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OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009
saranicole wrote: "♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "I owe Sara SO BIG after this one! I didn't think I'd be able to use this book for this task (or for any task) because I don't eat a wide variety of foods. Especially black foods. Bu..."Liked it? LOL Everyone really loved it- I'm not just saying that! But you've had it to so you already know how good it is. I had some friends come over while I was cooking and the look on their faces was priceless. They've NEVER seen me cook before- especially nothing like that with all those darn ingredients! LOL Thanks again Sara!
I finished John's 25-Point task, read a long book about British Monarchy.I read Sex with Kings 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge and Sex with the Queen 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics both by Eleanor Herman.
Here is my review for Sex With The Queen:
This book was more well-written than Sex With Kings. Hermann structures the book in chronological order with various anecdotes of different countries. I felt the queens were much more interesting than the kings. These women had to put up with incompotent, unloving men. Catherine The Great, was perhaps the most interesting, as she lead one of the most powerful nations and was, the most in touch with her sexuality out of all of the women described in the book. I wish Herman had spent more time on Eleanor of Acquitane, because she's awesome to read about. This woman was married to the king of France and mistress to the king of England, oh and she had Richard the Lionhearted and King John as children. She's awesome. I thought it was intersting that Herman decided to conclude the book with anecdotes on Princess Di Spencer. I didn't really know much about her, but I found it fascinating the amount of lovers she had. It was nice that Herman didn't paint her as a saint, but as a regular woman with passions, stuck in a loveless marriage. I would definately recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the royals, or a passing interest in sex.
Here is my review for Sex With Kings:
Sex is interesting. Sex with great figures of history, Kings, is even more interesting. To me, this was a fascinating read. I enjoyed reading about the trials the mistresses went through, and even sympathized with them. I actually wish there had been more on Camilla, the mistress of Prince Charles, but oh well. I think the most intriguing mistresses were Louis XIV's mistresses. The book was informative on what the life of a mistress was like, the public's feelings towards mistresses, what happened to royal bastards, things like that. It's intersting that some mistresses, such as Madame Pompadour who ran the Seven Years War, shaped history. Others were fostered on the king so as to gain political influence such as Louise de Keroualle from France who was mistress to Charles II, basically she was a pawn of the king of France and tried to influence Charles II. All in all, if you enjoy reading about bawdy things, check this book out.
This brings my pointage up to 215.
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Completed Tasks10 Points
#5 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
#10 1st to Die Fiona gave it a 5-star and we both joined this group on the same page!
15 Points
#2 Where the Sidewalk Ends
#8 Identical The link to the interview I read is http://www.teensreadtoo.com/Interview...
25 Points
#7 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets This appeared in the movie "Cinderella Story"
#9 He's Just Not That Into You The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Total Points: 100
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25 POINTS3. ANGELA’S TASK - (from El’s shelves) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury AND The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 25
Got another 10pts for the TNBBC top book challenge task. Read I Capture the Castle. It was awesome! Up to 210.5 POINTS
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3. Spring Cleaning – Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, Steven Bach
4. Planes, Trains and Automobiles audiobook – Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
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7. Arbor Day “recycle book” – Burnt Offerings, Laurell K. Hamilton
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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 – Three Bags Full, Leonie Swan
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
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6. Sun in Title – Mistress of the Sun, Sandra Gulland
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8. Memorial and Armed forces day – Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
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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
2. April is National Poetry Month – Read a book of poetry OR about a famous poet. Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath, Kate Moses
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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
7. Two books with rhyming titles – Bitten,….Ten Big Ones, Janet Evanovich
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9. Book with color/meal – Blue Moon, Laurell K. Hamilton
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
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2.Diarist – The World of Louisa May Alcott, William Anderson
3.Jen’s List –
4. Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
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6. Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, Alison Weir or Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a King, Charles Beauclerk
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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: 210/575
Tasks Completed: 15.5
Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read: 7130
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I read The Appeal for 15.1, Libra. It's a been a while since I've read a Grisham novel, and it's hard to call them formulaic (sp?) with so many characters going in different directions, but after his first few they all seem to be about the same. It wasn't bad, but yay for hitting 200!Total points: 210 (Nicole NC)
two more challenges completed:10.10 TNBBC member:
The opening chapter hooked me, but then the author seemed to take the reader on tangents and detours from the 'lost book' idea, but they all eventually connected and joined to make a rich story, both in the present and the past.
15.7 Dr. Seuss: (books with rhyming words in titles)
25 points added to previous total of 335 = new total of 360 points
Finally finished task 15.9! It takes a while to get this task complete! I read Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and The Matador of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.Total Points: 415
Maliades said:oh my... I was going to use 'Birds Without Wings' by Louis de Bernieres (writer of Corelli's Mandolin) for the task where 'bird' has to be in the title... and just now opened the book and it's about 550 pages! Yikes... I might need to choose a shorter book. I'll start reading and see how quickly it seems to go... lol! Birds Without Wings is my de facto selection for the Spring Cleaning task (also a 5 pointer) and I had a similar reaction as you when I realized how many pages it had! That's a whole lotta book for not a lot of points!!!! :)
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:Angela’s 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)
6:Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (3/11/09)
7:The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (4/12/09)
10:All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris (3/03/09)
15 POINTS
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)
8:City Dog by Alison Pace (3/01/09)
25 POINTS
1:The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (3/09/09) and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (3/16/09)
4:The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (3/24/09)
5:The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (3/27/09)
8:Holes by Louis Sachar (3/17/09) and Life: An Autobiography as Told by Jack Gunthridge by Jack Gunthridge (3/18/09)
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Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 21.5/40
-Beth MN
Read Hunted for 7.5 (gave away to library)5 Points
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9. Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery
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Total: 40
10 Points
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2. Rain of Gold
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4. Until I Find You A Novel - John Irving (March 2nd)
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6. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
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8. Outlander
9. The Eyre Affair
10. The Virgin Suicides
Total: 40 points
15 Points
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5. The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction - 1981)
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10. Three Cups of Tea One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time; The Rule of Four; Slaughterhouse-Five
Total: 120 Points
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Total: 200 points
Grand Total
400 points, 28 Tasks
Woohoo I made it to the 200 point mark...I just finished Deep in the Heart of Trouble for the Eater-Lent Christian Fiction task...it was the sequel to Courting Trouble and I think it concluded the story very well - I wouldn't mind reading more about the characters if she wrote another book about them at all but I don't think it's really necessary - I like that - there's nothing worse than reading a book and feeling like so much more needed to be sorted out and no sequel exists or is planned. [image error]
Update! I just finished 5.1. My new point total is 225.5 points
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Point Total: 225
Tasks Completed: 17/40
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So, when people choose books do they look for short ones for the low point tasks? I have just been using my "to read" list to fill in tasks, it makes the most sense to me to read what I was planning on reading that fits, even if its long. I am seriously tempted to start a "how do you choose books for the challenge" poll.
Manday wrote: "So, when people choose books do they look for short ones for the low point tasks? I have just been using my "to read" list to fill in tasks, it makes the most sense to me to read what I was plann..."
Personally I don't choose books based on the amount of points. I too use my TBR list or choose off my bookshelf at home or randomly at the library. The points factor very little (if at all) in my decisions, but I might be in the minority here. Plus I like to read books I might not otherwise read, hence the "challenge" part for me (meaning I try not to take an easy out).
Just read Celebrations Rituals of Peace and Prayer for 15.2. I'm not a big poetry fan, but there's no denying that Maya Angelou is a powerful writer. I had read one of her memoirs for an earlier tasks, so it was good to read the poetry as well.Now a question, can I use The Secret Life of Josephine Napoleon's Bird of Paradise for the military task, or is that too much of a stretch? it's not about Napoleon, but he's a key player... :)
Total points: 225 (Nicole NC)
Manday wrote: "So, when people choose books do they look for short ones for the low point tasks? I have just been using my "to read" list to fill in tasks, it makes the most sense to me to read what I was plann..."
I try to choose shorter books for tasks I'm not all that excited about - like the poetry one, but I think I had a 400 pager for one of my 5 point tasks.
I do not choose them based on the number of pages, but I do want to be interested in the book.
Manday wrote: "So, when people choose books do they look for short ones for the low point tasks? Since this is the first Challenge I've participated in I just jumped in and read books I thought fit the criteria. I didn't look at number of pages in relationship to points. But I am a pretty fast reader, so number of pages doesn't faze me--print size, however, can be a factor. (And pictures are always welcome.)
This has been a lot of fun for me--it's given some direction to my reading the last two months and led me to some very enjoyable books.
No, I'm not choosing shorter books for lower point tasks. You don't win anything by having more points than the next person, so hurrying through the Challenge doesn't really get you anywhere. To me, the challenge part is exploring books based on some outside criteria, instead of just sticking with the same stuff I always read. That said, I'm trying to pick books that will entertain me and expand my knowledge in some way.
Nicole wrote: "Just read Celebrations Rituals of Peace and Prayer for 15.2. I'm not ..."The Josephine book looks ok as it does seem Napolean place an important role in the book even if he isn't the main focus
I don't necessarily choose short books for the lower-point tasks, although you CAN. My longest task is 552 pages (The Book Thief), and that was for a 10-point task. I have a 105-page 25-point task (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde), a 161-page 25-point task (Winnie-the-Pooh), and a 97-page 5-point task (84 Charing Cross Road). Those are my shortest books. I just choose books that look interesting to me. For the more "difficult" tasks, I do try to go shorter rather than longer, but for most of them, it's not too difficult to find a book you would like to read, so length isn't so important to me.Aren't you just in awe about how many point some of these ladies have, though? HOLY COW!
I wish I had more time to read. Unfortunately, my husband would be quite upset with me if I quit my job and just read all the time, seeing as how he's in school and I'm pretty much the breadwinner right now... :) If anyone figures out how to get paid to stay at home and read, PLEASE let me know!
My job lets me read at it, but I don't make much.. I'm technically a library aide for my full time job and an AV clerk at my night job. Both jobs have some serious down time... so I tend to read when I don't have homework to do. I don't get paid much... but hey, it's a job with benefits. I also have been using my huge TBR list to meet most of my book challenges. I don't look at page numbers either, but most of my books are YA where I can fit it in because I can only read age-appropriate books at my middle school job. I only have one or two YA books left so I'm gonna be reading a lot at my night job and on weekends. I don't go out much since I'm broke, so I get to read in my free time.
I don't choose like that either- I just try to pick what I think I'll like. Like Elizabeth said- there are no prizes at the end! LOLSomeone else mentioned if it's a task they aren't looking forward to maybe picking a shorter book and I'm not into poetry so that would be where I'd try to go short. Or Jon's task- but he made sure we wouldn't do that right Jon?! LOL
I do have to admit- I'm eager to see if I'll like the book I picked for that. Which is the whole reason for doing this in my mind!
Cynthia wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Just read Celebrations Rituals of Peace and Prayer for ..."Sweet! Thanks Cynthia!
Kathryn wrote: "Sorry for the double post, but I was also wondering when the 50 point question is going to come into play? Because I am kind of excited to hear what someone comes up with that they think is worth 5..."On April 15th at noon EST the person who has the most REPORTED points will get to select a 50 point task for this challenge - points not posted by then WILL NOT count - just want to be clear on that as there was some issue at the end of the last challenge.Kathryn wrote: "saranicole wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I just realized it was zombies.. Plural. I wanted to read lock and key by Sarah dessen as well as pride & prejudice & zombies..."
Have you already done my task..."I would accept those as rhyme's though I had not really intended names to be used as a rhyming "word" when I chose this task
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!Hey--I didn't notice that second SINGULAR Zombie. Zombie and key. Cool.
My update:10 point task
1) For St. Patricks Day, read a book by an Irish author.
TEACHER MAN by Frank McCort
points- 125
saranicole wrote: "[b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Z..."Wait, there is a singular "zombie" in there... That means I can use my original rhyming of key and zombie! Thank you so much, Sara!
Kathryn wrote: "Wait, there is a singular "zombie" in there... That means I can use my original rhyming of key and zombie! Thank you so much, Sara! "No problem! Let me know how the book is! I'm dying to read it myself! I hope it's not TOOOOO scary!
saranicole wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "Wait, there is a singular "zombie" in there... That means I can use my original rhyming of key and zombie! Thank you so much, Sara! "No problem! Let me know how the book is! I..."
I am on chapter 7 and it is funny... not at all scary! The zombies aren't scary, but the scenes with them are rather humorous...
Kathryn wrote: "No problem! Let me know how the book is!" I am on chapter 7 and it is funny... not at all scary! The zombies aren't scary, but the scenes with them are rather humorous...
Oh good! ... as I'm quite easily scared out of my wits!
Have you guys read any of the zombie books from Rhiannon Frater? I just finished As The World Dies - The First Days-A Zombie Trilogy and As The World Dies Fighting to Survive A Zombie Trilogy and CAN'T wait for the third one to come out! My friend recommended them for a task so I figured what the hell and I ended up LOVING them! I would never have thought I'd like anything like that- I'm barely even into fiction, much less anything fantasy, etc.
I definitely recommend! She has a vampire book too- Pretty When She Dies A Vampire Novel that I plan on getting.
Finished another task! My updated list is below -- the most recent accomplishment was 25.8 (two YA books). I'm working on three others right now...5 points:
1. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society (I just finished this, but I can't wait to read it again!)
3. The Enchanted Castle, E. Nesbit
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5. The Redemption, M. L. Tyndall
6. Myself When Young, Daphne DuMaurier
7. Gone for Soldiers (book on CD), Jeff Shaara
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10. The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver
10 points:
1. Nights of Rain and Stars, Maeve Binchy
2. Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry
3. The Australian Stories, T. James Pierce
4. Moon Tiger, Penelope Lively
5. Inkheart, Cornelia Funke
6. The Wind on the Moon, Eric Linklater
7. Sufficient Grace, Darnell Arnoult (a gift from my mom)
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9. The Double Bind (#14 on the TNBBC list), Chris Bohjalian
10. The Screwtape Letters (Susan's list, joined 1/29/09), C. S. Lewis
15 points:
1. Museum Pieces, Elizabeth Tallent (set in New Mexico -- I'm a Scorpio)
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4. The Blessing Way, Tony Hillerman
5. Epitaph for a Spy, Eric Ambler (winner of the Edgar award in... drumroll please... 1964)
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7. The DAY I Ate Whatever I Wanted, Elizabeth Berg; I Am the CLAY, Chaim Potok
8. The Sunday Philosophy Club, Alexander McCall Smith (listening to a lecture given at our local library)
9. either The Golden Bowl, Henry James (if I'm up to Henry James) or The Golden Thread, N. McLeod (that way I don't have to come up with a new meal idea!)
10. The Third Angel, Alice Hoffman; The Fourth Angel, Suzanne Chazin; The Fifth Angel, Tim Green (I'll let you know if I find any unifying themes!)
25 points:
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2. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
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4. Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne
5. Road from Coorain, Jill Ker Conway (I don't read many memoirs/biographies)
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Thanks Sharon and Elizabeth you're right I am closer! After redrafting my list I have finished:10 points
10.5 Acorna's Search by Anne McCaffery (Author born in April)
10.6 Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson (Earth Day)
15 points
15.8 The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. I read an interview that specifically focused on the Arthurian aspect of her tales. I some ways I wish I hadn't read it because I've not yet finished the series and there were some spoilers, but I loved the way she talked about her writing process. How the story injected itself with what it needed and was never contrived. I loved that she says she writes for herself not for a particular audience, as an artist I always find my best pieces come when I'm doing them for myself it rung true for me that the same would apply to writing. This was a great challenge. It makes me question why I haven't sought more information about authors in the past, I do so when I've found new artists I admire.
Here's the link in case anyone else wants to read it.:
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/...
25 points
25.7 Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (Referenced by various movies)
I've read 25.7 but still have to do the meal.
So my total so far is 60.
Also I was wondering where do you find the tickers? They're pretty cute.
(Thanks Eva!)
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tickerfactory.com- just click on one and it'll take you through what you have to do- the fitness one works well.
10 Points5. Magic/Magician: At the House of the Magician by Mary Hooper.
Funny to read two books involving the same fictionalized historic characters back-to-back. Like The Queen's Fool A Novel, Queen Elizabeth and Dr. John Dee are important characters. Elizabeth is portrayed MUCH more sympathetically in this book. The book itself was an okay historical fiction/magic book. I don't regret reading it, but it wasn't a book I care to ever read again.
Total Points: 365
Alex the Life of a Child DEFINITELY works for the sacrifice task. It's REALLY hard to read though. Probably the most difficult I've ever had to read, one other comes to mind, and I've read some hard books.
I just finished another task...Task 15.7 - Rhyming Titles: Smart Girls Think Twice by Cathie Linz (3/7/09) AND Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (4/13/09) (twice/mice)
I'm trying to remember back to Smart Girls... *reads review from over a month ago* Oh yes. Cute little fluff of a romance novel. Here's a blurb from my review about the hero of the story: "Jake was great, although I think if I analyzed him, his main character trait would be sexiness... which I'm not sure is a very... ummm... good quality to base a long-term relationship on." Haha...
As for Of Mice and Men... I just just just finished it, and I'm really not sure how I feel about it yet. I'm not sure I've quite had time to process everything. We'll see how I feel about it once I've had time to sleep on it.
Anyway, next is I Capture the Castle.
STATS
Tasks Completed: 19/39
Books Read: 24/45
Pages Read: 6157
Points Earned: 265
PS - Look! I just crossed the halfway point! (Well, for the 525 points currently available...)
PPS - My copy of The Life of Elizabeth I is due on 5/5, and I'm calculating how many pages a DAY I'm going to have to read in order to finish it by then.... It's not looking pretty...
Completed Tasks5 POINT TASKS (10)
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10 POINT TASKS (30)
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15 POINT TASKS (90)
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TOTAL= 180 points
I finished a few tasks:10 pt task #8. In Honor of Memorial and Armed Forces Day...
I listened to the audiobook of Faith of My Fathers A Family Memoir by John McCain. I had a lot of respect for him before that, now I think he's AMAZING.
15 point task# 6. Read a book that was has been translated from its original language.
I reread The Divine Comedy Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso by Dante.
25 pt task #8. CASSIE'S TASK - Read two young adult novels.
My books were Monster by Christopher Pike and Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley.
New total: 255
♡ Eva ♡ wrote: "I don't choose like that either- I just try to pick what I think I'll like. Like Elizabeth said- there are no prizes at the end! LOLSomeone else mentioned if it's a task they aren't looking forwa..."
right i got you there lol... but its a 25pointer
April wrote: "I finished John's 25-Point task, read a long book about British Monarchy.I read [b:Sex with Kings 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge|78393|Sex with Kings 500 Years of Adultery, ..."
glad you enjoyed the challenge - interesting about the royal bastards - they were usually named Fitzroy - illegetimate child of the king, my name also starts with Fitz, all Fitz's at some point were illegitimate - boo!. if your a Mac or Mc or O however your safe - that means son of not illegitimate son of
Recently finished task:Task #6 for 15 points. Read a book that has been translated from its original language. I read: 31 Dream Street by Lisa Jewell. It's originally written in English, and I read it in Swedish.
Points: 90.
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25 POINT TASKS7. DARLA'S TASK - Read a book you've either seen in a movie or heard referenced in a movie.
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
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This is the book the grandfather reads to the boy and I have to say I was disappointed a bit
5 POINTS4. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Task – Read or listen to a book while you are on a plane, on a train, or in a car (or other mode of transport like a bus/combinations of transportation)
- For this task you can’t, for example, start a book in the airport and finish it on the plane...the book must be read entirely while inside one of those modes of transportation.
- But the plane/train/car etc. does not have to be moving the entire time for it to count – exe. you can start reading the book once you board the plane before it takes off.
- DOES NOT have to be read in one sitting.
Audio book in the car - Hawkes Harbor by SE Hinton. Really enjoyed it
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LEADERBOARD
SANDY - 425
BRIDGIT - 415
DONNA JO - 410
KRISTEN IL - 400
LIZZI - 400
MEGHAN - 400
BONNIE - 365
BJ ROSE - 360
SHARON - 355
TINA - 335
BEV - 325
LEORA - 325
JOSIE - 315
RORA - 315
KRISTENR - 305
ASHLEY ID - 295
RORY - 290
KRISTINA GA - 275
EVA - 270
BETH MN - 265
PERS - 265
SARANICOLE - 265
LINDSEY - 255
ANGIE - 245
CAIT - 245
LIZ BRKLYN - 245
LOUISE - 245
LAURA NY - 235
ALICE - 230
ANGELA IL - 230
CATHEROO - 230
MARY BETH - 230
COURTNEY - 225
KRITIKA - 225
NICOLE NC - 225
SUZIER - 225
APRIL NY - 215
FIONA (TITCH)- 215
LORI TX - 210
MAGGIE - 210
EL - 205
CYNTHIA (SCM) - 200
AMY - 195
ASHLEY AL - 190
SANDIE - 185
SUSAN - 185
BECKY - 180
ELIZABETH NC - 180
FALLON - 180
JON - 180
WENDY - 180
JAMIE MN - 175
REBECCA J - 175
STEPH - 170
STEPHANIE CA - 170
LYNLEE4 - 165
LIZ VEGAS - 160
JUDITH IA - 155
VICTORIA - 155
LILY - 150
MANDAY - 150
ROS - 150
CYNDEE - 145
ELIZABETH (ALASKA) - 145
JOY - 145
ALISHA - 140
DAVID - 140
TRYPHENA - 140
KAREN - 135
KATE - 135
MALIADES - 135
ROSEANN - 135
WV HEATHER - 135
HEATHER KS - 130
JEGKA - 130
SERA - 130
ANN FROM SC - 125
CAROL - 125
HAYES - 125
RHIANNON - 125
CASSIE - 120
POTJY - 115
RENFREW - 115
TRACY - 115
CATHERINE - 105
ABBIE - 100
JENNIFER IN - 100
JOANNA - 100
KATHRYN - 100
RYAN - 100
AMANDA - 95
BETH - 95
LACY - 95
LINDA - 95
CYNTHIA - 90
KICKI - 90
KRISTINA UK - 90
SAI - 90
JEN B - 85
JESSICA SC - 85
LAUREN - 85
MEREDITH H - 85
SUSANNA UK - 85
JENNY - 80
JESSICA IL - 80
NATALIA - 80
JULIE (ID)'S - 75
JULIE UK - 75
MEGAN - 75
JEANE - 70
MELODY - 70
REBECCA - 70
SARAH PA - 70
SLAIMI - 70
SHANNON - 65
JEN MD - 60
KELLY - 60
MADELINE - 60
ALYSSA - 55
ASHLEY UT - 55
JAMIE WA - 55
JOANIE - 55
MEL - 55
ROBIN - 55
SARA E - 55
JESSICA MI - 50
RACHEL - 50
TERRI - 50
ALLISON MO - 45
ELIZ - 45
JULIE TN - 45
JULIE KS - 40
KIM - 40
LDB - 40
LISA CO - 40
LIZ NY - 40
SHELLIE - 40
TOBIE - 40
VICKI - 40
KATIE - 35
KELLY MA - 30
DOROTHY - 25
JAIME 26 - 25
KRISTI - 25
MELISSA - 25
JAMIE 23 - 20
LAZARUS - 20
MACKENZIE - 20
NICOLE CA - 20
CAITLIN - 15
JENNI - 15
GREG - 10
MORGAN - 10
JUDITH NY - 5
MICHELLE - 5
SHELBY - 5
Terri wrote: "25 POINT TASKS7. DARLA'S TASK - Read a book you've either seen in a movie or heard referenced in a movie.
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
This is the book the grandfather ..."This is the same situation as Journey to the Center of the Earth in which the book of the same title is mentioned in the film and I dissallowed that...so I'm afraid that won't count
I couldn't sleep last night so I read a whole book! Read The Difficult Second Book by Chris Moyles for 5 points.5 POINTS
1. A Neil Gaiman book
2. Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend
3. Half of Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4. ?
5. The Shack by William P. Young
6. The Girls by Lori Lansons
8. The Difficult Second Book by Chris Moyles
9. ?
10. ?
10 POINTS
2. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
3. His Illegal Self by Peter Carey (Aussie Author)
5. Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
6. East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
8. The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies
10. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson (One of Meg's 5 star rated books).
15 POINTS
2. Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
3. Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
5. The Sea by John Banville (won the Guardian Prize in 1981 for Kepler
6. Shape of Water by Andrea Camillia (translated from Italian into English
7. The Girl who was going to die by Glyn Maxwell and The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thompson
9. The White Tiger by Aravind Acliga
10. ?
25 POINTS
2. ?
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (from Angela's bookshelves)
5. The Face by Dean Koontz (Horror)
6. ?
7. ?
8. Eragon by Christopher Paolini and Artemis Fowl and the Time Deception by Eoin Colfer
9. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
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1.
Twilight3/27/092.
Bridget Jones's Diary4/1/093.
Hunted A House of Night Novel3/25/094. Three Weeks with My Brother
5. Redemption
6. J. K. Rowling The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
7.
Confessions of a Shopaholic3/16/098.
One for the Money3/26/099.
The Secret Life of Bees4/9/0910. 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 One3/8/099. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyUPDATE
10.
Eragon3/8/0915 POINTS-
1. SAGITARIUS: Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
2. Where the Sidewalk Ends
3.
Stardust3/18/094. 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.
Lover Enshrined4/10/099. White Noise
10. Black Dagger Brotherhood 3/4/5:
Lover Awakened3/20/09/Lover Revealed3/25/09/Lover Unbound4/1/0925 POINTS-
1. The Girls from Ames A Story of Women and Friendship/
Romeo and Juliet4/13/092. Diaries, 1885-97 With Earlier and Later Diary Fragments from 1875-1917
3. Little Women/
A Wrinkle in Time3/3/094. Anne of Green Gables
5. In Cold Blood
6. Diana Story of a Princess
7. Wuthering Heights
8. Eclipse/
Specials3/12/099. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West