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GOAL 2:POPSUGAR 2016 READING CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Goal - 24/40
1. A book based on a fairy tale - Winter
2. A National Book Award winner
3. A YA bestseller - Winter
4. A book you haven't read since high school - The Complete Persepolis
5. A book set in your home state - Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned"
6. A book translated to English - Aya
7. A romance set in the future - Winter
8. A book set in Europe
9. A book that's under 150 pages - Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
10. A New York Times bestseller - Winter
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year
12. A book recommended by someone you just met
13. A self-improvement book - Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?: Trick Questions, Zen-like Riddles, Insanely Difficult Puzzles, and Other Devious Interviewing Techniques You Need to Know to Get a Job Anywhere in the New Economy
14. A book you can finish in a day - Aya of Yop City
15. A book written by a celebrity - Bossypants
16. A political memoir
17. A book at least 100 years older than you - A Doll's House
18. A book that's more than 600 pages - Winter
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
20. A science-fiction novel - Winter
21. A book recommended by a family member
22. A graphic novel - How Mirka Got Her Sword
23. A book that is published in 2016
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation - The Complete Persepolis
25. A book that takes place during summer - Aya of Yop City
26. A book and its prequel - Aya of Yop City, The Secrets Come Out
27. A murder mystery
28. A book written by a comedian - Bossypants
29. A dystopian novel - Brave New World
30. A book with a blue cover - Winter
31. A book of poetry - Graffiti
32. The first book you see in a bookstore
33. A classic from the 20th century - Hiroshima
34. A book from the library - Ella Minnow Pea
35. An autobiography - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
36. A book about a road trip - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with - Winter
38. A satirical book - Brave New World
39. A book that takes place on an island - Ella Minnow Pea
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy - Mouthful of Forevers
GOAL 3 (mensa related)Guardian Pie
1. Comedy
2. Crime
3. Family & Self
4. Love
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy
6. State of the Nation
7. War & Travel
GOAL 4Award winners Mini-Challenge!
Level 1 - Explorer
1. Aya - Prix du Festival d'Angoulême for Prix du premier album (2006)
2. Winter - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015)
3. In Real Life - Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2014)
Level 2 - Wanderer
4. The Complete Persepolis - ALA Alex Award (2004)
5. Bossypants - Goodreads Choice Award for Best Humor (2011)
6. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2012)
Level 3 - Enthusiast
7. Ella Minnow Pea - Borders Original Voices Award for Fiction (2001)
8. Mouthful of Forevers - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2015)
9. Prelude to Bruise - Stonewall Book Award for Literature (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2014)
Level 4 - Expert
10. Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry (2014)
11. Navigating Early - Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2015), Michael L. Printz Award Nominee (2014), Society of Midland Authors Award Nominee for Children's Fiction (2014)
12. Kissing Ted Callahan - ALA Best Books for Young Adults (2015)
GOAL 5Huffington Post Women's List
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05...
Listopia here:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
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2. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Previously read:
The Goldfinch
GOAL 6: Review at least 70% of the books you read0.7*50 = 35 books
GOAL 7: Raise NetGalley review score to at least 25%
GOAL 8: Meet ALL Emma Clark book deadlines
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A note on my challenges;:I doubledip as much as I can, even sometimes within certain challenges, unless that doesn't seem to be allowed --
for example, I will list the same book for POPSUGAR more than once if it fits >1 categories. This is just how I personally play these challenges :)
Challenge Planning::11. A book that's becoming a movie this year: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
A book written by an author with your same initials:
A book your mom loves: Arsène Lupin in the Teeth of the Tiger via Project Gutenberg
A political memoir: Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag
A book you were supposed to read for school but didn't: The Handmaid's Tale
A National Book Award winner: Splay Anthem
Another Mini-Challenge! POINT SYSTEM GUIDELINE
Read a general book: 1 point per book
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
A GENERAL book is any book you read this month (not covered by another category).
A GROUP READ book is limited to the books nominated and chosen by the group and discussed in the Group Read folder.
A GENRE Challenge book is any book that fits the Genre of the Month.
MINI-CHALLENGE books are 3 points each. There is an additional 10 point bonus for completing a challenge that involves several books.
For example, the New Year, New Author is a 3 pointer, because it only requires one book. Something like the Decade Challenge, however, can earn you a lot of points because each book counts as 3 points and then you also earn the extra 10 points (for completing a multi-book mini-challenge) once you complete the challenge.
**Also note that if you complete the 5 books in a BINGO, you will get 10 points every time you complete a Bingo.
January:
General books: 9 - 6minichallenges = 3 pts
Shorties: Chinese textbook = 3, WSC poems = 3, Random other poetry today = 5 --> 0.5(3+3+5) = 5.5 pts
Group Reads: none
Buddy Reads: none
Genre challenge: none
Mini-challenge: 6 * 3 = 18pts
Complete a mini-challenge: none
January Tally: 3+5.5+18= 26.5
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Books mentioned in this topic
Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals (other topics)Kissing Ted Callahan (other topics)
Prelude to Bruise (other topics)
Mouthful of Forevers (other topics)
Navigating Early (other topics)
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A book your mom loves:
A book that scares you: Hiroshima
A book you were supposed to read in school but didn’t:
A book that came out the year you were born: Ella Minnow Pea
A book written by an author with your same initials:
A play: A Doll's House
A book based on or turned into a TV show: