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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
LISA NC10.6 Cookie Exchange - word "cookie" in title
The First Love Cookie Club by Lori Wilde
This post: 10 points
Total: 90 points
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10.10 Top Ten Lists
The Snowflake by Kenneth G. Libbrecht
from Charlie English's top ten snow books
This book explains the physics of snow and the history of snow research with an explanation of the photographic methods used to get the images. Really interesting (if you like that sort of thing)
15.3 From A to Z
A. A Bad Day for Sorry: A Crime Novel by Sophie Littlefield
B. The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula by Eric Nuzum
Too bad this book was more about the author than about the mythology of vampires.
15.4 Opposite Day: here:there
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
I like Bryson and this book made me laugh, but it was a little dated.
20.1 Groundhog Day
Making Toast: A Family Story by Roger Rosenblatt
The writing may have been fine, but I thought this book was a bunch of pretentious name-dropping the first time I read it. I still do.
20.6 The Twenty-tens
option A: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark first published in 1961, the year I was born.
20.9 Presidents' Day
Even by Andrew Grant
I wanted to like this book: strong opening, good protagonist, but it had a clumsy plot and the secondary characters were broad caricatures.
total 475
20.9- President's DayI read Bachelor Unleashed by Brenda Jackson.
Previous Points- 365
Points for this task- 20
Total Points- 385
Goodreads Authors- 8
5.3 — Starts With…Author's first name starts with A:
Center of the World by Andreas Steinhofel
Task Points: 5
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!:
Stress Less by Thea Singer
I learned a lot from this one!
Task Points: 10
20.10 Group Read
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
I've posted my response; #13, I believe.
Task Points: 20
25.5 SRC Tea Ceremony
A. 3. Dragon Well (Lung Ching) Tea:
Read a book with a supernatural/paranormal character
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Prince of Mist is a frightening paranormal guy!
B. Tea Title:
The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
I finished this one yesterday and then we went out for sushi and I drank a lot of tea!
Task Points: 25
Points this Post: 25+20+10+5=60
Grand Total: 270
EllenCAFor 10.9 Serial Killer I read James Potter and the Vault of Destinies by: G. Norman Lippert
He is a goodreads author and the book is 501 pages - so I will claim both of those tickets as well.
Total Points: 40
Big Book ticket: 1 (500+)
Goodreads Authors: 2
Readerboard Name: Kimber5.3 Starts With...
Read "The Last Child" by John Hart
1st name start with J (John)
This task: 5
Tasks completed: 12
Total points earned: 160
Goodreads authors: 2
Big book: 2/500
5.8 Here's to a New BeginningOne for the Money by Janet Evanovich
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 11
Pages Read: 3863
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
KAREN OZTask # 30.2 - Cheryl TX’s task – Alphabetically Speaking
Book A. A-Z: The Making of Julia Gillard by Jacqueline Kent
Book B. Z-A: Wild Lavender by Belinda Alexandra (527 pgs claiming Big Book ticket for >500 pages)
Total to Date: 215 points
Readerboard Name: Kimber15.10 Keep It Simple
Read: Death's Excellent Vacation by Charlaine Harris
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 13
Total points earned: 175
GR authors: 2
Big Book: 2/500+
5.9 Noel, No "L"The Bone Garden by **GR author Tess Gerritsen
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life ~ Twelve Sharp115/975 Points
1 Goodreads Authors
0 Big Books
Task 5.9 Noel, NoelWhat Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson
Task 20.4 Author! Author! Tani's Task - Game On!
Rolled a 5, read a book of short stories.
The Guy Not Taken: Stories by Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer Weiner is a GR Author
Points these tasks: 25
Points to date: 280
GR Authors these tasks: 1
BB Tix these tasks: 0
Total pages read to date: 8305
Total GR Authors to date: 7
Total BB Tix to date: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: StacyCT20.6 - The Twenty-tens
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (one of the main characters and I are both in our 20s)
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points Earned: 140
Total Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 2902
GoodReads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1), 750+(), 1000+()
ERIN MN5.1 - Short & Sweet
A Porch Sofa Almanac - Peter Smith (144 pages)
25.1 - Wendy MA - Chestnut's Roasting on an Open Fire...
Photo Finished - Laura Childs
The Chocolate Mouse Trap - JoAnna Carl
*Favorite Genre = Cozy Mysteries
New Points = 5+25=30
TOTAL POINTS = 200
Task 20.7 - Christmas Fuzzies....or not
I'm a dreader, so I read a "funny" book, according to the list anyway. This was a reread for me and it still made me laugh AND cry, sometimes at the same time.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon ******Big Book 980 Pages************
Task points = 20
Total Big Book Tickets = 7
Challenge total = 155
NICOLE VA30.7 Forever Young
I read Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard for the series book (clique fiction/suspense/mystery subgenres) and Dead Beautiful by Yvonne Woon for the non-series book (paranormal/romance subgenres).
Pretty Little Liars was 286 pages and Dead Beautiful was 480 pages, so I also read Flawless (330 pages), the second book in the Pretty Little Liars series, which brought the total page count to 1096.
Both Sara Shepard and Yvonne Woon are GoodReads authors.
Total Points= 95
Jen UT5.3 - Starts With...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Total Points: 20
Total Books: 5
Total Tasks: 3
Readerboard name: Nicki (UK)5.3 - Starts With...
The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
Total points: 205
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 6
Books read: 17
Pages read: 7314
5.6 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro20.2 Orchids and Daffodils:A Lyrical Bouquet by Lincoln B. Young Identify the flower-Orchids
total points: 175
KAREN OZ5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside
Ice by Sarah Beth Durst (GR Author)
Book with a winter related word in the title: Ice
Total to date: 220 points
30.5- The Old '10/The New '11-A. I read Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair. This book in the bottom 10 on my tbr list and an old author to me.
B. I listened to the audiobook of I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron. This was at the top of my tbr (at the time I read it) and she is a new author to me.
*Cherise Sinclair is a Goodreads author*
Previous Points- 385
Points for this task- 30
Total Points- 415
Goodreads Authors- 9
Cindy AL30.2 Alphabetically Speaking - authors with consecutive initials: Trio of Sorcery (Mercedes Lackey) and The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Alan Bradley) 706 pages.
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 375 points.
Points - 375/975
Books - 31/70+
Pages - 11665
Goodreads Authors:9
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
5.9-Noel, Noel What I Was by Meg Rosoff10.4 Auld Lang Syne The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell which is set in Scotland
15.10-No Brainer Waiter Rant by The Waiter aka Steve Dublianca
Tasks Completed -10
Books Read-11
Total points:115
10.4 Auld Lang SyneThe Crow Road by Iain M. Banks. Iain Banks is from Scotland.
Total Points to Date: 405
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 20.2: Winter Flowers Day
Task 20.5: Bigger is Better than Life
Female spies in the 1800's
Total Points: 285 Points
Task 20.2: Winter Flowers Day
Task 20.5: Bigger is Better than Life
Female spies in the 1800's
Total Points: 285 Points
20.6 - twenty-tens An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
Benedict Bridgerton, a main character, is in his 30's, as am I.
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20.7 - christmas fuzzies...or not
Jessica Z by Shawn Klomparens
I’ve always loved the winter holidays so I read a depressing book.
This is set in a current but alternate United States where suicide bombings are a common occurrence. To some extent the book was also unexpectedly political so between that and the suicide bombings it was both depressing and disturbing, especially when read in conjunction with the real life shootings that happened in Tucson this past weekend.
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Points Claiming: 40
Total Points: 280
20.6 Seasoned ReaderI read
by Jane Green. The main character Libby was 27 as am I.Total Points Earned: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Pages Read: 741
Total Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:
I was just reviewing my list and realized that if I combined two of my partially completed tasks I could actually finish and claim a different one. Since there’s no chance I’ll actually finish the entire challenge I’ll take 30 points wherever I can. :)30.4 - by the numbers
1 - If the last digit of your birth year is odd, read a book by an author whose last name starts with one of the following letters: A, C,E,G,I,K,M,O,Q,S,U,W,Y.
I was born in a year that ends in 9 so I read -
Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella
2 - The single digit derived from my phone number is a 6 so I read -
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads author)
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Points Claiming: 30
Total Points: 310
BJ Rose2 new tasks
10.7 My Favorite Things: Book Page: I chose Romance genre
The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens is #247 on the Romance list and was reviewed in March 2004
15.9 - Warm up: Read a book set in the American South
Shakespeare's Landlord by Charlaine Harris is set in Arkansas; the author was born in Mississippi & lives in southern Arkansas
Total Points = 255
Tasks Completed = 17
Total Pages = 6,000
GoodReads Authors = 4
DeeDee
5.1 -- Short and Sweet
Read the shortest book on your TBR shelf.
The shortest book on my TBR was 106 pages. I read:
Carmilla (1872) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Paperback, 106 pages)
200 + 5 = 205
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this task: 5
Points thus far: 205
Books read: 17
Pages Read: 5447
Read but not claimed: 2
Diane30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11
A. Out with the Old: Sort your Goodreads TBR list in descending order by date added Out of the 10 books that have been on there the longest, read one written by an author that you've read before: Persuasion by Jane Austen.
B. In with the New: Now sort your Goodreads TBR list in ascending order by date added. From the 11 books you've most recently added to your TBR list, read one written by a new-to-you author - So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ.
Total Points: 565/975
Tasks Completed: 34/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 44
Goodreads Authors: 4 (James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Sheila wrote: "I hope all goes well for you with your surgery Cheryl.How was Sucker Punch? That looks like a cozy mystery series I haven't discovered yet.
-----Geez, I almost had a typo!--------------:)"
Thanks Sheila I appreicaite your concern. I really enjoyed Suckerpunch. I may read it again in a future challenge!
Barbara VA5.3 Starts With J
The Confession by John Grisham
15.6 Begins With Q, Alex
The Sweet Potato Queens' First Big-Ass Novel: Stuff We Didn't Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet - Jill Conner Browne
25.5 SRC Tea Ceremony - Valorie's Task
A.1 You Are My Sunshine - Flowering Tea
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Kira, the main character is a needleworker and she grows flowers and herbs to make the necessary dyes for her threads. I just loved all the info here and made me wish I did not have Carpul Tunnel and coud spend more time doing the quilting and needlepoint that I love. (Of course, then that would take time from reading so it is a major Catch-22!!
B. Tea With Jane Austen by Kim Wilson
I read this fun little book because I love Jane Austen (not all of the spin off books though) and I have a mother-in-law obsessed with tea so now I have new recipes to make and take to her this weekend when we visit. I have already taken the Red Bush tea that Precious Ramotswe drinks in all of the #1 Ladies Detective Agency books that we both love, and I am taking her a new china tea cup and saucer!
New Points 45
Books Read - 12
Tasks Completed - 11
Pages Read - 4035
Points/Goal - 125/400 (rather slow going this season!)
Big Books - 3
REPOST #899Readerboard Name Cheryl TX
30.7 Emily Kate's Task - Forever Young
The Gossip Girl - I Will Always Love You by Cecily von Ziegesar. This is a series book w/387 pages and it fits the Romance subgenre because there are various college age people in this book changing romantic partners all the time.
Sleepless by Cun Balog. 215 Pages. This is a stand alone paranormal book which fits the category because of the high schoool aged protagonaist and there are paranormal activities taking place all the time.
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson 278 Pages. This is a stand-alone issue-related book because the high school girls in it are dealing with anorexia.
10.10 Read And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. The top 10 list was The Top 10 Agatha Christie Mysteriesand
10.4 Read 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
points these tasks 20
total points 225
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TXHere are some more posts for me
5.4 It's Cold Outside
Ice by Linda Howard
10.2 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
10.10 Top Ten Lists
A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read
List: Tana French's Top 10 Maverick Mysteries (Was there any doubt that it would be a mystery?)
15.2 Beginnings and Endings
Beginnings I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Endings The Hours by Michael Cunningham
15.9 Warm Up
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullen
20.3 Chucklesthescot's Task Frosty the Snowman
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
20.4 Tani's Task Game On!
I rolled a 5 - Short Stories
Hardly Knew Her - Stories by Laura Lippman
30.1 Sheila's Task The B&W Task
Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black
A Body to Die For by Kate White
30.10 Jennifer N's Task - In Honor of Asian Authors
Snow by Pamuk Orhan Country: Turkey
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Shiguro Country: Japan
Points claimed in this post: 155
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 15.2 Beginnings and Endings. For Best Beginnings I read "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. For best endings I read "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Piccoult. I am claiming a big book ticket for "My Sister's Keeper" which was 512pp.
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Big Books: 1, My Sister's Keeper(500+)
GR Authors: 1, Laurie Hale Anderson
Grand Total: 65/975
Coralie15.7 The book is always better than the movie
Stardust by Neil Gaiman was on both lists
Goodreads author
15.9 Warm Up
The Notebook
30.1 The B & W Task
Black – The Black Tulip
White – Voss by Patrick White
Total points 285
Goodreads authors 3
5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers ~ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe120/975 Points
1 Goodreads Authors
0 Big Books
Task 5.1 Short & Sweet Fledgling Handbook 101 by P.C. Cast
Task 5.4 It's Cold Outside
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Task 5.8 New Beginning
The Iron King Iron Fey 1 by Julie Kagawa
Task 5.9 Noel, Noel
Perfect by Sara Shepard
Task 20.2 Winter Flowers
Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
Task 30.7 Forever Young
Bk 1- The Replacement by Breanna Yovanoff YA Paranormal-Main character is a teenage changeling (a fey baby left in a human child's crib)
Bk 2- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare YA Fantasy (Urban Fantasy subgenre)-Main characters are half-human and half-angel.
Points this post: 70
Points-to-date: 70
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance Read a book that features Mythical Creatures.
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
Black Powder War features a number of dragons.
Naomi Novik is a GoodReads Author.
This Post: 10
Total Points: 255
Tasks Completed: 21
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.6 - It's All In the Numbers
I read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling, which has over 350,000 reviews. And at 870 pages, it definitely qualifies as a Big Book!
Points this task: 5
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4562
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.4 - Auld Lang Syne
I read The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde; by Robert Louis Stevenson, who was born in Scotland.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4706
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Task 10.9 Serial KillerCity of Glass by Cassandra Clare. Cassandra Clare is a goodreads author. Also the book is 500+ pages so I would like to claim a big reads ticket.
Points: 10
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.3 It's Cold OutsideI read WintergirlsbyLaurie Halse Anderson(a GoodReads Author)
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books:
Total Pages: 4456
Heather KSTask 5.8 Here's To a New Begining: I read I Am Not A Serial Killer (John Cleaver #1)
Dan Wells is a Goodreads Author
New point total: 60
5.3. Starts With...The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue
5.8. Here's to a New Beginning
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
(#1 in the Seven Kingdoms Series)
5.9. Noel, Noel
Fire by Kristin Cashore
10.2. Orient Express
Skip Beat!, Vol. 22 by Yoshiki Nakamura
set in Japan
15.8. Festivus for the Rest of Us
Nightlight: A Parody by Harvard Lampoon
My pet peeve is people who sleep with a light on. I find it SO hard to sleep with any sort of light, even the light of a clock!
20.8. Inauguration Day
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
Totals:
Points: 60
Tasks completed: 6
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15.10 Keep It Simple
The Ask and the Answer
I read it because I wanted to.
Points: 15