YA Reading Challenge #3 - Tasks and Discussion

[Kellee]

I have a question,
if I finish reading a book that is part of a challenge (like 1 out of 3 books needed for the points), can I still post under the points section to post the page number total? Or should I wait until there are points to report as well?

[Jennifer]

HAPPY New Year everyone and good luck with WT Challenge #3 : )

[Eve]

Happy New Year everyone!

This is my plan (for now :))

1.05 WT Discussion Thread Book - TBD
1.10 WT Group Read for Jan, Feb or Mar - TBD
1.15 WT Group Read Nominee for Jan, Feb or Mar - TBD
1.20 WT Member's 5-Star Novel - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
1.25 Young Adult Series Novel
(Book 1) - Diggers by Terry Prachett
(Book 2) - Wings by Terry Prachett

2.05 YA Author You've Never Read (on lists) - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2.10 Librarian YA Recommendation - TBD
2.15 Non-English Worded Title or Text - TBD
2.20 Rhyming Titles
(Book 1) - TBD
(Book 2) - TBD
2.25 YA State Awarded Novel
(Book 1) - Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 2005)
(Book 2) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
(North Dakota Children's Choice Award (1985))

3.05 Writer Protagonist/About Writers/Storyteller - TBD
3.10 "The" in book title - The Host by Stephenie Meyer
3.15 Non-Narrative Novel - TBD
3.20 Proper Noun:
Place in Title - Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Name in Title - Coraline by Neil Gaiman
3.25 Subjective Pronoun Title - TBD
Objective Pronoun Title - TBD
Genitive Pronoun Title - TBD

4.05 Mathematical Term Title - TBD
4.10 Number in Title - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4.15 Title with same number of letters as your age (27) - Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
4.20 Consecutive number of words in title
(Book 1) - The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
(Book 2) - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
4.25 Name Addition (author = 12) - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Name Subtraction (title = 15) - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Name Mulitiplication (pages 434-484) - The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan

[Kellee]

Eve wrote: "Happy New Year everyone!

This is my plan (for now :))

1.05 WT Discussion Thread Book - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
1.10 WT Group Read for Jan, Feb or Mar - TBD
1.15 WT Group Read Nomine..."

Eve, for 1.05 it has to be a discussion thread with less than 50 posts I believe. I think the Hunger Games has more than that... Just making sure you knew. You could use Hunger Games as the 5 star book (I gave it five stars as I am sure many people did...)

[Eve]

oh, thanks Kellee, i read it wrong (thought that there had to be more than 50 post, not less :$)

[Lydia]

Kellee wrote: "I have a question,
if I finish reading a book that is part of a challenge (like 1 out of 3 books needed for the points), can I still post under the points section to post the page number total? O..."

Kellee, you can do either, although I must admit that it is much easier for me to register a completed task on the sheet. But I don't have a problem either way.

Happy Reading!

[Kellee]

For the ones where you have to post reviews, where do you post?

Thanks for all the help :)

[Lydia]

Kellee, you can use your review of the book and just include a link or you can post it to the points board or to a board in the genre section. Your choice.

[Lydia]

Looking for a book to complete task 1.15? The nominees were:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Tithe
Memoirs of a Bookbat
Blue Is For Nightmares
Harriet the Spy
If I Stay
Thirteenth Child
Wintergirls

[Jennifer]

Thanks for posting that Lydia : )

[Angela Sunshine]

I Heart You, You Haunt Me would also work for 3.15, as it is written in verse. It's 227 pages, but could easily be read in a day if you have a couple of spare hours. It's cute, nothing spectacular, but a decent read.

[Jennifer W, WT Moderator]

Lydia, can I start a discussion post for task 1.5? The book I was thinking of using currently doesn't have a discussion topic. If not, I can fit it in elsewhere.

[Lydia]

I'm not sure I understand, Jennifer. Task 1.05 asks you to read a book that is listed within a genre but doesn't hsve 50 posts. So, you should be able to add to the discussion. Is that the task you are referring to?

[Jennifer W, WT Moderator]

Yes, but the book I want to read doesn't have a discussion going yet. It's The Complete Persepolis which is a graphic novel, but no one has started talking about it. Can I start a discussion topic, or would that be cheating?

[Lydia]

For 1.05, the book should be one that has an existing discussion thread. Check again to see if your book isn't discussed somewhere on the board.

[Angela Sunshine]

Lydia, would you consider Dark Tower: The Fall Of Gilead Premiere HC to be YA? I can't tell, and I tried to check with the Los Angeles public library, but they catalog comics in their own area. I tried to see how Maus I/II are cataloged, and they don't come up as YA either but I know we count them here. What do you think?

[Lydia]

Angela, from what I can tell this is considered adult, but there really is not section of "adult graphic" I can find. Let's just say yes and if someone can make an argument as to why it is not, then you and I may be able to accept that.

[Angela Sunshine]

Thanks Lydia, that sounds good.

[Angela Sunshine]

I was just searching online to find a good book to movie for the 50 pointer, and found these websites. Pretty decent lists!

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/mov...
http://www.bookreporter.com/features/...