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5 points-
2)Dubliners by James Joyce
10 points
2) The Bell Jar by Sylvia plath (yay October!)
3) Old School by Tobias Wolff
8) The Bluest Eye—toni morrison
10)something by CS Lewish..he's Welsh and Scottish.
15 points
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3) Fashion Babylon
5) Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein
7) Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
8) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
25 points
1) The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2) Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan by Jamie Zeppa
4) War & Peace-- Leo Tolstoy
TOTAL: 190 pts
5 points:01. Love and Other Four-Letter Words
02. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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10 points:
01. A Wedding in December
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03. How I Paid for College A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater
04. Atonement A Novel
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06. Saturday
07. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
08. The Handmaid's Tale
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10. Sophie's World
15 points:
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02. Tortilla Flat - Salinas, CA
03. Perfect from Now On How Indie Rock Saved My Life
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05. Dolly My Life and Other Unfinished Business
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07. Moose A Memoir of Fat Camp
08. The Canterbury Tales
25 points:
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Total: 215/370 points
5 points1)For Valentines Day: read a book with the word heart or love in it. - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
3)read a classic - Frankenstein
4)Read a book by an author you've never read before - Bridget Jones' Diary
5)Read a memoir - The Woman Warrior
8)read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title - The Grapes of Wrath
10) Read a book that you already own - Crime and Punishment
10 points
1)read a book with the name of a month in it. - The October Horse
2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you - Anne Rice book
3)read a book with either the word “school”,“class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it. - How I Paid for College
5) read a book that involves a medical condition(physical, mental, emotional) - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
6)read a book with a one word title - Middlesex
7)read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it. - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
8) read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads...) - Catch-22
10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever) - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
15 points
2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (He went to my college! :D)
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in - Making a Killing
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school - Feminism is For Everybody
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure) - Gulliver's Travels (I had to read this for my AP English class and I HATED it)
8) read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for - The Book of the City of Ladies
25 points
3)read a book about a different religion than you are - The Jewel of Medina
4) read a book that you would normally never consider picking up (something daunting, something that is a genre you hate. Etc.) - War and Peace
POINTS:
135
lauren w's challenge! =)5 points
1) My Heart Laid Bare
2) The Picture of Dorian Gray
3) The Screwtape Letters
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5) Stolen Lives Twenty Years in a Desert Jail
6) Pope Joan A Novel
7) The History of Love A Novel
8) Water for Elephants
9) The Heretic Queen A Novel
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10 points
1) The Septembers of Shiraz
2) The Road
3) Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
4) The Duchess
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6) Lolita
7) Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books
8) Catch-22
9) Memoirs of a Geisha
10) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
15 points
1) The Virgin Blue
2) Prodigal Summer A Novel
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5) The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh A Woman in World History
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7) My Friend Leonard
8) The Awakening
25 points
1) The Sweet Far Thing
2) The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
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4) Stiff The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
points so far - 90
Here is my Current List(Subject To Change):5 points
1. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Currently Reading)
2. So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll an Irish Mill Girl by Barry Denenberg
3. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
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5. Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic
6. Daria Solves a Mystery by Norma Jean Lutz
7. The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss
8. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
9. The Preacher's Daughter by Beverly Lewis
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10 Points
1. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
2. Refiner's Fire by Mark Helprin (June 28th)
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6. Revolution by George Barna
7. Romanian Rhapsody by Darlene Franklin
8. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
9. Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden.
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15 Points
1. Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris
2. Reconciled by Elizabeth Grace Daniel
3. Revolution in World Missions by K.P. Yohannan
4. Going Down South: A Novel by Bonnie Glover
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7. It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
8. The Call of the Wild by Jack Landon
25 Points
1. Queen by Alex Haley
2. Audrey Hepburn : A Biography by Warren G. Harris.
3. Daughters of Islam : Building Bridges With Muslim Women By Miriam Adeney.
4. Mirage: Why Neither Democrats Not Republicans Can Balance The Budget, End the Deficit, And Satisfy the Public by George Hager & Eric Pianin
Total: 80 Points
...I changed my Religion book, is this one ok? It seems really interesting.
5 points:1)
2) The Likeness
3) The Last of the Mohicans
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10 points:
1) Across Five Aprils
2) The Wind in the Willows
3) Lies My Teacher Told Me
4) Practical Magic
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8) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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10) Water Witches
15 points:
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3) Dewey The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
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5) Lion in the White House (about Teddy Roosevelt)
6)Kitchen Confidential Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
7) We Were the Mulvaneys (I HATE JCO)
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25 points:
1) The Historian
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4) The Three Musketeers
Total: 190 points
Kelsey's List (subject to change)5 points-
1)The History of Love A Novel or Change of Heart
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3)Frankenstein
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10 points
1)One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
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4)The Golden Compass or Pride and Prejudice
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7)Reading Lolita in Tehran orAmerica
8)The Handmaid's Tale or A Separate Peace
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15 points
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6) Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
7) The Sun Also Rises
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25 points
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2)Kelsey's Quest or An Ordinary Woman: A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey or Bitch Unleashed: The Harsh Realities of Goin' Country by Nola Kelsey
3)Jewish Literacy
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Total Points: 240
Lynn's list:5 points
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2)The Case of the Missing Books
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8)A Clockwork Orange
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10 points
1)With Their Eyes September 11th--The View from a High School at Ground Zero
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3)Old School
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6)Holes
7)Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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10)Tale of the White Crow Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Latvia
15 points
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4)The Alchemist
5)I'm Proud of You My Friendship with Fred Rogers
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8)To the Lighthouse
25 points
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2)Katherine
3)Siddhartha
4)The Shining
Total: 190 points
As of right now, this is the plan I'd like to stick to:*5 Points*
1. Lady Chatterley's Lover
2. The Importance of Being Earnest
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7. The Sun Also Rises
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*10 Points*
1. Light in August
2. Gone With The Wind
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6. Evening or Walden, or Life in the Woods or Chocolat
7. A Year in Provence or Under the Tuscan Sun
8. From Here to Eternity
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10. Vanity Fair
*15 Points*
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2. The Outsiders or Grapes of Wrath or Where the Heart Is
3. The Last Campaign Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
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6. All the King's Men
7. 1984
8. The Scarlet Letter
*25 Points*
1. The Count of Monte Cristo
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3. The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible or The Art of Happiness A Handbook for Living
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Total--170
Michelle V's List5 points
1) Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2) Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
3) Emma by Jane Austen
4) The Perks of Being a Wall Flower by Stephen Chbosky
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6) Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
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9) The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
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10 points
1) February Flowers by Fan Wu
2) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (May, and boy is May slim-pickins lol)
3) The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
4) Matilda by Roald Dahl
5) Down Came the Rain My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields
6) Stardust by Neil Gaiman
7) Reading Lolita in Tehran A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
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9) Lipsi's Daughter by Patty Apostolides (Greece)
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15 points
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4) Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
5) Behind the Mask The Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas (I’m not sure if I admire her yet, I want to find out lol)
6) The Great Influenza The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry
7) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (not sure if I hate him or just hated my English teacher)
8) Lord of the Flies by William Golding
25 points
1) My Life by Bill Clinton
2) Valencia by Michelle Tea
3) A Rabbi Talks With Jesus by Jacob Neusner
4) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Total: 85 pts
Tentative list!5 points-
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2) PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
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4) You Remind Me of Me
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6) Jessica Z.
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8) I Am the Cheese
9) Then We Came to the End
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10 points
1) March
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4) Atonement
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6) Naked
7) The Pieces from Berlin
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9) Suite Française
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15 points
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8) Wide Sargasso Sea
25 points
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2) The Mother-Daughter Book Club
3) Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl
4) War and Peace
Total: 85 points
Laura I's Challenge...5 Points:
1. For Valentines Day: Read a book with the word heart or love in it. Love Walked In
2. For Saint Patty's Day: Read a book set in Ireland, is by an Irish author, or whose main character is Irish. PS, I Love You
3. Read a classic. The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
4. Read a book by an author you've never read before. In the Woods
5. Read a memoir. Angela's Ashes
6. March is National Women's History Month: Read a book where a woman is the main character. The Secret Life of Bees
8. Read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title. Water for Elephants
9. Read a book written in the last 5 years. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
10. Read a book that you already own. The Lovely Bones
10 Points:
1. Read a book with the name of a month in it. A Wedding in December
2. Read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you. One Hundred Years of Solitude
3. Read a book with either the word "school", "class", "college", "university" or "teacher" in it. How I Paid for College A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater
4. Read a book and then watch the movie adaptation. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Read a book that involves a medical condition (physical, mental, emotional). The Last Lecture
6. Read a book with a one word title. Catch-22
7. Read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
8. Read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads...). Slaughterhouse Five
9. Read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit or live. Memoirs of a Geisha
10. Read a book written by someone of your same heritage. The Hooligan's Return A Memoir
15 Points:
1. Read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age. Confessions of a Shopaholic
2. Read a book from an author that was born or had lived in your state/geographical area. The Darkest Evening of the Year
3. Read a book about or relating to the particular field of study you are/were in. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
4. Read a book written by a GoodReads author. Coraline
5. Read a book about a person you admire. Angelina Jolie's Notes from My Travels
6. Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school. In the Eye of the Sun
7. Read a book by an author you hate. The Catcher in the Rye
8. Read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for. Anthem
25 Points:
1. Read a book with over 700 pages. The Fountainhead
2. Read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name. Heart's Desire A Novel
3. Read a book about a different religion than you are. Unsure
4. Read a book that you would normally never consider picking up. The Road
Total Points:
5
Okay crap, I typed up my list on my word program with the strikemarks and they didn't transfer...can someone tell me how to do that on here?
Emily is back in the game!!! I forgot I was doing this! Only have three more books to read. I WILL FINISH BY THE END OF THE YEAR!5 Points:
1.For Valentines Day:Love Is a Mix Tape Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
2.For Saint Patty's Day: 1776
3.Read a classic:Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
4.Read a book by an author you've never read: The Time Traveler's Wife
5.Read a memoir:Home A Memoir of My Early Years
6.March is National Women's History Month: Girl with a Pearl Earring
7.Read a CS group read: The Book Thief
8.Read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title:Onion John
9.Read a book written in the last 5 years: The Mysterious Benedict Society
10.Read a book that you already own:Jessica Z.
10 Points:
1. Read a book with the name of a month in it:
2. Read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you: Identical Strangers A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited(october)
3. Read a book with either the word "school", "class", "college", "university" or "teacher" in it: Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
4. Read a book and then watch the movie adaptation: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
5. Read a book that involves a medical condition (physical, mental, emotional): The Poisonwood Bible
6. Read a book with a one word title:Beloved
7. Read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it:The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
8.Read a banned/challenged book:Ender's Game
9. Read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit or live: The Devil Wears Prada(new york city)
10.Read a book written by someone of your same heritage:The Thirteenth Tale A Novel (The author is English)
15 Points:
1.Read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age:Franny and Zooey
2.Read a book from an author that was born or had lived in your state/geographical area:White Oleander (s. CA)
3. Read a book about or relating to the particular field of study you are/were in: How the Pro-choice Movement Saved America Freedom, Politics, And the War on Sex
4.Read a book written by a GoodReads author: The Year of Yes
5. Read a book about a person you admire:Anne Frank Remembered
6.Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school:Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
7. Read a book by an author you hate:
8. Read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for:
To Kill a Mockingbird
25 Points:
1. Read a book with over 700 pages:
2. Read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name:
3. Read a book about a different religion than you are: Escape
4. Read a book that you would normally never consider picking up:Why We're Liberals A Political Handbook for Post-Bush America
Total points: 295/370 points
Michelle, You do
OK. Apparently, I can't type it out...you'll just have to look at the (some html is ok) link.
Ah ha! Thanks Lori...I wouldn't have gotten that for awhile, on my own. I appreciate it!
Michelle W’s Challenge…(selections subject to drastic change!)5 Points:
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10 Points:
1. Read a book with the name of a month in it. OCTOBER DREAMS Edited by Richard Chimzar
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3. Read a book with either the word "school", "class", "college", "university" or "teacher" in it. JOE COLLEGE by TOM PERROTTA
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8. Read a banned/challenged book. THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath
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5. Read a book about a person you admire. TORI AMOS: Piece by Piece by Tori Amos and Ann Powers
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8. Read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for. WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Bronte
25 Points:
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2. Read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name. THE YEAR OF FOG by Michelle Richmond
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Total Points: 295/370
Pages Read: 9,055
Tasks Completed: 26/32
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5 points1) For Valentines Day: read a book with the word heart or love in it: Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
2) For Saint Patty’s day: read a book set in Ireland, is by an Irish author, or whose main character is Irish: The Vicar of Wakefield
3) Read a classic: Anna Karenina
4) Read a book by an author you've never read before: The Luxe
7) Read a CS group read (either past or present): Uglies
8) Read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title: Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
9) Read a book written in the last 5 years: A Short History of Nearly Everything
10 points
1) Read a book with the name of a month in it: The Warmest December
2) Read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you: Interview With the Vampire or Sleeping Beauty, Book 1 The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (Both Anne Rice)
3) Read a book with either the word “school”, “class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it: The Abstinence Teacher
5) Read a book that involves a medical condition (physical, mental, emotional): Divided Minds Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia
7) Read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it: Blackout Girl Growing Up and Drying Out in America
9) Read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit/live: Down and Out in Paris and London
10) Read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever): The Picture of Dorian Gray
15 points
1) Read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age: Confessions of a Shopaholic
2) Read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area: To Kill a Mockingbird
3) Read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in: The Lolita Effect (Women's Studies)
4) Read a book written by a GoodReads author: Coraline
5) Read a book about a person you admire: Dreams from My Father
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school: Freakonomics Rev Ed A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
7) Read a book by an author you hate: Mein Kampf (Does this count? If not, Godless The Church of Liberalism... either way, I'll be sick at my stomach.)
8) Read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for: Three Junes
25 points
2) Read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name: Bert & Lori The Autobiography of a Crossdresser (I typically go by "Lori" instead of my full name. Thus, this book! Besides, looking up "Lorianne" gave me a bunch of big children's books, and that feels like cheating.) *Subject to change
3) Read a book about a different religion than you are: Mecca and Main Street Muslim Life in America after 9/11 *Subject to change
4) Read a book that you would normally never consider picking up (something daunting, something that is a genre you hate, etc): War and Peace *Subject to change
Total: 70
Like Emily, I don't really have a list. I'm trying to be as flexible as possible and picking up things I like as I go.5 Points:
1. For Valentines Day:
2. For Saint Patty's Day:
3. Read a classic:
5. Read a memoir:
7. Read a CS group read:
9. Read a book written in the last 5 years:
10. Read a book that you already own:
10 Points:
1. Read a book with the name of a month in it:
2. Read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you:
3. Read a book with either the word "school", "class", "college", "university" or "teacher" in it:
4. Read a book and then watch the movie adaptation:
5. Read a book that involves a medical condition (physical, mental, emotional):
8. Read a banned/challenged book:
9. Read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit or live:
10. Read a book written by someone of your same heritage:
15 Points:
2. Read a book from an author that was born or had lived in your state/geographical area:
3. Read a book about or relating to the particular field of study you are/were in:
4. Read a book written by a GoodReads author:
5. Read a book about a person you admire:
7. Read a book by an author you hate:
8. Read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for:
25 Points:
2. Read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name:
4. Read a book that you would normally never consider picking up:
Total points: 115/370 points
My list so far....5 points-
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3)Catch-22
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5)Read a memoir
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7)read a CS group read (either past or present)
8)read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title
9) Comfortably Numb
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10 points
1)read a book with the name of a month in it.
2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you
3)read a book with either the word “school”,“class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it.
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5) read a book that involves a medical condition(physical, mental, emotional)
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7)Living Dead in Dallas
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9)read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit/live
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15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
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5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Between the Numbers
7) whatever the second book in the narnia series is
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25 points
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2)read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name.
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
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Total: 175 points
subject to change.5 points
1) The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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3) One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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5) I Have Lived A Thousand Years Growing Up In The Holocaust
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7) The Book Thief
8) A Piece of Cake A Memoir
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10) One Hundred Years of Solitude
10 points
1) The Warmest December
2) Fahrenheit 451 (august)
3) Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
4) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
5) Devil in the Details Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
6) Dawn
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8) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee An Indian History of the American West
9) Of Human Bondage (england)
10) Hunger (norwegian)
15 points
1) Loose Girl A Memoir of Promiscuity
2) Rant An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
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5) Edie Factory Girl
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7) New Moon
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25 points
1) Anna Karenina
2) Clever Girl Elizabeth Bentley, the Spy Who Ushered in the McCarthy Era
3) Daughters of Another Path Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam
4) Pride and Prejudice
TOTAL: 85 points
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Category Totals: 10 Tasks/ 50 points
10 points
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2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you
3)read a book with either the word “school”,“class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it.
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7)read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it.
8) read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads...)
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Category Totals: 6 Tasks / 60 points
15 points
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2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in
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5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure)
8) read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for
Category Totals: 2 Tasks / 30 Points
25 points
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2)read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name.
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Category Totals: 3 Tasks / 75 points
Totals: 21 Tasks / 215 Points
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Alternative: A Modern History of Japan From Tokugawa Times to the Present
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2) The Lost Empires of Faerun
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Total Points: 235
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Is it too late to join in? I don't have a list yet, but can't wait to get started!Brandi
Go ahead and get started. This lasts until December. There's another thread with the rules, which is the Official School Year Challenge 09. We started out posting lists on there, but have decided to just post our list once on this thread (and update them as we finish books or change our minds) and use the other one to ask questions etc. Check it out and it should answer any quick questions you have about getting started.Glad you're joining us!
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Meghan--150 pts
Justine--120 pts
Kelsey--100 pts
Lauren W.--90 pts
Bonnie--90 pts
Mandy--90 pts
Ashley G.--85 pts
Emily--85 pts
Franzz--80 pts
Audrey--80 pts
Lorianne--65 pts
Tahleen--60 pts
Verity--55 pts
Heather--45 pts
Sara--45 pts
Lynn--40 pts
Michelle W.--35 pts
Jamie--25 pts
Lori--25 pts
Linda--25 pts
Lauren(strangled)--25 pts
Amanda-- 20 pts
Michelle--10 pts
Laura I.--5 pts
great job ladies!! :)
YAY! This looks like so much fun5 points-
1)For Valentines Day: read a book with the word heart or love in it. Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by: Elizabeth Gilbert
2)For Saint Patty’s day: read a book set in Ireland, is by an Irish author, or whose main character is Irish. If You Could See Me Now by: Cecelia Ahern
3)read a classic
4)Read a book by an author you've never read before. Vince and Joy A Novel by: Lisa Jewell
5)Read a memoir
6)March is National Women's History Month so read a book where a woman is the main character
7)read a CS group read (either past or present) Jessica Z. by: Shawn Klomparens
8)read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title Water for Elephants by: Sara Gruen
9) read a book written in the last 5 years
10) Read a book that you already own
10 points
1)read a book with the name of a month in it.
2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you
3)read a book with either the word “school”,“class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it. Joe College by: Tom Perrotta
4)read a book and then watch the movie adaptation
5) read a book that involves a medical condition(physical, mental, emotional)
6)read a book with a one word title
7)read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it.
8) read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads...)
9)read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit/live
10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)
15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in
4) Read a book written by a GoodReads author
5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure)
8) read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for
25 points
1)book with over 700 pages
2)read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name.
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
4) read a book that you would normally never consider picking up (something daunting, something that is a genre you hate. Etc.)
So I just filled in the ones I could think of off the top of my head. I'll try to fill in most of the blanks tomorrow at work...
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with the 25 pt challenge about religion..it is more supposed to be a book actually about a religion..not just with a character with a different religion than you. alot of the girls are using memoirs from other women from different religions..i gave a bunch of suggestions in the other challenge thread if you want to take a look through those or other lists on here.
okay, I'll check it out tomorrow, I was just adding some that I could think of off the top of my head so I'm sure I probably have a few that I need to change a little.
Challenge Categories:5 points-
1)For Valentines Day: read a book with the word heart or love in it.
2)For Saint Patty’s day: PS, I Love You
3)read a classic: Pride and Prejudice
5)Read a memoir
7)read a CS group read (either past or present): The Book Thief
8)read a book with any kind of food/drink in the title
9) read a book written in the last 5 years
10) Read a book that you already own
10 points
1)read a book with the name of a month in it.
2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you
3)read a book with either the word “school”,“class”, "college", "university" or "teacher" in it.
4)read a book and then watch the movie adaptation
5) read a book that involves a medical condition(physical, mental, emotional): My Sister's Keeper
7)read a book with the name of a country, state, or city in it.
8) read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads...)
9)read a book set in a place you've always wanted to visit/live: Confessions of a Shopaholic
10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)
15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in
4) Read a book written by a GoodReads author
5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure)
8) read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for
25 points
1)book with over 700 pages: Anna Karenina
2)read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name.
3)read a book about a different religion than you are: The 19th Wife A Novel
4) read a book that you would normally never consider picking up (something daunting, something that is a genre you hate. Etc.)
Total Points: 20
What's with only ladies doing this? We men need some representation here.5 points
1)Heart/Love: A Dragon Lover's Treasury by many authors
2)Irish: Sceptor of the Ancients by Derek Landy
3)Classic: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4)New Author: Debt of Bones by Terry Goodkind
5)Memoir: Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
6)Woman: Zanna's Gift by Scott Richards (Orson Scott Card) or Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
7)CS group read:
8)Food/Drink: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
9)Last 5 years: Fall of the Templar by Derek Benz
10)Own: As a Man Thinketh by James Allen
10 points
1)Month:
2)Birthday: Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
3)School/Class/College/University/Teacher: My Teacher Fried My Brains by Bruce Coville
4)Movie: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
5)Illness: They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
6)One Word: Flyte by Angie Sage
7)Country/State/City: They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie
8)Banned/challenged book: A Wind in the Door and A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeline L'Engle (Both part of the oft-challenged Wrinkle in Time Series)
9)Visit/Live: Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey or The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (England or New Zealand)
10)Heritage: Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes by Gordon B. Hinckley (Our ancestors came over from England around the same time and migrated to Utah with the Mormon Pioneers). Or Physik by Angie Sage. She's from England too.
15 points
1)Same Age: Indignation by Philip Roth
2)Local Author: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson (we work at the same University)
3)Field of Study: Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business by Patrick Lencioni
4)GR Author: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
5)Admired Person: Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage
6)Wanted Studies: Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Use by William Brohaugh (I haven't had an English class since Grade 12, but etymology is cool)
7)Hated Author: Eragon by Christopher Paolini 3rd attempt at reading this. 1st successful attempt. I still don't like his writing style.
8)Sparknotes: The Consolation fo Philosphy by Boethius I only read a summary instead of the book for class. It was actually pretty good.
25 points
1)700 Pages: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2)Same Name: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry
3)Different Religion: Buddha: His Life and Teachings by Walter Henry Nelson
4) Normally Wouldn't read: The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy (I'm definitely not into cheap horror fiction)
Current total: 355 Points
Disclaimer: Some of these fit more than one category, so they may be switched if I read another that falls in the same category. Also, I've read other books that may fill categories already filled (especially books I own, female main characters, and other easy categories). The full list in on my profile.
5 points-
1)Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream -- Hunter S. Thompson
2)Dubliners -- James Joyce
3)The Great Gatspy -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
4)2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl -- Daniel Pinchbeck
5)Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time -- Rob Sheffield
6)female lead character
7)Uglies (Uglies, Book 1) -- Scott Westerfeld
8)Viper Rum -- Mary Karr
9)Ani Difranco: Verses -- Ani DiFranco
10)The Road -- Cormac McCarthy
10 points-
1)December -- Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
2)something -- Ernest Hemingway
3)How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater -- Marc Acito
5)Prozac Nation -- Elizabeth Wurtzel
6)Lolita -- Vladimir Nabokov
7)Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild -- Greg Palast
8)Slaughterhouse -- Five by Kurt vonnegut
9)After the Quake -- Haruki Murakami
15 points-
1)Norwegian Wood -- Haruki Murakami
2)Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, Book 1) -- Anne Rice
3)Women Who Run with the Wolves -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes or Man and His Symbols -- Carl Gustav Jung
5)Angela Davis: An Autobiography -- Angela Y. Davis
6)Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality -- Brad Warner
7)The Host: A Novel -- Stephenie Meyer
8)The Fountainhead -- Ayn Rand
25 points-
1)Quicksilver -- Neal Stephenson
2)On Death and Dying -- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
3)The Screwtape Letters -- C.S. Lewis
4)Men Are Better Than Women -- Dick Masterson
TOTAL: {35 points} -__-
I'm just adding the books as I complete them5 points-
1)love/heartA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
2)Irish:In the Woods
3)classic:Revolutionary Road
4)new author: I Capture the Castle
5)memoir:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight An African Childhood
6)woman:The Time Traveler's Wife
7)CS read:When You Are Engulfed in Flames
8)food/drink[book:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
9)last 5 years: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet A Novel (Jan 2009)
10) Own:Hannah's Dream A Novel
10 points
1)Name of month:Three Junes
2) Author birthday:The Women (December)
3)school/teacher ect:Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
4)book/movie:The Reader
5) medical condition:The Bell Jar (depression I suppose)
6)One word:Twilight
7)country/state:Galapagos
8) Banned book:The Grapes of Wrath
9)want to visit:The Shadow of the Wind (Barcelona)
10) same heritage:The Joke's Over Bruised Memories Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson and Me (Steadman and I are both Welsh)
15 points
1)same age:Tipping the Velvet (main character is 18-25, I'm 25 now)
2) local author:Starvation Heights A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest (Pacific Northwest)
3) field of studyThe Partly Cloudy Patriot (it is often tagged under sociology)
4) GR author: Jessica Z.
5) admired person:Alice Waters and Chez Panisse The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school Deadly Décisions (anthropology)
7) hated author:Franny and Zooey (hated Catcher in the Rye and still hate Salinger
8) sparknotes: The Winter of Our Discontent
25 points
1)700 pages:Angels & Demons
2)same name:Miracle at St. Anna
3)different religion:Shattered Dreams My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
4) normally wouldn't read:World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War (I don't care for apocalypse books...they all seem the same)
total: 375 pts
Here's my list, but I would love it if someone would tell me how to cross things off!5 points
1) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
2) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
5) Running with Scissors
7) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
8) The Cider House Rules by John Irving
9) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
10 points
1) A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
2) Mort by Terry Pratchett
3) The Professors' Wives Club by JoAnne Riddell (I know Professor isn't technically one of the words, but a professor is like an extreme teacher, could this still count)
4) Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsela
5) Second Glance by Jodi Picoult
6) Vurt by Jeff Noon
7) April in Paris by Michael Wallner
8) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
9) Sheep Chase by Haruki Muramaki
10) The Wreath (the author is Norwegian but I can't recall her name right now!)
15 points
1) Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Maya Hornbacher
2) Alma Mater by P.F. Kluge (I may actually be taking a class from this guy next semester as he works at my school!)
3) William Shakespeare: The World as a Stage by Bill Bryson
4) In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
5) Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
6) Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi
7) The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff
8) Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
25 points
1) Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2) North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
3) Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
4) Twilight (wasn't interested until the hype, now I want to know what's got everyone so worked up)
Points: 20
Reposting so all my points will be counted...
5 points-
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Dark Lover
2/19/09
2. Bard The Odyssey of the IrishUPDATE
3. Little Women
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2/4/09
5. Three Weeks with My Brother
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One for the Money
3/26/09
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Uglies
2/19/09
8. Like Water for ChocolateUPDATE
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The Lucky One
3/8/09
10. New Moon
10 points-
1. November of the Heart
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I Capture the Castle
5/11/09
3. Joe College
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Twilight
3/27/09
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Lover Eternal
3/14/09
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Pretties
2/24/09
7. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
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A Wrinkle in Time
3/3/09
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Bridget Jones's Diary
4/1/09
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray
15 points-
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
3/16/09
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Eragon
3/8/09
3. The Tax Inspector
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Good in Bed
4/26/09
5. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
6. Guitar Girl
7. Land's End A Walk in Provincetown
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Romeo and Juliet
4/13/09
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1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Castle Waiting
3. A Rabbi Talks With Jesus
4. In Cold Blood
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2. Bard The Odyssey of the IrishUPDATE
3. Little Women
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5. Three Weeks with My Brother
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8. Like Water for ChocolateUPDATE
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10. New Moon
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3. Joe College
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7. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan
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10. The Picture of Dorian Gray
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5. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
6. Guitar Girl
7. Land's End A Walk in Provincetown
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1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Castle Waiting
3. A Rabbi Talks With Jesus
4. In Cold Blood
okay, my list is ready5 points
1. Valentines Day: Love Walked In
2. St. Patricks Day: The Likeness A Novel
3. Classic: Anna Karenina
4. Author I've Never Read: Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country
5. Memoir: A Long Way Gone Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
6. Women's History Month: Girl with a Pearl Earring
7. CS Group Read: Jessica Z.
8. Food/Drink: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
9. Written In Last 5 Years: Dead as a Doornail
10. Already Own: Everything Is Illuminated A Novel
10 Points
2. Same Birthday Month: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
3. School Words: Educating Esme Diary of a Teacher's First Year
5. Medical Condition: Angelhead My Brother's Descent into Madness
6. One Word Title: Love A Novel
9. Place to Visit: True History of the Kelly Gang A Novel (Austraila)
10. Heritage: Angela's Ashes
15 points
1. College Student: Franny and Zooey
2. Same State: Haunted Missouri A Ghostly Guide to the Show-Me-State's Most Spirited Spots
3. Field of Study: Losing My Faculties A Teacher's Story
4. Goodreads Author: Living Dead Girl
6. Subject to Study: Language Visible Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z
7. Author You Hate: Mistress of the Art of Death
8. High School: Shepherd of the Hills
25 points
3. Religion: The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
Total Points: 130
Let see I am working on a book with the word "teacher in the title in the 10 points section. I have to build up my list and add it as I go through the year.
Okay since it seems like Jamie may be a bit busy i decided to post another leader board :) Just a general note to everyone make sure you cross out what you've read, list the total # of points so far at the bottom and edit your own (instead of making a new post). If you click on "some html is ok" it tells you how to strike text, bold, ect. Sorry if i messed up on anyone's points or left someone out!Justine 180
Meghan 180
Bonnie 180
Kelsey 170
David 165
Verity 150
Anna 135
Tahleen 120
Emily S. 120
Mandy 115
Lynn 105
Lauren W. 90
Franzz 85
Ashley G. 85
Audrey 80
Lorianne 70
Sara 70
Heather 65
Lori 55
Allison 35
Jamie 25
Lauren 25
Linda 25
Amanda 20
Kathryn 20
Lis 20
Michelle 15
Laura I. 5
Liz 0
Summer 0
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And The School Year Challenge 5 Points
2. Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell
3. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
5. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
10 Points
1. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
6. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
7. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella
10. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
15 Points
2. Dune by Frank Herbert
5. Annie Besant An Autobiography by Annie Wood Besant
6. Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
7. Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
25 Points
2. (I Don't Know Yet)
Points: 230.
New Update!1.Anna 210
2.Kelsey 190
2.David 190
2.Meghan 190
3.Justine 185
4.Bonnie 180
5.Michelle K.160
6.Verity 150
7.Emily S. 145
8.Lynn 135
9.Tahleen 120
9.Linda 120
10.Mandy 115
11.Franzz 95
12.Lauren W. 90
13.Ashley G. 85
13.Lauren 85
14.Audrey 80
15.Lorianne 70
15.Sara 70
16.Heather 65
16.Lori 65
17.Allison 60 (keep a total at the bottom of your page)
18.Michelle W. 40
19.Jamie 35
19.Lis 35
20.Amanda 20
20.Kathryn 20
21.Michelle 15
22.Laura I. 5
23.Liz 0
23.Summer 0
Oooh! I can't believe I just found this. I've joined too many groups lately and haven't fully explored all the posts here. I'm so in.. I'll fill in my list as completely tonight as I can.Challenge Categories:
5 points-
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3)Gulliver's Travels
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5)Read a memoir - no clue yet...
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7)Slaughterhouse-Five
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3)The Writing Class
4)Tuck Everlasting
5) read a book that involves a medical condition(physical, mental, emotional) - not sure
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8)Candide
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10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)Tough one...
15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in
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5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure)
8)Heart of Darkness (only book I didn't read! grr I don't want to read it now even hehe)
25 points
1)The Winter Rose
2)First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
4)
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Hi guys-I'm going to try to do a weekly update...maybe biweekly when i get too busy. But here's the new one!
1.Annashu 240!!
2.Kelsey 215
2.Meghan 215
3.Anna 210
3.David 210
4.Michelle K.190
5.Justine 185
6.Bonnie 180
7.Emily S. 160
8.Verity 150
8.Lynn 150
9.Linda 135
10.Kristen 125
11.Tahleen 120
12.Mandy 115
13.Michelle W. 115
14.Franzz 95
15.Lauren W. 90
16.Ashley G. 85
16.Lauren 85
17.Audrey 80
17.Heather 80
18.Lori 75
19.Lorianne 70
19.Sara 70
20.Allison 60
21.Jamie 40
22.Lis 35
23.Michelle 25
24.Amanda 20
24.Kathryn 20
25.Laura I. 5
26.Liz 0
26.Summer 0
Good Job Everyone!
Props to Michelle W who went from 40 points to 115! and to Annashu for kicking everyone's butt!
Judith's challenge:(I'm just going to write the title and author for ones I've finished, and leave the challenge itself there if I haven't picked a book yet to make it easier in the future)
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1)read a book with the name of a month in it.
2) read a book with an author that has same birthday month as you
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4)read a book and then watch the movie adaptation
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8) read a banned/challenged book (http://deletecensorship.org/downloads...)
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10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)
15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
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5) Read a book about a person you admire
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7) read a book by an author you hate
8) read that book you were supposed to read in high school but instead used SparkNotes for
25 points
2)read a book with your name in the title or is by an author with your same name.
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
4) read a book that you would normally never consider picking up (something daunting, something that is a genre you hate. Etc.)
Points: 185
I'm joining in! Better late than never?5 points-
1) Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2) The Untouchable, by John Banville
3) The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov
5) James Boswell's London Journal
7) Read a CS group read (either past or present)
9) Read a book written in the last 5 years
Subtotal: 4/10 = 20/50 points
10 points
1) Read a book with the name of a month in it.
2) Probably something by Philip Roth
3) Old School, by Tobias Wolff
4) Read a book and then watch the movie adaptation
6) Herzog, by Saul Bellow
8) Candide, by Voltaire
10) Read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)
Subtotal: 3/10 = 30/100 points
15 points
1) Read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
2) Probably something by Paul Theroux
4) Read a book written by a GoodReads author
5) Read a book about a person you admire
7) Doris Lessing as scifi writer, here we go
Subtotal: 3/8 = 45/120 points
25 points
1) Read a book with over 700 pages
2) This one is impossible :( Can't find anything.
Subtotal: 2/4 = 50/100 points
Total: 12/32 = 145/370 points
So Lori closed the comments on this thread, so I'll just have to edit my last post for our weekly update!Weekly Update!(5/6)
1.Annashu 270!!
2.Kelsey 240
3.Michelle K.230
4.Meghan 215
5.Anna 210
5.David 210
6.Justine 185
7.Bonnie 180
8.Emily S. 165
9.Verity 155
10.Lynn 150
11.R. 145
12.Judith 140
13.Linda 135
14.Kristen 125
15.Tahleen 120
15.Mandy 115
15.Michelle W. 115
16.Sara 100
17.Franzz 95
18.Lauren W. 90
19.Ashley G. 85
19.Lauren 85
20.Audrey 80
20.Heather 80
21.Lori 75
22.Lorianne 70
23..Allison 60
24.Jamie 40
25.Lis 35
26.Michelle 25
27.Amanda 20
27.Kathryn 20
28.Liz 10
29.Laura I. 5
30.Summer 0
Weekly Update (5/16)
1.Annashu 295!!
2.Kelsey 240
3.Michelle K.230
4.Meghan 215
5.Anna 210
5.David 210
6.Bonnie 205
7.Verity 195
8.Justine 185
8.Emily S. 185
9.Lynn 180
10.R. 145
10.Linda 145
11.Judith 140
11.Kristen 140
12.Tahleen 120
13.Mandy 115
13.Michelle W. 115
14..Allison 105
15.Sara 100
16.Franzz 95
17.Lauren W. 90
17.Lori 90
18.Ashley G. 85
18.Lauren 85
19.Audrey 80
19.Heather 80
20.Lorianne 70
21.Jamie 40
21.Michelle V. 40
22.Lis 35
23.Amanda 20
23.Kathryn 20
24.Liz 15
25.Laura I. 5
26.Summer 0
Props to Allison who went from 60 points to 105! Nice work everyone :)
Weekly Update 6/19
1.Annashu 345!!
2.David 245
3.Kelsey 240
4.Emily S. 235
4.Bonnie 235
5.Michelle K.230
6.Meghan 215
7.Verity 200
7.Justine 200
8.Lynn 180
9.Judith 175
9.Michelle W. 175
10.Tahleen 155
11.R. 145
11.Linda 145
12.Kristen 140
13.Allison 130
14.Lori 120
15.Mandy 115
16.Sara 100
17.Franzz 95
18.Lauren W. 90
19.Ashley G. 85
19.Lauren 85
20.Audrey 80
20.Heather 80
21.Lorianne 70
21.Michelle V. 70
22.Jamie 45
23.Lis 35
24.Amanda 20
24.Kathryn 20
25.Liz 15
26.Laura I. 5
27.Summer 0
5 points-1)
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5)Read a memoir - no clue yet...
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7)Slaughterhouse-Five
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10 points
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3)The Writing Class
4)Tuck Everlasting
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8)Candide
9)
10)read a book written by someone of your same heritage (i.e. Belgian, Swiss, whatever)Tough one...
15 points
1)read a book that has a college student as the main character or is a person that is near your age
2) read a book from an author that was born/or had lived in your state/geographical area
3) read a book about/relating to the particular field of study you are in/were in
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5) Read a book about a person you admire
6) Read a book about a subject you wish you could have studied in school
7) read a book by an author you hate (Maybe you just got turned off by one book and he/she is actually a good author... you might have just read the one bad book? Or maybe your hatred is waranted.. either way you'll know for sure)
8)Heart of Darkness (only book I didn't read! grr I don't want to read it now even hehe)
25 points
1)The Winter Rose
2)First Rider's Call by Kristen Britain
3)read a book about a different religion than you are
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