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Finished: 15.10 Other Things may Change: The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines about Cinderella after the wedding when her prince disappears. Add a couple more non-Disney princesses and it's kinda funny.
20.7 - I Like Big Books And I Cannot Lie - Dionisia's Task - For Those We Love To HateRead a book written from a villain's point of view.
Examples:
The Talented Mr. Ripley
A Clockwork Orange
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay
20 points
total 120
I completed task 15.10 by reading Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS by Mary Jo Nickum.I love my family because I know that they're there for me through thick and thin.
Total points = 15
15.3 Sworn to Silence - Linda Castillo on Stack of Spines BlogTasks Completed - 2
Books Read - 2
Pages Read - 564
Finished a few tasks and thought I would get on the board.5.7: Sail – James Patterson and Howard Roughan 06/01
5.10: Harriet the Spy – Louise Fitzhugh 06/02
10.2: The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare – Lilian Jackson Braun 06/04
5.3: Sahm I Am - Meredith Efken 06/06
Total Points: 25
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My first task, huzzah !I completed 15.8 - "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble..." by reading Space Opera by Jack Vance and Space Opera, edited by Brian Aldiss.
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 411
20.10 Group ReadsHunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I have been wanting to read this book for a long time so I was glad it was picked as a group read. I really enjoyed reading it. I also posted a message in the discussion for this book.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 2141
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 2(500+), 0(750+), 0(1000+)
15.2 - Stars And Stripes Forever: A.) Crazy in Alabama (AL) AND B.) Girls in Trucks (SC)15.3 - Books And Blogs: American on Purpose from Bookstove.com blog: bookstove.com review
Points: 30
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Total Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 2
I just completed task 5.2 The Blockbuster Books Task with The Vampire Academy written by: Rachelle Meads.
Completed task 25.2. I chose C. Read a book with the word WHO in the title AND a book with a person's name in the title.I read The Girl Who Chased the Moon and Loving Frank. I loved the former and was sort of let down by the latter. The first 200+ pages were good and then it just sort of irritated me.
Total Pages= 2459
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Completed Task 5.9 - Get Caught Reading with FrostBite, By: Rachelle Mead
5 POINT TASKS1.
2. Eclipse by Stephine Meyer
3. Sloppy Firsts (Jessica Darling, #1) by Megan McCafferty
4. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
6. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
7. Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
8. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
9. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
10. One for the money by Janet Evanovich
10 POINT TASKS
1.
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson
3. The Host By Stephine Meyer
4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland (Translator) (rolled a 465)
5. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
6.
7. The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson
8.
9. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
10.
15 POINT TASKS
1. Cyrano de Bergerac (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)by Edmond Rostand and Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin
2. Ghost Stories of Minnesota (Ghost Stories of) by Gina Teel and Finger Lickin' Fifteen (Stephanie Plum, #15) by Janet Evanovich
3. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
4. Salem's Lot by Stephen King and Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye (A Psychic Eye Mystery, #1) by Victoria Laurie
5. Carrie by Spehen King and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Blindness by José Saramago, Giovanni Pontiero (Translator) and Breaking Dawn by Stephine Meyer
7. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
8.
9. A Hopeless Romantic by Harriet Evans
10. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
20 POINT TASKS
1. Throw Darts At A Cheesecake (Bernstein/Miller Mystery, #1) by Denise Dietz
2. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Anonymous, Seamus Heaney (Translator)
3. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
4. The Toaster Broke, So We're Getting Married: A Memoir by Pamela Holm
5.Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert
6. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
7. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
8. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
9. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
10. The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
25 POINT TASKS
1. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher Series, #1) by Lee Child and Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
2. When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1) by Meg Cabot and It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy by Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
3. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Anonymous Celebrity (Latin American Literature) by Ignácio de Loyola Brandão, Nelson Vieira (Translator)
4. Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown and The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
5.Down the Rabbit Hole (An Echo Falls Mystery, #1) by Peter Abrahams and The Bachelor (Chandler Brothers, #1) by Carly Phillips
6. Backstreet Boys: The Official Book by Andre Csillag, The Backstreet Boys
7. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines by Anthony Bourdain and Cooking Up Murder (A Cooking Class Mystery, #1) by Miranda Bliss
8. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
9. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
10.Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris and Chocolat by Joanne Harris
30 POINT TASKS
1.Body Art by Kym Menzies and Uglies (Uglies, #1) by Scott Westerfeld
2. Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
3. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith and Deep End of the Ocean (Oprah's Book Club) by Jacquelyn Mitchard
4.Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1) by Patricia Cornwell and Beat the Reaper: A Novel by Josh Bazell
5.
50 POINT TASK
2288/26419 Pages Read
75/950 Total Points
7/71 Books Completed
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Task 5.1 - Heat WaveThe Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Thanks Kristi. I really like this format for task totals.
5.2 Blockbuster BooksI read The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novellabecause I am looking forward to going to see Eclipse.
Books read: 2
Pages read: 460
Tasks complete: 2
Tasks in progress: 2
Points: 20
5.9 - Get Caught ReadingThe Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Read at the beach, at the park... even at Costco while waiting in line, where the cashier tried to ring my book up!! It was a library book! Haha...
10.5 - Bring the Beach To You
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 8
Finished 25.9 today, with one long book!A. Tanksuit
Anathem by Neal Stephenson
This book had 937 pages, so I am claiming it for the Big book drawing. (Level 2 - I will read a smaller 500+ page book later)
Totals:
Total Points: 45
Total Books: 2
Total Tasks: 2
Total Pages: 1321
30.5A Virtual Block Party: beverage in title
Plum Wine by Angela Davis-Gardner
30.5C Food-related NF
Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass by Natalie MacLean
Contribution - several bottles of Clos de la Bussiere 1997 Domaine Georges Roumier*, a premier cru pinot noir from Morey St. Denis in Burgundy. Jan McInerney describes drinking pinot in Bacchus & Me as
"performing a sexual act that involves silk sheets, melted dark chocolate and black cherries, while the mingled scent of cinnamon, coffee and cola wafts through the air."*spending virtual money is fun ... ;)
175 points
Jason wrote: "Task 5.1 - Heat WaveThe Wind From the Sun by Arthur C. Clarke
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
B..."
No problem. It's the only way I can keep my head on straight ;o).
Task 20.7The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
Points earned: 65
5.1 - Wicked Burn - ★★★The title of this book is what happens to me when I go in the sun so it definitely counts as a hot word! And aside from making that comment, I have nothing else to add because there are minors on this board. ;)
Points: 45
I forgot to include my review of The Undaunted for 15.3 so I am adding it now. The Undaunted is about Mormon pioneers who are asked to settle an area in Southern Utah near the four corners area. The novel described their journey and everything they had to go through to get there. I gave the book 5 stars. It was a part of my church history that I didn't know about. I thought it was an inspirational book and was anxious to see what happened to the main characters.I also forgot to mention that it was over 750 pages.
Just completed mjy first task ever :)5.10: Re-read a book you loved. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Totals:
Total Points: 5
Total Books: 1
Total Tasks: 1
Total Pages: 768 pages
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Too Hot to Handle by Elizabeth Lowell
5.5, Dropping Names, with
The Weight of Silence by GR author Heather Gudenkauf
This book was a Goodreads Choice Award nominee. I liked it, but I guess my expectations were too high. I thought it was predictable and the prologue undermined the suspense
10.5, Bring the Beach, with
by Colson WhiteheadThis coming-of-age novel didn't have much of a plot arc, but it did have much humor, spot-on cultural references, and subtle, but powerful themes of family, identity, race, and class. I think it deserved all the praise it got last year
10.9, Learn Something, with
Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography by Bryan Peterson
This task inspired me to take photography lessons- they have helped tweak my technique- this book was really helpful in improving my vision- another book that now looks like a porcupine with post-its sticking out all over. Peterson sets out exercises to try new things- I was crawling all over the yard yesterday shooting up, down, over, and through :)
Thanks again, Cynthia for inspiring me to put my books down for a minute
+30
total 80
Completed another task - 20.2 - A Trip To The Past - Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: A Novel by Anne Rice, which took place any time between 2 AD and 10 AD - depending on what literature and theories you read about the date of Jesus' birth
At times, slightly interesting, but mostly slow moving and boring. I found the most interesting part of the book to be Anne Rice's author notes at the end of the book and this was the reason I gave the book 3 stars - I was leaning more towards 2 stars. There is a second book, and a third that has yet to be released, both of which I'll probably read just to finish the trilogy.
I've completed two more tasks. I changed my first name on Goodreads to Karen GHHS(the HS where I work as the teacher librarian) to avoid confusion because it looked like there might be two Karens from WA.I finished 30.1: Birthdays and Birthmonths
January: Architecture:
Let There Be Light: A Book About Windows by James Cross Giblin
(Traces the development of the window throughout history. My fathers family had a stained glass business in Pennsylvania). See my blog review for pictures of family stained glass:
Let There Be Light: A Book About Windows by James Cross Giblin
Monday: Novel in Verse:
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
I enjoyed both of these books. I learned a lot about the evolution of windows and my family's business, and experienced the emotions of the post Vietnam War period.
I also completed 10.4 Roll the Dice
My Roll: 115
Book: Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick, 122 pages
I know this seems like a lucky roll (and it was a great little book!), but it was actually tough to find a book on my shelves in the right page range. Then when I looked at the editions on Goodreads, they all exceeded the limit, even though my copy that I bought from England was 122, so here are some pictures:
Total Claim: 30
Total So Far: 40
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 4
Hello!Task 20.10 - Group Read - THE ABC MURDERS by Agatha Christie.
I made three posts to the discussion, #10, 11 & 12.
Thanks Cynthia!
5.7 Transportation: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, 529pp read 6/5/2010.The form of transportation is a ship on the cover.
25.4 Writer who is a Cancer and book with NOUN in title from pg 31: The Gates of Sleep and Ham Bones, by Mercedes Lackey and Carolyn Haines, 389pp read 6/6/2010.
The connecting word is "ham".
30.1 South America non-fiction and Noir fiction:: The River of Doubt and Already Dead by Charlie Huston and Candice Millard, 258pp of noir detective story read 6/5/2010.Already Dead is a noir vampire book, if one can twist their mind around that! All the noir tropes are in place - the foul-mouthed, hard-living detective who is truly a good guy but has to pretend he is really BA, the "fallen" girlfriend with a heart of gold, the sleazy informers, the street children that the detec cannot save, slimy rich people and mobsters in the background - yep it is all there, wrapped up in an unusual package. None of Jim Butcher's self- deprecating humor is there, this is true noir with all its complications and undercurrents. Recommend for noir fans, not necessarily vampire fans.
Carolyn Haines is a Goodreads author.
Middlesex is 529 pages, can I claim those two tickets?
Books read: 10/71
Tasks completed: 6/56
Points: 85/950
Pages read: 3701
Lalie Belle (Lavendarlol) wrote: "15.1 A. Fifteen by Beverly Cleary (borrowed from the library)B. A Time to Mend by Angela Hunt (new author)
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You also need to post which of these is the blue and which is the old.
10.1 Stormy WeatherCinnamon Kiss: A Novel
Author Walter Mosley 336 pgs.
15.2 Stars & Stripes Forever
A. Read a book with the name of a US State in the title:
by Jessica Flether & Donald Bain 270 pgand
B. Read a book that takes place in one of the 13 original colonies:
by Janet Evanovich 320 pg.Total books: 3
Total points: 30
Total pages read: 926
Task 20.6 Supporting Goodreads Authors- Beyond the Highland Mist - Karen Marie Morning
Why? - Over on the Amazon discussion boards questions quite often come up, I want to read a paranormal romance, but I don't like vampires, so what can I read? - this is one of the books that is often recommended as it features faes and time travel to 16th century Scotland. I hadn't read this book until now, but it had been sitting in my TBR pile for close to a year - but ended up really enjoying it. It has all the elements of a great romance novel - hot and steamy with a HEA (Happily Ever After). I've heard people say that this book is slow compared to later ones in the series, and yet I still enjoyed it extremely and will definately be reading the rest in the series. If you like audiobooks, it is narrated by Phil Gigante who is one of the more well-known and excellent narrator's out there.
Total Points This post: 20
Total Points: 65 / 950
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Books by Goodreads authors: 3 (2 of the books in the anthology I finished were by goodreads authors)
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
15.9 - "You Cannot Open A Book Without Learning Something" Read Parenting Teens With Love And Logic, I have a 14 year old daughter and I need to learn all I can on dealing with her defiance and helping her to become a responsible person. This book has some great advise, but as with most things... much easier said than done. Wish me luck!
My total 15 Points
25.9 ITS TIME FOR SWIMSUIT EDITION - I chose the Tankini and read 1062 pages al published in the past 5 years.Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver 416 pages
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs 342 pages
Kisser by Stuart Woods 304 pages
25.1 INDEPENDENCE DAY
Street Game by Christine Feehan Mack and his team are all retired military.
The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver for a Red Book *500 pagesPoints: 50
Books: 5
Tasks: 2
Pages: 2024
Total Points: 95
Total Books: 10
Total Tasks: 7
Total Pages: 4061
10.8 - Under The Sea ~ Life, Love, and a Polar Bear TattooThis was a free book from B&N, and I REALLY enjoyed it!
5.9 - Get Caught ReadingThere is an age old saying...If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Likewise if a person reads a book and no one is there to see them...did the book ever get read? For this task you must read a book of at least 100 pages in public...at a park, or the beach, or on a plane, or a bus, or at a library...any public place will do.
Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Read on Kindle outdoors
5 points
5.10 - "If One Cannot Enjoy Reading A Book Over And Over Again, There Is No Use In Reading It At All." - Oscar Wilde
This summer let's test Mr. Wilde's statement by taking the time to...Re-read a book that you loved reading the first time.
One Shot by Lee Child AAAAHH Reacher
5 points
total 130
Finished 5.2 Blockbuster books with The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner:An Eclipse Novella. Looking forward to seeing Eclipse!!Totals:
Total Points: 10
Total Books: 2
Total Tasks: 2
Total Pages: 960
25.7 My Passion Since my passion is currently planning a new kitchen (or deciding if it's just easier to MOVE than do all the work I want), I read Country Kitchens by Jocasta Innes for my non-fiction book and Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto for my fiction title. Both were solid four-star reads. My complete review for Yoshimoto's book is on my blog at http://colreads.blogspot.com/2010/06/...
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Pages read: 1450
Points earned: 90
Task 5.10 - "Reading A Book Over and Over Again..."(Oscar Wilde) - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg - I first read this when I was in 4th or 5th grade and loved it, reading it over and over. It's now been about 20-25 years since the last time I'd read it, and I love it just as much now as I ever did.
25.3 - Jennifer N'S Task - Virtual Foreign Vacation Part A - Italy -- City of Fear by David Hewson
Part B - Translated from Portuguese -- Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author)
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1289
Tasks Completed: 3
Tasks in Progress: 2
Total points 60
My first task finished for the summer challenge!
20.1 - The Most Improved Player - Deirdre's Task - Sweltering Summer Days
Think of the name of your favorite ice cream, and read a book whose title contains at least one of the words from the ice cream name. The word in the book title should exactly match the word in the ice cream title.
My favorite ice cream is Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. I read: Mint Julep Murder (1995) by Carolyn Hart (Mass Market Paperback, 256 pages) (Death on Demand, #9). It’s a cozy mystery, about as plausible as Angela Lansbury’s series “Murder She Wrote”. Hart is also a big-time name dropper, mentioning 16 different mystery novels. Hart’s books would have been perfect for 2010 Spring Challenge 30.6!
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 20/950
Books read: 1
Pages Read: 256
Read but not claimed: 1
(Parts of the following 2-book tasks: 30.1)
30.1A December = NF history of language
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention by Guy Deutscher
30.1B Tuesday = alternative history
The Third Witch: A Novel by Rebecca Reisert
215 points
10.2- Same,same,same- The Glass Castle.Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages read: 288
Total points: 10
I finished task 10.4 - I had rolled a 121, so I read The Red Pony, my version had 120 pgs. The Red Pony was OK, but in my copy it was paired with a short story which was brilliant IMO. I did not know Steinbeck had short stories. I also finished task 15.9 by reading The Reader. I debate with myself who "the reader" refers to, but lets just say it is the narrator to make this easy. I am very different than the narrator. I don't brood as much as he does, I just don't take life as seriously as he does, but that is to be expected because the different lives we are leading. He identifies as the reader because his life centers around someone who cannot read, whereas I became a reader because my shear love of fiction and knowledge.
Points: 55
Tasks: 5
Pages: 2084
Books: 6
20.7 - For those we love to hateThe Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer (3.5*)
Tasks: 3
Books: 3
Goodreads authors: 0
Pages: 1,423
TOTAL POINTS: 65
25.9 Donna Jo's TaskTankini
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
Points this task:25
Total points: 25
I finished 20.8, I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3065
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