YA Reading Challenge #2 Report Points Here

[Cheryl]

4.15 Fire Study - Maria Snyder, 448 pages

Total Points: 35 points

According to my library and bookstore, this is classified as a science fiction novel. Though I am more inclined to categorize it as a YA novel.

For one, she is a young adult in the series and as the series progresses, her maturity develops as she has to grow into her powers and relationships (both romantic and friendly) with people.

[Misty]

Cheryl wrote: "4.15 Fire Study - Maria Snyder, 448 pages

Total Points: 35 points

According to my library and bookstore, this is classified as a science fiction novel. Though I am more inclined to categorize it ..."

The ALA recently recategorized the Study Series as YA, and they came out with a whole different look.
Magic Study went from this: to this:

[[deleted user]]

LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 140 points; 3,828 pages
Heather: 105 points; 3,321 pages
Misty: 80 points; 2,531 pages
Jennifer: 75 points; 2,199 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Jennifer W.: 35 points; 753 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Beth: 20 points; 666 pages
Linda Grace: 15 points; 663 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 885 points; 27,364 pages; 84 books

[Jennifer W, WT Moderator]

1.20 Graceling. Many other people read this book last time around. Last time I read Emperors of the Ice A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the Antarctic, 1910-13. I really enjoyed Graceling, but part of the reason why I read what I did last time was to get some variety into the books being read for the first challenge. I can't fault anyone for wanting to read Graceling, though, it was very good!

Total: 55 points

[Lydia]

Heather wrote: "Finished Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (329 pgs) for task 1.5.

When's that 50 point task going to be announced?"

Heather, I'm ready to post it whenever the MODs say go!

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 ponits; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 140 points; 3,828 pages
Heather: 135 points; 4,304 pages
Misty: 80 points; 2,531 pages
Jennifer: 75 points; 2,199 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Beth: 20 points; 666 pages
Linda Grace: 15 points; 663 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 935 points; 28,818 pages; 88 books

[Michelle]

Just finished The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper for Task 3.10, which completes the Newbery section for me!

Total Points: 140+10=150
Total Pages: 3828+272=4100

[Misty]

Just finished up Deerskin (384) for task 1.15. It was okay, not great.

READ: 12 books, 127.5 points, 3961 pages

COUNTABLE: 9 books, 95 points, 2915 pages

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 150 points; 4,100 pages
Heather: 135 points; 4,304 pages
Misty: 95 points; 2,915 pages
Jennifer: 75 points; 2,199 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Beth: 20 points; 666 pages
Linda Grace: 15 points; 663 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 960 points; 29,474 pages; 90 books

[Michelle]

OK, I finally finished Task 4.25 by reading:

YA Top 100: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld,
Short Stories: The Complete Grimms Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (this took forever), and
Non-fiction: Go Ask Alice by Anonymous


Total Points: 150+25=175
Total Pages: 4100+425+880+224=5629

[Beth]

I don't have any countable points to add, but I finished a few books, so I thought I'd update anyway.

1/2 for 1.25
The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis. 156 pages.

2/3 for 4.25
Mystery = Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. 304 pages.

TOTAL = 7 books, 20 points, 2183 pages

COUNTABLE = 2 books, 20 points, 666 pages

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 175 points; 5,629 pages
Heather: 135 points; 4,304 pages
Misty: 95 points; 2,915 pages
Jennifer: 75 points; 2,199 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Beth: 20 points; 666 pages
Linda Grace: 15 points; 663 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 985 points; 31,003 pages; 93 books

[Michelle]

Task 4.10 is complete: A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly (loved it!).

Total Points: 175+10=185
Total Pages: 5629+389=6018

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 185 points; 6,018 pages
Heather: 145 points; 4,578 pages
Misty: 95 points; 2,915 pages
Jennifer: 75 points; 2,199 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Beth: 20 points; 666 pages
Linda Grace: 15 points; 663 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,005 points; 31,666 pages; 95 books

[Mandy]

I've read a few books and I'm trying to figure out where to place them... so far here's my list

1.20 Shift, 256 pages

4.25 Non-fiction: Body Drama, 271 pages
Short stories: Eternal Kiss, 13 Vampire Tales ((304 pages on the first one listed, though I think that's an error, as even the Kindle one had 416 listed...))
Top 100 Goodreads Book: Hunger Games 374 pages

[Misty]

Mandy wrote: "I've read a few books and I'm trying to figure out where to place them... so far here's my list

1.20 Shift, 256 pages

4.25 Non-fiction: Body Drama, 271 pages
Short stories: Eternal Kiss, 13 ..."

For this one, since we're not having prizes, pages don't really matter, so if they don't match up, don't worry about it.

[Misty]

Finished the fabtastic Catching Fire (391 pages) to complete task 1.25. Starting The Name of the Wind, which I am not loving yet. Sorry, guys.

READ: 13 books, 140 points, 4352 pages

COUNTABLE: 11 books, 120 points, 3306 pages

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 185 points; 6,018 pages
Heather: 145 points; 4,578 pages
Misty: 120 points; 3,680 pages
Jennifer: 75 points; 2,199 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Mandy: 45 points; 1,205 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
Beth: 25 points; 906 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Linda Grace: 15 points; 663 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,080 points; 33,876 pages; 102 books

Beth: I pulled your points from the Tasks and Discussion Thread, but please try to remember to post them here too because I may not see it next time. Thanks!

[Misty]

Me: Misty wrote: "COUNTABLE: 11 books, 120 points, 3306 pages"

You: Linda Grace wrote: "Misty: 120 points; 3,680 pages "

You know something I don't, Linda Grace? Have I been reading in my sleep again? ;P

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Lol I will double check my spreadsheet and see where I went wrong.

[[deleted user]]

Heather wrote: "I read The Forest of Hands and Teeth (310 pgs) by Carrie Ryan for task 1.20.

Several people chose it for the last challenge and in reading about it I thought a zom..."

Bookless?!? Ahhh!!! That was my nightmare last night! :) Hopefully your library will get some books for you soon.

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Did you not count The Hunger Games with 1.25 or did I count it twice?

[Misty]

Linda Grace wrote: "Did you not count The Hunger Games with 1.25 or did I count it twice?"

I thought I counted it. Let me check.

[Misty]

I figured out what I did. I counted it in my read section, but I forgot to put it in countable when I added Catching Fire. So you did know something I don't know. :) I'll try this again.

READ: 13 books, 140 points, 4352 pages

COUNTABLE: 11 books, 120 points, 3680 pages

Good catch, LG!

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:) Thanks! Trusty old spreadsheet...

[[deleted user]]

4.15 I finished The Host (619 pages) last week and didn't know if I should count it or not, but I decided I wanted to add to our totals as a group! :)

I think this would be a good book for teens to read. There was a little violence/thoughts of violence and some inuendos, but other than that I think it would be fine for teens/young adults.

Total Points: 15+15=30
Total Pages: 663+619=1,282

[Michelle]

For Task 2.20 I read Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry and Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery.

Total Points: 185+20=205
Total Pages: 6018+240+276=6534

[Jennifer]

1.15 Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (participated in the Georgia Nicholson folder under humour)
1.20 The Princess Diaries
1.25 Girls in Pants (book 3) and Forever in Blue (book 4) Part of The Sisterhood in the Traveling Pants series
2.15 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain and my brother's name is Mark)
2.20 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares) and City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)

total points: 95

[Mandy]

I finished another book, Last Exit to Normal, 288 pages
Task 1.10
Thanks Lydia :)

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LEADBERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 205 points; 6,534 pages
Heather: 165 points; 4,888 pages
Misty: 120 points; 3,680 pages
Jennifer: 95 points; 2,482 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Mandy: 55 points; 1,493 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Linda Grace: 30 points; 1,282 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
Beth: 25 points; 906 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,165 points; 35,892 pages; 108 books

[Jennifer]

1.15 Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (participated in the Georgia Nicholson folder under humour)
1.20 The Princess Diaries
1.25 Girls in Pants (book 3) and Forever in Blue (book 4) Part of The Sisterhood in the Traveling Pants series
2.15 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain and my brother's name is Mark)
2.20 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares) and City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
3.5 A Northern Light (review under discussion topic)

total points: 100

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 205 points; 6,534 pages
Heather: 165 points; 4,888 pages
Misty: 120 points; 3,680 pages
Jennifer: 100 points; 2,871 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Mandy: 55 points; 1,493 pages
Jennifer W.: 55 points; 1,224 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Linda Grace: 30 points; 1,282 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
Beth: 25 points; 906 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,170 points; 36,281 pages; 109 books

[Jennifer W, WT Moderator]

3.10 A Fine White Dust a Newbery Honor for... 1987 I think. It was pretty good, didn't do what I expected it to, which is a good thing.

Total: 65 points

[Beth]

(1/2)
3.15. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. 352 pages.

TOTAL = 9 books, 25 points, 2775 pages.

COUNTABLE = 3 books, 25 points, 906 pages.

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LEADERBOARD:

Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Michelle: 205 points; 6,534 pages
Heather: 165 points; 4,888 pages
Misty: 120 points; 3,680 pages
Jennifer: 100 points; 2,871 pages
Jennifer W.: 65 points; 1,336 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
Mandy: 55 points; 1,493 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Linda Grace: 30 points; 1,282 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
Beth: 25 points; 906 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,180 points; 36,393 pages; 110 books

[Michelle]

For Task 1.20 I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, which Alison (with the little kitty picture) had read for Task 5.3 during the Summer Challenge. This book caught my eye because it's one I'd been wanting to read for a long time. I read The BFG for this task and am unable to determine which is better since that task was just to reread something from childhood. There's no way that one can be more appropriate than the other and I think they're really too different to choose one over the other since I liked them both.

Total Points: 205+20=225
Total Pages: 6534+493=7027

[[deleted user]]

I was just going through what I have read since the challenge started and I have a few more books to add to my list:

1.25- Wicked Lovely & Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr (328+389=717 pages) 8/21/09 & 8/28/09
2.5- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (374 pages) 8/9/09
2.10- Blue Moon by Alyson Noel (284 pages) 9/1/09
2.20- Rebel Angels by Libba Bray(B) (592 pages) 9/17/09 & City of Glass by Cassandra Clare(C) (541 pages) 8/9/09
4.15- The Host by Stephenie Meyer (619 pages) 9/10/09

Total Points: 30+25+20=75 points
Total Pages: 1,282+717+592+541=3,132 pages

[Angela Sunshine]

I'm a late starter, just came across Wild Things in late August, but am trying to make up for lost time! :-)

1.5 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (307 pages)
1.15 A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (416 pages)
2.10 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (392 pages)
4.10 Maus I A Survivor's Tale My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman (160 pages)
3.10 A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (144 pages)

[Misty]

Just finished The Name of the Wind (662 pages) for task 1.10. It was recommended by, um, everybody, but mostly Allison. I NEED #2, The Wise Man's Fear, in my life. Such a long wait (though Rothfuss wrote a very amusing blog on the subject. "You're tears are delicious to me" is going to become my new catch phrase).

READ: 14 books, 150 points, 5014 pages

COUNTABLE: 12 books, 130 points, 4342 pages

[Mandy]

I finally finished my third book for task 2.25!

A-I Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, 391pages
J-Q 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson, 336 pages
R-Z Getting It by Alex Sanchez, 224 pages

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LEADERBOARD:

Michelle: 225 points; 7,027 pages
Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Heather: 165 points; 4,888 pages
Misty: 130 points; 4,342 pages
Jennifer: 100 points; 2,871 pages
Mandy: 80 points; 2,444 pages
Linda Grace: 75 points; 3,132 pages
Jennifer W.: 65 points; 1,336 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
AngelaSunshine: 50 points; 1,419 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
Beth: 25 points; 906 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,330 points; 41,768 pages; 124 books

[Misty]

Read Maus (160 pages) for task 4.10. Excellent.

READ: 15 books, 160 points, 5174 pages

COUNTABLE: 13 books, 140 points, 4502 pages

[Jennifer]

1.15 Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging (participated in the Georgia Nicholson folder under humour)
1.20 The Princess Diaries
1.25 Girls in Pants (book 3) and Forever in Blue (book 4) Part of The Sisterhood in the Traveling Pants series
2.15 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain and my brother's name is Mark)
2.20 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares) and City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
3.5 A Northern Light (review under discussion topic)
4.10 A Great and Terrible Beauty

total points: 110

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LEADERBOARD:

Michelle: 225 points; 7,027 pages
Lydia: 225 points; 6,857 pages
Heather: 165 points; 4,888 pages
Misty: 140 points; 4,502 pages
Jennifer: 110 points; 3,287 pages
Mandy: 80 points; 2,444 pages
Linda Grace: 75 points; 3,132 pages
Jennifer W.: 65 points; 1,336 pages
Danielle: 60 points; 1,772 pages
AngelaSunshine: 50 points; 1,419 pages
Sarah F.: 35 points; 1,573 pages
Cheryl: 35 points; 1,232 pages
Ashley: 30 points; 634 pages
Beth: 25 points; 906 pages
April: 20 points; 799 pages
Lu: 10 points; 536 pages

Totals as a group: 1,350 points; 42,344 pages; 126 books

[Angela Sunshine]

2.20 The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell (112 pages) and Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (208 pages)

total points:70
total pages: 1,739

[Lydia]

Welcome Angela!

[Lydia]

Hi all, Hope you all have been having fun reading!

4.10 - A Northern Light
4.15 - The Noticer Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective. by Andy Andrews (p. 156): See my review under my name. If you want me to post elsewhere, let me know.
4.25 - Top 100 GoodReads YA bookshelf: City of Bones (485 pgs)
Short Story: grl2grl Short fictions by Julie Anne Peters
Horror/Gothic: Tithe A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

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Is Tithe A Modern Faerie Tale considered horror? It's categorized as fantasy YA at my library. Lydia, do you feel this book should be categorized as Teen Horror? I haven't read it, so I couldn't say.

[Misty]

I have, and I wouldn't call it horror, though maybe slightly on the gothic side. But only slightly. It really is more urban fantasy.

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Lydia, I will accept this book for the task if you will explain to me why you believe it to be horror/gothic. Until then, I will only count your other points.