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Febuary ROAR2.1 Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books): (50 points)
thriller - the face of deception
thrillers - the face of deception
guilty-pleasures - Burning Up
sf-fantasy - the time machine
science-fiction-fantasy - the time machine
scifi-fantasy - the time machine
sci-fi-fantasy - the time machine
contemporary - curious incident
contemporary-fiction - curious incident
music - bel canto
english - curious incident
erotica - Burning Up
2.2 20 points: Groundhog Day (2nd) (3 book @ 20 points = 60 points): Read a book with animal/s on the cover or about animal/s or main character is an animal (mythical creatures acceptable)
Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
Bengal's Heart (tiger on cover)
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic (dogs on cover, primarily about dogs)
Coyote's Mate (coyote on cover/in title)
Kitty Goes to Washington - Jaguar on cover - posted in April
2.3 20 points: Valentine's Day (14th) (3 books @ 20 points = 60 points):
Read a book with cholocate / candy / heart / mostly red / pink on cover
heart - The Gargoyle
heart - Bad Case of Loving You
red/pink cover - Hot Mail
Kitty Goes to Washington - mostly red/pink - posted in April
The Accidental Time Machine - mostly red, posted in April
2.4 30 points: February being Library Lovers' Month (4 book @ 30 points = 120 points):
The Help - the mc Skeeter visits the White people's library to get books for the black maid several times during the course of the book; also finds a copy of the Jim Crow laws while there, which helps to change her perception of what is going on in Mississippi
Goddess Boot Camp - Phoebe goes to the library at her school to try and find out more information about what happened to her father who died a few years prior (who was a descendent of a God)
Matched - while only a small scene in the book, the trip that Cassia takes to the old library which has been destroyed by society acts as a signal for seeing changes and issues within society
Librarian By Day
Winter Garden - Vera works at the library in russia in the days leading up to the battle of leningrad
2.5 30 points: Reading around the world (5 book @ 30 points = 150 points):
Canada - The Gargoyle
Brazil - Blood of the Wicked
Botswana - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Australia - Unicorn's Peril
Albania - Chronicle in Stone: A Novel
Wide (1 book @ 50 points = 50 points)
The Help - paperback is 544 pages
Monthly (Monthly Shelf) (2 book @25 points = 50 points):
The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
Mid-Month - (1 book @ 25 points = 25 points):
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic - - year of the dog
Previous Months Roar Challenges Updates
1.2 - 1 book @ 20 points
1.5 - 1 book @ 30 points
3.1 Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books) - Complete with 4 books (50 points complete + 50 points less than 5 books) = 100 points: paranormal - Oh. My. Gods.
2007 - Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
anthologies - An Enchanted Season
anthology - An Enchanted Season
fiction - Lawless
ya-fiction - Oh. My. Gods.
ya - Oh. My. Gods.
ya-lit - Oh. My. Gods.
contemporary-romance - Lawless
harlequin - Lawless
american - Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
american-history - Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
3.2 20 points - (2 book @ 20 points = 40 points):
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
Lawless - Diana Palmer - author
Goddess of Love - features Venus and Vulcan (posted in April ROAR)
Juno's Daughters: A Novel
Goddess of Light - features apollo; artemis and appearances for various other
Warrior Rising - features Venus, Athena and Hera
3.3 20 points - Reading the Rainbow: Read books with the following (predominantly) colored covers (5 books @ 20 points = 100 points) CATEGORY COMPLETE:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
- predominently yellow
- predominently violet
- green cover
- predominently red cover
- blue cover3.4 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 (1 book @ 30 points = 30 points):
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
The Quilter's Legacy - told in flashbacks to her mother who was influenced by a women's rights/union rights activist
A Time For Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington D.C., 1917 - a diary of a young girl who participating in the suffragette movement in Washington DC
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.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
3.5 30 points: Read around the world (4 book @ 30 points = 120 points):
Countries - P, Q, R, S, T.
Miracle in Seville - Spain
The Girl Who Played with Fire - Sweden
Faceless Killers - Sweden
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Sweden
Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense - Russia
Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 3 book @ 50 points each = 150 points
The Girl Who Played with Fire
I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Wide (Monthly shelf): 3 books @ 25 points each = 75 points
Oh. My. Gods.
Goddess Boot Camp
Marked
Mid-Month Challenge (100 points):
While My Sister Sleeps - showed up top on the random order of TBR
From Previous Challenges
1.4 - 1 book @ 20 points = 20 points
2.2 - 1 book @ 20 points = 20 points
2.4 - 1 book @ 30 points = 30 points
April ROAR1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books) 100 points:
young-adult - the giving tree
young-adult-fiction
relationships - the giving tree
juvenile - the giving tree
juvenile-fiction - the giving tree
picture-book - the giving tree
picturebooks - the giving tree
picture-books - the giving tree
2006 - the giving tree
kids - the giving tree
kids-books - the giving tree
theory - the prince
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
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
3. April Fools Day: 20 points for reading ‘humorous’ book or one written by a comedian
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
A Dirty Job
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
4. This month we will also be celebrating World Health & Earth Days, your choice of classes are (5 books @ 50 points = 250 points):
a. Introductory (20 pts): Read an ebook of your choice
b. Beginner (35 pts): Read a book in relation to health (physical / mental) or the environment
c. Intermediary (50 points): Read any book you want (but it has to be one you owned or borrowed from library or one you received from a bookswap etc - any books purchased BRAND NEW in 2011 do not qualify for this challenge) and walk the number of pages (ie. for 500 pages, walk 500 steps).
Drawing in the Dust - bought 2010 - 416 pages
Hannah's List - bought 2010 - 412 pages
Think Twice - library - 374 pages
Rules of Prey - bought 2009 - 368 pages
Angels' Blood - bought 2010 - 339 pages
d. Advance (80 points): Read any book you want (but it has to be one you owned or borrowed from library or one you received from a bookswap etc - any books purchased BRAND NEW in 2011 do not qualify for this challenge) and walk 5 minutes for every 10,000 words.
e. Really Overly Ambitious (200 points): Listen to an audio book whilst taking a walk / a jog.
You may choose a different class for each book
5. Celebrate Easter for 30 points (3 books @ 30 points = 90 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
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Death by Misfortune
Angels' Blood
Bone Crossed
Washington: A Life
Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 book @ 50 points each = 50 points
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Wide (Monthly shelf): 2 books @ 25 points each = 50 points
The Prince
Graceling
Mid-Month Challenge:
- hands on the cover - 40 pointsFrom Previous Challenges:
1.1 - Mini SAT - 4 books - 50 points completing +50 points bonus
2.2 1 book @ 20 points = 20 points
2.3 2 books @ 20 points = 40 points
3.2 - 1 book @ 20 points = 20 points
Mod
Where did you get a copy of the April ROAR challenge? I've been looking for in, and it's not showing up on my main page!
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Thanks!
1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less): scifi - the time machine
sci-fi - the time machine
science-fiction - the time machine
sf - the time machine
20th-century - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
religion
short-stories - a touch of dead
mysteries - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
mystery - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
mystery-suspense - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
mystery-thriller - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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)
In the Country of Men
The Wordy Shipmates
Washington: A Life
Between Shades of Gray - about Stalin's annexation of the baltic states and what he did to the people
Last of the pirates: The Search for Bob Denard - about the individual responsible for overthrowing the goverment twice in the Comoros, as well as allegedly being involved in coups in several other countries
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.
Winter Garden - significant flashbacks to Russia during WW2 and the Battle of Leningrad
Chronicle in Stone: A Novel - set in Albania in the lead up to and during WW2
The Hiding Place - set in the Netherlands/Germany during WW2
Between Shades of Gray - set in Lithuania during WW2 and post...when Russia annex'es them as part of their war effort
Patton's Panthers: The African-American 761st Tank Battalion In World War II
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.
Favorite Heroine - Silver Borne
Romance - Play of Passion
Fiction - Winter Garden
Cover Art - The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel
Paranormal Fantasy - Succubus Shadows
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)
T - Tymber Dalton - Acquainted with the Night
O
W
E
L - Linnea Sinclair - Gabriel's Ghost
Thick (1 books @ 50 points)
Washington: A Life
Wide (3 books @ 25 points each = 50 points)
The Wordy Shipmates
Triangle
Washington: A Life
Mid-Month
Stuff My Stocking: M/M Romance Stories that are Nice and… Naughty (25 stories) - Finished - 5/23
A Shiney New Toy by M.J. O'shea
Thick as Theives by Brian Jackson
Leaking Pipes by Deanna Wadsworth
Christmas in the sandbox by Missy Welsh
Crying Wolf
The New Man's Army by Michael S.
Rommy and Jules by Xara X. Xanakas
The Conquerors by Mark Alders
A Wish for Jamie by Em Woods
Pony Up by Rachel Haimowitz
Masters and Boyd by SJD Peterson
You Melted Me by Kari Gregg
A Bugger to Pack by Kim Dare
Junipter's Christmas Stocking by A.J. Llewellyn
Bobby's Christmas Gift by Serena Yates
Las Posadas by Ocotillo
Love Bound by Jessica Freely
In the city of Neverlover by Heinrich Xin
Christmas Gifts by William Cooper
In the Wind by Wren Boudreau
The Guttersnipe's Gift by Selah March
A Walk on the Wild side by Sarah Madison
Holiday Bonus by Stephani Hecht
Cocklebur's Christmas by Amy Lane
The Gift by Angela Benedetti
Shifting Sands (6 stories) - Finished - 5/27
Other Months
1.3 - 1 book @ 30 points
2.4 - 2 book @ 30 points
2.5 - 2 book @ 30 points
4.5 - 1 book @ 30 points
1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less): general - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
general-fiction - - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
action
action-adventure
college
business
school - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
stories
horror
memoir - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
memoirs - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
economics
2. 30 points: LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Pride Month as declared by Barack Obama on 1 June 2009. "The movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientation and gender identity, that diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientation and gender identity are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered"
Broken Rules
Pisces: From Behind That Locked Door
Taste
Acquainted with the Night
Criss Cross
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)
a. words with 5 letters or less: 20 points per book; OR
b. words with 6-10 letters: 20 points per book for the first 5 letters then 50 points per book for additional letter/s; OR for the Really Overly Ambitious
c. words with more than 10 letters: 20 points per book for the first 5 letters then 50 points per book for additional letter/s PLUS double (2x) your points upon completion
Maximum of 5 books per challenge rule is overrulled in this instance.
Example for option b: 'misspell' (8 letters): (20x5) + (50x3) = 250 points
Example for option c: 'interesting' (11 letters): [(20x5) + (50x6)] x2 = 800 points
C – Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
O - One Foot in the Grave
N - Netsuke
S - Succubus Heat
C - Catalyst
I - the Iron Duke
E - Entwined
N - the Night Strangers
T - Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
I - the Information Officer
O - Our Man Friday
U - Unveiled
S - the sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
4. 20 points: Opposites: Different parts of the world are experiencing different seasons. Let's celebrate our differences by reading seasonal books (by cover / word in title) of where you are located. For example, if you are in the US, read a summer-y covered book or book with 'summer' in the title OR if you are in Oz, read a winter-y covered book or book with 'winter' in the title.
Set during the summer - Along for the Ride
For 100 bonus points: Read 5 books to celebrate all seasons: summer, winter, autumn / fall, spring... and to make up to 5 books: 'tropics' (for word in title: 'tropic' or 'tropical' acceptable) or 'season' (seasons, seasonal, etc acceptable)
Summer Island
The Winter Sea
5. 20 points: Father's Day: Read books you have gifted / are giving to a father* OR books of interests** to them.
Seduction & Scandal - my dad has been a freemason as long as I can remember and they play a significant role in this book
*this can be your own father, your partner / father of your child, your father in law, etc... essentially any father figure you know
**It can be books on cars or camping or martial arts etc... wherever their interests lay
Thick (1 books @ 50 points)
Wide (4 books @ 25 points each = 100 points)
Baking Cakes in Kigali
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
The Cellist of Sarajevo
Frozen Assets
Mid-point
One Foot in the Grave (on popular books of friends as of 15June)
1. Mini SAT: Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less): fantasy
spirituality - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
nature
classic - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
classics - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
2000s
writing
children-s-literature
children-s-lit
childrens-picture-books
2003
all-time-favorites - zen and the art of motorcycle maintenace
2. 30 points: Independence Day (US, Canada, and quite a few countries) & Bastille Day:
Read books about / set during revolutionary era (of any countries). Fiction examples: Chains - Seeds of America 1 by Laurie Halse Anderson, The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, etc
Cannons at Dawn: The Second Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1779
Out of Shadows - Zimbabwe post revolution and how it was changing
Mockingjay
3. 30 points: Read around the world (k, l, m, n, o):
Nigeria - Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
Mauritius - The Last Brother
Malta - Information Officer
Kenya - Out of Africa
Laos - The Coroner's Lunch
4. 20 points: Read across generation:
1960's - Brothers of the Sea (1966)
1970's - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
1980's - The Place of the Skull1990's - A Small Death in Lisbon
2000's - The Doomsday Key
5. 20 points: New Seven Wonders of the World was announced on 07/07/2007. Choose 5 out of 7:
1. Great Wall of China, China: (fortification) read a book in connection with military / war
Patton's Panthers: The African-American 761st Tank Battalion In World War II
2. Petra, Jordan: (UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage.") read a book in connection with civilization / culture
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
3. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil: (considered the second largest Art Deco statue in the world) read a book in connection with art - Portrait of Seduction - Greta is an art forger/artist
5. Chichen Itza, Mexico: (Itzá in Spanish is often translated as "Brujas del Agua (Witches of Water)" but a more precise translation would be Magicians of Water) read a book in connection with magic / water
Succubus Shadows - magic was used by Eric/Seth and other immortals to rescue Georgina from the Oneri who had kidnapped her
6. Collosseum, Italy: (ampitheatre originally for entertainment) read a book in connection with entertainment - Chasin' Eight - Ava is an Actress
Thick
Wide
Chasin' Eight
Logan
Mid-Point
Unveiled
8.1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):2004
chick-lit
chicklit
adventure
political
politics
academic
art
adult
adult-fiction
biography
autobiography
8.2. Read around the world: 30 points:
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 u, v, w, x, y, z
Zimbabwe - Out of Shadows
Vatican City - The Secret Cardinal
Uzbekistan - Private Wars
Uganda - Waiting
Vanuatu - Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Use only this List of Countries for this challenge
8.3. Back to School (30 points): Choose your 5 subjects (books) for this month:
a. Ancient History: read a book set in / written before 16th century
b. Modern History: read a book set in / written after 16th century or after
Out of Shadows - set in 1980's
c. English: read book set in Great Britain
d. Mathematics: read a book of minimum pages of "your age with a 0 at the end" (ie. if you're 30, min of 300 pages) - i'm 29 - 290 pages - Ruthless - 409 pages
e. Personal Development, Health and Physical Education: read a book in connection with sports
Back in Black - novel featuring MMA
f. Science: read book which has forensic science, lab work or experimentation in the story - Seduction in Death - lab work to identify the drug used; blood analysis to identify the killer(s)
g. Geography: Information Officer - set in Malta
h. The Arts: Biography about a Musician, Actor, Photographer, designer
8.4. Proverbial sayings: Choose a proverb your parents / grandparents use a lot of the time, or just choose one and read words in title (exact match of words). 20 points per book for up to 5 books, 100 points bonus if completed with 5 books or less. No points applicable for any books over the 5 books limit (no penalty applicable either).
For example:
"Those who lose dreaming are lost" - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Those Who Save Us
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Are You There God It’s me Margaret
The Lost Symbol
"Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men" – Chinese proverb
Beauty and the Beast
She Walks in Beauty
On Account of Conspicuous Women: A Novel
The Children of Men
Sometimes Madness is Wisdom: Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald: A Marriage
The Goddess is in the Details: Wisdom for the Everyday Witch
8.5.Common Sense (20 points): Read book/s with words in title that relates to our senses (ie. sight, hearing, smell, taste, & touch). Synonyms / variables are acceptable, for example: see, listen, touching, etc.
edited to include author's names for this task
See - What You Can't See
Hear - Just Listen
Smell - The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Thick
Kushiel's Dart
Wide
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
Out of Shadows
Mid-Month
Read a book written by a Goodreads Author that is already on your to-read list prior to 15 August 2011 and whose birthday is in August --> 25 pts + 20 pts + 30 pts
Sandpipers' Secrets - finished - Aug 17
September ROAR1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):
childhood
childhood-favorites
2010
2008
21st-century
animals
historical
historical-fiction
historical-romance
lit
literature
crime
2. Banned Book Week: For 30 points read “banned” books
Tiger Eyes (87 on the 2000-2009 list)
Bridge to Terabithia (28 on the 2000-2009 list)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (99 on the 2000-2009 list)
The Face on the Milk Carton (29 on the 2000-2009 list)
Shine (only released this year and has shown up in several banned searches)
3. Talk like a Pirate Day: For 20 points per book, read books with each of the following
1 = The word PIRATE in the Title - Last of the Pirates
1 = With a picture of a ship / boat / jolly roger / parrot on the cover
1 = About Pirates or a character who is a pirate
1 = A picture of the ocean / a Beach / an island / treasure chest on the cover
1 = About an oceanic journey (plane ride across ocean does not count but we'll count survival stories, ie. an accident happen then they are floating in ocean etc)
Djibouti - underway with the pirates filming footage for her film
4. Peace Day: For 20 points, read books with either picture on cover or word in title related to peace symbolism.
To assist, here is a list of peace symbols on Wikipedia which includes the peace sign itself, dove & olive branch (which can be separated for this task), paper cranes, Shalom / Salaam, etc. If you know of others that aren’t on this list, as long as you can explain it, you can use it for this task.
5. Branching out: This task is worth 25 points per book.
Firstly, go to your read shelf, scroll down and sort it by ‘Random’ (20 books per page). Choose the book that is highest rated (if there is more than one, you have the privilege to choose one) and take note of the author. Go to this site: http://literature-map.com/, type in your chosen author and enter. From the results, choose an author to read one of this author’s books.
For subsequent books, use the previous author.
For example,
Author from my shelf (ie. ‘search’ author): Charles Dickens
1st author to read from: Ian McEwan
For my second book, I’d use ‘Ian McEwan’ as my ‘search’ author… 2nd author to read from: Sarah Waters, and so on…
Started with JK Rowling (highest rated book was 4.41)
Author 1 Sarah Dessen - Just Listen
Thick
Wonderstruck
Wide
The Arrival
Aya
Yossel, April 19, 1943
Wonderstruck
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel
Mid-Point
Dystopia - Unwind
1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):2005
fun
humor
friendship
science
parenting
nonfiction
non-fiction
language
education
psychology
reference
2 and 3. It’s Our Birthday: For 30 points per book - spell read
P - Prey
I - Iron Earth, Copper Sky
C - Cake
K - Keeping Promise Rock
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A - (The) Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf
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S - Sweet Magik
H - Hot for the Holidays
E - Eloquent Silence
L - Last of the Pirates
F - Female Caligula: Ranavalona, The Mad Queen of Madagascar
(10 letters = 10 books)
4. Halloween: For 20 points, read books (one each of the following):
• With black / orange cover
• Which has witch/es or monster/s or ghost/s
Cake (vampires)
• Classified as ‘horror’ / ‘gothic’ (ie. on the GR book page, ‘horror’ must be shown as one of the top shelves)
The Keeper
• Which has turnip / pumpkin / jack-o’-lanterns on cover OR the word ‘turnip’, ‘pumpkin’ or ‘jack’ on title
• Which has the word ‘trick’ or ‘treat’ in title (plurals, variables etc accepted, eg. The Treatment and the Cure; Trickster’s Choice, etc)
5. Children’s Book Week (UK) & International World Teacher’s Day: for 25 points, read books (one each of the following):
a. Have child/ren as main character/s
Brothers of the Sea
b. Have teacher / any other educator as main character (eg. Piano teacher, etc)
Life Lessons - Tony is a teacher
c. Mostly set at a school or similar setting
d. Have child/ren on cover
- 2 teens on the cover who are the focus on the storye. Have an apple on cover
Wide
What You Can't See
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
Thick
The Winter Sea
Mid-point
Bad Boy Cowboy (oct 08)
Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence (mystery and shelves)
November1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):
2009
suspense
christian
modern-fiction
travel
theology
vampires
series
drama
film
sports
cookbooks
2. 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 f, g, h, i, j
Grenada - DEATH BY DIVORCE (Book #2 in the Caribbean Murder Series)
Fiji - Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Iraq - Barefoot in Baghdad
3. 20 Points: Winner of You Choose, Karen (of the Bookworm): St Andrews Day is 30 Nov (being Scotland's patron saint)
Read a book by Scottish writer / set in Scotland / with a Scottish main character / involving golf
Changeless
4. Thanksgiving: For 20 points, read books:
a. Set / written in the 16th century (arguably first documented thanksgiving feasts conducted by Spaniards – Wikipedia)
b. Family-focused books either fiction / non-fiction
c. Which has (cooked) food on cover / name of (cooked) food in title (eg. Roast turkey, any types of cakes / cookies, sushi, etc)
d. Which has (fresh / uncooked) food on cover / name of (fresh / uncooked) food on cover (eg. Pumpkins, corns, strawberries, etc)
e. Which has the word ‘thank’ or ‘give’ in title (plurals, variables etc accepted, eg. Thanks for the Memories; The Giver: The Giver 1, etc)
You can choose to read one book from each of above options or 5 books from one of above options or combination.
5. International Men’s Day (/ Movember in OZ): for 25 points, read books:
In 2011 the theme for international Men's Day is 'boys' with the title, “Giving Boys The Best Possible Start In Life”. This theme asks people around the world to focus on five key challenges that boys all over the world experience in areas of health, education, family life, violence and life choices and to consider local solutions to the global problems that boys face.
a. Have at least one man with facial hair on cover
A Thread of Deepest Black
b. Have word of either ‘boys’ / ‘best’ / ‘possible’ / ‘start’ / ‘life’ in title
The Best Man
c. Have a male main character but written by a female, for example The Secret River, a Hercule Poirot mystery, etc
Clear Water
d. Classified as “coming of age” (ie. on the GR book page, ‘coming of age’ must be shown as one of the top shelves) but only for male characters, for example The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, etc
Wrestling with Desire
e. Ask a man in your life to recommend a book (could be father / brother / son / best friend etc)
Good Girls Don't
You can choose to read one book from each of above options or 5 books from one of above options or combination.
Wide
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Tiger Eyes
Bridge to Terabithia
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
The Face on the Milk Carton
Thick
December1. Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books or less):
comic-books
comics
manga
mythology
history
feminism
collection
self-help
inspirational
military
love
romance
The rest of the challenge is a catch-up reading before the end of the year – to make room on our shelves for new books in the new year ;p
2. 25 points per book: Non-ROAR challenge books – Read up to 5 books for any of your other reading challenges which is ending on or before 31 December 2011.
Wrestling with Desire - M/M Bingo Challenge
Finding Zach - M/M Bingo Challenge (and my team won!!)
Exposure - RRRC November PIFM
When You Dare - RRRC December PIFM
Barging In - M/M December PIFM
3. & 4. 25 points per book: 2011 shelves – Read up to 10 books found on any of the shelves picked in 2011. And yes, you can claim the bonus points for reading off the shelf of the month
Coming of Age - Wrestling with Desire
Anthology - The Guy Next Door
Western - Cowboy Casanova
Coming of Age - Shine
Coming of Age - Bear, Otter, and the Kid
Coming of Age - The Bronze Horseman
Western - Merciless
Childhood - Whatever Happened to Janie?
Anthology - Hot for the Holidays
Coming of Age - Along for the Ride
5. 25 points: **NEW** Books – Read up to 5 books that you bought or been given this year (2011). Note the past tense: no new purchases allowed! Only ones you’ve bought / been given between 1 January 2011 to 15 November 2011.
Exposure
Dragon Bound
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu
Wide
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Purity in Death
A Monstrous Regiment of Women
The Weight of Silence
Shine
The Best Man
When You Dare
Djibouti
Thick
The Bronze Horseman
Pick-a-Shelf
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1.1 Mini SAT: 50 points when you have read off the following 12 shelves (with 5 books) (4 books, 50 points for completing plus 50 points 4 books or less):
teen - Oh. My. Gods
teen-fiction - Oh. My. Gods
poetry - A Light In the Attic
graphic-novel - Persepolis
graphic-novels - Persepolis
children - A Light In the Attic
children-books - A Light In the Attic
childrens - A Light In the Attic
children-s - A Light In the Attic
childrens-books - A Light In the Attic
children-s-books - A Light In the Attic
philosophy - The Prince
1.2 20 points: 4@ 20 points = 80 points
being the first month of the New Year: read an author's first novel (ie. debut novel)
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Finding Nouf
Sacred Fate
Nicholas
The Gargoyle - posted in Feb points
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
Unicorn's Peril - Australian author/set mostly in Australia (fantasy)
A Note in the Margin - set in Australia
The Book and the Rose - Australian author
The Arrival - Australian author
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)
Heart of a Samurai - posted in Mar books
1.5 30 points: 1 @ 30 points = 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.
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
The Help
Bonus Pointers:
Thick (>500 pages): 1 book @ 50 points each = 50 points
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Wide (Monthly shelf): 1 books @ 25 points each = 25
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Total for Month - 50+25+30+80 = 185