March Challenge: The Oscars

[Kari]

updated message 90.

5/5

ALL COMPLETE

CHALLENGE FINISHED! :)

[James]

Update #55

Just a Grimm Disney (short) and a family book to do in two days ;)

[Ariel]

Update: [8|8] Completed/Challenge Completed (Message 31)

[Canadian Dragon]

Just finished with

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.

[Nadia]

I completely forgot that I signed up for this challenge. My apologies, Cassandra. I'm going to blame it on the post-SATs brain.

[Jen]

I have finished my last book for the challenge!


Read a book that is part of a series or read a book by an author you've read before.
Insurgent Completed 3/29/15 5*

[Melanie]

Updates! I think I'm done!
1 - awards - Boxers
2 - spans a lifetime - Saints
3 - classic - Story of O
6 - deals with death - The Woman in Black: Angel of Death

[JoJo]

I couldn't complete this challenge, as I was reading Les Misérables with a total of 1,232 pages! I got 2/3 done though.

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Post updated, let me know if I've missed you or done something wrong (inevitable). I'm finally back in the land of full internet access. I'm very sorry I wasn't here for so long. Very big congratulations to those that finished, and especially to those who went above their goals).

Don't worry about it if you didn't manage it. We all have those months. You all did great!

[Charity]

I never got added but I completed 7/7.

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Hi Charity, I've already put you in the participants that finished section.

[Charity]

Thanks Stefani! Somehow I missed that. Maybe I shouldn't view this one phone...lol

[Sarah]

Made it! 4/4
3. Persuasion
4. The False Prince
5. The Unveiling
7. Flush

[Sherry]

Updated: 6/6 Complete ✔

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.
Tuck Everlasting By Natalie Babbitt [Read 3/29/2015]

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 Notebook By Nicholas Sparks [Read 3/27/2015]

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 [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]

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Updated!

[Isa]

Finished the fifth one last night, just in tme! 5/5

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Updated Isa, well done!

[Sharon]

MARCH CHALLENGE: THE OSCARS
Duration: March 1, 2015 - March 31, 2015
try for 3 - done

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 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 AND 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 in which the main character deals with death.

[Cassandra]

A little late on the final update but I did finish the challenge - it was down to the wire though.

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.

Finished March 31


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.

Finished March 31

5/5

[Stefani - SpelingExpirt]

Updated you both.Well done!

[Cassandra]

Wonderful - thank you for leading this challenge, Stefani!