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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
Diane10.7 My Favorite Things: Read one of the books reviewed by BookPage from the list. From the Memoirs list: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah.
Total Points: 345/975
Tasks Completed: 25/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Kandie30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
A. My birthday ends in an odd year so I read Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie.
B. My number was 5 so I read Secrets of the Model Dorm
30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young
1. The Ask and the Answer - series/sci-fi (519 pages). Considered YA because the main characters are 13/14. It's set on a different planet so I consider it sci-fi. AND
2. Thirteen Reasons Why - stand alone/issue oriented (288 pages). Considered YA because the main characters are in high school. It's issue oriented because it deals with suicide.
Total page numbers = 807.
Total Points: 170
Task 5.10 - About the AuthorI Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Maya Angelou
Pages: 290
Points: 5
Task 10.10 - Top Ten Lists
The Pursuit of LovebyNancy
Mitford
This book is from Esther Freud's Top 10 Love Stories
Pages:283
Points this task: 10
Task 15.8 - A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the Worldby Tracy Kidder
My pet peeve is that I live in the Sierra Nevadas and I cannot stand people who drive so slowly in the mountains and won't pull into a turnout to let me pass.
Pages: 301
Points this task: 15
Task 30.7: Forever Young (256 pages)
1st book - Standalone Coming of Age
The Perks of Being a Wallflowerby Stephen Chbosky
2nd book - Series/paranormal (563 pages)
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Total Pages this Task: 819
Total Points this task: 30
Total Points to date: 60
Total Pages to date: 1,693
Big Books (500+) 1
I finished reading The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins for Task 10.8 (Promise Her Anything But Give Her....) today. The picture on GR is not working. I found a pic here:
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Secret-Oxf...
(click on "look inside" for a larger, clearer picture)
There are flowers around the lady's head, inside her bonnet.
Total points: 135
wendyma20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman
In Christmas films we often see snowmen magically coming to life. For this task, read a book where a magical transformation takes place using any of these scenarios:
~ human discovers previously unknown powers: god, witch, wizard, or superhero. Book example: The Lightning Thief, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Optional: Tell us which creature would you most like to turn into and why?
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Riordan Grover-I love his fuzzy legs.
20 points
135 total
I have completed task #5.1 "Short and Sweet" by readingMetrophilias by Brendan Connell
This book is 101 pages long and the shortest book on my TBR list. Brendan Connell is also a Goodreads Author.
Total = 20 points
I'm Lindsey MA and I'm re-doing my points cuz I misread a task earlier. Task 20.10 (Group Read) - I read The Giver and posted on the discussion board.
Task 5.1 (Short and sweet) - The shortest book on my actual TBR shelf was Living Dead Girl at 170 pages. The author, Elizabeth Scott, is a goodreads' author.
Task 20.2 (Snow flowers) - I read Lauren Willig's latest in the Pink Carnation series The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas. It was really good and I highly recommend it. Lauren Willig is a goodreads' author. :)
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages: 1868 pages
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Tickets: 1 (500+)
Total Points: 85
5.2 Singles Awareness DayRead Holes by Louis Sachar
30.7 Forever Young
a) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher: A standalone book about teenage suicide. 288 p.
b) Fallen by Lauren Kate: A series title in the paranormal romance genre. 452 p.
Lauren Kate is a Goodreads author.
c) The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan: A series book in the fantasy genre. 304 p.
This post: 35 points+ 1 GR
Total to Date = 85 points.
Books Read: 9
GR Authors: 4
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex" Asia contains the only country whose name begins with "Q" (Qatar) - read a book with a word beginning with "Q" in the title (The Red Queen, Queen of Shadows, All Quiet on the Western Front) or a book whose author has an initial "Q" (Julia Quinn, Queenie Chan, Quentin Rees)
Quest for a Kelpie by Frances Hendry
Terri DC
Task 15.5 Land War in AsiaThe Sorrow of War: A novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh
Points this task:15
Total Points:265
Total Goodreads Authors:6
Total Big Book Tickets:0
10.9 Serial KillerAnita Blake 19: Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
15.8 Festivus
Anita Blake #18: Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton
Pet peeve is people who go to the gym just to flirt
25.1 Two Books from favorite Genre
A) Anita Blake #14: Danse Macabre* by Laurell K. Hamilton
*Big Book 500+ (576 pages)
B) Anita Blake #17: Blood Noir* by Laurell K. Hamilton
*Big Book 500+ (560 pages)
30.4 By the Numbers
A) I am Nujood, Age 10 Divorced by Nujood Ali
Birth year is odd
B) Geektastics: Stories from the Nerd Herd by Holly Black et al.
Phone number =6
155 points
30.7 Forever YoungThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak stand-alone/historical fiction (550 pp) - Considered YA and historical because the story revolves around a young girl living in the time of Hitler.
Fallen by Lauren Kate
series/paranormal (452 pp) Considered YA and paranormal because the story revolves around a teenage girl and a band of fallen angels.
For a total of 1002 pp
Total Points = 30
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's Game On! taskThe Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
I rolled a 6 for Simulation so read a historical fiction book.
Total Points = 50
10.5 Chinese Dragon DanceHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
This book revolves around several different types of mythical creatures but mostly vampires.
Total Points = 60
Jenny Chicago 10.1 Birthday Wishs: Read a 5 star book off of a SRC member with a winter bithday's read list.
I picked ERIN MN
The book I read was
by Lisa See LISA IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR Erin gave the book 5 stars I only gave it 4.
Points this Task 10
Total Points 45
Good Read Authors 2
Big Books
Joy Marie20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs. Soule's Task - Christmas Fuzzies...or not
Read - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
I love Christmas so I read a book that made me sad. My grandmother passed away from Alzheimer's this past July.
**Lisa Genova is a Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 3
DeeDee
15.1. Time After Time
A. Read a novel of historical fiction
The Elephant's Journey (2008) by José Saramago (Hardcover, 205 pages)
Set in Europe (Portugal, Italy) in 1551 A. D.
B. Read a novel set in the future.
Echo (Alex Benedict, #5) (2010) by Jack McDevitt (Hardcover, 384 pages)
Set at least "8,000 years after humans gained interstellar flight"
25 + 15 = 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 25 + 15 = 40
Books read: 5
Pages Read: 1430
Read but not claimed: 5
5.7 Happy New Year! read
King Lear. liked it better this time around! :)Books Read: 13 / 74+
Points Completed: 150/975
Tasks Completed: 8
10.1 Birthday WishesI used the shelf of Karen GHHS and read Heist Society by Ally Carter.
30.9 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
A. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. First published in 1937.
B. Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella.
Points: 40
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 26
Pages: 7,233
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You ModeratorsWicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich (Sandy)
AND
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (Kristi)
Total Points = 645 Points
BRENDA WI30.4 A. born in '56 so read a book by Hal Roth, Two on a Big Ocean : The Story of the First Circumnavigation of the Pacific Basin in a Small Sailing Ship
B. book with 9 words in the title: Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self
30 points + 80 previous = 110 total
Katie OHTask #10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!
Taking Care of Yourself by Andrew Weil
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
LISA NC30.8 In the Spirit of the Season A-S-I-A
Rolled a 1 - favorite author - Midnight Angel by Lisa Kleypas
Rolled a 4 - TBR list - Snowbound by Larissa Ione
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author
This post: 30 points
Total: 50 points
Goodreads Authors: 1
Task 5.8 Here's to a New Beginning!Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
First in the Mitch Rapp series
Task 10.3 Slainte! To your Health!
The Yeast Connection and Women's Health by William G. Crook
Total points these tasks: 15
Total points to date: 160
Total GR Authors these tasks: 0
Total BB tickets these tasks: 0
Total GR Authors to date: 3
Total BB tickets to date: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Total Pages Read to date: 5034
10.6 - THE COOKIE EXCHANGEThe Christmas Cookie Killer by Livia J. Washburn (Goodreads author)
30.2 - ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING
a) author with consecutive alphabetic initials
The Ladies' Lending Library by Janice Keefer
b) author with consecutive reverse alphabetic initials
Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads author)
30.8 - IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON
I rolled a #2 and a #4
a) Book from a favorite genre
Confessions Of A Wicked by Susanna Carr (Goodreads author)
b) book from TBR shelf added in last 6 months
No Such Thing as a Free Ride by Shelley Fredman
Points this post - 70
Total points - 210
Goodreads authors - 3
5.3 - Starts With... One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Jeaniene Frost
5.4 - It’s Cold Outside
Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Nalini Singh
5.6 - It’s All in the Numbers
All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris - ★ ★ ★ ★
10.7 My Favorite Things
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - Paranormal Romance genre
Goodreads Author: Nalini Singh
15.1. Time After Time
A. Some Like It Wicked by Teresa Medeiros - ★ ★ ★
AND
B. Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Nalini Singh
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!
3) Sports Games – Hana-Kimi, Volume 5 by Hisaya Nakajo - ★ ★ ★ ★ (series in which the main character is in love with a boy famous for high-jumping – the main plot of this volume revolves around the various characters competing in a relay race) – I rolled a 3
30.4 - Donna Jo’s Task - By the Numbers
A. Viking Unchained by Sandra Hill (H - Even Birth Year) - ★ ★ ★
B. Strangers in the Night by Linda Howard (Single digit = 4) - ★ ★
30.10 -- Jennifer N's task - In Honor of Asian Authors
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (China) - ★ ★ ★ ★
Hana-Kimi, Volume 1 by Hisaya Nakajo (Japan) - ★ ★ ★ ★
Points this post: 120
Total so far: 120
Goodreads authors this post: 4
Goodreads authors so far: 4
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 5.3 Read a book whose author's first or last name starts with a D, J, F, or A. I read "Visions of Sugar Plums" by Janet Evanovitch.
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 5
Big Books: 0
Good Reads Authors: 0
Grand Total: 45/975
25.3 Reflections on 2010Book A- Family trip to the beach: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Book B- Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
LIZZIE JANE20.5 - Bigger Is Better & Larger Than Life
The main character runs away from home in order to pursue a singing career.
Crestmont by Holly Weiss (3*) Holly Weiss is a goodreads author
20.7 - Christmas Fuzzies . . . Or Not
I love this time of year, so I picked a sad book.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - 5*
big book ticket - 974 pgs
Tasks: 3
Books: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: (500: 1) (750: 1) (1000: 0)
TOTAL POINTS: 60
Task 30.3 - Ho Ho Ho
A: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen takes place in Canada.
B: Simply Love by Mary Balogh
Task points = 30
Total Challenge points = 85
Diane30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
Book A. Read a book by an author who has two initials that are consecutive from A to Z - Yerma by Federico García Lorca.
Book B. Read a book by an author who has two initials that are consecutive from Z to A - A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov.
Total Points: 375/975
Tasks Completed: 26/56
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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wendyma5.7 -- Happy New Year!
In 2011, Feb 3 is Chinese New Year. The color red is very common during the celebration. Read a book with a predominately red cover. Examples: REQUIRED: Include a picture of the cover or a link to it.
Janet Evanovich Wicked Appetite
5 points
total 140
Mod
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!
Your Best Body Now: Look and Feel Fabulous at Any Age the Eat-Clean Way by Tosca Reno
Not much new information for me in this book, but a good primer on clean eating and approachable strength training- quite repetitive and too much reliance on supplements for my taste
15.1 Time After Time
A. Historical fiction: The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer set 1830's+
B. Future: The Good Humor Man by Andrew Fox set in 2041
The Wet Nurse's Tale was enjoyable- engaging characters and an interesting point of view. The Good Humor Man is set in the near-future US after many foods have been banned to combat obesity- a real food police state- there were some intriguing concepts, but IMO an absurd Elvis plot arc took away from the story. Many Fahrenheit 451 touches
25.3 Christine US Reflections on 2010
A: Memory- We took a trip to Yellowstone NP this year. Some pictures from our trip
Faithful by Janet Fox
The cover of this book depicts a geyser basin in Yellowstone. I thought this book didn't have much substance, but it did have beautiful descriptions of Yellowstone and told some of the history of the park. B. 2nd book by new author
Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn
I read Malla Nunn's debut A Beautiful Place to Die for the fall challenge. It was one of my favorite books of the year- a detective series set in 1953 South Africa. Let the Dead Lie deals with the repercussions of the events in the first Emmanuel Cooper book and the danger, power and corruption of Apartheid
30.4 Donna Jo's By the Numbers
A. Odd birth year- author G
After the Falls by Catherine Gildiner
B. telephone number = 9
Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey
I loved Gildiner's memoir Too Close to the Falls and After the Falls picks up where that book ends.
Script and Scribble was interesting (though the book's bad production drove me crazy)- especially the sections on current handwriting instruction in schools- d'Nealian didn't work for my kids, but Palmer didn't do much for me either- I hope to pick up a book mentioned by Florey Write Now The Complete Program for Better Handwriting, Revised Edition
total 225
30.2 Alphabetically speakingBook A: A to Z Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Book B: Z to A If I Stay by Gale Forman
Total points this task 30
Total Points: 105
Tasks Done 4
20.10 Group ReadThe Giver by Lois Lowry
I posted in the discussion forum (message 34)
Total Points = 80
10.7 My Favorite ThingsHour Game by David Baldacci
This book was #145 under the genre Suspense.
Total Points = 655
Joanna T20.8 Inauguration Day
Sharing Good Times by Jimmy Carter
(I enjoyed listening to Jimmy Carter read this memoir. I haven't read any of his other books, but this one was a nice description of his personal life, family life, and hobbies.)
Total points = 115
TANYAPT15.8 Read a book with a word in the title which relates to one of your “pet peeves” (mine is people talking loudly on their cell phones).
Book: The Calling
Points for this task - 15
Pages- 371
Total Points to Date - 20
Tasks Completed - 2
5.3 Starts with...I read Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Ugly Truth
by Jeff Kinneytotal points: 95
total pages: 3619
tasks completed: 7
books read: 9
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...TERRI DC
The Hollow - Jessica Verday
BIG BOOK - 515 pages
Goodreads Author Jessica Verday
Cindy AL10.10 Top Ten - From The Guardian Top Ten: Jennifer Lynn Barnes' Top Ten Supernatural Families - Women of the Otherworld series - Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong, 448 pages read 12/23/2010.
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author.
10.6 Cookie Exchange - "cookie(s)" or type of cookie in title: Circus of the Damned(Circus Animal Cookies) by Laurell K. Hamilton, 320 pages read 12/25/2010.
The cookie variety is Mothers' Circus Animal Cookies.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 285 points.
Points - 285/975
Books - 25/70+
Pages - 9521
Goodreads Authors:8
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
15.8 A Festivus for the Rest of Us!My pet peeve is dishonest people - even those prone to exaggeration drive me crazy. I read The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
15.7 The Book is Always Better than the Movie - I read What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges. This was on the "Book is Better" list and after watching the movie, which I did enjoy, I agree the book was better.
Previous points - 15
Points earned (both tasks) - 30
Tasks completed - 3
Books Read - 3
TOTAL POINTS - 45
10.5 Chinese Dragon DanceI read Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author) and Bob Mayer. Demons figure into the plot of this book, as well as being main characters.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 85
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho!A) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (takes place in Sweden)
**My edition was 644 pages, so I'd like a Big Book ticket please!**
B)Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami ("Wonderland" - approved in the task help thread)
30.7 Forever Young
A) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Series / Dystopian / 374 pages
This book is YA because the protagonist is in her teens and it is dystopian because she lives in a future world where she is forced to fight other children to the death.
B) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman **Goodreads Author**
Stand-Alone / Paranormal / 307 pages
It is YA because it is a coming-of-age story and paranormal because it involves ghosts.
C) Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Stand-Alone / Issues / 288
It is YA because the two main characters are in high school and issue-related because it deals with suicide and depression.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books: 18
Pages Read: 5,724
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Emily IDI haven't had a chance to post yet, but I've been tracking my completed tasks.
5.8 Here's to a New Beginning: Storm Glass, Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author
10.9 Serial Killer: Spy Glass, Snyder, Goodreads Author; 500+ Big Book Ticket
15.10 - Keep it Simple : A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories, Robin McKinley
20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman (human discovers previously unknown powers): Magic Study, Snyder, Goodreads Author. Yelena discovers that she is a magician in this series and has fantastic magical abilities.
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens : Poison Study, Snyder, Goodreads Author (Valek, the main male character is estimated at 33...I am 34)
25.3 Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010 : Book 1: Princess of Glass, Jessica Day George is a Goodreads Author; I have many fond memories of my grandfather retelling fairy tales. One of the last things he did before passing was to tell me several, so this book (a fairy tale retelling) brought many of those back.
Book 2: Sea Glass, Snyder, Goodreads Author
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 3147
Goodreads Authors: 6: Maria V. Snyder (x5); Jessica Day George (x1)
Big Books: 500+: 1; 750+: 0; 1000+: 0
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15.1. Time After Time
A - A Duke of Her Own - Eloisa James (GR Author) - set in 1780 and published in 2009
B - Judgment in Death - JD Robb - set in 2059 and published in the 1990's
15.10 - Keep it Simple
Twice Bitten - Chloe Neill (GR Author)
30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young - (982 pages total)
A Fever 1793 - historical/ protag is 15yo - (256 pages) - Laurie Halse Anderson (GR Author)
B Wintergirls - issues(Anorexia)/protag are hs students - (278 pages) - Laurie Halse Anderson (GR Author)
C Infinity - series/paranormal/protag is 14 - (448 pages)
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season
A - 2 - A Red-Tainted Silence - Carolyn Gray (GR Author) (Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages - book is 515)
B - 3 - Prince Caspian - CS Lewis
Total Points This Post: 90
Total Points in Challenge: 400
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 27
GR Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500+(4); 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; 10.9; 10.10
15.4; 15.9
20.1; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.9; 20.10
25.1
30.1; 30.2
30.6 Delicious Dee's task - Looking for a Few Good... AuthorsI used Kerry Greenwood as my author...
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
(Rolled 1 - name with same number of letters as your favorite author)
Joey Goes to the Oberland by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
(Rolled 5 - read a book originally published in the same year your favorite author was born or died - Kerry Greenwood was born in 1954)
Total points: 150
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 4
Books read: 12
Pages read: 4985
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Total points to date 110