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SPRING CHALLENGE 2010
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Spring Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks
10.7 Between Good and EvilRoger I. Depue
This is the other half of the 25.4 task.
A) The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson.
My name is Jamie but must of all of my friends call me James. (and i don't know why) If this can not count please let me know.
50 Points (if counts)
A) The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson.
My name is Jamie but must of all of my friends call me James. (and i don't know why) If this can not count please let me know.
50 Points (if counts)
5.1 - All About The Birds And The Bees Read Paper Butterfly: A Mei Wang Mystery by Diane Wei Liang
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11
Pages Read: 4404
Tasks in Progress: 3
Just wrapped up 15.4, and it was a task that surprised me as I had really been looking forward to The Book of Love and wanted to love it, while I picked up Emerald solely for the name and had no expectations. Funny enough it ended up being flipped. Though Emerald was your basic romance, I enjoyed the characters and thought it was fun.The Book of Love was a completely different story, I kept falling asleep after reading a chapter of it. I expected it to be Davinci Code-escque but it went a little too heavily on the preachy side for me.
Total points: 230
I decided this time around to try posting at the end of the month instead of every time I finish a book. We will see how it goes.5.7 features character with a developmental disorder - Of Mice and Men: John Steinbeck
I can't believe I have never read this one before; I loved it.
10.2 average rating is made up of the numbers 3,4 and 5 - Say You're One of Them: Uwem Akpan. March 30/2010 rated 3.45
10.3 author or main character named Pat, Patrick or Patricia - Sold: Patricia McCormick
=25 pts
10.2 - rating 3/4/5. I read To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City which had a rating of 3.33 when I started reading it.Erin B.
Total Points: 10/980
Books Read: 2/76
Tasks Completed: 1/57
30.6A Book that references book/ author -Darkness Visible by William Golding
30.6B Author that is referenced by 30.6A -
Anti-Semite and Jew: An Exploration of the Etiology of Hate by Jean-Paul Sartre
720 points
For task 10.1 I read Walking to Gatlinburg by Walter Frank Mosher. The cover has a beautiful picture of Appalachian trees in fall color. 
Mod
I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I thought it was wonderful - I had trouble putting it down after I started it last night - came home from work today, sat down and just kept reading until I finished it.
Points: 425
Books: 29
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Pages: 8222
Tasks: 23
COMPLETED TASKS:
5.8 Communication Word Title
*A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer - READ 3.30.10
RATING: 4 stars
I'm glad I finally got around to reading this story. Heartbreaking!
20.7 Time to Declutter
A. Declutter Item
*The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer - READ 4.1.10
RATING: 4 stars
This is the second book in Pelzer's trilogy. It's amazing what this boy endured.
B. The little boy on the cover and the title of "the lost boy" remind me that my boys have grown in to young men. One is graduating from college and the other is graduating from high school. It's time for me to clean out some of their boyhood things. Some will be donated and other things I need to organize and store away for them.
30.1 Spring Fling
A. "Spring" Title
The Thing About Jane Spring by Sharon Krum - READ 3.27.10
RATING: 3.5 stars
I had a hard time finding a book with the word "spring" in the title that I wanted to read. This one appealed to me because the female protagonist changed her life by modeling herself after Doris Day. The book was kind of sappy and farfetched but it was a fun, light read. Who wouldn't want to aspire to be Doris Day playing against Rock Hudson or Cary Grant?
B. "Fling, Toss or Throw" Title
Wild Women Throw a Party: 110 Original Recipes & Amazing Menus for Birthday Bashes, Power Showers by Lynette Shirk - GOODREADS AUTHOR - READ 3.23.10
RATING: 4 stars
I liked the stories of the "wild women" more so than the actual party plans, although there were some good recipes. Each party plan told some history and anecdotes of featured women, like Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Sara Jessica Parker.
TASKS COMPLETED: 14/57
POINTS COMPLETED: 255/980
BOOKS READ: 18/73
*BOOKS READ FROM MY PERSONAL LIBRARY: 9
Just finished task 5.2 Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen, a goodreads author. I really enjoyed the book, but am I the only one who found it strongly reminiscient of Alice Hoffman's "Practical Magic?"Also, is it too late to note that when I posted that I had read The Weissmanns of Westport, I forgot to say that its author, Colleen Schine, is a GR author also?
points: 215/980
total books: 18
tasks:14
pages: 5258
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25.9 - Wendy's Task - Spring Break: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving who was popular in 1998, while I was in college.Big book ticket: 617 pages
Pages read: 2103
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 6
Total Points: 140
Liz (Bklyn)
I completed task 25.1 - Michelleo's Task - Future Aspirations. In the future I would love to have a water view, so I read
by Russell Banks.Total points = 60
a little late to the party, but congrats ms anderson!!! :)
20.3 (Mental Health- Heroin Addiction)Permanent Midnight: A Memoir by Jerry Stahl (5 stars)
Stahl tells the most raw, vivid, and darkly comic story of addiction I have ever read. The predicaments he finds himself in, while attempting to "cop" heroin, crack, and Dalaudid, are too crazy to be made-up.
From his story, I learned that some heroin addicts are "functioning". He states, " At school, I really learned how to do drugs: all the time, and like I wasn't doing them at all." He went to school and work, while strung out on smack and other drugs. He brought home $5000 per week as a television writer at the same time he was spending $6000 a week on drugs. I can barely think, work, or socialize with a minor hangover, so this really surprised me. I also learned that it is possible to maintain a sense of humor after you have been to Hell and back.
+20
total: 55
Books: 4
Tasks: 4
RE-POST with EDIT to 15.3 for Cynthia5.6 Asian-Pacific Book
Petals from the Sky by Mingmei Yip (2 Stars) - Asian-American Author, set in China
The book started out beautifully but gradually over time I became disgusted. The first couple of chapters drew me in to like Ming. But when she went to NYC and there after, I wasn't interested in the characters at all. I hurried to finish the novel. What a disappointment that the author chose to include such raunchiness when it wasn't required. And after a while, Michael became far too annoying with all his whining.
15.3 Read at Least Once (#233 on Page 3)
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (5 Stars)I honestly do not understand why this book is #233 on the list! It should be higher! The novel starts off a bit slow but once Miss Winters is introduced, I was snared in by the storyteller. The mystery which unfolds left me very satisfied when I finished. So if you like fairy tales and mysteries, this book is for you!
And I agree that To Kill a Mockingbird should stay at the top of the Read at Least Once List. It was that good compared to the other top twenty. And I may have to re-read sometime.
15.6 Goodreads Circle of Friends: Task I 5 Star Read (Brenda)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (4 Stars)
This book started the gothic mystery. The madness of the characters falling in love reminded me of the rashness of Romeo & Juliet but more sadistic and twisted. I was glad to finish this classic.
Goodreads Circle of Friends: Task II Friend of a Friend (Shelby)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (5 Stars)
This touching novel will squeeze your heart and soul into tears, giggles and smiles. Due to the cover alone (dominoes), the song "London Bridge" played for I was waiting for the moment when "they all fall down". Each chapter hit at my resolve for I expected something bad to happen and yet I was permitting myself to be taken in by the characters. The stories the characters wrote enchanted me and made me see another viewpoint to the war.
Points: 110
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Completed task 20.7 by reading Be Careful What You Pray For.The main character in the book was working on and sold a novel. I gave away several novels from my TBR pile that I will NEVER read to my library book sale. My kids also cleaned off their bookshelves and gave lots of their books away, too.
Also... Kimberla Lawson Roby is a Goodreads author.
New point total: 175
Heather in KS
Mod
15.6 Friends and Friends of Friends with
A. Popular w/ friends The Graveyard Book and
B. 5* from Jamie B's list On the Road
10.7, Ides of March- True Crime, with
Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History
25.1, Michelleo's Future Aspirations, with
Instyle the New Secrets of Style
My aspiration is to build a wardrobe that works. I often stand in front of my closet grabbing things, trying things on, throwing them behind me, etc. and then end up wearing...black pants.
I chose this book's cover because whenever I wear a white shirt and a black skirt I look like a waitress. The model on the cover
would never be mistaken for a waitress.+50
total 510
15.10 Read a book whose title somehow relates to your personal philosophy.I read Relentless because I think it's important to never give up. Get back on the bike you fell off of, so to speak. In fact, that's how my husband got me to date him: he was relentless in his pursuit of me. I just don't think it's worth the time you'd spend feeling sorry for yourself when you can learn from your mistakes and try again; I think it's the only way you can move forward in life.
Total points = 295
P.S. I LOVE Ms. Anderson's 50-point task. Awesome!
15.7-Read a book with one of the Seven Deadly Sins in the titlePride and Prejudice and Zombies
There is definitely Pride in the story with Mr.Darcy, though erroneous, and several other characters. It caused them to make judgements upon each other that proved to be disasterous and life changing. Pride is a deadly sin in the fact that it can cause individuals to have an unrealistic perception of themselves not to meantion the preceived character that others may find in them. Pride can lead to loneliness or poor company.
Total Points=95
I finally (finally!) completed Task 30.3. I feel so behind and out of sorts since I have been away visiting "home" (NYC) for the last 6 days and have barely read! However, I am still on pace for completion, so i shall not freak out! I read Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, which I loved, even though seemingly the rest of Goodreads either hated it or had mixed feelings. It was published in January 2010. I also read The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal for the "renewal" part of the task. I mainly always find Laurie Notaro laugh out loud funny!Tasks Completed: 22/57
Books Read: 32
Pages Read: 9694
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30.4 - One if by Land, Two if by SeaA. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson***
B. All Fishermen Are Liars: True Adventures at Sea*** by Linda Greenlaw
Total points: 175
Total pages: 2741
Books read: 11
Tasks complete: 8
5.3 - S.P.R.I.N.GGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett - ★★★★
5.4 - In The News
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (February 2009) - ★★★
5.8 -“Mr. Watson, Come Here, I Want To See You.”
Entr@pment: A High School Comedy in Chat by Michael Spooner - ★★★
5.9 - “I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.”
Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole & Gena Showalter - ★★★
10.10 - "Fashions fade - style is eternal."
Out of Uniform by Catherine Mann - ★★
15.1 - Independently Speaking
A..The Devil's Own by Sandra Brown (set in Montenegro) - ★★★★★
B. Half-Moon Investigations by EoinColfer (author from Ireland) - ★★★
15.7 - Beware The Seven Deadly Sins
Simply Sinful by Carly Phillips – Sins in the book: lust, greed & gluttony. Reasons these are deadly: mainly selfishness – when you give into any of these sins, you stop considering (or caring) how your actions affect the lives of others. In the book, a mob-run prostitution ring is broken up, but not before two people are murdered and countless lives damaged. - ★★
15.9 - What's in a name?
Crazy Hot by Tara Janzen (pen name for Glenna McReynolds) If I were a writer I’d use the pen name Brandywine Francis O’Connell because it’s one of the names I use when going on road trips with friends – it mixes up a whole bunch of character/place names from various books. - ★★★★
20.1 - The Most Improved Player - Cindy AL - April Fool
Charmed and Dangerous by Toni McGee Causey – this book was hysterical! It reads very much like a Southern version of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series with mystery, mayhem, explosions, and unresolved yet swoon-worthy romance. - ★★★★★
20.2 - Rookie Of The Season - Valorie - Clean Sweep
Rising Tides by Nora Roberts – Grace is a housekeeper - ★★★★
20.3 - Best Review Contest - Amy MO - Mental Health
A. Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts – Gloria DeLauter is a pathological liar with narcissistic personality disorder – pretty much I learned from the book what I’ve seen in life, that these people see everything as being about them and that regardless of what they do or don’t do, they believe they deserve the best of what others have and if they don’t have it, it’s somebody else’s fault. - ★★★
20.4 - Always The Bridesmaid, Never The Bride - Heidi - Our Histories
B. I Married a Sheik by Sharon De Vita - #4 in the Coltons Saga - ★★★
C. Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts – Chesapeake Area - ★★★★
20.5 - Just Joined In - Melaine - Read Across America (and the rest of the world)
Multi-ethnic List: "More More More," Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams – 40 pg.
Dr. Seuss: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss – 72 pg., Hop on Pop – 72 pg., Green Eggs and Ham – 62 pg., Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s – 72 pg. The Cat in the Hat – 72 pgs.
Author’s Favorites: Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman – 72 pg.
Teacher’s Picks: The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper – 48 pgs,
Total pages: 510
20.6 - Supporting Goodreads Authors - Bridgit - Favorite Series
Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night by Kresley Cole – Cole’s Immortals After Dark series is a paranormal romance series about mythological beings discovering true love that heals all the wounds accumulated in the countless years of immortal life. The Immortals all come across as superheroes, no dramatic situation is ever too horrifying as all wounds can (eventually) be healed, and both heroes & heroines are intelligent, witty, and passionate. Author Gena Showalter commented in one of her book dedications that little girls are made of sugar and spice but Kresley Cole is made of rainbows and glitter, which to me is the best combination for a writer of truly romantic, magical stories – the series is like Disney for grown-ups. - ★★★★★
25.5 - Leora's Task - Spring Cleaning
Ain't Myth-Behaving – Katie MacAlister – 353 pgs - ★★★
Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole – 368 pgs - ★★★★
Snowbound With The Bodyguard by Carla Cassidy - 215 pgs - ★★
Total Pages: 936
30.5 - PJ Reads' Task - As Suggested By Tanja - Six Degrees of Separation
A. The Vampire Who Loved Me by Teresa Medeiros – quote on cover from author Sherrilyn Kenyon (“One of my all-time favorite authors…”) - ★★★
B. Born to be Bad by Sherrilyn Kenyon - ★★★
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK - MS ANDERSON - LUCK BE A LADY
1. 1 = Fantasy or Science Fiction – Black by Ted Dekker - ★★★★
2. 2 = Nonfiction – The Top 100 Immunity Boosters: 100 Recipes to Keep Your Immune System Fighting Fit by Charlotte Haigh - ★★★★
3. 1 + 2 = 3 = Borrow at least one of your books from the library – Both books were from the library!
Total Points = 300
I completed Task 25.9 (author who was popular when I was in school) by reading Cujo by Stephen King. I read a few Stephen King novels in High School, starting with The Stand, which was awesome, and ending with Pet Sematary, which was awful.
Cujo is awful, too. Worse than how I remember Pet Sematary. I'm surprised this book was published. It's a disconnected story with people who react childishly and abnormally. There's no story here that deserves more than perhaps 50 pages. This is at most a short story and even then it doesn't hold a lot of appeal.
I've heard that King wrote this book while in the deepest depths of his alcoholism and I believe that. It reads like rambling.
One Star.
It's been awhile. I've been reading a lot of non-task books because when good stuff comes in at the library, I can't help but check it out. :)
15.2 Anzac Day -
For the Australian part of the challenge I read Feeling Sorry for Celia: A Novel by Jaclyn Moriarty. This book is written in epistolary family and is about an Australian teen and her relationships with her family and friends. I highly recommend.
For a WWI book I read A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, about a WWI nurse whose ship is sunk by a mine. She falls in love with a soldier, and when he dies she carries his last message to his family (while on leave for an injury) and encounters murder/mystery. A good read.
25.5 Spring Cleaning - I read:
The Cement Garden by Ian Mc Ewan - 160 pages
Posh and Prejudice by Grace Dent - 224 pages
Follow the Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Power by J. Alexander - 240 pages
Fallen by Lauren Kate - 464 pages
= 1088 pages
25.7 - Mythology - I read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Pretty Good. Its about a teen who finds out he is the son of Poseidon, and must go on a quest.
25.10 - Deja Vu
I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. My favorite book. Or second favorite to Jane Eyre.
I've actually read a lot of P&P continuations/spin-offs. This time I read Colleen McCullough's The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet: A Novel. It did not work for me. I don't believe that this book lived up to the original at all. While some of the plot lines where interesting (esp. Lizzy and Darcy being unhappily married), in whole it doesn't work at all. The language is not there, the emotion either, and the plot is just too crazy. I think it was bold of the author to choose Mary as a protagonist, however, esp. since she is such a minor and unlikeable character in the original book.
Previous score: 110
Current score: 200
15.2 Anzac Day -
For the Australian part of the challenge I read Feeling Sorry for Celia: A Novel by Jaclyn Moriarty. This book is written in epistolary family and is about an Australian teen and her relationships with her family and friends. I highly recommend.
For a WWI book I read A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd, about a WWI nurse whose ship is sunk by a mine. She falls in love with a soldier, and when he dies she carries his last message to his family (while on leave for an injury) and encounters murder/mystery. A good read.
25.5 Spring Cleaning - I read:
The Cement Garden by Ian Mc Ewan - 160 pages
Posh and Prejudice by Grace Dent - 224 pages
Follow the Model: Miss J's Guide to Unleashing Presence, Poise, and Power by J. Alexander - 240 pages
Fallen by Lauren Kate - 464 pages
= 1088 pages
25.7 - Mythology - I read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Pretty Good. Its about a teen who finds out he is the son of Poseidon, and must go on a quest.
25.10 - Deja Vu
I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. My favorite book. Or second favorite to Jane Eyre.
I've actually read a lot of P&P continuations/spin-offs. This time I read Colleen McCullough's The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet: A Novel. It did not work for me. I don't believe that this book lived up to the original at all. While some of the plot lines where interesting (esp. Lizzy and Darcy being unhappily married), in whole it doesn't work at all. The language is not there, the emotion either, and the plot is just too crazy. I think it was bold of the author to choose Mary as a protagonist, however, esp. since she is such a minor and unlikeable character in the original book.
Previous score: 110
Current score: 200
Welcome back Cynthia!
I finished another task (yeah!)
25.7 - Ashley FL's Task - The Gods Must Be Crazy
Read a book involving Greek and/or Roman gods.
I read: Warrior Rising by P. C. Cast (Paperback, 368 pages) This is #6 from Cast’s “Goddess Summoning” Series. In Warrior Rising , Hera, Athena and Venus, deciding that they've had enough of the Trojan War. In an attempt to convince the men to make love not war, Venus imports the souls of two modern women (from Tulsa, Oklahoma), recently dead from a car crash, and has them inhabit the bodies of two high-born women, recently dead from a riot, and commands them to stop the Trojan War. Good, lighthearted fun, and is it a spoiler to say that love wins out in the end? :0)
190+25=215
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 215/980
Books read: 15
Pages Read: 4278
Books by Goodreads authors: 2
Read but not claimed: 10 books
15.4 - The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F Scott Fitzgerald
Total Points: 290
Tasks Complete: 20
Books Read: 32
Pages Read: 10977
Tasks In Progress: 6
GOODREADS AUTHOR x
BIG BOOK (500)
BIG BOOK (750)
BIG BOOK (1000) x
Percent Complete: 43.2%
Time Elapsed: 35.9%
I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother Cynthia. My thoughts are with you.
In March:5.6 - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
10.2 - Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (rated 4.34)
10.5 - Forgive Me by Amanda Eyre Ward
15.3 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
This book was one of my favorites I have read in a while. The voice was very interesting - it almost reminded me of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer. I think it helps to hear a voice so different from our own to remind us how different other people might think from the way we do. I think this book should be higher on the list, it deserves to be on the first page. At the top of my list: Where the Red Fern Grows - hard work, loyalty, love, and the adverse effects of being a bully...all in a well told story.
15.7 - Lust by Susan Minot
Lust is dangerous because it can lead to other types of sins. You lose your head and end up doing things you wouldn't have done under normal circumstances.
20.8 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling; The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
20.10 - The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
Total: 95
A couple more completed tasks:5.6 (Dorothea Dix) - Night by Elie Wiesel
An important book, but maybe not the best book to read in bed. I kept getting depressed, putting it aside, and taking a nap.
20.6 (Favorite Series) - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
I don't have a favorite series because I don't usually read series. I did really like The Fellowship of the Ring, so I thought I should give the second book a try. I didn't like it as much, but it was still pretty good.
Total Points: 60
5.7 Read a book with a character with mental retardation.I read Flowers for Algernon , about a boy with mental retardation who undergoes an experimental surgery to make him a genius.
Total points = 300
15.8 - "A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it." - The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant. Total Points: 300/980
Tasks Completed: 19/57
Tasks in Progress: 7
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5.3 - SPRING - Coraline30.2 - Texas Sized Task - Slob, The Gollywhopper Games
Task Points: 5, 30
Total Points: 105
Tasks: 8
Books: 10
Nicki STL
Just finished Task 10.10 - "fashions fade - style is eternal." I read Girl in a Blue Dress: A Novel Inspired by the Life and Marriage of Charles Dickens by Gaynor Arnold, using the word "dress" as my article of clothing. The book is told from the perspective of "Dickens" wife, and paints a very interesting picture of Charles Dickens. Now I want to read more about Dickens life to see how much of the book was pure conjecture. Total # Pages Read: 1808
Total # Points Accrued: 30
Total # of Completed Tasks: 3
Total # of Books Read: 5
10.9 I read "Seabiscuit" by Laura Hillenbrand. I have never been a horse racing fan, but this book was excellent!I can't find the post where I listed a finish for task 15.3. I read "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova. It was on page 5 of the list. I enjoyed the story, but I guess I was surpised it was on the list. I totally agree with the number 1 on the list- "To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorites.
Brings me to 150 points.
10.2 - Three/Four/Five Read A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris was 4.54 rating when I selected it -- is now 3.53 -- My Rating 4Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 4666
Tasks Completed: 12
Tasks in Progress: 3
20.2 - Clean SweepI read The Executor for this task. The maid is an important character. The main character also spends a significant portion of the story cleaning up a "mess" (don't want to give too much away.)
Total points: 120
Tasks complete: 5
10.4 Reduce, Reuse, RecycleRead The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman. I was planning to read this for the Winter Challenge, task 10.5 - Popular in 2009 and didn't get to it. I will use one word to discribe this book = HEAVY!
My Total - 130 points
5 POINT TASKS1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
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3. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
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5. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
6. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
7. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison
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9.
10. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel
10 POINT TASKS
1. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
2.
3. Cut by Patricia McCormick
4. Eclipse by Stephine Meyer
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson
6. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game (Movie Tie-in Edition) by Michael Lewis
7. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
9. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) by C.S. Lewis
10.
15 POINT TASKS
1.House of Dolls by Ka-tzetnik 135633 (Yehiel De-Nur/Dinur) and Aches & Painsby Maeve Binchy
2.Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah and Billy Bishop Goes to War by John Gray, Eric Peterson
3. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
4.The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum and PS, I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
5.Wicked Poems by Roger McGough
6. Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult and Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
7.Lust (Seven Deadly Sins #1) by Robin Wasserman
8.Letters of Vincent Van Gogh by Vincent Van Gogh
9.Educating Caroline by Patricia Cabot
10. Fear and Trembling (Penguin Great Ideas) by Søren Kierkegaard
20 POINT TASKS
1.The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1 by Douglas Adams
2.Green This!: Greening Your Cleaning (Green This, #1) by Deirdre Imus
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4.Roots by Alex Haley and Maud Hart Lovelace's Deep Valley: A Guidebook of Mankato Places in the Betsy-Tacy Series by Julie A. Schrader
5.Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells and green Eggs and ham and the lorax by. Dr. seuss
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7.Boyz and the Bandz: The Hottest Men in Music: From Elvis to Nsync by Donald F. Reuter
8.Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
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10. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman
25 POINT TASKS
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2.The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks and Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
3.Wicked by Gregory Maguire
4. Hex (Hex, Book 1) by Rhiannon Lassiter and Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
5. Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) by Stephenie Meyer ( Large Print)
6.Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861 by David Detzer and First Blood (Civil War) by William C. Davis, Time-Life Books
7. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan
8. Animal Farmby George Orwell and Marley & Me by John Grogan
9. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
10. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen
30 POINT TASKS
1.Spring Break (Sweet Valley High, Super Edition) by Francine Pascal and Toss the Bride by Jennifer Manske Fenske
2. Where I Live by Eileen Spinelli, Matt Phelan and Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor
3.House Rules by Jodi Picoult and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
4.Best Friends (Sweet Valley Twins #1) by Francine Pascal and Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club) by Jacquelyn Mitchard
5.The Color of Money by Walter Tevis and Revolutionary Road (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries) by Richard Yates (Tom Cruise was in The Color of Money, which was directed by Martin Scorsese. Scorsese has collaborated with Leonardo DiCaprio in a number of films. Leo has starred in the following film adaptation: Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates)
6.Inkheart (Inkheart, #1) by Cornelia Funke and The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien
50 POINT TASK
1. (6) Coraline by Neil Gaiman (4)Life of Pi by Yann Martel One of your books must be by a GoodReads author
2838/24845 Pages Read
125/980 Total Points
10/75 Books Completed
Julie McVey5.8 - A Child Called "It" ~ Dave Pelzer
Total Points = 205 points
Total Books = 13 books
Total Pages = 3708 pages
Completed tasks:5.5 Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris (2005 popular book)
5.8 Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth
10.4 Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris (Recycle) My friend lent me the first 3 books in this series, but I have succumbed and bought the 8 book boxset, so I am lending the other books to her.
15.9 The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (real name Madeleine Wickham)
I would choose Taylor Ward as my pen name. I have done some research into my family history and both Taylor and Ward are surnames of ancestors on my mothers side. Taylor is an ambiguous first name as it could be used for either gender.
50 Points - I rolled a 3 and a 4, so Lucky Sevens meant that I could read whatever I wanted.
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
I finished task 15.6, by reading The Giver, which was popular amongst my friends, and Moloka'i, which was on the list of amyb2332. Both of the books were quite good, but Moloka'i was amazing! I could not put that book down!Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 14
Tasks In Progress: 3
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 6853
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I was born August 28, and found that on that day in
1862, "Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC,"
A. Since Belle Boyd was a spy for the Confederacy, I read Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War. I followed up with
B. Loose Lips. This book is about a woman who goes to work for the CIA - it's both thematically related and geographically, since it primarily takes place in Virginia, where Belle Boyd also lived. This one was definitely a light read. If the details are accurate (or, I guess, even if they aren't), reading about the CIA training was interesting.
Points: 450
Books: 31
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Pages: 8589
Tasks: 24
5.5 Princess Academy by Shannon Hale This was a popular book from 2005.Brings me to : 220/980
total pages:5594
books: 19
tasks:14
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Two more to post:5.1 Birds & Bees: Little Bee: A Novel 4*
Chris Cleaves is a Goodreads Author
A beautifully written story of a Nigerian refugee in the British system. The characters are well developed and the story is compelling.
15.5 Poetry and Haiku: Diamond Willow 4*
A lovely book for Young Adults - written in poetry form that makes shapes (triangles, rectangles, etc) per page. Also has highlighted single words in the middle lines of each page showing a secret meaning. Very interesting. Great book for introducing young readers to poetry.
My attempt at haiku shows where my thoughts are this spring:
The sun is shining
The golf clubs are a'waiting
And I grab my keys
POINTS: 235
TASKS: 16
BOOKS: 22
PAGES: 6277
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