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SPRING/SUMMER 2010: Leaderboard & Completed Tasks (Updated 8/19)
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New total-- 65 points.
"THIS WEEK ONLY (4/5-4/12 11:59 pm EST): Pick one 5, 10, or 15 point task that you wish could be taken out. Then, read any book that you want if it’s place. The entire book MUST be read within this week and your points MUST be claimed within this week. Please say which task you are replacing." Replaced 10-1. (Set at an amusement park, zoo, carnival, or circus OR a book with an amusement park ride in the title (rollercoaster, swings, Tilt-A Whirl, Carousel, Merry Go Round, Ferris Wheel, etc.) OR has a ride on the cover)
10-1. Fade (Dream Catcher, #2) by Lisa McMann (4/11)
Total pts: 175
Books Finished: 17
I've read: Catching Fire to replace 15.1.Total points: 50
Books read: 4
I finished reading The Prophet of Yonwood for 10.2 and Will Grayson, Will Grayson for 10.10 which means I've earned another 20 points for those challenges!Replaced 15.10 (The Handmaiden's Tale) with Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry. I've finished it, too, so that's another 15!
Tasks Completed:3
Points Earned this post: 35
Total Points: 60
Total Completed Tasks: 5
I have read two young adult books on my list: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech for 15.7, the family matters challenge, and Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry for 5.7, flowers on the cover. I really enjoyed all of the layers the authors use, and subtle questions about modern society they each provoke. I have also finished West with the Night by Beryl Markham for 10.4, the directionality challenge.
Tasks Completed: 13
Number of Books Read: 16
New Points Total: 155
I'd like to replace 10.5 - I read Emma instead.Total Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 4,826
5.9emphasis art Clements, Robert D.
35
I'm replacing 15.9 (Young Authors) with The Lightning Thief.New Total: 35
For the surprise! Replacing 15.10 (Philosophy... ugh) with To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism.
new total: 80
tasks completed: 6
books read: 7
replacing task 15.1 with The Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingTasks Complete: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages read: 2,086
Total Points: 70
I replaced task 15.3, in the year you were born, with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I cannot believe I waited so long to read it, such a great novel. It reminded me a lot of Ishmael and Haroun and the Sea of Stories, with their view on humanism and their incorporation of story telling. I want to reread Hichhiker's and contemplate all of the metaphors Adams fit into such a short amount of space.Tasks Completed: 14
Number of Books Read: 17
New Points Total: 170
Read Thirteen Reasons Why and Neverwhere for the "A Body of Work" challenge. +25 pointsTotal Points: 85
Tasks Complete: 7
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10.9 Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the WorldTotal Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1280
Read: How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls for 5.9, Passionate Reading for 5 points.Total Points: 25
Tasks completed: 4
Read Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke for 5.10Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Finished The Lost Symbol for 15.2 Book ClubI had not heard very good things about this book, but I really like it, it was a really fast read (my friend's mom said it was too slow, I'm glad to me it wasn't) and I always enjoy a good mystery.
Total points: 95
Books read: 9
Tasks complete: 8
Read: Child Of The Dark: The Diary Of Carolina Maria De Jesus for 15.7, Family Matters, for 15 points.
Total points: 40
20.2 'Jane Bites Back' and 'Honolulu'Total Points: 80
25.9 'Brigid of Kildare'Total books read: 8
Total points: 105
Just read The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer for task 5.4 for a total of five points! ( I know it's a small update, but I will forget if I don't post it now!!)Tasks Completed:1
Points Earned this post: 5
Total Points: 65
Total Completed Tasks: 6
5.10—J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 5 points.Total Points: 140
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 13
25.6—The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet. No points counted yet.Total Points: 140
Books Read: 17
Tasks Complete: 14
Finished Task 15.2 with The Hunger GamesTasks Complete: 6
Books Read: 7
Pages read: 2,460
Total Points: 85
10-8. The Widow of Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire & the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J. Mazzeo (4/19)Total pts: 185
Books Finished: 20
Tasks Completed: 14
10.2: It's the future: I read The Road by Cormac McCarthyTotal Points: 115
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
Read Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self by Rebecca Walker for task 5.2.new total: 85
tasks completed: 7
books read: 8
10.1 hope this can count i thin the pun is clevar.
The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
by Andrew J. Cherlin
45 pts
I read Water for Elephants for 10.1 (Be Amused) and I also read Piers Plowman for 20.3 (Verity's Challenge).New Total: 65
I read Pride and Prejudice for 10.3.Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 5,499
Finished Great Expectations (10+ books) and The Gargoyle (one book) for task 25.7Also finished Her Fearful Symmetry (emotion in title) and Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal (elicit emotion, funny) for task 25.10
Total: 95
I just finished "Such a Pretty Fat" by Jen Lancaster for challenge 15.4Total Points:55
Books Read: 4
Just finished Halt's Peril for challenge 5.1 for a total of 5 points!Tasks Completed:1
Points Earned this post: 5
Total Points: 70
Total Completed Tasks: 7
Just finished Map of True Places for part of the East and West challenge... no points yet.
I read The Book Thief by mark Zusak for 5.6, the bibliophile challenge. Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 15
New Point Total: 175
25.10—Gretchen Rubin's The Happiness Project. No points counted yet.Total Points: 140
Books Read: 18
Tasks Complete: 14
25-4. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope edited by Adolphus William Ward (4/20); Collected Poems by Philip Larkin (4/21)Total pts: 210
Books Finished: 22
Tasks Completed: 15
5.1 Hearts on a String by Kris Radish531 pages/2 books
2/44 tasks completed
15 points
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Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10