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Oct-Dec 2012 Challenge
Nicole wrote: "15.2: The Sweet Life by Francine Pascal & The Good Woman by Jane Porter75/310
Know how I said we were short-staffed? Well, it just got worse since we laid off some people. Thankfully I wasn't ..."
You poor thing! Although it is a good thing you didn't get laid off, you will definitely be worked to the bone now!
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Kristin - 180
Alicia - 90
Julie P. - 90
Eva - 80
Jencey - 75
Nicole - 75
Candace - 65
Tara - 60
Tina - 60
Stacy - 50
Nancy - 35
Maria - 30
Meghan - 30
Meredith - 25
Melissa - 20
Kourtney - 5
Task Completed:15.1 – Trying Something New: The Total Money Makeover:A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey 10/18 & Matched by Ally Condie 11/16
75/310 points
10/40 books
Task Completed:15.1 – Trying Something New:
No Time For Goodbye – Linwood Barclay
Firestorm – Iris Johanson
95/310 points
13/40 books
Task Completed15.1 – Trying Something New: Vlad All Over by Beth Orloff and The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
40/310 points
5/40 books
Task Completed: 5.1 – Home Sweet Home: Days of Gold by Jude Deverauxbooks 13/40
points 80/310
TASK COMPLETED10.1 – My Name Is: The Devil in the Junior League by Linda Francis Lee
Points: 100/310
Books: 13/40
Task completed 15.3 Family Ties (mom MD): Sweat, Mark GilleoShe Came From Away, D. Edward Bradley
25/40 books
195/310 points
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60/310 points
7/40 books
Task Completed:15.1 – Trying Something New: The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood 11/10/12 & Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay 11/19/12
105/310 points
18/40 books
Task completed 5.3 Pet Love: Death in the Dark, Emily Kimelman26/40 books
200/310 points
Task(s) Completed:10.7 – NUM83RS: The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield 11/8
10.5 – Recommended: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – Rachel Cohn 11/11
10.8 – All I Want For Christmas: [flowers] The Language of Flowers – Vanessa Diffenbaugh 11/13
5.7 – Fashionable: [cute skirt]Wallflower in Bloom- Claire Cook 11/16/12
15.1 – Trying Something New: Cascade – Maryanne O’Hara 10/7; The Light Between Oceans – M.L. Stedman 11/19
5.10 – Mirror, Mirror On the Wall: [mirrored glasses] Undead and Unstable – MaryJanice Davidson 11/21/12
90/310 Points
12/40 Books
TASK COMPLETED5.3 – Pet Love: The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun
Points: 105/310
Books: 14/40
15.4 Family Ties 2.0: Leaves, Michael BaronDancing at the Shame Prom, Hollye Dexter
28/40 books
215/310 points
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Kristin - 215
Alicia - 105
Julie P. - 105
Eva - 95
Nancy - 90
Jencey - 80
Nicole - 75
Tina - 75
Candace - 65
Stacy - 60
Tara - 60
Meredith - 40
Meghan - 35
Maria - 30
Melissa - 20
Kourtney - 5
Wow! Go Kristin! :)
Task Completed:5.6 – Brrrrrr!!!: Dunkirk Crescendo by Brock and Bodie Thoene (coat)
books 14/40
points 85/310
10.9: Mom Still Likes You Best by Jane Isay85/310
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70/310 points
8/40 books
Task Completed: 5.4 – Presents! : The After Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazerbooks 15/40
points 90/310
Stacy wrote: "LEADERBOARDKristin - 215
Alicia - 105
Julie P. - 105
Eva - 95
Nancy - 90
Jencey - 80
Nicole - 75
Tina - 75
Candace - 65
Stacy - 60
Tara - 60
Meredith - 40
Meghan - 35
Maria - 30
Melissa - 20
Kour..."
It has just worked out that every book I have read recently has worked for this challenge, this never happens to me!!
TASK COMPLETED10.10 What goes up, must come down-Up & Out-Ariella Papa
70/310 points
11/40 books
TASK COMPLETED5.1 – Home Sweet Home: The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan
100/310 points
14/40 books
TASK COMPLETED25.1 – Halloween:
Color: Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn 10/22/12,
Title: Plum Spooky, Janet Evanovich 11/24/12,
Author: Love Regifted, Stephanie Hadaad 11/17/12
130/310 points
19/40 books
TASK COMPLETED{+5} 5.3 – Pet Love: Read a book with a picture of the type of pet you own on the cover (No pets? Use a pet you’d like to have, or your favorite animal.)
--> Dog; "Any one but you" by Jennifer Cruise
35/310 points
4/40 books
THANKS!!
maria :-)
does 25.4 start a new series have to be one series or can i start 1 book from 1 series and 1 from another?
Task Completed10.9 – We Are Family— Son by Lois Lowry
30/310
10/40
My gosh, did I love this book!! I started reading this series soo long ago, it was soo nice to come back to these characters...
Task completed 5.2 Dating: Rules of Civility, Amor Towles29/40 books
220/310 points
Task completed5.3 – Pet Love: The Accidental Florist – Jill Churchill
105/310 points
15/40 books
Task Completed:5.2 – Dating: Sleeping Arrangments by Madelaine Wickham
45/310 points
6/40 books
5.2: Two Lethal Lies by Annie Solomon15.3: (LR) Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans & Superstition by Karen Robards
105/310
TASK COMPLETED25.2 – Thanksgiving: Flying Changes by Sara Gruen, American Pie by Michael Lee West, Alphabet Weekends by Elizabeth Noble
Points: 130/310
Books: 16/40
Task Completed:10.3 – TenElevenTwelve: Most Talkative: Stories From the Front Line of Pop Culture – Andy Cohen 11/28
100/310 Points
13/40 Books
Task Completed 15.4 – Family Ties 2.0:
A: The Wedding Wager, Rachel Astor 11/7/12 &
D: The Maze Runner, James Dashner 11/28/12
145/310 points
20/40 books
Finally completed a task!15.2 – Sticking With the Old: Heartbroken - Lisa Unger, Trail of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz
15/310 points
2/40 books
Another couple done, actually - I am so behind the times:*10.5 – Recommended: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
10.7 - NUM83RS - The Eleventh Victim - Nancy Grace
5.7 – Fashionable: Death Perception - Victoria Laurie
40/310 points
5/40 books
{+10} 10.8 – All I Want For Christmas: Read a book with something in the title you would like to receive as a gift (ex, book, shoes, purse...)--> muffin pans "Off The Menu" by Stacey Ballis
45/310 points
5/40 books
thanks!
maria
p.s. would not reccommend this book... was sort of boring and redundant :-(
Task Completed25.3 – Christmas: I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern, The Christmas Hope by Donna Van Liere, Girl Walks Into a Bar by Rachel Dratch
55/310
10/40
I liked The Christmas Hope - it put me in the mood for Christmas! The other were just meh. Better in theory than in actual book form...
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No, it was meant to be one series.
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Kristin - 220
Alicia - 145
Julie P. - 130
Eva - 105
Nicole - 105
Nancy - 100
Jencey - 90
Tina - 75
Stacy - 70
Tara - 70
Candace - 65
Melissa - 55
Maria - 45
Meredith - 45
Meghan - 35
Kourtney - 5
Task Completed:5.9 – Imagination Runs Wild: (fairy) Glamour by Penelope Fletcher
70/310 points
9/40 books
Task completed 10.8 All I Want for Christmas: Judging a Book By Its Lover, Lauren Leto30/40 books
230/310 points
Task completed:{+15} 15.2 – Sticking With the Old: Read two books, each one by an author that you have read before (can be the same author for both or two different authors)
-->"Birds of Prey" by J.A. Jance
-->"Getting Rid of Bradley" by Jennifer Crusie
60/310 points
7/40 books
im so proud, this is the highest score i ever got on a book challenge! yeah!!
maria :-)
Maria wrote: "Task completed:{+15} 15.2 – Sticking With the Old: Read two books, each one by an author that you have read before (can be the same author for both or two different authors)
-->"Birds of Prey" b..."
Congratulations Maria! :)
Task Completed25.4 – Start a new series –
The Little Lady Agency, Hester Browne,10/6/12
Little Lady, Big Apple, Hester Browne 11/16/12 &
The Little Lady Agency & The Prince, Hester Browne 12/4/12
170/310 points
21/40 books
Task Completed:5.8 – What Are You?: A Book that has my name in the title: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
books 16/40
points 95/310
Task completed!*10.8 – All I Want for Christmas - Size 12 and Ready to Rock - Meg Cabot
50/310 points
6/30 books
Task Completed: 5.7 – Fashionable: Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax
points 100/310
books 17/40
Task Completed:*5.10 – Mirror, Mirror On the Wall: Crossed by Ally Condie
80/310 points
12/40 books
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Know how I said we were short-staffed? Well, it just got worse since we laid off some people. Thankfully I wasn't one of them.