Info on the Challenges

Since there has been some confusion with the challenges Jacki and I thought we should clarify.

There are 3 challenges dealing with number of books read in 2009. They are: 25 books, 50 books and 100 books. If you want to do one of these all you have to do is pick which one you want to do, start reading, and keep track of your books however you want (goodreads, a spreadsheet, whatever). There will be some checkins on the board to see how everyone is doing. Feel free to add the graphics to your siggy as well.
One thing that has been asked a lot is whether re-reading a book counts. This is the decision of the board: if it is the first time you have re-read the book this year it counts, anything more than that does not. Other than a multiple re-read this year any book that you read counts toward these challenges. The point of these challenges is to simply encourage us all to read, not dictate what we read. We want everyone to have fun!

The other challenge is the Winter Book Challenge. You can find the information for that in the book challenge blog, the link for that is on the right of this page (scroll down).

100 Books in 2009 Challenge

Yep, that's right, there is now a third form of the book challenge. A few members of the book board decided to really challenge themselves this year and have decided to go for 100 books over the year. If you'd like to participate in this challenge simply read 100 books this year, that's it. There will be check ins on the board and some girls have started keeping track of them in their siggys. And feel free to put the graphic in your siggy.

25 books in 2009

So many members on the board have decided that, while they don't think they can hit 50 books (or simply don't want to), they would still like to have a challenge. So they created the 25 books in 2009 challenge. So check out the board to see who all is doing it and feel free to post your updates here or on the board. And as always, feel free to add the icon to your siggy.

Challenge Spreadsheets

j*&*p made a link to the challenge spreadsheets for everyone. Here is the link.

If you want to save it to your computer as an excel file...
1. Click on File in the command bar
2. Chose Export and a new menu will pop up.
3. On the new menu that pops up choose .xls

If you want to save it as a google docs spreadsheet (you have to have a google docs account to do this)...
1. Click File
2. Choose Create a Copy
3. Rename it and save to your own google docs account.

50 Books in 2009

A bunch of us are doing a challenge next year where we plan to read at least 50 books over the course of the year. Everyone is invited to join us. Post in the comments and let us know if you plan to play along. We'll do check ins throughout the year to see how everyone is doing. And there's a graphic you can put in your siggy or blog.

Mini Nano

Don't forget we've got the mini Nano challenge that Jen started going on from today through the end of the month. The challenge is to hit 30,000 words (or finish your story for those who are that far). We'll run it like we did with the original Nano with check ins on the board but feel free to post any updates or anything here. And there's a graphic you can put in your siggy or blog if you want.

The Book Challenge

Angelashly is awesome and put together an awesome book challenge for us all to participate in and now she's made a blog for it. Check it out here.