Ashley wrote: "Lacy, I think this post was probably meant for the Summer Challenge, not Spring..."
oops, totally right, thanks.

Lacy, I think this post was probably meant for the Summer Challenge, not Spring...

I'm way behind in the times and just saw that my Redwall didn't count. Before I posted it I did alot of searching and practically every description I could find of the book described Redwall as a Utopian Society and Kluny as leading a Dystopian Society. That's why I thought it was Ok to post for that challenge. If my argument did me no good would you allow it for the opposite challenge if I read a book with green in the title since they are opposite colors on the color wheel? My first choice of course would be that it could be reconsidered for the Dystopina/Utopian challenge.

My last post for the event. I just finished 25 point task no.1:

- Gone Bamboo by Anthony Bourdain
- Roma by Steven Saylor (awesome book!)

It may be too late, but I thought I'd post my final list, since I finished two more tasks this weekend -- 5.1 and 20.8. And I'm started on the Summer Challenge already!

5 points:
1. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
2. Captain Wentworth's Diary, Amanda Grange
3. The Enchanted Castle, E. Nesbit
4.
5. The Redemption, M. L. Tyndall
6. Myself When Young, Daphne DuMaurier
7. Gone for Soldiers (book on CD), Jeff Shaara
8. Round Ireland with a Fridge, Tony Hawks
9. Lamb in Love, Carrie Brown
10. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver

10 points:
1. Nights of Rain and Stars, Maeve Binchy
2. Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry
3. The Australian Stories, T. James Pierce
4. Moon Tiger, Penelope Lively
5. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
6. The Wind on the Moon, Eric Linklater
7. Sufficient Grace, Darnell Arnoult (a gift from my mom)
8. The List, C. D. Baker
9. The Double Bind (#14 on the TNBBC list), Chris Bohjalian
10. The Screwtape Letters (Susan's list, joined 1/29/09), C. S. Lewis

15 points:
1. Museum Pieces, Elizabeth Tallent (set in New Mexico -- I'm a Scorpio)
2. Nine Horses (poetry), Billy Collins
3. Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
4. The Blessing Way, Tony Hillerman
5. Epitaph for a Spy, Eric Ambler (winner of the Edgar award in... drumroll please... 1964)
6. Eye of the Leopard, Henning Mankell (translated from the Swedish)
7. The DAY I Ate Whatever I Wanted, Elizabeth Berg; I Am the CLAY, Chaim Potok
8. The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday, Alexander McCall Smith (listening to a lecture given at our local library)
9. either The Golden Bowl, Henry James (if I'm up to Henry James) or The Golden Thread, N. McLeod (that way I don't have to come up with a new meal idea!)
10. The Third Angel, Alice Hoffman; The Fourth Angel, Suzanne Chazin; The Fifth Angel, Tim Green (I'll let you know if I find any unifying themes!)

25 points:
1. G is for Gumshoe, Sue Grafton; Rest and Be Thankful, Helen MacInnes
2. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
3.
4. Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne
5. Road from Coorain, Jill Ker Conway (I don't read many memoirs/biographies)
6.
7.
8. Artemis Fowl, Eoin Cofer; I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
9.

and you're not still tallying :) ....220 pts then

I wasn't able to post this before yesterday, but I finished task 15.8 on Friday.

I read Tempting Fateand read an interview with her on the internet...now I can't remember which one but I promise I did! :) So if you're still tallying I believe that's 235pts for me

I kind of forget about this but I read a few. Here they are.

5 Points

1. The Dark Hills Divide
2.
3.
4. Song of the Sparrow
5.
6.
7. Inkheart
8. Dealing with Dragons
9.
10.

10 Points

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6.
7.
8.
9.
10. The Little Prince

15 Points

1.
2. The Mouse of Amherst
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6. Inkspell
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10.

25 Points

1.
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5. The Lowell Mill Girls: Life in the Factory
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9.

Total Points - 85

Jamie wrote: "Marie and Joanie - Just wanted to let you know that Cynthia doesn't accept anything after the deadline has passed."

I'm fine with that-it's not like they put me over the edge of winning or anything! I was away for the weekend and didn't have a chance to update before this morning. It was fun anyway!

I know the challenge is officially over and I won't be added to board (which is perfectly fine because I was just doing the challenge for fun and filling things in when I could), but I thought I would share what I read these past 3 months with everyone anyway. I probably would have posted at some point yesterday, but my husband and I were celebrating our anniversary this weekend, so didn't have much opportunity.

I wanted to say congratulations to everyone who participated and/or completed the challenge. Bravo! And a very special BRAVO! to Cynthia who has worked her tookus off once again! Great job, Cynthia!

I won't be able to participate in the Summer Challenge because I'll be working on a personal reading challenge, but I might try to join in again in the fall. Happy reading everyone!

SPRING READING CHALLENGE
(March 1, 2009 through May 31st, 2009)

5 POINTS

2. Read an epistolary novel OR a non-fiction collection of letters/journal etc.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4/25

5. For Easter/Lent…
- Read a Christian Fiction novel,
- A book about sacrifice, OR
- A book about something you would or are planning to give up.
Little Bee by Chris Cleave 3/31 (Sacrifice)

7. For Arbor Day – Do your part to save some trees - By reading a book and “recycling” it - giving it away to someone else like a friend or through an online book swap/trading site or by donating it to a local library or charity.
In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck 3/2 (Given away)

10 POINTS

1. For St. Patrick’s Day – Read a book by an Irish author, set in Ireland, OR about Ireland.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3/5

2. For Cinco De Mayo – Read a book by a Mexican author, set in Mexico, OR about Mexico.
The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3/2

4. Read a book by an author who was born in March, April, or May.
Watership Down by Richard Adams 4/24 (Richard Adams DOB: May 9, 1920)

6. In honor of Earth Day (April 22) read a book with the word Earth, Moon, Sun or one of the other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) in the title.
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck 3/3

7. In Honor of Mother’s Day…
- Read a book where the author/main character shares the same first name as your mother OR…
- Read a book recommended by/given to you by your mother.
The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen 3/4

8. In Honor of Memorial and Armed Forces Day – Read a book about a veteran OR someone serving in the military (fiction or non-fiction).
March by Geraldine Brooks 5/31

9. Read a book from the TNBBC Top Books list…
- The book can not be your own contribution
- The number that corresponds to that book must only contain numbers that can be found in the year you were born
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 3/16 (#19 - 1980)

10. Members of the TNBBC have great tastes in books...
- Read a book that earned a 5-Star rating by another member who is on the same page as you.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 4/26 (Melanie's Books)

15 POINTS

1. It’s Written In the Stars…read a book that corresponds to your astrological sign… (books can be fiction or non-fiction) - CAPRICORN: is a cardinal sign which is associated with creativity – read a book about an artist or art.
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk 3/7 (Capricorn)

2. April is National Poetry Month – Read a book of poetry OR about a famous poet.
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe 3/2

4. Read a novel that takes place in a location you plan to visit during this challenge OR have visited previously during spring break.
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson 5/4

6. Read a book that was has been translated from its original language.
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco; Translated from the Italian by William Weaver 4/16

8. Get To Know The Author - Read a book by an author AND then either attend a reading by that author OR read/listen to an interview with that author.
This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff 4/17 (Attended "An Evening with Tobias Wolff" -- lecture/book signing -- here in Bexley on 4/27...Tobias Wolff was Bexley's Author of 2009)

9. Read a book with a color in the title AND eat a meal that includes at least 2 foods that are that color (you don’t have to cook it yourself).
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 3/2 (Linguine Bolognese, Bruschetta, & Rosemount Estates Shiraz)

25 POINTS

3. ANGELA’S TASK - Look for your first post in the Official Spring Challenge. Once you find it, look at the person below you and go to their profile and pick TWO books to read off of their shelves. If their profile is listed as private, go to the person below that person.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3/11 and Emma by Jane Austen 3/15 (Sara's Books)

4. ROS’S TASK - Read a book that’s on the big reads list.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 4/8 (#17 on the list)

5. BONNIE’S TASK - Read a book outside your normal genre(s).
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 3/8 (Mystery)

7. DARLA'S TASK - Read a book you've either seen in a movie or heard referenced in a movie.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 4/20 (As seen and discussed in the documentary film, The Stone Reader)

50 POINT TASK

* SANDY'S 50-POINT MIDWAY TASK - Read 2 books by an author who writes under two different names.
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 4/28 and The Secret People by John Beynon (Wyndham) 4/30

TOTAL POINTS: 335 5/31

Great - thanks, Cynthia!

Rebecca wrote: "Jamie wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Cynthia, I just want to make sure you saw my last post..."

I'm not sure if the last tasks I finished were counted either, but I gues..."

True, but if she was tr..."I did get your points on my statistics sheet I just missed changing the scoreboard but I adjusted it

Oh, I know. I just think it's really busy for her right now with the enormous Summer Challenge just beginning. I'm interested to see if those last tasks were included in the totals too, though.

Jamie wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Cynthia, I just want to make sure you saw my last post..."

I'm not sure if the last tasks I finished were counted either, but I gues..."

True, but if she was trying to keep track of the statistics, I added 10 completed tasks on my last posting.

Marie and Joanie - Just wanted to let you know that Cynthia doesn't accept anything after the deadline has passed.

Rebecca wrote: "Cynthia, I just want to make sure you saw my last post of all my completed tasks (Post #: 6417). Thanks."

I'm not sure if the last tasks I finished were counted either, but I guess it doesn't really matter at this point! : )

Finished one more book on Saturday-read People of the Book for the 10 point book by Australian author/set in Australia which brings my final total for this challenge up to:

175 points.

I had a few books I couldn't fit in anywhere this time around but I had fun anyway!

Cynthia, I just want to make sure you saw my last post of all my completed tasks (Post #: 6417). Thanks.

Hello,
I've finished yesterday Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze : And 114 Other Questions More Questions and Answers from the Popular 'last Word' Column for the 12 words title.
So here's my final list:
5 POINTS
1. SF or Fantasy: The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
2. Epistolary novel: Les Liaisons dangereuses, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
3. Spring Cleaning: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert M. Pirsig
4. Transportation: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (I'll read it to my boyfriend during our vacations trip, as he's never read it)
5. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible, A.J. Jacobs
6. Women’s History Month: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson
7. For Arbor Day: La reine dans le palais des courants d'air, Stieg Larsson (swap with my sister)
8. For April Fools Day: The Color Of Magic (Discworld, Book 1), Terry Pratchett
9. Spring animals: A Wild Sheep Chase, Haruki Murakami
10. April Showers Bring May Flowers: Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

10 POINTS
1. St. Patrick’s Day: Dubliners, James Joyce
2. For Cinco De Mayo: No Sera La Tierra, Jorge Volpi
3. ANZAC Day: English Passengers, Matthew Kneale
4. La marche de Mina, Yoko Ogawa (born March 30, 1962)
5. Harry Houdini’s Birthday: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke
6. In honor of Earth Day: Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier
7. In Honor of Mother’s Day, lent by my mother: Mémoires d'Hadrien, Marguerite Yourcenar
8. Memorial and Armed Forces Day: Wild Fire, Nelson DeMille
9. TNBBC Top Books list: The Fountainhead- Ayn Rand (n° 28)
10. Members have great tastes: Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (Nik D)

15 POINTS
1. It’s Written In the Stars - LEO: Les Rois maudits, Tome 1 : Le roi de fer ; La reine étranglée, Maurice
2. National Poetry Month: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
3. TNBBC group read: The Road, Cormac McCarthy
4. Location: Guide du Routard Rome
5. Price winner: A Good Man in Africa, William Boyd (Somerset Maugham Award 1982)
6. Translated book: The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton (read in French)
7. Dr. Seuss’ birthday and Mother Goose Day (sorry, this one's in french): La Taverne du doge Loredan, Alberto Ongaro and Oui, mon commandant!, Amadou Hampâté Bâ
8. Get To Know The Author: The Monsters of Templeton, Lauren Groff (added her blog to Goodreads, and read some interviews)
9. Color: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (cooked: tomatoes, mozarella & basil, and a lemon cheesecake)
10. Read the third, fourth and fifth books of one series: A series of unfortunate events books 3, 4 & 5, Lemony Snicket

25 POINT TASKS
1. addicted to GR: The Godfather, Mario Puzo and Rebecca, Daphné du Maurier
2. Non-Fiction book about a diarist: Lewis Carroll and Alice, Stephanie Lovett Stoffel
3. ANGELA’S TASK: The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and Lord of the Flies by William Golding (from Cynthia’s bookshelf)
4. The big reads list: Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez
5. Book outside your normal genre(s): 31 songs, Nick Hornby (essay)
7. DARLA'S TASK - Read a book you've either heard referenced in a movie: Tintin au Tibet, Hergé (referenced in Malabar Princess)
8. CASSIE'S TASK - Read two young adult novels: A series of unfortunate events books 1 & 2, Lemony Snicket
9. SARA'S TASK - Read a book that has a title of 12 or more words: Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions, More Questions and Answers from the Popular 'last Word' Column by New Scientist

Current points: 195/500
Books read: 14/44

rebecca j wrote: "Finished 15 pt. task #6 - Read Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke - originally published in German. That makes my final score 385."

That was close!!!!!!

Angela wrote: "I know it is a sickness! Patiently waiting the other two tasks... Will have to go to bed soon and catch up tomorrow.
"

i have to get up at no later than 6:30...eep!

I know it is a sickness! Patiently waiting the other two tasks... Will have to go to bed soon and catch up tomorrow.

Angela wrote: "Nicole- your still up??"

i know...it's a sickness. I was lying in bed reading and I could not stop thinking about more tasks. lol

Congratulations everyone!!!!

Congratulations Rhiannon & Tina!

Nicole- your still up??

congratulations and eagerly awaiting the most improved and rookie challenges.

Summer Challenge is gonna be a doozy!!!

Congratulations everybody!!

That's it - times up - books down.

Drum Roll Please....

The Most Improved Player is - RHIANNON
The Rookie Of The Season is - TINA

Finished 15 pt. task #6 - Read Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke - originally published in German. That makes my final score 385.

Finally finished one more!

15.1. It’s Written In the Stars…read a fiction or non-fiction book that corresponds to your astrological sign: Capricorns read a book about an artist or art: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall the main character is a painter. (15 pts).

Tasks Completed: 28/40
Pages Read: 9877
New Total: 480 pts.
Liz (Bklyn)

Good job Kristina! You snuck up on us :)

Congrats Kristina!

Thanks guys! I am super excited and glad to finish this challenge up!

Congratulations to all of you who completed all the tasks in this challenge! I didn't come anywhere close to finishing, but I enjoyed the tasks.

Here are the tasks I completed:

5 Points
Task #2—Epistolary Novel—84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Task #7—Arbor Day—Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (bought it from a used book store and am giving it to a friend)
Task #6—Women’s History Month/Task #8—April Fool’s Day—Take the Cannoli—a funny memoir by Sarah Vowell, whose intelligence and wit I admire.

10 Points
Task #3—ANZAC Day—I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

15 Points
Task#8—Get To Know an Author—Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell (read Powell’s interview and watched Daily Show interview)

25 Points
Task #4—BBC Big Reads List—Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (#68 on the list)

Total Points: 65 Points… better than last time. ☺

ONE HOUR LEFT - POST THEM IF YOU'VE READ THEM...LOL.

Wow, Kristina, I love the posting only intermittently because your finishing was a pleasant surprise to us all! Congrats to all who finished :-) (And still an hour and a half to go!)

Congrats Kristina and I am happily awaiting the task!

Congrats Kristina!

One last one: 15.7
Too Pretty to DIE by Susan McBride and Vampire HIGH by Douglas Rees

And congrats to everyone who finished the challenge! It is impressive.

Total Points 215

Congrats Kristina!

Congrats Kristina! So many finishers! my goodness!

First of all I wanted to give a huge thanks to Cynthia this was my first challenge and it was so much fun. So thanks for putting it together.

Second, congratulations to all those of you who have finished AMAZING!! Looking forward to all the new challenges for the summer.

Last I just wanted to update the last of my points:

for 5-1 I read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

for 10-1 I read Tipperary by: Frank Delaney

for 25-1 I read The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
and The Raven and the Nightingale by Joanne Dobson

for 25-4 I read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
and
for 25-7 I read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen as referenced in the Jane Austen book club menu

So that is 90 points and brings my total to 265 points.

Thanks again!

I am done!
Here are the new ones I finished:

3. Spring Cleaning - The Third Angel (Audio CD) by Alice Hoffman and narrated by Nancy Travis . It was pretty good and had great narration!

6. In Honor Of Women’s History Month - I changed mine from The Women because I couldn't finish it, yuck. So I read The Death of Woman Wang by Jonathan D. Spence which was a re-read and I still like it!

2. For Cinco De Mayo - Como Agua Para Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. It was okay.

3. Read a past OR present TNBBC group read that you haven’t read before - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez and translated by Edith Grossman which was not as good as I thought it would be.

10. Read the third, fourth and fifth books of one series - I read from the Shadow Children series: Among the Betrayed, Among the Barons, and Among the Brave by Margaret Peterson Haddix. They were all very well done.

5. BONNIE’S TASK - I picked a real mystery because I can do the fluffy ones but not the real ones. I even switched my book a few times but actually finished Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Audio CD) by Agatha Christie and narrated by David Suchet. It was more fun than I had expected and I liked the narrator.

6. JON’S TASK - Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II by Robert Lacey. I have always found Queen Elizabeth II's life to be interesting. I especially wanted to know more about her wartime involvement as a young lady. This book, despite being titled about Queen Elizabeth, spends way too much time on the former Princess Diana. I wanted more Queen and less about Diana, Diana's marriage, and Diana's death. I am not one to believe that the Queen's reign should be focused around Diana. However, there were some interesting chapters to this book and I did learn a lot about the Queen. It would have been much more interesting if there had been more focus on her life growing up, though, like the parts about her and Margaret's relationship with their parents and nannies. All in all, this is an okay read.

100 points, making my total 575.

Here is all I read:
5 points
1. Fantasy - Wicked Lovely
2. Epistolary - Ella Minnow Pea: A Progressively Lipogrammatic Epistolary Fable
3. Spring Cleaning - The Third Angel: A Novel
4. Car - The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell [sound recording:]
5. Christian Fiction - The Red Tent
6. Women's History -The Death of Woman Wang
7. Arbor Day - The Cat Who Robbed a Bank [Sound Recording:]
8. Humor - Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life [sound recording:]
9. Spring Animal - Owl in Love
10. Rain - Guitar Highway Rose

10 points
1. Ireland - PS, I love you
2. Mexico - Como Agua Para Chocolate
3. Australia - Three Wishes: A Novel
4. Author Birthday - The Sweet Far Thing (March)
5. Magic - Bewitching Season
6. Earth Day - The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
7. Mother's Day - Skin Hunger (Kathleen)
8. Military - Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles [audio recording:]
9. TNBBC Top Book List - Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
10. TNBBC Member's 5 Star - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Addie)

15 points
1. Sign - Cordina's Royal Family: Gabriella (Leo - Royalty)
2. Poetry - The Road From Hiroshima
3. TNBBC Group Read - Love in the Time of Cholera
4. Spring Break - The Clock Winder (Baltimore, MD, USA)
5. Award Winner - Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman (1895 Pulitzer Alice Steinbach)
6. Translated - My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile (Spanish to English)
7. Rhyming Books - The Children of Men & When We Were Romans: A Novel (Men & When)
8. Get to Know Author - Skinned (Robin Wasserman)
9. Color Book/Food - When the Black Girl Sings & food to be determined.
10. 3-5 of a Series - Shadow Children Series.

25 Points
1. G & R - Gone & The Reader
2. Diarist - Extraordinary Women: Louisa May Alcott: Life, Letters & Journals
3. Off Lindsey's List - The Perks of Being a Wall Flower & The Picture of Dorian Gray
4. Big Read - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
5. New Genre - Third Girl (Mystery)
6. 400+ Page Monarchy - Monarch: The Life and Reign of Elizabeth II
7. Reference - Pride & Prejudice
8. 2 Young Adult - Life as We Knew it & Sloppy Firsts
9. 12+ Word Title - The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible

Midway: The Virginity Club and I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader

A couple of more. Congrats to everyone on this challenge!

15.2 Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein

15.5 The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1983 Pulitzer winner)

+30 so I finish at 285.

I've finished a few more tasks - no where near completion but I didn't do too bad for starting at the end of March. The new finished tasks are in bold below.

5 Point Tasks

1. Every Witch Way But Dead - Kim Harrison
2. Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn 04/28
3. A Tale of Two Sisters - Anna Maxted 04/23
4. No One You Know - Michelle Richmond 03/10
5. The Negotiator - Dee Henderson
6. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander Smith McCall
7. Slayer of the Storm God - Nathan Long 04/29 (audio book)
8. My Booky Wook - Russell Brand 05/27
9. Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
10. Silent Thunder - Iris Johansen

10 Point Tasks

1. Civil & Strange - Clair Ni Aonghusa 04/14
2. Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel
3. Stanley & Sophie - Kate Jennings 05/19
4. Blind Fall - Christopher Rice 05/26
5. Magic or Madness - Justine Larblestier 05/14
6. My Summer on Earth - Tom Lombardi 05/23
7. Nancy Bush - Candy Apple Red
8. TBD
9. Fair & Tender Ladies - Lee Smith
10. The Soloist - Steve Lopez 04/29

15 Point Tasks

1. Playing for Pizza - John Grisham 05/16 (Sagitarius)
2. Failure - Philip Schultz 05/21
3. The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perrotta
4. The River Killings - Merry Jones 04/13
5. TBD
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
7. Handle with Care - Jodi Picoult 04/15 and Double Dare - Cathy Hopkins 05/06
8. Knit Two - Kate Jacobs 04/06
9. Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts 04/17 (Had blueberries and blue M&M's)
10. The Third Heiress - Brenda Joyce 05/31, Fourth Watcher - Timothy Hallinan 05/28 and Perfect Fifths - Megan McCafferty 04/17

25 point Tasks

1. Goldengrove - Francine Prose 03/28 and Real Vampires Don't Diet - Gerry Bartlett 03/29
2. TBD
3. A Break with Charity - Ann Rinaldi 05/01 and The Beach House - James Patterson 05/01
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
5. TBD
6. TBD
7. TBD
8. The Lightkeeper's Daughter - Iain Lawrence 04/22 and 3 Willows - Ann Brashares 05/04
9. Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer - Jen Lancaster 03/01

50 point Task: The Sudoku Puzzle Murders - Parnell Hall 03/16 and The Naked Typist - J.P. Hailey 05/08

Previous Total Points: 210
New Total Points: 340

I had a few favorites (one was Handle with Care) and a few not (Blind Fall was one), read poetry and read an autobiography. This challenge was fun and I'm looking forward to the summer.

I finished another book today for 25.1 (River Secrets) and I finished Graceling for the same task a couple of weeks ago. I also moved The Bell Jar to task 25.7.

5 points
1. Fantasy - Enna Burning 5/24
2. Epistolary - Ella Minnow Pea 3/27
5. Lent/Sacrifice - The Giving Tree 5/5
7. Arbor Day - Grimm's Fairy Stories - http://ia331311.us.archive.org/2/items/g... 5/29
8. Humorous - Notes from a Small Island 4/30
9. Spring Animal - The Goose Girl 5/14
10. Rain-Related - The Lightning Thief 4/9

10 points
1. Ireland - The Poor Mouth 3/14
4. Author Birthday - Daisy Miller 3/3 (April 15, 1843)
5. Magic - The Sea of Monsters 4/11
6. Earth Day - Stargirl 4/4
10. TNBBC Member's 5 Star - Dead Until Dark (Ashley) 4/18

15 points
1. Capricorn (Art) - Chasing Vermeer 5/22
2. Poetry - A Light in the Attic 3/2
3. TNBBC Group Read – People of the Book 5/19
4. Spring Break - Revenge of the Spellmans (San Francisco) 3/19
5. Award Winner - The Westing Game (1979 Newbery Winner) 3/31
8. Get to know author - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 5/10
9. Color/Food - Anne of Green Gables 5/22 (spinach and broccoli in salad)
10. 3, 4, and 5 Books - The Titan's Curse 4/17, The Battle of the Labyrinth 4/23, and The Last Olympian 5/8

25 points
1. KAREN - Graceling 5/18 and River Secrets 5/31
2. EL - The World of Louisa May Alcott 4/3
3. Angela – I Capture the Castle 3/22 and Ella Enchanted 3/3 (Cassie)
4. ROS - Bridget Jones's Diary 3/21
5. BONNIE - The Call of the Wild (animals) 3/8
7. DARLA - The Bell Jar 3/31 10 Things I Hate About You
8. CASSIE - The Demigod Files 4/17 and The Maze of Bones 4/24
9. SARA - Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country 5/12

50 points
Pen Names - Size 12 Is Not Fat 5/26 & Shadowland 5/29

Total Points: 455
Jamie MN

LEADERBOARD
1. DONNA JO - 575
2. SANDY - 575
3. WENDY - 575
4. BJ ROSE - 575
5. KRISTEN IL - 575
6. BRIDGIT - 575
7. KRISTENR - 575
8. LEORA - 575
9. LIZZI - 575
10. RORA - 575
11. JESSICA IL - 575
12. ASHLEY ID - 575
13. CAIT - 575
14. AMY MA - 575
15. BETH MN - 575
16. SHARON - 575
17. BONNIE - 575
18. ANGELA IL - 575
19. APRIL NY - 575
20. KRISTINA GA - 575
***************
TINA - 525
ALICE - 515
ROSEANN - 510
SARA TX - 505
BEV - 500
MAGGIE - 500
LIZ BRKLYN - 480
EL - 475
SARA E - 475
ELIZABETH NC - 455
LOUISE - 450
JOSIE - 430
MEGHAN - 430
JAMIE MN - 415
NICOLE NC - 415
CYNTHIA (SCM) - 410
JUDITH IA - 410
JILLIAN - 400
KRITIKA - 400
SUSAN - 395
PERS - 390
REBECCA J - 385
RHIANNON - 385
JEN B - 380
JOY - 380
LORI TX - 375
ANGIE TX - 370
JON - 370
RORY - 370
SUZIER - 365
SANDIE - 360
MARY BETH - 350
REBECCA - 340
RACHEL WA - 335
STEPH - 335
LINDSEY - 325
MEGAN - 325
WV HEATHER - 325
LYNLEE4 - 320
JENNIFER IN - 310
KRISTINA UK - 305
BECKY - 300
STEPHANIE CA - 300
CATHEROO - 295
SARAH PA - 295
DAVID - 290
JAYME - 285
NATALIA - 285
EVA - 280
FALLON - 280
JEANE - 280
ALISHA - 275
AMY R - 275
BETH - 270
LAURA NY - 270
JULIE (ID)'S - 265
HAYES - 260
KATE - 260
SERA - 260
COURTNEY - 255
JOANN - 250
MALIADES - 250
RENFREW - 250
RYAN - 250
MANDAY - 245
CAROL - 230
LACY - 220
FIONA (TITCH)- 215
TERRI - 215
LIZ VEGAS - 210
ELIZABETH (ALASKA) - 200
KATHRYN - 200
TRACY - 200
VICTORIA - 200
JESSICA SC - 195
ASHLEY AL - 190
ASHLEY UT - 180
POTJY - 180
RALPH - 180
SHELLIE - 180
SUSANNA UK - 180
SAM - 175
MARIE - 170
JOANNA - 165
SLAYERMEL - 165
JOANIE - 160
MADELINE - 160
JEN MD - 155
TRYPHENA - 155
LILY - 150
MELODY - 150
ROS - 150
CYNDEE - 145
LAUREN - 145
MACKENZIE - 145
SHANNON - 145
ABBIE - 135
HEATHER KS - 135
JAMIE WA - 135
JULIE TN - 135
KAREN - 135
JEGKA - 130
KIM UK - 130
ANN FROM SC - 125
CASSIE - 120
JESSICA MI - 120
CYNTHIA - 115
KICKI - 115
ANGIE CA - 110
CATHERINE - 105
JENNY - 105
LDB - 105
LINDA - 105
ALLISON MO - 100
RACHEL CA - 100
AMANDA - 95
JAMIE 23 - 95
KELLY MA - 95
MEL - 95
KIM US - 90
SAI - 90
MEREDITH H - 85
ELIZABETH US - 80
LISA JULIANNA - 80
VICKI - 80
ALYSSA - 75
JULIE UK - 75
SLAIMI - 70
NICOLE CA - 65
KELLY VA - 60
MORGAN - 55
ROBIN - 55
KATIE - 50
5PEASINAPOD - 45
ELIZ - 45
JULIE KS - 40
LIZ NY - 40
TOBIE - 40
JUDITH NY - 30
DOROTHY - 25
JAIME 26 - 25
KRISTI - 25
MARY - 25
MELISSA - 25
LAZARUS - 20
CAITLIN - 15
JENNI - 15
GREG - 10
MICHELLE - 5
SHELBY - 5

ROSEANN'S FINAL OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE LIST 2009

5 POINTS:

1. Willis, Connie--FIRE WATCH--COMPLETED!!--

2. Elinore Pruitt Stewart--LETTERS OF A WOMAN HOMESTEADER--
COMPLETED!!--

3. Clement, Blaize--CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT SITTER--COMPLETED!

4. Willis, Connie--BELLWETHER--COMPLETED!!--

5. Boesharr, Andrea: AUTUMN CRESCENDO: 4 NOVELLAS CELEBRATING
THE CHANGING SEASONS OF LIFE

6. Tedlock, Barbara--THE WOMAN IN THE SHAMAN‘S BODY-COMPLETED-

7. H POTTER & GOBLET OF FIRE--read by Jim Dale--COMPLETED!!--

8. Ash, Russell & Lake, Brian--FROG RAISING FOR PROFIT & OTHER
BIZARRE BOOKS--COMPLETED!!--

9. NORMAN, HOWARD--THE BIRD ARTIST--COMPLETED!!--

10. Larson, Eric--THUNDERSTRUCK

10 POINTS

1. O’BRIEN & MAHER--IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW--COMPLETED!!--

2. LIMON, GRACIELA--SONG OF THE HUMMINGBIRD--COMPLETED!!--

3. Kanze, Edward--KANGAROO DREAMING

4. Grafton, Sue--D IS FOR DEADBEAT--COMPLETED!!--

5. Wallace, Daniel--MR. SEBASTIAN & THE NEGRO MAGICIAN-COMPLETE!

6. Smith, L Neil--THE VENUS BELT--COMPLETED!!--

7. Hellman, Lillian--AN UNFINISHED WOMAN--COMPLETED!!--

8.. Kay, Terry--THE VALLEY OF LIGHT--COMPLETED!!--

9. Plath, Sylvia--THE BELL JAR #9 from 1962--COMPLETED!--

10. Kinsella, Sophie--THE UNDOMESTIC GODDESS--COMPLETED!!--

15 POINTS

1. Fell, Derrick--VAN GOGH’S WOMEN--COMPLETED!!--

2. Moore, Christopher--A DIRTY JOB--COMPLETED!!--

3. Kirk, Connie Ann--EMILY DICKENSON:A BIOGRAPHY--COMPLETED!--

4. Smith, Dennis--SAN FRANCISCO IS BURNING--COMPLETED!!--

5. Steinbeck, John--CANERY ROW--Won Nobel in 1962 for Grapes
of Wrath--COMPLETED!!--

6. Lem, Stanislaw--SOLARIS (Trans from French)--COMPLETED!!--

7. Koontz, Dean-YOUR HEART BELONGS TO ME & Kingsolver-THE BEAN
TREES

8. TBD

9. Gayford, Martin--THE YELLOW HOUSE--COMPLETED!--Ate a cheese
omelette with a slice of lemon merangue pie, yummy!!

10. Davidson, Mary Janice--UNDEAD & UNAPPRECIATED, UNDEAD &
UNRETURNABLE UNDEAD & UNPOPULAR--COMPLETED!!--

25 POINTS

1. Hudson, W.H.--GREEN MANSIONS & Ishiguro, Kazuo--REMAINS
OF THE DAY--COMPLETED!!--

2. Chesnut, Mary--A DIARY FROM DIXIE--COMPLETED!!--

3. Fowler, Karen Joy--THE JANE AUSTIN BOOK CLUB & Reichs, Kathy- -TBD--FIONA’S READS--COMPLETED!!--

4. DAHL, ROALD--CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY--COMPLETED!!--
5. BRAND, MAX--THE BLACK RIDER--COMPLETED!!--

6. Dunn, Jane--ELIZABETH & MARY-COUSINS, RIVALS, QUEENS

7. Miller, Henry--TROPIC OF CANCER--COMPLETED!!--

8. CABOT, MEG-ENTER THREE WITCHES & COONEY, CAROLINE-PRINCESS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT by Meg Cabot--COMPLETED!!!--

9. ABOTT, KAREN--SIN IN THE SECOND CITY: MADAMS, MINISTERS,
PLAYBOYS, AND THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA’S SOUL--COMPLETED!!--

Well I managed to read through the night (mostly) and finished three more books.

5.5--Angela, Benson--ABIDING HOPE
Not what I would normally read, but ok for its genre.

5.10--Grahame, Kenneth--THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
I read this many years ago and it still holds up as a charming, lesson story.

10.3--Cleary, Jon--DILEMMA
I really like this one, I liked the way it was set up and found it bold to give away one of the killers at the very beginning, but being able to hold the reader's interest in finding out how he would find justice.

This brings my final total to 510 point, pretty good for a mewbie. I just wish I had found this group a week earlier and I would have been able to add even more tasks to the Summer Challenge ;-).

I'll post my final list after this one and then rest my eyes for a few hours before embarking on the next adventure!

Congratulations to everyone who finished and a VERY BIG THANK YOU to Cynthia for all of her time and effort!