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Add It Up Year Long Challenge. August 1, 2011 - July 31st, 2012
August: Books Read - 5
Points this month: 46
Books to Read:
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September: Books Read - 1
Points this month 4
Books to Read:
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October - Books this month 6
Points this month: 55 (so far)
TOTAL SO FAR = 105
To Read/In Progress
Paper Towns (8)
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (8)
Gone
Spells
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (5)
Reckless (5)
Sleepless
Bad Girls Don't Die
Julie wrote: "Sounds interesting!!"Thanks. It just came into my head when I was thinking of all the books I have been meaning to get to all year... or longer!
I'm gonna do this with you Jen. But, since I read lots of other genres too, I'm gonna keep a second list with all the other books! Add It Up Year Long Challenge.
August 1, 2011 - July 31st, 2012
August: Books Read - YA
Points this month 37
Books to Read:
Turnskin (13 pts) 8-4 ****
Hex Hall (8 pts) 8-12 ****
Demonglass (7 pts) 8-13 ****
Fragile Eternity (9pts) 8-30 ****
August: Books Read - Other
Points this month 62
Books to Read:
The Blue Moon Cafe (13 pts) 8-1 ****
A Strong Hand (8 pts) 8-2 ****
Dawn Endeavor: Julian's Jeopardy (11 pts) 8-3 *****
Pretty When She Dies: A Vampire Novel (4 pts)
Reckoning by J. C. Wilder (5 pts) 8-15 ***
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews (5 pts) 8-18 ****
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews (5 pts) *****
Into the Lair by Maya Banks (11 pts) 8-25 ****
Oh I really like this! I'll post as I go as well!Add it Up All Year Challenge
Aug 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012
YA -
MG -
I'm curious Jen - how did you get 16 points for XVI???
Thanks everyone! I am happy to get some takers. Regarding XVI:
If the author is one you haven't read before. (5)
If the book is a stand alone. (4)
If the book has been on your shelf/ereader for more than a month. (4)
If the author is a debut writer (or first YA or MG book of that author) for the year 2011 or 2012. (3)
5+4+4+3=16. :) Yep I know that is a great one for this challenge!
I have more to list but I don't know if I will get to all of them in August or not.
Yep I just double checked that! Oh my gosh. I had no clue... I am so embarrassed! *blushes* I will fix it!
So....30 points would be the max available for any book. Hmmmmm...... I thought it was an either/or kind of thing. Now I need to double check my points!
No it isn't either or. For example a debut stand-alone released this year would be:If the author is one you haven't read before. (5)
If the book is a stand alone. (4)
If the author is a debut writer (or first YA or MG book of that author) for the year 2011 or 2012. (3)
At least 12 points! More if anything else fits. I hope that makes sense. I don't want anyone confused. It is supposed to be fun! Btw if anyone made a goal for themselves for an incentive for a number of points it would be fun to share if you want.
I personally wasn't counting a first in series as the most recently published if it is a new series. I kind of felt that would be cheating a bit lol. :-P
Cindy (eclecticfirefly) wrote: "So....30 points would be the max available for any book. Hmmmmm...... I thought it was an either/or kind of thing. Now I need to double check my points!"I think it would be hard to get a book that has the combination needed to get 30 or more points! Some are obviously mutually exclusive. A book cannot be a series book and a stand alone at the same time. It also can't have 2 release dates. Also I think it is unlikely that people will read a second or later book in a series and have never read the author before. Some combos just wouldn't make sense.
I am trusting people to be honest here. There is no point in not being honest. There are no prizes and the only goals are the ones we set for ourselves. :)
I understood the 5+4+3 part. What I had not realized was that you could get 4 points EACH for:If the book is a stand alone.
If the book has been on your shelf/ereader for more than a month.
I thought we could only get 4 points 1 time per book. I agree with not counting a first in series as the most recently published. *scrambles to make sure I didn't do that already*
Nope if you have a stand alone you have been meaning to read for a while then go ahead and give it the 8 points from that category. For example my John Green books I have been meaning to get to. :)
Awesomevegan (AKA JenReads) wrote: "I personally wasn't counting a first in series as the most recently published if it is a new series. I kind of felt that would be cheating a bit lol. :-P"You could edit it to say "most recently published sequel in a series" or something along those lines to help keep people from doing that.
Don't worry Jen - I plan to have lots of fun with this one.....
Thanks Jenny! I will do that. Also Cindy, I hope you have loads of fun!
This challenge looks awesome! Maybe it'll help me finally get around to some books I've had for a while. :) I'll post as I go along.Overall points: 120
-August-
Points this month: 62
Books Read:
That Summer (4)
Beautiful Creatures (6)
Thirteen Reasons Why (11)
The Sky Is Everywhere (11)
Before I Fall (11)
Masquerade (5)
Revelations (5)
Divergent (9)
-September-
Points this month: 29
Books read:
Beautiful Darkness (7)
Hunger (5)
What Happened to Goodbye (4)
Gone (6)
If I Die (7)
-October-
Points this month: 29
Books read:
Ultraviolet (5)
Shut Out (4)
Supernaturally (7)
Wolfsbane (7)
Life As We Knew It (6)
Thanks, Flur! I hope you have a lot of fun. :)
This is a perfect challange for me to get some of the many books off of my shelves. I will post as I go. Thanks!
Started my first book today. The Blue Moon Cafe isn't YA, but I have to mail it by the end of the week, along with a couple others. Do have 1 YA book to read and mail this week, but I'll get to it a little later.
I finished my first book for August.
by Shannon Hale (4)
I've finished 4 books so far this month.
for my YA section and 3 others for my "other" genre section.
This sounds like fun!Add It Up Year Long Challenge.
August 1, 2011 - July 31st, 2012
August:
8/9 The Adoration of Jenna Fox (6 pts)
8/14 Acceleration (9 pts)
8/15 An Abundance of Katherines (13 pts)
8/21 Stitches (15 pts)
8/30 White Jenna (9 pts)
8/30 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (7 pts)
Points This Month: 59
August Books:8/5 Rainbow Boys (13 points) ***
8/8 Rainbow High (12 points) ***
8/20 Across the Universe (16 points) ****
8/22 The Scorch Trials (11 points) ****
8/23 Looking for Alaska (16 points) ****
Points This Month: 68
September Books:
9/4 Sister (19 points) ***
9/7 You Are My Only (9 points) ***
9/11 Sold (13 points) ****
9/11 Beauty Queens (13 points) ***
9/11 The Whole Story of Half a Girl (12 points) ****
Points this month: 66
Books to Read:
3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows
L.A. Candy
Princess Sultana's Daughters
Wow, I guess with all that's going on I haven't read many books in August. Here are my YA ones...August
Raven Speak (9 pts)
Candor (11 pts)
Vanished: When Lightning Strikes & Code Name Cassandra (6 pts)
The Demon Trapper's Daughter (10 pts)
Points total: 36
I counted Vanished: When Lightning Strikes & Code Name Cassandra as only one book.
Here's September...Add It Up Year Long Challenge.
August 1, 2011 - July 31st, 2012
September:
9/3 After Hamelin (11 pts)
9/4 Pretties (5 pts)
9/15 Airborn (10 pts)
9/16 Ship Breaker (10 pts)
9/20 Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (9 pts)
9/23 Alone at Ninety Foot (11 pts)
9/27 Artemis Fowl (6 pts)
9/27 Stormbreaker (6 pts)
Points This Month: 68
August Points: 59
Total Points: 127
Hmmmm.....looks like I don't have any YA books lined up to read for September. Guess I'll have to try and slip in a couple, just not sure quite when!
September so far...Born at Midnight (10 pts)
Where I Belong (9 pts)
The Big Empty (6 pts)
The Magnolia League (9 pts)
Falling Under (9 pts)
Trial by Fire (7 pts)
All Unquiet Things (11 pts)
XVI (11 pts)
Shadowland (1 pt)
September points: 73
Total points: 109
Here's October...Add It Up Year Long Challenge.
August 1, 2011-July 31, 2012
October:
10/5 Among the Hidden (6 pts)
10/11 Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing (9 pts)
10/14 The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl (8 pts)
10/25 Trouble (4 pts)
10/26 The Fox Inheritance (7 pts)
10/26 Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement (11 pts)
Points This Month: 45
August Points: 59
September Points: 68
Total Points: 172
September: YA 11 ptsMockingjay 11 pts
Other: 80 pts
Seducing the Succubus 5 pts
Bloodshot 10 pts
Sunrise at Sunset 12 pts
Virtual Reality 8 pts
Chaos Forged 5 pts
Tatterdemalion 9 pts
Property 5 pts
Camp Hell 5 pts
Master of the Revels 1 pt
Chiaroscuro 10 pts
The Initiation of Pb500 10 pts
Hey everyone! I just edited my list and I have over 100 points so far! Who thinks I can make 200 by the end of the year? It would be great if I could reward myself with a new Kindle! I want the Touch one. I want a Fire too... but for more than just reading. I would use it for web browsing and games and am trying to decide if I can wait a generation or not. :-/
It's November already?!?Add It Up Year Long Challenge.
August 1, 2011 - July 31st, 2012
November:
11/2 Will Grayson, Will Grayson (4 pts)
11/4 Dark Dude (11 pts)
11/10 Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (9 pts)
11/12 The Alchemyst (6 pts)
11/13 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (9 pts)
11/21 The Perks of Being a Wallflower (11 pts)
11/29 I Am the Messenger (4 pts)
Points This Month: 54
August Points: 59
September Points: 68
October Points: 45
Total Points: 226
Add It Up Year Long Challenge.August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012
December:
12/3 The One-Armed Queen (11 pts)
12/14 Specials (9 pts)
12/22 Looking for Alaska (10 pts)
12/29 Coraline (8 pts)
Points This Month: 38
August Points: 59
September Points: 68
October Points: 45
November Points: 54
Total Points: 264
So I think I may be the only one still doing this, but I'm incredibly stubborn about finishing things, and I made a goal to get 600 points total for the year. I'm charging ahead!Add It Up Year Long Challenge.
August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012
January:
1/4 The Dark Game: True Spy Stories (13 pts)
1/6 Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond (13 pts)
1/8 Running Loose (10 pts)
1/11 Beastly (9 pts)
1/17 Anna and the French Kiss (11 pts)
1/27 Chime (9 pts)
1/28 Ender's Game (6 pts)
1/30 Skybreaker (9 pts)
Points This Month: 80
August Points: 59
September Points: 68
October Points: 45
November Points: 54
December Points: 38
Total Points: 344
This sounds like fun. I'll give it a try!1/1
(5)1/3
(5)1/10
(5)1/14
(5)1/16
(8)1/18
(5)Total so far for January is 33. I think...did I do this right?
Add It Up Year Long Challenge. August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2012
February:
2/12 The Wild Girls (15)
2/17 Wake (8)
2/19 Mockingbird (13)
2/26 Why We Broke Up (4)
Points This Month: 40
August Points: 59
September Points: 68
October Points: 45
November Points: 54
December Points: 38
January Points: 80
Total Points: 384
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August 1, 2011 - July 31st, 2012
Rules:
Books can be any genre you want (for subject matter).
All books must be YA or Middle Grade.
Each book can earn points from more than one category.
Try to rack up as many points as you can.
You may post a list of books you want to read, post as you go, or any combination of the two. :)
Please put the number of points for each book next to the finished titles.
ALL FORMATS COUNT (paper, ebook, audio as long as it is unabriged)
There is no minimum or maximum number of points to get.
You may want to reward yourself with a new book at a certain number of points. :)
5 POINTS:
If the book is the second or later in a series.
If the author is one you haven't read before.
4 POINTS:
If the book is a stand alone.
If the book has been on your shelf/ereader for more than a month.
3 POINTS:
If the author is a debut writer (or first YA or MG book of that author) for the year 2011 or 2012.
If the book is genre you don't read the genre/creature/etc often.
2 POINTS:
If the book is a debut (or YA or MG debut) from the year 2010 or before.
If the book is the most recently published sequel in the series at the time you read it (caught up!)
1 POINT:
If the book is the first in a series.
If the author has the same first name, last name or a variation of your first name.