Darla's comments (member since Oct 23, 2008)

Darla's comments from the The Next Best Book Club group.

Yay! Thank you so much for allowing my (very late) 25 point challenge, Cynthia!!! I'm glad to see some of the ideas people are coming up with!! Still no internet, but hopefully in the next week or so (keep your fingers crossed) Happy reading and good luck on the spring challenge everyone!

Hey you guys... sorry about my lateness... I have no internet right now... I sent my challenge to Cynthia, but it looks like I might be too late??? :(

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
1. Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
4. Read a book with a winter weather word in the title: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubenstein
5. The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
9. Read a mystery: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
10. Read a book you've seen the film to: Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

10 Point Tasks
1. The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
5. The 13th Warrior by Michael Chrichton
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
9. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
6. The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 375
Total Books Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 12277

woo hoo!!! All finished!

I just moved and currently have no internet.... I'm hoping I'll be able to keep up with posting, but until I get hooked up, I'll probably be in and out :( Hopefully I'll get all my books posted (only 3 more to go!!!)

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
1. Read a book with a main character who is African American: Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
5. Pick 10 Books From Your TBR List, put the titles on pieces of paper and pick one out and read it: The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
1. The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
5. The 13th Warrior by Michael Chrichton
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
9. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
6. The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 360
Total Books Read: 31
Total Pages Read: 11098

Next up: Read a book with a winter weather word in the title: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts

Go Jon!!! :)

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
1. Read a book by a Chinese author: The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
5. The 13th Warrior by Michael Chrichton
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
9. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
6. The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 350
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 10569

Next up: Pick 10 Books From Your TBR List, put the titles on pieces of paper and pick one out and read it: The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin Jr.

What are ghosts if not the hope that love continues beyond our ordinary senses? If ghosts are a delusion, then let me be deluded. Let me believe in the limitlessness of love, the beauty of contradictions, the miracle that is an ordinary part of life.

~The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan

In America, nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan

From The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan ~On people wanting her to write their life story:

They just want me to tell their story, and they need a writer to put the words down in a way others will understand. They want people to know what they have been through. They want witnesses, because it's lonely to go through life with your heartaches. They are people who believe that they can find some sort of redemption, if only their story is told to the world, if only they can get it off their chest.

Gina - I loved that book and highly recommend it.

c'mon Jon..... usually I'm pretty polite... but I'm not gonna wait for ya... ;)

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
5. Read a book by an author who died this year (2008): The 13th Warrior by Michael Chrichton
6. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
9. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
6. The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 340
Total Books Read: 28
Total Pages Read: 10171

Next up: Read a book by a Chinese author: The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
6. Read a book that takes place in a country that is part of your ancestory: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
9. The Door to December by Dean Koontz
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody: Lifesaver
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares: Tibby is a cashier
6. The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker: Resolution: Read all of the books on TNBBC's Reading List
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 330
Total Books Read: 27
Total Pages Read: 9893

Next up: Read a book by an author who died this year (2008): The 13th Warrior by Michael Chrichton

I watch no more than 3 hours worth of TV a week to begin with, so I won't be participating. I'm most definitely not addicted, (not even close) so I don't feel the need to purge it from my life. (Anyone who has been following the winter reading challenge knows that I've been doing little with my life except read -- I'm on my 26th book since Dec. 3rd)

Good luck to the rest of you though. I know quite a few people who have, what I would call, severe TV addiction, so I know it might be rough on a few of you!!

Jon wrote: "Yeah well done on the 300 Darla - your racing ahead!"

yay! Thanks Jon! Still trying to go for the gold! :)

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
9. Read a book with December January or February in the title: The Door to December by Dean Koontz
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody: Lifesaver
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares: Tibby is a cashier
6. The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker: Resolution: Read all of the books on TNBBC's Reading List
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 320
Total Books Read: 26
Total Pages Read: 9432

Next up: Read a book that takes place in a country that is part of your ancestory: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody: Lifesaver
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares: Tibby is a cashier
6. Read a historical book featuring a famous historic personality or a biography of a historical figure: The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker: Resolution: Read all of the books on TNBBC's Reading List
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 310
Total Books Read: 25
Total Pages Read: 8922

Next up: Read a book with December January or February in the title: The Door to December by Dean Koontz

Completed Tasks:

5 Point Tasks
2. The Sand Castle by Rita Mae Brown
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
7. Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? by David Feldman
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

10 Point Tasks
2. Deck the Halls by Mary & Carol Higgins Clark
3. Elizabeth & Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn
4. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
7. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
8. Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

15 Point Tasks
1. Read a book about the civil rights movement or one that takes place during that time period: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Santa and Pete by Christopher Moore & Pamela Johnson
3. Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody: Lifesaver
4. The Fellowship of the Ring & The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares: Tibby is a cashier
7. The Essential Tao by Thomas Cleary
8. Dracula by Bram Stoker: Resolution: Read all of the books on TNBBC's Reading List
9. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
10. And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidimic by Randy Shilts

25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
2. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Total Points Earned: 295
Total Books Read: 24
Total Pages Read: 8482

Next up: Read a historical book featuring a famous historic personality or a biography of a historical figure: The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory

It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening.

~The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd