Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion

Ok, here is the thread for Reading Challenge #20! Sorry for the slow start. Anything you read since May 1 counts for this challenge. You get five points for each book you read in a section. If you read more than one book for a section, then you get 2 pts for the additional book. Please post a new comment for every book you read in the challenge--makes it easier to keep track!

Points for gaining awareness.
1. Read a novel in verse or a novel with a poetry theme (April)
2. Read a novel with a theme of sexual violence or sexual assault (April)
3. Read a book about bicycles, cyclists etc (May)
4. Read a book with a Jewish-American protagonist (May)
5. Read a book with a Caribbean-American protagonist (June)
6. Read a book with jazz, blues, hip-hop, rap, R&B or other African-American music as a theme (June)
(3o points for completing this section)

Get your Fruits and Veggies. If doing covers, please post the covers.
7. Read a book with a Strawberries, Asian Pear, or Tomatillos on the cover or in the title. (April)
8. Read a book with Mangos, Limes, or potatoes in the title or on the cover (May)
9. Read a book with Cherries, Plums, Pluot, Aprium, or Okra in the title or on the cover (June)
(15 pts for this section)

Birthstones: can have the actual gem (picture or word) on the cover or just the color of the gem
10. Read a book that has Diamond or Crystal in the title or on the cover (April)
11. Read a book that has Emerald on the cover or in the title (May)
12. Read a book that has Alexandrite, Pearl, or Moonstone in the title or on the cover (June)
(15 pts for this section)

Holidays
16. Read a book about a holiday that occurs in April this year.
17. Read a book about a holiday that occurs in May this year.
18. Read a book about a holiday that occurs in June this year.
(15 pts for this section)

Newberries!
19. Read a Newbery Medal or Honor book from 1922-1949
20. Read a Newbery Medal or Honor book from 1950-1969
21. Read a Newbery Medal or Honor book from 1970-1989
22. Read a Newbery Medal or Honor book from 1990-2009
23. Read a Newbery Medal or Honor book from 2010-2014

(25 pts for this section)

Thanks Celeste for getting this going! Here's to reading some good books for the challenge!!

Thanks! I'm looking forward to this.

6.P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia
pages: 274
points: 5

total points:5
total pages: 274

1. Karma by Cathy Ostlere
pages:528
points:5

total pages: 802
total points: 10

22. Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
pages: 289
points: 5

total pages: 289
total points: 5

I am assuming that is is for #22 under Newberies? I just realized that I neglected to put the number in for the books I read too, and edited those in. Kdbrand, if you want this to count for something else instead of the Newbery Honor, let me know!

Kdbrand wrote: "Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
pages: 289
points: 5

total pages: 289
total points: 5"

Celeste wrote: "I am assuming that is is for #22 under Newberies? I just realized that I neglected to put the number in for the books I read too, and edited those in. Kdbrand, if you want this to count for somethi..."


Thanks Celeste! I'm new to this type of challenge. Edited my post to reflect #22.

19. The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth (winner of the 1931 Newbery Award)

pages: 96
points: 5

Total pages:898
Total points: 15

Leaderboard:

Celeste: 898 pages, 15 points
Kdbrand: 289 pages, 5 points

Come on people! Join the fun!

Sorry it took me so long to join!

6. Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott (Rap), 304 pages
2. All The Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry (She’s kidnapped and though not raped, touched.), 274 pages
3. Frank Einstein and the Anti-Matter Motor by Jon Sciezska (He makes a bicycle that can fly.), 192 pages
1. Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos, 310 pages
16. Like Carrot Juice on Cupcakes by Julie Sternberg, 192 pages
5. Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg (Does Haiti count?), 304 pages

Total points: 30
Pages: 1576

Kellee wrote: "Sorry it took me so long to join!

6. Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott (Rap), 304 pages
2. All The Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry (She’s kidnapped and though not raped, touched.), 274 pages
3..."



Welcome Kellee! Thanks for joining us. Which category did you mean for Sarafina's Promise? You have it as 2, but you also read All the Truth That's In Me for #2. Did you mean #5? if so, yes I would say Haiti counts as part of the Caribbean.

Celeste wrote: "Kellee wrote: "Sorry it took me so long to join!

6. Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott (Rap), 304 pages
2. All The Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry (She’s kidnapped and though not raped, touched...."

Yes, #5--sorry!
I'm sorry, along with many of our members probably, that this challenge was so slow, and had such little participation. It was such a great one, and I know you worked very hard on in Celeste (I've written the challenges in the past)! But summer is always so crazy! It is all excuses, but I wanted to let you know I was sorry.

Ok so we have:

Kellee: 1576 pgs and 30 pts
Celeste: 898 pgs and 15 pts
kdbrand: 289 pgs and 5 pts

Are we still doing this? I have stuff on my to-read list that fits, but I wasn't sure if the challenge should still be going on at this point.

It ends August 30th, so there is still time!!! :)

1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (a novel in verse about her finding her voice as a writer--perfection!) 336 pages 8/5/14

Boys of Blur by N.D. Wilson has sugar cane on the front--so close!

2. Touched by Paul Maurer 214 pages 7/21/14
23. Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo 233 pages 7/11/14
2. Milk of Birds by Sylvia Whitman 384 pages 6/26/14

+14 points

(I will say this challenge is TOUGH!)

2. The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal 576 pgs, 5 pts

total pages: 1474
total points: 20

Leaderboard

Kellee: 2684 pgs; 41 pts
Celeste: 1474 pgs; 20 pts
kdbrand: 289 pgs; 5 pts

Do the West Indies count as part of the Caribbean?