity for completing!

1. Annashu-370 (completed 06 Oct)
2. Verity-370 (completed 29 Nov)

And at the end:

3. David-355
4. Emily-295
5. Michelle W-295
6. Traczie-260
7. Kelly-255
8. Kelsey-240
9. Bonnie-235
10. Michelle Kay-230
11. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
12. Tied: Jamie, Tahleen and Lynn-190
13. Judith-185
14. Sara-175
15. Lori-170
16. tied: R and Linda Grace-145
17. Kristen-140
18. Franzz-135
19. Allison-130
20. Mandy-115
21. Lauren-90
22. 4-way tie: Ashley, Michelle V, Heather and Lauren (strangled)-85
23. Audrey-80
24. Lorianne-70
25. Lis-35
26. tied: Amanda, Kathryn and Liz-20
27. Laura-5
28. Summer-0

Yay 12th!

Oh no! I need to add at least 25 points so Jamie doesn't beat me.

I tried. I never did choose a group read or finish the Ives of March. Ah well. I'll take 3rd.

Lori wrote: "Oh no! I need to add at least 25 points so Jamie doesn't beat me."

Haha..better luck next time my dear! This challenge is over! Are you making a return in the Spring/Summer challenge?

Jamie, It's over? No one sent out an "it's almost over" announcement. Grr.

And yes, I am coming back for the Spring/Summer challenge just so I can show you up.

Haha true..no announcement. I didn't want to do a mass announcement considering not many people were still actively doing it..but Verity did post that it was almost over!

Bring it on lady! :)

Hmmm. So she did. Oh well. It's on for the Spring challenge. Your bookshelves better watch out!

Haha well your bookshelf better sleep with one eye open!

(I am so glad you got that movie reference!)

I'm going to go back and look at my list and see how many of the books I actually did read but forgot to mark off...*bear with my while I check*

Bah! 20 points I could have added because I read The Grapes of Wrath, which was a 15 point challenge, and I read Love in the Time of Cholera, which was a 5 point challenge. And that's without looking at the category list to see what else I could have marked off. So there!

I thought of another category I could have crossed off...I read Monkey, which is a one-worded title category for 10 points or something.

You two are bickering like sisters. So cute! :)

Haha we pretty much are sisters! We fight about baseball and books. :)

And I win at both. Quelle surprise!

I'm glad you changed your picture back to that one. It's so summer.

Okay, so if I had had the power to send out a mass email of the impending end, and things had been updated by people, at least those have commented, here's how the board would have looked(?):

3. David-355
4. Emily-295
5. Michelle W-295
6. Traczie-260
7. Kelly-255
8. Kelsey-240
9. Bonnie-235
10. Michelle Kay-230
11. Tied: Justine and Meghan-215
12. Lori-200
13. Tied: Jamie, Tahleen and Lynn-190
14. Judith-185
15. Sara-175
.
.
.

Battling bookshelves...I can almost see the black, dripping ink from the books which have lost the fight; heaving a solemn page from their open face for want of someone to read them, with their last breath of will.

As long as I beat Jamie in the end.

Oh Lori. lol :)

Sister, you're just jealous of my superior reading skills. ;-)

Haha you know it. I just can't compete with you!