Example Book Challenge Spreadsheet in Google Docs:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Au6WCbwS_dhEdGc2cVYzaUptRlhkdGh4ZV94NE0yRmc&hl=en
5 Point Tasks
May 7th is No Pants Day - Read a book with an article of clothing other than pants in the title
Secrets of a Shoe Addict by Beth Harbison
Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress
In Her Shoes
The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold
Read a book with a spring word in the title (sun, warm, rain, flower, bird, etc)
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hurry Down Sunshine
Standing in the Rainbow
Peony in Love
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The Kite Runner
Rainbox Six
Pillars of the Earth
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Read a book with a spring color as the color on the cover (pink, blue, green, yellow)
Something Borrowed
Something Blue
Baby Proof
Love The One You're With
Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
Generation A by Douglas Coupland
It is raining out, so read a book while staying dry
Read a book with a number in the title
Me Talk Pretty One Day
One True Thing
One Good Turn
The Chosen One
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Bags Full
The Four Loves
Slaughterhouse-Five
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Any of the Stephanie Plum Books
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
In honor of spring break, read a book set in a place you would like to visit
Moloka'i
Read a book released in April, May, or June of 2010
http://bookbio.pbworks.com/Upcoming-Releases
April is National Frog Month, so hop into a book with an animal in the title or about an animal
Water for Elephants
Who Will Run The Frog Hospital
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Narrow Dog to Indian River
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russel
The Tiger's Curse
To Kill a Mockingbird
Read a book about music.
Musicophilia by Oliver W. Sacks
The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice by Laurel Corona
This Lullabye by Sarah Dessen
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Laroux
Songmaster by Orson Scott Card
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Paganini's Ghost by Paul Adam
The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Body and Soul by Frank Conroy
The Beatles Anthology by George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon
Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley by David Browne
The Dirt by Tommy Lee & Motley Crue
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Walk This Way by Aerosmith
Slash by Slash (Guns N Roses)
I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne
In honor of Arbor Day, save a tree and listen to an audiobook or read a book online or through an e-reader
10 Point Tasks
Read a historical fiction novel
Any of the Outlander books
Any of the Luxe books
The Book Thief
Books by Boris Akunin
Historical Fiction
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/15.Best_Historical_Fiction
Judge a book by it's cover/title
In honor of spring cleaning, read a book that is on your physical TBR list (if you don't have a physical TBR then use your regular TBR)
Pick a Nestie who you know has different taste in books than you do and read what she chooses for you.
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, read a book written by a Mexican or French author, that has a Mexican or French main character, or takes place in Mexico or France
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle
anything by Octavio Paz
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivael
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
My Life in France by Julia Child
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexican_writers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:French_writers
Since series finales will be airing, read a book in a series
Series
Read a non-fiction book
In honor of prom/wedding season, read a book with a dress on the cover, about a graduation or prom, or about a wedding/getting married
Any of The Luxe series
American Wife
A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
Since school is out for the summer, read a book set in high school or college
Harry Potter 5, 6, 7
Prep
House of Night series
Carrie by Stephen King
Read a book about baseball or basketball
Safe at Home: Confessions of a Baseball Fanatic by Alyssa Milano
The Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella
For the Love of the Game by Michael Shaara
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
Richmond Rogues series by Kate Angell
Double Play by Robert B. Parker
mysteries by Troy Soos
If I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis
Summer of '49 by David Halberstam
My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Girl Got Game by Shizuro Seino
Slam! by Walter Dean Myers
Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws by Janette Rallison
mysteries by John Feinstein
One on One by Tabitha King
Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1290.Best_Baseball_Books
15 Point Tasks
Read a book that was mentioned in a book you enjoy
Twilight (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre)
New Moon (Romeo and Juliet)
Eclipse (Wuthering Heights)
Breaking Dawn (The Merchant of Venice)
Bridget Jones' Diary (Pride and Prejudice)
Hearts in Atlantis (Lord of the Flies)
Gone With The Wind (Les Miserables)
Hex Hall (Harry Potter)
The Tenth Circle (Dante's Inferno)
Into the Wild (Jack London, Leo Tolstoy, Thoreau)
Inkheart (1001 Arabian Nights, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island, more)
Under the Dome (Harry Potter)
Percy Jackson (Harry Potter)
Fast Food Nation (The Jungle, Silent Spring)
The Thirteenth Tale (Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, The Woman in White, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Lady Audley's Secret, Hard Times, Shirley, The Case of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Eustace Diamonds, The Turn of the Screw, Wuthering Heights, Northanger Abbey, more)
The Perks of Being A Wallflower (Catcher in the Rye, A Separate Peace, On The Road, This Side of Paradise, more)
The Catcher in the Rye (http://www.amazon.com/Books-Mentioned-in-Catcher-in-the-Rye/lm/2RO186O14Z4J5/ref=cm_srch_res_rpli_alt_3)
The Dark Tower series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_%28series%29#Intertextual_references)
Dead and Gone (Dracula)
Marked/House of Night (Dracula, Gossip Girl, A Night to Remember)
The Historian (Dracula)
Beautiful Creatures (To Kill A Mockingbird)
I Am The Messenger (The Bell Jar, The Power and the Glory)
Reading Lolita in Tehran (Lolita, Daisy Miller, The Great Gatsby)
The Geography of Bliss (Girls of Riyadh, Lost Horizon)
The Reader (The Odyssey, War and Peace)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (The Lord of the Rings, Dune, more)
The Dresden Files (Macbeth)
Outcast of Redwall (Macbeth)
The Help (Catcher in the Rye)
Read a book by an author who was born in the same month as you
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/pdf/authordate.pdf
http://www.suite101.com/blog/sandymae2000/mystery_writers_born_in_january (replace "january" with the appropriate month)
Read a Pulitzer Prize winner
http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat
Read a book from the 1001 Book to Read Before You Die list
http://www.listology.com/list/1001-books-you-must-read-you-die
Read April, May, or June's book club choice and participate in the discussion
http://bookbio.pbworks.com/Current-Book-Club-Selections
Read a book of your choice, then post a lengthy review on the board and encourage discussion
Opposites attract: read one book in your favorite genre and one book in a radically different genre
Read a book that you have heard a lot about, but have been hesitant to read. Then post a review of the book, why you hadn't read it, and your thoughts on the book.
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Read a non-fiction or fiction book about any religion
The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The Gilded Chamber by Rebecca Kohn
Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Holy Cow by Sarah MacDonald
Ripped from the headlines: read any book that is similar to or the same as a news headline, or that you think could be possible
25 Points
Read a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Award Winner and post a 100+ word review (rosenjoe)
Link to original post with SIBA winners
Read no more than 15% of books from any one genre (SaraBethBR)
Link to original post & discussion
Latest List of Genres:
- General Fiction
- General Non-fiction
- Memoir
- Biography/autobiography
- Chick Lit
- YA
- Collections -- poetry, short stories, essays
- Science Fiction
- Fantasy
- Mystery
- Suspense/Thriller
- Horror
- Historical Fiction
- Drama (Plays)
- Classics
- Humor
- Romance
- Politics/Current Events
- Women's Lit
- Graphic Novels
- Scientific Non-fictions (both soft and hard I think could go in one category)
- Self-Help
- True Crime
- LGBT Lit (link to later discussion)
- African-American Lit
- Children's
- Inspirational/Religious Fiction (link to poll)
- Dystopian Lit (link to poll)
- Travel Writing (link to poll)
If a book can be considered more than one genre, you choose which one to put it in.
And if you want to add a genre that we've forgotten, make a clicky poll asking if it should be included. The result will stand.
Read a children's (not YA) book and adult book on the same topic and post a comparison as well as which you think covered the topic better. (julie37619)
Link to original post
Read a romance novel featuring a homosexual couple and compare it to traditional, heterosexual romances. (modb1rd)
Link to original post with suggestions & discussion
Link to follow-up post with clarification
Read a book by a Canadian author other than Margaret Atwood or L.M. Montgomery. (2bMrsEAB)
Link to original post
Books:
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Opportunity Rings by Sheryl Steinberg
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
The Birth House by Ami McKay
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
Authors:
Saul Bellow
Robertson Davies
Alice Munro
Carol Shields
Michael Ondaatje
Douglas Coupland
Young Adult Canadian Library Association Award Winners
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_literature#Awards
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