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SUMMER CHALLENGE 2010
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Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
5.1 Heat Wave Hot Sleep: The Worthing Chronicle20.6 Making a List Children of Dune
If I were writing a list of must read books for people interested in Science Fiction I would include Dune. Children of Dune is the best of the sequels, but nor, perhaps up to the level of being a must-read.
20.7 For those we love to hate
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Total Points 585
Goodreads Authors Neil Gaiman (The Graveyard Book)
Alexander McCall Smith (Portuguese Irregular Verbs)
Dorothea Benton Frank
Big Books 500+ and 750+
Rebecca NJ’s recently completed tasks:5.4 - Lesser Known Awards: Me Talk Pretty One Day – David Sedaris. I had never heard of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. The book won in 2001.
10.4 - Roll The Dice...: Dinner for Two – Mike Gayle I rolled 344 – book had 352 pages.
10.6 - Stand Up For Your Rights: Shanghai Girls – Lisa See **Goodreads Author**
10.8 - Under The Sea: Fluke or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings – Christopher Moore
New Points: 35
Previous Points: 125
Total Points: 160
Moving this post here so these get on the lists.message 2: by Lyn M (new) 2 hours, 46 min ago
I'm not sure if these were before Post 850 or not, but I only have two GR authors to report so far:
Task 10.4 - Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Task 15.9 - Rush Home Road: A Novel by Lori Lansens
I am correct that we have to complete the task before claiming any GR authors, right? I have two others, but although I finished the books, I am not finished with the tasks yet.
Ok, I totally misread your post in the other thread. So I guess I am having a bad brain day! Sorry and thanks for copying here.
Lyn M wrote: "Ok, I totally misread your post in the other thread. So I guess I am having a bad brain day! Sorry and thanks for copying here."You're welcome. I was worried you wouldn't see my note.
Liz Vegas30.2 - PJ Read's Task - For The Children
A.Read a children’s classic book Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montegomery
~Recommended this book to my 10 year old neighbor who hasn't read it!
B. Read any book where a child is the main character. To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Total points: 380 points
I completed 30.5 - DLM Rose's Task - Virtual Block PartyMy signature dish is strawberry shortcake, and so I chose to read Strawberry Shortcake Murder by JoAnne Fluke.
I also read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
(options A and C)
I had a neighborhood party this just evening and contributed, yep, my strawberry shortcake. I make it delish by using chocolate cake and ONLY fresh strawberries from my garden. Storebought just won't do!
Tasks complete: 15
Points: 130
10.10 - Great Minds Think Alike
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler (Hardcover, 304 pages)
"Go to the individual page for the last book you gave a 5 star rating to ..." That would be Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Select a person who also rated this novel 5*'s.
That would be "Sara Bingaman"
Visit that persons profile and select another book that they gave 5 stars to and that will be the book you need to read for this challenge task.
Which was Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict. I gave it 3 *'s. Rigler hit the high points of upperclass regency life but somehow.... The pieces of this novel were better than the whole.
Laurie Viera Rigler is a (Goodreads Author)
300 + 10 = 310
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 310/950
Books read: 25
Pages Read: 7512 +304 = 7816
Read but not claimed: 5 + 3 = 8
5 books: Parts of the following 2-book tasks: 15.6, 25.5, 25.8, 25.9, 30.1B
3 books: that I’m not sure where I’m going to claim them.
Books by Goodreads authors: 2
(Goodreads Author) Laurie Viera Rigler (10.10)
(Goodreads Author) Sheramy Bundrick(20.4)
Big Books:
500+
Year's Best SF 15 by David G. Hartwell (Editor), Kathryn Cramer (Editor) (Mass Market Paperback, 512 pages) (5.7)
Julia OHI'd like to claim the Goodreads Authors ticket for the following
10.1Ten Things I Love About You - Julia Quinn
25.3 a) The Taming of the Duke - Eloisa James
These points have already been added into my total as they were previously completed.
Readerboard Name: Emily IN25.10 - Belinda's Task - The Beach House by James Patterson and An Unsuitable Job For A Woman by P.D. James
Points: 25
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 49
Pages: 14297
Good Reads Authors: 8
Big Books: 1 (500) 0 (750) 0 (1000)
5.3 S.U.M.M.E.RAstray in Arcady by Mary Mann
Points total to date 275
I could not find a link to this book which was a new edition recently published locally. It was originally published in 1910 by Methuen. Mary Mann was the wife of a farmer in a Norfolk village which she found a very dull place. She wrote 39 novels, many set in a village like her own which she called Dulditch!
Sarah OH (SSLibrary)15.6 - "Eventually, All Things Merge Into One, And A River Runs Through It."
Part B: Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
Part C: Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Total Points:105
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 3,067
REPOST:25.6 SUMMER LOVING - Scars of Sweet Paradise : The Life and Times of Janis Joplin by Alice Echols
My favorite summer song is Summertime by Janis Joplin. This song is about summertime and the lyrics bring memories of past summers. This book is Janis Joplin's biography.
Points: 25
Tasks: 1
Books: 1
Total Points: 885
Total Tasks: 52
Total Books: 74
Total Pages: 29874
GR Authors: 12
Sarah wrote: " Sarah OH (SSLibrary)15.6 - "Eventually, All Things Merge Into One, And A River Runs Through It."
Part B: Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
Part C: [book:..."
@Sarah, I read "Baking Cakes In Kigali too. Did you enjoy it?
KimD5.9 - Get Caught Reading - Read a book in public
I read Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs. 2*
This book was read at work and outside at the picnic table. My work is a very public place as I work for the Health Department and sit outside of other offices right in the doorway.
5 points
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 7,280
20.10 - Group Reads- B- The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPost 123 made in discussion thread.
Tasks Completed: 6
Points Earned: 140
Books Read: 9
Stephanie Anne This is a corrected task post that should have everything fixed now. I apologize to the moderators. I didn't have my task list in front of me the last time I submitted.
30.2 The Little Prince and The Lightning Thief
*I passed The Lightning Thief on to my nephew who I thought would enjoy reading the book and seeing the movie. I am not sure if he has read it yet.
Previous Total = 215
New Total = 335
For Task 5.1 (Hot summer words) I read Sizzling Sixteen by Janet EvanovichFor Task 10.6 (Stand up for your rights) I read Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill. Cynthia expressly allowed discrimination against vampires and supernatural beings in the Task Help thread, though I feel guilty about using them, lol. Anyway, in this book, the main character is a "new" vampire and must help defend the vampires and other supernatural beings against discrimination from humans, and from discrimination from one type of supernatural being against another.
**Chloe Neill is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
This brings me to:
490 Points
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 1
**Editing to add: I forgot one and didn't know if you'd reached this yet. I have one more task down in Message 2376 if you want to do them at the same time!
Hi, I'm Jayme VA and here are some new completed tasks. This should get me up to 195 points. Thanks for all your hard work!5.9: Get Caught Reading- Reading in Public: Love Story by Erich Segal. I read this after work at Barnes and Noble.
20.2: Written or takes place before 1450 AD. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight takes place in the 1300's.
25.5: A: Favorite Genre/Type: Contemporary Fiction:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Laarson. claiming ticket for big Books 500+ the version I read was 644 pages.
I really enjoyed this book and was very disappointed when I had to put it down. The story moves along very quickly and I really enjoyed watching it unfold. It was a little darker than I expected at the end. I like this genre because there is always something new and refreshing about contemporary lit! You never know what you'll find.
B: 2nd Favorite Genre: Horror/Suspense: Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz.
This was a horrible book. Do not read it. The worst of his books I've ever read. The (nonexistent) plot is horrible, the characters are horrible, everything about it is horrible. I like this genre because it is usually more exciting and keeps you on your toes- not the case with this book!
repost for task 15.5 I picked Not the End of the World by Kate Atkinson. One of her favorite books was Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, so I read that book as well.
PJ this is a repost for 179310.5
I read the paperback which has the couple sitting on the sand dunes of the beach with ocean in the background.
REPOST OF POSTING 1776**
Task 25.5 Helen's task
Read 2 books
A. Favorite Genre - murder mystery
read Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein. This was classic murder mystery Alexandra Cooper series. Alexandra Cooper is the assistant DA in NY chasing a brutal serial killer.
B. Second favorite Genre - suspense/thriller
listed to Deep Shadow by Randy Wayne White. This book involved three individuals searching for a sunken airplane full of cuban gold. Unfortunately, a cave in occurs during the dive and when Doc Ford makes it to the surface, he discovers two criminals ready to kill him and his friends if they don't recover and give them the gold. Interesting book, a bit long in places.
Task 25.5 also requires "and an explanation of why you like that genre/type."
I love murder mysterys and suspense /thriller books for the same reason - I enjoy trying to figure out "who done it" or what is going to happen before it is revealed in the book. I also find that both genres keep me sitting on the edge of my chair and unable to put a good book down until I finish. I have been reading mystery books since elementary with Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew and added suspense/thriller as I reached junior high. I do love these tasks though because they are expanding my horizons.
Points this task 25
5.4 - Lesser Known AwardsWhitbread Award for Book of the Year (1986)
An Artist of the Floating World
by Kazuo Ishiguro
5.5 - Dropping Names
The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks
5.7 - "I Confess That In 1901 I Said To My Brother
Orville That Man Would Not Fly For Fifty Years. "
Mode of Travel: Boat
The Island at the End of the World
by Sam Taylor
COMPLETED TASKS
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.7
TOTAL: 15 POINTS
5.10 - "If One Cannot Enjoy Reading A Book Over And Over Again, There Is No Use In Reading It At All." - Oscar WildeRowan of the Wood by Christine & Ethan Rose *GoodReads Authors*
Tasks Completed - 20
Books Read - 24
Pages Read - 6839
Total Points - 265
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
15.9 - “He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened.” - Lao TzuThe Wild Things
by Dave Eggers
B. Unfortunately "The Wild Things" are crazy creatures who have too many character flaws. They allow strangers to rule them. They allow each other to enter into social turmoil. They take many things literally. They are almost like children, and although I can act like a wild thing, I don't think I'm childish too much...
COMPLETED TASKS
- 5.4
- 5.5
- 5.7
- 15.9
TOTAL: 30 POINTS
WORKING ON:
25.1 - Valorie's Task - Independence Day
In honor U.S. Independence Day (July 4th)...
A. Read a book with a character that is in the military or retired from the military. EXAMPLE: Articles of War
AND
B.Read a book of your choice with a Blue, Red, or White cover.
I Am America
by Stephen Colbert
25.10 - Belinda's Task - Let's Play The Name Game
A.
by Chelsea CainB. For the second half of the task read another book (of at least 100 pages) whose author’s first or last name, is the same as the last name of the author of the book you read for the first half of the task.
5.2 - - - Heartsick by Chelsea Cain (Reading)
REPOST15.3 - Books And Blogs
Restoring Harmony by Joelle Anthony (320 pages): Review on “Bookworming in the 21st Century” http://www.bookworminginthe21stcentur...
Review: Restoring Harmony is one of the most realistic dystopias I have ever read. The explanation of current affairs is highly plausible and even likely. Anthony spends the prefect amount of time explaining the current situation of world affairs and how that came to be; there isn’t pages and pages of explanation or highly unlikely scenarios. Her characters are interesting and just as believable as the overall plotline. Restoring Harmony is a wonderfully written dystopia.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3588
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Barbara VARepost from 2176/2339
I love historical fiction because it puts into a real context all that we learn and discuss in school and even non-fiction and today's news. My morning coffee is the perfect example, how did it get here and why? That is the story David Liss tells in The Coffee Trader.
I also am a huge fan of the cozy mystery. Not a fan of the slasher type and serial murder mysteries or vampires and blood really have no interest for me but common sense and power of deduction is important to me. That is what I see, normal people, in the cozy mysteries. I prefer to read something not so grim. Yes, the stories can be contrived (look how many were killed in Cabot Cove and Jessica always was able to solve the story on TV), but the characters have more in their lives than just solving a murder. They see the little details and changes in suspects, because they usually know them. The description of people and places I find more detailed and thus more interesting.
For Task 15.10 (We start and end with family) I read Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. One of the things I love about my family is that we can talk and talk for a really long time, often about esoteric topics that bore other people silly! And, actually, they all love to READ as much as I do.This brings me to:
505 Points
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 1
20.6 - Supporting GoodReads Authors-I read You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister. She is a Goodreads Author.
If you are a fan of paranormal lite you will like this book. It is a very amusing, light take on "Otherworldly Beings". Aisling, the main character, finds herself in Paris, thinking she is there to do one job, a normal one, and finds out she is actually involved in a paranormal adventure. There is a bit of romance, a lot of humor and a mystery to solve as well. A must-read for anyone who enjoys this type of book.
Points for this task- 20
Total Points- 240
Total books read-22
Pages Read- 6007
GR authors- 8
Finished:15.3 Last Night's Scandal by Loretta Chase
I read about it on Smart Bitches Trashy Books
This is the second book with Lord Lisle and Olivia Carsington; in the first Lord Perfect we learn of their meeting as children and of the romance between her mother and his uncle. Now they are grown up, he is back in England, and they are off on another adventure, this time to Scotland to oversee renovations of one of his family's properties. He detests Scotland, rain, responsibility, and bagpipes. She wants adventure, freedom, and Lisle. They were made for each other.
(One off-putting note: he is stroking "her velvet legs"--do unshaved legs feel like velvet? When did women start shaving their legs? 1831?) Anyway, it was a fun book. Smart Bitches gave it an A, I give it 4*
Grand total 870
10.2 The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun15.2 New York Dead by Stuart Woods
Valediction by Robert B Parker (Boston, MA)"
15.8 Dead in the Water by Stuart Woods
Dead in the Water by Aline Templeton"
20.5 Real Murders (The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries) by Charlaine Harris (Aurora works in a library)
25.1 Black Echo by Michael Connelly (retired military)
Chill factor by Sandra Brown (blue cover)
25.5 Dirt by Stuart Woods
Trial by Fire by JA Jance
Both authors make me feel that like I am part of the story.
25.10 Summer of Fear by T. Jefferson Parker
The Widening Gyre by Robert B Parker
30.2 Peter Pan by JM Barrie
Harry Potter and the Philosoper's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Recommend Peter Pan to my sister for her 3 year old grandson
30.4 Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
30.5 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (novel with recipes)
Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke (food in title)
Chocolate Chip Cake is my signature potluck food
Tasks Completed:10
Points Earned: 225
Books Read: 20
RePosting to Claim GoodReads Author...Original Post 649
10.4 Would You by Marthe Jocelyn **GoodReads Author**
Lisa MDCompleted Tasks:
5.4 Lesser Known Awards - "Galaxy British Book Awards"
*Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith- READ 8.8.10
My Rating: ★★★★
25.5 Share the Summer Love
A. Favorite Genre - Historical Fiction
*The Postmistress by Sarah Blake - READ 8.7.10
My Rating: ★★★★
I've always loved historical fiction. I like how I can be transported back in time and feel history come alive.
"The Postmistress" took me back to WWII England and the U.S. I liked the strong women characters, and how Blake wove several story threads together. I especially enjoyed Frankie's radio coverage of the war. It was a wonderful tale.
B. Second Favorite Genre - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
*Hold Tight by Harlan Coben - READ 8.10.10
My Rating: ★★★★★
Nothing gets my heart racing and the pages turning faster than a good mystery/thriller. I love getting caught up in the suspense. I also like a book that scares me and makes me want to look over my shoulder.
Harlan Coben is a master at writing a great thriller. "Hold Tight" scared the bejeebers out of me, because it was so realistic. Imagine spying on your own child for his protection and finding secrets you don't really want to know. This was a fast paced, grab you by your throat story!
Total Tasks: 36/56
Total Points: 585/950
Total Books Read: 48/76
*Books Read I Own: 33
Big Book Ticket Claim: (✓)500+pp ( )750+pp ( )1000+pp
Kristen H. (GA)5.1 - Heat Wave: 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). The Embers by Hyatt Bass +5
5.7 - "I Confess That In 1901 I Said To My Brother Orville That Man Would Not Fly For Fifty Years. " Read a book (fiction or non-fiction) that has a mode of travel pictured on the cover. Dear American Airlines: A Novel by Jonathan Miles +5
25.3 - Jennifer N'S Task - Virtual Foreign Vacation:
A. Read a fictional book that takes place in a country that you have always wanted to visit but have never had the chance to. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers - ENGLAND!
B. Read a book that was originally written in a foreign language. The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón - ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN SPANISH.
Part B does not have to be the language that is spoken in Part A. +25
Points: 35
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Total Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 17
Repost of 1207Finally completed a third task.
20.10 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Discussion also posted.
Points = 55
Tasks = 3
Books =4
20.7 Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsey Points = 200
Tasks = 10
Books = 13
Sorry, I forgot to write about my family member for 15.10. I read My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. For this task I was thinking about my younger sister. She is 16 (6 years younger than me) and I can't believe how much of an individual she is and how much I wish that I could be as confident as she is. She is smart, and she loves to dance (at her High School) and I am amazed by the courage she shows to stand in front of so many people and to be completely herself!
Total points: 70/500
10.3 - Same Place, Same Time...Same Books
An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender (Paperback, 242 pages)
Kate O'Toole was online earlier this week reading An Invisible Sign of My Own. Yeah! Now I have a place to claim this one. My impressions: Quirky book, the author's style is cool but the story is only OK. Novel takes a dim view of middle school teachers. 3 stars.
310 + 10 = 320
Tasks Completed: 20
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 320/950
Books read: 26
Pages Read: 7816 + 242 = 8058
Read but not claimed: 5 + 3 = 8
5 books: Parts of the following 2-book tasks: 15.6, 25.5, 25.8, 25.9, 30.1B
3 books: that I’m not sure where I’m going to claim them.
Books by Goodreads authors: 2
(Goodreads Author) Laurie Viera Rigler(10.10)
(Goodreads Author) Sheramy Bundrick(20.4)
Big Books:
500+
Year's Best SF 15 by David G. Hartwell (Editor), Kathryn Cramer (Editor) (Mass Market Paperback, 512 pages) (5.7)
Mod
I read Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani.
One of her favorite books is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.
I really enjoyed Jane Eyre - I'm certain I read it at least once before, but it's been at least 30 years, so it was a real treat to read again.
Points: 525
Books: 45
Books by Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books - 1 (Over 500), 1 (over 750)
Tasks: 34
wendyma15.2 - Stars And Stripes Forever
In honor of America's Independence Day (July 4th)...
A. Stars - Each star on the American flag stands for one of the 50 states in the nation...Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title (EXAMPLE: Gods in Alabama)
I read ---Murder in the WASHINGTON Memorial by Margaret Truman
AND
B. Stripes - Each of the 13 stripes on the American flag stands for one of the original 13 colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island)...Read a book that takes place in one of these states (EXAMPLE: Most of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books take place in New Jersey)
I read---Real Murders by Harris (Georgia)
For this task you must use a different state for part A and part B.
15 points
840 total
15.4 Learn Your NumbersA) Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
B) Walden by Henry David Thoreau
My number is 11. I picked Walden as my B book because the explanation for my number is intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer. This describes Henry Thoreau as he sets out to live in nature and depend upon the land in this book.
Points: 15
15.8 Double, Double, Toil and TroubleThe Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Their covers are similar.
Points: 15
20.3 The Best Review ContestThe Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
Points: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Pages: 6020
Sara E here...a Few more tasks done...
5.4 I read a book from the Sakura Medal list (this is an award given by Japanese International school students.) I chose Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper. This book was pretty excellent. It is a historical fiction book set in the 1650's and is based on the true story of Anne Green, a scullery maid who is falsely accused and charged with infanticide after given birth to a stillborn child, and hung, declared dead, only to revive on the dissection table. An incredibly interesting story, including a copy of the actual pamphlet printed for profit after her ordeal.
25.1 - For the military portion of the challenge, I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steven Hockensmith. This book is the prequel to P&P&Zombies, and features one of my favorite characters ever, Captain Cannon, a limbless commander of the military who has soldiers assigned to perform the functions of his missing appendages. (Left Limb, Right Arm, etc.) He is also Mrs. Bennett's former paramour, which is esp. hilarious. He will make you LOL when he barks out orders like "Limb, embrace the lady!"
For the color portion, I read the white cover of Philip Pullman's book
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, which came in both black and white. It was OK.
25.3 - I read The Season by Sarah Maclean, a Regency romance/mystery set in England, a place that I am so obsessed with visiting. My husband also. I don't think we will be able to afford it this year, but hopefully next year for our anniversary.
For the language portion of the challenge, I read The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago, which was originally written in Portuguese and translated into English. A hard read, but it was very interesting and I enjoyed it.
Previous Score: 240
Current Score 295
5.4 I read a book from the Sakura Medal list (this is an award given by Japanese International school students.) I chose Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper. This book was pretty excellent. It is a historical fiction book set in the 1650's and is based on the true story of Anne Green, a scullery maid who is falsely accused and charged with infanticide after given birth to a stillborn child, and hung, declared dead, only to revive on the dissection table. An incredibly interesting story, including a copy of the actual pamphlet printed for profit after her ordeal.
25.1 - For the military portion of the challenge, I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steven Hockensmith. This book is the prequel to P&P&Zombies, and features one of my favorite characters ever, Captain Cannon, a limbless commander of the military who has soldiers assigned to perform the functions of his missing appendages. (Left Limb, Right Arm, etc.) He is also Mrs. Bennett's former paramour, which is esp. hilarious. He will make you LOL when he barks out orders like "Limb, embrace the lady!"
For the color portion, I read the white cover of Philip Pullman's book
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, which came in both black and white. It was OK.25.3 - I read The Season by Sarah Maclean, a Regency romance/mystery set in England, a place that I am so obsessed with visiting. My husband also. I don't think we will be able to afford it this year, but hopefully next year for our anniversary.
For the language portion of the challenge, I read The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago, which was originally written in Portuguese and translated into English. A hard read, but it was very interesting and I enjoyed it.
Previous Score: 240
Current Score 295
Re-post of message #232230.1 - Ms Anderson's Task - Birthdays and Birthmonths
I was born in January which is Architecture so I read Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks by Michael Freeman. I was also born on a Wednesday which is Fanfiction so I read Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants by Lee Goldberg.
Total Points: 585
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 43
Goodreads Authors: 12
Alice GCompleted Task: 15.5 The Great Authors were Great Readers.
The author I chose was Anita Shreve and read her book All He Ever Wanted.
From her favourite books I read The Master by Colm Tóibín.
Total so far: 50 points
PREVIOUS READS
5.7 I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years - The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffee
5.9 Get Caught Reading - The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Phillip Pullman
25.5 Share the Summer Love - Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger and Awkward Situations for Men by Danny Wallace
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A few more tasks done...15.4 - Learn Your Numbers
My number is 3 and Katie MacAlister also has that same number so I read Zen and the Art of Vampires. Katie MacAlister is a Goodreads author also. The characteristics for my number are joy of living, the arts, socialization, and expression. I read Bit the Jackpot by Erin McCarthy, the main female character is working in a strip club to pay her way through college. I think this line of work is definitely social and expressive.
15.5 - "The Great Authors Were Great Readers
For this task I picked Robert B Parker off of the list and read Night Passage. I picked The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett off of Parker's top 10 list.
30.4 - Cheryl TX's Task - The Science Of Crime
I read The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver for the male author and The Remains of the Dead by Wendy Roberts for the female author.
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 49
Goodreads Authors: 13
Two more :)20.4 Shelley's Task - Anniversary Gift
The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi
This is my fourth challenge (Fruit/Flowers or Appliances) so I would give a fancy fruit basket with mangoes in it! Loved this book :)
20.6 Nicole CA's Task - List Maker
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
I really did think this was going to be a must read - I've heard good things about it and was prepared for a harrowing but excellent story. Sadly, for me, it just didn't get there. It is a harrowing story but the writing just seemed to get bogged down and I spent a lot of the book wondering when I was going to get involved with the characters. I had no real feeling for any of them. Not a must read in my opinion.
Total points: 280
Big Book tickets: 1 (500+)
Goodread authors: 1 (Sarah Addison Allen)
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 24
Pages read: 9494
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25.3 - Jennifer N'S Task - Virtual Foreign Vacation
Summer is traditionally the time of year for family vacations. It is not always feasible to go to the places you wish to see, so for this task..
A.
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse takes place in India
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B.
Candide by Voltaire original language:French
25.9 - Donna Jo's Task - It's Time For The Swim Suit Edition.
Pick one of the following swim suit styles to fit your reading type.
C. Tankini - Read 850 pages of book(s) published in last 5 years. (Betrayed
That brings my (Kathleen US (I think)) total to: 155