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Apr 10, 2012 07:00PM
Post the points you earn for the Apr and May mini challenges below.
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Here is my update as of today:Update:
Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - 4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Total points: 19
4.I declare April to be "whatever I feel like reading or finishing up" month(4 points):Total Points: 96
I'm reading Absalom, Absalom by Faulkner, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, and the Philosophy of Bruce Springsteen.
So I posted my points in the wrong place and now correcting it!Chunkster and #4
Of Snow and Ashes 9 pts good book
#4
Daughters of the Sea 4 pts
The next Aways 4 pts
total: 17 pts
Update:Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - (4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Virals - 4 pts.
The Diva of Peddler's Creek - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Total points: 30
Challenge Log for April/MayAPRIL
#4-I declare April to be "Stop Buying, Start Reading" Month (4 pts. each)
Once a Witch 04/02
The Demon King 04/07
Her Royal Spyness 04/12
Linger 04/20
XVI 04/26
MAY
#6 [Rachel's Challenge] Reacquaint with the times (4 pts ea. 2 pts bonus for new/challeging ones)
The Last Heiress (King Henry VIII/Anne Boleyn, England) 05/12 - 4 pts
#7 Country spotlight: Asia/Pacific Islands (2 pts ea.)
#8. Go buy a book (3 pts ea.)
Points Total Thus Far This set of months:
24pts
This is what I'll be updating....stay tuned! lol#1-Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Count of Monte Cristo
#2-The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
#4-I declare April to be "whatever I feel like reading or finishing up" Month - 4 pts.)
Best Friends: A Novel
#5-Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Cloaked
Total Points:24
I Declare AprilBeing George Washington 4 pts
Total: 21 pts
I Declare April....The Daughter of Time
I Declare April....The Daughter of Time 4pts
Total: 25pts
I Declare April...The Golden Compass 4pts
Total: 29pts
I'm going back and forth on what to use as my "I declare April" category (I keep track by month, so I have some time to figure it out.) One idea was "I declare April to be "New Author" month. My "usual" authors are being too slow. :o)My other idea was "I declare April to be "read books suggested in any of my groups" Month"
Not sure what to do. . .
Update:Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - (4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Virals - 4 pts.
The Diva of Peddler's Creek - 4 pts.
Plaster and Poison - 4 pts.
Kiss an Angel - 4 pts.
Seven Year Switch - 4 pts.
Celebutantes: To the Penthouse - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Total points: 46
I Declare April...The Subtle Knife 4pts
Once upon a Time in the North 4pts
Total: 38 pts
I Declare April...The Amber Spyglass 4pts
Total: 42pts
I will add to this post as I update.Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Country Spotlight- Australia (2 pts)
I Declare April to be "Get Rid of My Stack" Month - 4 pts.)
Outbreak
Everlost
The Client
Pick Your Poison
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Uglies
Total points: 20
Fortune CookiePurple Hibiscus 4pts
Total: 46 pts
1. Chunkster tremor: (5 pts)2. The month of the fools: (3 pts)
3. Country spotlight - Australia: (2 pts)
4. I declare April to be the month of - whittling down the old TBR list: (4 pts)
The Lovely Bones
The Reversal
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich:
The Beekeeper's Apprentice
The Dovekeepers
The Art of Fielding
5. Fortune cookie: #90 (4 pts)
Total points: 24
Finally finished a Phillipa Gregory! Still waiting for books from the library.I declare April...
The Lady of the Rivers 4pts
Fortune cookie..
My Cousin Rachel 4pts
Total: 54pts
Ok so far....1. Chunkster Tremor
+ Les Miserables - 5pts
2. The Month of Fools
3. Country Spotlight - Australia
+ Oscar and Lucinda - 2pts
4. Declare month - Read books I already own.
+ Jacob's Room - 4pts
+ Persuasion - 4pts
+ Anthem - 4pts
+ Dubliners - 4pts
+ A Storm of Swords - 4pts
+ The Voyage Out - 4pts
+ A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - 4pts
5. Fortune Cookie
+ #19 Sons and Lovers - 4pts
+ #32 The Puppet Masters - 4pts
+ #58 Lady Chatterley's Lover - 4 pts
6. Reacquaint with the times - Jazz Age
+ The Beautiful and the Damned - 4pts
+ Tales of the Jazz Age - 4pts
7. Country spotlight - Asia/Pacific Isles
+ Kafka on the Shore - 2pts
8. Go buy a book!
+
The Elegance of the Hedgehog - 3ptsTOTAL POINTS: 60
2. Humour (3 pts)
An Abundance of Katherines finished 8/4/2012 +3
4a. Read at least 4 books in the Cirque Du Freak series (4 pts)
Vampire Mountain finished 4/4/2012 +4
Trials of Death finished 27/4/2012 +4
The Vampire Prince
Hunters of the Dusk
4b. Read 3 more books that continue a series I've already started (4 pts)
Chosen
Feast of Fools finished 24/4/2012 +4
Catching Fire
Killer
Total Points: 15
I Declare April....The Constant Princess 4 pts
Total: 58 pts
I Declare April...The Virgins Lover 4pts
Total: 62pts
I am on the road, omw home from a family funeral. My hubby's aunt died early Sat. morning, so we had to dash out to make the funeral. 12 hour trip, 1 way. And I'm not able to make that in one go any more. So we break it up into 2 days. Staying at a hotel with wifi, so I can get on line again (yay, been having major withdrawals.)
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "I am on the road, omw home from a family funeral. My hubby's aunt died early Sat. morning, so we had to dash out to make the funeral. 12 hour trip, 1 way. And I'm not able to make that in one go..."I'm sorry that happened!
I hope you get to read a lot on your car ride!
April challenge4. Fortune Cookie
Fragile Eternity
Divergent
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Affair
Torn
Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues
Private Games
Radiant Shadows
Hex Hall
Gideon's Sword by Lee Child
Fear by Michael Grant
Into The Webb by Thomas H Cook
Demonglass
Iron Kissed
60 pointsDarkest Mercy
Update:Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - (4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Virals - 4 pts.
The Diva of Peddler's Creek - 4 pts.
Plaster and Poison - 4 pts.
Kiss an Angel - 4 pts.
Seven Year Switch - 4 pts.
Celebutantes: To the Penthouse - 4 pts.
Stay at Home Dead - 4 pts.
Frangipani - 4 pts.
Full Blast - 4 pts.
Hot Under Pressure - 4 pts.
Our Lady of Immaculate Deception - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Simply from Scratch - 4 pts.
Total points: 74
Fortune CookieThe Gathering 4pts
Didn't care for this book. Kept putting it down. a lot of jumping around found it hard to follow.
Total: 68 pts
Country Spotlight: AustraliaEucalyptus 2pts
Total: 70pts
Fortune CookieThings We Once Held Dear 4pts
Loved this book!
Total: 74 pts
Fortune CookieTroubling a Star 4pts
Total: 78pts
Fortune CookieAnne of Avonlea 4pts
Rachel's challenge
Titanic Voices from the disaster 4pts
Total: 86 pts
Fortune CookieA Wallflower Christmas 4pts
Total: 90pts
I Declare April....Outlander 4pts
Total: 94pts
Update:Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out - 3 pts.
Bikini Season - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - (4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Virals - 4 pts.
The Diva of Peddler's Creek - 4 pts.
Plaster and Poison - 4 pts.
Kiss an Angel - 4 pts.
Seven Year Switch - 4 pts.
Celebutantes: To the Penthouse - 4 pts.
Stay at Home Dead - 4 pts.
Frangipani - 4 pts.
Full Blast - 4 pts.
Hot Under Pressure - 4 pts.
Our Lady of Immaculate Deception - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-whip Latte - 4 pts.
Sin City - 4 pts.
the Golden Prince - 4 pts.
The Thirteenth Tale - 4 pts.
Giving Chase - 4 pts.
Holiday Grind - 4 pts.
V is for Vengeance - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Simply from Scratch (#18) - 4 pts.
Total points: 105 pts.
Buy a BookThe Fiddler 3pts
The Road to Grace 3pts
One Simple Act 3pts
Fortune Cookie...
Melody 4pts
Fatal Mistake 4pts
Total: 111pts
Month of FoolsA Short History Of a Small Place 3pts
Fortune Cookie
A Log Cabin Christmas 4pts
Total: 118 pts
Update (this probably won't change for the rest of the month)2. Humour (3 pts)
An Abundance of Katherines finished 8/4/2012 +3
Paper Towns finished 3/5/2012 +3
Looking for Alaska finished 17/5/2012 +3
4. Read books that continue a series I've already started (4 pts)
Vampire Mountain finished 4/4/2012 +4
Trials of Death finished 27/4/2012 +4
Feast of Fools finished 24/4/2012 +4
Betrayed finished 1/5/2012 +4
Crescendo finished 19/5/2012 +4
Silence finished 226/5/2012 +4
Total Points: 33
I Declare April...The Women of the Cousin War 4pts
Chunkster
The Woman in White 4pts
Total: 126pts
1. Chunkster Tremor: ----> 5 points each✔Inheritance 849 pages 4/10 (5 points)
2. Month of the Fools: ----> 3 points each
✔Off Kilter 4/8 (3 points)
✔Summer Knight 4/18 (3 points)
3. Country Spotlight: Australia ----> 2 points each
✔Magic or Madness 4/4 (2 points)
4. I declare April to be... ----> 4 points each
I have several challenges that need "O" and "Y" to complete so I am going to read books
with "O" or "Y" authors or titles.
✔Rebecca York - Day of the Dragon 4/3/12 (4 points)
✔Yankee Doodle Dead 4/7 (4 points)
✔On Fire's Wings 4/10 (4 points)
✔Karin Yapalater - An Hour To Kill: A Novel 4/24 (4 points)
✔One Hex of a Wedding 4/26 (4 points)
✔The Oldest Kind of Magic 4/27 (4 points)
Total Points
41 points
Challenges for April 1 to May 26.1. Chunkster tremor: (5 points each)
Nicholas Nickleby 5/26/12
2. The month of the fools (3 points each)
a.Eat, Cry, Poop: Baby Blues Scrapbook 28 4/15/12
b.Don't Step in the Leadership 5/1/12
c.In the Beginning, There Was Chaos: A For Better or For Worse Treasury 5/12/12
d.Teamwork Means You Can't Pick the Side that's Right 5/18/12
e.Zombie Parents: and Other Hopes for a More Perfect World 5/20/12
4. I declare April to be the month of [getting caught up on challenges] (4 points each)
a.City of Dragons 4/2/12
b.The Girl Who Played With Fire 4/9/12
c.You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself 4/10/12
d.Timeless 4/14/12
e.Explosive Eighteen 4/14/12
f.Deader Homes and Gardens 4/23/12
g.Ready Player One 5/1/12
h.$10,000 in Small, Unmarked Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery 5/5/12
i.Moon Over Soho 5/10/12
j.The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 5/20/12
k.Mark Twain on Travel 5/22/12
l.Nicholas Nickleby 5/26/12
Total points: 68
Update:Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
Murder Most Confederate; Celtic; Merry 962p. = 5 pts.
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out - 3 pts.
Bikini Season - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - (4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Virals - 4 pts.
The Diva of Peddler's Creek - 4 pts.
Plaster and Poison - 4 pts.
Kiss an Angel - 4 pts.
Seven Year Switch - 4 pts.
Celebutantes: To the Penthouse - 4 pts.
Stay at Home Dead - 4 pts.
Frangipani - 4 pts.
Full Blast - 4 pts.
Hot Under Pressure - 4 pts.
Our Lady of Immaculate Deception - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-whip Latte - 4 pts.
Sin City - 4 pts.
the Golden Prince - 4 pts.
The Thirteenth Tale - 4 pts.
Giving Chase - 4 pts.
Holiday Grind - 4 pts.
V is for Vengeance - 4 pts.
Rory - 4 pts.
Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree - 4 pts.
Summer House - 4 pts.
Kathy Little Bird - 4 pts.
The Red Scarf - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Simply from Scratch (#18) - 4 pts.
Total points: 130 pts.
April/May Challenge4 Fortune Cookie
Hard Eight
Spell Bound
Thirteen Days to Midnight
Ultraviolet
Insurgent
Meeting Destiny
Guilty Wives
Clockwork Prince
Fugitives
The One You Love
Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades Darker
The Drop
Before I Fall
56 points
Total points April /May 110 points
Here is my final update:Chunkster tremor (5 pts.)
Murder Most Confederate; Celtic; Merry 962p. = 5 pts.
The Month of Fools (3 pts.)
Explosive Eighteen - 3 pts.
The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out - 3 pts.
Bikini Season - 3 pts.
Country Spotlight- Australia
I Declare April to be 'bedroom stack clean-up' Month - (4 pts.)
The Peach Keeper - 4 pts.
The Abbot's Gibbet - 4 pts.
Owls Well That Ends Well - 4 pts.
Anna and the French Kiss - 4 pts.
Virals - 4 pts.
The Diva of Peddler's Creek - 4 pts.
Plaster and Poison - 4 pts.
Kiss an Angel - 4 pts.
Seven Year Switch - 4 pts.
Celebutantes: To the Penthouse - 4 pts.
Stay at Home Dead - 4 pts.
Frangipani - 4 pts.
Full Blast - 4 pts.
Hot Under Pressure - 4 pts.
Our Lady of Immaculate Deception - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure - 4 pts.
Death, Taxes, and a Skinny No-whip Latte - 4 pts.
Sin City - 4 pts.
the Golden Prince - 4 pts.
The Thirteenth Tale - 4 pts.
Giving Chase - 4 pts.
Holiday Grind - 4 pts.
V is for Vengeance - 4 pts.
Rory - 4 pts.
Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree - 4 pts.
Summer House - 4 pts.
Kathy Little Bird - 4 pts.
The Red Scarf - 4 pts.
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf - 4 pts.
The Bungalow - 4 pts.
Fortune Cookie (4 pts.)
Simply from Scratch (#18) - 4 pts.
Total points: 138 pts.
My final book, The Bungalow could have gone under #7 or #4, but since it fit my goal for #4 (and was worth more points!), I am putting it there.
I just want to say that I am thrilled with the amount of progress I made toward my #4 goal of reading from the 'bedroom stacks' - I got THIRTY books read from my stacks --- definitely made a dent in them! (I tried to post a before pic but for some reason it wouldn't upload, unfortunately.) I think we should definitely have this option again, because I made real progress. Plus I did NOT do challenge #8 even though it was tempting me, which meant that I read even more of the books I already have.
Thanks to whoever thought up this challenge!!!
Rachels Challenge1861 4pts
Total: 130 pts
Final Update:2. Humour (3 pts)
An Abundance of Katherines finished 8/4/2012 +3
Paper Towns finished 3/5/2012 +3
Looking for Alaska finished 17/5/2012 +3
Eyes Like Stars finished 29/5/2012 +3
4. Read books that continue a series I've already started (4 pts)
Vampire Mountain finished 4/4/2012 +4
Trials of Death finished 27/4/2012 +4
Feast of Fools finished 24/4/2012 +4
Betrayed finished 1/5/2012 +4
Crescendo finished 19/5/2012 +4
Silence finished 226/5/2012 +4
Total Points: 36
Final Update:April/May Mini-Challenges
2. Month of the fools: Read a funny book. 3 points
Something Rotten
The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Ga
4. The month of...: Anything! read books I already own - 4 points
The Tiger's Wife
The Hunger Games
The Dante Club
Cookie Dough or Die
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Homicide In Hardcover
The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind
The Other Boleyn Girl
Chunkster: 0
Month of Fools: 9
Australia: 0
Anything: 36
Fortune Cookie: 0
TOTAL POINTS: 45
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