Harry Potter Reading Challenge

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wahahahahaha Crusader, i've had a crap day but you just made it better!!!!

[Lu]

Lol

Oh have you guys seen:
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haha I didnt know that exsited!
Its awesome, I love Barney

[Crusader]

Niecole wrote: "wahahahahaha Crusader, i've had a crap day but you just made it better!!!!"

Glad to be of service!

[Barbara]

Ok, I've got some good news and some bad news. Good news for Slytherin that is and bad news for everybody else. I've just finished numbers 2 and 5 which brings my personal total at 110 points. I'll also start reading the HP books. I've seen HP and the deathly hallows part one yesterday and it inspired me to read the books again to refresh my memory and check the movie against the books so that will be a lot of points soon.
Never thought I was going to say this as a Harry Potter fan but SLYTHERIN RULES!!!!!!

[Crusader]

Ha ha. And my Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book just arrived so I'm gonna be adding 20 points in the foreseeable future too. The rest of you can just give up now...

[Lauren]

Woohoo, go Slytherin! Mwahahahahaha!

[Claudia]

*evil grin while reading more Harry Potter books*

[Naz]

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Total 190

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Blah blah blah to all you Slytherins! :) (kidding)
I just finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets so add that to my total whooooo hoooo!

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Finished nr 3. That makes it 90 in the counting plus two HP books which makes 130!!!! Oh my word I'm so proud of myself :)

[Lu]

Thats awesome!

Will updates laters guys, sorry :(

[Lauren]

Finished no.2
Total: 150

[Claudia]

Finished
New Total 200

[Emma]

Read Number 9: Bitten By Kelley Armstrong

[Emma]

just wondering if someone can post the points the various houses have, been away for awhile so not sure whos in the lead etc.

[Lauren]

Emma wrote: "just wondering if someone can post the points the various houses have, been away for awhile so not sure whos in the lead etc."

The points are listed in the first post, along with individual totals. Lu hasn't updated the most recent points, but you can still can an idea of how things are going.

[Sonette]

Finished Last Sacrifice

Score: 90

[Emma]

12. Herbology - read any book that has some type of plant/herb/tree on thecover-Nightshade – Andrea Cremer

Score 60

[Lu]

Updated

[Sarah]

Lol! Lu, I bought The Playbook for my brother on Saturday. It's on Exclusive Book's Wish List along with 47 other titles. Fanatics members get double points, so I couldn't resist;) I was skimming through it the other night and it's hilarious!

Anyway, I'm done with The Lightning Thief (no. 1) so that's 10 more points to Ravenclaw and my total goes up to 50:)

[Lauren]

Lu, I'm sorry but I need to adjust my points. I filled in a Sookie Stackhouse book for the psychic task, and then I remembered Anna Paquin yelling "I'm not psychic!" in True Blood, so it doesn't count.

That leaves my total at 140.

[Crusader]

What is she then if not psychic?

[Lauren]

Telepathic. She can read minds, but she can't predict the future.

[Crusader]

Ah. duh. Sorry, didn't get much sleep so my brain is a bit fried.

[Sarah]

done with number 9
Shadow of the Moon (Dark Guardian, #4)
by Rachel Hawthorne

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Ah jee whiskers! But thanks for letting us know Lauren, now I'll have to go find another book with special abilities :)

[Emma]

Finished 4. Ginny - Read a book about someone finding their soul mate / love of their lives – Last sacrifice – Richelle Mead

70 points 7/20

[Barbara]

I've been sick this week which didn't give me a chance to updat my points but did give me a chance to read HP books. So far I have read the first 4 and have started number 5. So the first four books is 80 more points for Slytherin and gives me a total of 190.

[Sarah]

Finished no. 18- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, so that's 10 points to Ravenclaw, bringing my total to 60 points.

About no. 14, after reading Lauren's comment(thank you, Lauren!) I realised that I'd have to change my book choice as well, so I was thinking of reading Shadow's Edge(Night Angel#2) by Brent Weeks, since there's a character, Dorian, who sees the future. Will that work?

[Lauren]

Barbara: WOW. That's amazing :)

Niecole and Sarah: lol, sorry guys, I hadn't realised anyone else had done the same. Sookie still works for the abilities task in the mythology challenge though. Sarah, the Brent Weeks sounds fine to me.

[Emma]

Barbara wrote: "I've been sick this week which didn't give me a chance to updat my points but did give me a chance to read HP books. So far I have read the first 4 and have started number 5. So the first four book..."

Its funny how being ill can have its upsides Barbara. I have also been reading quite alot due to illness. Been very lucky with book choices aswell and all of them have been really enjoyable. Hope you get better soon.

[Claudia]

Finished No.2
New Total 210

[Crusader]

So that should put Slytherin at 680, just shy of 700. Woot!

[Barbara]

Thanks Emma, I'm already on the mend and with a day or two I should have recovered completely. How is your illness going? I hope it's not too bad. To my fellow slytherins I have to say that I will do my best to read the last 3 HP books as fast as I can, but I have a bit of a distraction. I live in the Netherlands and yesterday afternoon it started snowing and it has been snowing ever since and since my cats don't understand snow even though they have seen it several times they are behaving very funny and I can hardly concentrate on reading. So forgive me if this week I don't read as much.

[Lauren]

No worries Barbara - reading should be pleasurable, not a scramble for points so take your time :) You've already earned loads of points anyway!

Shame, poor cats! I wasn't much of a cat person until I recently owned one for a short while, and now I can appreciate their oddities.

Hope you and Emma feel better soon!

[Lu]

Finished nr 2. That gives me a total of 80

[Lu]

Sarah wrote: "done with number 9
Shadow of the Moon (Dark Guardian, #4)
by Rachel Hawthorne"

Mind giving me your total please?

And updated :)

[Claudia]

Finished No.8 + 18
New Total 230

[Lauren]

Finished no.9
Total: 150

[Emma]

19. Broomstick - Read a book that has some sort of transportation device on the cover, car, broom, air balloon etc.- On the edge – Ilona Andrews



8/20

Total 80 points

[Barbara]

Lauren wrote: "No worries Barbara - reading should be pleasurable, not a scramble for points so take your time :) You've already earned loads of points anyway!"

I know, but I very much like we are in the lead. I know that as the year progresses our lead will become smaller as other houses will catch up and we run out of tasks to be finished but still.... I don't want to sound mean but hey I'm in Slytherin we have a reputation don't we????
Having said all that I've just finished HP and the Order of the Phoenix and that brings my total up to 210 points.

[Emma]

14. Divination - read any book about psychics or someone with psychic abilities, or some form of telling the future, orb reading, prophecies etc. – Midnight Veil – Midnight Breed – Lara Adrian

Finished this one today

9/20

I really wasnt that keen on reading any Harry Potter books, not that I dont like them, its just Im not a person to re-read books, unless they are exceptional. I might just read HP for a few extra points for my team.

90 points Total

[Lu]

Finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

20 points to Hufflepuff :)

[Barbara]

Hey Lu, are you re-reading the whole series or just the half-blood prince? The reason I ask is that I'm re-reading the whole series and it has been a while for me and I never noticed before how funny the books really are. There are a lot of simple things going on like for example with Errol and Pigwidgeon that make me laugh out loud. I was wondering if I was the only one or if other people have the same experience.

[Lu]

Re-reading the series for about the 10th time :)

And each time it gets funnier and funnier!

[Claudia]

Another weekend with nothing but my books. I think I'll take a break from reading this week.
Finished Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Total 250

[Diane]

Just finished task #20. Read a book about magic, witches, wizards etc. - Wizards First Rule - Terry Goodkind (10)

That puts me at 40 points.

[Barbara]

Ooh Diane. That's a great book and usefull too. You can switch it to another task later on if you have to.

[Diane]

I loved it plus there are quite a few more in the series!