This challenge is going to help me reach my personal 2009 list of books I want to read before Dec. 31st.

5 pts
1. LOVE Medicine by Louise Erdrich (2/8/09)
2. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer ()
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury()
4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll (2/23/09)
5. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi ()
6. A Breath of Snow & Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (2/22/09)
7. Franny & Zooey by J. D. Salinger ()
8. The BEET Queen by Louise Erdrich ()
9. Harry, a History: by Melissa Anelli (3/28/09)
10. Paper Towns by John Green (5/19/09)

10 pts
1. ? ()
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- Mar. b-day ()
3. The Abstinence TEACHER by Tom Perrotta ()
4. Peter & Wendy by J. M. Barrie -- Finding Neverland; Hook; Peter Pan (3/6/09)
5. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath -- Mental illness ()
6. Chocolat by Joanne Harris ()
7. Looking for ALASKA by John Green (5/17/09)
8. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey ()
9. Coraline by Neil Gaiman -- Great Britain (4/5/09)
10. Saturday by Ian McEwan -- English ()

15 pts
1. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green (5/17/09)
2. The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse by Jonathan Selwood -- West Coast ()
3. Possession by A. S. Byatt -- English (1/30/09)
4. Stardust by Neil Gaiman ()
5. Jane Austen: A Life by Claire Tomalin ()
6. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs -- Forensic Anthropology ()
7. The Dubliners by James Joyce ()
8. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway (5/6/09)

25 pts
1. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens -- 870 pgs (3/13/09)
2. Must Love Black by KELLY McClymer ()
3. Escape: by Carolyn Jessop & Laura Palmer -- FLDS (5/22/09)
4. The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker (2/25/09)

Points: 175/370

I read I Capture the Castle for 10 points as a book with an author that has same birthday month as you (task #2).

I was all for going ahead and posting it yesterday afternoon without a huge announcement to see how many people just happened upon it. But Jamie was at work and I thought she might kill me. Plus, we do have a couple of things to iron out before we post the list.

haha yes you shall..the unveiling will happen tomorrow..I was going to do it tonight but I figured I'd wait until Lori and I both give it the final go!! :)

gaaaahhhhhhhhhhh not faaaaaaiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrr\

well yes i suppose it is fair since you co-wrote it. but we helped! and we will see it tomorrow! unfortunately i have work in six hours, ha... so good night i suppose.

haha shiny and new...and I'm totally looking at it RIGHT now! mwahahah...in my totally evil laugh.

I will try to use as many as I can for both, though I think summer challenge will capture much more of my attention because it is shiny and new!

You definitely don't have to use the same books, but it's an option because some people might end up having to choose between them.

I can't wait until Jamie and I post the list of categories! I'm anxious to see what people choose!

Ahh, but I want to read a bunch of books! I guess I'll just have to see how similar I wind up making them.

Liz and Lynn, We're still keeping the school year challenge. You're allowed to use books (as long as you haven't already read and marked them off for the school year challenge) for both if they'll fit, so you won't necessarily be reading a bunch of books.

I'm thinking about just dropping my school year challenge and focusing on the summer one when we start.

I'm excited! Will we still keep doing this challenge as well?

I'm ready and excited. Hoping to finish my books today so I can plan my next books. I hadn't really expected to get so into the challenge except I realized that it is a great way to get through my TBR's and read books I would have never read otherwise.

One more day until the summer challenge categories are posted. Are you (aside from Tahleen who was BORN ready) ready?

I finished Got You Back for book with a woman as the main character (5 pts).

Oh, I was BORN ready.

Jamie and I will be posting the categories on Sunday...so be ready...

Can't wait for summer challenge :)

Ahh I see, sorry about that! Thanks for the clarification. I guess I'll join in with the summer challenge then. :)

R-

(and anyone else)

Lori is right. The point of the challenge was to find books to specifically read for the challenges..not try to just fit books in along the way..because what is the fun in that? I apologize though..it wasn't expressly stated..and that is my fault as it was the first try of doing a challenge. However, the Summer challenge will be starting soon if you want to have a fresh jump at that one.

R, even though it wasn't specifically stated, Jamie and I were thinking that people would only use books that they've read since joining the challenge, rather than find books they've read in the past 4 months that would fit. It's more fair to the people who joined the challenge in the beginning and have been reading specifically for the challenge (or choosing not to). Sorry for any inconvenience.

Jamie or Lori... is it ok if I watch a TV show instead of a movie for the fourth 10-point challenge? Probably a silly question, but I'm trying to fit the books I've read since January into the challenge categories. :) Thank you!

Jamie/Lori- I changed my name in my settings because there were 2 Lindas in my YA challenge. Hope this is okay. Right now I have a total of 135 and you can update my name to be Linda Grace so that it doesn't get too confusing. Thanks!

I am changing my classic in my challenge to Dracula, which I read over my spring break, so I should have 5 more points for that.
I also just changed my book for female as a main character to Got You Back by Jane Fallon and book in the last 5 years to The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

Lori wrote: "Allison, Jamie and I have decided that you can use a book from your school year challenge list if you haven't already read it. I know what you mean because I didn't want to have two separate grou..."

sounds great.
i love participating in these challenges, because i always discover so many books, and i enjoy trying to fit books into different categories, but when you can't double up, it gets tedious and loses some of its fun.

Allison, Jamie and I have decided that you can use a book from your school year challenge list if you haven't already read it. I know what you mean because I didn't want to have two separate groups of books to read.

what if you did the summer challenge, but let people use books they've read for summer for the school year, but not previously read books for summer?
that way, those of us who enjoy both challenges can feel like we're making headway on both, or those who just want to do one or the other can?
we don't necessarily have to do the same topics, but as we all have found out, some books can fit into multiple categories.

just finished Salvation on Sand Mountain for a topic you wish you could have studied. It was really really interesting!

Oh go, this challenge is huuuuge

I recently finished Beyond Ragnarok for 5 points (author I'd never read before).

Tahleen, The Fountainhead took me a while too, but I really enjoyed it. I immediately thought I needed to re-read again since the last parts are somewhat hazy because I'd started school by the time I finished. Someday I will read it again.

Just finished Good in Bed as my book written by a GoodReads author for 15 points (challenge #4).

I personally love the idea of a summer challenge, it'll give me new motivation haha. Plus I have my own little mini challenge each summer, which is why I hate The Fountainhead so much, it took me a whole month to read and when you only have three months that's a lot of time to spend on one book. If I really liked it it wouldn't have been such a big deal but I resent it now as well as thinking it wasn't that great... it ruined my plans! lol

Lynn, That's a good question. Jamie and I haven't made any definite decisions, but we might keep the challenge going and you'll be allowed to use any unread books for the school year and summer challenge. I'd feel bad scrapping it completely because some people don't want to do fall challenge, some people are almost done, and some people are just having fun. But we haven't set anything in stone. We'll send out a message with the plan later.

so i have a question about the challenge.... since there's been this talk of doing a summer challenge and such... when is the school year challenge ending? Are we just going to scrap it? If so, can I use the books I haven't read on the summer challenge?

David wrote: "I just finished book 3 of the Wrinkle in Time series (I also read book 2) but I read book 1 before the challenge started. Only book 1 is listed on the website you gave, but all of the series has b..."

that's fine.

David, what do you think of them? They're some of my favorites.

I just finished book 3 of the Wrinkle in Time series (I also read book 2) but I read book 1 before the challenge started. Only book 1 is listed on the website you gave, but all of the series has been banned or challenged at several schools due to L'Engle's promotion of Christian Universalism. Can I count it, or does it have to have the title on that list?

Lori wrote: "This is not to be taken in a mean way, but is there another moderator aside from Jamie? (I was thinking that there was) I know Jamie's really busy with her job. It would be nice if there was ano..."

haha I totally never saw this. Yeah..I was on vacation for a week or so..I would have answered even if I was busy with work..but alas I was in another country. lol. sorry about that..next time I'll post a thread (I think I randomly mentioned it in a thread..who knows though) saying that I'm gone or something..haha like an out of the office response. :)

correct! You just update that with your total on the bottom. This is just used if you want to post what you just finished or have questions.

just to make sure.

i am NOT to post again on the other school year thread.
just to update my current thread.
and it will be counted in the next leaderboard. right???

Haha, no problem. Easy cut and paste!

Kristen..this is kind of confusing..but we started it in this thread and then soon after found an easier way to do the adding up of points. So this thread is for general questions or posting updates of a particular book you just read. The other thread in this folder that says "REAL official challenge" is the "official one".

I should change the name of this thread lol. No wonder everyone is confused! My bad everyone..I slacked.

Oooh! I can't believe I just found this. I've joined too many groups lately and haven't fully explored all the posts here. I'm so in.. I'll fill in my list as completely tonight as I can.

Challenge Categories:

5 points-

1)For Valentines Day: Must Love Black
2)For Saint Patty’s day: The New Policeman
3)Classic: Gulliver's Travels
4)Author never read:The Amaranth Enchantment
5)Read a memoir - no clue yet...
6)March is National Women's History Month so read a book where a woman is the main character: Blood Bound
7)read a CS group read (either past or present)
8)read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title: Magic Pickle
9)read a book written in the last 5 years: Fragile Eternity
10)Read a book that you already own: The Bad Beginning

10 points
1)read a book with the name of a month in it: May Bird and the Ever After Book One
2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you: (December)
3)read a book with either the word “school”,“class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it: The Writing Class
4)Read a book and then watch the movie adaptation: unsure
5) read a book that involves a medical condition(physical, mental, emotional)
6)read a book with a one word title
7)read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it.
8) read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads/bo...)
9)read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit/live
10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)


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) Read a book written by a GoodReads author
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) read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for



25 points
1)book with over 700 pages
2)read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name.
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
4) read a book that you would normally never consider picking up (something daunting, something that is a genre you hate. Etc.)

its not a problem. There was a lot of posts going on everywhere about it so I'd imagine it would be easy to skip over.

ok thanks, I skimmed but there are a lot of posts of this so it is possible I missed it.

Anna wrote: "I've been trying really hard to think of a book I skipped for school (high school or college) and I don't think I ever have, I was kinda a dork snob and looked down on people who didn't read the bo..."

I think this was answered before somewhere but I can't remember..but basically what I said was that you could pick one that was required at other schools but not your own..so your brothers would work.

Ever watch the movie instead of reading the book and then writing a book report on it? :)

I've been trying really hard to think of a book I skipped for school (high school or college) and I don't think I ever have, I was kinda a dork snob and looked down on people who didn't read the books. I saw a few other people had similar questions but I never found answers. My brother is in high school so maybe I could read a book that he is assigned but I never was?

mmm..I'm a yes and a no..but sure go for it.. :)