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general questions/updates/rules for School Year Challenge
I just finished Our Inner Ape for 5 points (book by an author I've never read before).
I finished Joy School by Elizabeth Berg, #3 for 10 points.Current Total: 25 points
Woo-hoo! I've finally finished something! I read Here's the Story for 5 points (read a book from the last 5 years) I'm so happy to finally be on the board!
OK. I just tried to do the strike-through html formatting and it crossed off everything after that book as well. How do I get it to just cross off that book?
Lori, you need to put after the title you want to cross out.
You are so awesome! Thank you, thank you.
Finished Madapple for 25 points (book by an author with my name, in this case my middle name). I'm at 40 points I think.
I just finished Anne Frank Remembered for 5) Read a book about a person you admireI admire both Anne Frank and Miep Gies! I'm surprised I never read this book before! If you haven't read it I highly recommend it, it is amazing.
Oh and that was 15 points, so I'm up to 65 points all together.
I saw that someone had listed a play, Othello I believe, for one of categories; are plays acceptable?
Okay, finally got around to putting together my list! This is tentative.. some I'm not sure what to use yet so I'll fill in as I go along.5 points-
1) Love in the Time of Cholera
2)
3) Emma
4) You Remind Me of Me
5) Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
6) Jessica Z.
7)
8) I Am the Cheese
9) Then We Came to the End
10)
10 points
1) March
2)
3)
4) Atonement
5)
6) Naked
7) The Pieces from Berlin
8) A Wrinkle in Time
9) Suite Française
10)
15 points
1)
2)
3)
4)The Wednesday Sisters A Novel
5)
6)
7)
8) Wide Sargasso Sea
25 points
1)
2) The Mother-Daughter Book Club
3) Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl
4) War and Peace
so I have 30 points so far.
Just finished Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls for a book about different religion than my own. So, I'm now at 55 points.
5 Points:4) Book by an author you've never read before: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress A Novel by Dai Sijie
9) Book written in the last 5 years: The Other Queen A Novel by Phillipa Gregory (published in 2008)
10 Points:
9) Book set in a place you've always wanted to visit/live: The Dante Club A Novel by Matthew Pearl
Originally I was going to read a book set in Australia, which I've always wanted to visit. But this book is set in England, a place I desperately want to live and have since I first visited at 8.
Total Points: 35
Finished Franny and Zooey for 15 pts (someone close to your age)and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell for 25 pts (over 700 very very very long pages)
Total: 45!
Bonnie, isn't The Dante Club set in New England?
Just finished Rise and Fall of the Third Reich! Over 1000 pages. :)Up to 55 points
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I just finished Little Women and watched the movie for #4 worth 10 points.So I have a total of 35 points.
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Lauren-- 75 pts
Justine- 65 pts
Emily-- 65 pts
Mandy-- 55 pts
Lorianne--55 pts.
Ashley-- 45 pts
Franzz--45 pts
Tahleen--40 pts
Emily--35 pts
Kelsey--35 pts
Audrey--35 pts
Bonnie-- 35 pts
Lauren--30 pts
Lynn-- 30 pts
Heather-- 30 pts
Lauren(strangled)--20 pts
Brianna-- 15 pts
Ashley(co-mod)--5 pts
Katerina- 5 pts
Amanda--5 pts
Jamie-- 5 pts
Tami-- 5 pts
Dawn- 5 pts
Michelle- 5 pts
Lori-- 5 pts
as always..please be checking that i have everything correct. it gets really confusing sometimes. also..please make sure that the format is something like this to make it easier for me:
just read x for x points.
New Total:
x points.
and if you have the same name as someone else..please put like the first letter of your last name or something.
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To make it easier, Jamie, you could create a new topic "2009 Challenge" where each person has one post. Everyone could just edit their own post as they went along to reflect their current total points. That way, you wouldn't have to scroll down forever to see who is at what. Just an idea. =)
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i think what kelsey suggested sounds great! =)
It sounds like a good idea to me. Do you mean we publish our lists and then do the cross out html as we go? Or just put up the numbers and then fill in the title as we read them?
I guess either one would work fine. I'd just publish my list and cross stuff out as I go, but whatever works...
that's what ive been doing.. my list is on the first page and i just cross them out as i go
Yeah! I like this idea. I also like seeing my titles crossed out as I finish my books... haha. And this sounds much simpler.
I guess we should let Jamie make the thread so she can have editing privileges.
I Finished Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein for #10 for 5 points for a total of 40 Points.
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Did you like The Gargoyle?
I just finished Game of Thrones for 25 points and What is the What for 15 points. Both were great books!
Kelsey, I just wanted to let you know what Jamie made a different thread for the challenge where we post our list once and then edit by crossing out titles as we get done with them. If you look for it, I'm sure you'll find it and it explains what to do much better than I am.
Oh I know. I was the one who came up with the idea for a different thread. I just forgot and was commenting on the books. I probably should have posted under "what you're currently reading". Thanks for letting me know though! =)
Kelsey, Sorry. I didn't mean to sound like I jerk. I just didn't know who all didn't find out about the new thing.
Haha not at all! You're no jerk, and it's quite alright. You were just trying to be helpful. =)
Bonnie, isn't The Dante Club set in New England?Oye, you're totally right! Thank you for pointing that out! I got it confused with another book. I'm deciding my reading based on another challenge and then every week or so seeing how what I've read fits into this challenge. When I come back this weekend from my trip I'll change that and update my total accordingly (and will be careful that the new books I add actually fit!).
Also, I know that there is the new thread for showing our points by crossing books out each time we finish a task, but can people still post what task they just finish here (if they want)? I really like seeing what people read for what challenge task and I'm not observant enough to figure out which task just got crossed off another person's list. Plus, no one would've probably caught my mistake if I had just crossed it off my list.
No problem! I am also sorry if I sounded like a jerk, I was just confused haha. Glad to have helped (if I did indeed help).
Oh, you didn't sound like a jerk at all! I was being an idiot. And I'm glad that someone pointed it out now, because it would be worse if I finished and then somebody noticed!
I love how we're apologizing for being jerks. It's unfortunate that the internet can't convey facial expressions and tones of voice...
Haha I was worried about sounding like a jerk too. "I hope this doesn't come across badly..."
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I Capture the Castle (other topics)Good in Bed (other topics)
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For a total so far of 15 points.
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