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October 2013 REPORTING THREAD
Please use this thread to score and report your completion of the challenge. Please keep any discussion in the other thread.
I reread mine last night. Although, I may pick another later this month.
When did I see you last?
4 pts - I read it in 2012.
Genre:
4 pts - Historical Fiction
2 pts - Mystery
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
3 pts - Has pseudonyms
2 pts - Lives in Canada, USA, or Mexico (aka North America)
1 pts - The last name is one syllable
Title: (sub-titles do not count)
3 pts - Refers to a person--heroine poses as a mistress
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
3 pts - Has an animal(s) on it.
Pages:
3 pts - 300 - 399 pages
TOTAL: 34 points
Wow! First one to finish and with a great score!
Thanks! I'm not sure I can beat my score without spending a lot of time working at it. But, if I come across a book that fits, I'll go for it. I love revisiting favorite books.
I re-read The Color PurpleWhen did I see you last?
7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then.
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
5 pts - I read it somewhere between 2000 and 2011.
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
4 pts - Historical Fiction
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
2 pts - Lives in Canada, USA, or Mexico (aka North America)
Title: (sub-titles do not count)
2 pts - Begins with "The"
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
4 pts - Has the title across the bottom
1 pts - The author's name is in larger type than the title.
Pages:
2 pts - 200 - 299 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts: If the book had ever been banned (please cite reference) http://bannedbooks.world.edu/2011/03/...
Total: 50 points (or 53 if I also get points for elephant statues and elephant curtains, or someone talking about stampeding elephants; I asked about this in the other thread)
Peggy wrote: "I re-read The Color Purple...Total: 50 points (or 53 ....) ..."
Holy
*throws down her hat and wanders out*
Rusalka wrote: "*throws down her hat and wanders out*"I'll meet you in the bar.☺
Oooh, I almost feel bad! Drinks are on me ;-)
*Waves white flag in surrender*That is one impressive score Peggy!
Peggy wrote: "I re-read The Color PurpleWhen did I see you last?
7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then.
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I ..."
Great score, Peggy! The instructions say that the elephant has to make an appearance. So someone talking about stampeding elephants won't count. And my intention was that they be flesh and bone, not a picture. So 50 pts!
I reread Приключения Чиполлино
by Gianni RodariWhen did I see you last?
5 pts - I read it somewhere between 2000 and 2011.
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
Title:
3 pts - Refers to a person
In English this could be translated as The Adventures of the Little Onion The Little Onion aka Cipollino is the main character.
Pages:
2 pts - 256 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts: If an elephant makes an appearance.
Total: 13
I wanted to post a picture of an elephant from the book I read but my internet was too slow. Now it's running OK and here is the picture. 
Finished reading Dark Places This was a re-read for me; last read July 2012.When did I see you last?
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
4 pts - I read it in 2012.
Genre:
2 pts - Mystery
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
2 pts - Lives in USA
1 pts - The last name is one syllable
Pages:
3 pts - 345 pages
27 pts - Total
Finished: The Illustrated ManFirst read (2008): 5pts
Genre: scifi- 0pts
Author: dead male- 0pts
Title: person, the:5pts
Cover: 0pts
Pages: 275- 2pts
Bonus: 0pts
Total: 12pts
Tracked to here....Anna, on my tracking sheet I have the title noted as "Something in Russian, I Have No Idea!" LOL!
This morning I finished my re-read of Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I actually used a combo of listening to the Audiobook and reading the Kindle version. Since I listened to most of the book, I've used the cover associated with that version. Here's my scoring data:When did I see you last?
7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then. Thank you, Miss Gregory!
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it. Sometime between 1967 and 1969. I forgot so much that it might as well have been my first reading!
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
2 pts - Mystery
Author:
0 pts
Title:
0 pts
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
4 pts - Has the title across the bottom
Pages:
5 pts - 500 - 1000 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts: If the book had ever been banned.
According to The National Council of Teachers of English, claims have been made that Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: "Serves as a poor model for young people."
Grand Total - 32 points
Little WomenWhen did I see you last?
7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then.
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
4 pts - Historical Fiction
Author:
4 pts - Is female
Title: 0pts
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
4 pts - Has the title across the bottom
1 pts - The author's name is in larger type than the title.
Pages:
4 pts - 400 - 499 pages
Bonus points: If the book had ever been banned (please cite reference).
As far as I can see the book has been challenged over the years but I don't think it has been been banned .... let me know if I'm wrong and I'll give myself extra points! :D
Total Points: 35pts
I honestly regret reading this book again :(
I read it close to 30 years ago and can't really remember much about it but did have fond memories (especially as I loved the 1949 film adaptation with June Allyson and Elisabeth Taylor so much when a kid).
Going back to it now I found the girls whiny and irritating and the whole feel of the book to be very preachy.
%$#@! I read a book for my fantasy alphabet challenge--only to find out that it had no real Kelpie. Quest for a Kelpie. So then I remembered that I HAD read it some 20 years ago so I thought it would do for here--only it is only 184 pages. "Q" is hard.
@ Lynn: I cam to LW in my late teens, and I was probably already past the age I would have liked it. The most interesting character for me is actually Amy, re Alcott's relationship with the sister that served as the model for the character.
Gaeta1 wrote: "%$#@! I read a book for my fantasy alphabet challenge--only to find out that it had no real Kelpie. Quest for a Kelpie. So then I remembered that I HAD read it some 20 years ago so I thought it wou..."Ouch! I feel your pain.
The Last Oracle
Read 2008 5 points
Author living 5 points
Pseudonyms 3 points James Clemens and James Rollins
North America 2 points
Title "the " 2 points
Refers to person 3 points the last oracle of delphi
Title across bottom 4 pts authors name.larger print than title 1 pt
4 pts 475 pages
Total 29 pts
I read Jane Eyre7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then.
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
Author:
4 pts - Is female
3 pts - Has pseudonyms - Currer Bell
Title:
5 pts - Has a proper name
3 pts - Refers to a person
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
5 pts - Has nothing but the title and author's name on it (the cover of my ebook is not the one in the
link)
Pages:
4 pts - 400 - 499 pages
Total = 36 pts
I wasn't going to do this challenge, but Helen made me!
Lynn wrote: "I honestly regret reading this book again :(I read it close to 30 years ago and can't really remember much about it but did have fond memories (especially as I loved the 1949 film adaptation with June Allyson and Elisabeth Taylor so much when a kid).
Going back to it now I found the girls whiny and irritating and the whole feel of the book to be very preachy...."
I am so sorry that LW was not a good re-read for you, Lynn.
It is one of my all time favorite books and I read all of LMA's books again when I got my Nook several years ago. I think it was almost one of the first ebooks I read on it. I know that the story is totally dated, but it has always been such a wonderful story for me. It was their feelings of family and their love for each other that always stood out for me. I even bought a copy of Pilgrim's Progress once - just because they were always talking about it.
June Allyson will always be my favorite Jo and Peter Lawford my favorite Laurie.
Cherie wrote: "I wasn't going to do this challenge, but Helen made me!..."Oh? AND just where is Helen's entry? :D
Almeta wrote: "Cherie wrote: "I wasn't going to do this challenge, but Helen made me!..."Oh? AND just where is Helen's entry? :D"
ROFL!!
To Kill a MockingbirdRequired reading in High School- 7points
Genre- classic - 5
Author
Living-5
Female-4
Lives in U.S.-2
Last name-1
Title
4 words-4
Has animal on cover-3
Pages (281)-2
http://bannedbooks.world.edu/2012/07/...
Banned-3
Total 36 points
Dark Places was a reread for me and won't earn me many points. I still plan on trying to get The Shining in before the end of the month, but I may not make it. Here's my points for Dark Places:When did I see you last?
4 pts - I read it in 2012.
Genre:
2 pts - Mystery
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
2 pts - Lives in Canada, USA, or Mexico (aka North America)
1 pts - The last name is one syllable
Title: (sub-titles do not count)
0 pts
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
0 pts
Pages:
3 pts - 300 - 399 pages
Bonus points:
0 pts:
Total: 21 points
I just finished re-reading:
The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward.When did I see you last?
3 pts - I read it in 2013.
Genre:
1 pts - Non-Fiction
Author:
2 pts - Lives in Canada, USA, or Mexico (aka North America) (assume "lived" in USA counts, too?)
Title:
5 pts - Has a proper name (Jim Crow refers to a set of US laws)
4 pts - Is four or more words long
2 pts - Begins with "The"
Cover: 0 pts
Pages:
2 pts - 200 - 299 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts: If an elephant makes an appearance. (Does Richard Nixon count? He was a Republican!)
Total: 17 - 22 points
Janice wrote: "Tracked to here....Anna, on my tracking sheet I have the title noted as "Something in Russian, I Have No Idea!" LOL!"
:D
I reread The Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux:WHEN DID I SEE YOU LAST?
I read it somewhere between 2000 and 2011- 5 points
GENRE:
Classic- 5 points
Historical Fiction- 4 points
Horror- 3 points
Mystery- 2 points
AUTHOR: 0 points
TITLE:
Is four or more words long- 4 points
Refers to a person (The Phantom is the nickname of Erik, a mask-wearing man who lives beneath the Paris Opera House)- 3 points
Begins with "The" - 2 points
COVER:
Has the title across the bottom- 4 points
LENGTH:
300-399 pages (305pp)- 3 points
BONUS: 0 points
TOTAL- 35 points
I am really glad I reread this. I enjoyed it more this time than I did when I first read it. I gave it 4 stars then but I have now updated it to 5 stars.
Kim by Rudyard Kipling. When did I last read the book?
7 pts. I read this book in the 9th grade.
6 pts. I was 13 years old when I last read this book and have no
memory of the story.
Genre:
5pts. Classic
4pts. Historical fiction
Author: NA
Title:
5pts. Has a proper name: Kim: The orphan's name is Kim.
3pts. Refers to a person: Kim refers to the orphan Kimball O'Hara.
Cover:
3pts. Has animals on it (elephants)
Pages:
2pts. 283 pages
Bonus Points:
3pts: Has an elephant in it.
Chapter VII:
... there were seniors who had requisitioned a chance-met Rajah's elephant, in the name of St. Francis Xavier, when the rains once blotted out the cart track that led to their father's estate, and had all but lost the huge beast in a quicksand.
Total: 38 pts.
I re-read Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill.The Heart Shaped Box:
5 pts - Read 2011
3 pts - Horror
5 pts - Author living
3 pts - Pseudonym (real name is Joseph Hillstrom King)
2 pts - Lives in the US
1 pts - Last name one syllable
3 pts - 376 pages
3 pts - Bram Stoker winner
25 pts total
Thing Two wrote: "I just finished re-reading:The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward.When did I see you last?
3 pts - I read it in 2013.
Genre:
1 pts -..."
19 pts - must be a real elephant, not symbolic.
Is there a November challenge brewing?
I finished my re-read of The Far PavilionsWhen did I see you last?
6 pts - it was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story other than I know I read it. 1978
Genre:
4 pts - Historical Fiction
Author:
4 pts - is female
1 or - last name is one syllable
M.M. Kaye
Title:
5 pts - has a proper name. Pg 97 "In a tall tower in Gulkote, the views of the distant mountains, the Far Pavilions or Dur Khaima"
2 pts - begins with "the"
Cover:
3 pts - has an animal on it
Pages:
5 pts - 500-1000 pages 958 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts - if an elephant makes an appearance
Pg 235
Total 33 pts
I am so glad I picked this book to re-read. It was great revisiting a book I remembered loving but did not remember much about the story. Still loved it the second time around!
Thing Two wrote: "Is there a November challenge brewing?"But of course!
I won't be finishing my book for this challenge
I reread The Dark Rose
by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesWhen did I see you last?
7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then.
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
5 pts - I read it somewhere between 2000 and 2011.
4 pts - I read it in 2012.
3 pts - I read it in 2013.
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
4 pts - Historical Fiction
3 pts - Horror
2 pts - Mystery
1 pts - Non-Fiction
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
3 pts - Has pseudonyms
2 pts - Lives in Canada, USA, or Mexico (aka North America)
1 pts - The last name is one syllable
Title: (sub-titles do not count)
5 pts - Has a proper name (explain if necessary)
4 pts - Is four or more words long
3 pts - Refers to a person (eg The Great Gatsby)
2 pts - Begins with "The"
1 pts - Begins with "A"
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
5 pts - Has nothing but the title and author's name on it
4 pts - Has the title across the bottom
3 pts - Has an animal(s) on it. (Count 3 pts regardless of how many animals)
2 pts - Has a city skyline on it.
1 pts - The author's name is in larger type than the title.
Pages:
10 pts - anything over 1000 pages
5 pts - 500 - 1000 pages
4 pts - 400 - 499 pages
3 pts - 300 - 399 pages
2 pts - 200 - 299 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts: If an elephant makes an appearance.
3 pts: If the book had ever been banned (please cite reference)
3 pts: In honour of Hallowe'en, if the book was a winner of the Bram Stoker Award. (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Sto...)
I reread
The Dark Rose by Cynthia Harrod-EaglesWhen did I see you last?
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
Genre:
4 pts - Historical Fiction
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
Title: (sub-titles do not count)
2 pts - Begins with "The"
Cover:
No Points
Pages:
5 pts - 500 - 1000 pages
Total of 26 points
I read the first 8 books of this series back in the 1990's but somehow never finsihed. Now the series has more than 30 titles. Looks like I will be working on this series for a while! I am glad that I did as I may not have remembered much of the plot but I do remember how much I enjoyed reading it and it was just as good the second time around.
I meant to read something I hadn't read in a few decades. So I read Quest for a Kelpie--and then remembered the minimum page limit. Opps!So I read an old favorite, True Grit
Points: Classic 5
HF 4
Author Living 5
Lives in USA 2
Title 0
Cover-- Horse 3
224 pgs 2
read in 2007 5
26 points--and amazed I finished the challenge.
I read God Is an Englishman6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
4 pts - Historical Fiction
5 pts - Has a proper name (explain if necessary)- God
4 pts - Is four or more words long
3 pts - Has an animal(s) on it. A Horse
5 pts - 500 - 1000 pages
27 points if I tallied right! I really enjoyed this challenge and it was great to find out that the book I remembered as being fabulous was just as fabulous this time around.
Gaeta1 wrote: "I meant to read something I hadn't read in a few decades. So I read Quest for a Kelpie--and then remembered the minimum page limit. Opps!So I read an old favorite, True Grit
Points: Classic 5
..."
Gaeta,
Your post reminded me of a book that I KNOW I have read in the past (and seen the movie about 100 times), but now I want to "hear" it so I added it to my audible list. Thanks!
Cherie, Donna Tartt does the audio. She is actually pretty good, but the sound quality is weird. Maybe it was done in a home studio. You be the judge.
Woohoo! I'm glad you all completed the challenge. I'm back on the road for the weekend, so will post badges on Monday. That should give everyone a chance to finish posting their results.
Here are the results so far: Please let me know if there are any errors or omissions. 50 pts: Peggy - The Color Purple
38 pts: Connie - Kim
36 pts: Cherie - Jane Eyre
36 pts: Marnie - To Kill a Mockingbird
35 pts: Lynn - Little Women
35 pts: Lisa - The Phantom of the Opera
34 pts: Lara - Mistress
33 pts: Patty - The Far Pavillions
32 pts: Theresa OctoberLace - Crime and Punishment
29 pts: Travis - The Last Oracle
27 pts: Almeta - Dark Places
27 pts: Ann - God is an Englishman
26 pts: Wanda - The Dark Rose
26 pts: Gaeta - True Grit
25 pts: Janice - Heart Shaped Box
21 pts: Debra - Dark Places
19 pts: Thing Two - The Strange Career of Jim Crow
13 pts: Anna - Something in Russian I Have No Idea
12 pts: Marcus - The Illustrated Man
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The Challenge: Read a book that that you've read before.
General rules:
1. The book may be in any format - paperback, ebook, audiobook.
2. The book may be in any genre.
3. The book may NOT be combined with the Year Long Alphabet Challenge.
4. The book must be read between October 1 and October 31, 2013.
5. The challenge is for one book. You may read more books if you chose, but only the highest scoring book will apply.
6. The book must be 200 pages or more determined by the issue you read. If reading eBook or audiobook page numbers will be deteremined by the issue that comes up on a Goodreads search.
Specific rules:
1. The book you choose must be a book that you have read before.
Scoring: (All that apply)
When did I see you last?
7 pts - It was required reading in school and I last read it then.
6 pts - It was so long ago, that I have no memory of the story, other than I know I read it.
5 pts - I read it somewhere between 2000 and 2011.
4 pts - I read it in 2012.
3 pts - I read it in 2013.
Genre:
5 pts - Classic
4 pts - Historical Fiction
3 pts - Horror
2 pts - Mystery
1 pts - Non-Fiction
Author:
5 pts - Is living
4 pts - Is female
3 pts - Has pseudonyms
2 pts - Lives in Canada, USA, or Mexico (aka North America)
1 pts - The last name is one syllable
Title: (sub-titles do not count)
5 pts - Has a proper name (explain if necessary)
4 pts - Is four or more words long
3 pts - Refers to a person (eg The Great Gatsby)
2 pts - Begins with "The"
1 pts - Begins with "A"
Cover: (based on the issue you read)
5 pts - Has nothing but the title and author's name on it
4 pts - Has the title across the bottom
3 pts - Has an animal(s) on it. (Count 3 pts regardless of how many animals)
2 pts - Has a city skyline on it.
1 pts - The author's name is in larger type than the title.
Pages:
10 pts - anything over 1000 pages
5 pts - 500 - 1000 pages
4 pts - 400 - 499 pages
3 pts - 300 - 399 pages
2 pts - 200 - 299 pages
Bonus points:
3 pts: If an elephant makes an appearance.
3 pts: If the book had ever been banned (please cite reference)
3 pts: In honour of Hallowe'en, if the book was a winner of the Bram Stoker Award. (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Sto...)