Pick-a-Shelf discussion

1.1 Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books):

teen
teen-fiction
poetry
graphic-novel
graphic-novels
children
children-books
childrens
children-s
childrens-books
children-s-books
philosophy

1.2 20 points: being the first month of the New Year: read an author's first novel (ie. debut novel)

1.3 30 points: 26 January is Australia Day: Read a book written by an Australian author or where it is mostly set in Australia

1.4 20 points: Second Monday in January (10th in 2011) is Coming of Age Day in Japan: Read a manga or YA books set in Japan (or for the main protagonist to at least visit Japan in the story - flashbacks do not count)


1.5 30 points: Third Monday in January (17th in 2011) is Martin Luther King, Jr Day in the US: Read a book with civil rights as the theme or written by African American author.


Challenge 1.2: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 1.3: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points
Challenge 1.4: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 1.5: 1 books @ 30 points each = 30 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 4 books @ 25 points each = 100 points
Mini SAT: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points

January READS:

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
The Book of Awesome: Snow Days, Bakery Air, Finding Money in Your Pocket, and Other Simple, Brilliant Things
Secret Daughter
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Marked
Memoirs of a Geisha
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

thriller
thrillers
guilty-pleasures
sf-fantasy
science-fiction-fantasy
scifi-fantasy
sci-fi-fantasy
contemporary
contemporary-fiction
music
english
erotica

2.2 20 points: Groundhog Day (2nd): Read a book with animal/s on the cover or about animal/s or main character is an animal (mythical creatures acceptable)

2.3 20 points: Valentine's Day (14th): Read a book with cholocate / candy / heart / mostly red / pink on cover
Inheritance of Loss

2.4 30 points: February being Library Lovers' Month: Read a book involving a library (eg. librarian character -not necessarily the main protagonist, set in the library or at least for a character to visit the library, etc) AND (optional) express your love for your library: How to Love your Library

2.5 30 points: Reading around the world:
Read a book written by an author from* or where it is mostly set in a country of your choosing but... your choice for this month is limited to a country where the first initial starts with the letters a, b, c, d, e. Use only this List of Countries for this challenge
*either by birth / currently residing or if they have passed away, where they are interred.

Challenge 1.2: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 1.3: _ books @ 30 points each = _ points
Challenge 1.4: _ books @ 20 points each = _ points
Challenge 1.5: _ books @ 30 points each = _ points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): _ books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): _ books @ 25 points each = points
Mini SAT: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 50 points
Monthly BONUS Challenge: 30

February Reads:
Definitely Dead
Lolita
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
While I Was Gone
Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
The Associate

For my own reference:

January Points:
1.2: 2 books @ 20 points each = 40 points
Challenge 1.3: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points
Challenge 1.4: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 1.5: 2 books @ 30 points each = 60 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 4 books @ 25 points each = 100 points
Mini SAT: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
January: 25 points
SUBTOTAL: 295

February
Challenge 2.1: MINI SAT 50 points
Challenge 2.2: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 2.3: 1 book @ 20 points each = points
Challenge 2.4: 3 books @ 30 points each = points
Challenge 2.5: 1 books @ 30 points each = points

Wide (Science shelf) 0 books @ 25 points each =
Mini SAT: 4 books for February shelves = + 50 points
February midmonth 30 points
GRANDTOTAL 445 points

3.1 Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books):

paranormal
2007
anthologies
anthology
fiction
ya-fiction
ya
ya-lit
contemporary-romance
harlequin
american
american-history

3.2 20 points - Read the Month: "The name of March comes from ancient Rome, when March was the first month of the year and named Martius after Mars, the Roman god of war": Read a book that contains, either in title, character, or author’s name, a Roman god’s / goddess’ name from below list (exact spelling please):

12 Major Roman gods / goddesses:
Apollo
Bacchus
Ceres
Cupid
Diana
Fauna
Flora
Fortuna
Janus
Juno
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Minerva
Neptune
Pluto
Saturn
Venus
Vesta
Vulcan

3.3 20 points - Reading the Rainbow: Read books with the following (predominantly) colored covers:

Red Inheritance of Loss
Orange
Yellow The Help
Green Picture Perfect
BlueLeft Neglected
Indigo
Violet

Note: there are 7 colors of the rainbow – you can read up to 5 books per challenge but to claim points for up to 5 books, read a different colored cover for this particular challenge.

3.4 30 points – 8th March is International Women’s Day to celebrate “the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present, and future”. Read a book either:

a. about women’s issues (ie. rights to vote, discrimination, violence, etc). It can be fiction / non-fiction, that’s up to you. AND / OR

b. biography / autobiography of those who championed women’s causes, for example Susan B. Anthony (US), Elizabeth Cady Stanton(US), Amelia Jenks Bloomer (US), Miles Franklin (AUS), Germaine Greer (AUS), Mary Wollstonecraft (UK), Mary Stopes (UK), etc... All of the above I garnered from lists of feminists on Wikipedia but please these are only examples.

3.5 30 points: Read around the world:
Read a book written by an author from* or where it is mostly set in a country of your choosing but... your choice for this month is limited to a country where the first initial starts with the letters P, Q, R, S, T. Use only this List of Countries for this challenge
*either by birth / currently residing or if they have passed away, where they are interred.

January Points:
1.2: 3 books @ 20 points each = 60 points
Challenge 1.3: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points
Challenge 1.4: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 1.5: 2 books @ 30 points each = 60 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 4 books @ 25 points each = 100 points
Mini SAT: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
January: 25 points
SUBTOTAL: 295

February
Challenge 2.1: MINI SAT 50 points
Challenge 2.2: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 2.3: 1 book @ 20 points each = points
Challenge 2.4: 3 books @ 30 points each = points
Challenge 2.5: 1 books @ 30 points each = points

Wide (Science shelf) 0 books @ 25 points each =
Mini SAT: 4 books for February shelves = + 50 points
February midmonth 30 points

March
Challenge 3.1: 0 books = 0 points
Challenge 3.2: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 3.3: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 3.4: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 3.5: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 0 books @ 50 points each = 0 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 0 books @ 25 points each = 0 points
Mini SAT bonus: 0 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
Monthly Challenge: First book on my TBR @ 100 points = 100 points
03 ROAR total: 120 points

RUNNING TOTAL:585

April (for reference)

1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books):

young-adult
young-adult-fiction
relationships
juvenile
juvenile-fiction
picture-book
picturebooks
picture-books
2006
kids
kids-books
theory

2. National Poetry Month (US/Canada): 20 points for each book of poems BUT for the really overly ambitious, receive an additional 100 bonus points if you read 5 books of poems that were written in different centuries

3. April Fools Day: 20 points for reading ‘humorous’ book or one written by a comedian
I Am America and So Can You! by Stephen Colbert

4. complete

5. Celebrate Easter for 30 points:
You may do a and /or b for up to 5 books
a. Religious Feast: Read a book with word in title / picture on cover of the following:
Jesus, Christ, Cross, Death, Rise, Life, Bread, Wine, Blood, Lamb, Good, Holy
b. Secular Feast: Read a book with words in title / pictures on cover of the following:
Bunny, Rabbit, Hare, Spring, Basket, Life, Egg, Chocolate, Candy, Gift, Hide, Hunt

January Points:
Challenge 1.1:
Challenge 1.2: 100 points completed!
Challenge 1.3: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points
Challenge 1.4: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 1.5: 2 books @ 30 points each = 60 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 4 books @ 25 points each = 100 points
Mini SAT: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
BONUS: 25 points
SUBTOTAL: 355

February
Challenge 2.1: MINI SAT 50 points
Challenge 2.2: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 2.3: 0 book @ 0 points each = points
Challenge 2.4: 0 books @ 0 points each = points
Challenge 2.5: 2 books @ 60 points each = 60 points

Wide (Science shelf) 0 books @ 25 points each =
Mini SAT: 4 books for February shelves = + 50 points
February BONUS: 30 points
SUBTOTAL:210

March
Challenge 3.1: 0 books = 0 points
Challenge 3.2: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 3.3: 3 books @ 20 points each = 60 points
Challenge 3.4: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 3.5: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 0 books @ 25 points each = 0 points
Mini SAT bonus: 0 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
BONUS = 100 points
SUBTOTAL: 210 points

April
Challenge 4.1: 5 books = 50 points
Challenge 4.2: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 4.3: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 4.4a: 2 books @ 20 points each = 40 points
Challenge 4.4b: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 4.4c: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 4.4d: 2 books @ 80 points each = 160 points
Challenge 4.4e: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 4.5: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 1 books @ 25 points each = 25 points
Mini SAT bonus: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 50 points
BONUS = 40 points
SUBTOTAL: 415
04 ROAR total: 1190 points

1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):

scifi
sci-fi
science-fiction
sf
20th-century
religion
short-stories
mysteries
mystery
mystery-suspense
mystery-thriller
christian-fiction

2. Winner of You Choose, Karen (of the Bookworm), Task on Election in May for 30 points: Read a political themed book (which can include biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, history, etc)
I Am America and So Can You! by Stephen Colbert

3. In May: VE Day, Europe Day, and Holocaust Remembrance Day: For 30 points: Read a book on, during and / or about Wold War 2 BUT only in European setting.
The Boy in The Striped Pajamas

4. 2010 GR Choice Awards: For 20 points: Read a book which either has won or was nominated for an award of your choice of category BUT to claim up to 5 books, read from 5 different categories.
Note: some books maybe have won or been nominated for different categories however that still counts only as one but you can choose which category to claim that one on.
Sizzling Sixteen

5. 25 May is Towel Day (a tribute to Douglas Adams): For 20 points: Read books to spell “TOWEL” either by title or author’s first / last name BUT only in (Outer) Space setting. For the Really Overly Ambitious: Bonus 100 points, if you choose one category only (eg. Only spell towel by first name of authors etc)

BONUS:
Sort Stories

January Points:
Challenge 1.1:
Challenge 1.2: 100 points completed!
Challenge 1.3: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points
Challenge 1.4: 0 books @ 20 points each = 0 points
Challenge 1.5: 4 books @ 30 points each = 120 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 4 books @ 25 points each = 100 points
Mini SAT: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
BONUS: 25 points
SUBTOTAL: 295

February
Challenge 2.1: MINI SAT 50 points
Challenge 2.2: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 2.3: 0 book @ 0 points each = points
Challenge 2.4: 1 books @ 30 points each = 30 points
Challenge 2.5: 1 books @ 30 points each = 30 points

Wide (Science shelf) 0 books @ 25 points each =
Mini SAT: 4 books for February shelves = + 50 points
February BONUS: 30 points
SUBTOTAL:210

March
Challenge 3.1: 0 books = 0 points
Challenge 3.2: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 3.3: 3 books @ 20 points each = 60 points
Challenge 3.4: 1 books @ 30 points each = 30 points
Challenge 3.5: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 0 books @ 25 points each = 0 points
Mini SAT bonus: 0 books for ‘month’ shelves = 0 points
BONUS = 100 points
SUBTOTAL: 240 points

April
Challenge 4.1: 5 books = 50 points
Challenge 4.2: 0 books @ 0 points each = 0 points
Challenge 4.3: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 4.4:220 completed
Challenge 4.5: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 1 books @ 25 points each = 25 points
Mini SAT bonus: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves = 50 points
BONUS = 40 points
SUBTOTAL: 455

May
Challenge 5.1:
Challenge 5.2: 1 books @ 30 points each = 30 points
Challenge 5.3: 1 books @ 30 points each = 30 points
Challenge 5.4: 1 books @ 20 points each = 20 points
Challenge 5.5: 0 books @ 30 points each = 0 points

Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 books @ 50 points each = 50 points
Wide (Monthly shelf): 2 books @ 25 points each = 50 points
Mini SAT bonus: 4 books for ‘month’ shelves =
BONUS = 961 points
SUBTOTAL: 1141
05 ROAR total: 2341 points

1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):

general
general-fiction
action
action-adventure
college
business
school
stories
horror
memoir
memoirs
economics

2. 30 points: Read a book about this movement or written by LGBT authors.

3. Spelling Bee (31 May - 2 June 2011): We love our spelling / reading games so choose a word from this list and read a book (your choice of title / author names but be consistent for the one word)

(20)M - Madame Tussaud
(20)A -
(20)I - Inheritance of Loss
(20)N -
(20)T -
(50)E -
(50)N -
(50)A -
(50)N -
(50)C -
(50)E -

Completion = 2 times 850 points =

4. 20 points each plus 100 bonus once completed

Summer -
Winter -
Autumn -
Spring -
Tropic or Season -

5. 20 points: Father's Day: Read books you have gifted / are giving to a father* OR books of interests** to them.

Lauren wrote: "3. Spelling Bee (31 May - 2 June 2011): We love our spelling / reading games so choose a word from this list and read a book (your choice of title / author names but be consistent for the one word)

(20)M - Madame Tussaud
(20)U -
(20)L -
(20)T -
(20)I -
(50)T -
(50)A -
(50)S -
(50)K -
(50)I -
(50)N -
(50)G -

Lauren,

Where did you find the word "multitasking"? I was looking for 12 letter words on the list, and I couldn't find many. In fact, I don't see that one. You must've found another part of the list that I missed.

Hmmmm...Susan you're right I'm not sure how I ended up with Multitasking since it clearly isn't on the list. I guess that is what I get for multitasking while planning my reading ;) I was trying to find a word with an "m" in it and must have somehow lost sight of the list. I will go back to the list an pick a new word. Thanks for the reminder....I do want to play by the rules!

Alright MAINTENANCE is my new word, 11 letters but it has an "m" in it! :)

Lauren wrote: "Hmmmm...Susan you're right I'm not sure how I ended up with Multitasking since it clearly isn't on the list. I guess that is what I get for multitasking while planning my reading ;) I was trying to..."

Shoot. I was hoping you'd found another part of the list I'd missed.