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I posted this in the summer reading goals post and there seemed to be enough interest in making this a game so I decided to re-post it here. I changed some of the rules as well.

Basically how it works is there are different tasks that are worth between 5 and 25 points...you can set goals for yourself as to how how many points you want to earn each month or by the end of the summer (i.e. end of the day August 31st). To make it more fun you can reward yourself for earning a certain number points...or just do it for the pure joy of reading...I'll leave it up to you.



5 Point Items
- Read a book you borrow from the library
- Read for 30 minutes under a tree
- Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway
- Read a cookbook or view a cooking website***
- Free Space (only use if necessary)
- Read a romance novel
- Attend a program at your local library
- View a movie made from a book

***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone - 10 points

10 Point Items
- Read a collection of short stories or a play
- Read a online newspaper or magazine
- Read an inspirational novel or non-fiction book
- Read a book about sports or the outdoors
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel
- Read a horror or suspense novel
- Read a magazine from your local library
- Read a western, a novel set in the west, a
history about the west

15 Point Items
- Read a novel by an author you have never read
- Read a book about politics or history
- Read a book published in the decade you were
born
- Read an autobiography
- Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels"
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the
title...the main library in the county just
added a coffee bar area so hence this challenge
- Browse three book related websites (good-reads
doesn't count..lol)
- Listen to or read any non-fiction book

25 Point Items
- Read a book about your town or written by a
local author
- Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 different
days
- Attend a live book club meeting

Rules
- Each task will only count once (unless you finish all the tasks before the end of the summer then you can start over if you want).

- Each item read, viewed, or heard may be counted only once (so you can't use the same book to fulfill two challenges)

If everyone have fun with this maybe we can do another challenge for Fall/Winter/Spring etc.

If you want to play you can post your progress here. What tasks you're doing and what books you read etc.

Another question, when you mean a local author, do you mean someone who is living there or who was born there? (Because if it just meant living there, I have the chance to reread an awesome book hehe...)

Either or I think...it could be someone who was born in the town or surrounding area that you live in or someone who lives there now.

okay, that works! Hello 25 points!

I planned out what things I'm going to do to earn my 100 points (since I'm actually playing for real prizes...last year I got a $25 dollar gift card to Barnes & Noble)...I thought it best to plan ahead of time. I will edit this post as I complete the tasks.

5 Point Tasks
* READ FOR 30 MINUTES UNDER A TREE - I read The Sugar Queen for probably closer to an hour yesterday...it was a beautiful day here in Virginia.

* READ A COOKBOOK OR VIEW A COOKING WEBSITE - So I perused a few cookbooks but decide to look at Food Network.com...I found a recipe that I plan to make to take in to share with my co-workers for Bread Pudding. It's a Paula Deen recipe.


* READ A ROMANCE NOVEL - Just finished THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM OF LOVE by JOSEPHINE CARR - nice short chick lit romance book...made interesting because it centered around a librarian and libraries.

* VIEW A MOVIE FROM A NOVEL - I saw The Water Horse whih is based on a book by Dick King-Smith. It was a cute movie...it took me awhile to get into it but it was goodd overall.

10 Point Tasks
* READ A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES - I read Werewolves In Their Youth for this challenge...I liked some of these stories in the collection and others not so much.

*READ A WESTERN, A NOVEL SET IN THE WEST, A HISTORY ABOUT THE WEST - I read Walking West by Noelle Sickels last night...it was good but left me with unanswered questions. A lot was left up in the air at the end.

15 Point Tasks
* READ A NOVEL BY AN AUTHOR YOU HAVE NEVER READ - For this task I could have picked a thousand different books but I chose to read Manless in Montclair by Amy Holman Edelman....really enjoyed the book, it was a quick read at only 244 pages but it didn't leave me unsatisfied...some short books come up short (lol)...the endings leave you wondering what happens next, this book like the last book I read (teahouse) brought everything together nicely.


* READ A BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE DECADE YOU WERE
BORN - I read the Velvet Promise by Jude Deveraux published initially in 1981 the year before I was born...it was a good historical romance...I really like her style.

* READ A BOOK WITH “COFFEE� OR “TEA� IN THE TITLE - For this task I read THE TEA HOUSE ON MULBERRY STREET by SHARON OWENS...wonderful book, a lot of characters to keep track of, but a great story with a great ending.


* LISTEN TO OR READ ANY NON-FICTION BOOK - I just finished Becoming Jane Austen by Jon Spence...a biography of Jane Austen...it was too factual for me it took longer to get through it that it should have...the way it was written it was very text-bookish.

TOTAL POINTS EARNED = 100

OK.I have another question too regarding the local author...I live in Petaluma. So, does my author have to have been from Petaluma or does the Bay Area count?

Surrounding area is fine.

Cynthia- Just printed off the list. What a great idea. I'm pretty sure I will not read the horror novel or the western, but I'll try to step outside the box. I'm anxious to get started.

For the record, the librarians at my public library take very good care of me, so I think I will make the recipe that I read for them. Thanks for that suggestion.

Well, I am going to post a thread here for me to update as i go.... Some of these seem fairly easy to accomplish for me, however, others... I just cant see myself doing (ex: reading a western, borrowing from the library, reading a romance...) But, you never know, so I left all the options down below :)

Current standings as of 6/30/08: 70 points

5 Point Items
- Read a book you borrow from the library
- Read for 30 minutes under a tree (Got the opportunity to do this yesterday at the park with the kids!)
- Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway
- Read a cookbook or view a cooking website***
- Free Space (only use if necessary)
- Read a romance novel
- Attend a program at your local library (Does a book sale count as a program)
- View a movie made from a book watched Beowulf while on vacation.

***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone - 10 points

10 Point Items
- Read a collection of short stories or a play
- Read an online newspaper or magazine
- Read an inspirational novel or non-fiction book
- Read a book about sports or the outdoors
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel Re-read A Wrinkle In Time for Sawyers Book Club on myspace.
- Read a horror or suspense novel
- Read a magazine from your local library
- Read a western, a novel set in the west, a
history about the west

15 Point Items
- Read a novel by an author you have never read :I am currently reading Motherless Brooklyn, prior to this I havent read anything by Jeremy Lethem.
- Read a book about politics or history
- Read a book published in the decade you were born Currently reading Lancelot, which was published in the 70's
- Read an autobiography
- Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels"
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the
title
- Browse three book related websites (good-reads doesn't count..lol)Checked out Borders, Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.com today via my home pc!
- Listen to or read any non-fiction book

25 Point Items
- Read a book about your town or written by a
local author
- Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 different
days
- Attend a live book club meeting

Lori, I love that you are just as incapable of borrowing a book from a library as I am. It's just a sheer impossibility for me- which is sad because I work with tons of libraries.

Logan, I dont even know if i still have a library card.. i havent been inside of one for years.... I would rather own the book, than borrow it. And i dont see any point in borrowing it, reading it, liking, AND THEN running out and buying it... So i save myself the hassel and buy it from the getgo...haa haa.

Dont get me wrong, I dont dislike them, I just dont go in them :)

I only buy books that I completely love, otherwise, I get them at the library. Or if it is a sequel to a book I love.

I rarely reread books that's why working in a library and using one primarily is good for me. I don't see the point in paying for a book that is just going to sit on a shelf not being read. I'd rather save the money and buy the books the library doesn't have.

For those non-library users I'll adjust it to say...if your library has a book sale area (a lot of them do) and you buy a book from the sale and read it it will count for those 5 points.

Good to know!

Logan and Lori- I can't imagine not going into a library. I have cards for four different libraries and one of those cards gets me access to over a hundred libraries here in Michigan. I have run out of room in my house for books and I know that using the library supports it for those people who can't afford to go to book stores and for children's programs.
But, I also love book stores!

Two things to share...one, I am with Logan and Lori and LOVE owning my books. There is something about having them all around me. I do, however, get books from the library quite a lot and feel fortunate that I am CSU student and have access to pretty much every library in the state of CA. I usually get books from the library that we are reading for my book club if I didn't vote for it or don't really think I am going to like.

My other thing is about a website I found that will come in handy for our summer challenge.

I found this great website while I was looking for books in the decade I was born and it literally lists the "best" books of fiction and non-fiction for each of the years. The glitch that I can't seem to get passed is that I can't simply go to caderbooks.com and find a link. I had to do a search for "the best books of the 1970's" and clicked on the link provided.



however, I did find that you could simply replace the number and it brought you to that year.

It is kind of neat to see what was "hot" in the literary world when I was born; although it was really nothing that I would read!

I love owning them and reading them on my time rather than having to worry about a deadline.I find the selection is not that great and for anything current there's waiting lists that seem to go on forever.I just don't have the patience.

I love owning books too. Problem is my house is over run by books and the clutter annoys me to distraction at times. Fortunately, my "To Read" list is so long that I can always find multiple books at the library that I want to read. Generally, I have so many library books at one time that I can't get to them all. I have former debaters who have promised me that when they have lots of money they are going to add a library to my house for me- then I will buy books to my heart's content. :o)

I love to own books, and will always try to buy them rather than borrow from the library. Sometimes though, I just can't afford it, and so I go to the library, and end up picking up 7 or 8 books that I wouldn't necessarily have bought, aswell as the one that I originally went for. I think that the library is great for that. Sometimes in stores, I look at a book and think no - not worth my money. When I'm in a the library I get it anyway, because if I don't like it, then I haven't lost anything except for the time it took me to read it.

Thanks Stacie! The link helped me find a fun book to use for that same piece of the summer challenge!!

And I totally wish I was born a year earlier because I own four of the fiction books on that list and one of the nonfiction books must be fabulous:)

OK, I'm ready to get started. I'll post the thread as others have and will edit as they are completed. I've started on a library book and an audio book but will wait until I've completed them to check the lines.

5 Point Items
_x_ Read a book you borrow from the library (completed 6/8 - The Art of Racing in the Rain)
- Read for 30 minutes under a tree
_x_ Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
_x_ Read a cookbook or view a cooking website*** (allrecipes.com)
- Free Space (only use if necessary)
- Read a romance novel
- Attend a program at your local library
_x_ View a movie made from a book - The Other Boelyn Girl which was NOT even close to being on par with the book. They had to cut way too much out to keep it at two hours.

_x_***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone - 10 points (Mexican style shredded pork with lime cilantro rice - YUM!)

10 Point Items
_x_ Read a collection of short stories or a play - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
_x_ Read an online newspaper or magazine -
_x_ Read an inspirational novel or non-fiction book - Just Who Will You Be? by Maria Shriver
- Read a book about sports or the outdoors
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel
_x_ Read a horror or suspense novel - Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark
- Read a magazine from your local library
- Read a western, a novel set in the west, a
history about the west

15 Point Items
_x_ Read a novel by an author you have never read - Blindness by Jose Saramago
_x_ Read a book about politics or history - I Am America by Stephen Colbert
- Read a book published in the decade you were
born
_x_ Read an autobiography - Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
_x_ Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels" Their Eyes Were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the
title...the main library in the county just
added a coffee bar area so hence this challenge
_x_ Browse three book related websites (good-reads
doesn't count..lol) - borders.com, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list and reviews, bn.com, npr books)
_x_ Listen to or read any non-fiction book - PostSecrets compiled by Frank Warren

25 Point Items
- Read a book about your town or written by a
local author
_x_ Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 different
days
_x_ Attend a live book club meeting (6/10)

Total points so far - 210 as of August 5

Alrighty...here is the list of tasks that I am going to accomplish by the end of the summer

5 points
-Book from the library (22 June - completed "A View of the Present State of Ireland...worth WAY MORE than 5 points!)
DONE - Read for 30 minutes under a tree (4 July...under a real tree while sitting in a hammock!)
DONE - Read a cook book, etc. (Looked at Epicurious.com) PLUS 10 more for making Watermelon, Feta and Arugula salad for the family)
- Free space
Done - Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway (finished "Into the Wild - 31 July)
DONE - View a movie from a book (Watched Angela's Ashes -FINALLY-it has been in my Netflix queue for over 5 years!)

10 points
DONE - Read a collection of short stories or play(Read the play "Three Sisters" by Chekov 23 June)
DONE-read an online newspaper or magazine (BBC News Online)
-read nonfiction
DONE - read sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel (Read Land of the Never Fairies)
-read a western (I don't really like westerns, but this gives me a good reason to FINALLY read my friend's book!)

15 points
DONE - read a novel written by an author never read (11 June - Just finished "The Quiet American" by Graham Greene)
DONE - Read a book about politics or history (Dissing Elizabeth - a collection of essays on Queen Elizabeth I - 19 June)
DONE - Read a book published in the decade you were born (Just finished Breakfast of Champions - 20 June)
DONE - Browse three book related websites (powells.com, caderbooks.com, amazon.com)
DONE - Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels" (4 July - "Herzog" by Saul Bellow)
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the
title
DONE - Listen to or read any non-fiction book ("Mythologies" by Roland Barthes)

25 points
DONE - Read a book about your town or written by a local author (12 June - "Call of the Wild" by Jack London)
DONE-attend a live book club meeting (Had book club last Friday...we discussed Raw Shark Texts)

Total points as of 31 July: 205

This sounds like fun. Let me make my list.

5 points
-Read a book you borrow from a library
-Read for 30 minutes under a tree
-Listen to a book on tape or cd
-Read a cookbook or view a cooking website***
-Free Space(only use if necessary)
-Read a romance novel
-Attend a program at your local library
-View a movie made from a book

***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone

10 Point Items
-Read a collection of short stories or a play
-Read an online newspaper or magazine
-Read an inspirational novel or nonfictional book
-Read a book about sports or the outdoors
-Read a sci-fi/fantasty/or paranormal novel
-Read a horror or suspense novel
-Read a magazine from your local library
-Read a western, a novel set in the west, or a history of the west

15 Point Items
-Read a novel my an author you have never read
-Read a book about politics or history
-Read a book published in the decade you were born
-Read an autobiography
-Read a book from "Times all-times 100 novels"
-Read a book with "coffee" of "tea" in the title
-Browse 3 book related websites (goodreads don't count)
-Listen to or read any nonfiction book (We Remember by Jeanne Marie Laskas is a nonfiction book about women who are about 100 years of age. It tells their stories. Very interesting.)

25 Point Items
-Read a book about your town or written by a local author
-Listen to a child read 30 minutes on 3 different days
-Attend a live book club meeting

One down.

I'm reading a book from the library now (The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry).(5)

I'm reading a cookbook(Taste of Homes Winning Recipes).(5)

I browsed 3 book related sites (Amazon.com, bn.com, hastings.com).(15)

I do the same thing... If I do read a book at the library that I loved, I have to go out and buy it to have it on my bookshelf.

This summer challenge sounds like a lot of fun.

I can't wait to participate!

I just updated my challenge list...just finished Graham Greene and am now moving on to Jack London.

I updated mine as well... I finished reading Wrinkle In Time, which filled out the sci-fi challenge...

I'm up to 55 points...I just got a bunch of 14 day books in at the library though so I'm going to have to take a break from the challenge until they are done (the new books that come in only get checked out for 2 weeks instead of 4 like the rest).

I too am at 55 points...for some reason I am having a hard time getting through "Breakfast of Champions" for my decade read and "view of the present state of ireland" for my library read...pushing through both though. I can understand the trudging through Spenser, but not Vonnegut!

I knocked out two 5 point challenges yesterday to bring me up to 65 points...yeah!

Wow! Knocked out 30 points today! Went online, made dinner and FINALLY finished "Breakfast of Champions." I am now up to 85 points! This is so fun and really keeping me focused on task avoiding! Thanks Cynthia!

Ok. I'm in:

5 Point Items
-Read a book you borrow from the library-Artemis Fowl
-Read for 30 minutes under a tree- The Economy Today (Blah! Boring textbook)
- Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway
-Read a cookbook or view a cooking website***- The Pampered Chef
- Free Space (only use if necessary)
-Read a romance novel- Like Silk (meh)
- Attend a program at your local library
-View a movie made from a book- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone-10 points- Triple Citrus Mojitos (YUM!) and 20 Minute BBQ Ribs

10 Point Items
-Read a collection of short stories or a play- What Are You Looking At? The First Fat Fiction Anthology
- Read a online newspaper or magazine
-Read an inspirational novel or non-fiction book- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Read a book about sports or the outdoors
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel
- Read a horror or suspense novel
- Read a magazine from your local library
- Read a western, a novel set in the west, a
history about the west

15 Point Items
- Read a novel by an author you have never read
- Read a book about politics or history
-Read a book published in the decade you were born- Watership Down
- Read an autobiography
-Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels"- The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the
title...the main library in the county just
added a coffee bar area so hence this challenge
-Browse three book related websites (good-reads doesn't count..lol)- B&N, Borders and Alibris
- Listen to or read any non-fiction book

25 Point Items
-Read a book about your own town or written by a local author- Our Story: 77 Hours That Tested Our Friendship and Our Faith
- Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 different
days
- Attend a live book club meeting

Total as of July 9: 125 points!

I am loving the summer challenge idea! And I'm with a lot of you guys in wanting to own all the books I read and be surrounded by them, but I do love to lend them out so my friends can enjoy them. And today I finally went to the public library, got a card and checked out 7 books. :]

I'll probably do what most of you are doing and just go back and edit this post. My goal: 100 points by summer's end.

5 Point Items
- Read a book you borrow from the library -- Currently working on this one.
- Read for 30 minutes under a tree
- Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway -- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil on audio CDs
- Read a cookbook or view a cooking website*** I look at the Food Network's recipes all the time. I'm a wannabe cook. I'm going to try to make something really good to share, though.
- Free Space (only use if necessary)
- Read a romance novel -- Currently on this one, too. (separate books, don't worry)
- Attend a program at your local library
- View a movie made from a book -- For this one I want to finally watch The Kite Runner. One of my favorite books.

***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone - 10 points

10 Point Items
- Read a collection of short stories or a play
- Read a online newspaper or magazine This is a daily thing for me.
- Read an inspirational novel or non-fiction book Grayson by Lynne Cox
- Read a book about sports or the outdoors
- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel Real Vampires Have Curves
- Read a horror or suspense novel
- Read a magazine from your local library
- Read a western, a novel set in the west, a history about the west

15 Point Items
- Read a novel by an author you have never read
- Read a book about politics or history -- The Reagan Diaries on my to-read list.
- Read a book published in the decade you were born
- Read an autobiography
- Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels"
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the title...the main library in the county just added a coffee bar area so hence this challenge
- Browse three book related websites (good-reads doesn't count..lol)
- Listen to or read any non-fiction book

25 Point Items
- Read a book about your town or written by a local author -- one in my to-read pile.
- Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 different days
- Attend a live book club meeting -- Always want to do this! If I can find a good one in my area...



TOTAL: 40 points so far.

boo hoo. everyone is kicking my butt with the challenge. I think i have challenge overload... I am a challenge addict and dont have enough hours in the day to support them all....

Waaaaahhhhhhhh....

Attention Lori: BACK AWAY FROM THE CHALLENGE. PUT YOUR HANDS UP. THAT'S IT. NICE & SLOW. GOOD GIRL. NOW TURN AROUND & WALK AWAY.

There, there. It'll be aallllrrriiiggghtt...

haa haaa... i cant help myself. i cant choose between them either becuase they are all so great, you know? So im like... ok. i can do this. i just have to choose my books wisely....

ugh. i never thought book reading could be so headahce provoking :P

OK girls- I am computer illiterate. How can I make my list and then go back and edit with the strikes, italics, etc?

Second- does the romance book have to be something like a Harlequin, or can it be a love story?

I am diving in- hopefully I can learn to swim as I go! (I found the formatting tips, but can't figure out how to access them)


5 POINT ITEMS
Read a book from the library
*BULL'S ISLAND
Read for 30 minutes under a tree
** July 1st
Listen to a book on tape, cd,etc.
*HOME TO HOLLY SPRINGS
Read a cookbook or view a website
*THE ULTIMATE COOKIE COLLECTION
Free Space
Read a romance novel
*** THE DEAD DON'T DANCE
Attend a program at your local library
View a movie made from a book
** THE TENTH CIRCLE

10 POINT ITEMS
Prepare and item from the cookbook to share
*Baked cookies for our summer custodial
staff
Read a collection of short stories or a play
EXPLORING LITERATURE by Hadden
Read an online newspaper or magazine
NY TIMES (daily)
Read an inspirational novel
***A NEW EARTH (technically it's an
inspirational book, but I wasn't
inspired.)
Read a book about sports
**** DON'T KNOCK THE ROCK
Read a sci-fi,fantasy, paranormal novel
DIRTY JOB
Read a horror or suspense novel
** HIDE by L. Gardner
Read a magazine from the library
*VITAL SPEECHES
Read a western or a novel set in the west
THE HONK & HOLLER OPENING SOON by Letts
15 POINT ITEMS
Read a novel by an author you have never read
*** THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Read a book about politics or history
*** THE AUDACITY OF HOPE
Read a book published in the decade you were
born
**** THE CATCHER IN THE RYE
Read an autobiography
Read a book from "Times 100 novels"
Read a book with coffee or tea in the title
** TEA PARTY by T. Stern
Browse three book related websites
*BOOKCLUBGIRL.COM
*WHATSHOULDIREADNEXT.COM
*LITERATURE-MAP.COM
Listen to or read any non-fiction book
*** THE HOMEGROWN DEMOCRAT

25 POINT ITEMS
Read a book about your town, or written by a
local author
** HUMMER by Linda Gruenberg (she is the
mother of one of my 6th grade
students
Listen to a child read 30 minutes on three
different occasions
Attend a live book club meeting

TOTAL: 55 points
(June 26, 2008)
115 points
(7/2/08)
175 points
(7/10/08)
200 points
(7/17/08)
220 points
(7/24/08)
235 points
(8/21/08)

The romance book can be any kind,I don't read harlequin so I wouldn't ask anyone else to.

Is it to late to join this challenge???

I don't do the fancy strike through, etc, but just go back and edit my post with the word "done" and what I did.

I just hit 100 points! Do I get to go buy myself a book or 10 now?

Where can i view the "Times all-time 100 novels"

thanks Logan!

Kasi you are more than welcome to join the challenge now.

These are my summer goals, (they're completely different now).

-Finish the Twilight series (hopefully both Bella and Edward will die and I can be happy!)

-Finish the Narnia series

-Read The Secret Countess and A Song For Summer (And any other Eva Ibbotson books I might buy).

-Read Ann of Green Gables (finally!)

-Re-read Eight Cousins and read Rose in Bloom

I don't know if I'll finish it, but I'll try!

As if my boss needed more proof that I spend too much time on the Internet, I've just updated my challenge and have 80 points!

I'm editing some of my items here.



5 Point Items

- Read a book you borrow from the library- The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle

-Read for 30 minutes under a tree -Finally got to do this on vacation!! Read The Witch of Portobello

- Listen to a book on tape, cd, mp3, or playaway-Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen

- Read a cookbook or view a cooking website*** -Hungry Girl Cookbook-I bought this Friday and I'm obsessed!

- Free Space (only use if necessary)

- Read a romance novel-Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise

- Attend a program at your local library

- View a movie made from a book -Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

***prepare an item from that cookbook and share it with someone - 10 points -Finally just got my husband to try something from my new cookbook-yeah!

10 Point Items
- Read a collection of short stories or a play-20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill. Great collection of creepy stories by Stephen King's son.

- Read a online newspaper or magazine-Real Simple.com. I don't know why I don't do this more often.

- Read an inspirational novel or non-fiction book-Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I really didn't expect to like this book-but I did. Guess it helps to have really low expectations!

- Read a book about sports or the outdoors -Copying Charity and using Ballad of the Whiskey Robber -forgot that the hockey stuff would count.

- Read a sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal novel-A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

- Read a horror or suspense novel-Gerald's Game by Stephen King

- Read a magazine from your local library -Read McLean's Magazine in the library. Read the article about the guy from BNL who got busted for coke.

- Read a western, a novel set in the west, a
history about the west -I read Otherwise Engaged which is set in an inn in Arizona (that counts-right?)

15 Point Items
- Read a novel by an author you have never read-Cut by Patricia McCormick

- Read a book about politics or history

- Read a book published in the decade you were
born Jonathon Livinston Seagull by Richard Bach-thankfully it was short!

- Read an autobiography-I read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. I feel like it's a stretch but then again it's a book about his life and preparing for his death so I think it fits.

- Read a book from "Times all-time 100 novels"
- Read a book with "coffee" or "tea" in the
title...the main library in the county just
added a coffee bar area so hence this challenge

- Browse three book related websites (good-reads
doesn't count..lol) -BookMooch, Paperback Swap, and Borders.com

- Listen to or read any non-fiction book-Me Talk Pretty One Day-David Sedaris

25 Point Items

- Read a book about your town or written by a
local author-Easter Rising-An Irish American Coming Up from Under by Michael Patrick MacDonald. This is a memoir about the author growing up in the projects of South Boston (I'm about 15 minutes south of Boston)

- Listen to a child read 30 min. on 3 different
days (My son is only 2 but I'm working on my nephew for this one)

- Attend a live book club meeting-Met with the South Shore Readers Book club on 6/19

Total as of 8/24/08 245

Don't know that I'll be able to finish of many more before the end of the month!