March Challenge: The Oscars

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Updated to here!

[Winter, Group Reads]

Has To Kill A Mockingbird won multiple awards? Don't really know how to know how much a book has won?

[Nicole]

I'll give it a try.....

4/8

1. The three movies that won the most Oscars were Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Titanic and Ben-Hur with 11 statuettes each.
Read a book that has won multiple literary awards or a book in which a competition plays an important part.

2. The individual who was awarded the most total Oscars in their lifetime was Walt Disney, who walked away with 22 wins and 4 honorary ones.
Read a book spanning a character's lifetime or read a book that has inspired a Walt Disney film.

3. There are three Best Picture winners with running times longer than three and a half hours - Gone With the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur
Read a book over 500 pages or read a classic.
The Lusiads 3/27/15

4. The youngest ever actress to win an Oscar was Tatum O'Neal who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon
Read a book with a child protagonist or read a book where a character's wildest dream comes true.

5. There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before
The Player finished 3/8

6. The first posthumous Oscar winner was Sidney Howard, the 1939 winner for the screenplay of Gone with the Wind
Read a book by an author that is dead or in which the main character deals with death.
Brave New World finished 3/6

7. The most Oscar-nominated family is the Newmans with 88 nominations between them.
Read a book about family or read a book whose author is related to another writer.

8. The very first Academy Awards Ceremony was held in 1929.
Read a book set in the 1920s or read an author's debut novel.
The Ploughmen finished 3/4

[Piyush]

Ref: Post 64

Finished Ayesha: The Return of She by Sir Henry Rider Haggard

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Winter wrote: "Has To Kill A Mockingbird won multiple awards? Don't really know how to know how much a book has won?"

I believe it counts: http://www.ehow.com/info_8124655_book...

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Updated to here. Nicole, as you are the second Nicole that has signed up when you update on your progress can you let me know that you were the Nicole that first signed up in message 105.

[Nicole]

I'll make sure to reference the message number. :) You can call me Nicole L if that helps.

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Thank you very much :)

[[deleted user]]

5/8

1)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban my favourite of the harry potter series.

[Megan BG]

Finished! 5/5

7. Read a book about family or read a book whose author is related to another writer.
Going Rogue: An American Life

I doubt I'm going to read a book that fits into the other 3 categories by the end of March, so I'm leaving my goal at 5.

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Updated to here. Well done Megan!

[Deborah]

5/8

1) Read a book that has won multiple literary awards or a book in which a competition plays an important part.

The Night Circus Awards AND competition:-)

3) Read a book over 500 pages or read a classic.

Fifty Shades of Grey 514 pages

4) Read a book with a child protagonist or read a book where a character's wildest dream comes true.

The Girl with All the Gifts Child protagonist

5) Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before

Kiss and Spell Book 7 in series

6) Read a book by an author that is dead or in which the main character deals with death.
Grave Witch She can communicate with the dead and knows Death himself.

[Sherry]

Update: 4/6 Complete

I don't think I can find the other 2 books for this challenge.

3. There are three Best Picture winners with running times longer than three and a half hours - Gone With the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur
Read a book over 500 pages or read a classic.

4. The youngest ever actress to win an Oscar was Tatum O'Neal who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon
Read a book with a child protagonist or read a book where a character's wildest dream comes true.
Unhinged (Splintered #2) by A.G. Howard - A-Z CHALLENGE [Read 3/13/2015]

5. There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before
The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) by Kelley Armstrong [Read 3/6/2015]

6. The first posthumous Oscar winner was Sidney Howard, the 1939 winner for the screenplay of Gone with the Wind
Read a book by an author that is dead or in which the main character deals with death.
The Awakening(Darkest Powers #2) by Kelley Armstrong [Read 3/8/2015]

7. The most Oscar-nominated family is the Newmans with 88 nominations between them.
Read a book about family or read a book whose author is related to another writer.
What the Duke Desires (The Duke's Men #1) by Sabrina Jeffries [Read 3/15/2015]

8. The very first Academy Awards Ceremony was held in 1929.
Read a book set in the 1920s or read an author's debut novel

[Berit]

5/4 A book about a family, Between Shades of Gray, I absolutely love this book! Never knew the side of WWII, it was about the Lithuanian people, A family who was put into a work camp. I would strongly recommend this!

[James]

Update # 55

[[deleted user]]

7/8

2 Peter Pan I was disappointed to find I didn't enjoy this anymore not the same not having my grandfather read it to me.

8 Flowers in the Attic a heartbreaking and tragic book. But one I really enjoyed

[Maria]

Please update 4/4

5. Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

[[deleted user]]

8/8

3 Of Mice and Men loved this and now want to buy it. I also want to read more buy him.

[Charity]

Updated message 20. I'm going to up my goal to 7.

6/7

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Hey everyone. I currently have very limited internet access and even then only on my phone so can't edit the post. I will be back properly before the end of the month to update. Hopefully I'll find a computer to use before then. Keep up the amazing reading, you all rock!

[Kari]

Updated message 90.

4/5

[Deborah]

Updating post #113

6/8

7) Read a book about family

First Frost with the Waverley family

[Laurie]

Updated message 51

I exceeded my challenge goal!

5/4

2. Read a book spanning a person's lifetime - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
3. Read a Classic - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
5. Read a book that is part of a series - The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
6. Read a book by an author that is dead - One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
8. Read an author's debut novel - Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

[Merja]

Two books read!


1. The three movies that won the most Oscars were Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Titanic and Ben-Hur with 11 statuettes each.
Read a book that has won multiple literary awards or a book in which a competition plays an important part.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

There's a Triwizard tournament held in this book, competition between three schools and four students.


2. The individual who was awarded the most total Oscars in their lifetime was Walt Disney, who walked away with 22 wins and 4 honorary ones.
Read a book spanning a character's lifetime or read a book that has inspired a Walt Disney film.
The Snow Queen

Disney animation Frozen was inspired by The Snow Queen.


2/3 done

[Winter, Group Reads]

A play is still a book?

[Cassandra]

Winter, I think a play is a book. Goodreads counts it as a book, anyway, which is good enough for us. :)

[Cassandra]

I have a couple of books to report:

2. The individual who was awarded the most total Oscars in their lifetime was Walt Disney, who walked away with 22 wins and 4 honorary ones.
Read a book spanning a character's lifetime or read a book that has inspired a Walt Disney film.

Finished March 13

5. There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before.

Finished March 22

3/5

[Winter, Group Reads]

Thanks Cassandra:) I think so too, it is a beautiful inbound book I have too ^^

[Isa]

March challenge: The Oscars
4/5

Read a book:

[1] That has won multiple literary awards OR in which a competition plays an important part. -> Red Rising

[2] Spanning a character's lifetime OR that has inspired a Walt Disney film.

[3] Over 500 pages OR a classic -> Mistborn: The Final Empire

[4] With a child protagonist OR where a character's wildest dream comes true.

[5] Part of a series OR by an author you've read before -> City of Lost Souls

[6] By an author that is dead OR in which the main character deals with death.

[7] About family OR whose author is related to another writer.

[8] Set in the 1920s OR an author's debut novel. -> The Rosie Project

Nearly there!

[James]

Update #55

[Lorina]

Update to Message 19.

I've completed 3/3! I'm working on another book for this challenge, so hopefully I will have exceeded my goal by the end of this month.

Completed challenge #5: Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before. Read Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King.

[Winter, Group Reads]

updated message 21

[Merja]

I'm finished! Yay!

5. There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before
About a Girl

3/3

[Susan C]

Updated message 43
4/4
Challenge completed!

[Ariel]

Update: [5|8] Completed (Message 31)

[Winter, Group Reads]

updated message 21

[Megan BG]

I didn't think I'd get another one, but I'm counting it!

2. Read a book spanning a character's lifetime....
Son

Claire is about 12 or 13 when the book starts and (view spoiler)[becomes an old lady and then becomes younger again (hide spoiler)].

So I'm done with 6/5!

[Charity]

Updated message 20.

Challenge complete 7/7.

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

Goal: 3 - Progress: 3 complete; 0 to go

2. The individual who was awarded the most total Oscars in their lifetime was Walt Disney, who walked away with 22 wins and 4 honorary ones.
Read a book spanning a character's lifetime or read a book that has inspired a Walt Disney film.
The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods

3. There are three Best Picture winners with running times longer than three and a half hours - Gone With the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur
Read a book over 500 pages or read a classic.
Walking

5. There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before
The Sleeping Beauty

[Jen]

I have finished my 2nd and 3rd book for this challenge:

Read a book by an author that is dead or in which the main character deals with death.
All the Bright Places read 3/23/15

Read a book spanning a character's lifetime or read a book that has inspired a Walt Disney film.
unSweetined read 3/20/15

[JoJo]

Updated message #28 - done 2/3

5: Read a book that is part of a series - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by George R R Martin

[Winter, Group Reads]

updated 21

[Arushi]

Here's my list. Completed 4/5


1. Read a book that has won multiple literary awards or a book in which a competition plays an important part- The Handmaid's Tale

2. Read a book spanning a character's lifetime or read a book that has inspired a Walt Disney film.


3. Read a book over 500 pages or read a classic.- A Clash of Kings

4. Read a book with a child protagonist or read a book where a character's wildest dream comes true.


5. Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before- City of Bones

6. Read a book by an author that is dead or in which the main character deals with death- And Then There Were None

7. Read a book about family or read a book whose author is related to another writer.


8. Read a book set in the 1920s or read an author's debut novel

[Canadian Dragon]

second book finished

There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Read a book that is part of a series

[Winter, Group Reads]

finished! (message 21)

[Lorina]

Update to Message 19.

Exceeding my goal with 4/3.

Completed challenge #1: Read a book that has won multiple literary awards or a book in which a competition plays an important part. Read Life After Life by Kate Atkinson.

[Nicole]

*UPDATE*

1. The three movies that won the most Oscars were Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Titanic and Ben-Hur with 11 statuettes each.
Read a book that has won multiple literary awards or a book in which a competition plays an important part.


3. There are three Best Picture winners with running times longer than three and a half hours - GONE WITH THE WIND, Lawrence of Arabia and Ben-Hur
Read a book over 500 pages or read a classic.


4. The youngest ever actress to win an Oscar was Tatum O'Neal who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon
Read a book with a child protagonist or read a book where a character's wildest dream comes true.


5. There are only two sequels that have won best picture - The Godfather Part 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before


6. The first posthumous Oscar winner was Sidney Howard, the 1939 winner for the screenplay of GONE WITH THE WIND
Read a book by an author that is dead or in which the main character deals with death.


Goal Met So Far: 5/4

[Brenda]

done 8/8

1.Curious incident of the dog in the night time
2. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
3. Battle Royal
4 Matilda
5. The Fall of Five
6. The Shock of the Fall
7.Possessing The Secret of Joy
8. The Great Gatsby

[Ariel]

Update: [6|8] Completed (Message 31)

[Canadian Dragon]

8. The very first Academy Awards Ceremony was held in 1929.

an author's debut novel.


3/4 done