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2014 Challenge #4
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Happy Halloween everyone! (One day late, sorry!!)
Jenger - 90
Nancy - 70
Kristin - 35
Nicole - 35
Stacy - 35
Jencey - 30
Tina - 30
Alicia - 20
Maria - 10
Jenger - don't worry about multiple posts, not a big deal. :)
Task Completed25.1 Feel Young Again -Withering Tights, Louise Rennison 10/4/14, & A Midsummer Tights Dream, Louise Rennison 10/16/14 & The Taming of the Tights, Louise Rennison 11/1/14
7/39 books
45/310 points
Task completed: 5.9 Austin Powers – Act of Will by Barbara Taylor Bradfordbooks 7
points 35
10.5 Don’t Tell! – Christopher's Diary: Secrets of Foxworth by V.C. Andrews45/310
Saving my spot! And finally jumping back into this. :)5 Point Tasks
5.1 Spooky Story Hour - For Halloween, read a book with any of the following words in the title: witch, ghost, vampire, demon, werewolf, costume, Frankenstein, magic, sorcery, candy, spooky, devil, etc. Examples: Sorcery and the Single Girl (Mindy Klasky), Every Demon has His Day (Cara Lockwood), Magic and the Modern Girl (Mindy Klasky), Wednesday Night Witches (Lee Nichols)
5.2 Oops! - Read a book with the word Accident (or any variation) in the title. Examples: Accidental It Girl (Libby Street), The Accidental Virgin (Valerie Frankel), The Accidental Diva (Tia Williams)
5.3 Celebrate Good Times - read a book with the word drink in the title or a type of drink in the title or on the cover. (Examples: Celebutantes (champagne bottle on cover) by Amanda Goldberg, In the Drink by Kate Christensen, Milkrun by Sarah Mlynowski, Misery Loves Cabernet by Kim Gruenenfelder)
5.4 It’s So…. - read a book with an adjective in the title. (Examples: The Ten Best Days of My Life by Adena Halpern, Perfect Blend by Sue Margolis, The Glamorous, (Double) Life of Isabelle Bookbinder by Holly McQueen, Journal of Mortifying Moments by Robyn Harding)
5.5 Stars in My Eyes - Read a book by a celebrity author.
5.6 Lend Me an Ear - Listen to an audio book, if you don’t have access to one, just read a regular book or an ebook.
5.7 Imagination Runs Wild: Read a book with something on the cover that isn’t real, i.e. unicorn, fairy, Santa, etc.
5.8 Home Sweet Home: Read a book with a house/apartment building on the cover
5.9 Austin Powers – Read a book set in the U.K.
5.10 The Nightmare Before Christmas – Read a book whose story takes place around Halloween or Christmas
10 Point Tasks
10.1 Write, Write, Write - Read an epistolary novel (a novel told in the form of letters/correspondence or a diary). Examples: Holly’s Inbox (Holly Denham), Love, Rosie (Cecelia Ahern), Meg Cabot’s Boy Series, Bridget Jones’s Diary (Helen Fielding), Georgia Nicholson series (Louise Rennison).
10.2 Christmas is December 25th - Read a book with any of the following in the title or on the cover: Christmas, Santa, presents, gift, bow, decoration, etc. Example: The Gift Bag Chronicles (Hillary De Vries)
10.3 Er… - OctobER, NovembER, DecembER - this is the only challenge where all of the months end in ER - read a book that has a word ending in "-ER" in its title. (Examples: Best Friends ForevER by Jennifer Weiner, The BoostER by Jennifer Solow, I NevER Fancied Him Anyway by Claudia Carroll, Love Under CovER by Jessica Brody)
10.4 EEEEKKKK!!! – read a paranormal chick lit book. Examples: Sex and the Single Ghost by Tawny Taylor, A Date With the Other Side by Erin McCarthy, Undead & Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson, Charmed & Dangerous by Candace Havens, Girls’ Gude to Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky, Enchanted, Inc. by Katie Chandler)
10.5 Don’t Tell! – Read a book with the word secret in the title.
Examples, The Secret Lives of Doctor’s Wives (Ann Major), Alice’s Secret Garden (Rebecca Campbell), The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives (Sarah Strohmeyer)
10.6 OND – Read a book whose title fits with this quarter’s challenge month initials. Do a search of your to read books for either OND, DON, NOD, ODN, NDO or DNO. One of your books is bound to have one of those groups of letters in a word.
10.7 What Goes Up, Must Come Down—Read a book that has the word “up” or “down” in the title or some other direction, like north, south, etc
10.8 We Are Family—Read a book with a family relationship in the title
10.9 Detroit Rock City – Read a book with a city, state or country in the title
10.10 American Pie – Read a book with a dessert on the cover
15 Point Tasks
15.1 It’s Enormous! - Read a book with more than 500 pages.
15.2 Quantifiers – read 2 books whose titles each contain a quantifying word such as: some, much, many, few, little, a lot, half, three, etc. (Examples: Million Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton, Some Nerve by Jane Heller, Love is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison, The History of Lucy’s Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters by Deborah Wright, The Two Lives of Miss Charlotte Merryweather by Alexandra Potter)
15.3 What’s the Time? – Read two books that have different times of the day in the title.
15.4 Beauty & the Beast – read two books – one that has some kind of magic in it, and one that is a fairy tale type of story
25 Point Tasks
25.1 Feel Young Again - Read THREE YA novels from a series. They don’t have to be from the beginning but they do have to be consecutive. Examples: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, Georgia Nicholson series, Meg Cabot’s Princess series, the Twilight series, the A-List series
25.2 Title Relay: Make a chain with the number of words in the title. You can go either up or down. (Example: The Love Goddess’s Cooking School by Melissa Senate {5 words}, Kissing Frogs in Cyberspace by Dianne Sweeney {4 words}, Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor {3 words})
25.3 Jurassic Park – read three books that connect to each other in any way (could be a series, could be they all have a character with the same name, they’re all written by the same author, they have the same type of picture on the cover, etc.), make sure you post what the connection is
25.4 Permanent Task – Read three RDI Books
39 books/310 points
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5 Point Tasks
5.1 Spooky Story Hour - For Halloween, read a book with any of the following words in the title: witch, ghost, vampire, demon,..."
Great to have you back, Bianca! We've missed you!
Task Completed:10.5 Don’t Tell! – Secrets of a gentleman escort by Bronwyn Scott
10/39 books
80/310 points
Task completed: 5.4 It’s So…. - The Constant Princess by Phillippa Gregorybooks 8
military 40
Task Completed:5.7 Imagination Runs Wild: Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods by Rick Riordan 11/6
11/39 books
85/310 points
Task Completed:25.3 Jurassic Park – To Have and to Hold 10/25, The Other Woman 10/29 and Swapping Lives 11/7 by Jane Green (Author)
7/39 books
55/310 points
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Jenger - 90
Nancy - 85
Tina - 55
Alicia - 45
Nicole - 45
Jencey - 40
Kristin - 35
Stacy - 35
Maria - 10
Task Completed:10.9 Detroit Rock City –Uganda be kidding me by Chelsea Handler 11/8
13/39 books
95/310 points
Task completed: 5.10 The Nightmare Before Christmas – The Widow's Choice by Gilbert Morrisbooks 9
points 45
Task Completed5.9 Austin Powers – Persuasion, Jane Austen 11/8/14
9/39 books
50/310 points
TASKS COMPLETED:5.6 Lend Me an Ear - Sins of a Wicked Duke by Sophie Jordan (ebook)
10.5 Don’t Tell! – The Shocking Secret of a Guest at the Wedding by Victoria Alexander
14/39 books
105/310 points
Task Completed5.10 The Nightmare Before Christmas – Scary Mommy's Guide to Surviving the Holidays, Jill Smokler 11/11/14
10/39 books
55/310 points
It's been forever, and I know that I'm a little late...but I'm jumping back in. I'm at work, so can't look at my bookshelf at the moment...but filled in some of what I can!! 5.1 Spooky Story Hour – Frankenstein #1 – Dean Koontz
5.2 Oops! - Read a book with the word Accident (or any variation) in the title. Examples: Accidental It Girl (Libby Street), The Accidental Virgin (Valerie Frankel), The Accidental Diva (Tia Williams)
5.3 Celebrate Good Times – Cocktails for Three – Madeleine Wickham
5.4 It’s So…. - read a book with an adjective in the title. (Examples: The Ten Best Days of My Life by Adena Halpern, Perfect Blend by Sue Margolis, The Glamorous, (Double) Life of Isabelle Bookbinder by Holly McQueen, Journal of Mortifying Moments by Robyn Harding)
5.5 Stars in My Eyes - Read a book by a celebrity author.
5.6 Lend Me an Ear - Listen to an audio book, if you don’t have access to one, just read a regular book or an ebook.
5.7 Imagination Runs Wild: Read a book with something on the cover that isn’t real, i.e. unicorn, fairy, Santa, etc.
5.8 Home Sweet Home: Read a book with a house/apartment building on the cover
5.9 Austin Powers – Holly’s Inbox – Holly Denham
5.10 The Nightmare Before Christmas – Read a book whose story takes place around Halloween or Christmas
10 Point Tasks
10.1 Write, Write, Write – Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City – Holly Denham
10.2 Christmas is December 25th
Bow on cover:
- Liane Moriarty10.4 EEEEKKKK!!! – read a paranormal chick lit book. Examples: Sex and the Single Ghost by Tawny Taylor, A Date With the Other Side by Erin McCarthy, Undead & Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson, Charmed & Dangerous by Candace Havens, Girls’ Gude to Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky, Enchanted, Inc. by Katie Chandler)
10.5 Don’t Tell! – Read a book with the word secret in the title.
Examples, The Secret Lives of Doctor’s Wives (Ann Major), Alice’s Secret Garden (Rebecca Campbell), The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives (Sarah Strohmeyer)
10.6 OND – Read a book whose title fits with this quarter’s challenge month initials. Do a search of your to read books for either OND, DON, NOD, ODN, NDO or DNO. One of your books is bound to have one of those groups of letters in a word.
10.7 What Goes Up, Must Come Down—Read a book that has the word “up” or “down” in the title or some other direction, like north, south, etc
10.8 We Are Family—Read a book with a family relationship in the title
10.10 American Pie - dessert on cover
15 Point Tasks
15.1 It’s Enormous! - The Help - Kathryn Stockett
15.2 Quantifiers – read 2 books whose titles each contain a quantifying word
Fear Nothing - Dean Koontz
Sex, Murder And A Double Latte - Kyra Davis
15.3 What’s the Time? – Read two books that have different times of the day in the title.
The Darkest Evening of the Year - Dean Koontz
Seize the Night - Dean Koontz
15.4 Beauty & the Beast – read two books – one that has some kind of magic in it, and one that is a fairy tale type of story
25 Point Tasks
25.2 Title Relay:
25.3 Jurassic Park –
25.4 Permanent Task –
14/39 books
120/310 points
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5.1 Spooky Story Hour..."
Hey Alex, great to have you back! Better late than never!! :)
Task completed: 10.2 Christmas is December 25th - Where Treetops Glisten by Cara Putman, Sarah Sundin, and Tricia Goyerbooks 10
points 55
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5.6 Lend Me an Ear - Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
12/39 books
40/310 points
TASK COMPLETED:10.7 What Goes Up, Must Come Down— Up at Butternut Lake by Mary McNear
15/39 books
115/310 points
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Jenger - 115
Nancy - 95
Alicia - 55
Jencey - 55
Tina - 55
Nicole - 45
Stacy - 40
Kristin - 35
Maria - 10
Task Completed25.3 Jurassic Park – All Have "One" in the Title:
One Breath Away, Heather Gudenkauf 10/22/14 &
One Plus One, Jojo Moyes 10/5/14 &
Every Last One, Anna Quindlen 11/17/14
11/39 books
80/310 points
Task Completed25.1 Feel Young Again
Divergent - Veronica Roth
Insurgent - Veronica Roth
Allegiant - Veronica Roth
3/39 books
25/310 points
Task Completed10.10 American Pie – People I Want to Punch in the Throat: Competitive Crafters, Drop-Off Despots, and Other Suburban Scourges, Jen Mann 11/18/14
12/39 books
90/310 points
Task completed: 10.4 EEEEKKKK!!! – Tribute by Nora Roberts (Ghosts)books 11
points 65
TASK COMPLETED: (I think)10.2 Christmas is December 25th - The Good, the Bad, and the Emus by Donna Andrews (bow in the "hair" of 1 of the emus)
Will that work? I wasn't sure if the bow needed to be on a gift or something more festive.
16/39 books
125/310 points
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10.4 EEEEKKKK!!! – First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones
13/39 books
50/310 points
TASK COMPLETED:10.3 Er… - Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs
17/39 books
135/310 points
Task completed: 10.1 Write, Write, Write - A Quilt for Christmas by Sandra Dallas (mostly expository)books 13
points 75
Task Completed5.5 Stars in My Eyes - Yes Please, Amy Poehler 11/25/14
13/39 books
95/310 points
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Jenger - 135
Alicia - 95
Nancy - 95
Jencey - 75
Tina - 55
Stacy - 50
Alex - 45
Nicole - 45
Kristin - 35
Maria - 10
TASK COMPLETED:15.4 Beauty & the Beast – No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells by Rose Pressey (one about magic) and The Viscount That Lived Down the Lane by Elizabeth Boyle (adaptation of Beauty & the Beast)
19/39 books
150/310 points
5.3 Celebrate Good Times - Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink7573.... (drink recipe)50/310
I swear I've been reading! Somehow the books just aren't lining up with the challenge. Since moving I've been trying to read books I know I won't keep rather than picking up books for the challenges. Nice to purge some books, but it's not helping me on these challenges!
Task Completed:25.2 Title Relay: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2 words)12/1, The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich (3 words) 10/11 and Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella (4 words)11/16
10/39 books
80/310 points
Task Completed:5.6 Lend Me an Ear – Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich 12/5
11/39 books
85/310 points
TASK COMPLETED:5.10 The Nightmare Before Christmas – A Midwinter's Tail by Sofie Kelly (Christmas)
20/39 points
155/310 books
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Jenger - 155
Alicia - 95
Nancy - 95
Jencey - 75
Tina - 85
Stacy - 50
Alex - 45
Nicole - 50
Kristin - 35
Maria - 10
Task Completed25.4 - read 3 RDI books
Girl's Guide to Witchcraft - Mindy Klasky
Slightly Single - Wendy Markham
Slightly Settled - Wendy Markham
Total:
10/39 books
70/310 points
Task Completed10.3 Er… - Killer Cruise, Laura Levine 12/8/14
5.6 Lend Me an Ear - If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What am I Doing in the Pits?, Erma Bombeck 11/28/14
15/39 books
110/310 points
5.1 Spooky Story Hour - Ghost Trackers by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson5.4 It’s So…. - Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
5.9 Austin Powers – Ten Things I've Learnt about Love by Sarah Butler
65/310
This is probably it for me for this round. Even though I only moved to Texas six months ago, I am moving again. I really shouldn't have unpacked! But I didn't know that a better opportunity would come up so soon. If any of you are in Phoenix, I'll be there sometime around the end of the year or beginning of next (depends on when the moving company can make it happen).
Task completed: 10.9 Detroit Rock City – Maine by J. Courtney Sullivanbooks 14
points 85
Task Completed:10.3 Er… - Cloche and Dagger by Jenn McKinlay 12/11
12/39 books
95/310 points
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25.3 Jurassic Park – Shopaholic to the Stars - Sophie Kinsella/Body and Soul - Stacey Kade/Vicious- Sara Shepard (all books are the last/latest in their series)
15/39 books
75/310 points
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Jenger - 155
Alicia - 110
Nancy - 95
Tina - 95
Jencey - 85
Stacy - 75
Alex - 70
Nicole - 65
Kristin - 35
Maria - 10
TASK COMPLETED:5.7 Imagination Runs Wild: Aphrodite's Kiss by Julie Kenner (a person with x-ray vision)
21/39 books
160/310 points
Task Completed:10.9 Detroit Rock City – Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Abdullah Alsansea
13/39 books
105/310 points
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10/39 books
35/310 points