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Fall/Winter 2010-2011 Leaderboard & Completed Tasks (1/5 updated)
15.1 Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: finished Unearthly, which had a blurb from Richelle Mead on it, and finished Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead. Really enjoyed both!Total points: 290
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 19
Finished: 20.1 The Book Thief, and left a comment in the thread.Total points: 130
Books read: 13
Side note: Melissa, did you leave a comment on the thread too?
Kelly R. 15-4. Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, #9) by Kathy Reichs (1/6/11)
Total Points: 140/480
Books Finished: 18/41
Tasks Completed: 13/34
10.1: Delirium by Lauren Oliver15.1: One Amazing Thing by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
25.3: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (math) and The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney (play -- this is my less than 150 pages book, since plays tend to be shorter)
Total: 290
Finished Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder for 5.3, College Students BlogTotal points: 135
Books read: 14
5.7 Hats Off To You: Finished Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire:
(you can't see it so well in the small picture, but she's wearing a hat)
Total points: 295
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 20
"Emily D"Finished: 25.2 - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Points worth: 25
Total points: 180
Mod
New total 90 points
Finished Enna Burning by Shannon Hale for 10.2 (a major life change) -death of brother, war, acquiring firespeak, getting kidnapped, falling in love, acquiring windspeak....I'd say those were some major life changes.
Running total: 80 points.
I'm sure I have more, I just need to go through all my recent reads and see if any match up.
Also completed 25.2Parents YA book: The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1972)
Our age YA book: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
Running Total: 105 points
Also completed 5.3 Broke and Bookish list top ten by Natanya.
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Running Total: 110 points
Also completed 25.8Big Thing to happen: Going to London (I'm applying to grad schools across England)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. The main character went from Scotland to London, England (albeit to work).
Big Thing that happened: Broken Engagement
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale. The main prince breaks up with his betrothed (to get engaged with his love)
Running Total: 135 points
Kelly R.10-3. Bones to Ashes (Temperance Brennan, #10) by Kathy Reichs (1/15/11)
POST: I don't think that this is Reichs "weakest" book. I liked it better than a couple of the others, in fact. However, I can see why it is the lowest rated, Tempe's (the main character) personal life goes into the toliet and the storyline is, at points, a tad too convenient and stretches suspension of disbelieve. But BONES TO ASHES is still as readible and addictive as all the other Temperance Brennan books. This tenth book is a substantial addition to the series in that it gives the reader more information than we have had from most of the others about Tempe's childhood (parents, childhood environment, etc.).
Total Points: 150/480
Books Finished: 19/41
Tasks Completed: 14/34
15.4: Monkey Girl, by Edward Hume25.3: The Invisible Orchard, by Jonathan Silvertown (science) + The Battle for God, by Karen Armstrong (religion)
25.8: Counting Sheep, by Paul Martin (want to sleep better) + Behind the Red Mist, by Ho Anh Thai (went to Vietnam)
Books: 15
Tasks: 12
Points: 160
Mod
New Total 100
Kelly R.25-3. March - SCIENCE: Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan, #11) by Kathy Reichs (1/20/11); THEATRE - Our Town by Thorton Wilder (10/29/10)
Total Points: 175/480
Books Finished: 20/41
Tasks Completed: 15/34
"Emily D"Finished: 20.1 - House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
I already posted to the Group Read discussion.
Points worth: 20
Total points: 200
Finished Once Upon a Wedding Night for 10.3 A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. And it was SOOO good! I think it was everything I could possibly want from a historical romance, I liked it better than the other book I read by her.Total points: 320
Books read: 28
Tasks completed: 22
5.2: Stranger Here Below by Joyce Hinnefeld5.5: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
10.8: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (after landing in the ocean a bunch of times, I finally hit Canada, so I went with it!)
15.3: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Total points: 325
Kelly R. 25-4. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1/27/11); Inner Harbor (Chesapeake Bay Saga, #3) by Nora Roberts (9/18/10)
Total Points: 200/480
Books Finished: 21/41
Tasks Completed: 16/34
Completed: 15.3 book where main character is dead:
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The main character is Death, himself....pretending to be the Hog Father.
Running total: 150
Also, 5.8 navigating the dating worldRiver Secrets by Shannon Hale. That pretty much covers that with Razo and Dasha. Not to mention Finn with Enna.
Running total: 155
Completed tasks: 11
And 5.4: Winter Scene.The Time Travelers by Linda Buckley-Archer. The current time part occurs a week before Christmas and the accidentally time-traveling children are hoping to spend Christmas with their families.
Running Total: 160
Completed Tasks: 12
And several books that don't quite match up with any of the challenges have been read. :)
Tahleen wrote: "Finished: 20.1 The Book Thief, and left a comment in the thread.Total points: 130
Books read: 13
Side note: Melissa, did you leave a comment on the thread too?"
HAHA no I forgot, thank you I will go do that.
Kelly R. 25-1. The Wolves of Andover by Kathleen Kent (1/30/11); The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich (10/22/10)
Total Points: 225/480
Books Finished: 22/41
Tasks Completed: 17/34
Finished The Lying Game for 15.3 Dead Men Tell No Tales, the main character was murdered and oversees things going on. Finished this a while ago, but just now realised it fit the challenge :)Total points: 335
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 23
5.6: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson15.7: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
20.1: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Total points: 365
Just finished The Reader for 15.4 Order in the CourtTotal points: 350
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 24
I was sick yesterday, so I stayed home in bed and read two books, completing:5.6 related to a Disney movie: Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Berry & Ridley Pearson (related to Peter Pan and published by Disney-Hyperion)
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10.4 different socio-economic status: Forest Born by Shannon Hale (I'm about as middle class as you come and this book is about the upper echelon and the lowest)
That gives me 175 in 14 completed tasks.
Kelly R. 10-7. Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins (2/1/11)
Total Points: 235/480
Books Finished: 23/41
Tasks Completed: 18/34
Kelly R.20-1. Mockingjay (Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins (2/2/11); POST (posted to past discussion thread): I just finished Mockingjay. Yesterday I finished Catching Fire. I couldn't stop reading. The things that happened and the way they happened or were presented was unexpected and dealt with in a way that made me wanting to know what happens next, and next... Finnick, Prim, and the Capitol children's deaths stand out for me at this moment as the most painful. Finnick sticks because he suffered for so long under the Capitol's sadistic ways and was finally happy with Annie before leaving District 13. The fact that Annie had their son helped me to not hate the end of the book. That and the fact that Katniss and Peeta were able to mend and have children together.
I agree with a lot of the comments that the end felt very rushed. I'm not sure what have could have gone differently for it not to have felt that way, but I think the utter despair from Katniss and that I felt for her after Coin and Snow's deaths was stretched to an uncomfortable degree. I would have liked to have known a bit more about the fallout. I feel like maybe it was a four-part series that was forced into being a trilogy.
All that said I thought it was a fitting end to a terrific trilogy that I loved.
Total Points: 255/480
Books Finished: 24/41
Tasks Completed: 19/34
Kelly - You may want to edit your comment about Mockingjay, they have special spoiler hiders these days.Finished Mockingjay for 20.1 Group Read and commented on the thread again. I feel a bit dazed after finishing it mostly in one go.
Total points: 370
Books read: 31
Tasks completed: 25
25.6: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le CarréTotal points: 390
5.6: Disney-Related: I read The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. It relates to the Disney movie, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.10.2: Life Changes: I read Montana Sky by Nora Roberts. The main character was overcoming the loss of her father and trying to learn how to live with two new sisters.
20.2: One Word Title- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Total Points: 40
Finished 25.1 Thanksgiving Time: The Scarlet Letter and The Last of the MohicansTotal points: 395
Books read: 33
Tasks completed: 26
Jessica S.5.1 Everything Comes to Him Who Waits- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5.4 Picture Perfect- Grace by Richard Paul Evans
10.2 Life Changes - This Side of Heaven by Karen Kingsbury
15.3 Dead Men Tell No Tales - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
20.2 One Word Title - Sunset by Karen Kingsbury
Total Books: 5
Total Points: 55
25.8: Daring To Eat A Peach by Joseph Zeppetello (quit my job and moved to another state last year) and A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson (I hope this is the year I take my first real backpacking trip!)Total: 440
Finished 10.5 Ask A Stupid Question Day: Can You Keep a Secret?Total points: 405
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 27
Finished 5.4 Picture Perfect: Shiver
This practically screams winter and snow to me :)
Total points: 410
Books read: 35
Tasks completed: 28
Finished 10.8 Geography Awareness: What I Did For a Duke, I hit ocean 11 times, then England, thought it was too easy, hit ocean 8 more times before landing on England again and decided to just go with it since it clearly must have been faith :)Total points: 420
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 29
Kelly R. 10-2. The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) by Diana Gabaldon (2/14/11)
Total Points: 265/480
Books Finished: 25/41
Tasks Completed: 20/34
5.3: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester (totally fascinating!)25.2: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan; and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (This wasn't published while my parents were teens, but I wanted to read something one of my parents had read as a teen and loved. When I asked my mom what her favorite book from high school was, she told me definitely Jane Eyre.)
Total points: 470
Finished:5.2 Just like us:The Heiress: centers around 3 sisters who are 20, 21 and 22 years old.
5.5 Spooky Reads: Dracula: seemed like the ultimate spooky read to me.
15.6 World AIDS awareness Day: A Thousand Splendid Suns
25.7 Backyard Travels: Ik was twaalf en ik fietste naar school
Total points: 470
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 33
Finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for 10.2.New total: 125
I wanted to read this as part of a 25 point task, but I don't think I'll have time to read another book so I figure it works for this task as well.
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Finished 5.6 Fairy Godmother and 20.1 The Book Thief.
Points worth: 25
Total Points: 190