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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)

Radiance by Alyson Noel (192 pages)
Alyson Noel is a Goodreads author.
5.2 Singles Awareness Day
Wings by Aprilynne Pike
5.3 Starts With....J!
Just One Wish by Janette Rallison
Janette Rallison is a Goodreads author.
5.7 Happy New Year!

5.8 Here's to a New Beginning
StarCrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Elizabeth C. Bunce is a Goodreads author.
5.9 No L
This Side of Crazy by Kimmie Thomas
10.7 My Favorite Things
Matched by Ally Condie
The genre is YA.
10.10 Top 10 Lists
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...
Points in this post: 50
Total points: 50
Goodreads Authors: 3
(I just joined the challenge tonight/this morning and do not have a Readerboard name yet. I also have more books to post and will do so tomorrow, but it's almost 5am and I haven't gone to bed yet!)

My favorite author is James Patterson. I rolled a 4 and a 6 on the dice.
4. Read a book written by an author who has the same first or last name as your favorite author.
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke
AND
6. Using the Literature Map, choose a new-to-you author from the results of putting in the name of your favorite author and read a book by that author.
Night Fall by Nelson DeMille Big Book 692 pages
Total Points = 725 Points
Big Book = Night Fall


I have not had a lot of time to post this month, or to read it seems!
10.1 Birthday Wishes - I have to say Thank You to Kathleen FL for
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. I went to DMV with a friend and left the house without a single book or magazine. Unheard of! I remembered this from her list when we stopped in CVS and I saw a display at a register.
This is a Big Book, 500+ pages
10.6 Cookie Exchange
The Christmas Cookie Club: A Novel by Ann Pearlman. An OK book but timely for awesome cookie recipes!
10.9 Serial Killer
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson.
I was able to fit all 3 in 1 Challenge and am sorry that I have finished.
This is a Big Book, 500+ pages.
20.1 Group Reads
I re-read The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I added 1 post (42) on the discussion and plan to do another when I am done with the companion books (I am 1/2 done with book 2 now)
New Points Claimed - 50
Books Read - 6
Tasks Completed - 6
Pages Read - 2419
Points/Goal - 60/400
Big Books 500+ - 3

Part A: birth year is even Impulse by Ellen Hopkins H is one of the letters.
Part B: Phone number adds to 1 Everwild by Neal Shusterman
30.5 The old and new
part A: one of my oldest books: Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr
part B: one of my newest books: The Scorch Trials by James Dashner. He isnt new to me but at the time I had no new authors in the newest ones on my shelf.
Goodreads authors this posting:
Ellen Hopkins
Melissa Marr
Neil Shusterman
Total points this task 60
Total Points: 165
Tasks Done 6
Books Read: 11
Total Pages 4043
Goodreads authors 6
Big Books: 500 2

5.2 Singles
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
5.3 It Starts with . . .
Dark Star by Alan Furst
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
(The Nac Mac Feegle are Brownies, plus it includes the Queen of the Elves)
15.8 Festivus for the Rest of us.
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris (Goodreads author)
(My pet peeve is people talking or texting in the movie theater)
30.4 By the Numbers
Book A - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
My birth year is odd.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Goodreads author)
My phone number equaled 8 (I didn't like this book much, but I was delighted it had 8 words in the title).
Points: 5, 5, 10, 15, 30
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 6
Pages: 2,445
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.3 To your health. I read "The New You" by Antia Naik, includes chapter 1 how to change your body in a month - lets see how it goes.
Total points = 170

Read a book with one of the following words in the title:
president, vice, white, house, election, vote, democrat, republican, democracy, candidate, primary, poll, ballot
The Beach House by Jane Green
25.3 - REFLECTIONS OF 2010
a) Book relating to a positive experience/memory in 2010
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
b) Book by an author you read for the first time in 2010
S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
Points this post - 45
Total points - 275

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Points this post: 5
Total: 10

5.7 -- 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. REQUIRED: Include a picture of the cover or a link to it.
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

Claiming Big Book Ticket (500+)
Pages: 630
Points: 5
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 8
Pages Read: 4149
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500[2], 750[2], 1000[]

20.7 - I love Christmas, so I had to read a sad book. I chose The Bell Jar
20 pts + 145 previous = 165 total

5.7 - Happy New Year

Task Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points Earned: 90
Total Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 1831
GoodReads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1), 750+(), 1000+()

15.1 Time After Time
A. Penelope's Daughter by Laurel Corona (published in 2010 and set during the years after the Trojan War)
B. Dark Parties bySara Grant (set for publication in 2011, and is set in about 2050, possibly later than that even.)
15.10 Keep It Simple
Fairy Tale by Cyn Balog
Cyn Balog is a Goodreads author.
20.3 Best Review Contest: Frosty the Snowman
Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis
This fits a human turning into an animal. Austin Bridges III is a werewolf.
25.1 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
1. Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
2. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
My favorite genre is YA.
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads author.
Total this post: 75
Total altogether: 125
Goodreads authors this post: 2
Goodreads authors altogether: 5



The Queen's Mistake: In the Court of Henry VIII by Diane Haeger
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

I read Peony in Love by Lisa See . Lisa is a Goodreads author!
The flower in question is a peony, which is in the title and is the protagonist's name.
total points: 155
tasks: 10
books read: 11
total pages: 4441
Goodreads authors: 3 (Lisa See x2, Lisa Genova)
Big books 500 (1) 750+ (1)


I read Holiday Bound by Beth Kery. This book is 110 pages.
10.5- Chinese Dragon Dance-
I read Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris.
10.9- Serial Killer-
I read Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead.
*Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author*
15.7- Book Better Than Movie-
I read A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (#92 on list). Now I have to see the movie to compare.
20.6- The 2010's-
I read Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie. The heroine is 40 and that is in the decade of my age (44). This is a super cute older woman/younger guy romance.
Previous Points- 245
Points for these tasks- 60
Total Points- 305
Goodreads Authors- 6

Task 5.2 Singles Awareness Day
Warrior
Zoe Archer is a Goodreads Author
Zoe Archer
5 Points / 384 Pages
Task 5.3 Starts With...
Magic to the Bone
Devon Monk is a Goodreads Author
Devon Monk
5 Points / 355 Pages
Task 5.4 It's Cold Outside
Wintertide
Michael J. Sullivan is a Goodreads Author
Michael J. Sullivan
5 Points / 380 Pages
Task 5.8 Here's to a New Beginning
Artemis Fowl
5 Points / 275 Pages
Task 5.9 Noel, Noel
The City of Ember
5 Points / 288 Pages
Task 10.4 Auld Lang Syne
To Tame a Highland Warrior
10 Points / 366 Pages
Task 20.3 Frosty the Snowman
The Iron King
Julie Kagawa is a Goodreads Author
Julie Kagawa
20 Points / 363 Pages
Task 30.7 Forever Young
Switched
Pages 312 / Series
Torn
Pages 304 / Series
Hollowland
Pages 332 / Stand Alone
Amanda Hocking is a Goodreads Author
Amanda Hocking
30 Points / 948 Pages

Very Far Away from Anywhere Else by Ursula K. Le Guin
Originally published in 1976 - I was born in the 70's
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 13

Haruki Murakami is my favorite author, and I rolled a 1 and a 6. I read Like Blood in Water: Five Mininovels by Yuriy Tarnawsky (who has the same number of letters in his name as Haruki Murakami-- 14), and The Road by Cormac McCarthy (who appears next to Haruki Murakami on the Literature Map).
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 90
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 1129
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

A. Out Stealing Horses set in norway
B. If You Liked School, You'll Love Work "love" is in the title
Books Read: 17/ 74+
Points Completed: 210/975
Tasks Completed: 10


5.05 BLAST FROM THE PAST Lake Wobegon Days, by Garrison Keillor, originally published 1985
20.03 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan: many humans turn into monsters or mythical creatures as they confront Percy Jackson, who himself discovers previously unknown powers related to his parentage
25.01 CHESTNUTS ROASTING [one of my favorite genres is “mystery”] 1: A Morbid Taste for Bones, by Ellis Peters AND 2: Rumpole Misbehaves: A Novel, by John Mortimer
30.09 HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY! A) Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie: first published in 1937 AND B) Agatha Christie's Detectives: Five Complete Novels, by Agatha Christie. (My mother and I both like Agatha Christie.)
BIG BOOK TICKET (500+ for Agatha Christie's Detectives: Five Complete Novels, by Agatha Christie, which is 698 pgs)

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
Task 10.9 - Serial Killer
Dexter Is Delicious by Jeff Lindsay
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Points claimed in this post: 30
Total points to date: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0

Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
We had a pretty stressful year involving some major family drama. We escaped for a couple of weeks to the Chesapeake Bay in a rental home and considered it our "safe haven" away from the family drama.
AND
One False Move by Alex Kava
I discovered Alex Kava when I read her first novel called Whitewash when completing my task actually when I needed a book with white in the title. What a find. I will be reading all of her books in the near future. This is my favorite part of the challenge, finding new authors/books.
Total Points = 750 Points


Task 10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by JRR Tolkien
Features dragons and hobbits
Points: 10
Task 30.9 Happy 80th Birtday
30.9A Published in the 1930s
Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer
Published in 1935
30.9B A book a mother would enjoy
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
I think a mother would enjoy reading how the girls all strove to better themselves and do good, and they all had such good manners!
Points: 30
Total points to date: 40

I love this time of year so read a sad book (which coincidentally also has a blue cover):
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt**
**Big Books Ticket for 675 pages**
Total points = 85

Book A : Black Friday by James Patterson
*James Patterson is a Goodreads Author*
Book B : White jazz by James Ellroy
*book has 536 pages = 1 Big Book ticket *
Task points : 30
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks Complete: 5
Total Books Read: 6
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Goodreads Authors 1


15.4 Opposite Day
Man Woman and Child by Erich Segal
****man/woman are opposite***
Total Points- 115
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 0

30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season. Read two books (one for each die) that fit the numbered criteria below in which the letters A-S-I-A must appear in full (2 As, 1 S, and 1 I), but in any order, in either the title or the author's name. I rolled a "4" AND A "5".
4: Read a book you've added to your TBR list in the last 6 months - The Last Song by nIcholAs SpArks
5: Read a book you've been dying to read, but haven't had a place for in the challenge -
suzAnne'S dIAry for nicholas by James Patterson
***James Patterson is a GOODREADS Author***
Total Points: 480/975
Tasks Completed: 31/56
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 39
Goodreads Authors: 4 (James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 25.1 Chestnusts Raosting on an Open Fire--Read 2 books from your favorite genre--Historical Romance
and
Task 10.9 Serial Killer--The last book in a series
the last book in the Bridgerton series
Total Points: 180 points
Task 25.1 Chestnusts Raosting on an Open Fire--Read 2 books from your favorite genre--Historical Romance

and

Task 10.9 Serial Killer--The last book in a series

the last book in the Bridgerton series
Total Points: 180 points

25.2 Thank You Moderators
I read Persuasion by Jane Austen from Cynthia's list and American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield from Sandy's list, which is also a Big Book at 555 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 145
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: Kathryn Stockett
Tasks Complete: 10
Books read: 11

10.4 Auld Lang Syne
A Spoonful of Poison by M. C. Beaton

10.7 My Favorite Things
1st to Die by James Patterson

Was there any doubt the Mystery would be my favorite genre??
10.8 Promise Her Anything But Give Her...
Sucker Punch: A Candy Shop Mystery by Sammi Carter

Candy on the Cover
15.8 A Festivus for the Rest of Us
My major pet peeve is professional entities sending out written things that are spelled wrong or grammatically incorrect. I know I know I make mistakes but we are talking about professional companies. Our Ft. Worth Libraries sends out a notice that a book you have requested is available for you to pick up with a misspelled word on it. The City of Fort Worth can't afford a proofreader? That would be the ideal job for me because I find theme EVERYWHERE!!!
The Great Typo Hunt: Two Friends Changing the World, One Correction at a Time by Jeck Deck and Benjamin D. Herson

20.7 Mrs. Soule's Task - Christmas Fuzzies or Not
I HATE HATE HATE this time of year and the way people act so I laughed my fanny off at:
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern

25.4 Beth NC's Task - IMBOLC
Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts

Essentially Candles by Robert S. McDonald and Katherine J. McDonald

30.3 dlmRose's Task via Petra - HO! HO! HO!
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan

The Gift by Danielle Steel
30.5 Emily DI's Task via Sue T. - The Old '10/New '11
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

Storm Cycle by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

30.6 Delicious Dee's Task - Looking for a Few Good Authors
I rolled a 6 for part A and a 6 for Part B
I loved this because there were a lot of authors that I never knew existed--so many books, so little time
My original author was Janet Evanovich
Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie

Blue Christmas by May Kay Andrews

30.7 Emily Kate's Task - Forever Young
Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson 278 pgs Issue-Related Anorexia

Sleepless by Cyn Balog Paranormal 215 pgs

I Will Always Love You - Gossip Girls Series 387 pgs

Total Points This Post 210
Grand Total 735
I know this was a lot to post but I am having surgery Thursday and have been reading constantly to try to finish up some tasks. I am sorry to take up so much room.


How was Sucker Punch? That looks like a cozy mystery series I haven't discovered yet.
-----Geez, I almost had a typo!--------------:)

5.4 It's Cold Outside
Read Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
This task:5
Tasks completed:1
Total points earned:5
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Book:0

The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time, #1)
** 782 pgs claiming Big Book ticket
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Task #15.1 - Time After Time
Past (Written:1886; Set:1797)
Billy Budd
Future (Written:1984; Set:Dystopian/SciFi)
Neuromancer
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Task #20.4 - Author! Author! (Tani)
Roll:5 (Essay/Short Story Collection)
The Lurking Fear and Other Stories
(OPTIONAL: Played the thematically appropriate Arkham Horror Board Game!)
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Task #25.2 - Thank You Moderators (Emily IN)
(From Kristi's 2010 Books):
Siddhartha
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
** Goodreads Author: Rebecca Skloot
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This Post:
65 Points (4 tasks)
1 Goodreads Author
1 Big Book (2x BB tickets)
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Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 9
Pages: 3181
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0)x1, 750+(1)x2, 1000+(1)x3

5.10 About The Author
Read Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Justin Halpern is a writer, this book was a result of his own popular blog.
This task: 5
Tasks completed: 2
Total Points Earned: 10
Goodread Authors: 1
Big Book:0
5.9 Noel, Noel
Read Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
This task: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points Earned: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book:0
15.7 The Book Is Always Better Than The Movie...Or Is It?
Read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 4
Total Points Earned: 30
Goodread Authors: 1
Big Book: 0
5.6 It's All In The Numbers
Read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Claim Big Book title at 529 pages
This task: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
Total points earned: 35
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Book: 1/500+

Finished 20.5: Bigger is Better, and Larger Than Life
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Total Points: 100

Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans byJane Green
Total Point Earned: 5
Total Pages Read: 373
Total Books Read: 1
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

5.1 Short and Sweet - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Total Points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 0
Goodreads Authors: 1

The Frozen Rabbi - 368 pages
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
Red Snow - 240 pages
These stories set in pre-modern japan include mythological characters such as Kappa river sprites, the mountain hag, snow sprite.
20.3 Frosty the Snowman
New Moon - 563 pages (BB ticket)
Magical transformation into a werewolf takes place.
Points: 35
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 12
Pages: 3371
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1)

10.6 Cookie Exchange: Bake Cookies Day is celebrated on December 18th. Read a book with the word "cookie(s)" or any word from a cookie variety in the title. Here's a list of cookies to get you started: Joy of Baking Cookies. Brand names such as "Oreo" are allowed. Required: If you choose the cookie variety option, please include the cookie variety when you post. Ex. cookie variety: Russian Tea Cake(s): The Russian Concubine, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Mennonite in a Little Black DressRhoda Janzen
Cookie represented in title: Black and White cookie
Points: 10

10.7 Book By Genre
Read U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
Listed in Mystery & Suspense
Love Sue Grafton! I've been working on reading all of her alphabet series for months now. Kinsey Millhone is awesome!
This task: 10
Tasks completed: 6
Total points earned: 45
Goodread authors: 1
Big Book: 1/500

10.9 Serial Killer
Read The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong
Last in Darkest Powers Trilogy
Great Trilogy! I fell in love with the characters in these books. Three was not enough! Wish she would have continued on with the series.
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
This task: 10
Tasks completed: 7
Total points earned: 55
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book: 1/500
I may have entered my first several tasks in the completed tasks with questions thread. I'm SO sorry if I mistakenly did so; those were my very first posts.

Task #15.10 - Keep it Simple
True Prep by Lisa Birnbach
This book is all frivolity, but as obsessed as I was with The Original Preppy Handbook, I had to read this, too.
Task #20.6 - The Twenty Tens
Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw
The lead character in this graphic novel, Peter, is 26. So am I! 720 pages claiming Big Book ticket.
Task #25.2 - Thank You Moderators
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Both titles read by Kristi in 2010
Task #30.10 - In Honor of Asian Authors
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (from Russia)
544 pages claiming Big Book ticket
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (from India)
Task #30.4 - By the Numbers
Book A: The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Birth year is even, so I read this book by an author whose last name starts with D. 530 pages claiming Big Book ticket.
Book B: Games to Play After Dark by Sarah Gardner Borden
Phone number adds up to number 5; this title has five words in it.
This post: 120 points
Total to date: 120 points
Big Book tickets: 500 (x3)

Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov
Last name begins with A.
5.8. Here's To New Beginnings
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The first book of the Dresden Files series.
Points: 10
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Pages: 1492
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 50
Completed Tasks: 20.3, 30.2
Tasks in Progress: 30.5
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Cassandra Clare, Lisa Kleypas)
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()