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Read a general book: 1 point per book
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
**Sign up and take part in the December readathon: 25 points (plus the points for each book you read, calculated by type, ie. group, genre, mini, buddy)
Definitions:
A GENERAL book is any book you read this month (not covered by another category).
A GROUP READ book is limited to the books nominated and chosen by the group and discussed in the Group Read folder.
A GENRE Challenge book is any book that fits the Genre of the Month.
MINI-CHALLENGE books are 3 points each. There is an additional 10 point bonus for completing a challenge that involves several books.
So, the Word Association Challenge is a 3 pointer, because it only requires one book. But something like the Continental Challenge could get you 34 points upon completion. (3 for each category, plus 10 point bonus for finishing)
Yay!!! I love this challenge. I will post my section when I get to a computer.
Fun stuff! :DTOTAL POINTS: 49
Read a general book: 1 point per book
-Joy to the World: The Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols by Kenneth Osbeck; READ 12/12/14 (1)
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd; READ 12/29/14
-Heartburn by Nora Ephron; READ 12/9/14
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
-Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare; READ 12/8/14
-The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson; READ 12/12/14
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
-84, Charing Cross Road; READ 12/3/14
-To the Lighthouse; READ 12/30/14
-Holes by Louis Sachar; READ 12/31/14
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
-The Charioteer by Mary Renault; READ 12/2/14
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
-Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian; READ 12/15/14
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Complete Multi Book Challenge: (10 points)December's
December Read-a-ton (25 points)
Read a general book: 1 point per book1. The Siege
2. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
Sign up and take part in the December readathon: 25 points (plus the points for each book you read, calculated by type, ie. group, genre, mini, buddy)
Signed up.
TOTAL: 27 POINTS
Stephanie's December Point ChallengeTotal Points: 33
General: 3 point
Doctor Who: Fear of the Dark
Doctor Who: Engines of War
Doctor Who: Festival of Death
December Readathon: 25 points + 5 points
Doctor Who: Last of the Gaderene
Doctor Who: Silhouette
Doctor Who: The Blood Cell
Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror
Metamo Kiss: Volume 2
Kassandra's Point Challenge - DecemberTOTAL - 57
General book (1 point per book)
-Surviving Henry: Adventures in Loving a Canine Catastrophe
-Plan B
-The Year I Met You
-The Tao of Pooh
Group read book (5 points per book)
Genre challenge book (3 points per book)
Mini-challenge (3 points per book)
Multi-book mini-challenge (3 points per book/10 points for completion)
-The Canterville Ghost
-Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys
-A Monster Calls
-Trainspotting
-The 6th Extinction
-The Princess Bride
-challenge completed December 22nd (10 points)
Sign up and take part in the December readathon: 25 points (plus the points for each book you read, calculated by type, ie. group, genre, mini, buddy) - 25
I'm looking for a good short book with no E's in the title. Any suggestions?
Total Points: 55.5 pointsRead a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
The Gift of the Magi
Read a general book: 1 point per book
The Miniaturist
Big Little Lies
Coraline
Grimms Fairy Tales
Stardust
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
Life of Pi
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
Beloved
The Girl With Glass Feet
A Christmas Carol
The Rook
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
Completed TBR Pile Challenge in December!
**Sign up and take part in the December readathon: 25 points
Signed up
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a buddy read book: 5 points per book you read with a buddy
Sandy wrote: "Melissa wrote: "I'm looking for a good short book with no E's in the title. Any suggestions?"A Christmas Carol
The Crying of Lot 49 (don't know if it's good or not, but i..."
Kassandra wrote: "How short is short Melissa?"
Kassandra, under 200 pages, maybe.
Sandy, I'm adding all those books to my To-Read Pile and see what happens in December. Also added Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Thanks for your help!!!
The Crying of Lot 49 makes The Charioteer seem like child's play. It's fairly incomprehensible even for a short book. I would go with Botchan, Melissa. I think you'd enjoy it.
Sandy wrote: "I'm glad you are familiar with that, Aitziber. I was just trolling through Listopia lists of short books, looking for the absence of E in the title. I did notice that The Crying of Lot 49 is "exper..."I would call it post-modernist, rather than experimental. Not that the two terms are incompatible, but the kind of experiments done with TCOL49 are fully in line with definitions of post-modernism.
I'd love to say "It's not a bad book" or "It's a good book", but I read it for school and I'm still not sure what I think of it or even what it's about. :P
Melissa wrote: "Then Botchan it is! :D Thanks!"
You're welcome! I hope you enjoy it!
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Sign up and take part in the December readathon: 25 points
A Short History of Literary English, by W. F. Bolton: 1 point
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking: 1 point
Reservation Blues, by Sherman Alexie: 1 point
84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff: 5 points
Naked Heat, by Richard Castle: 1 point
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens: 3 points (Holiday Mini Challenge)
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, by Helene Hanff: 1 point
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TOTAL POINTS: 76.5
Read a general book: 1 point per book
- Herland: 1
- The Duke's Children: 1
Read a "shortie" (short story, poem, play): 0.5 points per
- Librivox Christmas Collection: 14 shorties: 7
- Merry Christmas, Strega Nona: 0.5
Read a group read book: 5 points per book
Read a book for the genre challenge: 3 points per book
- H.M.S. Surprise: 3
Read a book for a mini-challenge: 3 points per book
- The Prime Minister: 3
- The Battle Of Life: 3
- Santa, Baby: 3
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: 10 extra points
- I'd Like To Buy A Vowel (thrice): 30
Sign up and take part in the December readathon: 25
I absolutely did not set up my January challenge before my December one...POINTS: 26
Read a general book (1 pt):
The Beltheron Pathway
Read a "shortie" (0.5 pts):
Read a group read book (5 pts):
Read a buddy read book (5 pts):
Read a book for the genre challenge (3 pts):
Read a book for a mini-challenge (3 pts):
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge (10 pts):
Sign up and take part in the December readathon (25 pts):
Signed up!
TOTAL POINTS: 31Read a general book: (1 Point)
Naked in Death
Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods
The Book Thief
Read a "shortie": (0.5 Points)
Read a group read book: (5 Points)
Read a buddy read book: (5 Points)
Read a book for the genre challenge: (3 Points)
Read a book for a mini-challenge: (3 Points)
My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
Complete a multi-book mini-challenge: (10 extra Points)
Sign up and take part in the December readathon: (25 Points)
Signed up
I'm doing better than I thought... thanks to the 25 points for the Readathon *laughs*
Great job Alessandra - there is still a lot of December left so those points may add up faster than you think!
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Remember: In January this will be a whole group challenge with a folder if it's own! Kassandra has lots of fun bonus ideas for each month, too. :D
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Hi all! The January points challenge has started so I'm archiving the December thread. Head on over to the January challenge if you would like to participate!
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Renee's Final tally: 76.5
Hurrah!
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Herland (other topics)
Metamo Kiss Volume 2 (other topics)
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The expectation is that we will keep our own score according to the point list posted below. This particular challenge is nice, because it "plays well with others." Happy calculating!