Virginie Says…
I had so much fun doing my last challenge – the first one I ever did or hosted. November 1st will be the beginning of twenty all new challenges and I hope that everyone will join me again. I’m posting this now so everyone can start going through their libraries to find books for each category. Rules/guidelines will be posted November 1st when the challenge starts.
5 Point Challenges
Read a book with a proper name in the title
Read a book about a queen or king
Read a book by a Bronte
Read a book about Vampires
Read a book by V.C. Andrews
10 Point Challenges
Read a book by Canadian author
Read a book by Charles Dickens
Read a book set in France
Read a book by Georgette Heyer
Read an ‘art’ themed book.
15 Point Challenges
Read a book with a Civil War theme (any country)
Read a book with characters inspired by King Arthur or about King Arthur/Camelot
Read a biography/autobiography
Read a book related to or something by Shakespeare
Read a book by an author born in November, December, January or February
20 Point Challenges
Read a book with a wintery theme (Christmas, snow, ice, freezing etc.)
Read a book that was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Read a book that begins with A and one that begins with Z
Read a book from The Modern Library Top 100
Read a book and then write a review
Book Drunkard 
September 22, 2009 at 11:47 am
Why does the 20 pt challenge seem the easiest/most enjoyable to me? Probably because I am a classics nerd.
September 22, 2009 at 11:55 am
Classics nerds are good! 😀
September 22, 2009 at 12:05 pm
I am definitely in on this one – haha. About 1/4 of the way through my last part of the 1st challenge!
September 22, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I’m so glad, Heather! The last one was pretty fun, hey?
September 23, 2009 at 11:08 am
Sounds like a well rounded experience! I’ll be cheering you on. 🙂
September 23, 2009 at 11:22 am
Thanks! Last challenge I ended up reading 22 books in 4 months, which is HUGE for me. Hope to do as well next round 🙂
September 25, 2009 at 1:05 pm
These look harder! But I’m not as much of a classics reader. I’m still going to try it.
But there were several categories I never thought I’d get too in the last challenge, and I managed to read some books that fit the category. So even though I didn’t (won’t) finish all the categories, I consider it a success. I only missed 2, once I finish my last two books.
September 25, 2009 at 1:09 pm
I’m going to be giving this one a go. I may struggle on the civil war one but the rest I think I can handle 🙂
September 25, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Raidergirl – I’m glad the last challenge was successful! And, I’m glad you’re going to join the next one, too 🙂
Bella – I’m happy you’ll be joining us, too! I can’t wait until November! hehe
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October 7, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I think I’m gonna dive right in and join you guys for this one!
October 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Where do I sign up? I’m writing my post about it now.
October 21, 2009 at 4:38 pm
You can sign up right here! On November first, I’ll do a post with everyone’s names and then all we have to do is read, read, read!
October 21, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Actually, I’m wrong. Sign up here
October 23, 2009 at 8:27 am
I’m in for this one too. I keep saying no more challenges, but everyone comes up with such great ideas that I can’t resist!
October 27, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Hi Virginie,
I didn’t do too good on the last challenge, so hoping I can do this one better. I’d love join in on this challenge. I will be searching for my books until November and I’ll be back. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Just Books
October 27, 2009 at 11:11 pm
I’m game.
October 28, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I am going to try to participate. That is because there is very few romance books. lol. Also a lot of the books I will enjoy
October 29, 2009 at 2:30 am
I hadn’t heard about the last challenge but I certainly want to join in on this one. It does sound like so much fun! 🙂
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October 29, 2009 at 6:57 am
I just posted about the challenge here.
October 31, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Yikes – I’m in. I think I might be crazy, but I’m in! =) I posted my list here:
http://needmoreshelves.blogspot.com/2009/10/4-month-challenge.html
November 2, 2009 at 2:09 pm
This one is hard…I dont do Vampires, V
C Andrews, or Georgette Heyer but I can work on the rest.
November 10, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I joined this challenge a little while back, but I forgot to post here that I was doing so. Here was my post:
http://cerebralgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/challenge-four-month-challenge.html
November 11, 2009 at 1:27 am
Sounds good to me…..sorry I never posted my results for Part 1, but I had fun reading
February 8, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Are you hosting another challenge of this nature for March 2010 – June 2010?
February 8, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Yes, I’m debating whether it should start in March or April. There is a poll here if you wish to vote 🙂
http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2627784/
March 1, 2010 at 2:27 pm
Okay, I earned 80 points this time, but I planned to read a lot of books I wouldn’t have otherwise and that is the real prize. Here are my results:
http://bookendcrossing.blogspot.com/2010/03/four-month-challenge-part-two.html
Thanks for hosting!