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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
Chinook5.3 Starts With... W
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90
Big Book tickets: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: Kathryn Stockett
Tasks Complete: 7
Books read: 7
LISA NCTask # 10.4 Auld Lang Syne
The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
This post: 10 points
Total: 10 points
LISA NCTask # 10.7 My Favorite Things
Genre chosen: fiction
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
This post: 10 points
Total: 20 points
Joy Marie20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-President's Day
Read Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
President: Alexander Hamilton
Total Points: 80
Goodreads Authors: 2
I'm LindseyMA and I completed 1 more task.Task 30.7 Forever Young - I read Living Dead Girl (170pages) by Elizabeth Scott which is an issue-oriented YA novel (rape, kidnapping, etc) AND The Giver (179 pages) by Lois Lowry which fits into a few of the YA categories and is the first in the Giver series. Elizabeth Scott is a Goodreads' author.
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Pages: 1528 pages
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total Points: 70
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
by Tracy ChevalierTotal Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season1: Read a book by one of your favorite authors
5: Read a book you've been dying to read, but haven't had a place for in the challenge.
1: I read The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
5: I read Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Total Points: 50
20.10 - Group ReadThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Here's my post: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
Tasks: 3
Points: 45
20.9 Presidents' DayTrickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States.
Tamora Pierce is a GoodReads author.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Complete: 2
NICOLE VA5.7 Happy New Year
I read
by Lish McBride.Lish McBride is a GoodReads author.
Total points= 55
30.8 In the Spirit of the Season i rolled a #1 and a #2. (ASIA spelled out with capital letters in authors names below)#1. High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never by bArbAra kIngSolver (one of my fave authors)
#2. The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay by ednA St. vIncent millAy (poetry is one of my favorite genres)
Books Read: 11 / 74+
Points Completed: 145/975
Tasks Completed: 7
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies...or NotEric by Terry Pratchett
I dread this time of year, so I chose to read a book by Terry Pratchett since his books always make me laugh.
15.10 Keep It Simple
Broke : the plan to restore our trust, truth and treasure by Glenn Beck
Points this post: 35
Total points: 110
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.3 -- From A... to ZStarts with A -- Angel Be Good by Kathy Carmichael -- a really cute, Christmas romance based on Dickens's A Christmas Carol
Contains a Z -- Esperanza's Box of Saints by María Amparo Escandón
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85/975
Tasks Completed: 6/56
Tasks in Progress: 25.1; 30.1; 30.3; 30.6
Books Read: 10
Books from my book shelves: 3
Diane5.9 -- Noel, Noel
Read a book with NO "L" in the title and NO "L" in the author name - Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat.
Total Points: 315/975
Tasks Completed: 23/56
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Coralie5.8 Here’s to a New Beginning
Magic Steps (The Circle Opens #1) by Tamora Pierce Goodreads author
5.10 About the Author
A Room of One's Own
Total points 105
Goodreads authors 1
Big Books 2 x 500+
30.4 By the numbersThe last digit of my birth year is even, so I read Kinderen van Moeder Aarde by Thea Beckman
After adding the numbers of my phone number, I got the number 7. I read Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter
Points: 30
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages: 2143
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books 500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
KAREN OZTask 30.3 DLMRose’s task as suggested by Petra – Ho! Ho! Ho!
a. Setting: Antartica: Ice Station by Matthew Reilley
b. 'Good' in title: The Good Parents by Joan London
611 pgs claiming Big Book ticket (>500 pages)
Total to Date = 50 points.
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I read Coming Back by Marcia Muller - the latest Sharon McCone mystery.
Total points: 195
Joanna T20.10 Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Post #29 on discussion thread.
This was my second time through this book and I think I liked it better the first time I read it.
Total points: 95
Lauren CT5.7 Happy New Year!: Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
***Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author***
15.6 Begins with Q: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
***Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author***
15.9 Warm Up: The Goddess Of Fried Okra by Jean Brashear which is set in Texas
Totals:
Points: 135
Tasks: 9
Books: 11
Pages: 2751
GR Authors: 4
Kathleen FL10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!:
Raw Food for Everyone: All the Essential Techniques and 300 Simple-to-Sophisticated Recipes
I haven't decided to go all raw but I would like to incorporate more raw foods in my diet for the health benefits. I really liked this book because she gives so much great information about the foods that go into raw meals. When thing I learned was that eating a handful of almonds can ease a headache.
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies…or Not:
Caribou Island
I couldn't decide which way to go with this challenge because in the past I have always hated Christmas but I have had to admit to myself lately that now that I have children I really do enjoy it:-) So I read what has to be one of the most depressing books I have ever read. Excellent writing though!
David Vann is a Good Reads author.
Points: 30
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 10.5 - Chinese Dragon Dance (Fae)
The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Task points = 10
Total Challenge Points = 50
15.4 Opposite DayEast Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 135
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 8
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.7 Happy New Year!I read Foreskin's Lament by Shalom Auslander
total pints: 60
total tasks completed:6
total books read: 7
total pages: 3401
total Goodreads authors: 2
Total big books: 750+ (1)
30.9 A. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie first published in 1930 and
B. The Christmas Lamp: A Novella by Lori Copeland - my mother loves sappy christmas stories and this one definitely qualifies...good story though.
20.1 Read The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold and still thought it was boring and a bit creepy.
Points these tasks 50
Total Points posted 100
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
15.3. From A... to Z
I decided to read two books by Robin Cook for this task.
Abduction AND Seizure
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season
I rolled a 1 and a 2
For the 1 (favorite author I read A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks ASIA in authors name. I wanted to read his newest book Safe Haven but am in a long queue at the library for that one.
For the 2 (favorite genre) I read Temporary Sanity by Rose Connors ASIA in title. My favorite genre is legal/mysteries. This was a new author for me but I REALLY liked this book and will definitely seek out other books by this author.
Total Points = 600 Points
I completed Task 20.1 (Groundhog's Day) by rereading The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore. I gave it 3* last year and I would still give it 3* today. I enjoy the story. It's a zany, different Christmas.
New total: 125
Kelly G.15.10 "Keep It Simple"
A Redbird Christmas by: Fannie Flagg.
I had never really read a "Christmas" themed book before, so I thought it would be fun for the season. I was right!
Points this task: 15
Completed Tasks: 5
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 6
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (1) 1000+ (0)
Diane20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman. Read a book where a magical transformation takes place: Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce. Scenario: Human turning into an animal (werewolf).
**Jackson Pearce is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Total Points: 335/975
Tasks Completed: 24/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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ERIN MN30.6 - Looking For a Few Good...Authors
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
Dice Roll = 6 & 6
Literature Map Author - Laura Childs
*Susan Wittig Albert is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
*Julie Hyzy is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
New Points = 30
TOTAL POINTS = 110
Kathryn NC20.9 - Inauguration Day
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter shares the same last name as U.S.A. former president Jimmy Carter.
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 2104
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 25.3 Reflections on 2010a)My best part of 2010 was when the cold weather arrived which stopped all those noisy brats next door from running about screaming. It was joy to the eardrums! So I picked a book with a mute child...
The Weight of Silence
Claiming a goodreads author ticket for:
Heather Gudenkauf
b)Captivate
Claiming a goodreads author ticket for:
Carrie Jones
Points this task:25
Total Points:250
Total Goodreads Authors:6
Total Big Book Tickets:0
Jenny ChicagoTask 5.8 Here's to a New Beginning: Start a new to you series as identified as such on Goodreads.
I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Points this task 5
Total Points 30
Goodreads author 1
Big Books 0
TANYAPT5.3 Starts With. Read a book by an author whose first or last name starts with W, D, J, F or A.
Points for this task- 5
Total Points- 5
Total # of books read- 1
Tasks Completed- 1
Pages- 373
30.9 Happy 80th Birthday!I read Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie, which was published in 1935,the year my mother was born, and The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt. I have a friend who loves and introduced me to A.S. years ago (she is also a mom, who became a mom about 2 weeks after I did)
The Children's Book is 675 pages, so I would like a Big Book ticket, please!
total points: 90
Number of books read: 8
tasks: 6
Big Books 500 (1) 750+ (1)
GR authors: 2
Jennifer KS5.10 -- About the Author
Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
Points this task 5
Ttoal Points 95
Books Read 11
Readerboard Name: Christy T5.3 -- Starts With...
Read a book by an author who’s first or last name starts with W, D, J, F, or A.
Book: Coming Undone by Goodreads Author Lauren Dane
5.7 -- Happy New Year!
Read a book with a predominately red cover
Book:
5.9 -- Noel, Noel
Read a book with NO "L" in the title and NO "L" in the author name.
To Sin With a Stranger by Goodreads Author Kathryn Caskie
10.4 Auld Lang Syne
Read a book set in Scotland.
Book: The Devil Wears Plaid
10.9 Serial Killer
Read the last or latest published book in a series
Book: Touch of Enchantment
20.5 Bigger is Better
read a book where the main character is an unconventional woman
Book: Twice as Hot
20.6 - The Twenty-tens
Read a book where a main character shares your same decade in age
Still Missing by Goodreads Author Chevy Stevens
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies…or Not
I both love and dread this time of year (I work in HQ for retail corp) so I went with dread and read a happy book
Book: Charming the Prince
30.4 - By the Numbers
A - read a book by an author whose last name starts with B,D,F,H,J,L,N,P,R,T,V,X,Z.
Book: Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
B - Add phone # to single digit and read book with that many words in title - Number 4
Book: A Kiss to Remember
Points These Tasks: 125
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 3
5.5 Blast from the PastSweet and Deadly by Charlaine Harris
5.7 Happy New Year!
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!
Strength for Life: The Fitness Plan for the Rest of Your Life by Shawn Phillips
25.1 Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting
Twelve Sharp and Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
30.7 Emily Kate's task
1. Speak -- stand-alone/coming of age (198 pp) - Considered YA because the protagonist (Melinda) is a high school freshman. It's a coming of age novel because she has to deal with some serious issues and struggles to find her voice.
2. Heartless -- series/mystery/thriller (276 pp) - Considered YA because the main characters are in high school. It's mystery/thriller because the girls are being haunted by an old friend that died.
3. The Truth about Forever -– stand-alone/romance (374 pp) – Considered YA because the protagonist (Macy) is in high school. It’s a romance because over the summer Macy falls in love with Wes as he helps her work through the grief she is feeling after the death of her father.
Total Number of Pages = 848
**Sarah Dessen, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Sara Shepard are all Goodreads Authors**
Points: 75
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
Pages: 6,012
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!I rolled a 4 which was a puzzle. I read Blue Heaven by C.J. Box which was the 2009 Edgar Award winner for best novel. I was so happy to find this book and give it ★★★★★'s. This was a gripping mystery/thriller and is undoubtably my favorite book find from the winter challenge so far. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Thanks for a great Task Tani!
Total Points = 620 Points
5.8 Here's to a New BeginningRead the 1st book in a new-to-you series.
A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church
This is the first book in the Inspector O series.
This Post: 5
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 11
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 5.1 - Short and Sweet
Beowulf: A New Telling by Robert Nye 112 pages
Task points = 5
Total Challenge points = 55
Jenny Chicago Task 5.7 Happy New Year
I read
by Suzanne CollinsPoints this Task 5
Total Points 35
Goodread Author 1
Big Book
Jennifer KS20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook
She is a GoodReads Author
The main Charecter is in her late forties, the book does not really state this but based on references to her childhood and teenage years it is the same as mine.
Points this task 20
Total Points 115
Goodreads Authors 3
20.1 Groundhog's Day!Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
I had originally rated this as 2 stars, but bumped it up to 3 stars. (I rate most books I read as 3 -- they really have to work for the 4's and 5's!) What bothered me most about the audiobook both times is the female narrator. She just reads the text with little inflection and no voice changes for characters. The story itself is decent, and maybe I'll get around to reading some of the other books in the series someday.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks Complete: 3
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the NumbersA. Odd birth year, I read Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich.
B. My number was 7, I read The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom.
Points: 30
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 23
Pages: 6,512
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task #15.10 Keep it simpleFatale Liefde
Read it because I love the author, but this book…not so much.
Task #30.7 Forever Young
Ruined: a novel- Stand-alone/paranormal (309 pages). Considered YA because the main character is in high school. Considered paranormal because her friend Lisette is a ghost.
Eclipse - Series, romance (672 pages). Considered YA because main character Bella is 18 years old and graduating high school. Considered romance because her progressing relationship with Edward is the central line throughout the book.
Total number of pages: 981
This post: 45 points
Tasks complete: 2
Claiming one big book ticket >500 pages
Total points: 45 points
AngelaSunshine15.2. Beginnings and Endings
A. Holes by Louis Sachar
B. Animal Farm by George Orwell
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 10
Last Post was 445
10.9 Serial Killer
Guilty Pleasure - Lora Leigh - Book 11 in the series - book 12 due out in May 2011
20.3 Best Review Contest:chucklesthescot’s task-Frosty the Snowman"
Go Fetch! - Shelly Laurensten - Wolf Shape-shifters
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!:
Rolled a '6' - Solomon's Song - Bryce Courtenay - (Big Book Ticket - 500+ - book is 679 pages) - having studied australian history in school (well, I did grow up there) and having some knowledge of the Gallipoli campaign from WW1, there were parts of this book I was dreading reading because I knew what was going to happen. But it was a great read. I just felt overall that there could easily be a fourth book in the series covering post-WW1, back to Australia
20.5 Bigger Is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
Bloodfever - Karen Marie Moning - Approved in the task help thread, Mac is def. a larger than life woman, risking her life to fight the fae with no support from other she-seer's in the area; at one point is brutally beaten and nearly dies but refuses to give up and does something that may cause her more harm because she won't let them win
30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
A - Tommo and Hawk - Bryce Courtenay (BC) (Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages - book is 675)
B - Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor - Lisa Kleypas (LK) (GR Author)
Total Points This Post: 100
Total Points in Challenge: 310
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Previous Tasks Completed:
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.6; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9
10.7; 10.8; 10.10
15.4; 15.9
20.1; 20.9; 20.10
25.1
30.1
A few more done....10.7 My Favorite Things
For this task I read Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward. This was from the Paranormal Romance Genre. It is also a Big Book at 527 pages.
10.10 Top Ten Lists
For this task I read Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris. It was from Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Top 10 Supernatural Families list.
15.4. Opposite Day
For this task I read Bad Blood by L.A. Banks and Bloody Good by Georgia Evans.
30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young
Read...
1. Issues Oriented: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, stand alone book.
2. Paranormal: Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (Goodreads author), Book #1 in a series. Also considered a Big Book at 543 pages.
Total pages: 900
I don't enjoy very many YA books, so these were suggested to me by other SRC members with the genre they fit in. I believe they are YA because the characters in them are teenagers. They fit in the genres I listed because in one the main character is dealing with love and living on his own (issues) and the other is considered paranormal because it has otherworldly characters and a kind of dream realm.
Total Points This Post: 65
Total Tasks This Post: 4
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 230/975
Total Books Read: 19
Tasks Completed: 16/56
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 2
Total Big Books: 2
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We have two inside cats and one of them is very territorial and he cannot handle seeing strange cats on our porch, on the deck, in the garage, in the flower bed, on the stone wall, in the front yard or hanging by their claws from the window screen--ugh. So every time one of the neighborhood cats comes on our property our cat tweaks out and starts yowling like a demon just freed from hell.
One neighborhood cat in particular frequently shows up at the house on purpose at all hours of the day and night, only because I think it likes to see my cat flipping his lid. So anyway, my pet peeve is...
The neighbor's idiot cat won't stay off our property so I read -
Property Of by Alice Hoffman
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15.9 - warm up
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Set in Alabama.
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Points Claiming: 30
Total Points: 125