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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
You are welcome...I love the whole series!Barbara VA wrote: "Barbara VA
10.1 Birthday Wishes - I have to say Thank You to Kathleen FL for
[book:The Girl Who Played with Fire|5060378..."
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 5.9 Noel, Noel by reading "A Christmas Story" by Jean Shepherd
Completed Tasks: 4
Books Read: 6
Big Books: 0
Good Reads Authors: 1, Laurie Hale Anderson
Grand Total: 50/975
Alice GTask: 30.2 Alphabetically Speaking
Book A: Little Constructions by Anna Burns
Book B: Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
Total Points: 190
Big Book Ticket: Last night in Twisted River is 652 pages
Previous Books
5.10 About the Author - The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
10.9 Serial Killer - The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
10.10 Top Ten Lists - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
15.10 Keep it Simple - Dancing Backwards by Salley Vickers
20.6 The Twenty-tens - Twenty-one Locks by Laura Burton
20.7 The Christmas Fuzzies - No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
20.10 Group Read - The Giver by Lois Lowry
30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho! - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad and I Love You Goodbye
30.7 Forever Young - Artemis Fowl and the Altantis Complex Eoin Colfer and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Alice in Time by Penelope Bush
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30.1 - The B & W TaskA. Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
B. The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey
Total points to date 205
Jayme(the ghost reader)I completed task 5.9 Noel, Noel by reading "A Christmas Story" by Jean Shepherd.
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Big Books: 0
GR Authors: 1, Laurie Hale Anderson
Grand Total: 50/975
5.8 Here's to a new beginningDeath on Demand by Carolyn Hart
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.3 starts with W D J F AAnne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
book has a hobbit, a gollum, a dragon and others.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks Completed:13
Total Books Read: 14
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the NumbersA) Even Year- I read The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
B) 2- I read The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Total Points = 100
I would like to move some books.10.7 - My Favorite Things
I would like to replace The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff with Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole. This book appeared on the Paranormal Romance List.
20.3 - Chestnuts Roasting
I would like to replace Linger by Maggie Stiefvater with The Darkest Pleasure by Gena Showalter. One of the main characters discovers she can see heaven and hell in her dreams.
20.5 - Larger than Life
I would like to replace Brave the Wild Wind by Johanna Lindsey with Faefever by Karen Marie Moning. This series was approved in the thread.
There is no change in points.
I would like to move another book.I previously claimed the book Wicked Lovely in task 25.4 and would like to move it to task 30.3.
30.3 - HO! HO! HO!
Book A: The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi. - This book takes place in Poland
Book B: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Total Points to Date: 175 (170 - 25 + 30)
5.7 - Happy New Year!
by Richelle Mead **Goodreads Author.5.9 - Noel, Noel
Dreamfever by Karen Marie Moning.
10.1 - Birthday Wishes
The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter. This book was on Valorie's 5* List.
10.6 - Cookie Exchange
The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter. Night was on the list of accepted cookie names.
10.10 - Top Ten Lists
No Mercy (Dark-Hunter, #19) by Sherrilyn Kenyon. This was on Jennifer Lynn Barne's top 10 Supernatural Families List.
15.10 - Keep it Simple
Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead **Goodreads Author.
20.4 - Game On! - Rolled a 2. Fantasy or Sci-Fiction Setting.
The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter
20.6 - The Twenty-tens
Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead **Goodreads Author. The main character is in her 30's.
20.7 - Christmas Fuzzies...or Not
Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I am a sad holiday person. This is a paranormal romance with a HEA ending.
25.1 - Chestnuts Roasting
Book A: Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
Book B: Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead **Goodreads Author.
Both books are Paranormal Romances.
4 Goodreads Author Tickets for Richelle Mead
Total Points to Date: 315
I completed:5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning
by reading: The Cove by Catherine Coulter which is FBI Thriller #1.
Total Tasks: 4
Total Points: 20
Coralie10.4 Auld Lang Syne
The Three Hostages by John Buchan
15.5 “Never get involved in a land war in Asia …”
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
Big Book 600 pages
30.5 The Old ‘10/The New ‘11
A. Sundiver by David Brin Goodreads Author
B. Wizard
Total points 225
Goodreads authors 2
Big Books
3 x 500+
Diane 30.3 -- DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO! Read 2 books:
A) read a book in which the major setting is in one of the listed cold winter countries -
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Sweden).
B) Read a book whose title contains one of the listed words - Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys (good).
I would like to claim a BIG BOOK TICKET for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. My copy had over 500 pages.
Total Points: 510/975
Tasks Completed: 32/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 41
Goodreads Authors: 4 (James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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DeeDee
15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
December 23 is Festivus, and one of the “Festivus traditions” is the Airing of Grievances. Read a book with a word in the title which relates to one of your “pet peeves.”
One of my pet peeves is people with pets who assure me that the pet is a "real sweetheart" who "wouldn't hurt a fly". Well, seems to me these "pets" have teeth, are animals, and will attack under the right circumstances. My teenaged daugher was bitten by a young dog (aw, he's "just a puppy") the week before Christmas. (She's OK, the bite barely broke skin, but still.) Grrrr.
So I read a short story collection of cute little animals gone bad:
Zombie Raccoons & Killer Bunnies (2009) by Martin H. Greenberg (Paperback, 320 pages)
AND
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!
I rolled a 2: fantasy or science fiction
I read:
End of the Century (2009) by Chris Roberson (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 486 pages)
Optional: Tell us if you would have made the same decisions if you had been in the main character's place. Well, maybe I would have, if I had all the advantages that the main character had --- advantages not revealed until the end of the novel.
Chris Roberson is a (Goodreads Author)
95 + 15 + 20 = 130
Tasks Completed: 9
Points for this task: 15 + 20 = 35
Points thus far: 95 + 35 = 130
Books read: 11
Pages Read: 3715
Read but not claimed: 4
Courtney20.7 Shorter is sweeter...(a sad book)
Bridge to Terabithia
Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 20+20=40
Books Read: 3
15.6 - Q in titleThe Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots
30.5 Old and New
Lasso the Wind: Away to the New West
Letters From Father Christmas
Total points to date: 80
GR Author: 0
Big Book tickets: 0 (500+ books= 0) (750+ = 0) (1000+ = 0)
total books read: 5
total tasks completed: 4
Here are some more catch-up posts:15.3 A -- Z
Title Starts with A: Angels at Christmas: Those Christmas Angels\Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber
Includes Z in Title (zoo): The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise: A Novel by Julia Stuart
15.8 Festivus for the Rest of Us
Pet Peeve - people who are always wishing for things to happen for them but never doing anything to make it happen.
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
15.9 Warm Up
Southern author: Dorothea Benton Frank lives in and writes books about the lowcountry of the Carolina's - The Christmas Pearl
20.9 President's Day
Christmas in Plains: Memories by Jimmy Carter (former US President)
Points in this post: 65
Total Points: 115
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 11
Total Pages: 2637
5.5 Blast from the PastI read The Bone People by Keri Hulme, which was published in 1984.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.9 Serial KillerCity of Glass by Cassandra Clare
(the last published book in the Mortal Instruments series)
20.3 chucklesthescot's task - Frosty the Snowman
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
(Tessa - the main character - is a shape changer and can change into other people or supernatural beings)
*Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads author x 2*
Total points: 180
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 6
Books read: 15
Pages read: 6195
Helen wrote: "Pet Peeve - people who are always wishing for things to happen for them but never doing anything to make it happen..."Ohhh, me too. Nothing worse than someone moaning and whining about their life but not making any effort at all to change it!
Emu10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health! Spis maven flad (a book on how to loose weight)
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... Blue Dahlia
10.9 Serial Killer
Red Lily
20.02 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day Black Rose - The flower is the rose.
30.09 Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
A:
Parker Pyne Investigates - first published in 1932
B: Stille Dage i Mixing Part - My mother would love this because it is funny and a quick read.
Points in this task: 80
Total points: 80
Barbara VA2 Tasks this week
5.2 Singles Awareness Day
Messenger by Lois Lowry
15.7 Book Is Always better Than The Movie
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
I read this book specifically so that I could watch the movie, a favorite of a good friend whose taste is veery similar to mine. I finished the book yesterday morning and watched the film last night and it was very enjoyable but I felt wanting more. So many characters and stories did not make it into the film. I loved every part with Kathy Bates best and could have watched 2 hours of her being Evelyn Couch with Jessica Tandy as Ninny!
So, in this case, I will agree Book Is Better Than The Movie!!!
New Points Claimed - 20
Books Read - 9
Tasks Completed - 8
Pages Read - 2419
Points/Goal - 80
Big Books - 3 500+
Goodread Authors - 0
20.8 It's My Birthday: Erin MN's task-Inauguration DayThe House by Danielle Steel
Total Points = 795 Points
I usually like Danielle Steel books but I thought this was a total snore.
30.7 - Forever YoungBook 1: Gone by Michael Grant **Goodreads Author. This is a Distopia series book. This book is 558 pages long. I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket for this.
Book 2: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver **Goodreads Author. This is a Stand Alone Issues book. This book is 470 pages long. 558 + 470 = 1028 pages total.
30.8 - In the Spirit of the Season
Book A: Rolled a 2 - Favorite Genres - The Darkest Passion by Gena Showalter. The DArkeSt PAssIon
Book B: Rolled a 1 - Favorite Authors - Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead **Goodreads Author. This book is 594 pages long. I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket for it. LAst SAcrIfice
Total: Claiming 3 Goodreads Author Tickets and 2 Big Book Tickets
Total Points to Date: 375
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 20.7 Shorter but Sweeter...Christmas Fuzzies or Not---I read a happy book that made me laugh
To Conquer Mr. Darcy by Abigail Reynolds---a romance with a happy ending
Task 15.10 Keep It Simple: A book just for fun
Total Points: 215 Points
Task 20.7 Shorter but Sweeter...Christmas Fuzzies or Not---I read a happy book that made me laugh
To Conquer Mr. Darcy by Abigail Reynolds---a romance with a happy ending
Task 15.10 Keep It Simple: A book just for fun
Total Points: 215 Points
5.8 Here's to a New Beginning - first book in a series The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
10.9 Serial Killer - Patrica Cornwell - Scarpetta Factor #17
10.10 Top Ten Lists - Maxim Jakubowski's top 10 crime locations - The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
15.10 For the fun of it - read anything Womans Murder Club #9 the 9th Judgement
Total points 40
25.1- Chestnuts Roasting On An Open FireI read Guilty Pleasures by Kitty Thomas and Three to Ride by Sophie Oak. They are both erotic romances, one of my favorite genres. (both ebooks that are approx. 200 pages long each)
*Both Sophie Oak and Kitty Thomas are goodreads authors*
Previous Points- 305
Points for this task- 25
Total Points- 330
Goodreads Authors- 8
30.4 - "Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers" Book A - Read ESPERANZA'S BOX OF SAINTS: A Novel by María Amparo Escandón. Last digit is odd. Author's last name starts wtih E.
Book B - Read Room by Emma Donoghue. I ended up with the number 1.
Ooh, Emma Donoghue is now a Goodreads author. She wasn't when I first looked it up. Glad I double-checked!
Points for above tasks: 30
Tasks above completed: 1
Total tasks completed: 8/56
Points completed: 150
Books read & claimed: 10
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Pam30.6: Looking for a few good...authors
I picked James Patterson for my favorite author for this task.
I rolled a 1 and read Ghosts of Boyfriends Past by Carly Alexander. Both authors have 14 letters in their names.
I rolled a 2 and read Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice. This book was published in 1976. James Patterson's first book The Thomas Berryman Number was originally published in 1976, with re-publishing in 1996 and 2006.
Points: 30
Total Points: 135
GR Authors: 3
Chinook30.5 The Old '10/The New '11
A. When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson - Since all 10 of my oldest TBR on my shelves were new-to-me authors, I went with this one because I've owned it since high school and as such it's the oldest TBR I have here in Korea.
B. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - my most recently 11 books purchases didn't involve a single new-to-me author, so I went with the newest-to-me instead.
The Girl Who is also a big book ticket 500+.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 175
Big Book tickets: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: Kathryn Stockett
Tasks Complete: 11
Books read: 14
20.2 Stacey's task - Winter Flowers DayA Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
(The flower is a rose)
Total points: 200
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 6
Books read: 16
Pages read: 6530
30.5 The Old/The NewA. I've read Dickens previously and Great Expectations was one of the 10 books on my GR TBR list the longest. I really loved reading this book, giving it 5 stars.
Great Expectations is also a BIG BOOK at 625 pages.
B.A new to me author is Orson Scott Card. I read Ender's Game for this part of the challenge, which was one of the books that I had most recently added to my TBR list. I enjoyed this book, giving it 4 stars.
Total Points: 115 + 30 = 145
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1)
No GR authors yet.
TANYAPT15.10 Keep it Simple. Read a book the you read just because you want to.
Mister X
(Mister X, John Lutz) - I love mysteries and this was really good (especially the ending).
Points: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Pages Read: 454
5.4 It's Cold OutsideThe Arctic Incident by Eoin Colfer
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.1- The B&W TaskA. I read His Little Black Bookby Heather MacAllister.
B. I read One White Rose by Julie Garwood.
Previous Points- 330
Points for this task- 30
Total Points- 360
Goodreads Authors- 8
KAREN OZTask 15.10 - Keep it Simple
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Tatiana de Rosnay is a GR author
Total to Date = 155 points.
15.5 - never get involved in a land war in Asia...Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
***592 pages = big book***
This book follows the life of Temujin, the young man who famously becomes Genghis Khan. The book is set in approximately 1100 AD in what becomes the Mongol Empire during Genghis Khan’s life (the Mongol Empire was MUCH bigger than current Mongolia, encompassing modern day China and parts of Europe and Russia). Temujin's raids and invasions had the result of uniting the nomadic tribes in northeast Asia and for eventually conquering most of Eurasia at the height of the Empire. Check out the interactive map here to see just how large and in charge it was: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_E...
Aside from Genghis Khan name recognition, I had very little knowledge about the history of this area and was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I’d won this in a first reads contest over a year ago and have been reluctant to read it because it looked like a “gory boy book” which isn’t something that normally interests me. Yet again, I am reminded that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover because I’ve actually gone and added the next book in this series to my ‘to read’ list as well. It was as engaging as it was gory.
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20.5 - bigger is better and larger than life
The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel by Diana Gabaldon
Claire Fraser is definitely an unconventional woman as any fan of the Outlander series can attest. She was a war nurse in 1940 who was transported about 200 years back in time to the era of the Jacobite Rising in the Scottish Highlands. In the 1940’s she was a fairly typical modern woman but in the 1740’s she was an anomaly, a female who practiced medicine and acted as her husband’s equal.
This book is a graphic retelling of some of the events in the first book.
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30.9 - happy 80th birthday
1 - At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
First published serially in 1936.
2 - Vampire Knits by Genevieve Miller
My mom (and Dumbledore) likes kitschy knitty books and this certainly qualifies. :)
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Points Claiming: 65
Total Points: 255
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 30.3 Ho Ho Ho
a) Book set in one of the following cold countries-- I picked Dawson City, Yukon Canada
b) Read a book with the following in it: I picked GIFT
Total Points: 245 Points
Task 30.3 Ho Ho Ho
a) Book set in one of the following cold countries-- I picked Dawson City, Yukon Canada
b) Read a book with the following in it: I picked GIFT
Total Points: 245 Points
Readerboard Name: Kimber20.7 Christmas Fuzzies...Or Not
I love the actual Holiday, but dislike the excess time and work that goes into it. Right now is the ugliest part of it - the dreaded cleaning up after the event. Taking down ornaments, trees, outdoor lights, finding room for our newest treasures...whew! I chose to listen to Janet Evanovich's 'Eleven On Top' via audio while I reorganized around the house. Stephanie Plum's adventures never fail to cheer me up!
Read: Eleven On Top by Janet Evanovich
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 8
Total points earned: 85
Goodread authors: 2
Big book: 1/500+
30.3 - HO! HO! HO!A. Into Thin Air by John Krakauer [Nepal] and B. The Atheist's Guide to Christmas edited by Robin Harvie and Stephanie Meyers
Tasks: 6
Points: 110
30.2 Alphabetically SpeakingA. Hedda Gabler written by Henrik Ibsen (HI)
B. Brother, I'm Dying written by Edwidge Danticat (ED)
Books Read: 21/ 74+
Points Completed: 270/975
Tasks Completed: 12
30.2 Alphabetically SpeakingBook 1 - Consecutive letters - C & D - Petty Magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker by Camille Deangelis
Book 2 - Two Backwards letters - M & L - Cosmic Christmas by Max Lucado
30.4 By the Numbers
Book 1 - Birthday is an odd year so author's name is an odd-numbered letter in alphabet (in this case both authors' names are in the odd letter list S & W}
Once Upon a Christmas by Lauraine Snelling and Lenora Worth
Book 2 - Telephone number calculation ends in 3 - therefore, a three-word title was selected
When Christmas Comes by Debbie Macomber
Both fun, entertaining and inspirational Christmas reads.
Points this post: 60
Points Total: 175
Tasks Total: 11
Books Total: 15
Pages Total: 3572
Please add a GOODREADS AUTHOR ticket for Dorothea Benton Frank from Post 982
5.10 About the AuthorThe Accidental Bestseller by Wendy Wax. **The main character and her 3 best friends are all published authors.**
15.9 Warm Up
Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
**This takes place on Selkie Island, which is part of Georgia. The book has a very southern feel to it from the setting, foods, and culture (think debutante balls, dresses, parties, etc.).**
Aimee Friedman is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Goodreads Authors: 4
15.8 A Festivus for the Rest of Us! Read a book with a word in the title which relates to one of your “pet peeves.”
A Question of Upbringing by Anthony Powell
My pet peeve is my husband's tendency to ask me a lot of questions when I am trying to do something.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 17
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.1 Birthday Wishes from Jennifer N.'s listTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Big Book Ticket... My copy has 544 pages
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 17
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not I read a book with a blue cover... I love Christmas, but hate sad books!
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 18
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
DeeDee
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!: Read a non-fiction book that might inspire you to improve your physical health.
Betty Crocker Whole Grains: Easy Everyday Recipes (2007) by Betty Crocker (Spiral-bound, 223 pages)
I love Betty Crocker Cookbooks! And - eating more whole grains is useful in "maintaining healthy body weight", plus it helps to prevent the onset of cancer. This new-to-me cookbook has alot of good, practical recipes for incorporating Whole Grains into your diet. I made "Chicken with Gingered Brown Rice" (p.125) for dinner tonight and it was a big hit! 5*s
130 + 10 = 140
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 130 + 10 = 140
Books read: 12
Pages Read: 3938
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Both books from Sandy's shelves.
Claiming Big book ticket for JK Rowling -636 pages
Points this task:25
Total Points:385
Total Goodreads Authors:6
Total Big Book Tickets:5