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Most Points
Linda C - 6
Sam F - 10
Bethany - 6
Tessa - 6
Most Pages
Sam F - 3365
Linda C - 1670
Tessa - 1845
Bethany - 2166
Task 1.2 Over the river and through the woods....Reading Through the Alphabet
Read a book whose author's last name begins with the letter "R" or "S".
Jingle Bell Babies (After the Storm, #6) - Kathryn Springer (3 stars) 12/7/15 [224]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 224
Total points - 1
Total pages - 224
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Task 2.5 (Bethany's Task) Important Holiday Figures1. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Read a book with a really interesting villain or antihero.
Later, at the Bar - Rebecca Barry (3 stars) 12/6/15 [224] Harlin, drunk with good intentions
2. Good King Wenceslas
Learn a little about a person by reading a biography.
Diary of Anna Green Winslow: a Boston School girl of 1771 - Alice Morse Earle, ed. (3 stars) 12/13/15 1997, c1894, written 1771-2 [160]
Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 384
Total points - 3
Total pages - 608
2.2 More Christmas SongsRead Two Books
1. The Holly and the Ivy
English Traditional
Read a book that has a predominately "Red" or "Green" cover. (Show cover)
2. Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
Read a book with a tree(s) on the cover. (Show cover)
Points for this task: 2
# of pages – 615
Total points: 2
Number of tasks 1
# of pages – 615
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1.2 Over the river and through the woods....Proof: The Science of Booze by Adam Rogers
Points: 1
Pages: 272
TESSATask 1.7 - Bethany's MERRY CHRISTMAS
Book with "humor" genre
Where'd You Go, Bernadette ✔ – 18 Dec 15 (330 pg)
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 330
Total points earned - 1
Total pages read - 330
BY the way .... I've read four other books, each of which fits ONE task of a 2-book or 3-book task ....
Task 2.2 More Christmas Songs 1. The Holly and the Ivy - English Traditional
Read a book that has a predominately "Red" or "Green" cover.
Bayou Moon (The Edge, #2) - Ilona Andrews (5 stars) 12/11/15 [480]2. Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
Read a book with a tree(s) on the cover.
The Hiding Place - Karen Harper (3 stars) 12/18/15 [400]Points this task - 2
Pages this task - 880
Total points - 5
Total pages - 1488
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TESSATask 1.2 Reading Through the Alphabet - Author last name begins "S"
Alexander McCall Smith / The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection ✔ – 19Dec15 - 257 pg
THIS TASK
Points earned - 1
Pages read - 257
Total points earned - 2
Total pages read - 587
Task 1.5 Last ChristmasRead a book with the word " Last" in the title
The Last Hero - Billie Green (3 stars) 12/25/15 [182]
Points this task - 1
Pages this task - 182
Total points - 6
Total pages - 1670
2.3 (Sam F's Task) Oh the weather outside is frightful...line from Let It Snow!
1. Read a book that features extreme weather or a natural disaster - ice storm, blizzard, avalanche, earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, etc.
Life As We Knew It - This book seems to have all of the disastrous weather listed above!
2. Read a book that is predominately white - or white is in the title.(show the cover).
Points for this task: 2
# of pages – 575
Total points: 4
Number of tasks 2
# of pages – 1190
2.5 (Bethany's Task) Important Holiday FiguresRead Two Books
1. You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Prince Lestat by Anne Rice (578 pgs)
2. Good King Wenceslas
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore (233 pgs)
Points: 2
Pages: 811
Total points: 3
Total pages: 1083
2.4 (Linda C's Task) White Christmas 1. Read a book with a snow scene on the cover (show cover) or SNOW in the title
Snow Apples
2. Read a book set in Vermont or where the primary setting is an Inn.
Olive Kitteridge
Points for this task: 2
# of pages – 486
Total points: 6
Number of tasks 3
# of pages – 1676
2.2 More Christmas SongsRead Two Books
1. The Holly and the Ivy
by John Connolly (465 pgs)2. Rockin Around the Christmas Tree
by Michael Dicks (311 pgs)Points: 2
Pages: 776
Total points: 5
Total pages: 1859
TESSATask 2.2 - More Christmas Songs
Red cover -
- ✔ 6Dec15 - 253 pgTree on cover -
- ✔ 27Dec15 - 304 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 557
Total points earned - 4
Total pages read - 1144
TESSATask 2.3 - Sam F - Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful
Extreme weather - The Snow Child = ✔ 12 Dec 15 - 386 pg
White cover -
- ✔ 25Dec15 - 315 pgTHIS TASK
Points earned - 2
Pages read - 701
Total points earned - 6
Total pages read - 1845
1.2 Over the river and through the woods....Unholy Night by Seth Graeme Smith
Points: 1
Pages: 307
Total points: 6
Total pages: 2166
3.1 (Sam F's Task) Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth1. Read a book with 2 authors.
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura & Lisa Ling - the book is written with alternating paragraphs.
2. Read a book whose title appears with only letters found in 'Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth'.
The Martian
3. The song ends with 'Can it be?' Read a book that has a three word title or is written as a question.
The Whole Truth
Points for this task: 3
# of pages – 1092
Total points: 9
Number of tasks 4
# of pages – 2768
1.2 Over the river and through the woods....Reading Through the Alphabet
Read a book whose author's last name begins with the letter "R" or "S".
Epitaph- Mary Doria Russell
Points for this task: 1
# of pages – 597
Total points: 10
Number of tasks 5
# of pages – 3365
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