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The Four Month Challenge

I was over on Virginie’s blog today and saw that I have zero points, two weeks into the Four Month Challenge.  Perhaps, says I, this is because I never blogged about it.  So, now I am.  

And, better yet, I’ve realized that I’m doing better than I thought.

This is a bit of an usual challenge.  You get points for reading books in different categories for different amounts of points.  I guess it’s more like a contest.

Now, I must note, I am not trying to complete this list.  I’m really just wondering how many points I can accumulate by the end without much effort (without, that is, going out of my way to read certain books).

Here’s what Virginie says as well as the categories, and some thoughts on what I might read for a few of them:

The challenge will begin on November 1, 2009 and will end on February 28, 2010.  Each book you read can only be used for one category.  You can ‘read’ up to ‘2′ audiobooks if you choose, but you don’t have to.  You can read books you are also reading for other challenges.  Here are the categories:

5 Point Challenges 

Read a book with a proper name in the title The Dream Life of Balso Snell by Nathaniel West (on my list for the November Novella Challenge)

Read a book about a queen or king Leap of Faith by Queen Noor (on my lists for the Women Unbound and A to Z Challenges)

Read a book by or about/related to a Bronte Wuthering Heights or Agnes Grey or The Secret (all on my list for the All About the Brontës Challenge)

Read a book about Vampires

Read a book by V.C. Andrews

10 Point Challenges

Read a book by Canadian author I’m hoping that Seal Intestine Raincoat will count as it’s written by a Brit living in Canada and takes place in Canada.

Read a book by or about/related to Charles Dickens Two Histories of England by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens (on my list for the Everything Austen Challenge)

Read a book set in France French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano (on my list for the Women Unbound Challenge)

Read a book by Georgette Heyer

Read an ‘art’ themed book. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (just read but not reviewed yet for the Take a Chance Challenge)

15 Point Challenges

Read a book with a Civil War theme (any country)

Read a book with characters inspired by King Arthur or about King Arthur/Camelot

Read a biography/autobiography Perfection by Julie Metz (on my list for the Women Unbound Challenge)

Read a book related to or something by Shakespeare The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (currently listening to for the Much Ado About Shakespeare Challenge)

Read a book by an author born in November, December, January or February Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (Austen was born in December; just reviewed for the Everything Austen Challenge)

20 Point Challenges

Read a book with a wintery theme (Christmas, snow, ice, freezing, star, camel, mistletoe, etc.) If Seal Intestine Raincoat doesn’t count for the Canadian Author category, I’ll use it for this.  

Read a book that was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Team of Rivals (currently reading for the Take a Chance Challenge)

Read a book that begins with A and one that begins with Z

Read a book from The Modern Library Top 100

Read a book and then write a review Dreamer by Phillip L. Davidson (next on my list of ARCs to read…though I might not get to it for a week or two).

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