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[Nicki]

Congrats Sheila!! :D Wow...

[Pollyanna]

10.4 - Leaving Civilization Behind
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende

Challenges completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 432
Points: 10

[Cindie]

20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine

I am a huge fan of Bookmarks magazine and look forward to each new issue in my mailbox. Check out the website at Bookmarks Magazine and scroll down to view the issues from 2010. You can also find the Bookmarks Magazine’s Goodreads Shelves at Bookmarks Goodreads shelves That link has shelves for all books reviewed in Bookmarks in 2010 – the magazine website does not yet include clickable links for the July/August or September/October issues.
Click on an issue to view all books reviewed and the stars awarded by the magazine. Select and read any book of your choice that was reviewed this year.

Required: In your posting, you must include the issue you selected.

If you also fall in love with the magazine, check out the goodreads group dedicated to its featured books... Bookmarks Subscribers. Happy reading!

I read The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman. This was reviewed in the Sept/Oct issue

new total" 205

I forgot to claim my big book ticket for my previous post 10.2 harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. can I do that now?? Thanks!

It has 734 pages



total points: 205
Books read: 18
pages read: 5486
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books 0 (500) 1 (750) 0 (1000)

[Kate]

Kate C.

Finished 20.5 - Oprah's On!

Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens by Ted Conover

Published in 1987

Total Points: 155

[Amanda B.]

5.6 She's a Beauty

I read

Total points this post: 5
Total points to date: 200

[Judith]

Judith NY

5.7 Circle of Life
The Return of the King
J.R.R Tolkien died Sept 1973

Points for this task - 5
Total Points for the challenge - 40

[[deleted user]]

Readerboard Name: Gina NY

Task 30.8 Beth NC's Task
a) USA Today Top 150 Fall 2009-- I read from November 2009

b) USA Today top 150 Fall 2000-- I read October 2000

Total Points: 225 points

[Joy Marie]

Readerboard Name: Joy Marie

Task 20.10 Group Reads

I read Mockingjay and posted my comment on the book's discussion board as message #112

Points for this task: 20
Total points: 25

[Joy Marie]

Readerboard Name: Joy Marie

Task 15.2 Recommended Books

I read Catching Fire which was on the list.

I also voted on some of my favorite books including The Book Thief, Water for Elephants, The Host, and Farenheit 451.

Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 40

[Nicole]

NICOLE AR

20.10 Group Reads

I read "Little Bee" by Chris Cleave. Absolutely hated this book.

Points for this challenge: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks Completed: 4

[chucklesthescot]

Task 30.2 Ins and Outs

1)exterior-The Bloody Tower by Valerie Wilding

2)interior-The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Points this task:30
Total Points:345
Tasks Completed:21
Books Read:28
Total Goodreads Authors:3
Total Big Book Tickets:3

[Donna Jo]

Finished:
5.7 Circle of Life
Scarlet Nights by Jude Deveraux, who was born Sept 20.

5.10 Name that Car
Hen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail by Joan Druett. I think Hen, which could be short for Little Red Hen (for my little red car) would be obscure enough for me.

15.1 New Horizons
I very rarely read Horror, having an overactive imagination. But I picked the Horror shelf and read Horns by Joe Hill. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be as far as the "keep the lights on all night factor" goes, but I'll continue skipping that genre.

30.8 Fall Back into Reading

A. November 2009What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell

B. September 2000 Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 by Stephen E. Ambrose

Today's Total: 55
Grand Total: 630

[Janet]

20.1 - Stephanie Ann's Task - Bookmarks Magazine

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, a Goodreads Author - appeared in Issue 46

Total pages in book(s): 369
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read: 4863
Total Points: 175
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 4

[Malinda]

The books that I read for this posting were different from any other books that I have read. I am trying to broaden my reading range.

15.5 Literature Map From Scott Westerfield I found Ellen Hopkins I read Crank


20.1 Bookmarks Magazine: From the Jan-Feb 2010 edition: Stitches


30.7 Good Spirits

Part A: Book older than me born in 1972 read
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach published in 1970


Part B: Smiling person on cover by Gail Carson Levine



Total points this task 65
Total Points: 205
Tasks Done 11
Books Read: 17
Total Pages 5002
Goodreads authors 1 Ella Enchanted
Big Books: 500 1 Crank
750 0
1000 0

[Erin (NY)]

Erin NY

Long overdue update! Here it goes:

10.4 Book that takes place in a natural setting
Lord of the Flies by William Golding

15.4 2 books with the same number of characters in the title
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Last Night at Chateau Marmont: A Novel by Lauren Weisberger (not counting the ": A Novel" part)

20.2 book related to a musical
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

20.3 a feminist lit book
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Total: 125 points
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in Progress: 2
Pages Read: 4574
Books Read: 11

[Fran]

15.4- Fall Equinox
I read Cait and the Devilby Annabel Joseph and Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson.

*Annabel Joseph is a Goodreads Author*


Points for this task-15
Total Points- 495
Books Read- 38
Goodreads Authors-12
Total Pages Read- 12276

[kiki]

congratulations sheila!

[JC]

Task 15.2 - Recommended books
City of Thieves by David Benioff
I voted for many of my favorites, and added The Power of One to the list.
Task points = 15

Total Challenge points = 405

[Stacy]

Readerboard Name: StacyCT

20.1 - Bookmarks Magazine
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

From Bookmarks issue 44 (Jan/Feb 2010).

Richard Dawkins is a a Goodreads Author.

Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Points Earned: 160
Total Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 5080
GoodReads Authors: 6 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow; Kevin Roose; Richard Dawkins)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()

[[deleted user]]

Stacey
15.7: Solve the Mystery (C)
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, a big book at 835 pages.

New points: 15
Total points: 405
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 35

[Donna Jo]

Congratulations, Sheila.

[Erin]

ERIN C.

15.3 Continental Divide

My country was AFRICA. I read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. This book takes place on the Congo River in Central Africa.

Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 260
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 27
Pages Read: 10,128
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Sandie]

25.4 Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program

I rolled a 3 and a 5

2010 Line Up

3 Blue Bloods - Police Officer as a main character

Past Mortem

1960 Line Up

5 77 Sunset Strip - number in title

High Five

Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson, Chris Cleave)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

[Alice]

Alice G

Task: 15.5 Literature Map

Author Entered: Patrick Gale

Author Picked: Ann Patchett

Book: Run

I gave this book 4 stars and will certainly be reading more books by her. Great task thanks!

Total Points: 215

PREVIOUS READS
5.2 The Play Must Go On - Jonah and Otto by Robert Holman
5.7 Circle of Life - Jonah's Compass by Anne Tyler
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

15.1 New Horizons - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
15.3 Continental Divide - The Cat Sanctuary by Patrick Gale
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

25.3 Daylight Savings - The Backward Shadow by Lynne Reid Banks and My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
25.4 Stay Tuned for Your Regularly Scheduled Program - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe and The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas

30.1 It's in the Cards - Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith and Men from Boys by Tony Parsons


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[Christine US]

CHRISTINE US

Task 5.4 Mother didn't name me
Hide and Seek (Sisterhood, #8) by Fern Michaels

There are several names in this book I'm glad my mother didn't name me -- Myra, Yoko, Nellie....and I'm kinda glad I'm not Fern too:)

Task 5.6 She's a Beauty

Free Fall by Fern Michaels

Task 30.4 Mysteries & Animals
(a) by Lillian Braun
(b) by Donna Andrews

Total Points:445
GoodReads author: 10
Big Books: 1

[Anne]

10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE - Read a book with a significant character who is a religious leader

The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre

The Bishop's Man was a Catholic priest

Points for this task = 10
Total points = 65

[CathyNJ]

I just completed a task.
15.1 - NEW HORIZONS
Sci-Fi is not a genre of fiction that I do not read.
The book I read was . I loved this book. It's book 1 of a trilogy. I am going to continue on and read the rest of the books.
CathyNJ

[Ashley FL]

Congratulations, Sheila!!

Ashley FL

For Task 5.4 (I'm Glad my Mother Didn't Name Me), I read What The Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie. The main character's name is Mae. Bleech. Especially since the "hero" calls her Mabel.

For Task 10.7 (City Lights) I read Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham. Boone, NC is the city.

For Task 15.9 I flipped one of each (500 pages) and read The Karate Mouse by Geronimo Stilton (128 pages) and Birdwing by Rafe Martin (384 pages) for a total of 512 pages.

For Task 25.1 I read A Caribbean Mystery and At Bertram's Hotel which are the 10th and 11th Miss Marple Mysteries written by Agatha Christie.

For Task 25.2 I read A Perfect Evil (Maggie O'Dell, #1), Alex Cava's debut novel (which I read because I "won" a First Read copy of the latest one -- but I never did receive it -- oh well!) and A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker (debut novel in 2010). **Kristen Walker is a GOODREADS Author**

For Task 30.4 (mysteries and animals) I read:
A. Singing Sensation by Geronimo Stilton (detective is a mouse), and
B. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

This brings me to:

445 Points
Goodreads Authors: 5
Julia Quinn (10 Things I Love About You) Post 133
(The Lost Duke of Wyndham) Post 1262
(Mr. Cavendish, I Presume) Post 1387
Heather Webber (deeply, desperately) Post 209
Kristin Walker (A Match Made in High School)
Big Book Tickets: 2
750+: The Terror (Post 645)
500+: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Post 1166)

[Manday]

I completed task 5.1 Fall Colors by reading Blood Diamonds by Greg Cambell.

TOTALS
Points: 65
Books: 7
Tasks: 6

[Cheryl]

Readerboard Name Cheryl TX

50.1 ROll the Dice 3-1-2

A. WWI A History in Documents by Feans Coetzee and Marilyn Shevin-Coetzee
B. George Armstrong Custer Civil War General and Western LEgend by Zachary Kent
C. Bullet Point by Peter Abrahams

[Deedee]

DeeDee

10.1 SHORTER DAYS – Read a book of short stories, novellas, or essays. The book may be by a single author or an anthology.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010) by Gardner R. Dozois (Hardcover, 688 pages) 3* Dozois does an excellent job, as always, but the stories weren't as good as those written in other years, still there were a few gems worth reading for any science fiction fan.

Big Books:
500 +
688 pages: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010) by Gardner R. Dozois (#10.1)



140 + 10 = 150




Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 150/890
Books read: 11
Pages Read: 4131

Read but not claimed: 10

Goodreads Authors: 3
(Goodreads Author) Chris Cleave (#20.10)
(Goodreads Author) Jamie Ford (#20.8)
(Goodreads Author) John Joseph Adams (#20.6)

Big Books:
500 +
688 pages: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010) by Gardner R. Dozois (#10.1)

[Petra]

I completed Task 30.1 (It's in the Cards) by reading Run at Destruction: A True Fatal Love Triangle and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.

The two cards I drew were 7 of Clubs (published in an odd year by a Goodreads Author) and Queen of Hearts (published by a female author after Jan 1,2000)
Run at Destruction: A True Fatal Love Triangle was published in 2008 by Goodreads Author Lynda Drews and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers was written by Mary Roach & published in 2003.

I enjoyed both books and have written Reviews for both book in the Review forum.

I am claiming a Goodreads Author ticket. Thanks.

Total points: 195

[[deleted user]]

30.8 FALL BACK INTO READING

A) September 2009: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

B) November 2000: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling


Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 14
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 3481

[Donna Jo]

Finished:

15.8 Is that an Eye
Please use The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova to replace By Nightfall: A Novel. Thanks.

Todays Total: 15
Grand Total: 645

[Petra]

Sorry....Typo in Message 1691:
Run at Destruction: A True Fatal Love Triangle was published in 2009; not 2008 as posted in the original message.

Sorry!

[Kristina]

5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G-Read a book by an author whose initials are found sequentially in the word THANKSGIVING.

THE LINE by TERRI HALL (Goodreads Author)

5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me...-Read a book with a main character that has a name you're sooooo glad is not yours.

NEED by CARRIE JONES (Goodreads Author)
I am glad that my parents didn't name me Zara.


5.6 - She's a Beauty
November 20th is Beautiful Day. Read a book with a cover you consider beautiful.

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS by ANNA GODBERSEN



5.9 - Comfort Read-DIGITAL FORTRESS (Audio CD) by DAN BROWN and narrated by PAUL MICHAEL
Dan Brown is always a good for when I don't know what to read, and Paul Michael is one of my favorite narrators!


10.10 GROUP HUG- Read a book that is on any OTHER Goodreads Group’s “Currently Reading” shelf.

NEVER LET ME GO by KAZUO ISHIGURO
ALISS Book Discussion Group was reading this while I was.


15.1 - NEW HORIZONS-Go to Top Shelves and pick a book from a shelf.

THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP (Audio CD) by RICK YANCEY and narrated by PAUL MICHAEL
Shelf: Arthurian
No, I would not be interested in reading any more books related to King Arthur.


15.4 - FALL EQUINOX-Read two books that have the same number of characters in their titles.

CITY OF BONES by CASSANDRA CLARE (Goodreads Author) and
CITY OF ASHES by CASSANDRA CLARE (Goodreads Author)


20.7 Erin NY’s Task (Shorter is Sweeter) – The Melting Pot-Read a novel about an immigrant experience from another country into the US.

THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN by ANNE FADIMAN


30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTS -Book A. needs to have something on the EXTERIOR of a house in the title.
Book B. needs to have a room on the INTERIOR of a house in the title

Book A. A COUNTESS BELOW STAIRS (Audio CD) by EVA IBBOTSON and narrated by DAVINA PORTER
Book B. HEX HALL by RACHEL HAWKINS (Goodreads Author)



Total: 110

[Shaylene]

Shaylene

I just completed task 20.10- Group Reads by finishing Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins.


Total Books Read: 7
Total Points: 70

[Coralie]

Coralie
5.10 Name That Car
The first car I ever had was called Emma

25.1 And the Story Continues
Raisins and Almonds
Mirror Dance
Both books were the 9th in their series.

Total points 615

[Vanessa]

Vanessa S.

20.10 Group Reads

Little Bee

Points this task: 20

[Janet]

30.8 - Fall Back Into Reading

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell (Sept 2009)
The Switch by Sandra Brown (GR Author) (Sept 2000)


Total pages in book(s): 992
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read: 5855
Total Points: 205
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 5

[Stacy]

Readerboard Name: StacyCT

15.2 - Recommended Books
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck

Task Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Points Earned: 175
Total Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 5336
GoodReads Authors: 6 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow; Kevin Roose; Richard Dawkins)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()

[Sandra]

30.5 Ms. Anderson and Tanja's Task: LIFE LESSONS

I rolled two 2s (Learn from Your Mistakes) and read:
For One More Day by Mitch Albom (most often misspelled word is for)
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (most often misspelled word is with)

Total points: 185

[Amy W]

Amy W

20.10 Group Reads
I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. My post in the discussion is #115.

Total Points This Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 165
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

[Aleksandra]

This week finished

10.3 Freedom Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie

25.3 Daylight savings
A Child of the Morning by Paulina Gedge
C That Uncertain Feeling by Kingsley Amis (256)

Tasks points :35
Total points: 315
Total tasks: 14
Total books: 21
GR authors: 8

[Kate]

Kate.x.

I have finished the task 10.6 I read Douglas Coupland Generation x, which has a pink cover.

I have also finished task 25.3 Sandy's task Daylight Savings, I read Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (set in 16th century for cat a) and Terry Prachett's Colour of Magic (for a shorter paged book, it has 238).

Total points = 200.

[Rachel]

RACHEL CA—Total points, 180 (points since last post, 20)

5.04 I’M GLAD MY MOTHER
The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin; I loved this book, but am glad my name isn’t Gretchen. (GOODREADS AUTHOR)

15.02 RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Voted on and added many books, and read the recommended To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis

[Eva]

Emu:

Task 10.7 - City Lights: Rødby-Puttgarden by Helle Helle

Rødby is the name of a Danish city and Puttgarden of a German city.

Total points: 65.

[Dlmrose, Moderator Emeritus]

Dlmrose

15.10 Second Chances

A. Fits 20.1 Bookmarks magazine- Sept/Oct 2010 issue

Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst

B. Group Read nominee

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

20.8 Pirate Talk - mARRiage

Marriage and Other Acts of Charity: A Memoir by Kate Braestrup

25.2 As her Debut

A. any debut novel: Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
-Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America and a finalist for an Anthony Award for Best Debut Novel.

B. 2010 debut Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel

30.8 Fall Back

A. 2009 #76 Sept: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

B. 2000 #53 Nov: Shopgirl by Steve Martin

total 635

[Tracyj]

15.5 Literature Map - I read It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini.
I recently read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and loved it, so I put Chbosky in the literature map and came up with Ned Vizzini as one of my choices.
Tasks Completed - 5
Books Read - 6
Total Points - 90

[Charlotte]

Book: The Old Maid: The 'Fifties, Edith Wharton
Task: 5.10- Name That Car (car's name is "Old Maid", heh)

Points for this task: 5
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 4