Sunday, September 1, 2013

Summer 2013 Book Challenge: Month 2


The Semi-Charmed Summer 2013 Book Challenge is two-thirds of the way through, and we've already had two people finish! Congratulations to Natasha and Bev! I'll be contacting you soon to get your category submissions for the autumn challenge. I've also heard rumor some other people might have finished in the past month, so I guess we'll have to see who checks in! See the full scoreboard for the first month after the jump:
  1. Natasha @ Be Happy. Be Free. — 200 (DONE: First finisher.)
  2. Bev @ My Reader's Block — 200 (DONE: Second finisher.)
  3. Judi @ Life is Sew Good — 150
  4. Megan @ Just A Small Town Girl — 140
  5. Gypsi @ Level 1 Homemaker — 130
  6. Julie @ Smiling Shelves — 105
  7. Brighton @ Dear Brighton — 100
  8. Megan @ Semi-Charmed Kind of Life (host) — 85
  9. Regina @ Floating in the Sea of Gigi — 85
  10. Jessica @ Eternally Enlisted — 80
  11. Lindsay @ Lindsay in Progress — 80
  12. Hannah @ Goodreads — 80
  13. Sharon @ ceiling flickers — 75
  14. Erin J. — 70
  15. Blair's Head Band — 60
  16. Nina @ run(dance)love — 35
  17. Michelle @ The True Book Addict — 35
  18. Fran @ Free Borboleta — 30
  19. Jessica @ The Tangerine — 20
  20. Sarah @ Crazy Beautiful Life — 10
And now it's time to hear what you've been reading in the month of August! In order to check in, you must leave a comment on this post letting me know what you've read so far, in the following format. Please do not forget page numbers! Remember all books must be at least 200 pages long unless otherwise specified.
5: Freebie! — Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter (337 pages)
5: Read a book that is less than 150 pages long. — Three Cups of Deceit, Jon Krakauer (77 pages)
15: Read a banned book. — ttyl, Lauren Myracle (on this list) (209 pages)
20: Read a book written by a celebrity. — Palo Alto, James Franco (208 pages)
20: Read a non-fiction book that is not a memoir. It can be pure non-fiction or narrative non-fiction. — The Woman Who Wasn't There, Robin Gaby Fisher and Angelo J. Guglielmo Jr. (291 pages)
30: Read a book written by an author who was born in or died in your birth year. — Matilda, Roald Dahl (died 1990, my birth year) (240 pages)
PREVIOUS POINTS: 85
TOTAL POINTS: 180
If you're new to the challenge or just want to review the rules, check out the original post with the full categories and guidelines here. Please record your progress thus far by September 10, so I can include you in the October scoreboard. If you don't check in by September 10, please wait until the October 1 post and record all your progress there. And remember I also have a challenge button available for you to share on your blog:



Good luck! I can't wait to see what y'all have been reading and see if anyone new has finished. :)