Official Challenge #2 - January 1, 2010 through April 30, 2010

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

i am just kidding with you Becky :) Okay so if it says to read a book for blah blah blah, that can be any genre? I think I will be able to claim a book then.

[Becky, Moddess]

Yep.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Nice, yippie! Okay I claim 20.3 Read a book that win a literary award. I read "Istanbul" by Orhan Patmuk. I won the National Book Critic Circle in 2005 and I also believe it won a Nobel prize but it doesn't give the year. Plus the book was 400pp so a bonus of 4pts.

105+20+4+= 129

New Total 129

[ToniS]

Finished The Lost Mother for task 10.1. 274 pages

10 points + 4 bonus = 14

[Jon]

ok im crossing off

5.1 Aussie Book - Tim 255p 4 bonus

and

15.4 HF Author never read or heard of : The Secret River Kate Grenville, 349 p 4 bonus

New total 206

[Jeane]

Pfff, I need to finsih a book. I am reading 3 at the moment but don't seem to finish any! Better think about all the points I will get almost together....

[Becky, Moddess]

I know the feeling Jeane. I'm reading three books right now too. Two sets of short stories and an auto-biography. Unfortunately, the biog is about the mid-90s so it won't even count for anything here. *sigh*

[Jeane]

30.1 Bonus: FREEBIE! Read a book of your choice, ANY GENRE

El Libro De Los Amores Ridiculos/Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera

30 points + 4 bonus points (book 30 points)= 34

total points 75+ 34= 109 points

[Jon]

any good Jeane? i read unbearable lightness of being but i dont know if it blew me away

[Jeane]

Yes and no. There is a big part in it that I really enjoyed but than also a big part that was borring. I just don't know if that is because i read it in Spanish and it was the firs ttime i read in Spanish since like seven years. So fifty precent is really funny and interesting, the other part felt less.

[Jon]

your such a clever multi lingual girl!

[Jeane]

haha, with my koalino commenting on my english:-))))

[Jeane]

I am not sure if I will keep it for this task but I am not really sure for what other task to use this one.

5.4 Read a HF book with a strong female character
Crocodile on the Sandbank

5 points + 4 bonus points (book is 262 pages)= 9 points

total:118 points

[Jon]

Jeane wrote: "haha, with my koalino commenting on my english:-))))"

youre never going to forgive me for that are you?!

oh sorry i meant you're lol

oh and er that should have been 'I' meant not 'i' meant

me and my big mouth :)

[Jeane]

Hahaha, oh don't worry I did forgive you already long ago after i found out you aren't a mean koalino but you can be sure I am going to remind you for ever!!!!! hihi:-)))))) it is really funny for me when I see you wrote something ot correct!:-) At least I can use that lame excuse that this isn't my mother tongue:-)))))

[Becky, Moddess]

OK, more points for me!

10.3 - Fantasy HF or Alternate History:
Read Soulless by Gail Carriger (Paranormal romance taking place in Victorian England) 357 pgs (4 bonus pts)

Current total: 114 pts

[Becky, Moddess]

Scoreboard:

Jon- 204 (Jon, I had you at 176, plus 9 for Tim and 19 for The Secret River = 204 not 206)
Toni- 188
Jayme- 129
Jeane- 118
Me- 114
Heather- 110
Jackie- 96
Holly- 53
Lyn- 29
Jen Tudor- 25
Jeanna- 25

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

yay! I am still third!

[Jon]

Jeane wrote: "Hahaha, oh don't worry I did forgive you already long ago after i found out you aren't a mean koalino but you can be sure I am going to remind you for ever!!!!! hihi:-)))))) it is really funny for ..."

well my first language is actualy Koala-nese so there lol

[Jon]

Becky wrote: "Scoreboard:

Jon- 204 (Jon, I had you at 176, plus 9 for Tim and 19 for The Secret River = 204 not 206)

thats cool, maths was never a strong point!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

regardless Jon is still kicking our butts. :)

[Jeane]

Jon wrote: "Jeane wrote: "Hahaha, oh don't worry I did forgive you already long ago after i found out you aren't a mean koalino but you can be sure I am going to remind you for ever!!!!! hihi:-)))))) it is rea..."

Oh, another language to learn!!!!

[Jeane]

Becky wrote: "Scoreboard:

Jon- 204 (Jon, I had you at 176, plus 9 for Tim and 19 for The Secret River = 204 not 206)
Toni- 188
Jayme- 129
Jeane- 118
Me- 114
Heather- 110
Jackie- 96
Holly- 53
..."

ooooh fourth!!!!!

[Becky, Moddess]

More points for me!

Finished: The Help (445 pgs) by Kathryn Stockett for 20.3 - A book that was released in 2009.

20 pts, plus 6 bonus.

Total pts: 140

[Becky, Moddess]

Scoreboard:

Jon- 204
Toni- 188
Me- 140
Jayme- 129
Jeane- 118
Heather- 110
Jackie- 96
Holly- 53
Lyn- 29
Jen Tudor- 25
Jeanna- 25

[Jeane]

And there I am going down again....I was planning to go and read now but I guess Chelsea playing against Inter Milan won't help my reading. But who do iwant to win???? I really don't like Chelsea and Inter is my enemy because I am milanista!!!!

[Jon]

ticked off 20.3 :)

5.1 Read a book set in Australia or written by an Australian author Tim 255p 4 bonus
5.2 Read a book set in India or written by an Indian author The Inheritance of Loss
5.3 Read a book set in Ireland or written by an Irish author The Gathering
5.4 Read a HF book with a strong female character The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
5.5 Read a YA HF Wolf Brother 320pp 4pnts

10.1 Read a HF about modern history (1900-1970),The Godfather
10.2 Read a book about the Celts and/or Druids, The Meeting of the Waters
10.3 Read a fantasy HF/alternate history book, Grass for His Pillow
10.4 Read a book about magic or witch craft The Witch's Trinity: A Novel 256pp 4pnts
10.5 Re-read your favorite HF. The Hours

15.1 Visit your local library or bookstore, choose a HF book at random and read that book. The Goldsmith's Daughter interesting! picked at random with eyes closed from librarys online HF list 290 pp 4 bonus
15.2 Read a HF book about a person you know little about, Empress Orchid
15.3 Read a HF book about a time period you've never read about before. 60's Mongolia, Wolf Totem 527p
15.4 Read a HF book that relates to a HF TV show or movie and watch the show/movie..Ironweed 225 pp 4 bonus
15.4 Read a HF author you have never read and/or heard of before 2010. The Secret River 349p 4 bonus

20.1 Read a classic HF.Queen Margot, or, Marguerite de Valois
20.2 Read a book set during a revolution or civil war.In the Time of the Butterflies 320pp bonus 4pnts
20.3 Read a book that won a major literary prize The Road Home Organge Broadband 2008. 365p 4 bonus
20.4 Read a HF book that was released in 2009.The Help 445pp 6pnts
20.5 Both Paul Revere and Betsy Ross were born in January, so read a book about the American Revolution.
Someone Knows My Name 496p 6 bonus

25.1 Read 3 HF books - one each from 3 different bonus tier levels.

1.The English Patient, 305p, 4pnts
2,Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel - 406p
3.Vanity Fair 688p

25.2 Participate in a buddy read with another challenge participant. The Twentieth Wife: A Novelwith Jackie 345 p 4 bonus
25.3 Read 2 HF books from your TBR Dancer from the Dance, Andrew Holleran 254pp 4bonus pnts and The Feast of Roses: A Novel
25.4 For New Years, read a HF book that spans a new year, decade, millennium, etc. The Thorn Birds 692 pp 8 bonus
25.5 Read a fiction and non-fiction book about the same era, person, theme or event, etc. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee An Indian History of the American West and The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

30.1 Freebie Prodigal Summer

40.1 Bonus: Read two HF books that take place in the American West. At least one of them has to have actual a historical figure or group as the main character (i.e. Jesse James, Buffalo Bill Cody, The Texas Rangers, Annie Oakley, etc.) Lonesome Dove and One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

50.1 Bonus: Be Jon's Cheerleader! Read 3 HF books that spell JON using the first letter of one of the words in the title.
J Pope Joan A Novel
OPerfume: The Story of a Murderer
N Across the Nightingale Floor 330p 4bonus

Points 195
Bonus 56
Total 251

[ToniS]

Someone needs to glue that guy's pages together until one of us can catch up. Who lives closest?

[Jon]

im pretty sure im between 15 and 24 hours flying from any of you down here lol

[Becky, Moddess]

He's in Australia... someone on the west coast, then... However, if we start a collection for airfare, I'll gladly go! :)

[Jon]

hahaha

[Becky, Moddess]

It's my modly responsibility after all. No ulterior motives or anything. :P

[Jon]

its not a bad idea, i might actually have to get out of the house and entertain if i had a visitor and pretend like i had a life, but the visitor would be taking one for the team as it might impact on their reading (although there is that long flight!)

[ToniS]

I am on vacation this week... but I was just planning to paint my bathroom.

I bet we could hire someone on craigslist to go over there and do a little mayhem to his bookshelf. Do they have craigslist in Australia?

[Jon]

no i dont think so , it sounds intriguing though.. is that like rent-a-hubby or something

[ToniS]

craigslist is like a free, online classifieds network. You can find anything, but especially seedy things.

[Jon]

i see :)

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Seedy things, Toni? You guys are too funny. I love to go to Australia. I am almost dine with Katherine. I am going to get some nice bonus points for it.

[ToniS]

Well, I'm in LA. There are lots of seedy things in LA.

I'm trying to finish Katherine this weekend, but I just spent 2 full hours at the paint store trying to choose which shade of beige looks most like a Pottery Barn catalog, so I may never finish.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

hehehe, I am about 119 pages left. I hope to finish this weekend too.

[Jon]

Toni wrote: "Well, I'm in LA. There are lots of seedy things in LA.

I'm trying to finish Katherine this weekend, but I just spent 2 full hours at the paint store trying to choose which shade of beige looks mo..."

i love paint colours and the the names they dream up for them :). you must share the name of the one you picked

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I can finally claim task 15.2 Read a HF about someone you know little about. I read "Katherine" by Anya Seton. It was about Katherine Swynford who i didn't know about previously. I am claiming 15pts plus 6 bonus points for a 500pp book.

New Points: 150

I am back in third place.

[ToniS]

The winning shade of beige is "Sea Urchin." Still debating between "Serenity" or "Lagoon" or "Fairy Tale Blue" for the bedroom.

I've often wondered how you get one of those jobs naming paint colors. That would be so much fun.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I like Fairy tales and I like blue so I would chose "Fairy Tale Blue" It would give you sweet dreams of a dashing knight or a handsome single king :)

[Jon]

Toni wrote: "The winning shade of beige is "Sea Urchin." Still debating between "Serenity" or "Lagoon" or "Fairy Tale Blue" for the bedroom.

I've often wondered how you get one of those jobs naming paint colo..."

oh it would be a good job wouldnt it, and youd have to find one someone had not picked previously too.

well good luck with your sea urchin room!

[Jon]

i like the sound of lagoon, i can imagine drifting off in there

[Jeane]

20.3 Read a book that won a major literary prize

People of the Book
2008: The Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Book of the Year and Literary Fiction Book of the Year for People of the Book

20 + 4 bonus points (372pages)= 24 points

total 142oints

[ToniS]

Finished Katherine for task 15.2:

15 points+6 bonus = 21

So my total should be 209.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

Jeane wrote: "20.3 Read a book that won a major literary prize

People of the Book
2008: The Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Book of the Year and Literary Fiction Book of the Year for Peo..."

Are you sure the 1420 points is right?

[Becky, Moddess]

LOL that's a typo... No worries Jayme.