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Novemeber-December Book Challange
November-December Book Challange
This Challenge will begin November 1st and continue until the end of the year.
This Challenge will be based off of a point system, There will be 5 categories and each will give you a different amount of points.
Every time you read a book that fits into a category post the name of the book and then the number of points that book is worth.
The 3 people with the most points at the end of the year will receive gifts.
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FIRST PLACE- will receive a $10 Amazon gift card + A BONUS gift
SECOND PLACE- will receive 2 used books
THIRD PLACE- will receive 1 used book
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Category One- worth 25 points
A Biography
A Memoir
A Historical Non Fiction
A Classic
A Book that was written before you were born
Category Two - worth 20 points
A Graphic Novel
A Book of Poetry
A Couldn't Read
A Non Fiction book by a female author
Category Three - worth 15 points
A Science Fiction book
An Anthology
A book that has been made into a movie
Category Four - worth 10 points
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)
A New Release
A Teen Romance
Category Five - worth 5 points
A Fantasy (any fantasy)
Children's books- at least 50 pages
Any Young Adult book that exceeds 200 pages
If you need any clarification on the categories feel free to message me,I hope you all have fun with this one!
This looks awesome!! You did really well. I will come up with a list of books I want to read and probably will change along the way, but I like having a list to go off of. :) I'm in for sure.
*Do they all need to be Young Adult, or are Adult books fine as well?
**Can we use a category twice?
Here is my list. If Adult books aren't okay, let me know and I will change it. Also, let me know if anything looks like it doesn't really belong with a category. :)
Category One- worth 25 points
A Biography- J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
A Memoir- Three Weeks with My Brother
A Historical Non Fiction- Chasing the Horizon Our Adventures Through the British Isles and France (a non-fiction about Thomas Kinkade's journey through Europe and stories from his father about WWII)
A Classic- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
A Book that was written before you were born- Love in the Time of Cholera
Category Two - worth 20 points
A Graphic Novel- Maus I A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History
A Book of Poetry- Where the Sidewalk Ends
A Couldn't Read- The Fellowship of the Ring
A Non Fiction book by a female author- Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Category Three - worth 15 points
A Science Fiction book- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
An Anthology- Fragile Things Short Fictions and Wonders
A book that has been made into a movie- Inkheart
Category Four - worth 10 points
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)- Inkspell
A New Release- Shadowland
A Teen Romance- Forever
Category Five - worth 5 points
A Fantasy (any fantasy)- Tempted
Children's books- at least 50 pages- Prince Caspian
Any Young Adult book that exceeds 200 pages- The Van Alen Legacy
Total Points: 0
(Sorry- I tried to message you but it was being difficult...)
Jenna,
I am so excited about this Young Adult group which I just joined. I was looking at the November-December challenge and could you just give me some more information. Do you have to read one of each of the types of books? Can you read multiple under one category? Do we just keep track of what we read and tally up the scores?
Thank you so much for the clarification,
Kellee
I've made a list but I don't know if I'll stick to it yet:Category 1: Worth 25 points
Biography: Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl
Memoir: Girl, Interrupted
Historical Non-Fiction: Trail of Tears
Classic: The Catcher in the Rye
Book written before I was born: Jude the Obscure
Category 2: Worth 20 points
A Graphic Novel:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer The Long Way Home
Book of Poetry: Good Poems for Hard Times
A Couldn't read book: A Kiss of Shadows (Meredith Gentry, #1)
Non Fiction by a female: Eats, Shoots & Leaves The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Category 3: Worth 15 points
Sci-fi book: 1984
Anthology: Smoke and Mirrors Short Fictions and Illusions
Book made into a movie: Stardust
Category 4: Worth 10 points
A Fantasy (No vampires or fairies: The Stand
A New Release: The Lost Symbol
A Teen Romance: Gossip Girl
Category 5: Worth 5 points
A Fantasy: Glass Houses
A children's Book: Little Women
Any YA: Fragile Eternity
And this may sound dumb lol but by a couldn't read book, do you mean it should have been shelved as that or is it supposed to be something that I couldn't read?
I used a "Couldn't Finish" book for that category. One that I tried to read, but couldn't finish. If that isn't correct let me know.
Yay, I'm so excited to see your lists,I'm really looking forward to this challenge!So to answer some questions:
Linda,yes you can use Adult books as well,so your list is great! Also yes you can read from the same category more than once.
Pollyanna, A couldn't read is either a book that you attempted to read and then just couldn't get through it.Or you can look up the "couldn't read" shelf here on Goodreads and choose a book from there.
Kellee, First off welcome to the group,we are glad to have you! You can go about this challenge in a couple ways. You can either read books that fit into one of the categories,and then as you read them post the name of the book and the points that correspond with that category. So for example you can read a few graphic novels and a couple teen romances, a memoir...whatever you'd like really.
The other way you can go about it,and the way that I kind of intended for this to go,is to chose a book for each category and then each time you read something from your list you mark it off and tally your points that way. I hope that cleared some things up...feel free to ask anything if you need some help!
Thanks for clearing things up Jenna. I have another vampire fantasy I wanted to fit in, so I may have a few categories with a couple books on them. I'm really looking forward to this challenge. Awesome job Jenna for coming up with everything!
Thank you Jenna!
So technically I can read 20 young adult books which would equal 100 points if I wanted to go that route?
I am really enjoying the group.
Jenna this is SO awesome! I can't wait for November now! Sorry I've been so sporadic. I did finish the last challenge and will head over there to say so. I'm getting married a week from tomorrow and well.. let's just say I've been busy between that, work, and my blog. :) I will be coming up with some sort of list. I know I will be reading all of Maria V. Snyder's books at the end of Oct. or beginning of Nov. I'll make a real list later. :)
Yay! I'm so excited for this challenge to start,it should be awesome!Congrats on the wedding Kristen,I hope everything goes perfect on your special day!
I have a question. for the 15 point- books made into movies, could that also include books made into tv shows?
So far I have read:
Category 4
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)- Curse 11/1/09
Total Points: 10
Under Category 4 I've read three books:Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Poison Study -11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Magic Study 11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Fire Study 11/3
Total points: 30
We can do this right... I could technically read all books under one category? Not that I will.. *plans to squeeze some graphic novels in* but just wanted to make sure!
Fantasy (no Fairies or vamps):
Evermore (at least i think there aren't)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Dreamhunter - E. Knox
Shiver
Graphic Novel:
Neil Gaiman's DEATH (i think that's the title it's certainly the character)
Sci-Fi:
The Host
Ender's Game
Classic:
Stendahl's - The Red and The Black
Bronte's - Jane Eyre
Historical: The Great American Dustbowl
Book Made into a Movie: Atonement
Kristen wrote: "Under Category 4 I've read three books:
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Poison Study -11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - [book:Magic S..."
I asked Jenna that same question by e-mail and this was her reply:
Yes you can read multiple books from the same category. However for every 3 books you read from one category you must read 1 book from 2 other categories. for example if you wanted to read 3 young adult books in order to have your 4th one count you would need to read say a poetry book and a historical non-fiction,or whatever other categories you choose.
The goal of this challenge was to get you to read books outside of your normal genre,so I think this rule is pretty reasonable.
Kellee
would you like to join my reading club please I want to talk about books because they are interesting becuase they have a lot of information that we need it is important
Completed TasksCategory One
A Book Written before I was born- The Westing Game 11/05/2009
Category Two
Category Three
Category Four
A Teen Romance- Pants on Fire 11/03/2009
Category Five
Total Points: 35
Completed Tasks
Category Two
A Graphic Novel- Fables Sons of Empire 11/1/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Good Prince 11/4/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables War and Pieces 11/5/09
Category Four
A New Release- The Last Olympian 11/5/09
Total Points: 70
Kellee,
I really want to hear what you think about The Last Olympian when you're done. The billboards are everywhere!
I must say I'm loving SHIVER by Maggie Steifvater. I highly recommend. I am completely absorbed in the world of Mercy Falls. I'm looking forward to LINGER and I'll be in search of her LAMENT and BALLAD when I'm done. (all by the same author)
Tess
Tess,
The Percy Jackson series was PHENOMENAL. I really wish it wasn't over :(
I recommend it to anyone!!
Completed Tasks
Category Two
A Graphic Novel- Fables Sons of Empire 11/1/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Good Prince 11/4/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables War and Pieces 11/5/09
Category Four
A New Release- The Last Olympian 11/5/09
Categoy Five
Any YA book that exceeds 200 pages- Death By Latte 11/7/09
Total Points: 75
So far I have read:
Category 4
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)- Curse 11/1/09
Category 5
A Fantasy (any fantasy)- The Van Alen Legacy11/6/09
Total Points: 15
Completed Tasks
Category 1
Category 2
A Graphic Novel- Fables Sons of Empire 11/1/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Good Prince 11/4/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables War and Pieces 11/5/09
Category 3
Category 4
A New Release- The Last Olympian 11/5/09
Category 5
A Children's Book- The Cricket in Times Square 11/8/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death By Latte 11/7/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death by Denim 11/8/09
Total Points: 85
So far I have read:
Category 1
A Biography- J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter 11/8/09
Category 4
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)- Curse 11/1/09
Category 5
A Fantasy (any fantasy)- The Van Alen Legacy 11/6/09
Total Points: 40
Completed TasksCategory One
A Book Written before I was born- The Westing Game 11/05/2009
Category Two
Category Three
Category Four
A Teen Romance- Pants on Fire 11/03/2009
Category Five
Any Young Adult book that exceeds 200 pages- Death by Bikini 11/10/2009
Total Points: 40
So far I have read:
Category 1
A Biography- J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter 11/8/09
Category 4
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)- Curse 11/1/09
Category 5
A Fantasy (any fantasy)- The Van Alen Legacy 11/6/09
A Fantasy (any fantasy)-Chosen 11/11/09
Total Points: 45
Completed Tasks
Category 1
Category 2
A Graphic Novel- Fables Sons of Empire 11/1/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Good Prince 11/4/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables War and Pieces 11/5/09
Category 3
A book that was made into a play- The Tempest Tales 11/12/09
Category 4
A New Release- The Last Olympian 11/5/09
Category 5
A Children's Book- The Cricket in Times Square 11/8/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death By Latte 11/7/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death by Denim 11/8/09
Total Points: 100
WOW you are all doing amazing! I'm so excited you all are getting so into this challenge. As always if you have any questions along the way feel free to message me anytime!
Completed Tasks
Category 1
Category 2
A Graphic Novel- Fables Sons of Empire 11/1/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Good Prince 11/4/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables War and Pieces 11/5/09
A Book of Poetry- One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies 11/13/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Dark Ages 11/14/09
Category 3
A book that was made into a play- The Tempest Tales 11/12/09
Category 4
A New Release- The Last Olympian 11/5/09
Category 5
A Children's Book- The Cricket in Times Square 11/8/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death By Latte 11/7/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death by Denim 11/8/09
Total Points: 140
Completed TasksCategory One
A Book Written before I was born- The Westing Game 11/05/2009
Category Two
Category Three
Category Four
A Teen Romance- Pants on Fire 11/03/2009
Category Five
A YA book that exceeds 200 pages- Death by Bikini 11/10/2009
A YA book that exceeds 200 pages- Confessions 11/16/09
Total Points: 45
So far I have read:
Category 1
A Biography- J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter 11/8/09
Category 4
A Fantasy(that does not include fairies or vampires)- Curse 11/1/09
Category 5
A Fantasy (any fantasy)- The Van Alen Legacy 11/6/09
A Fantasy (any fantasy)-Chosen 11/11/09
A Fantasy (any fantasy)-Untamed 11/15/09
Total Points: 50
Category 4
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Poison Study -11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Magic Study 11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Fire Study 11/3
A New Realease
- Beautiful Creatures 11/13
Total points: 40
I'm going to catch up on the other categories this week - promise.
Completed Tasks
Category 1
Category 2
A Graphic Novel- Fables Sons of Empire 11/1/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Good Prince 11/4/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables War and Pieces 11/5/09
A Graphic Novel- Fables The Dark Ages 11/14/09
A Book of Poetry- One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies 11/13/09
Category 3
A book that was made into a play- The Tempest Tales 11/12/09
Category 4
A New Release- The Last Olympian 11/5/09
Category 5
A Children's Book- The Cricket in Times Square 11/8/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death By Latte 11/7/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Death by Denim 11/8/09
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs- Autobiography of My Dead Brother 11/15/09
Total Points: 145
Category 2A Graphic Novel - Jack of Fables, Volume 4 Americana 11/17
A Book of Poetry - Silver Pennies A Collection of Modern Poems for Boys and Girls 11/17
Category 4
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Poison Study -11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Magic Study 11/1
Fantasy (that does not include fairies or vampires) - Fire Study 11/3
A New Release - Beautiful Creatures 11/13
Category 5
A YA book that exceeds 200 pgs - Invisible Touch 11/13
Total points: 85
Completed TasksCategory One
A Book Written before I was born- The Westing Game 11/05/2009
Category Two
Category Three
Category Four
A Teen Romance- Pants on Fire 11/03/2009
A Fantasy- The Giver 11/18/09
Category Five
A YA book that exceeds 200 pages- Death by Bikini 11/10/2009
A YA book that exceeds 200 pages- Confessions 11/16/09
Total Points: 55
So far I have read: Category 1:
Biography: Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl 11/16/2009
Category 2
Category 3
A Sci-fi book: 1984 11/10/2009
Category 4
Category 5
Total Points: 40
Kellee wrote: "I asked Jenna that same question by e-mail and this was her reply:
Yes you can read multiple books from the same category. However for every 3 books you read from one category you must read 1 book from 2 other categories. for example if you wanted to read 3 young adult books in order to have your 4th one count you would need to read say a poetry book and a historical non-fiction,or whatever other categories you choose.
The goal of this challenge was to get you to read books outside of your normal genre,so I think this rule is pretty reasonable. "
So, right now I have 3 books under fantasy, but I also have 1 from 2 other categories. So, would I be able to count a 4th one? Is it every three you need 1 from two other or every extra past the 3rd?
For example, I am currently reading 2 more fantasy books that would fall under the same category. Would I be able to count either of them or both of them? :) Let me know. I can read other books in between if I need to, I just have mostly fantasy books at home and am trying to go through those first.
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