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message 3101: by ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (last edited Jul 31, 2010 03:20PM) (new)

ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) It's not much. lol But I was stuck waiting 2.5 hours while getting new tires put on my car. (Had a blowout on the interstate.)

All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

In Progress: Child Star by Shirley Temple Black - starting page 332.
7/26 - Finished Child Star by Shirley Temple Black (563 - 332) = 231 pages
7/29 DK READER LEVEL 2: WWE John Cena by Brian Sheilds = 32 pages

Total = 263 pages


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) All or Nothing Challenge Leaderboard
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 336 pages
Debbie = 462 pages
Dee = 669 pages
Melissa = 1603 pages
Christine = 2029 pages
BJ Rose = 2740 pages


message 3103: by BJ Rose (new)

BJ Rose (bjrose) | 4413 comments ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "It's not much. lol But I was stuck waiting 2.5 hours while getting new tires put on my car. (Had a blowout on the interstate.)"

Yikes!! That's always scary!


message 3104: by Dee (last edited Jul 31, 2010 05:26PM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

1053/4500

Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010

In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Black Rose - Nora Roberts


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) BJ Rose wrote: "ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "It's not much. lol But I was stuck waiting 2.5 hours while getting new tires put on my car. (Had a blowout on the interstate.)"

Yikes!! That's always scary!"


Tell me about it. I was driving 75mph in the right lane of a busy interstate in a front-wheel drive van when my driver's side front tire exploded. I was lucky to be able to get the van pulled over and stopped without incurring an accident and gotten myself or my 6 yr old son hurt. We were on the way to the airport to pickup my fiance. It was also scary changing a tire 3 feet from Semi's blowing past. In fact my fold-n-stow scissors jack that came with the van I had to throw away afterwards as it bent and the van lurched forward a good inch and a half from the draft from passing semi's. Just glad now it's over and my tires are all replaced. That was a scary day.


message 3106: by Christine (new)

Christine (cdunbar) | 635 comments Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving) or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

2,630/4,500

Completed
Mystique by Amanda Quick - 7/28; 352 (x2 - leading female becomes betrothed to a guy after knowing him less than 24 hours to escape her uncle's house) = 704 pages
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood - 7/29; 375 pages
Pegasus by Robin McKinley - 7/29; 400 (x2 - the girl flies on the back of a Pegasus without anything to hold onto but the mane, which is crazy to me) = 800 pages
Affair by Amanda Quick - 7/30; 389 pages
What She Wants at Midnight by Kimberly Dean - 7/31; 297 pages

In Progress
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff - 46 pages
With This Ring by Amanda Quick - 19 pages


message 3107: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments All or Nothing Challenge Leaderboard
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

336 pgs. - Department of Temporal Adjustment (7/27) ****
136 pgs. - Dark Elves I: Taken (7/30) ****
358 pgs. - Awaken Me Darkly (7/31) ****

830 / 4500


message 3108: by Dee (last edited Aug 01, 2010 04:02AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

1603/4500

Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010

In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) All or Nothing Challenge Leaderboard
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 336 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Dee = 1603 pages
Melissa = 1603 pages
Christine = 2630 pages
BJ Rose = 2740 pages


message 3110: by BJ Rose (new)

BJ Rose (bjrose) | 4413 comments All or Nothing Challenge
July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

324 pp.: Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Aug 1 (3.5*) I read these more for the recipes & the cooking hints than for the story! And I now have a bunch more recipes to try out, including some hotdish recipes (definitely a Minnesota term!) But I think the residents of Eden Prairie should be seriously concerned about all those murders!!

Added to:
608 pp.: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card July 30 (4*)
340 pp.: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly July 31 (4*)
469 pp.: Under the Boardwalk anthology July 28 (3.5*)
422 pp.: You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey July 29 (3*)
500 pp.: Mary Mary by James Patterson July 27 (3*)
244 pp. (330- 86 prev. read): Stormwalker by Alysson James July 27 (4*)
157 pp. (368-211 prev. read): The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith July 26 (3.5*)

Total Pages = 3064/4500


Unapologetic_Bookaholic | 2002 comments ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "ஐ Briansgirl "Book Sale Queen"ஐ wrote: "It's not much. lol But I was stuck waiting 2.5 hours while getting new tires put on my car. (Had a blowout on the interstate.)"

Yikes!! Th..."


Scary!! Glad your OK! I have a few mins., so checking my GR posts right quick =D, wow! What news!


message 3112: by Melissa (last edited Aug 02, 2010 02:46AM) (new)

Melissa | 26 comments All or Nothing Challenge
July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

1923/4,500

Dead and Gone 289 pages ( x2 The Were's come out in the public eye without knowing what wll happen finshed 7/27) = 578
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 7/28 311 pages
The Quickie by James Patterson 357 pages (x2 because the main woman has a shoot out in between trains in the subway finished 7/30) =714
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 8/1 320 pages


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) Kenjii (via email)

Finished
Swan Song by Robert McCammon 8-1-10
pages: 372


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) All or Nothing Challenge Leaderboard
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 372 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Dee = 1603 pages
Melissa = 1923 pages
Christine = 2630 pages
BJ Rose = 3064 pages


Unapologetic_Bookaholic | 2002 comments 336+372= 708 for my page count. Sorry Kate, I was afraid my email wouldn't be clear. I'll b sure to include all my finished books. I should have my computer fixed by tomorrow. If its not a major 'gotta buy a new netbook' kind of issue =D


message 3116: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

2075/4500

Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010

In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward


message 3117: by BJ Rose (new)

BJ Rose (bjrose) | 4413 comments All or Nothing Challenge
July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

319 pp. (527-208 prev. read): Life on the MIssissippi by Mark Twain Aug 2 (3*) interesting in many parts, but slow-going!
Added to:
324 pp.: Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Aug 1 (3.5*) I read these more for the recipes & the cooking hints than for the story! And I now have a bunch more recipes to try out, including some hotdish recipes (definitely a Minnesota term!) But I think the residents of Eden Prairie should be seriously concerned about all those murders!!
608 pp.: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card July 30 (4*)
340 pp.: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly July 31 (4*)
469 pp.: Under the Boardwalk anthology July 28 (3.5*)
422 pp.: You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey July 29 (3*)
500 pp.: Mary Mary by James Patterson July 27 (3*)
244 pp. (330- 86 prev. read): Stormwalker by Alysson James July 27 (4*)
157 pp. (368-211 prev. read): The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith July 26 (3.5*)

Total Pages = 3383/4500


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) I wasn't sure. Just say add to current total so I won't get confused if you need to email another update. We moved all the furniture in 3 rooms and painted the rooms today so a bit wore out at the moment.


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) All or Nothing Challenge Leaderboard
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 708 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Melissa = 1923 pages
Dee = 2075 pages
Christine = 2630 pages
BJ Rose = 3383 pages


message 3120: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

2411/4500

Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 336 pages - 8/3/2010

In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb


message 3121: by BJ Rose (new)

BJ Rose (bjrose) | 4413 comments All or Nothing Challenge
July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

348 pp.: Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh Aug 3 (4*)
256 pp.: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Aug 3 (5*)

Added to:
319 pp. (527-208 prev. read): Life on the MIssissippi by Mark Twain Aug 2 (3*) interesting in many parts, but slow-going!
324 pp.: Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Aug 1 (3.5*) I read these more for the recipes & the cooking hints than for the story! And I now have a bunch more recipes to try out, including some hotdish recipes (definitely a Minnesota term!) But I think the residents of Eden Prairie should be seriously concerned about all those murders!!
608 pp.: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card July 30 (4*)
340 pp.: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly July 31 (4*)
469 pp.: Under the Boardwalk anthology July 28 (3.5*)
422 pp.: You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey July 29 (3*)
500 pp.: Mary Mary by James Patterson July 27 (3*)
244 pp. (330- 86 prev. read): Stormwalker by Alysson James July 27 (4*)
157 pp. (368-211 prev. read): The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith July 26 (3.5*)

Total Pages = 3987/4500


message 3122: by Dee (last edited Aug 04, 2010 01:33AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

2962/4500

Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 336 pages - 8/3/2010
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%) - 215 pages - 7/3/2010
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs - 336 pages - 7/3/2010

In Progress
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton
Ramona's World - Beverly Cleary


message 3123: by Melissa (new)

Melissa | 26 comments All or Nothing Challenge
July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

2759/4,500

Dead and Gone 289 pages ( x2 The Were's come out in the public eye without knowing what wll happen finshed 7/27) = 578
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 7/28 311 pages
The Quickie by James Patterson 357 pages (x2 because the main woman has a shoot out in between trains in the subway finished 7/30) =714
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 8/1 320 pages
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder 418 pages ( x2 Yelena had to make a choice be the kings food tester never knowing when she'd be poisoned finished 8/4)=836


message 3124: by Dee (last edited Aug 04, 2010 09:03AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

3170/4500

Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 336 pages - 8/3/2010
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%) - 215 pages - 7/3/2010
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs - 336 pages - 7/3/2010
Ramona's World - Beverly Cleary - 208 pages - 7/4/2010 What can I say? I loved these books growing up and with Ramona and Beezus coming to the big screen, I felt like doing a re-read!

In Progress
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton
Secret Desires - Stormy Glenn
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert


message 3125: by ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (last edited Aug 04, 2010 07:52PM) (new)

ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) All or Nothing Challenge Leaderboard FINAL
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 708 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Melissa = 2759 pages
Dee = 3170 pages
BJ Rose = 3987 pages
Christine = 4519 pages *CONGRATULATIONS*


message 3126: by Macwolf01 [Elise] (new)

Macwolf01 [Elise] (macwolf01) | 1012 comments WOW you ladies are rocking along, I'll catch the next round ... with BJ Rose doing so well I wouldn't even get started ;0)


message 3127: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments Kate, BJ et al! I want yours guys adjudication on this...when I won the last challenge I bought Goddess of the Rose from Amazon...I just got an email saying that the seller no longer has it in stock...am I good to go and get it and not reset my count?


message 3128: by ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (last edited Aug 04, 2010 12:55PM) (new)

ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) You earned a reward to buy a certain number of books. Even if you reorder it, it still only counts as one book. Go for it. If you have a reward credit left you havn't used yet, you can use that as well at any time as you earned it. I've had a PBS wishlisted book come in, but it says in the rules that since you never know when those will hit, those don't count. Only regular book buying resets you.


message 3129: by Christine (last edited Aug 04, 2010 03:08PM) (new)

Christine (cdunbar) | 635 comments I've been in bed for the past five days fighting a cold. Thought I'd go ahead and update since BJ might be right behind me!

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4,500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving) or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!

4,519/4,500

Completed
Mystique by Amanda Quick - 7/28; 352 (x2 - lead female becomes betrothed to a guy after knowing him less than 24 hours to escape her uncle's house) = 704 pages
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood - 7/29; 375 pages
Pegasus by Robin McKinley - 7/29; 400 (x2 - the girl flies on the back of a Pegasus without anything to hold onto but the mane, which is crazy to me) = 800 pages
Affair by Amanda Quick - 7/30; 389 pages
What She Wants at Midnight by Kimberly Dean - 7/31; 297 pages
Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 8/1; (started on pg 80 - pg 302) = 222 (x2 - lead female picks up her life and moves to completely new place for an adventure) = 444 pages
Lucan by Susan Kearney - 8/2; 335 (x2 - lead male travels to unknown planet to find the 'grail' without knowing what to expect) = 670 pages
With This Ring by Amanda Quick - 8/3; 358 pages
I Thee Wed by Amanda Quick - 8/4; 362 pages

In Progress
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff - 120 pages


message 3130: by Christine (new)

Christine (cdunbar) | 635 comments The Twin Challenge
Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!

How I came up with the goal count: The Twin Day Festival started in 1976 times two for twins = 3,952

(Posted at 5:22pm CDT)


message 3131: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments - wow good job Christine - lots of pages lately.

- Neat challenge, triple page count for the bonus wahoo - don't think I have any that fit the bill though. Should be interesting to see what we can all come up with that will work.


message 3132: by Christine (new)

Christine (cdunbar) | 635 comments That's why it's triple. It's harder to find stories written about twins or such, unless you own a lot of harlequin books.


message 3133: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments I read harlequin, but off the top of my head I don't really remember any with twin or triplets in them. I may have to look harder :)


message 3134: by Dee (last edited Aug 04, 2010 06:59PM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments do the twins have to be the main characters or will secondary ones work...i.e. phury and zsadist in BDB?

duh...would have helped if I actually read it...haha


message 3135: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments lol Dee, I take it you have already read Z and Phury's stories?!?!?!


message 3136: by Christine (new)

Christine (cdunbar) | 635 comments The Z and Phury books within the BDB series works, but not the other ones. Although just talking about Zsadist makes me want to read his book again! :)


message 3137: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments I've read Z but not Phury! I'm reading Butch right now...I loved Z!


message 3138: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments mmm, I loved Butch - and wait till you get to Rehvenge ;) anyways, so read on and you may get to Phury in time.


message 3139: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments lol...i doubt it...too many books, too little time!! and stats is kicking my buttinsky! I'm also trying to ration them...because I know there probably isn't another one due out for a while


message 3140: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments after JM's story in Lover Mine I think we have to wait till next summer for the next book but I am not sure. I read them about once a month just to catch up in time for Lover Mine and now I have to wait - boohoo :( so I completely understand the idea of pacing.


message 3141: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments on the bright side, Crave will be out soon...I think I was less biased towards the series because I hadn't read BDB before I read the first one. In fact, I think I read them both in the same month


message 3142: by BJ Rose (new)

BJ Rose (bjrose) | 4413 comments Christine wrote: "I've been in bed for the past five days fighting a cold. Thought I'd go ahead and update since BJ might be right behind me!"

Congratulations, Christine!
Not quite right behind you, but close! I finished one book today and needed less than 200 pages.


message 3143: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments and Christine comes out of left field!! lol!!


message 3144: by Dee (last edited Aug 04, 2010 07:52PM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments The Twin Challenge
Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!

In Progress
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton - started at 20%
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - started at part 3 of 12 on audiobook
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb - started at 40%
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward - started at 20%
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Secret Desires - Stormy Glenn
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) Congratulations Christine.


ஐ Katya (Book Queen)ஐ (katyabookqueen) The Twin Challenge
Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!

8/4 Bowdrie Follows a Cold Trail by Louis L'Amour from Bowdrie = 21 pages

Total = 21 pages


message 3147: by Debbie (new)

Debbie  (db_debber) | 2757 comments Crave, is that the second book to Covet?
I am planning on reading Covet next week.


message 3148: by Unapologetic_Bookaholic (last edited Aug 05, 2010 12:21AM) (new)

Unapologetic_Bookaholic | 2002 comments The Twin Challenge
Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages


Total 153/3952

FIN.
Two half-gods, bro/sis, are twins
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Rick Riordan
Date: 8-4
Pages: 262-312=(51x3) 153


message 3149: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments yep! I think it comes out in September or October

Debbie wrote: "Crave, is that the second book to Covet?
I am planning on reading Covet next week."



message 3150: by Dee (last edited Aug 05, 2010 03:33AM) (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 7316 comments The Twin Challenge
Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!

232/3952

Complete
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton - started at 20% - 232 pages - 8/5/2010

In Progress
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - started at part 3 of 12 on audiobook
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb - started at 40%
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward - started at 20%
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Secret Desires - Stormy Glenn
Wind Warrior - Cynthia Roberts
Tried by War : Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief - James M. McPherson


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