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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Tasks Completed: 4Total Points: 40
5.9 Comfort Read -- Read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
OPTIONAL: Tell us why you consider this a comfort read--I had a hard time choosing a book for this task because there's so many books/genres that I consider to be a comfort to read, but I chose this book because I love historical fiction and it's something familiar to me and a type of genre where I know how the writing's going to be. I consider historical fiction to be a great genre to cuddle up with a blanket and read.
15.9 -- Coin Collector
I rolled 2 The Hell With It! coins, so I had to read 700 or more pages. I read three books for this challenge to meet the requirements. These books were:
Lucky by Alice Sebold (251 pages)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (390 pages) and
Seven Days of Rage: The Deadly Crime Spree of the Craigslist Killer by Paul LaRosa (209 pages) totaling 850 pages.
20.7 Erin NY's Task (Shorter is Sweeter)-- The Melting Pot
I read Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Casey TN15.5 - Literature Map
The Mark Of The Assassin by Daniel Silva
I typed in James Rollins as my author, and Daniel Silva was one of the new authors the map pulled up. I can see the similarities, but I wasn't really crazy about the book.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Mod
I read The Baby Train and Other Lusty Urban Legends.
Books about urban legends are always fun!
Total points: 175
Tammy AZ10.7 City of Lights - The Man from Beijing
15.9 Coin Collector (1 Do it, 1 To Hell With It for 500 pages. I read The Summer I Dared: A Novel with 355 pages and Obsessed for 320 pages.
New total 65 points
My first post on this thread...Completed Tasks
5 Point Tasks
1. Fall Leaf Color Title - The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (9/17/10) - BIG BOOK: 516 pages
10 Point Tasks
1. Short Stories/Novellas - The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown by Julia Quinn, Suzanne Enoch, Karen Hawkins, Mia Ryan (9/24/10) - GOODREADS AUTHOR: Julia Quinn
4. Natural Setting - Nobody's Prize by Esther M. Friesner (9/9/10)
(This book is about Helen of Troy as a young girl and how she secretly joins Jason's adventure to seek the golden fleece. The majority of the book takes place either on a ship or in a caravan or outside in other ways...)
6. Pink Cover -
by Julia Quinn (9/1/10) - GOODREADS AUTHOR: Julia Quinn9. Flashlight-Worth Book - Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (Mother/Daughter Book Club) (9/21/10)
This book was pretty good... I'm not sure if I'd have risked staying up late with a flashlight to read it when I was younger, but it was good! I'm interested in reading the other 3 books in the series!
15 Point Tasks
6. One Hit Wonder - Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 by Stephenie Meyer (9/28/10)
(This is Stephenie Meyer's only graphic novel.)
8. Artist - Portrait Of My Heart by Patricia Cabot (9/4/10)
(The heroine of this romance novel is an artist, and one of her paintings plays an important part in the plot of the story.)
9. 2 Heads (300pp) - Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (9/20/10) - BIG BOOK: 563 pages - GOODREADS AUTHORS: Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (not sure if I get one or two for that...)
20 Point Tasks
4. Mrs.soule - Movie Scene - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (9/21/10) - GOODREADS AUTHOR: Julia Quinn
(My favorite movie is probably While You Were Sleeping and this book has a very similar plot, except with the hero/heroine roles reversed—falling "in love" at first sight with one person, but realizing that it's someone else that they REALLY love...)
8. Nancy - Pirate Talk: "ARR" - The Marriage Bargain by Diane Perkins (9/3/10)
10. Group Read - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (9/8/10)
(Plus, I made a comment in the associated thread: see message 101.)
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CURRENT STATS
Tasks Completed: 11/53
Books Read: 18/71
Pages Read: 6,337
Points Earned: 150/890
25.3-Daylight SavingsI read "Daughter of Fortune" by Isabel Allende for option A (historical fiction). It takes place in the mid 1800's in Chile and California.
I read "Benny and Shrimp" by Katarina Mazetti for option C (short book). It had 209 pages.
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 7
Total Pages: 4682
Total Books Read: 13
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Carla15.5 Literature Map - I typed in Stephen King and one of the choices was Kurt Vonnegut.
Read Slaughterhouse-Five
215 pages
Total Challanges Completed: 3
Total Books: 4
Total Pages Read: 1627
Total Points: 60
Big Books: 500 (1) 750 () 1000 ()
25.2 Leigh Ann's task - AS HER DEBUT...A. Pick any author and read (or reread) their debut novel (fiction)
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
B. Pick an author who published their debut novel (fiction) in 2010 and read it. If they've published more than one this year you can read your choice.
A Match Made in High School by **Kristin Walker**
**Kristin Walker is a Goodreads author!**
Points: 25
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Total Points: 160
Completed Tasks: 10
GR Authors Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.9 UNDER THE COVERS: I read Dracula
it was on this list Vampire Novels To Sink Your Teeth Into and it was definitely flashlight worthy
20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine : I read
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
reviewed in issue 47 July Aug 2010
*598 pg big book ticket*
Total Challenges Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Points: 60
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.10 Group Reads- B) Most WantedMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Post 102 in Group Discussion
Total Points: 165
5.11 - Comfort ReadThe Ruins - Scott B. Smith. Yes, a horror novel is my comfort read. One of my favourites.
Also, the paperback version has 509 pages, but the copy that's on Goodreads is the hardcover which only has 300+ pages ... so I'm not sure if this qualifies?
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1?), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.1 ITS IN THE CARDSI drew a Jack of Clubs (A male Goodreads author) so I picked WAR by Sebastian Junger. And the second card was a three of hearts (a book published in on odd year, since Jan. 1, 2000) and I chose to read How We Are Hungry which was published Oct. 2005.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Goodreads author: 1
Pages: 1,564/25,355
BJ Rose3 new tasks:
#5.4 I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me ... Georgette
I love Ms. Heyer's books, but in this day & age I'd be called 'Georgie' & I wouldn't like that!
The Toll-Gate by Georgette Heyer
#15.5 Literature Map
I typed in Julia Quinn and got Susan Elizabeth Phillips as one of the associated choices, so I read
It Had to Be You
Julia Quinn writes historical romance, and this S.E. Phillips book is a contemporary about football, so the comparison was a bit of a stretch for me - but for picking an author in a different genre, it was OK.
#20.5 Oprah's On!
I read Almost Forever by Linda Howard, which was published in 1986
Total Points = 275
Tasks Completed = 21
Total Pages = 8,283
GoodReads Authors = 6
Stesse5.1 Fall Colors
I read Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman. (336 pages)
15.4 Fall Equinox
Both Titles have 18 characters.
Deception on His Mind by Elizabeth George. (713 pages) This is a Big Book.
Pattern Recognition: A Novel by William Gibson. (356 pages)
20.7 Erin NY’s Task (Shorter is Sweeter) - The Melting Pot
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, who is a GoodReads Author. (285 pages)
I really liked this book- it was touching and the author described the neighborhoods and surroundings so well, I felt I could visualize them, even though I’m not familiar with the historic Chinese and Japanese neighborhoods in Seattle.
Points this Post: 40
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1690
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read: 5220
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Jenny ChicagoTask 5.7 Circle of Life. Author with birth or death between Sept 1 and Nov 30
Einstein's Dream by Alan Lightman, who was born Nov. 28, 1948. Date initially found on Wikipedia and verified through NPR.
Task Points 5
Total Points 50
Alice GTask: 15.1 New Horizons
Shelf: Mystery
Book: Bare Bones
I didn't particularly like this book. I won't be reading any more books like it!
Total Points: 125
PREVIOUS READS
5.2 The Play Must Go On - Jonah and Otto by Robert Holman
5.9 Comfort Read - The L Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
10.6 In the Pink - A Rabbit's Eyes
10.9 Under the Covers - The Prestige by Christopher Priest
15.6 One-hit wonders - The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison
20.1 Bookmarks Magazine - Solar by Ian McEwan
20.7 The Melting Pot - Small Island by Andrea Levy
25.4 Stay Tuned for Your Regularly Scheduled Program - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe and Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
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Michelle WI20.8 Pirate Talk - read a book containing consecutive "arr" in the title
The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian
***Janet Tashjian is a Goodreads author***
Points This Task 20
Total Points 160
Tasks Completed 10
Books Read 9
Total Big Book Tickets 0
Total Goodreads Authors 3
Task 5.2 The Play Must Go OnFor this task I read a Midsummer Nights Dream by William Shakephere. I really liked this play. It was really cute and I want to read more of his comedies.
Task Points: 5
Task 10.1 Shorter Days
For this task I read Huntress by Christine Warren. This was an anthology with four stories with multiple authors.
Task Points: 10
Task 5.10 Name That Car
For this task I read Baby, I'm Yours by Susan Anderson. My car basically named herself baby.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 135
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Athors: 5
Big Books: 1
15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE List Randomizer kicked out Europe so I read
Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier which takes place in England
30.1- pjreads's task as suggested by Jen B: IT'S IN THE CARDS
I Got a Queen of Diamonds which is a bestselling book written by a woman so I read Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich which is on the New York Times bestseller list.
AND
I got a 7 of Hearts which is a book published in an odd year since 2000 so I read Courting Trouble by Lisa Scottoline (Goodreads Author) published in 2003 (approved #5 in help section)
30.7 - Donna Jo's task as suggested by Meghan: GOOD SPIRITS
A. Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers published in 1933
AND
B. Heist Society by Ally Carter
Total Points = 635 Points
New Goodreads Author = Lisa Scottoline
Emily ID20.3 - Feminist Literature
Read The Awakening by Kate Chopin.
20.5 - Oprah's On!
Read Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, published in 1986.
20.7 - The Melting Pot
Read Lupita Manana by Patricia Beatty
Total completed: 45
Total points: 635
Total books: 52
Total pages: 18540
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ (5); 750+ (); 1000+ ()
Emily ID30.5 - Mind Your Ps and Qs
I rolled a 3 and a 4, so I read The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman for #3.
AND
The Pillars of the Earth for #4
(Big Book Ticket, 750+). Didn't like either book.
Total completed: 46
Total points: 665
Total books: 54
Total pages: 19915
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+ (5); 750+ (1); 1000+ ()
Adrienne wrote: "Finally catching on!I read The Passage by Justin Cronin for 20.10 and posted in the discussion thread.
Do I get the big books ticket for this one, since it's 766 pages?"
Actually, you get 2 big book tickets because it's over 750 pages ;o).
Iamthez wrote: "Also, the paperback version has 509 pages, but the copy that's on Goodreads is the hardcover which only has 300+ pages ... so I'm not sure if this qualifies?"The paperback version with 509 pages is under other editions (on the right hand side of the screen under the pictures of book covers) so, yes, it qualifies.
15.1 - New HorizonsI chose from the Graphic novels list.
Blankets by Craig Thompson. Claiming big book ticket; has 592 pages.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1725
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
30.7 - Donna Jo's task as suggested by Meghan: GOOD SPIRITSA. A Wind in the Door
I was born in 1981 and this book was published in 1973.
B.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 135
STACIE MITask 10.9 - Under the Covers
I read Stitches by David Small, which was on Flashlight Worthy's Best Graphic Novels of 2009 list. Before I actually opened the book, I didn't think I'd find this book to be flashlight worthy at all, but as it turned out, I stayed up late to ensure that I'd get it all read in one sitting!
Points this task: 10
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3639
Goodreads authors: 2
Bib Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Stacey
10.4: Leaving Civilization Behind
Black Star, Bright Dawn, by Scott O'Dell, which takes place almost entirely outdoors during the Iditarod.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 190
Completed tasks: 13
Books read: 20
10.4: Leaving Civilization Behind
Black Star, Bright Dawn, by Scott O'Dell, which takes place almost entirely outdoors during the Iditarod.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 190
Completed tasks: 13
Books read: 20
I completed the following tasks:15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR! - 1 Do It! (or heads) and 1 The Hell With It! (or tails), read a book or books totalling at least 500 pages: South of Broad by Pat Conroy (514 pages)
***Big Book Ticket 500+ pages***
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings
C) Since the days will be shorter, read a short book (100-300 pages). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (132 pages)
D) read a "dark" book from Most Depressing Book of All Time - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (288 pages)
Total points = 55
Time to post some finished tasks....5.1 - Fall Colors
For this task I read Red Kiss by Deidre Knight (Goodreads author)
10.10 GROUP HUG
For this task I read Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning, which is on the Paranormal Addicts & Newbies group "currently reading" for Sept.
15.2 - RECOMMENDED BOOKS
I voted for one of my favorites Sense and Sensibility and read Club Dead by Charlaine Harris, which was one of the recommended books.
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
For this task I read Edge of Desire by Rhyannon Byrd (Goodreads author) and Death Reins In by Michele Scott (Goodreads author). Both of these have 12 characters in their titles.
20.3 El’s Task (Best Review Contest) – Feminist Literature
For this task I read Stripped: Inside the Lives of Exotic Dancers by Bernedette C. Barton which was from Wikipedia's list of feminist literature.
20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - Seeing Yourself in a Title
My middle name is Lin, so I read Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake (Goodreads author).
Total Points This Post: 85
Total Tasks This Post: 6
Goodreads Authors This Post: 4
Grand Total Points: 175/890
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 15/53
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
5.6 - She's a Beauty
by Kristin Hannah *Claiming a Big Book Ticket since my edition has 512 pages*Points for this Task: 5
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
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Readerboard Name: StacyCT10.8 - What a Way to Make a Living
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside by Katrina Firlik
Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points Earned: 85
Total Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 3279
GoodReads Authors: 4 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()
Stacey
10.1: Shorter Days
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Points this task: 10
Total points: 200
Completed tasks: 14
Books read: 21
10.1: Shorter Days
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Points this task: 10
Total points: 200
Completed tasks: 14
Books read: 21
Mod
Read one book from the Top 150 Bestsellers list from Fall of 2009 and one from the Fall of 2000.
I read While I Was Gone from September 2000, and The Book Thief from September 2009.
total points: 205
20.10 Group Weeds
Group reads
I posted 11:41 pm today.
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books read: 3
Total Pages: 744
Total Points: 35
10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE I read Burned by PC Cast. Lots of religious figures: goddesses, and priestess...20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens I like movies where people discover something special about themselves and the world around them. Their lives are forever changed.
I read Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr. The main character discovers the world of fairies and her connection to it. And of course everything can't go easy there has to be conflicts. Leslie has to go though a lot and her life is never the same.
25.1 - Wendy MA's Task - And the Story Continues... I read Dead and Gone and Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris which are 9 and 10 in the Sookie series. Pages totaling 600.
Total points this task 55
Total Points: 95
Tasks Done 5
Books Read: 9
Total Pages 2789
Goodreads authors 1 Melissa Marr
Big Books: 500 0
750 0
1000 0
JASON20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens
Without Warning by John Birmingham
** 551 pgs claiming Big Book Ticket
Total to Date = 20 points
This was based on my favorite movie scenario of post-apocalyptic recovery. A disaster changes the world and how they must cope. Movies like "The Road", "Children of Men" or "I am Legend". This book tells how the world deals with the loss of North America. The economic, political, and military ramifications.
Janice CA10.1 short stories and essays....
The Beauty of the Beasts: Tales of Hollywood's Wild Animal Stars by Ralph Helfer
3 stars
Mr. Helfer's work memoir, written in the form of short stories/essays, tells of his years of training hundreds of species animals to perform in movies. I had a hard time rating this book, because my feelings, while reading it, were so contradictory. I love learning about animal behavior and can't imagine a better job than working with a variety of animals. Many of his animals were "rescued" from abusive environments. He took them in and treated them with affection, which I had to appreciate. However, I don't feel animals were put on this earth to serve as entertainment for people. I felt my blood boiling as he described dressing up an orangutan in a tux and giving him a Coke to drink.
+10
total: 80
tasks: 5
books: 6
GR Authors: 1
30.7 - Donna Jo's task as suggested by Meghan: GOOD SPIRITSA.read a book that was first published before you were born.
I was born in 1989 and I read for this part of the task a book that was published in 1972.
Watership Down by Richard Adams In this greek edition:Στο λόφο του Γουότερσιπ:Μια ανάσα από τον παράδεισοThis book has 566 pages so can I claim a Big Book Ticket please.
B. Read a book with a person smiling on the cover.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young GirlPoints This Task: 30
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 1869
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.7 CITY LIGHTSRead a book with the name of a specific city (town, village, etc.)
Krakow Waltz by Kate Allan *Goodreads Author*Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 2111
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.1 - Wendy MA's Task - And the Story Continues...September, October, and November are the 9th, 10th and 11th months of the year. For this task, read two books (totaling to at least 400 pages) that are either the ninth, tenth, or eleventh books in a series. For example in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child- One Shot is number 9, The Hard Way is number 10, and Bad Luck and Trouble is number 11. In the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris Dead and Gone is 9, Touch of Dead is 10, and Dead in the Family is 11. Books may be read in series order or by publication date. You do not have to read the same author for both books. Enjoy!!
I read The Ape who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters, which is number 9 in her Amelia Peters series (400 pages) and the Cat who lived High by Lillian Jackson Braun, which is number 10 in her series. (288 pages) For a total of 688 pages
points: 160 ( i think)
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10.4 LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHIND
The Fiery Cross (the majority of the book is set in the backwoods of NC before there were lots of settlers) - Big Book Ticket - 750+ (Total Pages 992)
10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE
Cattle Valley Mistletoe - Carol Lynne (GR Author) - The main character is a minister
10.8 WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING
On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story
20.3 El’s Task (Best Review Contest) – Feminist Literature
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced - Najood Ali
20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - SEEING YOURSELF IN A TITLE
Deanna - Dawn's Awakening
Dawn's Awakening
20.9 Babies!!
Her Two Dads
25.1 - Wendy MA's Task - And the Story Continues...
A Tanner's Scheme (Breeds #9)
B Jacob's Faith (Breeds #11)
Total Points This Post: 115
Total Points in Challenge: 400
Books Read: 32
Tasks Completed: 26
GR Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
Previous Tasks Completed:
5.1; 5.5; 5.9
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.6; 10.7; 10.10
15.5; 15.5; 15.8; 15.10
20.1; 20.8
25.2; 25.3
30.1; 30.5
5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name MeImmortals: The Crossing - Main character's name is Artemis - I would not like that name.
10.1 - SHORTER DAYS
I, Robot
10.2 - WE NEED A DRINK
The Master and Margarita
10.6 - IN THE PINK
Confessions of a Shopaholic
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR! (2 Do Its)
Fade Out - 348 pages
20.8 - Nancy’s Task (It’s My Birthday) – Pirate Talk
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings
A) The Return of the Native - 516 pages
C) The Dead Girls' Dance - 238 pages
Claiming 1 Big Books ticket - The Return of the Native was 516 pages long.
Total Points To Date: 245
20.6- Seeing Yourself In A TitleMy name is Francine and I read Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by HP Mallory. It was actually a delightful surprise- I loved it.
*HP Mallory is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this task-20
Total Points- 270
Books Read- 22
Goodreads Authors-8
Total Pages Read- 6851
I’ve been stockpiling my completed tasks so have several to report since my last update:5.4 - I’m glad my mother didn’t name me… - Smitten by Janet Evanovich
The main character's name is Lizabeth. And thank goodness my mother named me Elizabeth instead of Lizabeth. My name is often erroneously shortened to Liz and it drives me bonkers. I am Beth, please and thank you!!!! And Lizabeth vs. Elizabeth couldn’t be anything but Liz, right?
Anyone else who’s a part of the Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Bethany, Liz, Beth, Bess, Betsy, Betty, Elisa, etc. club can probably relate—don’t you just hate it when somebody chooses to use the wrong nickname? Because I sure do! Ugh! :P
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5.8 - banned book - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Taking the plot line and themes of this book into consideration, I think this was the ultimate banned book.
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10.6 - pink cover - Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
I had this book approved in the help thread. My version’s cover is one-third hot pink and the snow and trees on the bottom two-thirds have a light pink tinge to them.
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20.4 - the plot line thickens - The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn (Goodreads author)
My favorite movies are romantic period dramas and my favorite scenario is when they kiss! So I read a regency romance.
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20.9 - babies - Good Night, Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep , Stay Asleep, And Wake Up Happy by Kim West
This book was approved in the help thread.
I liked this one a little more than some of the other baby sleep primers out there. What the author proposed was a good match for our family’s needs and we’ve been able to comfortably incorporate many of these ideas into our lifestyle, which I can’t say for some of the other big players in the baby sleep field, such as Ferber, Sears, Ezzo, Hogg & Pantley.
On a non-book related tangent, I think this video should be required viewing for all moms before they’re allowed to chat with other moms or post their opinions on the internet about raising babies. Hi-freakin-larious:
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7148143/
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20.10 - group read - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
I posted my comment in the group discussion thread on 9/17/10.
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Points Claiming: 80
Points Total: 135
Toat Goodreads Authors: 2 (Carly Phillips, Julia Quinn)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1,000+ (0)
5.9 Comfort Read-I read Tempt Me Twice by Jaci Burton,Susie Charles,Beverly Havlir.
I really enjoy Jaci Burton, anthologies, and erotic romances. They take me out of my normal every day issues and I escape to a place of fun and frivolity for awhile. Love an HEA too!
*Jaci Burton is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this task-5
Total Points- 275
Books Read- 23
Goodreads Authors-9
Total Pages Read- 7139
Lauren Marie10.6 In the Pink
I read
by Gigi Levangie Grazer.Total Challenges Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Total Points: 55
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5.9 - Comfort Read - Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich.
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR! - 2 Do It! - read a book or books totalling at least 300 pages - Four to Score by Janet Evanovich (313 pages).
Total Points: 180/890
Tasks Completed: 14
Tasks in Progress: 7
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Laila Lalami)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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