BOOKS AND MOVIES

Challenge host: Bart’s Bookshelf

~ Read 2 books from each category, making a requirement of 20 books total.
~ The categories are intended to be loose guidelines only, if you decide it fits, then it fits. (Apart from those marked **)
~ Categories marked with ** have tighter rules, and these must be followed.
~ Each book can only qualify for one category.
~ Crossovers with other challenges are allowed.
~ Books read from 01/01/2010 to 12/31/2010 are eligible.

Young Adult: Any book classified as young adult or featuring a teenage protagonist counts for this category.

1. Paper Towns by John Green – completed 01/09/2010
2. This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer – completed 01/14/2010

T.B.R.**: Intended to help reduce the old T.B.R. pile. Books for this category must be already residents of your bookshelves as of 1/11/09.

1. Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos – completed 04/17/2010
2. North! or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson – completed 07/19/2010

Shiny & New: Bought a book NEW during 2010 from a bookstore, online, or a supermarket? Then it counts for this category. Second-hand books do not count for this one, but, for those on book-buying bans, books bought for you as gifts or won in a giveaway also count!

1. Candor by Pam Bachorz – completed 02/17/2010
2. Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon – completed 3/28/2010

Bad Bloggers***: Books in this category should be ones you’ve picked up purely on the recommendation of another blogger (any reviews you post should also link to the post that convinced you give the book a go).

1. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld – completed 4/5/2010
2. Undercover by Beth Kephart – completed 4/9/2010

Charity: Support your local charity shops with this category, by picking up books from one of their shops. Again, for those on book-buying bans, books bought for you as gifts also count, as long as they were bought from a charity shop.

1. Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg – completed 02/28/2010

New in 2010: This category is for those books newly published in 2010 (whether it be the first time it is has been released, or you had to wait for it to be published in your country, it counts for this one!)

1. The Summer We Fell Apart by Robin Antalek – completed 01/25/2010
2. The Creation of Eve by Lynn Cullen – completed 02/27/2010

Older Than You: Read two books that were published before you were born, whether that be the day before or 100 years prior!

1. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde – completed 2/14/2010
2. Down the Long Hills by Louis L’Amour – completed 3/3/2010

Win! Win!: Have a couple of books you need to read for another challenge? Then this is the category to use, as long as you don’t break the rules of the other challenge by doing so!

1. Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop – completed 5/10/2010, for War Through the Generations Challenge
2. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy – completed 5/12/2010, for Ireland Challenge

Who Are You Again?: This one isn’t just for authors you’ve never read before, this is for those authors you have never even heard of before!

1. Spellbinder by Helen Stringer – completed 02/01/2010
2. The Diary of Pelly D by L.J. Adlington – completed 02/27/2010

Up to You!: My “up to me” category is going to be graphic novels.

1. Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 by David Petersen – completed 03/30/2010
2. Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen – completed 04/23/2010

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