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Topic: Contemporary Challenge for 2014 - LISTS only
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 10/25/13 12:29 AM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Over-achiever - 21 books: 1 for each topic Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 11/15/14 7:24 PM ET - Total times edited: 46 |
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Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
Last Edited on: 6/12/14 2:10 PM ET - Total times edited: 20 |
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DONE! 2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Last Edited on: 11/16/14 1:35 PM ET - Total times edited: 89 |
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 10/18/14 5:21 PM ET - Total times edited: 17 |
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 9/26/14 10:04 PM ET - Total times edited: 11 |
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2014 Contemporary Fiction Challenge: CHALLENGE COMPLETED! 2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Last Edited on: 8/28/14 1:56 PM ET - Total times edited: 49 |
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Last Edited on: 10/31/13 8:31 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 11/7/13 9:24 AM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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I'm in! 2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 9/12/14 8:34 PM ET - Total times edited: 20 |
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 1/30/14 2:29 PM ET - Total times edited: 26 |
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
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I'm Traditional! Going for Deluxe 16 FINISHED! Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Last Edited on: 12/18/14 11:30 AM ET - Total times edited: 30 |
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I'm going to do a traditional 12 challenge, and have selected three items from each category. I. GENRES 1. historical fiction--Suite Francaise (Irene Nemirovsky) 2. significant relationship--A Very Close Conspiracy/Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf (Jane Dunn) 3. non-fiction about a secret--When Evil Came to Good Hart (Mardi Link) II. AS SEEN ON 4. TBR list--The Whistling Season (Ivan Doig) 5. award winner--Charming Billy (Alice McDermott) 6. from 1001 Books--Doctor Faustus (Thomas Mann) III. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER 7. 20-30 somethings--Bad Haircut (Tom Perrotta) 8. middle-aged--The Granny (Brendan O'Carroll) 9. senior citizens--The Sorrows of an American (Siri Hustvedt) IV. WORK ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN. . . 10. 2014--Stand Up Straight and Sing! (Jessye Norman) 11. 2010-2013--Fever (Mary Beth Keane) 12. 2000-2009--When We Were Orphans (Kazuo Ishiguro) I'll have to work in a couple I won't have finished by the end of 2013, but I have determination! Rose |
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 12/18/14 4:33 PM ET - Total times edited: 25 |
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2014 Challenge Options: Over-achiever - 21 books: 1 for each topic
1. Historical fiction or a non-fiction work about history or politics (including auto/biography) Sarah Dunant. Blood & Beauty. COMPLETED 1/22/14. 4 Stars
1. Your TBR Pat Barker. Regeneration. Completed 7/24/14 4.5 stars
1. Children. Philip Pullman. The Golden Compass COMPLETED 1/8/14 4 Stars
1. 2014 Edward St . Aubyn. Lost for Words. Completed 6/22/14. 4 stars 3. 2000-2009.George R. R. Martin. A Storm of Swords. Completed 6/8/14 4 stars 4. 1990-1999. Substituting a 2013 challenge category, a work that takes inspiration from a classic: Benjamin Black, Completed 10/10/14:The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel (Philip Marlowe #10) Any time you (break down and) purchase (or otherwise acquire) a book that isnt in the PBS system, read it, and then post it to the system, you may swap any 2 topics for absolutely anything contemporary that you want to read! (Note: As long as there were 0 copies available at the time you acquired the book, you may use this category.) Last Edited on: 10/10/14 9:33 PM ET - Total times edited: 52 |
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2014 Challenge Options:
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 7/3/14 12:03 PM ET - Total times edited: 11 |
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I always forget about this: Are Audio books allowed to count for books read? |
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2014 Challenge Options: Planned Finished
Category 1: Genres (loosely interpreted)
Category 2: “As seen on…”
Category 3: Age is just a number: (Main characters are of this age group or the conflict revolves around a character from this age group.)
Category 4: Work originally published in
“Trade-sies” (aka “That topic sucks,” aka “Building good PBS karma):
Last Edited on: 10/26/14 1:38 PM ET - Total times edited: 9 |
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re: I always forget about this: Are Audio books allowed to count for books read? Some people count them. We've never made a specific rule. I think it's a matter of personal choice (that's more how we tend to roll).
 Last Edited on: 12/30/13 11:13 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Personally, I think an unabridged audio book should count just like a book in print. The point is to spread your reading wings and enjoy books. just to bump this up! |
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CHALLENGE COMPLETED!! |
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I completed this challenge! 10/10/14
Janet E |
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