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message 1: by Corrine (new)

Corrine This Challenge will start on May 1, 2017 and End on May 31, 2017

You may read as many or few or the categories you wish. The person with the highest score wins.

1 Point

Any book that has been placed on your to-read list before May 1, 2017
A book recommended by a friend
Start a series on your to-read list
Book you own
A standalone on your to-read list

2 Points

A sequential book on your to-read list
A book that has been on your to-read list the longest
Book you borrowed on your to-read list
A used book you got on your to-read list

3 Points

A book on your to-read list by your favorite author (or the latest book they published)
Finish a series on your to-read list
A book starting with a letter in SPRING (5 bonus points if you complete all letters)
Read a book you have started (before May 1, 2017) but never finished

Will award 10 bonus points to any person who competes all the tasks

Will award 5 points for a series of 3 or more books started and completed during the challenge

See more rules Here


message 2: by Corrine (last edited May 16, 2017 01:25PM) (new)

Corrine Task points multiply by pages = Total Points

The Strangler Vine 3x3=9
The 4-Hour Workweek 3x3=9
I Hate Everyone, Except You 2x3=6
Norse Mythology 3x3=9


message 3: by Corrine (last edited May 16, 2017 01:26PM) (new)

Corrine Total Points

33


message 4: by Corrine (new)

Corrine R


message 5: by Corrine (new)

Corrine R


message 6: by Emma (new)

Emma I probably won't read all of these, and my list is in progress. The books listed now are ones I already have lined up.

1 point
Any book that has been placed on your to-read list before May 1, 2017
*The Queen of Blood
*You Know Me Well
*Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
*The Reader
*All the Bright Places
*Bum Voyage
*The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
*Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
*Hell Divers

A book recommended by a friend

Start a series on your to-read list

Book you own

A standalone on your to-read list

2 points
A sequential book on your to-read list
*The Magician King
*For We Are Many
*Precipice

A book that has been on your to-read list the longest

Book you borrowed on your to-read list

A used book you got on your to-read list

3 points
A book on your to-read list by your favorite author (or the latest book they published)

Finish a series on your to-read list

A book starting with a letter in SPRING (5 bonus points if you complete all letters)
*S - The Sun Is Also a Star
*P - The Phantom Tollbooth
*I - Infectious Madness: The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness
*N - Norse Mythology
*G - ?

Read a book you have started (before May 1, 2017) but never finished
*The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
*The Strangler Vine
*Certain Dark Things
*The 4-Hour Workweek


message 7: by Emma (last edited May 11, 2017 03:30PM) (new)

Emma 1 POINT READS

Any book that has been placed on your to-read list before May 1, 2017
Bum Voyage 5/4/17 - personal hardback
The Queen of Blood 5/7/17 - library hardback
Hell Divers 5/7/17 - audio
You Know Me Well 5/8/17- library hardback

A book recommended by a friend

Start a series on your to-read list

Book you own

A standalone on your to-read list


message 8: by Emma (last edited May 11, 2017 03:30PM) (new)

Emma 2 POINT READS

A sequential book on your to-read list

A book that has been on your to-read list the longest

Book you borrowed on your to-read list

A used book you got on your to-read list


message 9: by Emma (last edited May 11, 2017 03:25PM) (new)

Emma COMPLETED 3 POINT READS

A book on your to-read list by your favorite author (or the latest book they published)

Finish a series on your to-read list

A book starting with a letter in SPRING (5 bonus points if you complete all letters)

S
P
R
I
N Norse Mythology 5/11/17 - audio
G

Read a book you have started (before May 1, 2017) but never finished
The Strangler Vine 5/2/17 - audio
I Hate Everyone, Except You 5/2/17 - audio
The 4-Hour Workweek - 5/3/17 library hardback


message 10: by Corrine (new)

Corrine Emma wrote: "COMPLETED 3 POINT READS

A book on your to-read list by your favorite author (or the latest book they published)

Finish a series on your to-read list

A book starting with a letter in SPRING (5 b..."


Can you do a completion post please. I need to know the page number and the link to your review


message 11: by Emma (last edited May 11, 2017 03:43PM) (new)

Emma Alright...let's try this again after rereading the rules:

The Strangler Vine (The Blake and Avery Mystery Series, #1) by M.J. Carter

The Strangler Vine
Pages: 369 / 10 hrs 43 min
Review: X
Task: Read a book you have started (before May 1, 2017) but never finished
How it fits: I started this book on 4/30/17

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The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss

The 4-Hour Workweek
Pages: 308
Review: X
Task: Read a book you have started (before May 1, 2017) but never finished
How it fits: I started this book in early April. I always pick at nonfiction


message 12: by Emma (new)

Emma I Hate Everyone, Except You by Clinton Kelly

I Hate Everyone, Except You
Pages: 240 / 4 hrs 55 min
Review: X
Task: Read a book you have started (before May 1, 2017) but never finished
How it fits: I started this book on 4/30/17

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Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Norse Mythology
Pages: 304 / 6 hrs 29 min
Review: X
Task: A book starting with a letter in SPRING
How it fits: The title starts with "N"


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