Saturday, January 03, 2015

Winter Reading Challenge update

SCL Winter Challenge
11/1/14-2/28/15

Semi Charmed Life

5 points: Freebie!  Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier   (Finished 11/21/14)
10 points: Read a book written by an author who has published at least 10 books.  The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes   (Finished 11/7/14)
10 points: Read a book of short stories.  Girls Night In   (Finished 12/11/14)
10 points: Read a book with a food in the title. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
15 points: Read the first book in a series that is new to you.   Deja Dead By Kathy Reichs  [Bones series]
15 points: Read a book that was originally written in a language that is not your native language.    All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (German to English)
15 points: Read a book written by a local author.  Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin (Chicago area author, 345 pages)    (Finished 12/18/14)
20 points: Read a "bookish book." The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (finished 11/5/14)
20 points: Read a book with a direction in the title.  Murder in the South of France by Susan Kiernan-Lewis (Kindle book, 326 pages)
25 points: Read a book from a genre you don't usually read. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (fantasy genre)   (Finished 12/5/14)
25 points: Read a book with a song lyric in the title. Under the Boardwalk by Carly Phillips and The Drifters
30 points: Read two books with a different meal in each title.  Progressive Dinner Deadly by Elizabeth Spann Craig (Kindle book-216 pages) & Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland

Nov points: 35
Dec points:  50

Total points: 85

3 comments:

  1. I struggling on reading last year, I'm determined to be better this year. :)

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  2. Fun challenge!
    I am literally reading three autobiography type books right now! lol

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  3. I just found your blog via Finding Beauty ---- topics like reading and national park visiting? My kind of blog! Nice to 'meet' you!

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