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YA Reading Challenge #1: Tasks & Discussion
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I have another question about the challenge. I am actually just reading books as I normally would and then seeing if they fit into the challenge (except, of course, for the challenges that specify how a book is chosen, like the library one).My question is about the challenge for the three genres. If I feel like a book is action/adventure, but the book has a thread in fantasy, can I still call it action/adventure to fit the challenge since I'm using a different book for fantasy that is definitely not action/adventure?
The book, by the way, is The Titan's Curse. I've always considered the Percy Jackson series to be action/adventure and fantasy.
It's a tough call when a book can be easily placed in more than one genre. "Adventure" is a classic part of many fantasy novels - the protagonist going on a dangerous journey to accomplish a certain mission. This Wikipedia article on adventure novels lists several well-known fantasy and science fiction authors in the adventure category. But then those books are definitely fantasy and/or science fiction as well as adventure. I'm glad our moderators are the ones who get to make these tough decisions for the challenge!
Hi C, I agree with Fiona on this, although it's a tough call. I see adventure as something real, while fantasy can have many of the same aspects with magical or unreal characters.
Thanks, guys, I've fit it in somewhere else :)
Good C, because I hate to somehow discourage reading in any form. Maybe we can put a smile on your froggy face!:)
Just got to thinking I should have posted this portion of my report here instead of with my points report:For task 20.1, I first watched the classic Romeo and Juliet film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, which I haven't seen since high school, and then reread Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which I also haven't read since high school. I thought the film did a great job of making the story accessible and very understandable. I'm sure what they showed us in high school was an edited version because I don't remember that much skin in the bedroom scene! Also, the film did cut out much more of the play than I originally realized - even the deaths of several characters. I like being able to experience Shakespeare's words both ways - reading them myself (sometimes aloud) and in the film. I would love to now go see a production of the play! I also want to re-watch West Side Story and Romeo + Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio.
Quick question- I am reading (just finished actually...) The Chronicles of Narnia books. I haven't posted them as points yet, because I was waiting to finish them all first... In the Fantasy section, they are all listed as The Chronicles of Narnia. Can I use just one book for my post to a discussion task? Or, would I have to use all 7 for that one task?
Thanks in advance!
They were all originally published as separate books, so if you read any of them you can use it for that task. The thread is just titled that as it encompasses all of the books. :)
There was actually a discussion a while back as to how many of the Narnia books could be fit into the challenge... You could see if you can find that if you just finished all of them, to see if you could use the other books somewhere as well. It is in this thread, but I'm not sure exactly how long ago.
I don't know why, but this challenge thing is way too hard for my brain. I must not be a numbers person. Wait, I know I'm not. And understanding numbered directions is like staring at a newspaper written in Farsi. Sigh.
Becky, the Narnia discussion was with me before too. I have a way to fit all of them in right now, but wanted to make sure that doing one individually would be ok to discuss. Just double checking. Thanks for the response!
As far as figuring out points...I'm lost too. I didn't even make my own list (loser) Becky did it for me. I'm just crossing off as I read and will worry about the points later.
I am not a loser! ;DAshley, I'm sorry that I didn't remember it was you that I talked about the Narnia books with! There are so many people, and I have just unofficially taken it upon myself to help answer questions! LOL
No, no, no I AM THE LOSER because I couldn't make my own list. Please tell me you really knew that.
I did. ;) I was just giving you a hard time. And you are not a loser either.
I AM a challenge list making loser;) You, however, are Billion Book Becky the Bomb!!!!!
Watch out, they may get stuck that way. Didn't your mom tell you?
Nope. I'm not crossing them, I'm just rolling them in my exasperation at your insistence that you are a loser. Because you are not.
*Chalks on up on the plus side**smiles*
*is thankful*
Well you can try to read some of these tales from a new book (I think):
http://talesforlove.blgos.sapo.pt
http://talesforlove.blgos.sapo.pt
Hi Rui, it's nice to have you here, but please don't push your blog in every post you make, because that is annoying and our members don't enjoy that kind of interaction.If you want to discuss YA books, we would love to have you. But if you just want to push your blog, we will delete you.
Sorry, but I've seen your blog pushed in the last three threads I've been in and it's getting to be a bit much.
Ok Sorry I was just introducing myself ...first posts
By the way: the book "wind by the windmils" is about what?
By the way: the book "wind by the windmils" is about what?
You can type any book title in the upper right-hand corner of the screen and it will locate a list of books with that name and similar names. If you click on the book you want, you can find a description there of what the book is about so you can decide if you want to read it.
ok in the upper LEFT-hand corner of the (my) screen
Kandice wrote: "No, no, no I AM THE LOSER because I couldn't make my own list. Please tell me you really knew that."Can't we just agree that everyone's a loser?
;)
30 Point Tasks1. The Golden Compass and Stardust
2. Anne of Green Gables
25 Point Tasks
2. TBD
3. Secret Keeper
4.
20 Point Tasks
2. TBD
3. The Thief Lord
5. The Sweet Far Thing
10 Point Tasks
1. The Forest of Hands and Teeth
3. The Book Thief
4. A Curse Dark as Gold
5 Point Tasks
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Eragon (recommended by 15 year old cousin)
4. Donorboy A Novel
I just finished The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen for task 20.4 and I liked it. I generally like Sarah Dessen's books and I've read two of hers this year alone (and I have one more that I took out from the library), but I liked the other one I read this year, Keeping the Moon, a little bit more. I can't really explain why. Maybe it's because I liked the characters in Keeping the Moon, more than the ones in The Truth About Forever, though I liked those fine. I don't know....
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Becky, no worries. I really appreciate the help! It's great that you are so willing to help out! Thanks!
Can't seem to get any points, but I'm reading more these days, so that's good and I have a plan to get some points soon...
30 POINT TASKS:
1. The Golden Compass/The Graveyard Book
2. Anne of Green Gables
3. Ella Enchanted
25 POINT TASKS:
1.
I Capture the Castle
5/11/09/Eldest/The Book Thief
2.
Ink Exchange
5/21/09/The Au Pairs
3. A Great and Terrible Beauty
4. The Subtle Knife/ The Amber Spyglass
20 POINT TASKS:
1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Homecoming
3. Evermore
4. Beyond the Chocolate War
5. The Book of Lost Things
10 POINT TASKS:
1. Graceling
2. Pride and Prejudice (Laura)
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
5 POINT TASKS:
1. City of Bones
2. Little Women
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. A Little Princess
Total Points: 0/350
Total Pages: 677
30 POINT TASKS:
1. The Golden Compass/The Graveyard Book
2. Anne of Green Gables
3. Ella Enchanted
25 POINT TASKS:
1.
2.
3. A Great and Terrible Beauty
4. The Subtle Knife/ The Amber Spyglass
20 POINT TASKS:
1. The Fellowship of the Ring
2. Homecoming
3. Evermore
4. Beyond the Chocolate War
5. The Book of Lost Things
10 POINT TASKS:
1. Graceling
2. Pride and Prejudice (Laura)
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
4. The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
5 POINT TASKS:
1. City of Bones
2. Little Women
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. A Little Princess
Total Points: 0/350
Total Pages: 677
Here's my updated list. Yes, I'm reading three books at once.. and yes I know I am nuts.*Currently reading
30 POINT TASKS:
1. Carnegie Medal 2005 Tamar A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal and 2007 Alex Awards The Book of Lost Things
2. Anne of Green Gables
3.
25 POINT TASKS:
1.Firebirds Soaring An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction (Fantasy), The Book Thief(Historical), Airman* (Action/Adventure)
2. Warrior Princess and Fool Moon*
3. Alis (may change)
4.
20 POINT TASKS:
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*
2.
3. I want to go to Ireland - The Escape From Home
4. The Hero and the Crown- 1984 my birth year
5. Wildwood Dancing
10 POINT TASKS:
1.
2. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Alethea rated it 5 stars
3. The Angel Experiment
4. The Name of the Wind Alex Awards 2008
5 POINT TASKS:
1. Graceling
2. The Secret Garden
3. The Amber Spyglass
4.
Total points: 90
Total Pages: 2538
Kristen wrote: "2. Warrior Princess and Fool Moon*"I love the Dresden series but did you find Fool Moon in YA?
I have heard great things about The Mysterious Benedict Society. I'll have to pick that up eventually.
Total Points: 45 of 350 Total GR Pages: 1289 of 9392
Actual Pages: 1376 Total
b)Watership Down by Richard Adams (Carnegie Award UK) 496 pg
30.2- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 320 pg
25.1- a) Airman by Eoin Colfer (Action/Adventure) 432 pg
b) The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Classic) 240 pg
c) Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz (Fantasy) 283 pg
25.2- a) Sold by Patricia McCormick 263 pg
b) Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody 256 pg
25.3- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray 416 pg
25.4- a)Rebel Angels by Libba Bray 592 pg
b)The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray 832 pg
20.1- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 336 pg
20.2- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 552 pg
20.3- Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer (Set in Ireland, which I've always wanted to visit) 400 pg
20.4- Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden (Born in 1982) 234 pg
20.5- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 339 pg
10.1- Graceling by Kristin Cashore (New YA author, pub 2008) 471 pg
10.3- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan 377 pg
10.4- Sounder by William Armstrong (Newbery Award 1970) 128 pg
5.1- Coraline by Neil Gaiman (#8 Added by Beth) 192 pg
5.3- The Wakefields of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley Saga) by Francine Pascal 352 pg
5.4- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 592 pg
Yes, it was in the teen section at the library I go to. I know it's more of an adult series, so I was a bit surprised too. I'm definitely looking forward to the Mysterious Benedict Society.
Total Points: 55 of 350 Total GR Pages: 1417 of 9392
Actual Pages: 1492 Total
b)Watership Down by Richard Adams (Carnegie Award UK) 496 pg
30.2- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 320 pg
25.1- a) Airman by Eoin Colfer (Action/Adventure) 432 pg
b) The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Classic) 240 pg
c) Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz (Fantasy) 283 pg
25.2- a) Sold by Patricia McCormick 263 pg
b) Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody 256 pg
25.3- A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray 416 pg
25.4- a)Rebel Angels by Libba Bray 592 pg
b)The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray 832 pg
20.1- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 336 pg
20.2- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 552 pg
20.3- Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer (Set in Ireland, which I've always wanted to visit) 400 pg
20.4- Annie On My Mind by Nancy Garden (Born in 1982) 234 pg
20.5- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly 339 pg
10.1- Graceling by Kristin Cashore (New YA author, pub 2008) 471 pg
10.3- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) by Rick Riordan 377 pg
5.1- Coraline by Neil Gaiman (#8 Added by Beth) 192 pg
5.3- The Wakefields of Sweet Valley (Sweet Valley Saga) by Francine Pascal 352 pg
5.4- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 592 pg
I was just wondering: Are any of you who have participated in Cynthia's challenges bowing out this next round? There are a lot of fun tasks, but there are so many of them that I think I will focus on the challenge here and read some of the other books I've been meaning to read but can't fit in. I really love the managable challenge we've got here - it's fun and low stress! I haven't read a non-challenge book since I started participating, I think, and I'd like to just be able to pick up a book on a whim once in a while!
I am still planning on participating in the Summer challenge... There are quite a few tasks that I am really looking forward to. Especially the movie task (the one where you read a book that has not been made into a movie and cast it yourself. That one sounds like fun!)
Becky wrote: "I am still planning on participating in the Summer challenge... There are quite a few tasks that I am really looking forward to. Especially the movie task (the one where you read a book that has no..."That was my favorite one, too. I'm thinking I may just read what I want to and then see how my books fit in, but I don't want to get obsessive this time about finishing it or even reaching a certain goal. It never really works out for me, since there's always something that pops up that prevents me from reading as much as I'd planned.
I am thinking of doing the same thing... I didn't finish (am not going to finish) my set goal for the Spring challenge, so I might be a little more lenient with myself for Summer.
I'm definitely psyched for the summer challenge from Cynthia. I made sure my challenge was all about YA. :) I'm trying to fit in books from this summer challenge into that one. Sometimes tricky. I really enjoyed it this last time around because I read some books I never would have picked up otherwise. I did read outside the challenge and still finished early.
I am doing the same thing Kristen. I never finish Cynthia's challenge but I do try to do better than the last one, unfortunatly this time around I just plain sucked at it. LOLThis time I put as many YA from my list here to match up on her list there. We will see what happens. :~)
I really need to read more and get off this darn computer. LOL
I know what you mean. I sometimes listen to an audiobook when I'm doing less tedious work online.
I am glad you made your 25 pointer about YA Kristen! Makes it easier to overlap the books for both challenges. The summer one will be fun!
Hehe, that's what I was thinking too ;).
Kristen, I saw that too, and I restrained myself from telling you to run from the lynch-mob! TWO TNBBC Official challenges with high point level, multiple-book YA tasks? I felt sure that you'd be boycotted!! LOL But we appreciate you here! :D
Lol. Yeah, I actually wanted to do three YA books that had to be from different series, but Cynthia said it was too much (esp. for people who hate YA) and so I went with three reg. YA books. They'll either buck up and read three YA books.. which really - if they're old fogies, they can reread old classic books they read as a kid.. or they'll skip my challenge. :)
OK, I am going crazy. Who is Cynthia and where are her challenges? Ya'll are teasing me, I swear! *Stamps foot and waits for an answer*Amanda R. in Louisville
LOL. Thanks for the info. Now I can stop pouting.Amanda R. in Louisville
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http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker...
And then you can make your own ticker. And then it shows you the steps from there. A lot of us used it in TNBBC Spring Challenge.