Cover to Cover Challenge discussion

Room to update our running counts and results.

1. Chunkster tremor: Read one 700+ page book. 5 points

2. Celebrate October: 3 points
Theme: German Unity Day on 3rd of October/ National Day
Er ist wieder da +3

3. Country spotlight:Nordic countries. 2 points
Verachtung +2

4. One in 1000:
http://www.listology.com/ukaunz/list/...
- 2 points

5. Not now, please!: 4 points
UnWholly +4
Shopaholic & Baby +4
City of Bones +4
Lover Eternal +4

6. Fortune cookie: 4 points

Total count: 21 Points

UnWholly: I count this in the "not now, please! section" as, although it is a recent book I really had to fight to finish and had pushed it aside for other books afzer I had started far too many times. To me it deiniteley is a "not now, please!-book".

1) Chunkster-5 pts:
The Passage
2) Celebrate-3 pts:
Odd Apocalypse
Bloodfever
Faefever
3) Country-2 pts:
4) One in 1000-2 pts
5) Not Now-4 pts:
The Passage
Bone Crossed
Angelfall
The Kure
6) Fortune-4 pts:
Down the Darkest Road
Severe Clear
Last Man Standing
Last to Die
The Scarecrow
NYPD Red
I'll Walk Alone
Mind Prey
Bound

POINTS: 62

Here is my list so far:
1. Chunkster tremor: 5 points for each book finished.

2. Celebrate October: 3 points for each book finished.
Theme: Columbus Day Secrets in the House of Delgado by Glorida Miklowitz (10/9/12)- Set in 15th century Spain where the main character meets Christopher Columbus right before he leaves on his voyage.


3. Country spotlight: Nordic countries. Give yourself 2 points for each book finished.

4. One in 1000: The 1001 books to read before you die. 2 points for each book finished.

5. Not now, please!: 4 points for each book finished.

6. Fortune cookie: Random Book from TBR. 4 points for each book finished.

Total: 3 points

1. Chunkster tremor: Read one 700+ page book.
Give yourself 5 points for each book finished.

Lonesome Dove

2. Celebrate October
Give yourself 3 points for each book finished.
Fahrenheit 451 (Fire prevention--main character is a fireman)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (National Coming Out Day--gay characters in book)

3. Country spotlight: Read a book set in a Nordic country or written by a Nordic author.
Give yourself 2 points for each book finished.

The Redeemer

4. One in 1000: Read a book from the designated list.
Give yourself 2 points for each book finished.

Watchmen

5. Not now, please!
Give yourself 4 points for each book finished.

The Eight

6. Fortune cookie book from TBR pile
Give yourself 4 points for each book finished.

Save Me
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Between Shades of Gray
UnWholly
The Spellmans Strike Again
The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea
Takeover
A Wanted Man
Still Alice
Full Dark, No Stars
A Monster Calls
Ashes

Total points: 65

1.Blonde (5 pts.)

2. Celebrate October--Mental Health Awareness (3 pts.)
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt

3. Country Spotlight (2 pts)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

4. One in 1000. Blonde (2 pts.) (I hope I understood the rules correctly that I could over-lap #1 and #4.)

5. Not Now, Please. (4 pts)
The Diplomat's Wife
Olde Mysterium
Shades Of Twilight
Snow Angels
Welcome to Harmony
Nan RyanDesert storm

6. Fortune cookie book from TBR pile (4 pts)
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor/aka Christmas with Holly
Bittersweet
Every Little Thing About You
Private Arrangements
Perfect Chemistry
Mail-Order Bride
The Ocean Between Us

Total Points: 64 points

1. Chunkster Tremor
+ The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time #4) 5 pts
+ The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time #5) 5 pts
+ Middlemarch 5 pts + 2 pts overlap with challenge 4
+ Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time #6) 5 pts
+ Crown of Swords (Wheel of Time #7) 5 pts

2. Celebrate October

3. Country Spotlight (Nordic countries)
+ Growth of the Soil 2 pts

4. One in 1000
+ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2 pts
+ The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe #1) 2 pts
+ Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe #2) 2pts
+ Night and Day 2 pts
+ Dangling Man 2 pts

5. Not Now, Please!
+ Will to Power 4 pts

6. Fortune Cookie
+ Ficciones 4 pts #77
+ Labyrinths 4pts #78
+ High Rise 4pts #21

Total Points: 54 pts

Here is my list so far:
1. Chunkster tremor: 5 points for each book finished.

2. Celebrate October: 3 points for each book finished.
Theme: Columbus Day Secrets in the House of Delgado by Glorida Miklowitz (10/9/12)- Set in 15th century Spain where the main character meets Christopher Columbus right before he leaves on his voyage.


3. Country spotlight: Nordic countries. Give yourself 2 points for each book finished.

4. One in 1000: The 1001 books to read before you die. 2 points for each book finished.

5. Not now, please!: 4 points for each book finished.
Cry, the Beloved Country (This was one I have been putting off for years! I don't know why because it was really good.) - 4 pts.

6. Fortune cookie: Random Book from TBR. 4 points for each book finished.

Total: 7 points

1. Chunkster Tremor


2. Celebrate October

3. Country Spotlight (Nordic countries)


4. One in 1000

5. Not Now, Please! 4 pts
Lock and Key Enjoyed this book, but it is a not now please because I put off reading it for so long.
Little Clearing in the Woods I have put off this book for a while, but I did enjoy it.
Nineteen Minutes This one took me two weeks to read which is the longest it has taken me to read a book this year. I loved the book greating ending.


6. Fortune Cookie

Total Points: 12 pts

I havent got a list of books to read I just get books I like and seem a go read.

Chunkster
Drums of Autumn 5pts

Celebrate October
The Cat Who Talks to Ghosts 3pts

Fortune Cookie
The Book of Lost Things 4pts
Caught 4pts
Thanksgiving 4pts
The Dragon in the Volcano 4pts
Leahs Choice 4pts
Up at College 4pts
Four Sisters all Queens 4pts
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor 4pts

Total: 32pts

Country Spotlight
Snow Angel 2pts



Total: 34pts

Fortune Cookies
Blessings 4pts



Total: 38pts

Fortune Cookie
Angels at the Table 4pts



Total: 42pts

Fortune Cookie
The Protector 4pts



Total: 46pts

1. Chunkster tremor: Read one 700+ page book. 5 points
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

2. Celebrate October: 3 points


3. Country spotlight:Nordic countries. 2 points


4. One in 1000:
http://www.listology.com/ukaunz/list/...
- 2 points

5. Not now, please!: 4 points
Pretties

6. Fortune cookie: 4 points
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

Total count: 13 Points

Here is my list so far:
1. Chunkster tremor: 5 points for each book finished.

2. Celebrate October: 3 points for each book finished.
Theme: Columbus Day Secrets in the House of Delgado by Glorida Miklowitz (10/9/12)- Set in 15th century Spain where the main character meets Christopher Columbus right before he leaves on his voyage. - 3 pts.


3. Country spotlight: Nordic countries. Give yourself 2 points for each book finished.
The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg (11/19/12) - REALLY good! - 2 pts.

4. One in 1000: The 1001 books to read before you die. 2 points for each book finished.

5. Not now, please!: 4 points for each book finished.
Cry, the Beloved Country (This was one I have been putting off for years! I don't know why because it was really good.) - 4 pts.
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan - Again, I don't know why I put this off for so long, because my students were clamoring for me to r>ead it! - 4 pts.
Virgin River - Robyn Carr (11/4/12) - recommended to me many times in my Pick-It-for-Me Group,and I just now got to it - and LOVED it! - 4 pts.
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink (11/9/12) - another classic I put off but really enjoyed - 4 pts.
Bleeding Heart - by Mary Freeman - (11/17/12) - given to me by a friend a long time ago -just now got it read - 4 pts.

6. Fortune cookie: Random Book from TBR. 4 points for each book finished.

Total: 25 points

Total: 32 points