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YA Reading Challenge #1: PRIZES to be awarded !
I just completed the challenge! I just finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (430 pgs) for task # 5.2.New point total: 350
New page total : 8,755
Way to go, Beth! Congrats on finishing! :)
Tonight I finished the Book Thief by Markus Zusak...very intense (history)!This book was for task 25.1 for which I also read Luna by Julie Anne Peters (gay/lesbian) and Spanking Shakespeare by Jake Wizner (humor)
Total points: 300+25=325
Total pages: 5443+552+256+187=6438
Michelle wrote: "Tonight I finished the Book Thief by Markus Zusak...very intense (history)!This book was for task 25.1 for which I also read Luna by Julie Anne Peters (gay/lesbian) and Spanking Shakespeare by ..."
How was Luna? It's on my TBR list.
I really liked it, though it was kind of intense at times.
30.1 The Tale of Despereaux (USA), Just in Case (UK)30.2 The Graveyard Book
30.3 Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid"
25.1 Wicked Lovely (Fantasy/Sci-Fi), The Book Thief (Historical), A Countess Below Stairs (Romantic)
25.2 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Mysterious Benedict Society
25.3 Sold
25.4 Inkheart and Inkspell
20.1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
20.2 The Girl Who Could Fly
20.3 Laguna Cove
20.4 A Company of Swans
10.2 I Capture the Castle
10.3 To Kill a Mockingbird
5.4 Gingerbread
Total Points = 295
Total Pages = 6522
5.1 I Capture the Castle 352p
5.2 Jane Eyre 576p
5.3 Christy 512p
5.4 The Book Thief 552p
Which brings me to 350pts, 8154pgs, and the end of my challenge.
5.2 Jane Eyre 576p
5.3 Christy 512p
5.4 The Book Thief 552p
Which brings me to 350pts, 8154pgs, and the end of my challenge.
Congrats, Allison. It feels good, doesn't it?
10.3 I re-read Twilight (498 pages) as my book discussed in one of the discussion threads here at Wild Things.
Total Points: 285/350
Total Pages: 7,486
Total Points: 285/350
Total Pages: 7,486
Finished up The Mysterious Benedict Society (485 pages) for task 10.2. The original plan was to read Dealing With Dragons, which Alexis recommended, but my library couldn't get it to me in time. Instead, I slogged through everyone's shelves to find something I have easy access to rated 5 stars, and found MBS on many of them (Kristen, C, etc), which I own and had yet to read. Don't think you'll find it on my 5-star shelves...Anyway, one more book to complete my last task! Woo hoo!
TOTAL: 325 points, 8942 pages
Allison wrote: "5.1 I Capture the Castle 352p5.2 Jane Eyre 576p
5.3 Christy 512p
5.4 The Book Thief 552p
Which brings me to 350pts, 8154pgs, and the end of m..."
Yay, Allison! :)
Misty wrote: "Finished up The Mysterious Benedict Society (485 pages) for task 10.2. The original plan was to read Dealing With Dragons, which Alexis recommended, but my library couldn't get it to ..."One more to go!!
Natalee wrote: "Misty wrote: "Finished up The Mysterious Benedict Society (485 pages) for task 10.2. The original plan was to read Dealing With Dragons, which Alexis recommended, but my library could..."I know. eee!
30.1 The Tale of Despereaux (USA), Just in Case (UK)30.2 The Graveyard Book
30.3 Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid"
25.1 Wicked Lovely (Fantasy/Sci-Fi), The Book Thief (Historical), A Countess Below Stairs (Romantic)
25.2 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Mysterious Benedict Society
25.3 Sold
25.4 Inkheart and Inkspell
20.1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
20.2 The Girl Who Could Fly
20.3 Laguna Cove
20.4 A Company of Swans
20.5 Wild Roses
10.2 I Capture the Castle
10.3 To Kill a Mockingbird
5.4 Gingerbread
Total Points = 315
Total Pages = 6826
20.2I read The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster for this task. The reason why I would like my son to read it (or any young person for that matter) is because of the very entertaining way that it encourages you to not waste time on unimportant things, to not take anything for granted, and to not lose sight of your goals. I enjoyed this book as a kid and loved it all the more this time around. I think as a child you don't necessarily notice the lessons, the adventure just takes you away.
Pts: 20/ 272 pages
Total Points: 210/ 4,060 pages
30.1 The Tale of Despereaux (USA), Just in Case (UK)30.2 The Graveyard Book
30.3 Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid"
25.1 Wicked Lovely (Fantasy/Sci-Fi), The Book Thief (Historical), A Countess Below Stairs (Romantic)
25.2 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Mysterious Benedict Society
25.3 Sold
25.4 Inkheart and Inkspell
20.1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
20.2 The Girl Who Could Fly
20.3 Laguna Cove
20.4 A Company of Swans
20.5 Wild Roses
10.1 Wake
10.2 I Capture the Castle
10.3 To Kill a Mockingbird
5.4 Gingerbread
Total Points = 325
Total Pages = 7036
10.1 Graceling (471 pages)I wasn't going to pick this book up because I thought it was about a girl named Grace or something, and I didn't think I could deal with any more chick fiction. But it wasn't, of course, and I really enjoyed it.
C: 315 pts., 9642 pages.
For task 10.4, I reread Watership Down by Richard Adams (496 p.), which won the Carnegie Medal in 1972. I definitely feel that it deserved to win the award! It was a pleasure to reread such a well-written, engaging fantasy story with wonderful characters.I have half of one task and one book to go!
Total Points: 325
Total Pages: 9496
20.4 Finished Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (309 Pages) as my book published in the year you/sibling were born (my youngest brother was born in 1997).
Total Points: 305/350
Total Pages: 7,795
Total Points: 305/350
Total Pages: 7,795
C wrote: "10.1 Graceling (471 pages)I wasn't going to pick this book up because I thought it was about a girl named Grace or something, and I didn't think I could deal with any more chick fiction. But it w..."
I love that you thought Graceling was chick fiction. Awesome.
30.1 The Tale of Despereaux (USA), Just in Case (UK)30.2 The Graveyard Book
30.3 Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid"
25.1 Wicked Lovely (Fantasy/Sci-Fi), The Book Thief (Historical), A Countess Below Stairs (Romantic)
25.2 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Mysterious Benedict Society
25.3 Sold
25.4 Inkheart and Inkspell
20.1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
20.2 The Girl Who Could Fly
20.3 Laguna Cove
20.4 A Company of Swans
20.5 Wild Roses
10.1 Wake
10.2 I Capture the Castle
10.3 To Kill a Mockingbird
10.4 Slam
5.4 Gingerbread
Total Points = 335
Total Pages = 7308
20.5 Finished The Book of Lost Things (339 Pages) as my book with “things” in the title.
Total Points: 325/350
Total Pages: 8,134
Only one more book to finish and I'm half way through it!
Total Points: 325/350
Total Pages: 8,134
Only one more book to finish and I'm half way through it!
30.1 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor - USA & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Mark Haddon -British
30.2 Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
30.3 Beauty, A retelling of the story of beauty & the Beast – Robin McKinley
25.3 Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah
20.1 The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
10.4 Junk, Melvin Burgess
5.2 Journey to the centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
That makes my totals to be
Total points: 150 (125 + 25)
Total Pages: 2,000 (1,744 + 256)
Hows that for a round number of pages, don't suppose I shall finish another book by tomorrow. So that as far as I got in this challenge. I am fairly pleased even thought I came no near completing all the tasks, I really enjoyed it and will take part in the next challenge. I have not read so much for ages.
Thanks for the challenge and getting me back on the reading wagon.
10.2I read New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. (Becky had given it 4 stars)
Pts: 10/ 563 pages
Total: 220/ 4,623 pages
Nirmala wrote: "So that as far as I got in this challenge. I am fairly pleased even thought I came no near completing all the tasks, I really enjoyed it and will take part in the next challenge. I have not read so much for ages.Thanks for the challenge and getting me back on the reading wagon."
What a great attitude! Congrats on 150 points, 2000 pages, and a great summer of reading with your kids!
30.1 A Northern Light, Watership Down5.2 Pride and Prejudice
C: 350 pts., 10847 pages.
Huzzah! I've finished! This was a lot of fun and I read and enjoyed a lot of books that I wouldn't have otherwise read.
Good job C! And you got over 10,000 pages!! Well done!
Just finished The Name of the Wind for task 10.4 - it won the Alex Award in 2008 and I really think it deserved it. It's the epic type of fantasy that you will never ever forget. Just one more book to finish to complete my last task. I'm about 150 pages into it.
Total points: 320
Total Pages: 10,281
Since my last post I have read:The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for Task 10.2
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin for Task 5.1
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee for Task 5.2
My Lost and Found Life by Melodie Bowsher for Task 5.4
And that's that! ...with one day to spare!
Total points: 325+10+5+5+5=350
Total pages: 6438+374+304+336+320=7772
Finished!!
25.1 Just finished reading Eldest (704 Pages) as one of my books from each of any three different genres featured here at Wild Things. The other two books I read for this challenge were 7/22/09:The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (320 Pages) and 7/28/09:The Book Thief (552 Pages). I enjoyed The Book Thief the most and will go post my thoughts on that thread.
Total Points: 350/350
Total Pages: 9,710
25.1 Just finished reading Eldest (704 Pages) as one of my books from each of any three different genres featured here at Wild Things. The other two books I read for this challenge were 7/22/09:The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (320 Pages) and 7/28/09:The Book Thief (552 Pages). I enjoyed The Book Thief the most and will go post my thoughts on that thread.
Total Points: 350/350
Total Pages: 9,710
Woo-Hoo!! I finally finished task 25.1 with Speak (contemporary), The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose (historical fiction), and Evermore (fantasy).Total Points: 350
Total Pages: 7331
Woo-Hoo!! I finished!
*does the happy dance*
20.1I read Matilda by Roald Dahl. I thought the book, as the general rule goes, was better than the book. I love the backdrop with her love of books. A 4 year old reading Charles Dickens!? I thought the book was totally charming
pts: 20/ 240 pages
Total 240/ 4,863 pages
I think this is it for me. I don't think I can squeeze another book in before midnight, as much as I would like to. Congrats to everyone who participated, and especially those who completed this!
Here's my last book for this challenge:Task 20.2 Girl Meets God A Memoir by Lauren Winner. An enjoyable read about one girl's spiritual journey. I recommend it to any young person who is dealing with or considering a religious conversion. Neither of the author's parents were very religious, so through much discussion with others, reading and soul-searching, this girl sort of had to come to her own conclusions about what she believed. She converts first to Orthodox Judaism, then to Christianity, but she maintains a respect for both faiths and provides an insightful comparison of the two without putting down other beliefs.
I am going to have my daughter read it, because it tells a lot about Jewish practices and explains Jewish holidays, which she doesn't know much about.
That brings my final totals to:
Points: 245
Pages: 4648
Kathy - Regarding Matilda, you said the book was better than the book. Care to clarify??
I feel like this needs a drumroll (brrrrrrr -- that's the best I can do). Finished The Sweet Far Thing, so here is my completed list! If there is a link, it leads to my review, not the book page.30.1 The Graveyard Book (312) and The Golden Compass (399)
30.2 Anne of Green Gables (320)
30.3 The Goose Girl (400)
25.1 The Awakening (368), American Born Chinese (240), and The Luxe (448)
25.2 Little Brother (382) and Betwixt (496)
25.3 Anahita's Woven Riddle (288)
25.4 Rebel Angels (592) and The Sweet Far Thing (832)
20.1 City of Ember (270)
20.2 The Book Thief (552)
20.3 Belle and the Beau (296)
20.4 The Hero and the Crown (240)
20.5 Wildwood Dancing (416)
10.1 Madapple (416)
10.2 Mysterious Benedict Society (485)
10.3 A Curse Dark as Gold (400)
10.4 The Knife of Never Letting Go (479)
5.1 Graceling (471)
5.2 Little Women (592)
5.3 The Thirteenth Child (344)
5.4 To Kill a Mockingbird (309)
Favorite: 13th Child + Madapple + Little Brother + you get the pic, there were lots of greats...
Least Fave: Betwixt, followed by Belle and the Beau
TOTAL: 350 points, 10,347 pages
Linda wrote: "Kathy - Regarding Matilda, you said the book was better than the book. Care to clarify??"Well, I happened to love Matilda's back and forth to the library reading for hours in the chair, and her reading throught the children's section. That I don't remember from the movie. The movie focused more on her special powers. I liked that the books emphasis was on how smart she was, the number of books she's read through, the math she could do in her head.
Kathy, I think Linda meant to clarify that you liked the Book better than the Movie- your post says Book better than the Book...
Ashley wrote: "Kathy, I think Linda meant to clarify that you liked the Book better than the Movie- your post says Book better than the Book... "Lol. I did, didn't I? Oops! Sorry, guys. The book was better than the......movie! :)
Misty wrote: "Woo hoo!"Double Woo-Hoo! Told ya you'd finish! :-)
Let's have a party Natalee. Ready?*does the cabbage patch, then throws in a little John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever-ness*
I finished a few more books, and I figured I would post my total since today is the last day-I read:
30 pts-
1. (UK) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime- Mark Haddon and (US/NB) A Wrinkle in Time- Madeline L'Engle (really liked both)
2. The Graveyard Book- Neil Gaiman (loved it!)
3. East- Edith Pattou (great)
25 pts-
1. didn't finish, but I read Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier from fantasy (loved!) and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader from Christian Lit. (no points...)
2. didn't finish, but I read The Last Grail Keeper (didn't like at all.)
3. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe- C.S. Lewis- England (and Narnia... ;))- different from the US.
4. The Horse and His Boy and Prince Caspian- C.S. Lewis/Narnia
20 pts-
1. n/a
2. The Silver Chair- C.S. Lewis
3. The Family Under the Bridge- Natalie Savage Carlson- Paris, France
4. Spinners- Donna Jo Napoli- 1999 (my little brother)
5. Wildwood Dancing- Juliet Marillier (great!)
10 pts-
1. Savvy- Ingrid Law (Great book!)
2. The Magician's Nephew- C.S. Lewis- 5 stars on Mel's shelf.
3. The Last Battle- C.S. Lewis
4. Adam of the Road- Elizabeth Janet Gray (NB Award)
5 pts-
1. The Wednesday Wars- Gary D. Schmidt (loved it!)
2. Kidnapped- Robert Louis Stevenson
3. n/a
4. Haveli- Suzanne Fisher Staples
Total Points- 275
Total Pages- 4,676 (I think...)
Oh really?? Is this a dance off? *busts out the Charlie Brown, adds the sprinkler (ohhh yeah!), and finished with an MJ tribute by successfully moonwalking*
WooHoo! We finished!
Oh, you don't want to go there, Natalee!*hustles, raises the roof, sees your sprinkler and raises you a Carlton, and caps it off with some Hammer, cause Natalee, you can't touch this*
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Total points: 275+25=300
Total pages: 4382+498+563=5443
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read The Host. I think it's better. But yeah, I was hooked, too. In fact, I read it from go, so I was one of the annoying ones pushing it...