Today is the final day of the Holiday Break Reading Challenge. I had so much fun and I hope everyone else did too. For those of you who won prizes, everything should be put in the mail on Monday, January 4th. The books will be mailed Media Mail so it should take about a week to get to you.
For our final Activity here is what I want to do. I would like you to post your final results, how many books did you read and how many reviews did you write?
So, in the comment section of this post please answer like this:
Karin
http://karinlibrarian.wordpress.com
I read 7 books during the challenge:
THE GOOD NEIGHBORS: KITH by Holly Black
BONESHAKER by Cherie Preist
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead
LOCKDOWN by Walter Dean Myers
RAGE by Julie Anne Peters
THE RETURNERS by Gemma Malley
THE LINE by Teri Hall
I wrote 0 reviews.
Then, be sure to attach your reviews to the REVIEW PAGE of the blog. HERE IS THE LINK
**As for the prizes for this Activity I'll choose one of the commenters randomly like usual, but to encourage the addition of your book reviews to the Holiday Break Reading Challenge Review list, I'll choose another random Book Review post for another prize.**
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Samantha LeAnne
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I read 2 books during the challenge. (Family issues messed me up majorly)
Beautiful by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
Candor by Pam Bachorz
I wrote 2 reviews (but I haven't gotten either posted yet)
Kathy
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I read 13 books during the challenge:
*Divine Misdemeanors by Laurell K. Hamilton
*First Lord’s Fury by Jim Butcher
*Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
Alpha Turned by K B Alan
Kiss and Kin by Kinsey Holley
Serengeti Heat by Vivi Andrews
*Immortal: Love Stories That Bite edited by P. C. Cast
*Changing the World: All-New Stories of Valdemar edited by Mercedes Lackey
The Queen in Winter
Shadowlight by Lynn Viehl
All talked about in this post: http://inside-dog.blogspot.com/2009/12/holiday-break-reading-challenge-update.html
Eternal Desire by Roxanne Rhoads
*Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs by Molly Harper
*Gentlemen Prefer Succubi by Jill Myles
I wrote separate blog posts for the ones that are starred.
I am currently reading Night Shift by Lilith Saintcrow but probably won’t finish it today. I have read her Young Adult books – Strange Angels and Betrayals (written as Lili St. Crow) and wanted to see how her adult books are. I have just begun but it starts out well.
Hattie DeRaps
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I read 6 books during this challenge (and I'm almost done with #7, which is a re-read).
They are:
RX by Tracy Lynn
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
And, I'm almost finished with The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
I wrote reviews for 4 of these books. I still need to write a review of An Abundance of Katherines and one for The Book Thief. I won't write one for The Help because it was a grown-up read for an adult lit book club I belong to. I only write reviews of books for titles that will be made available to my students. It was an amazing book, though! I loved it.
I've also loved this challenge. It's the first time that I've ever done anything like it. Thanks for all of these awesome assignments, Karin. I hope that this happens again next year!
Melissa Helmers
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I read 6 of the 7 books I wanted to read...plus others I didn't list because I couldn't get the 7th.
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Shadowland by Alyson Noel
I wrote reviews for 5 of the 6 books. I haven't written for Shadowland yet because I haven't had the time.
This was such a great challenge! I loved it.
I had a blast participating- thanks for hosting this.
ReplyDeleteI read 5 books- written 2 reviews - 2 more still to come.
Bran Hambric- Kaleb Nation
The Maze Runner - James Dashner
Need- Carrie Jones
Linger ARC- Maggie Stiefvater
The Returners ARC- Gemma Doyle.
The last two will get reviewd, just need a little time.
Briana
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I've finished 3 books and am thisclose to being done with the 4th.
Waiting For You by Susane Colasanti
Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern
Slob by Ellen Potter
Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
I wrote one review and will write another for Strange Angels when I'm finished.
Thanks for the awesome challenge!
Leslie
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I read 19 books during the challenge.
The Seven Rays by Jessica Bendinger
The Monstrumologist by Richard Yancey
Nothing Like You by Lauren Strasnick
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
Feed by M.T. Anderson
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Finding Grace by Alyssa Brugman
Splendor by Anna Godbersen
The Minister's Daughter by Julie Hearn
Wake by Lisa McMann
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
Good Enough by Paula Yoo
Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
Good Fortune by Noni Carter
Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood by Eileen Cook
I wrote 0 reviews.
Mariana
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I read 3 books (and a half xD) during the challenge:
Keeping the moon by Sarah Dessen
The Empress of the ethereal kingdom by Laura Gallego
Dirty Little Angels by Chris Tusa
I wrote 3 reviews.
Kristin
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I had a great time reading, but failed on the participating in activities and writing reviews part.
My goal was to read 15 books and I read 24:
Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe
Where There's a Witch by Madelyn Alt
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne
Full Moon by Rachel Hawthorne
Dark of the Moon by Rachel Hawthorne
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
Shadowland by Alyson Noel
Bad Apple by Laura Ruby
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson
The Ex Games by Jennifer Echols
Slept Away by Julie Kraut
At Face Value by Emily Franklin
The Silver Blade by Sally Gardner
The Season by Sarah MacLean
Geektastic edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me by Louise Rennison
A Pearl Among Princes by Coleen Paratore
Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund
Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
Another Faust by Daniel and Dina Nayeri
I wrote 0 full reviews, but in my final post (http://feedyourimagination.blogspot.com/2010/01/holiday-break-reading-challenege-finish.html) I have a few sentences about each book.
Kristen Harvey
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I read 27 books:
Firespell by Chloe Neill
Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpugo
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Rare Beasts by Charles Ogden
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading by Charity Tahmaser and Darcy Vance
Etta: A Novel by Gerald Koplan
Princess Candy: Sugar Hero by Michael Dahl
Princess Candy: The Marshmallow Mermaid by Michael Dahl
Monster in the Outfield by Robert Marsh
Mr. Wolf Bounces Back by Tony Bradman
Jack and the Bean Snacks by Tony Bradman
Goldilocks and the Just Right Club by Tony Bradman
Rapunzel Lets Her Hair Down by Tony Bradman
The Frog Prince Hops to It by Tony Bradman
The Teacher Who Forgot Too Much by Steve Brezenoff
The Village that Almost Vanished by Steve Brezenoff
City of Fire by Laurence Yep
Lost Worlds by John Howe
Constance and the Great Escape by Pierre Le Gall
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, and Alexis Frederick-Frost
Joey Fly Private Eye in Creepy Crawly Crime by Aaron Reynolds
Cat Burglar Black by Richard Sala
I reviewed 11 of them.
This was a fantastic challenge!
Erica
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During the challenge I read 7 books:
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
The Secret Year by Jennifer R Hubbard
The Naughty List by Suzanne Young
Ex-Mas by Kate Brian
Murder At the Lake by Bren Gaudet
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
I wrote 4 reviews.
This was such a fun challenge!
Julie
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I finished 9 books:
1. The Mystery of the Phantom Grasshopper by Kathryn Kenny
2. This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
3. A Shadow in the Dark by Ronica Stromberg
4. Beastly by Alex Flinn
5. Right Behind You by Gail Giles
6. Living It Up To Live It Down by Ronica Stromberg
7. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
8. By the Time You Read This I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
9. Pride and Prejudice Adapted by Nancy Butler and Hugo Petrus
I wrote 8 reviews
I've said it before and I'll say it again----I loved doing this challenge!
ReplyDeleteI finished 10 books (which was my goal - yay!)and I will finish the 11th in a bit and post my final two reviews later tonight or tomorrow.I read:
Swoon by Nina Malkin
How to Steal a Car by Pete Hautman
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade
Ash by Malinda Lo
A Brief History of Montmaray
by Michelle Cooper
Malice by Chris Wooding
Kith by Holly Black
Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
and I am finishing up
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Thanks for the fun and hope to see you all in some 2010 challenges!
Nikki
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I wanted to read 5 books in this challenge and I read 7.
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
-The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
-Frozen Fire by Tim Bowler
-When We Were Saints by Han Nolan
-Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
-Gossip Girl (#2): You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
-Gossip Girl (#3): Because I'm Worth It by Cecily von Ziegesar
I wrote 7 reviews (#7 will be up later)
Here's the post with links to my reviews(They are also on the review page): http://ahauntofancientpeace.blogspot.com/2010/01/holiday-break-reading-challenge-wrap-up.html
Andrea (mg)
ReplyDeleteI read 4 books.
1- The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson
2- Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
3- The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
4- Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Wrote 3 reviews (one will be posted very soon and the other review will be up during this week possibly).
Link to post talking about the reviews/challenge: http://loud-words-and-sounds.blogspot.com/2009/12/update-on-my-books-for-holiday-reading.html
Jill of The O.W.L.
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Books Read
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
The Dark Divine by Bree Dispain
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Intertwined by Gene Showalter
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
The Line by Teri Hall
Reviews:
The Dark Divine went up already
Lockdown will go up Friday for For the Guys Friday
The Line - I need to check with Teri Hall to see if she's ok with reviews now or if she'd like them closer to the release date
The other 3 will come this week and next
Kim of LJHS Book Blog
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I read three books:
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecilia Galante
The Devouring by Simon Holt
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
I haven't written any reviews.
Thanks for hosting this challenge. It was a lot of fun!
I only read 3 books and 1/2 way done with two others.
ReplyDeleteI completed and reviewed:
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Mandy
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I read 10 books.
Gone by Lisa Mcmann
The Den of Shadows Quartet by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Taken By Storm by Angela Morrison
Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
The Vampire Is Just Not That Into You by Vlad Mezrich
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
The Everafter by Amy Huntley
The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X by James Patterson
I reviewed the first 5 books.
I read 11 books, but didn't post many reviews. Had a lot of fun though.
ReplyDeleteBy The Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
Get Well Soon by Julie Halpern
Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
Firespell by Chloe Neill
Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
Numbers by Rachel Ward
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
Dream Girl by Lauren Mechling
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
Scott
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I read 8 books
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Vol. 10 by Hirohiko Araki
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Vol. 11 by Hirohiko Araki
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Vol. 12 by Hirohiko Araki
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Ruins by Scott Smith
A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Boilerplate: History's Modern Marvel by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
And I did 6 reviews (I lumped the 3 JoJo's together into a review of the whole series (so far.))
I only planned on reading The Road . . . so Expectations Exceeded! Thank you for hosting this, my teens will be so excited by the prize I won!
I hope to do a wrap-up with pie charts tomorrow morning!
I read 9 books during the challenge:
ReplyDeleteHunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
So far I've reviewed Hunting Ground, Deep Kiss of Winter, A Touch of Dead and Slave to Sensation. I ended up traveling for most of my break so things didn't go as I'd planned at all, but overall this was a fantastic event and I'd definitely participate again next year! Happy New Year!
Rebecca Herman
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Well, I was majorly lazy. I planned to read about 5 books and I ended up only finishing 2 and starting a 3rd because I wasted too much time on the computer!
I finished:
The Raven Saint by ML Tyndall
Ashes by Kathryn Lasky
and I started Brightly Woven by Alexndra Bracken.
Howver I wrote/posted 4 reviews - this included the two books I finished during the challenge as well as two books I finished earlier, but waited til the release date to review as requested.