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keep track of your pages!


I added a ticker...yeah it's a fundraiser ticker but it will have to do! I set my max at 100,000. Not that my goal is necessarily 100,000 pages. But I want to see how many pages I read in 2009.





one rule. Only completed books count. (Articles are fine, Candice!)



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Reader Initials Challenge
Jan 01, 2009 - 9:30 AM - by Jeanne
Take Your three initials.... (Mine are JMT. or JLT if I do my maiden name instead) Find an authors whose last name is the same as each intial and read one of their books.

Author list to get you started

For example I could read

J- James Patterson or Anna Jacobs
M- Melanie Than or Patricia McLaughlin
T- Thomas DiLorenzo or Walter Tevis
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Milestones challenge
Jan 01, 2009 - 9:25 AM - by Jeanne
Determine three milestone years in your life- birth, marriage, birth of child, purchase of home.... read a book that was published THAT year.

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Mega Genre Book Challenge
Jan 01, 2009 - 9:20 AM - by Jeanne
Using the listed genres select 5 genres. Then choose Five books from each genre to read during 2009. At completion you will have read 25 books!

Crime:

Mystery:
Thriller:
Romance:
Action/Adventure:
Fantasy:
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Young Adult:
CHick Lit:
Oprah's Book Choice:

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Series:
Horror:
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5 books From Five Countries Challenge
Jan 01, 2009 - 9:16 AM - by Jeanne
From each continent below, pick 1 country and then pick a book written by someone from that country.

Continents are:
Africa
America (North and South)
Asia
Australia (and Oceania)
Europe
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1001 Books to Read Before you Die Challenge
Jan 01, 2009 - 9:01 AM - by Jeanne
The goal of this challenge is to read 10 books in 10 months from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list. For you non-math people, 10 out of 1001 is approximately 1%, hence the title. The challenge will run from Jan 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.

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**Titles may count toward multiple challenges.
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