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THE FALL/WINTER CHALLENGE (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
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10.10 Write, Write, Write
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Book 1)
10 pts.
I changed this one from..."
I knew you'd love it!!! :)
TASK COMPLETED5 Points
5.2 Author(s) of the month-Relentless-Dean Koontz
Total Points=25
10.9 another book completed, chasing harry winston, now to decide what to read next...+10 pts please :D
LEADERBOARDNadia - 50
Kristine - 55
Melanie - 30
*Jen - 30
*Stacy - 30
Suzanne - 25
Joanne - 25
*Tara - 25
Courtney - 15
Alicia - 15
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* - not competing for prizes
Jen B wrote: "LEADERBOARDNadia - 50
Kristine - 55
Melanie - 30
*Jen - 30
*Stacy - 30
Suzanne - 25
Joanne - 25
*Tara - 20
Courtney - 15
Alicia - 15
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* - not competing fo..."
Jen-I should have 25 points. :)
Tara wrote: "Jen-I should have 25 points. :) Sorry, I missed your last post! :) All fixed!
Task Completed10 POints
10.4. Columbus Day is October 12th – Seven Sunny Days – Chris Manby
Total: 65
Jen B wrote: "Tara wrote: "Jen-I should have 25 points. :) Sorry, I missed your last post! :) All fixed!
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Thanks Jen!!
Task completed:10.2- Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task) - The Little Lady Agency and the Prince -Hester Browne (England and France - I want to visit both someday!)
Total points 40. : )
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5 Points
5.2 Author(s) of the month-Relentless-Dean Koontz
Total Points=25"
So? It was good, right?
Task Completed5 Point Tasks
5.1 Spooky Story Hour: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
For a total of 20 whole points!
Stacy wrote: "Tara wrote: "TASK COMPLETED5 Points
5.2 Author(s) of the month-Relentless-Dean Koontz
Total Points=25"
So? It was good, right?"
YES! It was really good.
Courtney wrote: "Task Completed5 Point Tasks
5.1 Spooky Story Hour: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
For a total of 20 whole points!"
Did you LOVE it? I think her books are so good.
So even though I have not posted my list (I am about halfway through figuring out what all of my books will be) I have completed a challenge!!TASK COMPLETED
15 point task
15.3 Back to back - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JK Rowling
Go me I'm on the board!! Almost a month in and I'm finally in it :) :) :)
Kourtney wrote: "So even though I have not posted my list (I am about halfway through figuring out what all of my books will be) I have completed a challenge!!TASK COMPLETED
15 point task
15.3 Back to back - ..."
Better late than never! :)
I'll update the leaderboard on Monday. My spreadsheet is on my work computer (shhh! I'm bad, I know!)
Task completed:10 points
3. Yo Momma!
Mommywood by Tori Spelling
LEADERBOARDKristine - 65
Nadia - 50
Melanie - 40
Suzanne - 35
*Jen - 30
*Stacy - 30
Joanne - 25
*Tara - 25
Courtney - 20
Alicia - 15
Kourtney - 15
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* - not competing for prizes
Ok, leaderboard is updated. Please let me know if I've made any mistakes. BTW, anyone planning to read "Dune Road" for the Chick Lit UK group's monthly read -- it works for 15.1 (the UK title is "Girl Friday")
No new points for me, but I finished my "blue" book for 25.1: Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl
AND my first book for 25.3: Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty
Total books read: 6
Total points: 30
10.9 Getting Paid: Bookends, Jane Green: 10/26/09 Main character owns a bookstore....what reader wouldn't LOVE that job?Total Points: 25/325
Books Read: 7/40
Tasks Completed: 3
No points on this one yet, but I finished my Blue book for 25.1. I read Something Blue (which I liked a lot more than I expected). I didn't mention it earlier, but I figured it would be easier to keep track of it if I posted.
10.6 Christmas is December 25th: You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas, Augusten Burroughs:10/27/09
Total Points: 35/325
Books Read: 8/40
Tasks Completed: 4
LEADERBOARDKristine - 65
Nadia - 50
Melanie - 40
Suzanne - 35
Alicia - 35
*Jen - 30
*Stacy - 30
Joanne - 25
*Tara - 25
Courtney - 20
Kourtney - 15
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* - not competing for prizes
I finally figured out where I could add The Vampire Diaries: Dark Reunion book I read. Can't believe it took me so long :) Task Completed:
5.1 Spooky Story Hour
I read The Vampire Diaries: Dark Reunion.
Total Points: 55
Total Books: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
Task Completed:10.2: Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task) – Italian for Beginners – Kristen Harmel
Total: 75
Cute story!
Kristine wrote: "Task Completed:10.2: Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task) – Italian for Beginners – Kristen Harmel
Total: 75
Cute story!"
Glad to see you liked that one, Kristine. I was reading it, but then I accidentally knocked a glass of water over on it. I'm trying to press it back out a little bit...but it's good to know it's worth finishing!
LEADERBOARDKristine - 75
Nadia - 55
Melanie - 40
Suzanne - 35
Alicia - 35
*Jen - 30
*Stacy - 30
Joanne - 25
*Tara - 25
Courtney - 20
Kourtney - 15
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Task completed:5.1: Spooky Story Hour - A Girl's Guide to Vampires - Katie McAlister
Total points now: 45
I just started something else that's not on my list and I have no idea where to fit in Hardly Working, but I had to read b/c I love Betsy Burke, so I am going to get behind now!
Melanie wrote: "Task completed:5.1: Spooky Story Hour - A Girl's Guide to Vampires - Katie McAlister
Total points now: 45
I just started something else that's not on my list and I have no idea where to fit in [..."
Harly Working looks like it has a blue cover...could you use it as part of 25.1?
Jen B wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Task completed:5.1: Spooky Story Hour - A Girl's Guide to Vampires - Katie McAlister
Total points now: 45
I just started something else that's not on my list and I have no i..."
Probably, but then I'd have to bump something else. Like they say, so many books, so little time! I need to quit my job so that I can spend more time reading. LOL
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:) I know EXACTLY what you mean!!!
10.2 Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task): On The Bright Side I'm Now The Girlfriend of a Sex God, Louise Rennison: 10/28/09Would LOVE to go to England.
Total Points: 45/325
Books Read: 9/40
Tasks Completed: 5
Ok this book KILLED me. I was reading it while my husband was sleeping in bed. I tried really hard not to laugh out loud but I was convulsing trying to keep it in, and he woke up from the bed shaking. I guess I now know how Georgia feels when she is trying not to laugh in class.
Alicia wrote: "10.2 Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task): On The Bright Side I'm Now The Girlfriend of a Sex God, Louise Rennison: 10/28/09Would LOVE to go to England.
Total Points: 45/325
Books Read:..."
Glad to hear that one's funny, Alicia. I'm using the audio version of that book for the same task -- just got my hold notice from the library that it's waiting for me.
Melanie wrote: Probably, but then I'd have to bump something else. Like they say, so many books, so little time! I need to quit my job so that I can spend more time reading. LOL"I love that idea! :) I'll basically be doing that this spring...but then there's the small matter of the infant and 3-year-old that I'll be caring for full time. Something tells me they might not be overly cooperative to my reading all day...
LEADERBOARDKristine - 75
Nadia - 60
Melanie - 45
Alicia - 45
Suzanne - 35
*Jen - 30
*Stacy - 30
Joanne - 25
*Tara - 25
Courtney - 20
Kourtney - 15
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* - not competing for prizes
Task Completed:5.3 Vote for Me!
I read Loved Walked In.
Total points: 60
Total Books: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
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Would LOVE to go to England.
Total Points: 45/325
Books Read:..."
I know! I've read these books in bed before when my fiance was sleeping and I've had to try so hard to not laugh out loud! I think this is my favorite series EVER!!!
Stacy wrote: "Alicia wrote: "10.2 Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task): On The Bright Side I'm Now The Girlfriend of a Sex God, Louise Rennison: 10/28/09Would LOVE to go to England.
Total Points:..."
I went to her website, and I saw that there was a movie made in England...I kind of want to see it. I checked Netflix though and they don't have it yet. I need to move to ENGLAND!!
Alicia wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Alicia wrote: "10.2 Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task): On The Bright Side I'm Now The Girlfriend of a Sex God, Louise Rennison: 10/28/09Would LOVE to go to England.
Tot..."
There was a movie made?! I want to see it! I've only read the first book, but I loved it and I can't wait to read the rest.
I want to go back to England so bad. I studied abroad in Cambridge for a semester in college. That was 10 years ago!!
No new points, but I just finished part of 25.2: Uglies by Scott Westerfield. This was an interesting book. Not typical for me, but I'm glad I read it. Total Points: 30
Books read: 7
Suzanne wrote: "Alicia wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Alicia wrote: "10.2 Vacation: All I Ever Wanted (Courtney’s Task): On The Bright Side I'm Now The Girlfriend of a Sex God, Louise Rennison: 10/28/09Would LOVE to go..."
Oh, I want to see the movie!! I bet it's hilarious. At least, I hope it would be - those books are so funny!
I am soo excited for this challenge! It is my first ever. I just joined the group, and I am already loving it. I am working on my list tonight, and I am almost done. I am just trying to find an Opal book over...
MY LIST5.1. Spooky Story Hour -
5.2 Author(s) of the Month -
5.3 Vote for Me! - In the Polls section, create a poll of 5 books you want to read and have everyone else choose one for you. (Waiting for the poll to finish!)
5.4. Oops! - The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
5.5. Hispanic Culture - Dead Until Dark by Charlene Harris
5.6. Because I Said So -
5.7. Fashionably Read -
5.8. Ghouls, Turkeys, and Sleighs -
5.9. Finish it Up - The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
5.10. Club Picks -
10.1 You Live Where?! - Rattled by Debra Galant
10.2. Vacation: All I Ever Wanted -
10.3. Yo Momma! -
10.4. Columbus Day is October 12th -The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian
10.5. Thanksgiving is November 26th –
10.6. Christmas is December 25th -
10.7. A Wedding Story -
10.8 Who Won? -
10.9. Getting Paid -
10.10. Write, Write, Write -Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham
15.1. I Have Two Names -
15.2. Sweetest Day is October 17th -
15.3. Back to Back - Eclipse & Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
15.4. Double the GR Love -
15.5. It’s Enormous! - Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
25.1. OCB - Opal (multi-colored)- The J.A.P Chronicles by Isabel Rose (golden yellow)- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson, Blue Topaz- Around the World in 80 Dates by Jennifer Cox
25.2. Alphabetical Order -
25.3. Feel Young Again - The Princess Diaries (#1), Princess in the Spotlight (#2), & Princess in Love (#3) by Meg Cabot
25.4. How Random - Christmas Presents and Past by Janice Kay Johnson, Prep: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, & Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
50. Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why?
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I'm so glad you love the challenge Melissa! I hope you have fun with it and welcome to the group!!! :)
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5.1. Spooky Story Hour - Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
5.2 Author(s) of the Month - The Other Woman by Jane Green
5.3 Vote for Me! - In the Polls section, create a poll of 5 book..."
I loved Scot on the Rocks, Momzillas and Holly's Inbox!!!
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http://grab-videos.com/angus-thongs-a...
I thought it was a really cute movie! I'm waiting for it to be released here on DVD so I can buy it.
BTW - thank Tara for the link, she found it! :)
10.1 You Live Where?! (Courtney’s Task): Love the One You’re With, Cecily Von Ziesgesar: 10/30/09 (Author and I live in New York State)Total Points: 55/325
Books Read: 10/40
Tasks Completed: 6
Task Completed5.7 Fashionably Read
I changed this one to a book I was reading because as I was reading it, I realized the main charecter was employed in fashion and was putting on a fashion show!
Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders
Total Points- 5
Total Books- 1
15.3 Back to Back: Ten Big Ones: 10/11/09 & Eleven on Top, Janet Evanovich: 11/01/09How can you not love Stephanie Plum? Or more importantly how can you not love Morelli & Ranger?
Total Points: 70/325
Books Read: 11/40
Tasks Completed: 7
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5.7 - Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag by Michael Tonello (GREAT book!!!)
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3