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2010 Winter Olympics Challenge Duration: Feb 21 through March 7th
Total Pages Needed: 2010 pages
Reward: 2 new or 4 used books
Bonus: Take double page counts for any book with "Olympics" in title, a book about any Olympic Champion or written by any Olympic Champion. (Olympic Champion will include anyone who received any color Olympic medal).
336 pages - Risky Business - Nora Roberts - 21/02/10 *****
192 pages - Adopted: Outback Baby - Barbara Hannay - 21/02/10 ****
304 pages - Service of All the Dead - Colin Dexter - 23/02/10 *****
304 pages - Secret of Annexe 3 - Colin Dexter - 24/02/10 *****
064 pages - Dr. Faustus - Christopher Marlowe - 25/02/10***
048 pages - Natural Treatment of Fibroid Tumors and Endometriosis - Susan M. Lark - 25/02/10****
192 pages - The Konstantos Marriage Demand - Kate Walker - 25/02/10***
199 pages - The Endometriosis Survival Guide: Your Guide to the Latest Treatment Options and the Best Coping Strategies - Margot Fromer - 26/02/10****
192 pages - The Widening Gyre - Robert B. Parker - 26/02/10*****
Jumping in!2010 Winter Olympics Challenge
Duration: Feb 21 through March 7th
Total Pages Needed: 2010 pages
p/c 190 Abenobashi: Magical Shopping Arcade Volume 1
2010 Winter Olympics Challenge Duration: Feb 21 through March 7th
Total Pages Needed: 2010 pages
Reward: 2 new or 4 used books
255 pp.: Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson Feb 26 (3.5*)
Added to:
364 pp.: Prey by Michael Crichton Feb 25 (4*)
233 pp.: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons Feb 23 (4*)
304 pp.: Dead and Buried by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Feb 22 (2*)
Total Pages = 1156
Winter Olympics Count-off ChallengeCurrent Page Total - 1977/2010 - 98.35%
33 pages to go
Harvard's Education - Suzanne Brockmann - 249 pages
Snowbound - Larissa Ione - 225 pages (x2 - hero is former olympic bronze medalist) - 450 pages
Dark Chance - Melissa Lopez - 126 pages (guesstimate based on kindle locations)
Kiss Me Again - Dee Tenorio - 224 pages
Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon - finished up audiobook, (started from chapter 42) - 165 pages (MMPB version)
Five Greatest Warriors - Matt Reilly (starting at page 49) - 411 pages
Master of Seduction - Kinsley McGregor - 352 pages
Nauti Deceptions - Lora Leigh - IN PROGRESS - (my math says about 1000 locations to read the goal)
Winter Olympics Count-off ChallengeCurrent Page Total - 2019/2010 - 100.44%
Harvard's Education - Suzanne Brockmann - 249 pages
Snowbound - Larissa Ione - 225 pages (x2 - hero is former olympic bronze medalist) - 450 pages
Dark Chance - Melissa Lopez - 126 pages (guesstimate based on kindle locations)
Kiss Me Again - Dee Tenorio - 224 pages
Dragonfly In Amber - Diana Gabaldon - finished up audiobook, (started from chapter 42) - 165 pages (MMPB version)
Five Greatest Warriors - Matt Reilly (starting at page 49) - 411 pages
Master of Seduction - Kinsley McGregor - 352 pages
Nauti Deceptions - Lora Leigh - IN PROGRESS - (646/5900 locations)*384 (page count) = 42 pages
Good job - Man that was fast Deanna, oh well - I just finished another also so I will post my last one on this challenge anyways. 2010 Winter Olympics Challenge
298 pages Prisoner (2/21) ★★★★☆
336 pages Future Hope: Book 1 of the ITP Series (2/23) ★★★☆☆
112 pages = (2 x 56)bonus Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Superwoman (2/23) ★★★★☆
262 pages Jinx (2/25) ★★★★☆
16 pages In the Beginning (2/26) ★★☆☆☆
192 pages Marriage At A Price (2/26) ★★★☆☆
total pages: 1328/2010
Not too bad for me. Hope you have started thinking up a new challenge.
*COMPLETE*2010 Winter Olympics Challenge LEADERBOARD
Duration: Feb 21 through March 7th
Total Pages Needed: 2010 pages
Reward: 2 new or 4 used books
Bonus: Take double page counts for any book with "Olympics" in title, a book about any Olympic Champion or written by any Olympic Champion. (Olympic Champion will include anyone who received any color Olympic medal).
Briansgirl/Kate = reset to ZERO
Kenjii = 190 pages
BJ Rose = 1156 pages
Debbie = 1328 pages
Jane = 1831 pages
Deanna = 2019 pages CONGRATULATIONS!!
Please post the next challenge Deanna. If you'd like help or would rather someone else post it, just let us know.
Deanna wrote: "Winter Olympics Count-off ChallengeCurrent Page Total - 2019/2010 - 100.44% "
Wow! Great reading!! Looking forward to your challenge!!!
Congratulations Deanna ! Look forward to the next challenge ! !
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge
Duration: February 28-Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Winner: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUSDouble Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUSTriple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
Good Luck! I won’t be participating in this one (too much schoolwork to do), but have fun!
Congrads Deanna! I don't get to use the 438 pages I finished last night!!! LOL. That's OK. I can use it for other challenges. I will begin this new challenge, yay!
Hey if yall have any hints about books with teachers/music teachers, feel free to list them here. Also romance books are welcome [for me, any genre!:]
Kenjii - here is one link I foundhttp://www.jasperco.lib.in.us/Booklis...
http://www.likesbooks.com/marms.html - this category is marms, teachers and governesses, so you might have to look at some of the ones on the list
The Simply Series by Mary Balogh - all features Teachers (Historical Romance)
Several of the Sabrine Jefferies Schools for Heiress series (I think one of them may include a music teacher as well)
The Hero in Nora Roberts Vision in White (Bride Quartet) is an English teacher
i'll update with more
Thanks Deanna! I really am a PNR fan, but I'll read any romance theme. I can loosely base some of the characteristics of the H/h as a "teacher" but I really want it to count for this challenge =D
teacher/student is a category for the women we love challenge, so you can always pop over to that thread and see what everyone is reading for that category. I know Jane was going to read The Piano Teacher so this works perfectly with this challenge.Great challenge Deanna.
Awesome! Thanks Kate!
Deanna wrote: "2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off ChallengeDuration: February 28-Mar 16
I think the start date should be today so what we read today counts toward something. (Said by the lady who is home sick with a bad cold and will be curled up with a book, a quilt, and the Olympics today.)
hhhmmm, book I'm reading now the heroine is a soccer coach.... not quite a teacher. Oh well.
Oh yeah. If I finished that book this AM I wouldn't mind including it in this challenge, hehe. But I finished it 2-27. So yeah its not so much time as it is date. Your right once again Kate =D.
Good one Deanna, great respect for teachers - I was a sub for about 4 years, don't know how you all do it everyday.
Deanna wrote: "2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off ChallengeDuration: February 28-Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages ..."
just out of curiosity, how did you come up with the page count of 1932, is that a significant year for teachers or a combination of something?
Its the year that john phillip sousa died
my mom is a teacher and has been as long as i can remember and i have nothing but respect seeing the stuff she goes through - i had a foray into teaching when i was deployed last and i'm in no rush to repeat itDebbie wrote: "Good one Deanna, great respect for teachers - I was a sub for about 4 years, don't know how you all do it everyday."
Because i'm in a good mood (even though i've gotten no schoolwork done - olympics was more exciting) and I feel bad for Kate being sick and all - I'll change the start date to today vice tomorrowBriansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Deanna wrote: "2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge
Duration: February 28-Mar 16
I think the start date should be today so what we read today counts toward something. (Said by the la..."
Deanna wrote: "Because i'm in a good mood (even though i've gotten no schoolwork done - olympics was more exciting) and I feel bad for Kate being sick and all - I'll change the start date to today vice tomorrow..."
Thank you! The kids were rowdy this morning but they settled down. I've been trying to rest but not getting much of it today. Time to pick up my book and finish watching the men's curling gold medal match.
I am kind of confused as to what the current start date and deadline date is. Can we start on March 1st and end on a certain date?
Awesomevegan - I was going to start it tomorrow, but due to some nice requests, the start date is 27Feb and the end date Mar 16
We've always started the new challenge as soon as the last one was won. The end date's vary depending on how long the challenges are, but they can be won at any time if someone hits the goal before then. Rarely does a challenge actually reach the official end date without anyone hitting the page count goal. (In that case, the person closest wins).
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge Duration: February 27 - Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Reward: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUS - Double Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUS - Triple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
2/27 The Dating Game by Shirley Jump = 187 pages
Total = 187 pages
OHHH Okay. Now I get it... So I can start on the 1st if I want to but when someone hits the goal it goes back to zero. :)
Yes. A new challenge then starts. It's a contest to see who can reach the goal first. The winner then gets to buy themselves the number of reward books listed. The idea is to motivate us to read our TBR piles, since any book buying during the challenge either knocks you out or resets your count to zero. Clear as mud? lol
Briansgirl "Master Book Sale Huntress" wrote: "Yes. A new challenge then starts. It's a contest to see who can reach the goal first. The winner then gets to buy themselves the number of reward books listed. The idea is to motivate us to read ou..."Yes. :)
I have yet to win a count off, so I try to wait till we are in between challenges to buy anything (and then I usually hit the 50 cent rack at my local library), that way my zeroing out doesn't count too badly against me. lolIt is just fun for me to see the page counts add up on the books that I do read.
Hope to see you joining in soon Awesomevegan - we have fun with the challenges and some of these people get really creative with the challenges.
I tend to sneak purchases in between challenges too. :)
Well, lol I can't seem to beat you guys and sometimes they just call to me - " Take me home and read me! " - haha
Debbie, I started count-off's last year around this time. I didn't win one until October when I got double page counts for Halloween themed books. I didn't win again until I won two in a row recently. I've never read as many books in a single month as I have this month (21 books). So hang in there.
lol - I am just having fun keeping count of it all, I really don't care about "winning", it is just something to shoot for. Life is serious enough, my books are for fun and making it a game like this is the best.
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge Duration: February 27-Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Winner: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUS: Double Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUS: Triple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
296 pages - Winter's Bride (2/28) ★★★☆☆
296 / 1932 pages
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge Duration: February 27 - Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Reward: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUS - Double Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUS - Triple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
Current Page Count
Briansgirl/Kate - 187 pages
Debbie - 296 pages
BJ Rose - 286 pages
ETA BJ Rose's page count!
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge Duration: February 27-Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Winner: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUS: Double Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUS: Triple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
286 pp.: Four in Hand by Stephanie Laurens Feb 27 (4.5*) lighthearted fun about a duke becoming guardian of 4 young orphaned ladies. He's in his mid-30s & they're all of marriageable age and very sure of what they want. Poor Duke!
Total Pages = 286/1932
AND I've pulled out my John Philip Sousa CD!
enjoy your sousa! random factoid - Hands Across the Sea was actually written for my college marching band - the Highty-Tighty's from Virginia Tech - one of the only bands in history to wear a Presidential Citation cord for service during the Spanish-American War and having won three consecutive Inaugeral Parades when it was a competition
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge Duration: February 27 - Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Reward: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUS - Double Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUS - Triple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
2/27 The Dating Game by Shirley Jump = 187 pages
2/28 Cliff Notes: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin = 54 pages
Total = 241 pages
2010 Music In Our Schools Count-off Challenge Leaderboard Duration: February 27 - Mar 16
Goal: 1932 pages
Reward: 2 new/ 5 useds
BONUS - Double Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a teacher
BONUS - Triple Page Count: Hero/Heroine is a MUSIC teacher (this can include Band, as well)
Briansgirl/Kate = 241 pages
BJ Rose - 286 pages
Debbie - 296 pages
Debbie wrote: "Well, lol I can't seem to beat you guys and sometimes they just call to me - " Take me home and read me! " - haha"When I go to the bookstore to work and see a book I have wishlisted. I have to buy it. I know I can also request books from upstairs, but I haven't gotten that bad yet.
lol it does take a lot for me to there too. I use the library a LOT!
Part of the reason I buy alot of books used online, when I can afford it, is I live in a small midwestern town and our library is pretty small. They have quite a few books (and I do check out books often, mostly non-fiction), but frequently what I want to read, they don't have. And it costs me money for interlibrary loan. I figured for $1 to $1.50 for the interlibrary loan free, I might as well buy it used online and own it for a penny plus $3.99 shipping.
it costs for interlibrary loans, that doesn't sound right. I don't blame you for wanting to buy used instead. I have a small library but we have a good free - interlibrary system. I have actually started with e-books also, there are even some libraries that now offer those, but in a small midwest town of my own, it has made things easier for me to find.I feel ya honey! lol (to sum it all up)
I know some libraries don't charge for inter-library loan, but unfortunately mine does. I don't like ebooks simply because it bothers my eyes (with bifocals) to read large ebooks online. I don't have any ereader because they are all out of my price range.Where are you Debbie? I'm in SE Nebraska.
NE Oklahoma - Out Muskogee way.I have a friend that lives in Omaha but that is about all I know of Nebraska.
I used to live in Wichita, not that far away from where you are. Nebraska's pretty flat and boring. lol Literally... middle of nowhere.
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Duration: Feb 21 through March 7th
Total Pages Needed: 2010 pages
Reward: 2 new or 4 used books
Bonus: Take double page counts for any book with "Olympics" in title, a book about any Olympic Champion or written by any Olympic Champion. (Olympic Champion will include anyone who received any color Olympic medal).
336 pages - Risky Business - Nora Roberts - 21/02/10 *****
192 pages - Adopted: Outback Baby - Barbara Hannay - 21/02/10 ****
304 pages - Service of All the Dead - Colin Dexter - 23/02/10 *****
304 pages - Secret of Annexe 3 - Colin Dexter - 24/02/10 *****
064 pages - Dr. Faustus - Christopher Marlowe - 25/02/10***
048 pages - Natural Treatment of Fibroid Tumors and Endometriosis - Susan M. Lark - 25/02/10****
192 pages - The Konstantos Marriage Demand - Kate Walker - 25/02/10***
199 pages - The Endometriosis Survival Guide: Your Guide to the Latest Treatment Options and the Best Coping Strategies - Margot Fromer - 26/02/10****