Book Challenge #2 Update

So we're halfway into/through Erin's challenge so let me update you on how I'm doing with my reading...

Categories:

Strikeout = Read
Italics = In progress
Normal = TBR

5 points: Read a book, any book that is at least 200 pages long: 

• Any of the backups listed here that I didn't read for another category.
• All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr  
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman  

10 points: Read a book that begins with the letter “D”:

• Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) - Christian Rudder
• Did You Ever Have a Family - Bill Clegg
• Double Edged Secrets: U.S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific During World War II – W.J. Holmes

10 points: Read a book with a four word title:

• The Sea of Tranquility - Katja Millay 
• All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven  

15 points: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: “mother(s)”, “father(s)”, “son(s)”, “daughter(s)”, or “child(ren)”:

• The Children of Húrin – J.R.R. Tolkin, Christopher Tolkin
• The Piper’s Son – Melina Marchetta

20 points: Amazon ranks their “most popular authors”, and they update this list hourly. Based on when you make your book list, look at the top 100 authors, and pick a book to read from one of those authors, but here’s the catch – it needs to be an author new to you…one of the most popular authors, yet you’ve never read them before. http://www.amazon.com/author-rank:

• The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan 
• Terms of Use – Scott Allan Morrison
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

20 points: Read a book set in any country in Asia. (In previous challenges, we’ve been to Europe, Latin America, and a country you’ve never visited. Stick around, we’ll tour the world!):

• The Bonesetter’s Daughter – Amy Tan
• Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini (reread)
• Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie, Ina Rilke*

25 points: Read a book with a “Season” in the title. (I start the challenge in Summer and end in Autumn; many of you start in Winter and end in Spring…so the title of your book should have Summer, Autumn/Fall, Winter, or Spring in the title.): 

• Summerlong – Dean Bakopoulos 

30 points: Read a book that will make you laugh from this list. (submitted by Bernadette):

• This Is Where I Leave You – Jonathan Tropper  
• Bossypants – Tina Fey 
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal – Christopher Moore 
• Essays of E.B. White – E.B. White 
• The Princess Bride – William Goldman
• A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson 

30 points: Read a book that is a friend or family member’s favorite book (or the favorite book of another participant from this challenge). (submitted by Peggy):

• The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
• Double Edged Secrets: U.S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific During World War II – WJ Holmes 

35 points: Read a book published the year you were born (1986). (submitted by Meredith):

• James Herriot’s Dog Stories – James Herriot 
• All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten – Robert Fulghum 

5 down

3 in progress 

2 to go!

*I realized after I started Balzac that the book is only 186 pages!  Ugh.  I'm totally willing to take a point deduction on this since I actually enjoyed the story.  I am going to try to also read The Bonesetter's Daughter.  We'll see how it works out.