Chaitra’s Comments (group member since Aug 13, 2012)

Chaitra’s comments from the Second Chance Challenges group.

I know, right? Poor Broncos. I'm sure they're not bad, but I just can't get up any enthusiasm for them if Manning isn't playing. :D

On a side note, how do you like the other Pennsylvania team? I sort of ignored their existence until I watched Silver Linings Playbook, in which every single person is a crazy Eagles fan. The movie's such a lot of fun! I'll watch out for the Eagles next year! :)

It's okay with me too. :)

I'm not a Steelers fan either. Actually this is my first season following football at all. So far, my favorites are the Packers! I was really rooting for them. I was rooting for Patriots and Peyton Manning, separate from his team (I don't care either way about Broncos), as well. All of them lost pretty badly. Hmm. Note to self, cheer for the Ravens next time. Maybe then one of my favorites will actually make it. :D

Barb wrote: "I'm still holding off on picking a team for the Super Bowl. It's a *really hard choice, especially since I don't particularly care for either team!"

I know! But I don't like the Ravens more than I don't like the 49ers. :D

And I didn't pick anyone for today, because I went out. :(

Barbara ★ wrote: "The problem with that is the challenge ends on the 3rd. How are we going to read the books if the challenge ends the day the game is played? "

I suppose we choose our team and read the books now. Or make something that we've already read fit...

@Christie, I'm game if you are! We could pick our favorite Pro Bowl-er and read his team tasks too.

Absolutely! I was actually trying to find a way to make it work for Pro Bowl as well, but it got too confusing. :D

So... Should we pick our choice for the Super Bowl as well? It'll be the third time I'll have to do 49ers tasks, lol.

Yeah! Patriots for the Super Bowl!! (Hopefully) I don't know why I've picked them as my favorites, lol. I think I just like their logo.

Barb, are you a Broncos/Packers fan? Husband and I have grown into Peyton Manning fans and Saturday was a huge disappointment. We like Aaron Rodgers too and his team lost horribly as well.

I'll do this too. My favorite (sub)genre is fantasy>dystopia, but since it's already covered, I'll go with Humor.

ECLECTIC READER CHALLENGE

Duration: Jan 01, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013
Completed: 12/12

Literary Fiction - Silent House | Orhan Pamuk ★ (01/04)

Crime/Mystery - A Murder at Rosamund's Gate | Susanna Calkins ★★ (01/17)

Romance - Landing | Emma Donoghue ★ (01/11)

Historical Fiction - The Last Runaway | Tracy Chevalier ★★★ (01/07)

Young Adult - Pure | Julianna Baggott ★★★ (01/27)

Fantasy - number9dream | David Mitchell ★★★★ (01/11)

Science Fiction - Super Sad True Love Story | Gary Shteyngart ★★★★ (02/09)

Non Fiction - Joseph Anton | Salman Rushdie ★★★★ (01/04)

Horror - Christine | Stephen King ★★★ (01/21)

Thriller/Suspense - Dragonwyck | Anya Seton ★★★ (02/01)

Classics - Little Women | Louisa May Alcott ★★ (01/13)

Humor - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | Winifred Watson ★★★★★ (02/25)

*** Completed (02/25) ***

This works for me, as almost all my books are from the library. :)

SCC BORROWED BOOK CHALLENGE

Duration: Jan 01, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013
Completed: 48/48

✔ 1. Astray | Emma Donoghue ★★★★★ (01/07)
✔ 2. Bluebeard's Egg | Margaret Atwood ★★★ (02/18)
✔ 3. Chocolat | Joanne Harris ★★★★★ (03/04)
✔ 4. Double Indemnity | James M. Cain ★★★★★ (02/07)
✔ 5. Dragonwyck | Anya Seton ★★★ (02/01)
✔ 6. East, West: Stories | Salman Rushdie ★★★ (01/26)
✔ 7. The Enchantress of Florence | Salman Rushdie ★★★★ (02/05)
✔ 8. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus | Charles C. Mann ★★★ (01/26)
✔ 9. Fury | Salman Rushdie ★★★ (01/24)
✔ 10. The Good Thief | Hannah Tinti ★★★ (02/11)
✔ 11. Grimus | Salman Rushdie ★★ (02/05)
✔ 12. The Ground Beneath Her Feet | Salman Rushdie ★ (02/17)
✔ 13. The History of Love | Nicole Krauss ★★★ (01/21)
✔ 14. I Am Half Sick Of Shadows | Alan Bradley ★★★★★ (02/27)
✔ 15. I Curse the River of Time | Per Petterson ★★ (02/23)
✔ 16. Ironweed | William Kennedy ★★★★ (02/13)
✔ 17. Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë ★★★★★ (02/27)
✔ 18. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke ★★★★★ (01/17)
✔ 19. Joseph Anton | Salman Rushdie ★★★★ (01/04)
✔ 20. Kind of Kin | Rilla Askew ★★★★★ (03/11)
✔ 21. Life Mask | Emma Donoghue ★★ (02/23)
✔ 22. Like Water for Chocolate | Laura Esquivel ★★★ (02/14)
✔ 23. Love in the Time of Cholera | Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez ★★★★★ (02/22)
✔ 24. Luka and the Fire of Life | Salman Rushdie ★★★ (02/26)
✔ 25. Maisie Dobbs | Jacqueline Winspear ★ (02/15)
✔ 26. The Moor's Last Sigh | Salman Rushdie ★★★★ (02/26)
✔ 27. Old New York | Edith Wharton ★★★★ (02/28)
✔ 28. The Outlaw Album: Stories | Daniel Woodrell ★★★ (02/06)
✔ 29. The Postman Always Rings Twice | James M. Cain ★★★★ (03/05)
✔ 30. Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen ★★★★★ (02/27)
✔ 31. Pure | Julianna Baggott ★★★ (01/27)
✔ 32. A Red Herring Without Mustard | Alan Bradley ★★★★★ (02/17)
✔ 33. The Republic of Love | Carol Shields ★ (02/11)
✔ 34. The Road Home | Rose Tremain ★★ (02/04)
✔ 35. The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie ★★★★★ (02/04)
✔ 36. The Sealed Letter | Emma Donoghue ★ (02/28)
✔ 37. The Secret History | Donna Tartt ★★★★★ (03/12)
✔ 38. See Now Then: A Novel | Jamaica Kincaid ★★ (03/11)
✔ 39. Shalimar the Clown | Salman Rushdie ★★★★★ (02/12)
✔ 40. Silent House | Orhan Pamuk ★ (01/04)
✔ 41. Slammerkin | Emma Donoghue ★★★ (02/01)
✔ 42. Tell The Wolves I'm Home | Carol Rifka Brunt ★★★★★ (03/17)
✔ 43. Touchy Subjects: Stories | Emma Donoghue ★★★ (02/06)
✔ 44. Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories | Karen Russell ★★★★★ (03/07)
✔ 45. Wish You Were Here | Rita Mae Brown ★★★ (03/19)
✔ 46. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle: A Novel | Monique Roffey ★★★★ (03/14)
✔ 47. The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Stories | Emma Donoghue ★★★★ (02/18)
✔ 48. The Zookeeper's Wife | Diane Ackerman ★★ (01/09)

*** Completed (03/19) ***

And I'm done.

SING THE SEASON

Duration: Dec 01, 2012 - Mar 31, 2013
Completed: 14/14

✔ 1. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - Read a book where a character is bullied » Ono, the Tortoise, Sasaki, Shintaro are all bullied at various times.
An Artist of the Floating World | Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★ (12/29)

✔ 2. Frosty the Snowman - Read a book set in winter.
A Cold and Lonely Place: A Novel | Sara J. Henry ★★★★ (12/11)

✔ 3. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas - Read a book where a character is under the age of 10 » The son is seven years old.
When the Emperor Was Divine | Julie Otsuka ★★★★ (12/24)

✔ 4. Santa Claus is Coming to Town - Read a book where a character takes a trip » Main character takes a trip to China.
The Joy Luck Club | Amy Tan ★★★ (12/10)

✔ 5. Twas the Night Before Christmas - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in CLEMENTCLARKEMOORE. » M, A.
Alentejo Blue | Monica Ali ★ (12/11)

✔ 6. Joy to the World - Read a book where the pages have 1,7 or 9 in its total » 318 p.
Night, Dawn, the Accident: A Trilogy | Elie Wiesel ★★★★★ (12/22)

✔ 7. Away in a Manger - Read a book set in England.
The Gourmet Detective | Peter King ★ (12/05)

✔ 8. Silent Night - Read a book set in Germany.
The Plum Tree | Ellen Marie Wiseman ★★ (12/18)

✔ 9. Angels We Have Heard on High - Read a book set in France.
Ignorance: A Novel | Michèle Roberts ★★★ (10/06)

✔ 10. Deck the Halls - Read a book in which there is one or six in page total » 213 p.
This is How You Lose Her | Junot Díaz ★★★★★ (12/09)

✔ 11. Feliz Navidad - Read a book where the first letter of each word of the title can be found in JOSEFELICIANO » E L O.
Every Last One | Anna Quindlen ★★ (12/03)

✔ 12. Winter Wonderland - Read a book set in winter time.
Hotel World | Ali Smith ★★★★ (12/20)

✔ 13. Twelve Days of Christmas - Read a book where one of the gifts is shown covering over 50% of the cover » Four Calling Birds.
Mockingjay | Suzanne Collins ★★ (12/07)

✔ 14. Jingle Bells - Read a happy book.
Up the Down Staircase | Bel Kaufman ★★★★ (12/18)

*** Completed (12/29) ***

Shirley wrote: "Was #9 taboo or missed?"

I took it to be a mistake in numbering and re-numbered my list accordingly.

Barb wrote: "We can use as many "extra points" for each game as we want?"

I know the answer to this. Yes. I hadn't known that and was choosing one extra task only, but in the middle of the game I figured out that we can do all 8 tasks in a week, but it was such a job fitting my books into the extra tasks, so I gave up midway, lol. I'll probably try retrofitting again closer to Super Bowl.

I forgot completely that I had signed up for it, and I forgot to collect any of the words. I'm withdrawing from this challenge for now. I'll probably sign up again in January. :)

I will mark this as incomplete as well, as I'm not going to read a single book with 3 people in it, let alone 3 before the deadline. I got three of everything else though. Yaay!

Congrats Barb and everyone who's finished!

I'm marking this as (in)complete, because I will never get around to reading anything with Distance or Empire in it. I'll probably sign back up some time after the holidays with a different list!

Bree wrote: "Chaitra, are you able to see the 2012 winners yet?"

Yes, now I can. I gave up trying until I saw the posts here today. :)

The Little Drummer Girl

lol Barb! I hope you get the book soon!

And I completely forgot to update that I finished The Graveyard Book on Nov 26...

Same for me. I thought it may be my computer's fault, but I tried with my husband's and it doesn't work there as well. Barbara, I can't access 2012 nominees (from the winners link)...

Can anyone get 2010 to work? I've been trying everyday with no luck...