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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
Finished the Rhyming task for 15 and the diarist task for 25. That brings me to 455 pts. I'm hoping I can finish a few more books!!5 POINTS
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3. Spring Cleaning – Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Steven Bach
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9. Spring Animals in title – Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
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10 POINTS
1. Set in Ireland – Three Bags Full, Leonie Swan
2. Cinco De Mayo -- Set in Mexico, The Falling Woman, Pat Murphey
3. Australian Author – The People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
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6. Sun in Title – Mistress of the Sun, Sandra Gulland
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10. TNBBC Member 5 star book – Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
15 POINTS
1. SAGITARIUS: The archer – read a book about an athlete or sports. Shanks for Nothing, Rick Reiley
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5. Major Literary Prize, 1981 – John Updike, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Witches of Eastwick
6. Translation – Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
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10. 3, 4, 5 series or titles – Kim Harrison
A Fistful of Charms
For a Few Demons More
25 POINT
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3.Jen’s List –
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50 Points
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Total Points: 455
Tasks Completed: 29.3
Books Read: 34
Total Pages Read: 12,186
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5 Points
2. Daddy Long Legs
4. Marvelous Land of Oz by L Frank Baum
5. My Sister's Keeper
7. The Story Girl by L M Montgomery
10 Points
4. Ozma of Oz by L Frank Baum born in May.
15 Points
4. The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
7. Dear Enemy & Anne of Avonlea
10. The Dark Tower III The Wastelands by Stephen King
25 Points
5. Bonnie's Task Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
9. Sara's Task Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson
10 Point Task Completed:9. TNNBC Top Books List: #1 - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (born 1983)
Points to Date: 275/575
Tasks Completed: 20/40
Cait wrote: "I just finished The World According to Garp for task 15.5 (it was the National Book Award winner for 1980). Great book, although A Prayer for Owen Meany remains my favorite of Irving's (so far)...."
Morgan wrote: "For the 5.2 task, read an epistolary novel, I read Letters from Yellowstone by Diane Smith. Since this was a 5 point task, that brings my total to 55 points. "
I've just renewed A Prayer for Owen Meany at my Library for the 3rd time and I hope I can read it before end May!
I just finished The Silver Chair. I took it off Michelle's profile. She gave it 5 stars, and I did really like it!So, I am also switching one book. I originally had The Book Theif listed for this task, but I am going to change it to the 15 pt Group Read task.
Thanks!
That gives me a new total of 565!
Just two books to go!
I completed 10-point task number 7. I read North and South by John Jakes. My mom is a big fan, probably because the book sort of reads like a soap-opera.This brings me to 455 points.
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Kristen wrote: "Sara - I'm struggling through Airborn, rather I have other books I really really want to read and that one is on the backburner now, even though I know it'll end up being an amazing book."It was good, but it didn't capture my attention like other YA books have recently... I'm not sure why...
Just finished Slaughterhouse Five for the first 5 point task! What an excellent book!New Total:
Jamie(23)--65 points
Jamie, I loved Slaughterhouse Five! I'm glad you did too! The only other Vonnegut book I have read is Cat's Cradle, which I also really enjoyed reading. Have you read anything else by him?
Angie wrote: "5 Points
2. Daddy Long Legs
4. Marvelous Land of Oz by L Frank Baum
5. My Sister's Keeper
7. The Story Girl by [auth..."
I can't award you the points for 15 Point Task 10...For this task you had to have read 3 books so you would have to read Wizard and glass & Wolves of the Calla to earn the points.
I finished The Wild Girl The Notebooks of Ned Giles, 1932 for the Mexico book last night. It was written by the same author as the last book I finished...I liked them both but wasn't amazed by either book. My TASKS
5 POINTS
10 POINTS
1. St. Patrick’s Day - There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
8. Memorial and Armed Forces Day - Dear John - Nicholas Sparks
15 POINT TASKS
2. National Poetry Month - The Book of Irish Verse - John Montague
25 POINT TASKS
50 POINTER
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Completed 15.2 April is National Poetry month by reading The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems. Someone recommended reading this close to the time of reading The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises, so that's what I'm going to do.My new tally should be 225.
Finished A Wizard of Earthsea for 10.6, The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe for task 5.9, East for task 5.3, The Power of a Praying Wife for task 5.5, and Girl in Hyacinth Blue for task 5.6, bringing my total to 575 points.
I completed 10-point task 6 and read A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin.I like fantasy, I like wizards, but I just could not stand this book.
This brings me to 465 points!
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Lizzi, what did you think of Earthsea?
I'm not Lizzi, but just the same April, I thought I'd chime in. I'm surprised you didn't like Earthsea! It's not my #1 favorite fantasy book, but I really enjoy the way language and naming play into the concept. I thought it had a lot of great connections between the storyline/world and important real-world philosophical questions, which is part of how I know a fabulous fantasy (LOTR, for example, being the pinnacle, is one you could write academic paper after academic paper on, linking the story to al these real world challenges).
Previously completed: 25.4 - The Woman in White - 3/5/2009
15.1 - The Other Boleyn Girl - 3/7/2009
15.5 - Eros, Eros, Eros Selected and Last Poems -3/9/2009
15.8 - The Numerati - 3/14/2009
5.4 - Naked in Death - 4/4/2009
5.7 - When You Are Engulfed in Flames - 4/13/2009
5.6 - The Icarus Girl - 4/15/09
25.9 - When Genius Failed The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management - 4/16/09
10.4 - Two for the Dough - 4/20/09
5.1 - Oryx and Crake - 4/23/09
15.2 - A Far Rockaway of the Heart - 5/10/09
Newly completed:
25 point task #2 - YA Novels:
3/29/09 - The Bad Beginning
5/20/09 - The Good Thief
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Ponts Earned: 165
Judith wrote: "I'm not Lizzi, but just the same April, I thought I'd chime in. I'm surprised you didn't like Earthsea! It's not my #1 favorite fantasy book, but I really enjoy the way language and naming play i..."Judith, I think it's wonderful that you chimed in! I don't know, I think I felt it was too slow-moving to really enjoy. I guess I am not really at a point in my life where I can enjoy that, I wanted so badly to enjoy this book too. I feel like certain parts of the book were worded really awkwardly, so maybe that contributed to my dislike. Different strokes eh?
I have been reading I Never Promised you a Rose Garden for this challenge and I absolutely do not like it!! I am forcing myself to finish because I do not want to start another book for this task so late in the game. I have picked it up and put it back down so many times... I have about 40 pages left and hope to finish it tonight!
Oh no! I have that book on my TBR shelf, Angela. What about it hasn't been appealing?
WOW! Is summer going to be long enough to read all the 25-pointers?!KristenR, Leora, Lizzi - Congratulations!!!
Ashley & Rora will soon be done, and there's still well over a week remaining - plenty of time for Sharon & Cait and Jessica and others to cross the finish line - this is great!!
Yeah, I've been saving the 50-point task! So I hope I'll finish the challenge. :-)
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
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ASHLEY ID - 570
SHARON - 555
CAIT - 550
AMY MA - 545
BETH MN - 520
SARA TX - 505
ALICE - 500
ANGELA IL - 500
BEV - 500
APRIL NY - 465
TINA - 460
MAGGIE - 455
BONNIE - 450
KRISTINA GA - 450
SARA E - 440
EL - 430
JOSIE - 425
LOUISE - 415
MEGHAN - 410
NICOLE NC - 405
CYNTHIA (SCM) - 400
KRITIKA - 400
LIZ BRKLYN - 395
SUSAN - 395
ELIZABETH NC - 385
RHIANNON - 385
ANGIE TX - 370
JILLIAN - 370
JOY - 370
RORY - 370
PERS - 355
MARY BETH - 350
JUDITH IA - 340
SUZIER - 340
JAMIE MN - 325
LORI TX - 335
SANDIE - 325
STEPH - 320
LINDSEY - 315
REBECCA J - 315
ROSEANN - 310
LYNLEE4 - 305
CATHEROO - 295
DAVID - 290
EVA - 280
JON - 280
BECKY - 275
STEPHANIE CA - 275
FALLON - 270
LAURA NY - 270
ALISHA - 265
JEN B - 260
KATE - 260
MEGAN - 260
SERA - 260
COURTNEY - 255
WV HEATHER - 255
JOANN - 250
MALIADES - 250
RENFREW - 250
KRISTINA UK - 240
RACHEL WA - 240
JENNIFER IN - 230
AMY R - 225
HAYES - 225
SARAH PA - 225
MANDAY - 220
BETH - 215
FIONA (TITCH)- 215
CAROL - 210
LIZ VEGAS - 210
REBECCA - 210
RYAN - 205
ELIZABETH (ALASKA) - 200
KATHRYN - 200
VICTORIA - 200
ASHLEY AL - 190
ASHLEY UT - 180
JEANE - 180
RALPH - 180
JULIE (ID)'S - 175
LACY - 170
TRACY - 170
JOANNA - 165
MARIE - 165
NATALIA - 165
SLAYERMEL - 165
TERRI - 160
JEN MD - 155
JESSICA SC - 155
JOANIE - 155
POTJY - 155
TRYPHENA - 155
LILY - 150
ROS - 150
CYNDEE - 145
LAUREN - 145
MELODY - 145
KAREN - 135
MADELINE - 135
SAM - 135
HEATHER KS - 130
JEGKA - 130
KIM UK - 130
SHANNON - 130
ANN FROM SC - 125
CASSIE - 120
CYNTHIA - 115
KICKI - 115
SUSANNA UK - 115
ABBIE - 110
ANGIE CA - 110
JAMIE WA - 110
MACKENZIE - 110
SHELLIE - 110
CATHERINE - 105
JENNY - 105
LINDA - 105
AMANDA - 95
JESSICA MI - 95
KELLY MA - 95
MEL - 95
ALLISON MO - 90
JULIE TN - 90
KIM US - 90
SAI - 90
MEREDITH H - 85
LDB - 80
VICKI - 80
JULIE UK - 75
RACHEL CA - 75
SLAIMI - 70
JAMIE 23 - 65
ALYSSA - 60
KELLY VA - 60
LISA JULIANNA - 55
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
NICOLE CA - 20
CAITLIN - 15
JENNI - 15
GREG - 10
MICHELLE - 5
SHELBY - 5
BJ Rose wrote: "WOW! Is summer going to be long enough to read all the 25-pointers?!KristenR, Leora, Lizzi - Congratulations!!!
Ashley & Rora will soon be done, and there's still well over a week remaining - ple..."
Just a reminder that if we have more than ten people who finish the challenge the earlier finisher's tasks will be worth more points...for example if sixteen people finish then the tasks of the first 6 people who finished the challenge would be worth 30 and the rest would be worth 25.
Ashley wrote: "Jamie, I loved Slaughterhouse Five! I'm glad you did too! The only other Vonnegut book I have read is Cat's Cradle, which I also really enjoyed reading. Have you read anything else by him?"Nope..it was my first Vonnegut! I was impressed! I have heard great things about Cat's Cradle. I also have Bluebird sitting here at home.
Charity wrote: Oh no! I have that book on my TBR shelf, Angela. What about it hasn't been appealing?.I really am not sure because I typically love reading books about people with mental illnesses (my major is psych). She has a secret world that she retreats to and I think I am confused by this world because it does not seem to be making sense to me. I think it is honestly just the way it is written. If it had been written by someone else differently, I think I would appreciate it more.
Hmmm...I think I know what you mean. When I get around to reading it, I'll drop you a line on my thoughts. Thanks, Angela.
Ashley wrote: "Amy, she has a myspace page, and a lot of people posted Happy Birthday on the 18th of May, so I am going to assume that her birthday is right around mid-May. There's a link to her myspace page from..."Ashley, I loooove you, thanks !!!
Just knocked off Fat Girl A True Story for task 5.6 and Conspiracy Game for task 10.4.
Fat Girl is Ms. Moore's memoir about growing up and living fat. It is torturous to read about how she was mistreated by her grandmother and mother; left by her father; and bullied by classmates. She's now a published writer with two grown children and I hope she can find some blessing in that.
I'm still of the opinion that Christine Feehan (birthday May 15th) can't write, but again I state, a gazillion books sold and I CAN'T PUT THEM DOWN. There, I admit it, I'm a Feehanaddict. Off to finish Deadly Game...
Congrats Leora!And Amy...I completely agree with you about Christine Feehan. The writing completely sucks but I can't stop reading her stuff. I have to limit myself to one every few months though or else I might gnaw off a limb.
5 POINTS1:Stolen by Kelley Armstrong (4/06/09)
2:84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (3/04/09)
4:From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (3/10/09)
6:The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne (4/10/09)
7: My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (3/12/09)
8:The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (4/12/09)
10 POINTS
1:Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt (4/13/09)
3:Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody (3/20/09)
4:A Great and Terribly Beauty by Libba Bray (3/02/09)
5:The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (5/13/09)
6:Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (3/11/09)
7:The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (4/12/09)
8:The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (4/25/09)
9:The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (4/28/09)
10:All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (3/03/09)
15 POINTS
1:Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (4/21/09)
2:Beowulf by Anonymous (5/18/09)
3:The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (4/02/09)
4:Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore (3/30/09)
5:The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (4/07/09)
6:The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (3/13/09)
7:A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix (5/01/09) and Lush Life by Richard Price (5/08/09)
8:City Dog by Alison Pace (3/01/09)
9:The Black Dagger Brotherhood an Insider's Guide by J.R. Ward (4/04/09)
10:Dime Store Magic (5/09/09), Industrial Magic (5/18/09) and Haunted (5/20/09) by Kelley Armstrong
25 POINTS
1:The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (3/09/09) and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (3/16/09)
2:A Midwifes Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (4/16/09)
3:The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (5/12/09) and Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (5/14/09)
4:The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (3/24/09)
5:The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (3/27/09)
7:The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (5/04/09)
8:Holes by Louis Sachar (3/17/09) and Life: An Autobiography as Told by Jack Gunthridge by Jack Gunthridge (3/18/09)
9:I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson (4/20/09)
50 POINTS
1: Master of Seduction by Kinley MacGregor (4/17/09) and Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon (4/23/09)
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Points: 520
# of Tasks Completed: 34/40
# of Books Read: 41
# of Pages Read: 12,938 (+1 audiobook)
-Beth MN
I just finished task 25.8 My two YA books were Uglies and Pretties, both written by Scott Westerfeld. I really enjoyed these books. While they are clearly YA and have some simplicities/cliches to them, they also take on a lot of interesting topics about what it means to be happy and the nature of freedom. I look forward to working Specials into the summer task!!
New Point Total: 220
The finish line is in sight - I finished 25.2 (pre-1900 diarist) with Madeline Stern's biography of Louisa May Alcott. Stern's scrupulous about not speculating, but it tends to make it hard to get a deeper sense of what Alcott was like as a person.Current Total: 570! I'm finishing this thing - not bad for a late starter!
9. Read a book with one of the following Spring animals in the title…Bird (the word bird or any type of bird) For 5 points I read...The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
(New total: 570 points)
Amy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Amy, she has a myspace page, and a lot of people posted Happy No problem. Glad that I could help!
Oooh, Rora, how'd you like The Hummingbird's Daughter? I thought that while it was a bit slow going, it was great.
Alisha wrote: "Oooh, Rora, how'd you like The Hummingbird's Daughter? I thought that while it was a bit slow going, it was great. "I enjoyed reading it, gave it four stars. I thought it was well-written and I liked the spiritual elements in it. Some of the violence and poverty scenes were jarring, made me realize how much I take for granted.
10. April Showers Bring May Flowers… - Read a book with the name of A TYPE of tree or flower in the title.
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg-5/20
Struggled to get through this and only 5 points :(
New Total:500
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Completed #9 in the 25 point category! YIPEE!!!!Finished "Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia" which I liked. It wasn't the greatest book I've ever read, but it does make me wish I had the money to travel. It also made me want to read about the lives of Catholic Saints.
5 POINTS
#1 Coraline by Neil Gaiman 4/15/09
#3 Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 4/9/09
#4 I listened to this audiobook in my car during the 7 hr drive to and 7 hr drive from the Texas Valley. Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini 3/21/09
#7 To the Nines by Janet Evanovich Giving the book to my friend at work. 5/5/09
#8 Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich 3/31/09
10 POINTS
#2 Like Water for Chocolate byLaura Esquivel 3/23/09
#3 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 4/25/09
#4 Seven Up by Janet Evanovich 3/5/09
#7 My mom's name is Kathleen. Calamity Jayne by Kathleen Bacus 4/2/09
#9 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams #77 off the TNBBC Top Books List (I was born in 1977) 3/26/09
15 POINTS
#2 Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell 4/26/09
#4 Went to the Texas Valley for spring break and also crossed the border into Mexico and visited South Padre Island. Living on the Edge of America At Home on the Texas-Mexico Border by Robert Lee Maril 4/21/09
#6 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 3/6/09
25 POINTS
#1 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams AND
The Glass Castle A Memoir by Jeannette Walls 4/16/09
#3 From Eva's List (THANKS EVA!) The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve AND The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 3/20/09
#4 Big Reads List #15 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 5/4/09
#5 Manhunt The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson I NEVER read true crime and don't plan to again any time soon!....3/13/09
#6 Royal Affairs A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy by Leslie Carroll 4/30/09
#7 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini referenced in "The Holiday" 5/14/09
#8 Beauty Shop for Rent . . . fully equipped, inquire within by Laura Bowers and Eva Underground by Dandi Daley Mackall 3/30/09
#9 Eat, Pray, Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert 5/20/09
50 POINTS
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King and Blaze A Novel by Richard Bachman 5/13/09
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Completed Tasks5 POINT TASKS (20)
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10 POINT TASKS (60)
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TOTAL= 270 points
I was hoping to get a ton of reading done recently, and it's not happening. However, I did finish a couple while proctoring the MCAS (state test). One is a biography of Margaret Bourke-White which I found really fascinating. The other is only half of the challenge for 25.3, but it's called Bloomability by Sharon Creech. I really enjoyed the story and the main character. It reminded me in some ways of another boarding school story, by Madeleine L'Engle. The name of the book is escaping me, but I remember that the protagonist was Pippa.My update is below. I am close to breaking the 100-point mark, which will make me fairly satisfied as a rookie.
15 POINTS
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2. Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
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4. It Happened On Cape Cod by Shawnie Kelley
5. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
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7. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
8. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (interview on The Colbert Report)
9. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
10. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
25 POINT TASKS
1. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
2. Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father by John Matteson
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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
4. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
5. The White Mountains by John Christopher
6. The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory
7. TBD
8. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
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Total points: 95 (May 20)
Kelly, I love Sharon Creech! Bloomability is great! I've only read one book by her that I didn't really like too much, but all the others have been Really Like it, or Love it! She is one of my most favorite YA authors! (and authors in general...!)I especially love Walk Two Moons, and Chasing Redbird.
For 50 points I read Nora Roberts "The Gift" and JD Robb "Memory In Death".Puts me at 395!
Just finished The Chronicles of Narnia!! I read The Last Battle for my 5 pt Christian Fiction book. Again, I really like this series and am glad I read it. I think though, that I will encourage my younger brothers to read them now while they are younger. There are some parts, and things that I think would read better as a younger kid, but I still liked them!
New total: 570!!
Just need to read my oldest TBR now!!
Wow!! Congratulations to everyone who has finished!!
*in a fit of pique* ; )
(I love that expression!!)
*in a fit of pique* ; )
(I love that expression!!)
Cynthia wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "WOW! Is summer going to be long enough to read all the 25-pointers?!KristenR, Leora, Lizzi - Congratulations!!!
Ashley & Rora will soon be done, and there's still well over a week..."
Wow these challenges are getting bigger and bigger with more and more tasks. 30 pointers! You would think that the bigger it gets the less people complete it but it seems to be the opposite! I'm looking forward to the summer one. I'm wanting to get some new titles written down I'm bored of looking at the titles on my existing list now - lol!!
I've just completed the 50 point challenge- I'm not sure whether I can complete that if I haven't done all the others!I read Playing the Odds by Nora Roberts and Naked in Death J D Robb.
I picked up Dear John last night and before I knew it I was finished. So this was the second Sparks book I read for this challenge - both ended up being bittersweet tales of love found and lost...but equally beautiful stories. As usual I'm a big sap and found myself crying by the end - Sparks does it to me every time - although I have to say I enjoy the ones where there's a happy ending a bit more. This was my military Memorial Day task.My TASKS
5 POINTS
10 POINTS
1. St. Patrick’s Day - There's No Place Like Here - Cecelia Ahern
15 POINT TASKS
2. National Poetry Month - The Book of Irish Verse - John Montague
25 POINT TASKS
50 POINTER
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I just finished The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman for task 10.10. The TNBBC member who rated the book 5 stars is Britanny from Australia. Thanks, Brittany!Now I'm at 90 points.
Cynthia, would you accept Beowulf for the 15-point read a translated book task, Beowulf has been translated from Old English to modern English, I think there are some pretty big differences between the two...
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