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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
5.7 - Circle of LifeA Caribbean Mysteryby Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was born Sept 15, 1890
5.2 - The Play Must Go On
Our Town
Total Challenges Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Points: 30
5.8 - Freedom to Read1984
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 470
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Emily ID (don't worry, I don't have a life outside of reading!!!)5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G - Stardust
by Neil Gaiman
5.10- Name That Car - Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer. My car really IS named Patch! It has a good reason too...it used to be held together with duct tape, until I could afford to go have it fixed. Now the duct tape is long gone, but the name stuck.
10.7 - City Lights - Paris: The Biography of a City by Colin Jones
15.6 - One Hit Wonders - The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham. I didn't like it.
25.3 - Daylight Savings - The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer (Option A, Historical Fiction) AND The Trail of the Jedi by Jude Watson (Option C, Shorter Book, 128 pages)
30.3 - Shipwrecked - Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) AND Writing Jane Austen by Elizabeth Aston. These are two of my very favorite authors, and I LOVED these books!
Total completed: 17
Total points: 190
Total books: 19
Total pages: 6781
Goodreads Authors: 4 (Neil Gaiman, Cassandra Clare, James Dashner, Julia Quinn)
Big Books: 2 (The Red Pyramid 500+ & Paris: A Biography of a City 500+)
Task 5.2-The Play Must Go On-Read 'night Mother by Marsha NormanTaks Completed:3
Pages for this task:89
Total pages read:611
Points for this task:5
Total points:30
Completed Task #10.6 - In the Pink (09/11/10)Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas
Points: 10
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Points: 10
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Total Challenge Points as of 09/11/10 = 50
Total GR Author: 1
Total Big Books: 0
Julie TN20.10 - Group read
Mockingjay
Total points: 20 points
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
total books read: 1
total tasks completed: 1
CoralieTask 20.9 Babies!
The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris
Adelaide Harris was just seven weeks old.
Total points 150
5.5 – Take Me Out to the Ball GameShakespeare Makes the Playoffs by Ron Koertge
Koertge's "Shakespeare" books are about baseball, but also a young man who loves poetry. A great combo and they are written in verse, too!
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 30
Janice CA10.4 Leaving civilization behind.....
Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
4 stars
This was a great read. I wasn't surprised that Allison's stories about his interactions with wildlife, including sharing the bathroom with a water buffalo and having a stand-off with a male lion while holding a case of beer, were fascinating. What surprised me, was how much humor, detail, and love for nature he demonstrated while conveying the tales.
+10
total: 30
Books: 2
Tasks: 2
GR Authors: 1
5.2 The Play Must Go OnTwelfth Night
This one is funny and train-wreck-ish at the same time. Plenty of headdesk moments (y'know, the kind where you beat your head on the desk because people are being dumb). And I like how I can understand it, despite the archaic language. Yay Shakespeare!
5.5 Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
10.6 In the Pink
Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything
15.3 Continental Divide
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair and The Heights of Macchu Picchu
I got South Amercia, and Pablo Neruda was originally from Chile. It was interesting to read both of these, since they were from completely different parts of his career. I wish my library had another translation of "Twenty Love Poems" because it would be interesting to see how someone else translated them.
20.1 Bookmarks Magazine
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella
This book was on the Bookmarks Goodreads Shelf for September/October 2010.
Total: 55 + 160 (from earlier) = 215 points
Finished:10.7 City Lights
Welcome to Utopia by Karen Valby. Utopia is a small town in Texas
20.4 Author! Author!
I like a lot of movies, but I really enjoy shows with humor. One of my favorites is The Ballad of Cat Ballou, so I read an amusing Western by John McCord, MONTANA HORSEMAN
Today's total: 30 points
Grand Total: 125 points
Total pages 3203
Task 5.9 Comfort ReadThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Task 15.1 New Horizons
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
I found this on the memoirs shelf
Task 15.10 Second Chances
a) The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
I also could've used this as a Comfort Read (5.9)
b) Uncharted TerriTORI by Tori Spelling
Total Points: 85
GoodReads author: 1
10.5 The first estate Read The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page in which one of the main characters is a pastor.
points 10
total points 55
ZAKIYA -15.7: Solve the Mystery
I chose Solution A, then read The Giver, which was on the "Modern Classics" list (#65).
Total Points: 15
Mod
I read Ella Minnow Pea - #32 on the recommended list.
I recommended a whole bunch of books (it was hard to stop!). Some of my favorites that I recommended were Moloka'i, The Remains of the Day, Cutting for Stone, and Kindred
Total points: 65
NICOLE VA5.4 I'm so glad my mother didn's name me...
I read Shakespeare's Secret by Elise Broach. The main character's (a girl) name is Hero, after the character in Much Ado about Nothing.
Total Points= 95
ERIN C15.9 Coin Collector: I flipped 1 heads and 1 tails, meaning I read a book or books totaling over 500 pages.
Possession by A.S. Byatt
This book was 555 pages, fitting the challenge.
I am also claiming 1 Big Book ticket for Possession since it was 555 pg.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 3,035
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.9 UNDER THE COVERSA is for Alibi
From the list First of the Best: American Female P.I. Novels.
I wouldn't say the book was flashlight worthy, but I liked it.
Points: 10
Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Pages: 1,653
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.1 - Wendy MA's Task - And the Story Continues...Pages: 1996 At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie(198) and Nemesis by Agatha Christie(262)
Points: 100
Tasks: 5
Books: 8
Pages: 2456
5.4 I'm glad my mother didn't name me...Tallulah, from Withering Tights by Louise Rennison. Far too many ls for my liking, plus it sounds very stagey and out there and I'm not that kind of person. I'll stick with Katrina over Tallulah any day
Points: 5/890
Books Read: 1/???
Good Read Authours: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Michelle WI15.5 Literature Map - I typed in Sue Grafton as my author so I read
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Total Points 55/890
Tasks Completed 3/53
Books Read 4/69
Total Big Book Tickets 0
Total Goodreads Authors 0
Alice GTask: 15.6 One Hit Wonders
Book: The Very Thought of You
Rosie Alison, the author of this book, normally writes children's fiction. This is her only adult fiction book to date.
Total Points: 50
PREVIOUS READS
5.9 Comfort Read - The L Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
10.6 In the Pink - A Rabbit's Eyes
20.1 Bookmarks Magazine - Solar by Ian McEwan
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For task 20.10 - Group Read - I read Little Bee by Chris Cleave and made a post in the discussion thread (post #8). I liked this book a lot, 4 stars.Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages Read: 267
Total Points: 20
Kristen (IL)Read Speak for task 5.8 - Speak is a Frequently Challenged book.
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Total points: 15
Emu5.07 Circle of Life: I read The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall.
Maj Sjöwall was born 25 September 1935.
Total point: 25.
15.3-Continental DivideI used the randomizer and Australia was chosen for me. I read Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy. This book takes place entirely in Australia, mostly in Melbourne. The author is also from Australia.
*Sean Kennedy is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this task-15
Total Points- 70
Books Read- 7
Goodreads Authors-5
Total Pages Read- 2337
5.5- Take me out to the ball game I read Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella This is the book that Field of Dreams was based on so it is a baseball story.
Total point for this task: 5
Cumulative points: 30
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1,055
10.10 GROUP HUGKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
A group read for Reading With Style.
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 40
Liz Vegas15.6 The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time by Jeff Deck
** Jeff Deck is a Goodreads author **
Total points: 45
Julie TN20.5 Oprah's On
Ellen Foster
Published in 1987
Total points to date: 40
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
total books read: 2
total tasks completed: 2
20.6 Seeing Yourself in the TitleMy middle name is Leigh and I read Virgin: Prelude to the Throne by Robin Maxwell.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.2 Recommended booksI voted for my favourite books on the list - The Book Thief being one of them.
I read The Girl Who Chased The Moon by Sarah Addison Allen from the list
**Sarah Addison Allen is a GoodReads author**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
GoodReads authors: 1
I'm on holiday, so lots of reading time! :D5.8 Freedom to Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry
So glad I read this. I think all those people who challenged it missed the point. Almost a 5 star read.
15.2 Recommended Books
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
The weakest of the Study trilogy in my opinion. I voted on Pride and Prejudice, The Handmaid's Tale, Ender's Game, The Host, Water for Elephants and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It was hard to stop!
*Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author*
Total points: 90
Big Book tickets: 3 (1 x 500+, 1 x 750+)
Goodread authors: 2
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Pages read: 2799
25.2 AS HER DEBUT(A)
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Everyman's Library, 1992 (1811)
367 pg.
Read - 9/12/10
4.5 Stars
(B)
Commuters by Emily Gray Tedrowe*
Harper Perennial, 2010
375 pg.
Read - 9/7/10
4 Stars
* Goodreads Author Ticket: Emily Gray Tedrowe
TOTAL POINTS: 75
20.9 - BabiesBaby Proof by Emily Giffin
I'm afraid I did not like this book - I've been reading all day just because I wanted to finish it!
Total points to date 125
Gosh Wendy, that is the same book I have planned for this task. I may have to rethink my choice.
Sheila wrote: "Gosh Wendy, that is the same book I have planned for this task. I may have to rethink my choice."Well you might like it better than I did! I just couldn't relate to the characters or their lives at all - maybe I'm just too old for it!
Carly5.6 - She's a Beauty
I read Envy
by Anna Godbersen.From the girl's dress, to the title's script font, to the girl herself, I thought that everything on the cover was beautiful.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 5
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 1565
Finished30.3 The shipwrecked
The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens *
Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda*
30.7 Good spirit
by NIcholas SparksThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
*Lori Lansens & Shilpi Somaya Gowda are GR authors
and I`d add Kathryn Stockett(task 15.7) to my Gr authors list
This tasks points :60
Total points :75
Total tasks: 3
Total books: 5
Gr authors :3
10.9 Flashlight WorthyI read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
This was on the list: 21 Great Books with just as Great Movies on the flashlight worthy website.
Total points: 35
Points this task: 10
5.2 Read a playVerdict by Agatha Christie 80 pp
I'm afraid I didn't like this one as well as either The Mousetrap or Witness for the Prosecution.
5.9 Comfort read
The Search by Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts is one of my favorite authors and this is one of her best in several years.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name- LeoraTask 20-6 Seeing Yourself in a Title
I read: French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew By Peter Mayle
This brings me to 45 points.
20.3 El's Feminist LiteratureThe Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition by Eve Ensler
Today' total: 20
Grand total 145
Total pages: 3388
For Task 5.8 - Freedom to Read, I readCrank
Fear/dislike of this author by a few parents caused an entire Teen Book Festival in my area to be cancelled this fall. Powerful book. Stupid parents.
New points: 5
Total points: 20
Nancy wrote: "For Task 5.8 - Freedom to Read, I readCrank
Fear/dislike of this author by a few parents caused an entire Teen Book Festival in my area to be cancelled this fall. Powerful book..."
That is absolutely ridiculous! I vote to try to hold a festival anyway in an alternate venue to spite stupid people everywhere! Either that or do something to honor her during Banned Books Week this year.
I think the same thing happened to her last year, too, and she wrote a poem, "Manifesto," for Banned Books Week in response to what happened. I love that poem so much that I printed off the poster, laminated it, and hung it in my office. It's thirty-one varieties of epic.
The author came to our school last year for Author Day for the book "Crank". I think that canceling a festival because of one book is stupid. It's like we should encourage children to read but only "certain" "approved" books and who gets to decide which books are "approved"? Is this really the message we went to send to the next generation?
10.10 Group HugHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Texas Readers Group
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1...
Total Points- 15
Total Tasks- 2
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
Liz VegasTask 25.3
- Kitchen- Banana Yoshimoto (short book 152 pages)
- The Remains of the Day- Kazuo Ishiguro (from most depressing list)
Challenge total: 70 points
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A Pale View of the Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
I like those slow moving films where nothing much happens! The sort with beautiful scenery which are character based rather than plot based. The kind of thing where an old person reminisces about their past and through flashbacks and dialogue we learn about the events and relationships that have made them the person they are. This book is just like that and I really enjoyed it!
Total points to date 105