Lit Flicks Challenge – Summation — The Bluestocking Society

It is finished. The Lit Flicks Challenge is officially over. Here’s a challenge summary:

MY PROGRESS

I successfully completed my own version of this challenge, but fell two movies short of finishing my brother’s version. Here’s what I read and saw:

The City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau – 9/25/2008
* Movie: City of Ember - 10/11/2008
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman – 10/29/2008
* Movie: Coraline - 2/7/2009
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood – 10/13/2008
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier – 9/10/2008
* Movie: Rebecca - 10/12/2008
The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate DiCamillo – 11/16/2008
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee – 9/14/2008

CHALLENGE STATISTICS

Challenge Length = 6 months
(September 1, 2008 – February 28, 2009)
Participants = 52
Participants (Companion Challenge) = 17 (13 overlap)
Participants Who Completed the Lit Flicks Challenge = 18
Participants Who Completed the Companion Challenge = 5
Challenge Giveaways = 6

THE PARTICIPANTS

1. Jessica (The Bluestocking Society)
2. Bitchin’ Film Reviews
3. Nari
4. Debbie
5. emmegail
6. Joanna
7. Stacy H
8. Meryl
9. K
10. unfinishedperson @ Just A (Reading) Fool
11. Kristi
12. Molly (Restless Reader)
13. Lindy
14. Tammy in FL
15. Nan
16. ( Judy) Intergalactic Bookworm
17. Alyce (At Home With Books)
18. Veronika
19. Natasha @ Maw Books
20. Sarah M.
21. Deanna
22. Care aka bkclubcare
23. sadie
24. Anne
25. Colleen
26. mzzterry
27. Cindy
28. Kim
29. Amber
30. Kelly
31. Jessica H
32. Whitney
33. michellekae
34. Jan in Edmonds
35. Suey
36. Sher (A Novel Menagerie)
37. Book Club Girl
38. The Brainlair
39. Caitlin
40. Jenny
41. Chris (Big Book, Big Evil)
42. Jenny D.
43. Toni
44. Shannon the Movie Moxie
45. Movie Viewing Girl
46. rachelle
47. Cesia
48. Marina
49. Caroline
50. The Beautiful Witch
51. De SeRt Rose
52. janflora

THE FINISHERS

The following brave and hardy individuals completed the Lit Flicks Challenge:

Alyce @ At Home with Books
Amber Stults
Care @ Care’s Online Book Club
Desert Rose @ Desert Rose Booklogue
Janflora @ Writer’s Flow
Jenny @ Jenny’s Page
Jessica @ The Bluestocking Society
Joanna @ It’s All About Me (Time)
Kristi @ Books and Needlepoint
Meryl @ My Bit of Earth
Michelle @ Michelle’s Reading Room
Movie Viewing Girl
Natasha @ Maw Books Blog
Rachelle @ My Book Challenges
Sarah M. @ A Library is a Hospital for the Mind
Sheri @ A Novel Menagerie
StacyH @ One Girl’s Opinion
Suey @ It’s All About Books

The links are to the wrap-up posts, if available. If you completed the challenge and are not listed above, please let me know!

BOOKWORMS CARNIVAL

The 23rd Edition of the Bookworms Carnival on Literature and Film was a big success. Thank you to everyone who submitted entires.

CHALLENGE GIVEAWAYS

Natasha @ Maw Books Blog won a copy of Atonement (September)
Movie Viewing Girl won a copy of Jane Eyre (October)
Meryl @ My Bit of Earth won a copy of The Constant Gardener (November)
Rachelle @ My Book Challenges won a copy of Oliver Twist (December)
Stacy H @ One Girl’s Opinion won a copy of Nights in Rodanthe (January)

LIT FLICKS CHALLENGE GIVEAWAY BLOWOUT

The Lit Flicks Challenge Giveaway Blowout (“LFCGB”) consists of the following prize package:

One adapted book of your choice (up to $15)
One adapted movie of your choice (up to $15)
Movie candy
Movie popcorn

Here’s how participants earned entries in the LFCGB:

1 Entry = Participating in the challenge
1 Entry = Participating in the companion challenge hosted by my brother
7 Entries = Completing the Lit Flicks Challenge – reading 5 books and watching 2 movies
3 Entries = Completing the Companion Lit Flicks Challenge – watching 5 movies and reading 2 books
1 Entry = For each qualifying book-to-movie post included in the 23rd edition of the Bookworms Carnival

And the winner of the LFCGB is . . . Amber Stults! Congratulations, Amber!

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Thank you to everyone who participated in this challenge. And a special thanks to Blake @ Bitchin’ Film Reviews for co-hosting with me. I thoroughly enjoyed hosting and look forward to doing so again next year. Until then, I hope to see you at your blogs and here at The Bluestocking Society.

Tagged as: Lit Flicks Challenge, Movies

{ 10 comments }

1 Deanna March 2, 2009 at 12:00 pm: Thanks for hosting this challenge. I really enjoyed reading my books and watching the movie adaptations.
2 Care March 2, 2009 at 12:41 pm: This was a fun one! Thanks so much.
3 Michellekae March 2, 2009 at 1:59 pm: Hey Jessica! I actually finished the challenge too, but that is okay! I loved this challenge and will be looking forward to another one from you!
4 Shannon the Movie Moxie March 2, 2009 at 2:03 pm: Thanks for hosting the challenge – and what a challenge it was! Although I didn’t finish it I still had a great time!
5 Jessica March 2, 2009 at 3:01 pm: Deanna – Thank you so much for participating.

Care – I really enjoyed your wrap-up post.

Michelle – I’m sorry I missed your wrap-up post. I’ve added you to the list of “finishers.”

Shannon – I’m so glad you played along. Next year I think I’ll add different levels of participation.
6 Sheri March 2, 2009 at 9:31 pm: I am a finisher too! I entered Mr. Linky and posted… :(
7 Alyce March 3, 2009 at 12:41 am: Congrats Amber! And thank you Jessica for hosting this event. I had a lot of fun participating!
8 janflora March 3, 2009 at 9:12 am: this was fun…combining two of my favorite things!…hope we can try again :)
9 Joanna March 5, 2009 at 2:41 am: Thanks for hosting, I really enjoyed it, hope you do it again! :-)
10 Jessica March 10, 2009 at 10:09 am: Sheri, I actually had you on my paper list, but not on the online list. I’ve fixed it now! Thanks for participating.

Alyce – Thanks so much for playing.

janflora – Books and movies are two of my favorite things too.

Joanna – I’m glad you enjoyed the challenge. I think I’ll host again next year.