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Fall/Winter 2010-2011 Leaderboard & Completed Tasks (1/5 updated)
Ms. MandaJust finished "Almost Moon" for 10.2
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Finished:5.8 City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Total points: 75
Books read: 6
"Emily D"Finished: 25.3 - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut AND The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Points worth: 25
Total points: 80
Kelly R.20-2. Inkheart (#1) by Cornelia Funke (11/9/10)
Total: 65/480
Books Finished: 11/41
Tasks Completed: 6/34
Megan5.4 Picture Perfect - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" for 5 points
5.6 Disney Days - "fairest" 5 points
25.8 - A New Year - "Traveling with Pomegranates" 25 points
Total Points to Date: 40
Finished:10.7 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
I went in a bit of a different direction for standing up for something you believe in... " 'There are all kinds of courage,' said Dumbledore, smiling, 'It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom.'"
Total points: 85
Books read: 7
"Emily D"Finished: 20.2 - Unless by Carol Shields
Points worth: 20
Total points: 100
10.7: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, by Alan Sillitoe15.2: Watching the English, by Kate Fox (anthropology)
Books: 8
Tasks: 6
Points: 65
Kelly R. 5-6. ArchEnemy (Looking Glass Wars, #3) by Frank Beddor (11/15/10)
Total: 70/480
Books Finished: 12/41
Tasks Completed: 7/34
Finished:10.2 Life Changes: The God Box by Alex Sanchez
15.3 Dead Men Tell No Tales: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Total points: 90
Books read: 10
If I had realized that I was going to power through HP6 tonight, I would have waited to post the last message...Finished:
5.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Total Points: 100
Books read: 9
Finished: 25.8 New Year
a) Next Year: Eating Animals, I'm thinking about being vegetarian for a full year, and this book makes me want to do it.
b) This year: Eat, Pray, Love, this year I tackled religion and coming to terms with my thoughts and feelings about God. I also strove to find the balance she achieved in this book...
Total Points: 125
Books read: 11
5.8 The Lonely Hearts ClubTotal Points 90
Tasks Completed 8
Books Read 9
"Emily D"Finished: 4.5 - The Cider House Rules by John Irving
Points worth: 5
Total points: 105
Finished The Curse of the Mistwraith for 25.5 I Like Big Books. And it was a bloody big book!Total points: 225
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 16
Kelly R. 10-1. Heist Society (#1) by Ally Carter (11/28/10)
Total: 80/480
Books Finished: 13/41
Tasks Completed: 8/34
5.1 Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly15.5 The Odyssey by Homer
25.4 Death With Interruptions by José Saramago
25.7 Burning Valley by Phillip Bonosky
Total points: 200
Kelly R. 15-2. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1) by Terry Pratchett (12/4/10)
Total: 95/480
Books Finished: 14/41
Tasks Completed: 9/34
Completed 10.2 Amy and Rogers Epic Detour Total Points 100
Tasks Completed 9
Books Read 10
Kelly R. 15-7. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) by J. K. Rowling (12/7/10)
Total Points: 110/480
Books Finished: 15/41
Tasks Completed: 10/34
5.7: The Prestige, by Christopher Priest10.4: The Grotesque, by Patrick McGrath
15.1: Piano Stories, by Felisberto Hernandez + If on a winter's night a traveler, by Italo Calvino
Books: 12
Tasks: 9
Points: 95
Mod
points 40
books 8
pages 6754
"Emily D"Finished: 15.7 - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Points worth: 15
Total points: 120
For 25.8 A New Year I finished Bloed, Zaad en Tranen (it's Dutch, so the link probably doesn't help much), it's about a group of doctors who deal with issues such as problems in family life due to long days/nights and trouble among the surgeons. This year I've been working on finding a more boyfriend-friendly way of combining interning at the hospital and being a good girlfriend. And I've also been busy trying to decide what I'm going to do after I finish my internships, being a doctor in a hospital or not. For my New Year's resolution I read You Wish: I'm going to work on being more openminded and a bit nicer in the process.
Total points: 250
Books read: 21
Tasks completed: 17
5.4: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (an excellent holiday book!)10.3: Unexpectedly, Milo by Matthew Dicks
I really loved Dicks's first novel, Something Missing, and Unexpectedly, Milo has lower ratings on GoodReads. Personally I did like Something Missing better, Unexpectedly, Milo is another interesting (and apparently more personal) addition to the author's growing canon.
25.5: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis (I read all seven books in one volume, which made it a definite chunkster!)
Total points: 240
Finished 5.7 Hats Off to YouHorseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid by Lemony Snicket
Total points: 175
Books read: 16
Finished 10.6 Mexican Independence Day The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
^^I'm using this for my one book under 150 pages. This book had 128 pages.
Total Points: 185
Books read: 17
Finished 15.8 A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film by Jean ShepherdTotal points: 110
Books read: 12
Finished 10.8 Geography Awareness WeekArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
I landed right by Ireland on the map.
Total Points: 195
Books read: 18
"Emily D"Finished: 10.3 - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
I really enjoyed "Northanger Abbey", even more so than "Pride and Prejudice", which is the other Austen work I've read and her most praised piece. I will consent that P & P is definitely more polished than this one, but I laughed much more through "Northanger Abbey" and that is what really matters to me. :) I would recommend this "weakest" work to anyone.
Points worth: 10
Total points: 130
Finished: 10.3 A Chain Is Only As Strong As Its Weakest LinkLemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket
Points: 210
Books read:20
"Emily D"Finished: 5.8 - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Points worth: 5
Total points: 135
Kelly R. 10-8. Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan, #8) by Kathy Reichs (12/29/10) - long. 47.99686 lat. 74.554223 (Quebec, Canada)
Total Points: 120/480
Books Finished: 16/41
Tasks Completed: 11/34
Kelly R. 5-3. Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum, #16) by Janet Evanovich (12/31/10)
Total Points: 125/480
Books Finished: 17/41
Tasks Completed: 12/34
"Emily D"Finished: 5.7 - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Points worth: 5
Total points: 140
Mod
unrequited love (twice), icky love, love of power, etc.
Total 80 Points
25.6 Lists for men and women: I finished Pride and Prejudice from the list for women and Revolutionary Road from the list for men. Pride and Prejudice is my favourite book of all time, so of course I feel every woman should read it! Revolutionary Road is however in my opinion not a book everyone *should* necessarily read, though I did enjoy it. There was a harsh, unforgiving reality to it.
Total points: 275
Books read: 24
Tasks completed: 18
"Emily D"Finished: 15.8 - Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
Points worth: 15
Total points: 155
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15.5 Cleopatra VII Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory
15.7 The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Total points: 70
Books read: 5