OFFICIAL FALL CHALLENGE - 2008

[Kristina]

So far:
10 POINT TASKS
8. READ A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (ANY BOOK THAT IS CURRENTLY CATEGORIZED AS SUCH WILL DO, WHETHER IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE ONE OR NOT)
Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers

15 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE:
The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare - GK Chesterton

25 POINT TASKS
3. READ A BOOK AND THEN WATCH THE MOVIE ADAPTATION:
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan

[Julianne]

9/17-60 points. But I'm currently reading 4 books which (when finished) will bring me up to 95.

Guess I better get off the site and start reading!!!!!!!!

[Emma]

5 POINT TASKS

5. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF A PERSON OR CHARACTER IN THE TITLE
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

10 POINT TASKS
4. READ A BOOK WITH A ONE WORD TITLE
Tithe

8. READ A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (ANY BOOK THAT IS CURRENTLY CATEGORIZED AS SUCH WILL DO, WHETHER IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE ONE OR NOT)
City of Bones

15 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE
The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman (reading now)

6. READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY A GOOD READS AUTHOR
This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

25 POINT TASKS

3. READ A BOOK AND THEN WATCH THE MOVIE ADAPTATION
Twilight (going to do)


Woo hoo! I have 40 points!

[Chloe]

Finished Seeing last night which gave me 10 more points, pushing me up to 105 as of 9/17.

[Emma]

Whoa Logan! I'm really behind. Oh well!

[Angela]

I am behind too. My goal was to complete everything on the challenge, but we are already a half a month in and I have only read four books. I do have five of the books sitting in my car waiting to be read that I just picked up from the libray today.

Emma- almost picked up the last book of the trilogy, but I can't count it for the fall challenge :(

[Ann from S.C.]

So far I have finished... (am only posting when I am done.)

5 points
1) Read a book with the name of an animal in the total: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT.
6) Read a book that has the word school in it:
THE CRAZY SCHOOL

10 points
1) Read a book with a one word title:
SHANTARAM

Ok, I know that's only 20 points, but SHANTARAM was long!!!

Am reading 3 books now that will count!! Yes!

[Cynthia]

Ann - I have The Crazy School on my list to...don't know if you realized it or not but it's the sequel to her other book A field of darkness. So you may want to go back and read that one at some point.

[Ann from S.C.]

I did noy know that, buy I kept thinking I was missing someting. I hate when I read a book out of sequence. My OCD kicking in big time.

[Emma]

Aww Angela! Well, when you catch up and read it, please tell me what you think!

[Andrew]

5 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF AN ANIMAL IN THE TITLE

Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd

10 POINT TASKS
8. READ A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (ANY BOOK THAT IS CURRENTLY CATEGORIZED AS SUCH WILL DO, WHETHER IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE ONE OR NOT)

Kira-Kira--Cynthia Kadohata

Total:15

[Melissa]

I'm up to 80 points as of 9/17.

[Christina V]

5 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF AN ANIMAL IN THE TITLE

2. READ A BOOK WITH A COLOR (RED, BLUE ETC.) IN THE TITLE
White Oleander
3. READ A BOOK THAT HAS SOME TYPE OF PLANT LIFE (FLOWERS, TREES) OR PART OF A PLANT (LEAF, PETAL) IN THE TITLE

4. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF A CITY, COUNTRY, CONTINENT IN THE TITLE
Winesburg Ohio 11/24
5. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF A PERSON OR CHARACTER IN THE TITLE Dearly devoted dexter.....jeff lindsay

6. READ A BOOK THAT HAS THE WORD SCHOOL IN THE TITLE

7. READ A BOOK WITH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING IN THE TITLE (VAMPIRE, ZOMBIE, WEREWOLF, DEVIL, GHOST, GOBLIN, WITCH, OR FRANKENSTEIN) son of a witch....gregory maguire

8. READ A BOOK WITH SEPTEMBE R IN THE TITLE

9. READ A BOOK WITH OCTOBER IN THE TITLE

10. READ A BOOK WITH NOVEMBER IN THE TITLE

10 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BANNED BOOK
The Catcher in the Rye-J.D. Salinger
2. READ A BOOK ABOUT MUSIC OR A MUSICIAN (FICTION OR NON-FICTION)

3. READ A NOVEL OR NON-FICTION BOOK ABOUT FOOTBALL
Playing for Pizza-John Grisham 11/26
4. READ A BOOK WITH A ONE WORD TITLE

5. READ A HORROR OR SUSPENSE NOVEL
The Likeness-Tana French 11/22
6. READ A NON-FICTION BOOK

7. READ A NOVEL WRITTEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY

8. READ A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (ANY BOOK THAT IS CURRENTLY CATEGORIZED AS SUCH WILL DO, WHETHER IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE ONE OR NOT)

9. READ A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES, ESSAYS, OR A PLAY

10. READ A NOVEL OR NON-FICTION BOOK ABOUT WITCHES, VAMPIRES, OR WEREWOLVES

15 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE
Darkly Dreaming Dexter-Jeff Lindsay
2. READ A BOOK BY A HISPANIC OR HISPANIC AMERICAN AUTHOR

3. READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN OR AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR

4. READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN ASIAN OR ASIAN AMERICAN AUTHOR

5. READ A NOVEL BY A GAY OR LESBIAN AUTHOR

6. READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY A GOOD READS AUTHOR

7. READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN ATHLETE OR FORMER ATHLETE

8. READ A BOOK ABOUT OR BY ONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

9. READ A BOOK BY A PULITZER PRIZE WINNER (NOT NECESSARILY THE WINNING BOOK)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao-Junot Diaz 11/12
10. READ A NOVEL BY AN AUTHOR WHO IS NO LONGER LIVING

25 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK AND COOK A MEAL INSPIRED BY IT

2. READ A CRAFT BOOK AND MAKE AN ITEM FROM IT

3. READ A BOOK AND THEN WATCH THE MOVIE ADAPTATION
The Shining-Stephen King

Total: 105 @ 11/26

[Lynlee4]

I committed to 100/only at 30, so far. I have a week's vaca in Oct and hope to make strides then.

15 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE - Reichs, Break No Bones

10. READ A NOVEL BY AN AUTHOR WHO IS NO LONGER LIVING - Nemirovsky, Suite Francaise

[Jessica]

I didn't know there was a sequel to A Field of Darkness. I really enjoyed that book, I'll have to check out this one as well.

[Ann from S.C.]

Just finished...

15 points
2) Read a book by a Hispanic American Author
THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO by Paulo Coehlo

Now I have 35 points.

[Liz]

15 POINT TASKS
10. READ A NOVEL BY AN AUTHOR WHO IS NO LONGER LIVING
Villette (Charlotte Bronte)

10 POINT TASKS
6. READ A NON-FICTION BOOK
Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir by William Zinsser


Total: 25 pts.

[Tien]

I know we're meant to score ourselves and I've been doing that but is there a leaderboard somewhere so we can see how people are going etc?

[Emma]

I now have 55 points.

[Angela]

No there is not a leaderboard that I am aware of...

[Ann from S.C.]

15 points
Read a book by a gay or lesbian author.
MY ONE NIGHT STAND WITH CANCER

Now I have 50 points.

[Cynthia]

Here is the leaderboard as near as I can figure it...if I left you out or have the wrong points I'm sorry...make sure to post the point totals at the end of your posts that will make it easier for me to figure it out.

LOGAN – 120
KAREN – 110
ANDREA – 90
JULIANNE – 80
LAURA – 80
MELISSA – 80
LISA – 75
KRISTINA – 70
ANN – 65
ANGELA – 60
STARLIGHT - 60
EMMA – 55
LIZ (VEGAS) - 50
SETH - 50
SUSANNA – 40
CHARITY – 40
NANCY – 40
LIZ (NY) – 35
STACIE – 35
ANDREW – 30
CYNTHIA – 30
LYNLEE4 – 30
CHRISTINA V – 20
JAIME – 20
JOANIE – 15
MELANIE – 15
MK – 15
LIESL – 5
MARSHA – 5

I'll repost/update this as often as I can.

[Angela]

Thanks Cynthia! Very helpful.

[Angela]

I actually have 60 points.

[Cynthia]

Ok I adjusted it...thanks Angela.

[Emma]

Awesome, thanks Cynthia! I'm just in the middle of 'A Curse Dark as Gold' which will call for 5 points!

[Andrew]

15 points
1. READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE

Wicked Lovely-Melissa Marr


Total:30 points

[Laura]

I'm up to 80 now.

5 pointers:
Read a Book with the name of a City, country or continent in the title - Nights in Rodanthe - Nicholas Sparks

Read a Book with the name of a person in the title - The Vanishing Act of Esmse Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell

10 pointers:
Read a book with a one word title - Eclipse - Stephanie Meyers

Read a Young Adult novel - Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz

read a collection of short stories, essays - the Opposite of Fate - Amy Tan

Read a novel about witches, vampires, or werewolves - Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyers

15 pointers:
Read a book by an author you've never read before - The Big Girls - Susanne Moore

Read a book written by an African or African American auhor - The Miracle at Speedy Motors - Alexander McCall Smith

[Liz]

im a different Liz than listed above :)

so far, i have:

READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE
Time Traveler's wife: Audrey Niffenegger 15pts.

READ A BOOK BY AN AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Sula: Toni Morrison 15 pts.

READ A BANNED BOOK
Handmaids Tale: Margaret Atwood 10 pts.

READ A HORROR OR SUSPENCE NOVEL
Lifeguard: James Patternson 10 pts.

---- Total as of 9/19 = 50 pts.

[Tien]

Thanks, Cynthia (for the leaderboard above)

[Jennie]

I currently have 60 points:

Book with animal in title: Last Chicken in America by Ellen Litman

Young Adult book: Gossip Girl, book 1

Book by author I've never read: Seducing Mr. Darcy by Gwyn Cready

Asian or Asian-American author: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Goodreads Author: Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos

And, I'm in the middle of about 4 books currently. I love this challenge. It's making me search out books I never would have known about otherwise. : )

[Liz]

Liz (NY) here. That's Great!!! Thanks for the list, it is good to know I'm not way at the bottom. And since I just finished yet another book, I'm up 10 pts.

10 POINT TASKS


4. READ A BOOK WITH A ONE WORD TITLE
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans

Total: 35 points (as of 9/20/08)

[Leslie]

Ok...I just saw this topic for the first time and I am really interested in seeing how well I can do. I am a high school teacher and over the past few years haven't had as much time to read as I would have liked, but have recently turned off the television and opted for reading instead, so lately I've been getting a lot more books in.

Do audio books count? I have a 45 minute drive to work every day and spend a lot of my time listening to books on cd not to mention the 8 hour drive from NC to OH I take at least once a month to visit my boyfriend.

I am excited to get started!

Leslie

[Andrew]

Thank you Cynthia for the leader board!!! Good idea!

[Cynthia]

Leslie - Audiobooks do count so go to it!

[Jeane]

This looks great but difficult!!!!! For the moment I can't buy books and can only read the books I have in the place that I am living.

As I will be mainly or only have italian books for the moment, does it also count if the answers are in Italian? For instance the words in the titles? I saw one where the word school has to be in the title, would it then count if it is 'scuola' in the title?

[Cynthia]

Jeane that would be fine...I want everyone to be able to participate that wants to.

[Catamorandi]

This sounds great! I can't wait to start it.

[Liz]

Jeane, do you live near a library? Most of the books I either have at home or borrow from the library.

[Julianne]

I'm at 80 points!!

[Kristina]

5 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF AN ANIMAL IN THE TITLE
Frog is Frog - Max Velthuijs

5. READ A BOOK WITH THE NAME OF A PERSON OR CHARACTER IN THE TITLE
Kvirre och Hoppsan - Ester Ringnér Lundgren

10 POINT TASKS
4. READ A BOOK WITH A ONE WORD TITLE
Amsterdam - Ian McEwan

8. READ A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (ANY BOOK THAT IS CURRENTLY CATEGORIZED AS SUCH WILL DO, WHETHER IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE ONE OR NOT)
Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers

15 POINT TASKS
1. READ A BOOK BY AN AUTHOR YOU'VE NEVER READ BEFORE
The Man who was Thursday: A Nightmare - GK Chesterton

25 POINT TASKS
3. READ A BOOK AND THEN WATCH THE MOVIE ADAPTATION
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan

Total so far: 70 points.

[Ann from S.C.]

15 points
Read a book about or by one of the presidential candidates:
WORTH THE FIGHTING FOR A MEMOIR by John McCain with Mark Salter

Now I have 65 points.

[Joanie]

Trying to plan out which books to read is kind of like playing Yahtzee "I'll get more points if I use this book for that category then use this for something else etc." I'm making myself crazy!

[Chloe]

Finishing The Places in Between managed to fulfill the "read an author you have read before" requirement and pushed my total up 15 points so it now stands at:

120 Points as of 9/22

[Nancy]

40 points so far!


10 POINT TASKS

5. READ A HORROR OR SUSPENSE NOVEL
Mr. Hands, by Gary A. Braunbeck


15 POINT TASKS

3. READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN OR AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR
Frederick Douglass Slave Narratives


5. READ A NOVEL BY A GAY OR LESBIAN AUTHOR
Lola Dances, by Victor J. Banis

[Melissa]

LOL, Joanie! That's so true!

[Tien]

I'm a proud owner of a new pair of pearl cluster beaded earrings :)

135 Points as at 22/09

[Melanie]

READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY AN AFRICAN OR AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHOR +15
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie



READ A BOOK WRITTEN BY A GOOD READS AUTHOR +15
Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay


Total Points: 45

[Cynthia]

Updated Scoreboard (I will edit this as new scores are posted...will repost scoreboard near or at the top of each new page of posts.)

KAREN – 180
ANN – 135
LOGAN – 120
ANGELA – 100
JULIANNE – 95
MELISSA – 95
ANDREA – 90
LAURA – 80
LISA – 75
MELODY - 75
KRISTINA – 70
LIZ (NY) – 70
EMMA – 60
STARLIGHT - 60
CYNTHIA – 55
LYNLEE4 – 55
LIZ (VEGAS) - 50
MARSHA – 50
MELANIE – 50
SARAH - 50
SETH - 50
NANCY – 45
CHARITY – 40
SUSANNA – 40
JAIME – 35
LESLIE - 35
LIESL – 35
STACIE – 35
ANDREW – 30
CHRISTINA V – 20
JOANIE – 15
MK – 15

[Melissa]

After deciding that I can't stand reading the Twilight series at the moment, I am removing Eclipse as my one word title book and switching it to Dracula (to go with the group's October read). Sadly, I've also slowed down a bit, as I am actually leaving the house with my son now!