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SPRING/SUMMER 2010: Leaderboard & Completed Tasks (Updated 8/19)
For 15.2 Book Club List - I finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson for 15 pointsFor 5.10 Magic - I finished Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl for 5 points
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read: 5123
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Points: 105
15.8 In a Lifetime: finished The Pillars of the Earth and LOVED LOVED LOVED it! I had expected it to be somewhat slow, but it wasn't! The only reason it took me 11 days is because it's just so big (and reading about 100 pages per day is not always easy to fit into my schedule). Total points: 190
Books read: 21
Tasks complete: 16
I read The Salesman in Beijing by Arthur Miller (underrated) and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (highly rated) for 25.6. Tasks Completed: 31
Number of Books Read: 42
New Points Total: 405
25.7 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (one book)The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (10+ books)
Grand Total: 340 points
I read Bad Science for 10.9;A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters for 15.3;
The Library at Night (less than 1000) and Me Talk Pretty One Day (over 50000) for 25.6
Total points: 280
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 21
25.1—Ellis Peters' A Morbid Taste for Bones. (Finished Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie a while back.) 25 points.Total Points: 580
5.6: The Thirteenth Tale5.7: Gathering Blue
10.10: Extremely Loud Incredibly Close
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
*sigh* I need to spend more time reading.
5.1 Tale of Despereaux5.2 The Fellowship of the Ring
5.3 The Year of the Flood
10.1 The Five People You Meet in Heaven
15.9 Brisingr
Total Points: 40
Tasks Complete: 5
Finished Hannah's List by Debbie Macomber for 5.1
Finished Frankenstein Lost Souls by Dean Koontz for 5.4
210 points 7/16/10
Finished Frankenstein Lost Souls by Dean Koontz for 5.4
210 points 7/16/10
Finished Little Stalker for task 25.2. Previously finished Imperial Bedrooms to complete the task (both used to replace the original task due to winning the challenge surprise).new total: 170
tasks completed: 12
books read: 14
25.8 - I read True Love (and Other Lies) (love the cover) and Im Schatten der Königin (hate the cover - no English translation available). I can't say which was the better book since they operate on different scales for me. True Love was more or less what I expected - cheesy chick lit - with actually a nice ending, even though I wanted to rip the protagonist a new one in the middle part. The German one disappointed me, since I love the author. I found the crime investigation premise of the historical novel boring; but then again, I usually find crime/mystery-centred stories boring, so there's that.New Total: 350
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 34
Finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey for 20.2 (West Coast)
(Previously finished Altas Shrugged for East Coast half)
230 Points 7/19/10
(Previously finished Altas Shrugged for East Coast half)
230 Points 7/19/10
15.4 - I finished Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for the barbie girl challenge.Tasks Completed: 32
Number of Books Read: 43
New Points Total: 420
I read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (mental disorder) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Salander's physical disorder) for 25.5, the Body and Mind challenge.Tasks Completed: 33
Number of Books Read: 44
New Points Total: 445
Finished Wide Awake for task 5.9 (interest: activism).new total: 190
tasks completed: 14
books read: 16
just finished 25.8 with Little Bee (love) and Wicked (hate)total tasks: 18
total books: 24
total pages: 8073
total points: 270
20.4 Finished The Magicians and Pawn of Prophecy (earlier). Total points: 210
Books read: 22
Tasks complete: 17
25.5 - I read The English Patient for the physical handicap part and The Royal Physician's Visit for the mental disorder part.New Total: 390
Completed Tasks: 27
Books Read: 36
25.10 - Emotional Reading. I read Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick and The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Demick. Tasks Completed: 34
Number of Books Read: 45
New Points Total: 470
Completed.5.1 The Tale of Despereaux
5.2 The Fellowship of the Ring
5.3 The Year of the Flood
10.1 The Five People you Meet in Heaven
15.9 Brisingr
Total 40
5.3: Catching Fire15.4: This Mean Disease
15.8: The Red Tent
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
25.6- Under and Over Rated: I read Sense and Sensibility and The Day After He Left for Iraq: A Story of Love, Family, and Reunion.Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points: 255
Finished An Education for task 10.8 and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running for 25.3.new total: 225
tasks completed: 16
books read: 18
Read: Push and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian for 20.4 for 20 points.Read: The Other Boleyn Girl and The Little Lady Agency for 25.1 for 25 points.
Today I am adding 45 points for a total of 210 points.
Task 5.7 - April Showers Bring May FlowersI read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Total: 345/630 points
I read Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (east coast) and Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (west coast) for 20.2. Tasks: 35
Books Read: 46
Total Points: 490
25.7- Body of Work: I read The Heretic's Daughter and Prodigal Son.Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 24
Total Points: 280
Books mentioned in this topic
The Undomestic Goddess (other topics)The Unbearable Lightness of Being (other topics)
Nights in Rodanthe (other topics)
Delaying the Real World (other topics)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Suzanne Collins (other topics)José Carlos Somoza (other topics)
Harper Lee (other topics)
Rick Riordan (other topics)
Rebecca Skloot (other topics)
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Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Points: 230