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Cool =D post here if you were able to do it, Kate!
I'm also going to participate in Earth Hour! :)
Kenjii ~*~Black Kat~**~ wrote: "Cool =D post here if you were able to do it, Kate!"I'll have one of the three boys in bed by then. Just have to convince the other two to turn the tv off and turn out all the house lights but one. Should be able to do it tonight. Will tell them to get their books out instead. :)
I'll have the Acer charged and e-books ready for the hour!
Earth Hour Challenge Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
3/27 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 x 2) = 584 pages
Total = 584 pages
Do audiobooks count and if so, how do you figure out the page count?
Sara wrote: "Nice start with that bonus Kate! :)"Thanks. I already had it on my list to read for March and hadn't gotten around to it yet. I think I cross-challenged it into four challenges. Then I noticed it also counted double here.
I'm only about 10 pages into All Quiet on the Western Front, which was my war book for March monthly challenge, but then while reading Dead Until Dark I discovered our resident vampire Bill had served in the civil war, so used that as my war book. I was going to use it for single female on cover, but using book #2 in the series for that.
i figure the page count based on a paper copy of the book and where the chapter you start at begins...if you don't have the book, you could try checking at B&N or some place like that for a copy, or the library!Sara wrote: "Do audiobooks count and if so, how do you figure out the page count?"
A few days ago, I had the same problem with the audiobooks, I was told most audiobooks work out to 35-40 pp. per hour - so that is the conversion that I have been using when there is no page count available off a physical book.Earth Hour Challenge
Duration: March 27 - April 17
Goal: 3033
Reward: 2 new or 10 used (for the year 2010)
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time :)
(Can I do that? If not please remove it. This is only my second challenge, so let me know if anything should be changed!)
69 pages - Doomsday Can Wait (finished last couple chapters)
304 pages - The Bride Fair, and
65 pages (97 minute audiobook) - Stranded.
198 pages Midnight Angel (about half done)
636 / 3033 total pages
Yeah Kate, thanks for saving me a place lol heeheehee
You did say you were in. :)
Raided the kids shelves again. :)Earth Hour Challenge
Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
3/27 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 x 2) = 584 pages
3/27 Earth Hour = 60 pages
3/27 Planets Around the Sun by Seymour Simon (32 x 2) = 64 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 A Trip Into Space (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 If You Were an Astronaut by Dinah L. Moche (24 x 2) = 48 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 The Clock Book by Kathy O'Hehir (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Clock on cover)
3/27 What's the Time?: Benjamin learns to tell the time by Anne Leblanc (10 x 2) = 20 pages (Clock on cover)
Total = 808 pages
Earth Hour ChallengeDuration: March 27 - April 17
Goal: 3033
Reward: 2 new or 10 used (for the year 2010)
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time :)
32 pages: Christmas Love 3/26****
60 pages: Bonus #2 - Earth Hour
313 pages: Glory in Death 3/27****
40 Pages (20x2): Dark Prince (currently reading)
445/3033
Earth Hour ChallengeDuration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
(3+27+2010+121+812+60=3033)
Goal: 3033
Reward: 2 new or 10 used (for the year 2010)
p/c 48 [e-book:] Gay for Pay v Kim Dare 3-26-10
p/c 48 [e-book:] Gay Since Today v Kim Dare 3-26-10
p/c 165 [paperback:] The Bipolar Advantage v Tom Wootton 3-27-10
Earth Hour bonus pages=60 3-27-10
didn't finish any books...just played Diner Dash for an hour. Night all!
Wow, I know I'm new but I didn't realize you would go searching for books you already own with bonus words in them versus the happenstance that one of the books you already planned on reading has a bonus word in it...kinda twisting the bonus just too boost your number? Not sure I like that...doesn't seem fair? Anyway, I'll quit my two cents and just report:
The Eye of the World 207 pages (started at page 8)
Earth Hour bonus: 60 pages
259/3033
Ashley wrote: "Wow, I know I'm new but I didn't realize you would go searching for books you already own with bonus words in them versus the happenstance that one of the books you already planned on reading has a..."Ashley, that's what the bonus's are for. It doesn't matter if you happen to be reading a book that qualifies for a bonus or you go searching for a book that'll give you a bonus. Either way is perfectly acceptable. I'm not the only one whose looked for books that specifically qualify for a bonus. I've even been encouraged before to do so. The bonuses encourage us to read whatever the theme for the current count off challenge is, wether that be earth hour, easter, valentine's day, halloween, etc. We don't always have bonuses in every count off challenge, but when they are there, why not use them. I'm sure I'm not the only one whose dug through their shelves and found a book they havn't read before that qualified for a bonus that I may not have read otherwise.
Earth Hour Challenge Leaderboard Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
Dee = 89 pages
Ashley = 259 pages
Kenjii = 321 pages
Sara = 445 pages
Debbie = 636 pages
Briansgirl/Kate = 808 pages
No mean to upset--just as an outsider it wasn't expected and I don't remember reading about it in the first post introducing the challenge. Now that I know it's fine to do so, i understand.
The original post may need to be ammended to include it. The bonus's were something that got started last fall around Halloween. Not every count off has them, but lately most have.
385/3033 Price of Pleasure - Connie Mason - (started at page 108) - 211 pages - 27 MAR 10
Desire Unchained - Larissa Ione - (started at page 41) - 142 pages IN PROGRESS
Sacred Secrets - Roxy Harte - 32 pages - IN PROGRESS
That's OK about the bonuses. If you have questions along the way, it's OK to ask. It all boils down to page counts. You don't have to do the bonuses at all, so in reality if your not reading something with the bonus in it, your still OK =D. Kate: That's a good idea. I'll add a paragraph about the bonuses to the guidelines. What should it say?
Kenjii ~*~Black Kat~**~ wrote: "Kate: That's a good idea. I'll add a paragraph about the bonuses to the guidelines. What should it say? How about...
Occassionally a count off challenge may include a bonus (or two). This is where you can get double (or triple) the page count for a single book, provided it meets the bonus criteria. The criteria may be certain word(s) in the title, on the cover (or both), or in subject matter. You may specificially look for books that fit the bonus, to get the extra page counts, as this encourages you to read the theme of that particular challenge.
So noted. Thanks, Kate.
Kenjii ~*~Black Kat~**~ wrote: "So noted. Thanks, Kate."Your welcome.
I like that Kate, it does seem to cover it all. I can't believe I forgot the Earth Hour bonus.
I'm really enjoying the Sookie Stackhouse books. I don't normally read PNR, so it's definetly something different for me. For those that have read it, you'll understand why I read the phone call from Sookie to Eric in Living Dead in Dallas four times as I was cracking up laughing so hard I had to keep rereading it! :)Earth Hour Challenge
Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
3/27 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 x 2) = 584 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
3/27 Earth Hour = 60 pages
3/27 Planets Around the Sun by Seymour Simon (32 x 2) = 64 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 A Trip Into Space (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 If You Were an Astronaut by Dinah L. Moche (24 x 2) = 48 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 The Clock Book by Kathy O'Hehir (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Clock on cover)
3/27 What's the Time?: Benjamin learns to tell the time by Anne Leblanc (10 x 2) = 20 pages (Clock on cover)
3/28 Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris = 291 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #2)
Total = 1099 pages
<----- has raided the library for the rest of the Sookie Stackhouse books. I own (#1 thru #4). Checked out (#5, #5.1, #6, #7, and #10) and have 3 on hold (books #8, #9, and #11) where I am between first and third in cue. Added them to my PBS (paperbackswap) reminder/wish list. Trying to read in order. Need to win this challenge, so I can buy used copies to complete my collection. I can definetly see myself rereading this series. :)
good luck with that, I have 1-6 and am planning on starting soon. Buy, you know my tbr - teetering tower!I saw that you read the first two, what did you think, have you watched any of the series True Blood, if so is the book better, worse or the same?????
I've never seen the tv series, so have no idea. I don't normally read PNR, so this is a stretch for me. I'd heard such favorable stuff about this series, I thought I'd try it when I found book #3 at a thrift shop. Of course, have to read a series in order, lol, so bought used copies of books #1 and #2 online. Have to eventually replace my copy of book #2. I got a full refund from the seller and they let me keep my copy because someone had taken a knife down the entire spine of the book making several cuts, some as deep as an inch into the book. Definetly not in "good" condition as it was sold. However, still readable after I spent nearly an hour taping the spine and pages back up. Because of it's poor qualify and the fact that it's a trade size paperback instead of regular paperback as my other copies... I'll eventually replace it after I find all the others on paperbackswap. For the time being... I'm being sucked in, lol, and want to know what happens so checking out the rest of the series from the library.Personally, even without seeing the tv series, I'm going to say the books are better. I've heard a few mention the tv series was okay. Some of the humor of the books, the vampires personalities, etc I don't think can translate as well to the screen. Rarely does the screen version measure up to the books.
This isn't normally what I read, yet I'm hooked. It's PNR as there is a definete romance with as much a happy-ever-after ending you can get considering half the couple is undead. It's a suspenseful romance as there are mysteries involved that get solved. So it's a romantic suspensful murder mystery with scary undead creatures. lol
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "I've never seen the tv series, so have no idea. I don't normally read PNR, so this is a stretch for me. I'd heard such favorable stuff about this series, I thought I'd try it when I found book #3 a..."Told you, you would get hooked on these giggle ! ! Now to try the Twilight series?!
I'm excited you are reading the series. Sookie is what started me to read more PNR, but I haven't found anything I like as much. Every book gets better as you go along!About the TV series, it actually wonderful but very different than the books. I enjoy both a ton but think of them as separate. But it's with it to watch after you read for the hotness that is the cast!!! I am pretty hard to offend, nothing really gets to me in that way, I'm pretty open-minded but know friends that loved the books that gave up watching the show because it's pretty explicit--so if you've got kiddies around it's not for their eyes and if you have a problem with explicit scenes you probably won't like the show hope that sums it up! ;)
Earth Hour Challenge Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
416 pages - Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews - 27/03/10****
060 pages - Earth hour
476 /3033 pages
I got the first season from Netflix, (no - definatley no kiddies should watch this one, eyes or ears) so now I really want to read the books also, just wondering how they compare - story wise, ya know, I read a lot of PNR, so I was wondering how it stacked up - haha, no pun intended. As far as other PNR or UF, let me know if you want a recc, be happy to help share my favs.
I have the first Twilight book, but don't know if I want to read it yet. Picked it up last summer for 50 cents. Since I do have kiddies around the house, unless it's late and after they are in bed, I probably wouldn't watch True Blood. Although I could watch it, it does sound a bit explicit for me. Also, my free HBO runs out in two months so won't have access anymore.
Earth Hour Challenge Leaderboard Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Update:
Eye of the World page 348 (st. On page 8)
Earth hour bonus: 60
400/3033
gggrrr #3 in the series left their relationship up in the air. Gotta pick up the next one now to see how it continues. lol At this rate I'm not getting any chores done nor am I getting alot of sleep. lolEarth Hour Challenge
Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
3/27 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 x 2) = 584 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
3/27 Earth Hour = 60 pages
3/27 Planets Around the Sun by Seymour Simon (32 x 2) = 64 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 A Trip Into Space (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 If You Were an Astronaut by Dinah L. Moche (24 x 2) = 48 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 The Clock Book by Kathy O'Hehir (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Clock on cover)
3/27 What's the Time?: Benjamin learns to tell the time by Anne Leblanc (10 x 2) = 20 pages (Clock on cover)
3/28 Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris = 291 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #2)
3/28 Club Dead by Charlaine Harris = 292 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #3)
Total = 1391 pages
Earth Hour Challenge Leaderboard Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
One last update before bed:
The Eye of the World 455 (st. On page 8)
Earth hour bonus: 60 pages
507/3033
687/3033 Price of Pleasure - Connie Mason - (started at page 108) - 211 pages - 27 MAR 10
Desire Unchained - Larissa Ione - (started at page 41) - 375 pages - 28 MAR 10
Sacred Secrets - Roxy Harte - 61 pages - IN PROGRESS
Wild Heat - Bella Andre - 40 pages - IN PROGRESS
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "gggrrr #3 in the series left their relationship up in the air. Gotta pick up the next one now to see how it continues. lol At this rate I'm not getting any chores done nor am I getting alot of slee..."So Kate, I take it that means you are enjoying Sookie? lol. I may have to move that up on the old teetering tower (tbr)
ok, I'm in. I'd meant to post that I was in on Sat. and got side-tracked. But here's what I read Sunday and so far today.Earth Hour Challenge Leaderboard
Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
An Angel to Die For by Mignon F. Ballard 307pp
The Angel Whispered Danger by Mignon F Ballard pp263
Too Late for Angels by Mignon F. Ballard 269pp
The Angel and the Jabberwocky Murders by Mignon F. Ballard 256pp
Total pages 1095
Earth Hour Challenge Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
416 pages - Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews - 27/03/10****
060 pages - Earth hour
368 pages - Deal Breaker - Harlan Coben - 29/03/10*****
844 /3033 pages
Debbie wrote: "So Kate, I take it that means you are enjoying Sookie? lol. I may have to move that up on the old teetering tower (tbr) ..."
Most definetly lol
Congratulations, Sara!! I've been focused on trying to finish my March challenges and just realized I haven't been getting all my email updates
Earth Hour Challenge
Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
(3+27+2010+121+812+60=3033)
Goal: 3033
Reward: 2 new or 10 used (for the year 2010)
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time :)
371 pp: White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz Mar 27
368 pp.: Born in Ice (Born In trilogy #2) by Nora Roberts Mar 28
192 pp.: Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart Mar 28
474 pp. (624-150 previously read): Queste by Angie Sage Mar 29
309 pp. (340- 31 previously read): Highland Dragon by Kimberly Killon Mar 29
Total Pages = 1714/3033
Earth Hour ChallengeDuration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
(3+27+2010+121+812+60=3033)
Goal: 3033
Reward: 2 new or 10 used (for the year 2010)
p/c 48 [e-book:] Gay for Pay v Kim Dare 3-26-10
p/c 48 [e-book:] Gay Since Today v Kim Dare 3-26-10
p/c 165 [paperback:] The Bipolar Advantage v Tom Wootton 3-27-10
Earth Hour bonus pages=60 3-27-10
p/c 51 [e-book:] Gay Divorcee v Kim Dare 3-29-10
Earth Hour Challenge Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
3/27 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 x 2) = 584 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
3/27 Earth Hour = 60 pages
3/27 Planets Around the Sun by Seymour Simon (32 x 2) = 64 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 A Trip Into Space (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 If You Were an Astronaut by Dinah L. Moche (24 x 2) = 48 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 The Clock Book by Kathy O'Hehir (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Clock on cover)
3/27 What's the Time?: Benjamin learns to tell the time by Anne Leblanc (10 x 2) = 20 pages (Clock on cover)
3/28 Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris = 291 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #2)
3/28 Club Dead by Charlaine Harris = 292 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #3)
3/29 Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris = 291 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #4)
Total = 1682 pages
Earth Hour Challenge Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event. Earth Hour is from 8:30 - 9:30 pm local time.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
Update: The Eye of the World 707 pages (st. on pg 8)
Earth Hour Bonus: 60 pages
759/3033
Earth Hour Challenge Duration: March 27 - April 17
Goal: 3033
Reward: 2 new or 10 used (for the year 2010)
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time :)
69 pages - Doomsday Can Wait (finished last couple chapters) - 3/27 ****
304 pages - The Bride Fair - 3/27 ****
65 pages (97 minute audiobook) - Stranded - 3/27 ****
384 pages Midnight Angel - 3/29 ****
822 / 3033 total pages
Stayed up reading til 5:30am. Had to finally go to bed (with only a chapter and a half left! doh) because the words were starting to blur. Had to get up an hour later! lolEarth Hour Challenge
Duration: March 27 - April 17
From Wikipedia: Earth Hour is a global event organized by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. On March 27, 2010, 121 countries and 812 landmarks/icons will participate in the 60 minute event.
Goal: 3033 pages
Reward: 2 new or 10 used
Bonus #1 - Double count: if the book title contains the words earth, hour, dark or green; has a picture of the earth, an hourglass or a clock on the cover; is about climate change or has an environmentalist character.
Bonus #2: Take a 60 page bonus if you participate in Earth Hour to make up for lost time
3/27 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292 x 2) = 584 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #1)
3/27 Earth Hour = 60 pages
3/27 Planets Around the Sun by Seymour Simon (32 x 2) = 64 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 A Trip Into Space (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 If You Were an Astronaut by Dinah L. Moche (24 x 2) = 48 pages (Earth on cover)
3/27 The Clock Book by Kathy O'Hehir (8 x 2) = 16 pages (Clock on cover)
3/27 What's the Time?: Benjamin learns to tell the time by Anne Leblanc (10 x 2) = 20 pages (Clock on cover)
3/28 Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris = 291 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #2)
3/28 Club Dead by Charlaine Harris = 292 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #3)
3/29 Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris = 291 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #4)
3/30 Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris = 295 pages (Sookie Stackhouse #5)
Total = 1977 pages
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I'll see if we can't do it as well. :)