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[El]

Meghan, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is neither a diary or a book about a diarist, so you will need to find something else for 25.2.

[Jon]

Josie wrote: "Finished Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire ..."

Thanks Josie, sounds really good, ill add it to TBR!

[Liz M]

5. Read a book written by an author who won a major literary prize (Nobel, Pulitzer etc.) in the year you were born: The Dispossessed won the 1974 Nebula Award (I know I didn't have to read the specific book that won the award, but coincidentally it was already on my to-read list!) 15 pts.

2. April is National Poetry Month – Read a book of poetry OR about a famous poet: The 100 Best Poems of All Time 15 pts.

An interesting collection of poems, some beloved and some unknown. The editor's made a point of including poetry from many different cultures & did not include more than one example by any poet. I would have preferred poems that are also well-known songs not be included ("Amazing Grace", "Battle Hymn of the Republic", etc.).

Tasks Completed: 10/39
Pages Read: 3603
Total: 180 pts.
Liz (Bklyn)

[Bonnie]

Josie wrote: "Finished Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire ..."

I'm glad you liked it! I really liked it, too, and thought it was a very good biography. So much better than the movie! Have you seen the movie?

[Avory]

Does anyone have an idea for a way to fit in Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet? I'm reading it for my lesbian book club this month and hoping to get it in somewhere. You can see which tasks I've already done back on page 20 of this thread.

[April]

25 Point Task # 1 DONE
I read Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
My total is now 140 points.


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[Mary Beth]

Judith wrote: "Does anyone have an idea for a way to fit in Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet? I'm reading ..."

Judith,
Have you finished the rhyming challenge yet? You could read Tipping the Velvet with any of the following:
The Shipping News
Slipping into Darkness
Sipping from the Nile
Skipping Towards Gomorrah

And, I'm sure there are plenty of other titles that would work just as well.

[Liz]

Finished Ros' 25 pt Task: Read a book from the bigreads list
Read:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

loved it! I'm on a Narnia kick, now.

Tasks completed : 7
Total Points 135

[BJ Rose]

Melody wrote: "Read a book outside your normal genre for 25 points.
I read a bit of everything but I don’t read much mystery so I read The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

I loved that series - a couple of them were not very memorable, but I thought that first book was fantastic.

[Kelly]

Finished 3 books by Patricia Briggs: Blood Bound (book about magic) 10 points and Iron Kissed/Bone Crossed (rhyming books) for 15 points.


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[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Kelly wrote: "Finished 3 books by Patricia Briggs: Blood Bound (book about magic) 10 points and Iron Kissed/Bone Crossed (rhyming books) for 15 points."

Which books rhyme?

[Kelly]

Kissed and Crossed.

[[deleted user]]

Another book to cross off...

5 POINTS-

1. Twilight
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. Hunted A House of Night Novel 3/25/09
4. Three Weeks with My Brother
5. Redemption
6. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
7. Confessions of a Shopaholic 3/16/09
8. One for the Money
9. The Secret Life of Bees
10. Henderson the Rain King

10 POINTS-

1. Bard The Odyssey of the Irish
2. Like Water for Chocolate
3. The Magicians' Guild
4. Good in Bed
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
6. New Moon
7. Mr. Darcy's Diary
8. The Lucky One 3/8/09
9. Water for Elephants
10. Eragon 3/8/09

15 POINTS-

1. SAGITARIUS: Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
2. Where the Sidewalk Ends
3. Stardust 3/18/09
4. The Leisure Seeker A NovelUPDATE (Disneyland)
5. Foreign Affairs A Novel
6. If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
7. The Picture of Dorian Gray/Me Talk Pretty One Day
8. The Choice
9. White Noise
10. Black Dagger Brotherhood 3/4/5: Lover Awakened 3/20/08/Lover Revealed/Lover Unbound

25 POINTS-

1. Guitar Girl/Romeo and Juliet
2. Diaries, 1885-97 With Earlier and Later Diary Fragments from 1875-1917
3. Little Women/ A Wrinkle in Time 3/3/09
4. Anne of Green Gables
5. In Cold Blood
6. Diana Story of a Princess
7. UNDECIDED
8. Eclipse/ Specials 3/12/09
9. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West


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[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Kelly wrote: "Kissed and Crossed."

Kissed and crossed are not rhyming words.

ETA: Not in the truest sense, but the Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme) regarding rhyming, gives these words an opportunity. Surely Cynthia will give the final opinion.

[Kelly]

Yes they do...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme

[Jamie]

I'm pretty sure Cynthia is looking for "perfect" rhymes, as other types haven't been allowed ("semi-rhymes," for example).

[Sara ♥]

Judith wrote: "For Angela's 25 point task, I had Sara and I read Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and then, ended up reading Second Summer of the Sisterhood instead of my original plan. The books are fun in a kind of guilty pleasure way - yes, I know it's completely unfeminist, but it reminds me of my pre-teenage love for the Babysitter's Club. That brings me to 140 points. "

I suppose it depends on how you define feminism. To me, feminism is all about being free, as a woman, to do whatever I want to do. If you want to read those books, so be it! ;)

[Donna Jo]

I finished
5.8 April Fool's Day Bio of a comedian
It's Good to Be King: The Seriously Funny LIfe of Mel Brooks by James Robert Parish 3/24/2009

15.1 Star-Signs (Gemini)
The Secret Heiress by Judith Gould 3/25/2009

[Meghan]

El wrote: "Meghan, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is neither a diary or a book about a diarist, so you will need to find something else for 25.2."

That was actually just a joke, since so many have been having trouble finding a book that fits for 25.2. Let's laugh a little. :):):) The Challenge is for fun! :):):)

[El]

Meghan wrote: "El wrote: "Meghan, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus is neither a diary or a book about a diarist, so you will need to find something else for 25.2."

That was actually just a joke, since ..."

Meghan, it is funny, I did laugh, but I did think you were serious. :) The task seems to be giving a lot of trouble, so I just didn't want you to be surprised if you read it and we told you it wouldn't work for the task. All is well!

[Kelly]

Well, if Cynthia wants to disallow it that's ok with me, but I'm going to keep it in my own count of my points (I'm doing this for me...obviously not a challenger to those who can somehow read enough to get to 500+ points!!). I will say I understood that (1) it doesn't say "perfect rhyme" in the task and (2) Cynthia's rules say there's a bit of give in them.

[Kelly]

Meghan wrote: That was actually just a joke, since so many have been having trouble finding a book that fits for 25.2. Let's laugh a little. :):):) The Challenge is for fun! :):):)

Seriously!! :)

[Jamie]

Kelly - I was just trying to help you out, actually. I merely used the reference you'd provided. In other words, by looking at what's been allowed so far, it seems like the task is focused on words that most people would consider to rhyme (which would fit the definition of a "perfect rhyme" in your link). : )

[Jo]

5 points
1. Science Fiction or Fantasy novel
I read Cloak of Deception

The plot was a bit too political for my taste though.

New total: 200 points

[Lori]

I have finished two books that are in different multi-book tasks so I don't feel like I am making very much progress.

[Kayleen]

5.2 Epistolary: We Need To Talk About Kevin :: Lionel Shriver
10.3 For ANZAC Day – Wings Above the Diamantina (Inspector Bonaparte): Arthur Upfield 3/24
15.2. National Poetry Month – A Light in the Attic: Shel Silverstein
25.4 ROS’ TASK - Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
25.5 BONNIE’S TASK - PMP Exam Cram 2 :: David Francis, Greg Horine

80 points/5 tasks

[Jamie]

Lori - Which books have you read?

I've felt the same way, too, but I'm focusing on keeping track of how many books I've read instead of how many tasks I've completed. I should finish the task eventually, but it would be nice to be earning some more points!

[Cait]

Finished the 15.7 Rhyming task.

5 POINTS
1. Sci-Fi or Fantasy - Coraline - Gaiman
2. Epistolary - The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Chbosky
3. Spring Cleaning - Pride and Prejudice - Austen
4. Planes, Trains... - The Midnight Twins - Mitchard (3/13) audio
5. Easter/Lent - A Thousand Splendid Suns - Hosseini
6. Women’s History Month - Stargirl - Spinelli
7. Arbor Day - Keeping Faith - Picoult (recycled)
8. April Fools Day - The Stupidest Angel - Moore (3/16)
9. “Spring” Animals - Lamb - Moore
10. April Showers - Before the Storm - Chamberlain

10 POINTS
1. St. Patrick’s Day - The Story of Lucy Gault - Trevor
2. Cinco De Mayo - The House on Mango Street - Cisneros
3. ANZAC Day - The Book Thief - Zusak (3/9)
4. Author Bday - The Turn of the Screw - James (3/5)
5. Houdini’s Bday - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Rowling
6. Earth Day - Shampoo Planet - Coupland
7. Mother’s Day - Rebecca - du Maurier
8. Memorial and Armed Forces Day - Heart of a Soldier - Stewart
9. TNBBC Top Books (1980) - The Bell Jar - Plath
10. 5 STAR MEMBER BOOK - The Time Traveler's Wife - Niffenegger (from Joanna)(3/4)

15 POINTS
1. Zodiac - Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel - Phillips(3/24)
2. Poetry - 101 Best Loved Poems - Smith
3. TNBBC Group Read - Blindness - Saramago (3/13)
4. Vacation Location - The Journal of Mortifying Moments - Harding (3/14)
5. Award Winner - The World According to Garp - Irving (National Book Award 1980)
6. Translated - Shadow of the Wind - Zafon(3/22)
7. Rhyme - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Foer (3/18) &
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud - Sherwood(3/25)
8. Meet the Author - Change of Heart - Picoult (3/20)
9. Color/Food - Something Blue - Giffin
10. Three, Four, Five - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkeban (reread) (3/11)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

25 POINTS
1. KAREN'S (G&R) - The Gum Thief - Coupland & The Raw Shark Texts - Hall
2. EL'S - TBD
3. ANGELA'S - I Capture the Castle - Smith
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JKR
Water for Elephants - Gruen (can't decide yet) (from Josie's shelf)
4. ROS' - Anne of Green Gables - Montgomery
5. BONNIE'S - The Year of Magical Thinking - Didion
6. JON'S - Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words - Morton
7. DARLA'S - The Kite Runner - Hosseini (The Holiday)
8. CASSIE'S - Wake - McMann & Just Listen - Dessen (3/7 & 3/8)
9. SARA'S - Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss One Song at a Time - Sheffield

Total Pts: 155

[Courtney]

Cynthia- I'm sorry! I had a temporary brain lapse. I guess that's what being around 4-year-olds all day will do to you! I meant to count Bras & Broomsticks for 5-point task #7. I believe that's the one about saving paper ... ? Led Astray was for my audiobook task. You were correct. I haven't changed anything around.

[Ashley]

Bonnie wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I know what you mean! I love that book! My friend tried to get me to read it in Jr High, but I kept finding excuses not to. I randomly picked it up one day, and I loved it! I wish I ..."

Let me know if you like the sequel if you get a chance to read it. I have been looking for it for a while, but can't find it, and I can't justify buying it right now... Graduating is a little higher on my list of priorities. I do really want to read it though, because I really liked Daddy Long Legs!

[Mary Beth]

Latest Update

THE TASKS

5 Points
1. Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Almost Like Being in Love by Steve Kluger
3. Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of Wars, Disaster, and Survival by Anderson Cooper
4. Eiger Dreams by Jon Krakauer
5. The Gnostic Mystery by Randy Davila
6. A Lady’s Secret by Jo Beverley
7. The Bride's Baby by Liz Fielding
8. Jack with a Twist by Brenda Janowitz
9. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
10. The Feast of Roses by Indu Sundaresan
Category Total: 10 / 50

10 Points
1. P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
2. Gringos by Charles Portis
3. In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (March 4
5. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
6. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
7. Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks
8. A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot
9. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (#19)
10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (from Spreet)
Category Total: 30 / 100

15 Points
1. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen (Pisces – Takes place at a bass-fishing tournament)
2. Forbidden Words by Eugenio de Andrade
3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
4. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Savannah, GA)
5. Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson (Newbery Medal 1981)
6. Daphnis and Chloe by Longus (Greek to English)
7. The Last TOWN on Earth by Thomas Mullen /
The CROWN Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan
8. The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan (interview from BellaOnline)
9. The Red Scarf by Kate Furnivall
10. The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (Books 3, 4, and 5 of The Chronicles of Narnia series)
Category Total: 45 / 150

25 Points
1. The Giver by Lois Lowry / Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen
2. The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth by Frances Wilson
3. From Eva: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max / In the Cut by Susanna Moore
4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
5. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding edited by P.N. Elrod (Short Stories)
6. Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade by James Reston Jr.
7. Fanny Hill by John Cleland (The Impossible Years)
8. The Silver Chair / The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
9. Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
Category Total: 25 / 200

50 Points
1. TBD
Category Total: 0 / 50

Category Totals: 110 / 550

Goal: 110 / 250


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[Elizabeth (NC)]

I just finished the 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear Being the demibiography of a seagoing bear, with numerous illustrations and Excerpts from the "Encyclopedia of the Marvels, Life Forms and Other Phenomena of Zamonia and its Environs" by Professor Abdullah Nightingale . Written by Walter Moers.
That's for Sara's task. (Do I get bonus points for being 38 words??) 25 points

And I'm adding Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman and No More Magic by Avi for the YA 25 point task. I may still move them around if I can find some rhyming words, but they have been sitting for a while and I felt the need to add the points.

So that puts me at 90 points.

(5 tasks completed, 2149 pages read)

[Elizabeth (NC)]

Oops, didn't mean to underline the whole thing. I'm working on this formatting thing.

[Lori]

Jamie wrote: "Lori - Which books have you read?

I've felt the same way, too, but I'm focusing on keeping track of how many books I've read instead of how many tasks I've completed. I should finish the task eve..."

I finished The Devil's Right Hand by Lilith Saintcrow and am now reading Saint City Sinners with To Hell and Back to go for the 3,4,5 series. And I finished the audio of Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins for the G/R task, but I still need to read Ruins of Gorland by John Flanagan.

[Lori]

The more I read the comments on this thread the longer my TBR list gets. For every book I am getting read for the challenge I am adding 4 or 5 new ones to my TBR list.

I love it. LOL

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

You too? It's great!

[[deleted user]]

Josie wrote: "Finished Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire ..."

Great review, Josie. Sounds interesting!

[Josie]

Thanks, Jon and Hayes :)
Bonnie, yes, I saw the movie when it came out, and after having read the book...wow, they changed SO much! In that first scene where she's seventeen, and betting on the young men racing, Grey would have been TEN! But instead, he's Georgiana's age or older! They definitely took lots of artistic license, and (typical Hollywood) gave a lot more attention to her love affair and her reaction to Bess and the Duke - I don't remember anything about her gambling or her debt, which are mentioned often in the book...

[Donna Jo]

Finished another one:

10.9 TNBBC list and number corresponding with birth year (1942):

12 The Gawgon and the Boy by Lloyd Alexander 3/25/09

[Lori]

5 points
1. The Nixie's Song by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
2. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
3. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
4. Eldest by Christopher Paolini
5. The Long Awaited Child by Tracie Peterson
6. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
7. Brisinger by Christopher Paolini
8. You Suck by Christopher Moore
9. Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

10 points
1. If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
2. The Wild Girl by Jim Fergus
3. I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
4. Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix (April 9)
5. Fablehaven : Grip of the Shadow Plague by Brandon Mull
6. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
7. Betty Sweet Tells All by Judith Minthorn Stacy
8. Love My Rifle More Than You by Kayla Williams
9. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
10. Mindgame by Christine Feehan ~~ 5 stars from BJ Rose

15 points
1. Pisces -- Undecided
2. Edgar Allan Poe : Complete Poems
3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
4. Cure for the Curse by Patrick Vaughn
5. Newbery -- Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
6. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
7. Totally Joe by James Howe and
No Choice But Seduction by Johanna Lindsey
8. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (audio)
9. Beneath a Blood Red Moon by Shannon Drake
10. Lilith Saintcrow's Dante Valentine series 3,4, and 5...
The Devil's Right Hand,
Saint City Sinners, and
To Hell and Back

25 points
1. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins (audio) and
Ruins of Gorland by John Flanagan
2. James Polk...American Presidents Series
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel and
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Stephanie's shelf)
4. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
5. Robert Frost : Selected Poems
6. The Wives of Henry the VIII by Antonia Fraser
7. Undecided
8. Revelations by Melissa de la Cruz and
Fablehaven : Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
9. Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

[Lori]

Just reposting my list so I don't have to go so far back to find it...LOL

[Eva-Marie]

Lori wrote: "Just reposting my list so I don't have to go so far back to find it...LOL"

Lori, you may have missed the posts where we talked a little about this so I'll say it here- it's really easy to find your list if you add it to the 'my writing' part of your page. Then you can copy and paste it here whenever you want instead of going back through all the pages. I know a lot of people have been doing that since we talked about it.
I don't know if that would be easier for you but I thought I'd mention it!

[Eva-Marie]

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8. For April Fools Day…
- Read a humorous novel, a book of jokes, OR
- A biography/autobiography/memoir of a comedian.
The Stupid Crook Book

This wasn't all it was cracked up to be honestly. The author annoyed the hell of me with his little witty one liners at the end of each story. The stories themselves were often really funny but those remarks from the author killed it for me.

[Rory M.]

Bonnie wrote: "5 Points
2. Epistolary novel: Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster.

I seem to be on a childhood ..."\
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Bonnie: I read this book when I was a kid. Thank you for reminding me of it! I loved how it was written (I've got the memory of a flea but I think it was letters, right?).

[Cynthia]

LEADERBOARD
LIZZI - 270
ASHLEY ID - 255
SANDY - 255
BEV - 240
BONNIE - 225
LEORA - 215
SHARON - 215
FIONA (TITCH)- 210
MEGHAN - 210
EVA - 205
KRISTINA - 205
PERS - 200
BJ ROSE - 195
KRISTEN IL - 190
DONNA JO - 185
JOSIE - 180
LIZ BRKLYN - 180
RORA - 175
KRISTENR - 165
BETH MN - 160
BRIDGIT - 160
CAIT - 155
SUZIER - 155
JON - 150
REBECCA - 150
ROS - 150
SARA - 150
EL - 145
APRIL - 140
ASHLEY AL - 140
JUDITH IA - 140
LOUISE - 140
KAREN - 135
KRITIKA - 135
LIZ VEGAS - 135
MAGGIE - 135
RORY - 130
SANDIE - 130
ALICE - 125
COURTNEY - 125
ROSEANN - 125
ANGELA - 120
ANGIE - 120
CASSIE - 120
SUSAN - 120
CATHEROO - 115
FALLON - 115
RENFREW - 115
MARY BETH - 110
STEPHANIE - 110
JAMIE MN - 105
ALISHA - 100
ANN FROM SC - 100
CAROL - 100
LILY - 100
STEPH - 100
TINA - 95
VICTORIA - 95
BECKY - 90
CYNTHIA - 90
ELIZABETH NC - 90
JOY - 90
LINDSEY - 90
LORI - 90
LYNLEE4 - 90
CYNTHIA (SCM) - 85
JEGKA - 80
NICOLE NC - 80
JENNIFER IN - 75
JULIE UK - 75
KICKI - 75
POTJY - 75
RHIANNON - 75
RYAN - 75
KATE - 70
MELODY - 70
NATALIA - 70
SUSANNA UK - 70
ABBIE - 65
KATHRYN - 65
SAI - 65
SERA - 65
AMANDA - 60
BETH - 60
JEN B - 60
KELLY - 60
LAUREN - 60
TRACY - 60
CYNDEE - 55
ELIZABETH AK - 55
JENNY - 55
MEGAN - 55
AMY - 50
HAYES - 50
LINDA - 50
MANDAY - 50
ROBIN - 50
ELIZ - 45
HEATHER KS - 45
JEN - 45
JOANIE - 45
SHANNON - 45
WV HEATHER - 45
ALLISON - 40
JENNIFER MD - 40
JESSICA - 40
JOANNA - 40
KIM - 40
MEL - 40
KATIE - 35
LIZ NY - 35
ALYSSA - 30
SHELLIE - 30
SLAIMI - 30
TOBIE - 30
ASHLEY UT - 25
DOROTHY - 25
JAIME 26 - 25
JULIE (ID)'S - 25
KRISTI - 25
LDB - 25
MELISSA - 25
JEANE - 20
NICOLE CA - 20
TRYPHENA - 20
VICKI - 20
CAITLIN - 15
JAMIE WA - 15
JENNI - 15
LISA CO - 15
GREG - 10
JESSICA SC - 10
MORGAN - 10
RACHEL - 10
JAMIE 23 - 5
JUDITH NY - 5
JULIE TN - 5
MICHELLE - 5
SHELBY - 5

[Jen B]

Finished another task:

10 Point Tasks
3. For ANZAC Day – Read a book by an Australian author, set in Australia, OR about Australia.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Wow, what an amazing book!!

New Point Total: 60


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[Bonnie]

Ashley wrote: "Bonnie wrote: "Ashley wrote: "I know what you mean! I love that book! My friend tried to get me to read it in Jr High, but I kept finding excuses not to. I randomly picked it up one day, and I love..."

It's now a public domain book, so you can find it on the internet legally! I use this site. As long as you're okay reading an e-book, it's great. The book is also on Project Gutenberg.


Josie wrote: "Thanks, Jon and Hayes :)
Bonnie, yes, I saw the movie when it came out, and after having read the book...wow, they changed SO much! In that first scene where she's seventeen, and betting on the you..."

It's even funnier when you watch when you're reading the book. The gambling is shown (a little), but, yeah, the romantic plot is definitely the emphasized bit. I'd read half of the biography when I saw the movie so when I read the second half I was like "WHAT ABOUT CHARLES GREY?!? He was barely mentioned in the second half. Foreman, at least, did not think he was the most essential part of Georgiana's life. Or Foreman just didn't want to have to write too much about him.

[Eva-Marie]

Lily wrote: "El wrote: Also, I wonder if Cynthia would allow "Wind" for a Spring weather word?
I was wondering that too... Especially since I already finished a previous group read, and I was planning on somet..."

Thanks for telling me about that one- I just searched for it and added it. It does look like something I don't want to miss. It was rated pretty high too.
When I searched for that one I found some others that I didn't have listed too- some I had known about and some I didn't so thanks! :D

[Lizzi]

I'm currently in the middle of several books for the challenge, but I just have to say, this challenge is SO FUN and I'm enjoying it hugely! I'm so glad I stumbled across it. It's helping me read much more than I normally do and just so fun to have alot of people doing the same thing at once! It's a highlight of my day. :-)

Thank you so much Cynthia for putting it all together!!

[Rory M.]

Judith wrote: "Does anyone have an idea for a way to fit in Sarah Waters' Tipping the Velvet? I'm reading ..."

Could you use it for the rhyme task? Tipping & Shipping News??? I'm the "rhyme challenge" member but found this site to help those of us impaired: http://www.rhymezone.com/

Let me know how it is...I think I saw the movie years ago.