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This will be my final post with my completed Tasks. Thanks again Cynthia for an amazing challenge!
I finished Task 15.6 (Living/Dead) Living Dead in Dallas & Club Dead
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
10.7 The Killing Dance
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
15.6 (Living/Dead)Living Dead in Dallas & Club Dead
15.10 (M.L)Marked & The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
25.9 (1872)Around the World in Eighty Days & (1999)Swept Away & (2008)The Bro Code
30.8 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass & The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
30.9 Ink Exchange
30.10 Watership Down
Total Points = 230
Tasks Completed = 13/53
Books read = 19
Pages read = 6,187
Tasks I started but could not complete in time
15.7 un-popularSnuff & popular -
Just Completed task 25.9 by reading
1872 - Around the World in Eighty Days
1999 - Swept Away
2008 - The Bro Code
I really enjoyed all three of the books. Around the world in Eighty days was a great adventure story, and I find I'm really becoming a fan of Jules Verne. This is the second book I have read of his. Swept Away was a romance which had a bit of adventure and mystery in it as well. I found parts of it humorous. And the Bro Code had me laughing for most of it. This was a must read for me as I'm such a fan of the show "How I met your Mother". I was trying to figure out where I could fit it into the challenge, so I thought this was the best solution. :0)
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
10.7 The Killing Dance
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
15.10 (M.L)Marked & The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
25.9 (1872)Around the World in Eighty Days & (1999)Swept Away & (2008)The Bro Code
30.8 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass & The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
30.9 Ink Exchange
30.10 Watership Down
Total Points = 215
Tasks Completed = 12/53
Books read = 17
Pages read = 5,604
Just Completed task 30.10 by reading Watership Down by Richard Adams, and I would give it 5 stars. I absolutely loved this book.
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
10.7 The Killing Dance
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
15.10 (M.L)Marked & The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
30.8 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass & The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
30.9 Ink Exchange
30.10 Watership Down
Total Points = 190
Tasks Completed = 11/53
Books read = 16
Pages read = 5,307
Natalie wrote: "Is anyone else in the same boat I am?? I have THREE multi book tasks partially completed. Now I am scrambling to finish the tasks. I think I need to plan a bit better for the next challenge!"
Natalie I am also working on several multi book tasks. I really should have planned that one out better ;op
Just Completed task 15.10 My Initials are M.L so I decided to read Marked & The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
10.7 The Killing Dance
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
15.10 (M.L)Marked & The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
30.8 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass & The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
30.9 Ink Exchange
Total Points = 160
Tasks Completed = 10/53
Books read = 12
Pages read = 4,048
Completed Task 30.8 by reading 2 books off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
#868 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and
#922 The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
10.7 The Killing Dance
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
30.8 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass & The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
30.9 Ink Exchange
Total Points = 145
Tasks Completed = 9/53
Books read = 11
Pages read = 3,742
April wrote: "No, there's no prize. The points aren't real. It's sort of like playing a video game, you get points for beating a boss, but the points aren't really relevant to real life. "
I loved this explanation April, I've been sitting here laughing for a while. That's awesome!!!
Completed Task 10.7 with The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton. It's the 6th book in the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series.
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
10.7 The Killing Dance
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
30.9 Ink Exchange
Total Points = 115
Tasks Completed = 8/53
Books read = 10
Pages read = 3,454
WoW Roseann Congratulations!
So is this a new record for someone completing the challenge by the half way mark?
:0)
Completed Task 15.2 with Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5). I would cast this as follows
Anita Blake - Michelle Rodriguez
Jean-Claude - Brad Pitt
Richarde - Gerard Butler
Jason - Wentworth Miller
Larry - Seth Green
Serephina - Tilda Swinton
Xavier - Johnny Depp
Janos - Antonio Banderas
Magnus - Colin Farrell
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
15.2 Bloody Bones (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #5)
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
30.9 Ink Exchange
Total Points = 105
Tasks Completed = 7/53
Books read = 8
Pages read = 2,698
Completed Task 20.2 by reading Atonement by Ian McEwan. I really enjoyed this book, and now need to watch the movie. I definitely recomend it to anyone who has not already read it. :0)Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
20.2 Atonement
25.2 The Giver
30.9 Ink Exchange
Total Points = 90
Tasks Completed = 6/53
Books read = 7
Pages read = 2,328
Roseann at this rate you may finish the summer challenge before we even hit the mid way mark :op
I have to agree with Adrienne i'm totally envious of your reading prowess.
I just completed task 30.9 Judge a book by it's cover. I read Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr. I really love the cover of this book because of the colour choices and the tattoo with the faery wings....what can I say, it just speaks to me.
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
25.2 The Giver
30.9 Ink Exchange
Total Points = 70
Tasks Completed = 5/53
Books read = 6
Pages read = 1,848
Lori wrote: I dont guess you saw my latest post from 2 days ago so here it is again!!!
Just finished another book today to bring me up to 55 points!
5.5 "The Cranberry Quenn" by Kathleen Demarco
5.8 "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan
15.7 “My Sisters Keeper” by Jodi Picoult
“Good Harbor” Anita Diamant
30.2 "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Actually Lori Cynthia did reply to your post.
She can't award you the points for 30.2 until you read your second book for that challenge. It's a 2 book challenge.
Hope that helps
Kritika wrote: "Help! Does anyone know any good books that start with 'K'? Ugh my initials are so hard to find books for!"
Kiss the Girls
Killer Cults Shocking True Stories of the Most Dangerous Cults In History
I just finished Task 5.4 by reading "Joining" by Johanna Lindsey. The two main characters where betrothed since birth and the marrige takes place three quarters of the way through the book. :0)
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.4 Joining
5.7 The Engagement
25.2 The Giver
Total Points = 40
Tasks Completed = 4/53
Books read = 4
Pages read = 1,139
Anytime :0)
Lori wrote: "Im really wanting to read Dracula this summer. Is there any of the Challenges that would let me fit this book in? Please Help!!! "
You could read it as part of 30.8 Leora's Task it's on the 1001 Books to read before you die list.
OR
You could use it as part of Sandy's Task 30.2 As Lucy is one of the characters names :0)
I just finished Task 5.7 by reading "The Engagement" by Suzanne Robinson. This book only had 1 Rating. I enjoyed it quite a bit as even though it was a romance it had a bit of a mystery tied into it as well. Lovely brain candy :op
Tasks Completed
5.1 Dead Until Dark
5.7 The Engagement
25.2 The Giver
Total Points = 35
Tasks Completed = 3/53
Books read = 3
Pages read = 764
