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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
I finished 2 of the 15 point tasks. #8. Operation: married by christmas and I read an interview at http://noveljourney.blogspot.com/2006... and http://www.ambermiller.com/blog/archi.... The author also has a blog. for task #9 I read Bluegrass Peril and ate Berry blue jello and had Mountain blueberry yogurt. Current points at bottom5 Point tasks:
1. Science fiction or Fantasy: Dead Until Dark
2.Espistolary Novel: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
3.Spring cleaning:Defiant Heart
4.Transportation: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5.Christian Novel:Speak Through the Wind
6.Women's history:The Lady and the Cad
7.Arbor day:Dawn In My Heart
8.April fools:The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes
9.Spring Animal:Birdsong Road
10.April Showers:His Winter Rose
10 Points
2.Cinco de mayo:Like Water for Chocolate A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies
3.Anzac Day:Faith in the Great Southland
4.Author's B-day:A Family To Share
6.Earth Day:Moon Called
7.Mother's Day:Killer Cargo
8.Memorial/armed forces:Military Daddy
9.TNBBC top book list:To Kill a Mockingbird
15 Points
1.Aries: TBD
2.Poetry Month:TBD
3.TNBCC Group Read:Stardust
4.Spring Break Location:Bayou Justice
5.Major Literary Prize:Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
6.Translated Book:TBD
7.Rhyming Books:Bridal Veiland THE LONG TRAIL TO LOVE - H S #753
10.3,4,5 books in series:The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
25 Points:
2. El's task:Little Women
5.Bonnie's task: Simple Genius
6.Jon's Task: TBD
7.
9. Sara's Task: The Fear of the Lord Discover the Key to Intimately Knowing God
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Man, I'm going to have so much to catch up on...Anyway, just hopping in quickly again from the airport to report finishing the horoscope challenge. I read Echo by Francesca Lia Block for 15 points (pisces, it has a mermaid theme) so I'm now at 90 points.
Elizabeth wrote: "I can't imagine picking up Harry Potter. I read a few pages when the first one came out a few years ago when I was helping kids who had reading problems. It's just seems a bit too young for me."I had it too in the beginning but overall I started liking the stories. I also didn't really like fantasy in the past..
Susanna wrote: "I gave up finishing books I didn't like some years ago - right after I got out of grad school, actually! (And I finished a few humdingers while there - I'm lookin' at you, [b:Descent into Discours..."True Susanna. The problem for me is that I keep wondering if maybe it changed and became good so it is just better to finish the book so my mind can get on again.
Sharon wrote: "Elizabeth that was the first book I have read of Kate Atkinson but will be adding more to my to read list as I really enjoyed her style of writing."
I only read Behind the scenes at the museum, like five years ago and still can't decide if it was weird and I didn't like it or if it was weird and I liked it.
5 Points 1.
2. Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters - Mark Dunn
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -
4.
5. The Shack - William P. Young
6.
7.
8.
9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery - Peter Abrahams
10. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
10 Points
1.
2. Rain of Gold - Victor Villaseñor
3.
4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
5.
6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
7. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
10. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
15 Points
1.
2.
3. Neverwhere A Novel - Neil Gaiman
4.
5. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1981)
6. Ines of My Soul A Novel - Isabel Allende
7. Night - Elie Wiesel and A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly
8.
9. The White Darkness
10.
25 Points
1. Gossamer,
2.
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain and Whale Talk
4. Noughts & Crosses
5. Blood Brothers
6. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
8. On The Jellicoe Road and
9.
Total
100 Points, 9 Tasks
2. For Cinco De Mayo – Read a book by a Mexican author, set in Mexico, OR about Mexico.Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel READ
TOTAL POINTS 160
COMPLETED - 25 POINT TASK#8 Cassie’s Task – Read two young adult novels.
Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman (3/2/09 – 3/15/09)
I'm rating this 4 stars not based on the writing or story line but the ingenuity of incorporating passwords to view videos online. This is a book for the 21st century youth; it has what they love - technology & suspense.
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Remembering Raquel by Vivian Vande Velde (3/10 – 3/14) 4 STARS
** spoiler alert ** Raquel is a 14-year-old high school student who is your typical awkward teenage girl. Overweight & shy, Raquel spends her free time online in a fantasy world or drawing (she's passionate about animation). It isn't until she dies that those around her see her for the unique person she was. Remembering Raquel is a touching book that encourages each of us to take a long hard look at the people whose lives we touch and see what we are missing.
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5.7 Behind the Scenes at the Museum A Novel by Kate AtkinsonThis was not the book I expected, as the other two Kate Atkinson's were mysteries, and I picked it up based on the author. Turns out this was her debut work, I was happy to learn, as I'm usually a fan of first novels. The book gets better as it progresses and I'll give it 4 stars, because her writing style is so fabulous, though it might be on the 4- side.
Oooh! Can we use this book for that task?5 points
8. For April Fools Day…
Two For The Dough
I have never read her number books but have on my list to read them soon. I wasn't sure where to fit #2 in. I sure hope we can use it. :~)
I finished 15-point task number 8 (book + interview). I read The Partly Cloudy Patriot, read an interview of Vowell at http://www.powells.com/authors/vowell... and watched the Daily Show interview of Vowell at http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/ind....Total points: 15... finally on the board. :-)
finished another 15-pointer15.6 read a book translated from its original language
15.6.
added to:
5.7
15.8.
25.8
AND
new total = 60 points
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2. Read an epistolary novel OR a non-fiction collection of letters/journal etc.
BJ Rose wrote: "finished another 15-pointer15.6 read a book translated from its original language
15.6. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (translated from original language) completed 3.15.09
added to:
5.7 Crocod..."
BJ Rose: How did you like Death in Venice? I had to read that one for a Film & Literature course I took once. I hated both the book & the film - which rarely happens to me as I'm pretty easily entertained.
Just finished "Are you There Vodka, It's Me, Chelsea", by Chelsea Handler, for 5 points (#8 on the 5 point list).That brings me to 85 points
Susan wrote: "Just finished "Are you There Vodka, It's Me, Chelsea", by Chelsea Handler, for 5 points (#8 on the 5 point list).That brings me to 85 points"
Did you like that Susan? I read that a few months ago and then almost right away read My Horizontal Life A Collection of One-Night Stands. I liked My.... a lot more than Are You There personally but they were my first time finding anything out about her. I had no idea she had her own show or any of that!
OK I'm game for this :) I think I just make my list of what I think I can read before the end of May and then come back and post updates? And I can add more books and or change what I post now right? Cause some of the categories I'm having trouble coming up with but I think a little wander around the library would help and I'm at the mercy of availability :) 25.2 A Midwife's Tale The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
25.4 The Princess Diaries
25.5 Duma Key
25.9 The Mighty Queens of Freeville A Mother, a Daughter, and the People Who Raised Them
15.3 Water for Elephants
15.4 Underwater to Get Out of the Rain A Love Affair with the Sea
15.8 Just a Geek
10.3 Shallows
10.4 Jaws
10.8 Mash A Novel About Three Army Doctors
10.10 The Secret Life of Bees - user Krittle
5.5 The Silent Harp - 1935
There are a few more I want to do (25.8, 15.9, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7) but I need to do some looking to find them :)
I've already read The Secret Life of Bees and The Silent Harp - 1935 this month so sitting at 15 points.
♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "2. Read an epistolary novel OR a non-fiction collection of letters/journal etc.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky"
Eva, what did you think of this one?
Jennifer, you can add or change at any time. The only time you need to notify Cynthia (who runs this show) is when you've used a book for a certain task and want to change it to another task. That way she can adjust the points as necessary. Welcome to the challenge! :)
Hi everyone!I love that this is getting me reading like I used to! I ate up 4 1/2 books just this week!!! The new one to add to my total are:
25.9--SIN IN THE SECOND CITY:Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbot.
and
25.4--CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by Roald Dahl.
Sin in the Second City was a very interesting book about Chicago at the turn of the last century and followed the Everleigh sister who ran what could have been called the most "respectable" bordello in the Red-Light District for they allowed no drinking (by their ladies), drugs (by anyone), or robbery(of customers)and also had regular doctor visits. Of course they were not liked by the more seedy houses on the street and were among the first to be closed by the ministers and evangelists. Not a book for everyone, but I found it interesting to peek into a part of life I would not ever see.
CHARLIE was a book I somehow missed reading as a child (actually all of Roald Dahl) and I have always said I'd get to his books sometime. The remake of the movie followed the story quite closely, but there were still a couple of new things. I also read the companion story "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" and will probably read some others as I like his slighly warped style. I want read some of his adult fiction also.
This additional 50 puts my total at 75 POINTS!
Rory wrote: How did you like Death in Venice? I had to read that one for a Film & Literature course I took once. I hated both the book & the film - Rory, I really, really did not like it. Mann had a great way of using language to describe people, places, and events (the cholera, for example) but that's the only positive thing I can say. Here's part of my review of it:
I know this is a classic and highly regarded, but I couldn't get past my dislike for Auschenbach. The author kept referring to him as 'the solitary traveler' as tho we should have pity for or empathy with him, but his demanding nature was so self-serving and uncaring of others that I couldn't really appreciate the message. It was supposed to be a tale of the search for spiritual fulfillment - if so, it was well-hidden from me.
Hope I haven't offended anyone who loved this book.
I'm just getting started and still haven't chosen all my books but:Five Points:
1. Read Science Fiction or Fantasy Winter Rose Patricia A. McKillip 3/2/2009
2. Read epistlatory novel or nonfiction collection of letters From A to X John Berger
3. Read first book unread on Good ReadsTo Be Read shelf Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 3/4/2009
4. Read or listen to book while traveling in car/plane/train An American Wife Sitterfield, 3/1/2009
5. For Easter: read Christian fiction; or about sacrifice TBA
6. For Women's history read biography or novel w/ woman in title Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners Laura Claridge 3/8/2009
7. For Arbor Day: a ebook; or audio book; or recycle a book A Veiled Deception Annette Blair 3/4/2009 Recycled to my sister
8. For April Fools: humor; or bio of comedian It's Good to be the King Mel Brooks
9. a title w/word Rabbit, Bunny, bird, lion, lambs Rabbit Run John Updike
10.April showers: rain in title, or name of flower in title Belladonna Karen Moline 3/4/2009
Will add others as I go along. (Date is when I finished the book)
Sara wrote: Was The Princess Bride really good? I need to read it..... hence its being on my to-read list.... :) I really enjoyed it. I've read it a couple of times over the years, and it was nice to re-read it again.
Finished Rebecca for the first 25pt task. That brings me to a total of 50pts. 5 POINTS
1. Fantasy Novel – The Princess Bride, William Goldman
2. Epistolary Novel – 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff
3. Spring Cleaning – Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Steven Bach
4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles audiobook – Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
5.
6. Women’s History Month – The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier
7. Arbor Day “recycle book” – In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick
8. Humorous Novel – Three Bags Full, Leonie Swan
9. Spring Animals in title – Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore
10. April Showers Bring May Flowers – The Enchantment of Lily Dahl: A Novel, Siri Hustvedt
10 POINTS
1. Set in Ireland – Round Ireland With a Fridge, Tony Hawks
2. Cinco De Mayo -- Set in Mexico, The Falling Woman, Pat Murphey
3. Australian Author –I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak or The People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
4. Author Birthday – Cider House Rules, John Irving (March 3)
5.
6. Sun in Title – Mistress of the Sun, Sandra Gulland
7.
8. Memorial and Armed forces day – Band of Brother, Stephen Ambrose
9. TNBBC Top Books list –I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith
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
2. April is National Poetry Month – Read a book of poetry OR about a famous poet. Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath, Kate Moses
3. TNBBC Group Read – A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray
4. Set in Florida – Nature Girl, Carl Hiaasen
5. Major Literary Prize, 1981 – John Updike, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, Witches of Eastwick
6. Translation – Suite Francaise, Irene Nemirovsky
7. Two books with rhyming titles – Widow of the South, Robert Hicks and Smart Mouth, Erin McCarthy
8. Author Interview – You Suck, Christopher Moore
9. Book with color/meal – Green Grass Grace: A Novel, Shawn McBride
10. 3, 4, 5 series or titles – Kim Harrison
Every Which Way But Dead
A Fistful of Charms
For a Few Demons More
25 POINT
1.
2.Diarist – Boswell's London Journal, 1762-1763
3.Jen’s List – The Reader, XXX and either The Virgin Suicides or Ferris Beach
4. Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
5.Off Genre – Horror – Come Closer, Sara Gran (Thanks, Alisha, for the suggestion!)
6. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, Alison Weir or Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King, Charles Beauclerk
7.
8. Two Young Adult Novels – Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson and The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
9. Book with 12 or more words in the title – The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson
Total Points: 50/550
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 2180
5 PT TASK9. Read a book with one of the following Spring animals in the title…
- Lamb
Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
10 PT TASKS
4. Read a book by an author who was born in March, April, or May.
Summer by Edith Wharton (March 18, 1862)
15 points as of 3/15 Liz from NY
Amy wrote: "I found you five minutes ago and joined two minutes ago. I am So In on this challenge...there goes my Saturday cleaning :)"Hi Lori - I clicked on your profile per the 25 point tasks No. 3 in the Spring Challenge 2009 and found that you've read several Christine Feehan books which my friend JUST got me curious about this past Thursday while we were hiding/hanging out at Barnes and Noble. I'm psyched !
5 Point Task Completed:10. April Showers Bring May Flowers: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Points to Date: 85/550
Tasks Completed: 6/39
THE TASKS
5 POINTS
5.Christian Fiction: The Proposal by Lori Wick.
8. Humorous: Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Points: 10/50
10 POINTS
1. Ireland – Angela’s Ashes by Frank Mc Court
7. In Honor of Mother’s Day- The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve –
8. Military Fiction: True Devotion by Dee Henderson
Points: 30/100
15 POINTS
1. VIRGO—And The Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity by Dannah Gresh
7. . Rhyming Books: Way You Are by Christina Dodd
Star Bright by Catherine Anderson
Total Points: 30/150
25 Point Task
1.KAREN’S TASK:
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbach
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
6. YA Tasks—Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
New Moon by Stephanie Meyers
Points: 50/200
Total Points: 120/500
5 POINTS
5.Christian Fiction: The Proposal by Lori Wick.
8. Humorous: Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Points: 10/50
10 POINTS
1. Ireland – Angela’s Ashes by Frank Mc Court
7. In Honor of Mother’s Day- The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve –
8. Military Fiction: True Devotion by Dee Henderson
Points: 30/100
15 POINTS
1. VIRGO—And The Bride Wore White: Seven Secrets to Sexual Purity by Dannah Gresh
7. . Rhyming Books: Way You Are by Christina Dodd
Star Bright by Catherine Anderson
Total Points: 30/150
25 Point Task
1.KAREN’S TASK:
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbach
Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
6. YA Tasks—Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
New Moon by Stephanie Meyers
Points: 50/200
Total Points: 120/500
So far...5 points for Olive Kitteridge by Eliz. Strout (#10) and
15 points for An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination and Interview with author Elizabeth McCracken at www.Blackbird.vcu.edu Archives-Fall 2005-Vol. 4 #2 (#8).
20 Points TOTAL.
P.S. Who advised that this site/challenge was addictive? That was SUCH an understatement. I barely got the vacuuming done, I have no idea who did the dishes, and my cats keep looking at me funny...
CassieI LOVED True Devotion! Enough action to keep you on your toes and a sweet love story to tug at your heart :) Let me know what you think of it
Tell your cats it's a great chance for them to sit in your lap.
5 Points1.Read a fantasy novel-Undead and Unemployed
10 Points
15 Points
2.Read a book of poetry-What My Mother Doesn't Know
10.Read the 3rd, 4th, and 5th book in a series-Undead and Unappreciated, Undead and Unreturnable, and Undead and Unpopular
25 Points
5.Bonnie's Task: Read a book outside your normal genre-Watchmen
7.Cassie's Task: Read 2 YA novels- Hunted and Blue Is For Nightmares
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Just got home after a loooong weekend away! Point update:15 Point Task #1 "It's Written in the Stars" One on One (Sagittarius/Sports book - a good choice for a non-athlete like myself - great coming of age, teen angst love story, set against the backdrop of a championship basketball season)
25 Point Task #3 Angela's Task: Picked off of Karen's shelf: Confessions of a Shopaholic and Sundays at Tiffany's (hadn't ever read the shopaholic books and wanted to know what all the fuss was about. hmmm.)
10 Point Task #6 Earth Day Cage of Stars (So good...but heart wrenching)
15 Point Task #3 Past or Present TNBBC group read The Book Thief (WOW!)
Total points these tasks = 65
Total points to date = 175
I've had a long week so I've only managed to do the Arbour day task:5 pts, no 7: I listened to an audiobook of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
That's 130 pts overall. Thanks Cynthia!
PS - I don't envy you the task of catching up on all these posts - I don't know how you do it! Hope you had a good break though.
5 Points 1.
2. Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters - Mark Dunn
3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -
4.
5. The Shack - William P. Young
6.
7.
8.
9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery - Peter Abrahams
10. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
10 Points
1.
2. Rain of Gold - Victor Villaseñor
3.
4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
5.
6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
7. Postmortem - Patricia Cornwell
8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
9. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
10. The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
15 Points
1.
2.
3. Neverwhere A Novel - Neil Gaiman
4.
5. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1981)
6. Ines of My Soul A Novel - Isabel Allende
7. Night - Elie Wiesel and A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly
8.
9.
10.
25 Points
1. Gossamer,
2.
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain and Whale Talk
4. Noughts & Crosses
5. Blood Brothers
6. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
8. On The Jellicoe Road and
9.
Total
115 points, 10 Tasks
Meghan wrote: " 5 Points 1. Fire Study - [a:Maria V. Snyder|445303|Maria V. Snyder|http://..."
Meghan, what did you eat for white food?
I read Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren for the Mother's Day task. This was one of my mom's favorite books growing up, and I have her really old copy that has been read to death, by many people. I was talking to her about it a few days ago, and decided to reread it for this challenge. I still like the story, but I liked it a lot more when I was younger, because it is a very young story. I'm still glad that I own it (we went and bought them...) Great for kids! I like it!
Current total- 140!
Stephenie-What did you think of "The Art of Racing in the Rain"? I am planning to read it for the same task. I read the first few pages of it on amazon and it looks good. I hope I don't cry all the way through it!
Louise wrote: "I've had a long week so I've only managed to do the Arbour day task:5 pts, no 7: I listened to an audiobook of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.
That's 130 pts overall. Thanks Cynth..."
I'm currently reading Far From The Madding Crowd, what did you think of the audio version??
Completed for 10 points:5. March 24 is Harry Houdini’s Birthday – Read a book about magic, a magician etc.
Read The Little Country by Charles de Lint. Magic/mystery/philosophy/fantasy/fairy tale - not my typical style, but I loved it! There are two separate (ish) stories in this book - really a book within a book. This is definitely NOT for children.
New total: 80 points
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Eva-I did like "Are You There Vodka...", but I wouldn't say I laughed out loud. I haven't read her other book, so I would hope it would be funnier. I do love her show though-she cracks me up!
Elizabeth wrote: "Meghan wrote: " 5 Points 1. Fire Study - [a:Maria V. Snyder|445303|Maria V...."
Spinach and Rice salad and macaroni and cheese. Meatloaf was the main course.
I was just curious what the white stuff was. Seems like white food would be hard, but rice would do it. ;) (And vanilla ice cream, cream cheese on a bagel, milk, OK, maybe not so hard.)
No biggie - I just didn't know if I had to edit my post to allow my points to count. I also now realize I also had chocolate chip ice cream for dessert, which would also count as white.
I was wondering if anyone was born in 1974. I had a book chosen for 10 pts # 5 but I understood the question wrong and I don't think my book counts. Now I can't even remember how I came up with the book I did. Thanks!
Julie, all you need to do is find an author who won an award in 1974. Then you can read anything that author wrote to fulfill that task.
Julie wrote: "I was wondering if anyone was born in 1974. I had a book chosen for 10 pts # 5 but I understood the question wrong and I don't think my book counts. Now I can't even remember how I came up with th..."Hi Julie - Tony Hillerman won the Edgar Award in 1974. He has some interesting works !
Susan wrote: "Eva-I did like "Are You There Vodka...", but I wouldn't say I laughed out loud. I haven't read her other book, so I would hope it would be funnier. I do love her show though-she cracks me up!"
I didn't laugh out loud either and that was sort of my criteria because of how funny I heard she was. Horizontal was definitely more humorous in my opinion- much more actually.
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5 point challenge
1. Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
2. The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Amato
3. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
4. The Wright 3 by Blue Baillet
5. Not sure yet
6. My Lady's Treasure by Catherine Kean
7. Artemis Fowl The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
8.
Mascot to the Rescue! by Peter David9. May Bird and the Ever After Book One by Jodi Lynn Anderson or Bird by Rita Murphy
10. Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
10 point challenge
1. When Stars Stop Spinning by Jane Mitchell
2. Red Glass by Laura Resau
3. The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan (ARC copy)
4. Kandide and the Secrets of the Mists by Diana Zimmerman
5. Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
6. Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
7. Wintersmith A Discworld Novel by Terry Pratchett
8. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
9. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
10. Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
15 point task
1. Not sure
2. Home of the Brave by Katherine Alice Applegate
3. Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
4.
Evermore The Immortals, Book 1 by Alyson Noel5. Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do? by Cynthia Voigt
6. Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis translated from the German
7.
The Hollow Kingdom byand Follow Me Down by Julie Hearn or – True Blood by Patricia Waddell and You are so Undead to Me by Stacey Jay (not sure)Clare B. Dunkle
8. I'll pick later
9.
White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison10. Artemis Fowl The Eternity Code, Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception, Artemis Fowl The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
25 points
1. Goddess of the Rose by P.C. Cast or God Save the Queen by Mike Carey and Raven by Allison van Diepen
2. will find later
3. Must Love Black by Kelly McClymer and The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
4. Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett
5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
6. Will decide later
7. ----
8. Close Kin and In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle
9. Damosel In Which the Lady of the Lake Renders a Frank and Often Startling Account of her Wondrous Life and Times by Stephanie Spinner