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SPRING/SUMMER 2010: Leaderboard & Completed Tasks (Updated 8/19)
Finished Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter for 15.5 Nom de Plume.This was a very entertaining read, but it didn't live up to my expectations of loving it. But maybe it's just that I loved A Game of Thrones so much that nothing can really impress me right now..
Total points: 170
Books read: 19
Tasks complete: 14
Read Labyrinths for 10.1Total points: 230
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 18
25.6—Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. (Finished reading The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet prior.) 25 points.Total Points: 535
10.6 Robinson Crusoe20.2
By Night in Chile - West (Chile)
El Cielo Dividido - East (Argentina)
25.5
Foe - Physical
The Bell Jar - Mental
Tasks Complete: 15
Books Read: 19
Pages Read: 5693
Total Points: 190
15.3-In the Year You were Born: I read Jurassic Park (1990). Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 20
Total Points: 205
20.1--On the Road25.3--The Legend of Bagger Vance
Total--65
25-1. Great Britain/France: Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (6/3) - GB, 1940s/France, 1740s; Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt (7/1) - GB, 1980s & 1850-60s/France, 1980s & 1860sTotal: 445/630
Books Finished: 39/54
Tasks Completed: 30/44
Kelly, How did you like Possession? I'm thinking of taking it on my trip next week.
Just finished 25.7 with Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Color of MagicTotal Tasks: 16
Total Books: 20
Total Pages: 7,407
Total Points: 220
Lori, I love Possession. I read it last Jan. for a class and have been waiting ever since to re-read it. It was even better this time because I could read it without worrying about writing a paper or making sure I had a certain amount read for the next day (along with homework for other classes). I recommend it. There are parts that can get a little slow (not boring just take awhile), but the mystery behind the storylines kept me going. I hope you enjoy it.
25-7. How to Buy a Love of Reading by Tanya Egan Gibson (7/2) Total: 470/630
Books Finished: 40/54
Tasks Completed: 31/44
Hm...I may have to bring it on my trip. Thanks Kelly!
Finished Het verloren boek van Salem for 5.7 Flowers. I can't figure out how to add the cover in this post, but this is my version (the Dutch one) and it has flowers on it. It's the translated version of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.Total points: 175
Books read: 20
Tasks complete: 15
10.2 The Crying of Lot 495.10 The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Total Points: 150
Books: 13
Tasks: 10
completed 10.10 Pattersin Heights by Felicia Pride and
15.4 body immage
airhead. by meg cabot.
points total 170
15.10—The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women. 15 points.Total Points: 550
Finished:15.8 A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Part 1 of 25.4 Locomotion
5.3 Ella Enchanted (Kimberly rated it 5 stars)
That brings my totals to:
Points: 155
Books read:14
15.9 The Mind Tree: A Miraculous Child Breaks the Silence of AutismBooks Read:9
Tasks Complete: 8
Points: 95
15.8 - I read A Memoir of Jane Austen and Other Family Recollections.New Total: 325
Completed Tasks: 25
Books Read: 33
I finished The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson for 5.3, the Gr friends challenge.and Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller for 10.8, the international woman's memoir.
Tasks Completed: 30
Number of Books Read: 40
New Points Total: 380
Finished:Part 1 of 25.2 My Brother Sam Is Dead (Issue: war)
Part 1 of 25.8 The Breadwinner (I hate this cover, but the book was actually really good! Not what I expected it to be about.)
No points earned yet.
Total points: 155
Books read: 16
FinishedBook: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Task: 5.1 (I suppose non-fiction isn't exactly fluffy, but I love Bourdain and absolutely devoured this, pure entertainment)
Total Points: 240
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Finished The Island of Bali is Littered With Prayers by Jeremy Grimshaw and Love is Monumental by Annalisa Daughety for 20.4
Finished Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand for half of 20.2 (East Coast)
200 points 7/09/10
Just finished 25.6 with The Ethical Assassin and Ender's GameTotal tasks 17
Total books 22
total pages 8058
Total points: 245
5.8 Summer Scenes:
by Sarah Dessen15.6 Albert Einstein’s Birthday: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
15.8 In A Lifetime: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Grand Total: 315 points
Books Read: 26/54
How does this work? Like what are the tasks and how do you know how much each are worth?
Richard wrote: "How does this work? Like what are the tasks and how do you know how much each are worth?"The task list and rules are here :)
So are there limits? Like the 5 point ones were in march, so am I unable to do those now?
Mk. So if I finished a book like a week or two ago I can't use it?
Richard wrote: "Mk. So if I finished a book like a week or two ago I can't use it?"I think you can use your books retrospectively, as long as you read them within the timeframe of the Spring/Summer challenge. Might be better to direct your questions to the questions thread though.
10.1 water for elephants Sara_Gruen180 points
15.8- In a Lifetime: I read The Memory Keeper's Daughter.Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 18
Total Points: 220
20.2Kristi’s big day ann M martin Connecticut and wings by Aprilynne Pike califorina.
200 points total
Read Chasing Harry Winston for 5.3 for 5 points.Read The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas for 5.10 for 5 points.
Read The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency for 10.7 for 10 points.
So I am adding 20 points for a total of 115 points.
Read The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey for 5.5 for 5 points.Read New Moon for 5.7 for 5 points.
Read The Lightning Thief for 15.2 for 15 points.
Read Before We Were Free and Twilight for 25.6 for 25 points.
Adding 50 points for a total of 165 points.
Read the perks of being a wall flower by stephen chbosky for 10 points, Number 10.5Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
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New Total: 90