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Challenge #2 - Jun/July 2011

This is a one month challenge running from June 15th to July 31st .

One book will be counted towards the score. You may read as many books as you like, but only the highest score will be considered.

All qualifications (page count, cover specifics) will be based on the most popular version on Goodreads. To determine the most popular version, type the name of the book into the search field.

The Challenge: In honour of June being National Rose Month, choose a book from the listopia list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/31...

- OR -

In honour of July being National Ice Cream Month, choose a book from the listopia list: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/55...

Everyone will score their own books in the challenge report thread according to the following point qualifiers. Each item is worth 1 point unless otherwise specified.

Genre:
Young Adult
Mystery
Non-Fiction
Short Story Compilation
Fantasy
Romance
Historical Fiction

Themes:
Coming of age
Family
Survival
Love
Good & evil
Generation gap

Location/Setting:
Hawaii
Alaska
Florida
California
Texas
Mexico
England
France
Italy
China

Author:
Goodreads Author
American
English
Canadian
Australian
French

Titles Contain:
Chocolate
Rose
Garden
Summer
Proper name
One word

Covers:
Rose
Ice Cream
Pink
Face
Title Across the Bottom

BONUS POINTS:
June Events - 2 points each
Fathers’ Day - story features a father
Wedding Month - story features a wedding
Queen’s Birthday - story is centered around royalty
Skyscraper Month - story is set in a major city
Take Your Dog to Work Day - story has a dog as a pet

July Events - 2 points each
Independence Day/Canada Day - Either one of these holidays is mentioned in the story
Family Reunion Month - Story has a family gathering other than a wedding or funeral.
International Friendship Day - story features a close friendship
International Zoo Keepers’ Week - story has a zoo or exotic animals in it.

Page Length:
Less than 200 pages - DEDUCT ONE POINT
200 - 299 pages - 1 point
300 - 399 pages - 2 points
400 - 499 pages - 3 points
500 pages or greater - 4 points



Sample scoring:

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
(note: sample not representative of the listopia requirements - used for example only)

Genre: Historical Fiction (1)
Themes: Coming of Age (1), Family (1), Survival (1)
Location: Hawaii (1)
Author: American (1)
Title: Proper Name (1), One Word (1)
Cover: Pink (1), Face (1), Title across bottom (1)

Bonuses:
Fathers’ Day (2)
Wedding (2)
Pet Dogs (2)
Intl Friendship Day (2)
Book Length 384 pages (20

Total Score - 21

Note: If you cannot find a book on either one of the listopia's listed for this challenge, submit the title of the one you want to substitute and I will approve it if it fits the themes of Roses or Ice Cream. You will get a deduction of one point though.

Any questions? Happy reading!

Salting Roses

Thanks Janice! I'm going to read this one. It's by a local author, friend of a friend. I've had it in my TBR pile for a while. I always need an excuse to read books from that pile so thanks!

Hi Kate!

That's great that you are able to pull a book from your pile. It's always a bonus when you can make a book you already have fit a challenge.

I've got only one book on either list that I could read for this challenge. The Secret Garden. There are a bunch that are on my wishlist.

i just have to go FIND Salting Roses now ....

Ahhh, you have that problem too! :)

I pulled Black Thorn, White Rose off Mt. TBR. I'm a little confused by "All qualifications (page count, cover specifics) will be based on the most popular version on Goodreads." Do you mean to say that we're supposed to read the most popular edition? Or rather that whatever edition we read, our points will be based on the edition that comes up first on a GR title search? (I hope you say "the latter." :)

Cheryl, your hopes have been fulfilled. You may read whatever version of the book you have whether it be a book, ebook, or audiobook. The points, however, will be based on the GR's most popular edition.

Oh, and "Mt. TBR"... is that Mount TBR? As in Mount Everest? LOL!

Judy wrote: "Choices, choices .... just did my research and now have it "narrowed" down to four books:
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
The Name of the Rose
Roses
[book:Rooft..."

The Name of the Rose is fantastic, especially if your a librarian!

I'm doing Rose in Bloom as its easily available for free as an ebook, via Gutenberg or Many Books,

I'll start the reporting thread tonight when I get home from work in case there are speed readers in our group who will finish their book before the day is finished. :) Do we have any of those in our group?

Yup, my pile of owned & unread books is almost as intimidating as Mount Everest. :) Thanks for this nudge to pull one down!

I am often a speed reader and eager to start a challenge but not this month because I fell behind trying to read some other difficult books for other May and June reads in other groups.

I love reading what you-all are reading - thanks for making clickable links when you give the title! :)

Newbie question....do I have to read a book from the two list? Or can I pick my own book and then score it based on the qualifiers listed? Thank you! (sorry if a silly question!!)

Jessica wrote: "Newbie question....do I have to read a book from the two list? Or can I pick my own book and then score it based on the qualifiers listed? Thank you! (sorry if a silly question!!)"

No, it's not a silly question. The challenge is to read one book from one of the two lists.

The whole idea though is to get people reading. So if you can't find a book that you would like to read from the list, tell me which book you would like to read and if it fits in the theme of the challenge (roses, ice cream), I'll approve it but with a one point deduction. Fair enough?

Sounds great! I'm off to pick a book!