WI 10-11 Task Overview

[Sam]

10.1 – Turkey Coma
Since the holiday season is full of epic feasts and leftovers, sometimes it's difficult to more than a few pages before losing consciousness. Read a collection of short fiction/essays by one author.

10.2 – A Special Gift from Reading with Style
Choose one of the following:
A) Read a book that you received as a holiday gift.
OR
B) Read a book that was released in October, November, or December of 2010 that you really, really want to read.
(This task cannot be repeated or used to claim Combo Points.)

10.3 – V-Day
To celebrate Valentine's Day, choose one of the top 50 books from Goodreads' list of Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century . (Make sure your selection is actually from the twentieth century!)

10.4 – William and Kate: The Private Lives of Public Figures
Prince William and Kate Middleton have finally announced that they're getting married. In honor of events like this one that people can't seem to get enough of, read a non-fiction book about the private life of a monarch, elected official, or candidate.

10.5 – New Year's Resolution
Celebrate the beginning of the year with a book known for its beginning. Choose one of the top 50 books from Goodreads' list of best beginnings.

10.6 – Noel, Noel
Read a book with NO "L" in the title and NO "L" in the author name.
(If task is repeated, a different author should be used each time.)

10.7 – The Booker Prize
Since we've already used the Whitbread/Costa Prize in a RwS challenge previously, it seems only fitting to use the Man Booker Prize now. Read a book that has won or been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

10.8 - nsfancy's 3rd Place Task - The Tropic of Capricorn
The Tropic of Capricorn, or Southern tropic, marks the most southerly latitude at which the sun can appear directly overhead at noon. This event occurs at the December solstice when the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun to its maximum extent. Read a book set in one of the countries that will lie directly below the sun on Dec.23, 2010. Be sure to list which country your book is set in when posting for points.

10.9 - Cheryl TX's 2nd Place Task - Alphabet Soup
This task is about matching two different letters of the alphabet between title and author.
First, here's the list of letters that "match": A - N, B - O, C - P, D - Q, E - R, F - S, G - T, H - U, I - V, J - W, K - X, L - Y, M - Z.
Now, if your book's title has a word beginning with A, then your author's first or last name (or if the author consistently uses a full third name (i.e., Gabriel Garcia Marquez)) must start with N (or vice versa). Authors' initials cannot be used for this task nor can articles (i.e., a/an/the), conjunctions (e.g., and/or/but), or prepositions (e.g., in, on, around, between). You can repeat this task as many times as you wish but you may only use each pair once.

10.10 - Group Read
Read one of the following selections from the moderators and previous challenge winners/finishers.
Sam - The Ice Princess
Krista - Bless Me, Ultima
Colleen (Mega Finisher) - In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
Cheryl (Mega Finisher) - The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption
Nsfancy (Mega Finisher) - The Devil and Miss Prym
Liz M (Mega Finisher) - The Remains of the Day
Rebekah (Mega Finisher) - The Old Gringo

15.1-15.10 - Backpacking through Europe

[Sam]

20.1 - "Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse"
Read a book about life after the end of the world. Choose one of the top 50 books from Goodreads' list of post-apocalyptic fiction.

20.2 – "While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads"
Forget fantasies of dancing candied fruit...read about swords and horses instead! Choose one of the top 50 books from Goodreads' list of best epic fantasies. (Note: Some of the Top 50 are entire series...don't pick those unless you plan on reading the entire series.)

20.3 – Shortest Day/Month of the Year
Winter contains the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, as well as February, the shortest month of the year. Read a book with a short title...so short that it only consists of one word. For this task, no subtitles are allowed.

20.4 - A Short Detour to Sweden
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901. Read a book by an author who has won The Nobel Prize for Literature.

20.5 – "Put on your yarmulke, Here comes Hanukkah!"
Read a book from the Yiddish Book Center's 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature.

20.6 – African-America History Month
February is African-American History Month. Read a book by one of the authors listed on The Public Library of Cincinnati's List of African-American fiction writers.

20.7 – Goodbye, So Long, Good Riddance...
Read a non-fiction book about an event that took place between the 00's-10's (e.g., 1400-1410, 1500-1510, etc.). Selections can be a biography/autobiography of someone who was born or who died in those years or about a specific event that took place during those years. You may repeat this task as many times as you like, but each time you repeat it you should read a book about an event in a different century. When posting for points, make sure you include a description of the event/date.

20.8 - Krista's Choice: The Time of Your Life
New Year's Eve is often a time when people look back and review events that occurred during the past year and look forward to imagine how they can shape the upcoming year. In honor of that tradition, read a Time-Travel book. The character(s) in the book must actually do some time-traveling. They can't simply imagine what the future may hold or what the past was like. Examples can be found here, here, and here.

20.9 - Sam's Choice: Best of 2010
I thought I’d take a break from tasks related to crime fiction this season and lighten up just a bit. Read a book from Amazon’s Best Books of 2010 (as chosen by their editors).

20.10 - Colleen's 1st Place Task - President's Day
Choose a book (fiction or non-fiction) whose title contains the last name of a US president: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Obama. Plural and possessive case are both acceptable, and subtitles are considered part of the title for this task.