2014 Challenge #3

[Jenger]

TASK COMPLETED:

10.6 - Media chicks: Reliable Sources by Beth Saulnier

21/39 books
165/325 points

[Jencey/]

Task Completed: 2. Clean off your shelves: The American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

9 books
65 points

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD

Jenger - 165
Kristin - 115
Stacy - 70
Jencey - 65
Nicole - 65
Eva - 60
Tina - 50
Nancy - 45
Melanie - 25
Bianca - 5

[Stacy]

Task Completed:

10.2. Clean off your shelves: A Minor Indiscretion - Carole Matthews

7/39 books
80/325 points

[Maria]

5 point tasks
5.1 - Person, Place, or Thing - "Daisy's Back in Town" by Rachel Gibson
5.2 - Beach reads - "More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman" by Joe Cawley
5.3 - Discover a new author - "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn
5.4 - Two heads are better -
5.5 - Feed me! - "Killer Fudge" by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
5.6 - Short and Sweet - "Unplugged" by Lois Greiman
5.7 - Reading Rainbow -
5.8 - Love Me/Hate Me - "Bridesmaid Lotto" by Rachel Astor
5.9 - What’s your number? - "Top Secret Twenty One" by Janet Evanovich
5.10 - Good Grammar - "Talk of the Town" by Karen Hawkins

10 Point Tasks
10.1 - Judge a book by its cover - "The Selection" by Kiera Cass
10.2 - Clean off your shelves - "Shadow Puppets" by Orson Scott Card
10.3 - Dust off the cover - "The Little Lady Agency" by Hester Browne
10.4 - Show the GR authors some love - "Latte Trouble" by Cleo Coyle
10.5 - The author knows best - "The Husband's Secret" by Liane Moriarty
10.6 - Media chicks - "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?" by Mindy Kaling
10.7 - Name that Tune - "Tell Me Lies" by Jennifer Crusie
10.8 - As time goes by -
10.9 - The Guy’s perspective -
10.10 - Not in the dictionary - "Beaglemania" by linda O. Johnston

15 Point Tasks
15.1 - Love the Little Red Dress - Book 1:
Book 2:
15.2 - Opposite Day - Book 1: "A Perfect Nanny" by Marian D. Schwartz
Book 2: "The Ultimate Inferior Beings" by Mark Roman
15.3 - Initial Ideas - Book 1: "My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands" by Chelsea Handler
Book 2: "Lady Boss" by Jackie Collins
15.4 - Silver Screen - Book 1: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rawlings
15.5 - Going Bicoastal - Book 1: "The Chaperone" by Laura Moriarty
Book 2: "Spying in High Heels" by Gemma Halliday

25 Point Tasks
25.1 - Around-the-world - Book 1: "The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party" by Alexander McCall Smith
Book 2: "A Thousand Days In Venice" by Marlena De Blasi
Book 3: "The Bungalow" by Sarah Jio
25.2 - What’s in a name - Book 1: "Where'd You Go, Bernadette" by Maria Semple
25.3 - 1-2-3 - Book 1: "Desert Heat" by J.A. Jance
Book 2: "Tombstone Courage" by J.A. Jance
Book 3: "Shoot Don't Shoot" by J.A. Jance
25.4 - Permanent Task - Book 1: "A Clean Slate" by Laura Caldwell
Book 2: "Confessions Of An Ex-Girlfriend" by Lynda Curnyn
Book 3: "Passion, Betrayal, and Killer Highlights" by Kyra Davis

i added to the challenge by trying to make all my matches books i actually have on my bookshelves at home!

thanks!

maria :-)

[Maria]

Tasks completed:

task 5.3 - Discover a new author
"Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn

task 5.9 - What’s your number?
"Top Secret Twenty One" by Janet Evanovich

2 out of 39 books
10 out of 325 points


thanks!
maria :-)

[Tina]

Task Completed:

1. Person, Place, or Thing: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein

6/39 books
55/325 points

[Eva]

Task Completed:

15.5. Going Bicoastal: Read one book that takes place on the East Coast, AND one that takes place on the West Coast. For example, you could read LA Woman (LA = West Coast) and See Jane Date (NYC = East Coast)
Heart Full of Lies – Anne Rule - Oregon and Hawaii
To The Power Of Three – Laura Lippman - Baltimore

9 books/75 points

[Stacy]

Task Completed:

5.1. Person, Place, or Thing: Zac & Mia - A.J. Betts

8/39 books
85/325 points

[Nicole]

10.7. Name that Tune: Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd) by Nicci French

75/325

[Stacy]

Nicole wrote: "10.7. Name that Tune: Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd) by Nicci French

75/325"

Oooh, good song!

[Jencey/]

Task completed: 3. Dust off the cover: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verganese

Couldn't get into this one!

10 books

75 points

[Jencey/]

Task completed: 4. Show the GR authors some love: Looking For Me by Beth Hoffman

books 11

points 85

[Nicole]

Stacy wrote: "Nicole wrote: "10.7. Name that Tune: Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd) by Nicci French

75/325"

Oooh, good song!"

One of my favorites! The book was pretty good too, but I realized after I started reading that it was the second in a series.

[Stacy]

Nicole wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Nicole wrote: "10.7. Name that Tune: Tuesday's Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd) by Nicci French

75/325"

Oooh, good song!"

One of my favorites! The book was pretty good too, but I realized af..."

I hate it when that happens! I'm so anal about reading in order when it's part of a series.

[Stacy]

Maria wrote: "5 point tasks
5.1 - Person, Place, or Thing - "Daisy's Back in Town" by Rachel Gibson
5.2 - Beach reads - "More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman" by Joe Cawley
5.3 - Discove..."

Great way to clean off your shelves Maria!

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD

Jenger - 165
Kristin - 115
Jencey - 85
Stacy - 85
Eva - 75
Nicole - 75
Tina - 55
Nancy - 45
Melanie - 25
Maria - 10
Bianca - 5

[Melanie]

Task completed!
10.5. The author knows best: The Glass Kitchen – Linda Francis Lee (Jane Green, Sarah Pekkanen, and Melissa Senate all reviewed it)

7/39 books
35/325 points

I totally read two books I can't fit in, as usual. But that's okay, I enjoyed them. :)

[Eva]

task completed:

5.4. Two heads are better: Writ of Execution – Perri O'Shaughnessy (writer is actually a pair of sisters)

10 books/80 points

[Stacy]

Melanie wrote: "Task completed!
10.5. The author knows best: The Glass Kitchen – Linda Francis Lee (Jane Green, Sarah Pekkanen, and Melissa Senate all reviewed it)

7/39 books
35/325 points

I totally read two bo..."

I have a really hard time not reading books that don't fit. Sometimes, I give in to it. :)

[Stacy]

Task Completed:
10.4. Show the GR authors some love: Driving With the Top Down - Beth Harbison

9/39 books
95/325 points

[Melanie]

Tasks completed
10.1. Judge a book by its cover: The Dog Park - Laura Caldwell
10.7. Name that Tune: The Boneshaker - Kate Milford
9/39 books
55/325 points

[Jencey/]

Task completed: 6. Media chicks:The Paris Wife by Paula Maclain (Ernest Hemingway)

books 12

points 95

[Nancy]

Task(s) Completed:

Sorry I have about a months worth of updates...my how this summer is flying by...

5.3: Discover a new author: Can’t we talk about something more pleasant? By Roz Chast 7/25

5.8: Love Me/Hate Me: Blossom Street Brides by Debbie Macomber 8/1

10.7: Name that Tune: All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner 8/3

15.5: Going Bicoastal: (west) Private LA by James Patterson 8/12; (east) The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank 7/19

5.10: Good Grammar: Beekeeper’s Ball by Susan Wiggs 8/15

10.8: As time goes by: That Summer by Lauren Willig 8/17

15/39 books
95/325 points

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD

Jenger - 165
Kristin - 115
Jencey - 95
Nancy - 95
Stacy - 95
Eva - 80
Nicole - 75
Melanie - 55
Tina - 55
Maria - 10
Bianca - 5

[Stacy]

Task Completed:

10.1. Judge a book by its cover: Amy, My Daughter - Mitch Winehouse


10/39 books
105/325 points

[Jenger]

TASK COMPLETED:

10.5 - The author knows best: Vixen in Velvet by Loretta Chase (quote on the cover by Julia Quinn)


22/39
175/325

[Nancy]

Task Completed:

5.6: Short and Sweet: Gemini by Carol Cassella 8/24

16/39 books
100/325 points

[Nicole]

5.10. Good Grammar: Wild Within by Melissa Hart

80/325

[Jencey/]

Task completed: 7. Name that Tune: Dream Eyes by Jane Krentz

books 14

points 105

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD

Jenger - 175
Kristin - 115
Jencey - 105
Stacy - 105
Nancy - 100
Eva - 80
Nicole - 80
Melanie - 55
Tina - 55
Maria - 10
Bianca - 5

Only one month left!!

[Nancy]

Task(s) Completed:

10.3: Dust off the cover: Fault Lines by Anne Rivers Siddons 8/27

AND

25.1: Around-the-world: [France] Unintended Consequences by Stuart Woods 7/15; [Netherlands] Summer House With Swimming Pool by Herman Koch 8/10; [Sweden] The Farm by Tom Rob Smith 8/29

19/39 books
135/325 points

[Stacy]

2. Opposite Day: All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes - Betsy St. Amant/My Unfair Godmother - Janette Rallison

13/39 books
120/325 points

[Bianca]

TASK COMPLETED:

3. 1-2-3: Read the first three books of a series OR a trilogy of books
Size 14 Is Not Fat Either, Big Boned, Size 12 and Ready to Rock by Meg Cabot

4/39 books
30/325 point

[Nicole]

10.5. The author knows best: Nowhere but Home by Liza Palmer (recommended on Jane Porter's website)
25.1. Around-the-world: Letters from Skye by Jessica Brockmole (Scotland); The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant (England); and This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman (US)

115/325

[Tina]

Task Completed:

15.3. Initial Ideas: The Tao of Martha by Jen Lancaster and Promises to keep by Jane Green 9/2

7/39 books
70/325 points

[Bianca]

TASK COMPLETED:

3. Discover a new author: Never Google Heartbreak by Emma Garcia

5/39 books
35/325 point

[Jencey/]

Task completed: 5. Feed me! The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson

books 15/40

points 110/310

[Nicole]

10.8. As time goes by: September Girls by Bennett Madison

125/325

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD

Jenger - 175
Nancy - 135
Nicole - 125
Stacy - 120
Kristin - 115
Jencey - 110
Eva - 80
Tina - 70
Melanie - 55
Bianca - 30
Maria - 10

[Jenger]

TASK COMPLETED:

10.7 - Name that Tune: Since You've Been Gone by Anouska Knight
I originally chose this to represent the song by Kelly Clarkson but learned that her song is Since U Been Gone. Luckily, there are other songs titled as the book is. These were sung by Fine Young Cannibals, Aretha Franklin, and The Outfield, to name just a few (popular title).

23/39
185/325

[Stacy]

Jenger wrote: "TASK COMPLETED:

10.7 - Name that Tune: Since You've Been Gone by Anouska Knight
I originally chose this to represent the song by Kelly Clarkson but learned that her song is Since U Been Gone. Luc..."

It would've been fine to use the Kelly Clarkston song. As I always say, it's fine to bend it to make it work. :)

[Maria]

tasks completed:

15.4 - Silver Screen
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rawlings
it was a long book and i can see why they made it into two movies! it was good and the movies were scary but not a bad depiction!

10.5 - The author knows best
"The Husband's Secret" by Liane Moriarty
recommended by Megan McCafferty

4 out of 39
35 out of 325

im reading really slow this challenge... i guess i've been busy with life! :-)

thanks,
maria

[Stacy]

Maria wrote: "tasks completed:

15.4 - Silver Screen
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rawlings
it was a long book and i can see why they made it into two movies! it was good and the movies were sc..."

There's nothing wrong with that! :)

[Nicole]

5.9. What’s your number?: One Hundred Names by Cecelia Ahren
10.1. Judge a book by its cover: Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt

140/325

[Stacy]

Task Completed:
10.8. As time goes by: The Friday Night Knitting Club - Kate Jacobs


14/39 books
130/325 points

[Jencey/]

Task completed: 5. The author knows best: Night Road by Kristin Hannah recommended by Sammantha March and Misa Rush on Goodreads.

books 17

points 130/310

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD

Jenger - 185
Nicole - 140
Nancy - 135
Jencey - 130
Stacy - 130
Kristin - 115
Eva - 80
Tina - 70
Melanie - 55
Maria - 35
Bianca - 30

[Tina]

Task Completed:

5.10. Good Grammar: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

9/39 books
75/325 points

[Tina]

Task Completed

10.1. Judge a book by its cover: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

10/39 books
85/325 points