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Jun 03, 2010 06:57AM
Cynthia... I changed my name from "just" Angie to CaliAngie to avoid any confusion. I posted my first completed task in post #14.
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10.1 - Stormy WeatherJune 1st is the start of Hurricane Season...Since 1953 the National Hurricane Center has created lists of names, one for each letter in the alphabet (A-W but not Q or U), that rotate every 6 six years (names of particularly devastating storms are retired and replaced by another name). For this task you will read a book written by an author whose first name is on the 2010 list...
Names and Examples
Alex - Alex Haley
Bonnie - Bonnie Burnard
Colin - Colin Cotterill
Danielle - Danielle Steel
Earl - Earl Emerson
Fiona - Fiona Buckley
Gaston - Gaston Leroux
Hermine - Hermine Freed
Igor - Igor Kordey
Julia - Julia Glass
Karl - Karl Iagnemma
Lisa - Lisa Scottoline
Matthew - Matthew Pearl
Nicole - Nicole Krauss
Otto - Otto Penzler
Paula - Paula Froelich
Richard - Richard Paul Evans
Shary - (For this name I will also accept Sharyn or another name that starts with Shary) - Sharyn McCrumb
Tomas - Tomas Tranströmer
Virginie - (For this name I will accept Virginia as well) - Virginia Woolf
Walter - Walter Mosley
The Double Comfort Safari Club (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #11) by ALEX McCall Smith
10 points
40 points total
25.9 I am a tankini. I read The Girl who Kicked a Hornet's Nest
and Japan took the JAP out of me
. These editions added up to 878 pages.It was pretty bittersweet to finish The Girl Who ...I know there are 7 more out there that were outlined but the lawsuits going on between SL's parents and his writing and life partner make it seem like those will never see the light of day!
points: 25
task: 1
books: 2
pages: 878
Two more tasks done!!5.4 LESSER KNOWN AWARDS: The 8th Confession (Women's Murder Club, #8) BY James Patterson This book won the Sounds of Choice Award for the best audio crime book in the UK.
5.7 I CONFESS THAT IN 1901:
Unknown by Rachel Caine features a motorcyle on the cover.Points 10
Tasks 2
Books 2
Pages 665
Total Points 35
Total Tasks 4
Total Books 4
Total Pages 1621
Colleen, gee, it would be great to get the recipe for the Pineapple Jalapeno margaritas!!! I've asked Cynthia if she could start a thread in an appropriate folder for us to post our cookout recipes, to make them easier to find.
Barbara wrote: "I like to start at the beginning and then move around. So, I completed 5.1 Heat Wave by reading Heat by Bill Buford.I love Kitchen memoirs (I have at least 2 more in my Summer stash!) Buford wri..."
How do you get that little time line. I went to the website and I was so confused?!
15.10 - Family - Sister Wife - Shelley Hrdlitschka One thing I love about my family has to be the fact that we're not all blood-related, and yet it doesn't matter. My parents have four foster children living in the home, and I have two biological brothers. The fact that my sisters and brothers come from another culture makes my family unique and really brings a lot to it.
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Have finished Specials by Scott Westerfeld for 25.1 Part BAlso 1/2 way through I Did Tell, I Did by Cassie Harte for 15.8 Book 1
Tomorrow I am going to the beach so plan to read Twenties Girl while there (5.9)
Points for this task: 0
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 693
I realized that I forgot to say in my checkin for task 10.9, that Greg Mortenson is a goodreads author.Thanks!
30.3 - Sheila's Task - An Ode To IllinoisA. I have lived in Illinois (The Land of Lincoln) my entire life so for that reason, I would have everyone...Read a book about Abraham Lincoln (A. Lincoln: A Biography) or his wife Mary Todd Lincoln (The Emancipator's Wife).
AND
B. When people think Illinois they think Chicago: Read a book with Chicago in the title (The Chicago Way) or a book that takes place in Chicago (The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America).
OR
C. Chicago is famous for talk show host Oprah Winfrey: Read something from her book club picks over the years. Oprah's Book Club Picks
For A I read Mrs Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman, a 5* read. As a British girl with next to no knowledge of American history and if I'm honest, very little desire to learn more about American history, I loved this book and was gripped from the beginning.
For C I read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey a controversial Oprah Book Club book! I'm giving this 4*. I enjoyed it .. well actually enjoyed might not be the correct word, but it was a good read.
I'm claiming a Big Books ticket for Mrs Lincoln at 569 pages.
Total Points: 30
Big Books ticket x1
Louvaine wrote: "Belinda, I love your ticker!"Thanks! I hoped it looked like I was riding around my neighborhood.
SuzieR, I read Mary by Janis Cooke Newman. I wonder if it was released in Britian under the name Mrs. Lincoln. I loved this book. Strange
Oops! When I posted my task 30.4, I forgot to say that The Girl who Kicked a Hornet's Nest
is over 500 pages, so I am claiming one big book ticket!
25.8 - The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey (4 stars) Retelling of the Beauty and Beast fairytale, 433 pages.
10.6 The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous translation by N.K. Sanders 128ppPoints for this task: 10
15.7A - Legacy of Love: My Education in the Path of Nonviolence by Arun Gandhi 144pp
15.7B I'd like to see this area do a complete recycling / green program incorporating elements of the successful projects in San Francisco and San Jose (to mention a few star examples)
Points for this task: 15
25.1A - Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies by J.B. West 384pp (Retired WWII Veteran)
25.1B - Juliet by Anne Fortier 464pp (Red Cover)
Points for this task: 25
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Total Points This post: 50
Total Points: 55 / 950
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Task 15.3 - Books and Blogs - Silver BellsCategory: M/M; Paranormal
Recommended by: Bitten By Books blog - Bitten By Books - A Paranormal Review Site with Bite
Jud and Derek have been together for years and one night, Derek makes Jud promise to never love another even if one of them dies...10 years later, Jud is still holding to that promise, but what does he do, when he mets someone else? This book was a relatively quick read and sweet. It was the first by this author that I had read and I will likely seek her out again in the future and would recommend to people who like M/M type books.
Total Points This post: 15
Total Points: 25 / 950
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
20.5 Library LoveUnshelved, Vol. 1
A hilarious comic about the goings-on at Mallville library. My favorite strip has to be http://www.unshelved.com/2002-4-5 (note: I did actually read the book version, but I went online to see if the comic is still running and if that strip was online to share with all of you...and I definitely want an enlarged copy of that strip for my classroom when I get one of my own)
Total: 20 + 85 (from earlier) = 105pts
25.4 My cancer author was Anita Diamant, so I read The Red Tent, on page 31, was the word "heart", so I read Heart of the Matter.Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks In Progress: 0
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1973
10.4 ROLL OF THE DICE: I rolled a 424 so I read Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop which had 416 pages. I was not impressed.Points: 10
Tasks: 1
Books: 1
Pages: 416
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 2037
5 Point Tasks5.1 - Heat Wave - Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich
5.2 - Blockbuster Books - Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer Big Book 637 pages
ZZZZZ.... and WAY TOO LONG!
5.3 - S.U.M.M.E.R Locked In by Marcia Muller
10 Point Tasks
10.4 - Roll The Dice... I got 361 - Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen (352 pages) Goodreads Author
I was fortunate to receive an ARC of this book through the Tess Gerritsen group here on Goodreads of which Tess is a participating member. She is a wonderful author and her Rizzoli and Isles books are being made into a TV series by the same name on TNT starting July 12th starring Angie Harmon as Jane Rizzoli.
10.6 - Stand Up For Your Rights - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Goodreads Author
What a wonderful book. I gave it ★★★★★. I had not read anything about how Japanese/Americans were treated after WWII so this was a learning experience for me plus it was a lovely love story.
15 Point Tasks
15.3 - Books And Blogs - On the Poisoned Pen Blog http://www.poisonedpenblog.com/ the featured author was Scott Turow. I read Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow. Things get tense when a lead prosecutor becomes the prosecuted. Nice twist at the end.
30 Point Tasks
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task - Birthdays and Birthmonths
My birthday is April 7 so I read:
The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival by Marq de Villiers
AND
Since I was born on a Saturday I read a sports book:
Playing For Pizza: A Novel by John Grisham
30.2A - PJ Read's Task - As Suggested By Shannon South Africa - For The Children
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren AND The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
I gave the Black Stallion (one of my childhood favorites) to my 7 year old grandson and have been reading it with him.
30.2B - Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman Goodreads Author
Total Points 110
Goodreads Author X 3
Big Book X 1
25.8-Once Upon a Time: Grimm's Grimmest (142 pgs) and Grimms' Fairy Tales (342 pages)
I think I might have overdosed on Fairy Tales. They get a little repetitive if you read a couple of dozen in one sitting!
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1
Total Points: 25
Liz (Bklyn)
10.5 If You Can't Go To The Beach....Bring the Beach to You - I read Sun-Kissed by Melissa de la Cruz. 
. Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books: 3
Tasks in Progress: 2
Total Pages: 1187
I finished task 5.7 read a book that has a mode of travel on the cover. I read Borderline by Nevada BarrTasks completed 1
Pages 399
Books read 1
Points 5
5.4 The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy EganAmbassador Book Awards for American Studies (2007)
I completed task 10.1 by reading Wake by Lisa McMann. It was not great, but not horrible either. I was looking for a light easy read and I got it. My brain needed some junk food!Points: 30
Tasks: 3
Pages: 1000
Books: 3
5.7 Mode of TravelI read "Half Broke Horses"
by Jeannette Walls. There is a bicycle on the front. I really liked this book-her grandmother reminds me of how I imagine my grandmother would have been. Now I might have to read "Glass Houses", as I didn't think I would like it, but maybe I will!15 points/950 points
20.4: Anniversary GiftThe Trumpet of the Swan
I apologize if any of this is incoherent--I'm a little tired, but I wanted to post before I went to bed.
This is my third challenge, so I have "leather or crystal/glass." My present to my (imaginary) spouse would therefore be a crystal swan. It would be crystal because it's shiny and delicate and expensive, so it would be a very special kind of present, and in the shape of a swan because swans mate for life, which I think is terribly romantic. It would be a keepsake that would endure long after my spouse and I were gone :3
Total: 20 + 105 (from earlier) = 125pts
15.4 NumerologyI am a number 6. I read Little Bee, by Chris Cleave, who is also a number 6.
For my second book, I read I Am the Messenger, by Markus Zusak. The main character, Ed, transforms from a self-absorbed slacker into a genuine hero, by doing good-deeds for random people. He does these acts selflessly, exhibiting a sense of "community".
Total points: 15
I finished 15.3 by reading a book featured on the LDS Fiction blog . I read The Undaunted by Gerald N. Lund featured here.
10.6 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordTotal Points: 10
My first points of the season.I finished reading The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffee last night. I am claiming the points for this read from task 5.7. The book has a picture of a bike on the front cover.
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I just finished task 5.9, The Middle Place - read at the pool in my apartment complex.Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Hello!I finished: Task 5.5 - Dropping Names; I chose:Marisa de los Santos (on page 5, 24th author listed) and read: Love Walked In, her most popular book.
Thank you Cynthia.
5.5 Dropping NamesSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
10.4 Roll the DiceI rolled a 372 and read Revealed by Kate Noble, which has 400 pages
Sheila wrote: "SuzieR, I read Mary by Janis Cooke Newman. I wonder if it was released in Britian under the name Mrs. Lincoln. I loved this book. Strange"Yes it is the same book. It irritates me when they change the titles!
5.1 - Heat WaveIt's summertime and it's getting HOT out there..Read a book with one of the following words in the title (Hot, Hotter, Heat, Warm, Warmth, Heatwave, Fire, Sizzle, Blaze, Scorch, Sun, Sunny, Toasty or another similar word). (EXAMPLE: Heat Wave)
Heat Lightning by Sandford
5 points
5.2 - Blockbuster Books
There are many highly anticipated films that will be hitting the theaters this summer (i.e. Eclipse, Toy Story 3, The A-Team, Eat Pray Love and many others)...For this task read a book that relates to the film you are most looking forward to seeing this summer (EXAMPLE: For Eat Pray Love you could read the book that is the basis for the film Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia or another travel memoir such as Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven.) (You do not actually have to see the film to get credit for this task.)
Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10)
Harris, Charlaine
Vampire story like Eclipse
5 points
50 total
Task 5.9 Get Caught ReadingFantasy in Death
I read this book at school during lunch, etc. Get Caught Reading is very popular at our school!
5 points
Total points: 5
Finished:30.5 DLM Rose's Task--Virtual Block Party
I would bring several dozen (depending on size of block) of my Cheddar Pepperoni rolls, so I read:
C. Food Related Nonfiction: Feeding a Yen: Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco by Calvin Trillin, which is a delightful book about Trillin's love for and on-hands search for little-known items usually only available in small pockets off culinary delight. Only read if you are already well fed. I chose this book because I enjoy Trillin's writing and humor and he has a Kansas City connection.
D. Cookbook related to your dish: The Panera Bread Cookbook: Breadmaking Essentials and Recipes from America's Favorite Bakery-Cafe, which rather disappointed me as most of the recipes were for what to do with loaves of already baked bread. Still, no cookbook is ever a waste of time.
Recipe will appear in recipe section.
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
Total pages read: 452
15.10 - "We start and end with Family" A.)Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
B.) I love my family because we're a drama free bunch, no chaos and craziness just happy to be with each other enjoying each others company.
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 311
5.8 WSJ Top 5 ListsI read A Morbid Taste for Bones from the Top 5 Historical Mysteries list, and really enjoyed it. My complete review is at http://colreads.blogspot.com/2010/06/...
Tasks completed: 3
Points earned: 55
Pages read: 976
10.7 The Murder of KIng Tut- James Patterson
Task 5.3--S.U.M.M.E.R.I read Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran (M.M.)
5 points
Total points: 10 points
5.5 Dropping Names: A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass5.8 Take a Walk on Wall Street: Half Magic by Edward Eager (From Books to Read Aloud list).
10.1 Stormy Weather: Gone by Lisa McMann (GR Author)
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
5.1 Heat Wave by Richard Castle
5.2 Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (looking forward to mocking Eclipse and watching True Blood Season 3)
5.9 Inubaka: Crazy For Dogs, Volume 1 by Yukiya Sakuragi (read it while walking at the park)
5.10 Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Total Point: 20
Tasks: 4
Books: 4
5.2 Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (looking forward to mocking Eclipse and watching True Blood Season 3)
5.9 Inubaka: Crazy For Dogs, Volume 1 by Yukiya Sakuragi (read it while walking at the park)
5.10 Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Total Point: 20
Tasks: 4
Books: 4
Yay! This is my first challenge! 10.2 -Blockbuster - I read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 334
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