2011: Challenges – Four Month Challenge Part 6

Part 6 of the Four Month Challenge (hosted by Book Drunkard) started on April 1 and lasts until July 31.  The general guidelines are:

• You do not need a blog to sign up for the challenge.
• One book, one category.
• Finish up all the categories for a whopping 250 points and bragging rights.
• Sign up in the comment section of the post linked above. 

Here are the categories for this go-round:

last updated 7/22/11

FIVE POINT CHALLENGES:

Read a book that the author’s name begins with A for April IN April (first or last name)

Read a book that the author’s name begins with M for May IN May (first or last name): Packing for Mars – Mary Roach

Read a book that the author’s name begins with J for June IN June (first name only)

Read a book that the author’s name begins with J for July IN July (last name only)

Read a book that beings with the S for Spring

TEN POINT CHALLENGES:

Read a ‘debut’ novel (an author’s first book): I Love You, Beth Cooper – Larry Doyle 

Read a book where the author wrote under a pseudonym

Read a book with a male on the cover (male only, no female): Blood Rites – Jim Butcher

Read a book with a female on the cover (female only, no male): Pale Demon – Kim Harrison

Read a book with a house on the cover

FIFTEEN POINT CHALLENGES:

Read a book that you previously DID NOT finish

Read a book with a flower on the cover OR in the title: The Woman He Married – Julie N. Ford

Read a book with a reference to a fairy tale (Cinderella theme, Alice in Wonderland theme, etc)

Read a book that the author was born during the Spring season: The Complaints – Ian Rankin

Read a book that has won awards: The Devil in the White City – Erik Larson

TWENTY POINT CHALLENGES

Read something that is next in a series: The Likeness – Tana French

Read a book that the title begins with either your first or last initial

Read a book where the main character is an author

Read a book having to do with ghosts, reincarnation, etc.

Read a book with one of the Four Elements in the title – Fire, Water, Wind, Earth

Points Earned: 100 / 250