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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
Task Completed:15.10 - Keep it Simple
The Last Summer of You and Me – Ann Brashares
Total: 105
5.6. It's All in the NumbersThe Host by Stephenie Meyer - 80,243 ratings
**Book Books Ticket - 608 pages
30.2. Alphabetically Speaking
Book A - AB - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Book B - HG - The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
30.8. Spirit of the Season
I rolled 1 & 2
1 - favorite author - SeeIng A LArge Cat by Elizabeth Peters
2 - favorite genre - young adult fiction - An Abundance of KatherIneS by John Green
Update totals:
Points: 125
Tasks completed: 9
20.3 - frosty the snowmanKitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads author)
Human/Wolf transformation.
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Points Claiming: 20
Total Points: 400
20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task - Presidents' DayRiptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Total points: 210
wendyma15.10 - Keep it Simple
February 27 is “No Brainer Day.” Let’s wind up the winter challenge with a book that’s just for fun – a book that you read just because you want to!
UR by Stephen King
15 points
280 total
wendyma25.1 -- Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
Read two books from your 'old chestnut' list (i.e., two books from your favorite genre). Both books should come from the same genre. Happy Holidays!!
Mystery genre
Hot Mahogany by Woods
Loitering with Intent by Woods
25 points
305 total
25.1 Chestnuts Roasting On An Open FireI love cats, and I love books about cats! So I chose to read two memoirs that both made me cry like a baby!
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World and
Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat
Books Read: 39/ 77
Points Completed: 510/975
Tasks Completed: 20/56
Well I wasn't sure I'd participate this round, but I've found myself with an unplanned day and figured why not see what fits in.10.7 Promise Her Anything: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
10.10 Top Ten Lists: Dracula by Bram Stoker
From the TOP 10 Good Sex in Fiction.
Personal opinion? I don't agree, I know the bloodlust is supposed to be a metaphor for another kind of lust but there just isn't that much "bloodlusting" going on in this book. I think there are more interesting metaphors present and the popular consensus is based more on pop culture movie versions of the tale than on the novel. It makes me wonder if the list maker has actually read it.
Anyways...
15.7 The Book is Always Better: The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
From "The Movie Was Better than the Book" list.
I agree with this one. Julie Andrews was actually classy or posh enough to feel like she might be a queen of a small country, as opposed to the ridiculous character (More Jersey Shore than Grace of Monaco) that was her grandmother in the book. Her best friend was equally irritating in both however.
15.10 Keep It Simple: An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
20.3 Frosty the Snowman: Marked by P.C. Cast
I think I would prefer to keep my own shape, but I wouldn't mind having magical powers of some variety. That would be pretty sweet.
20.6 The Twenty-tens: Love in the Asylum: A Novel by Lisa Carey
The Main character Alba Elliot is 25 and I'm in my 20's.
20.5 Bigger is BetterI read Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters. The main character, Amelia Peabody Emerson, and her daughter-in-law, Nefret, are both very unconventional women for their time.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 120
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard name: Nicki (UK)25.1 - Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
One of my favourite genres is mystery novels, so I read...
Raisins and Almonds by Kerry Greenwood
Death Before Wicket: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
Total points: 230
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 6
Books read: 20
Pages read: 8249
5.3 -- Starts With...Perfect Match by Jodi Picoult
Previous total - 5
New total - 10
15.8 A Festivus for the Rest of us!My pet peeve is poor speech, ie grammatical errors, words used incorrectly, etc. (If one more person tells me the "feel badly" or that they "could care less," I will lose it!)
Therefore, I read The King's Speech
total points: 270
books read: 22
tasks comlete:17
pages read: 6993
BLUEMOONSorry it has been a while since I posted. The holidays were very busy for me this year and then we had computer problems. So I am sorry this is so long.
5.8 - HERE'S TO A NEW BEGINNING - Thyme of Death (3.5*).
10.4 - AULD LANG SYNE - Whiteout which is set in Scotland (4*).
10.8 - PROMISE HER ANYTHING -
which has flowers on the cover (4*).10.9 - SERIAL KILLER - Happy Ever After which is the last in the Bride Quartet series (4*).
15.3 - FROM A TO Z - A) Another Thing to Fall (3.5*). B) In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz (3*).
15.9 - WARM UP - Thistle and Twigg which is set in Alabama. (3*)
20.9 - PRESIDENT'S DAY - Murder on K Street by Margaret Truman who shares her name with her father Harry (4*).
20.10 - GROUP READ - The Giver (4*)
25.2 - THANK YOU MODERATORS - A) From Kristi's shelf - The Beekeeper's Apprentice (3.5) and B) from Sandy's shelf The Merlot Murders (4*).
30.3 - HO! HO! HO! - A) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4.5). B) The Magic of Ordinary Days (3.5).
30.9 - HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY - A)The Secret of Red Gate Farm first published in 1931. B) All I Have to Give: A Christmas Love Story which my mother would have liked. I will have to remember to suggest it to her.
30.10 - IN HONOR OF ASIAN AUTHORS - A)Passarola Rising by Azhar Abidi who was born in Pakistan. B) The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa who was born in Japan.
Ellen Crosby, Laurie R. King, Jayne Ann Krentz, Jayne Ann Krentz,Margaret Dilloway and Susan Wittig Albert are all GOODREADS AUTHORS.
This will bring my total to 290.
Finished two more tasks1.25.1 - Chestnuts Roasting - Favorite Genre
One of my favorite genres is non-fiction. Thus, for this task I read: The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul by Dave Bruno and Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for your Toddler. Both books were good, and I gave them 4* each.
DAVE BRUNO is a GR author.
TODDLER 411 is a big book at over 500 pages.
15.10 - Keep it Simple - Read A Book for Fun
I read Unbillable Hours: A True Story by Ian Graham. I loved this freebie on Kindle, giving it 5*.
Total Points: 245 + 25 + 15 = 285
Big Books: 500(+2), 750(+1)
GR Authors: 1
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies or NotI am sorta a scrooge about the holidays, and they totally wipe me out. So I read a happy book-
by Rhoda Janzen. It was a funny memoir.Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books:
Total Pages: 6241
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player: Stacie MI's task-Groundhog's Day!The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
I do have to say that my rating of 3 stars stayed the same.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 45
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 15.1
a) Read a historical fiction novel
b) Read a book set in the future
Total Points: 430 Points
Task 15.1
a) Read a historical fiction novel
b) Read a book set in the future
Total Points: 430 Points
STESSE30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
A. Pasadena: A Novel by David Ebershoff (David Ebershoff is a Goodreads Author) (485 p.)
Since I live in this area, I was excited to read this book - it was good and interesting but not gripping.
B. Room by Emma Donoghue (321 p.)
This book blew me away.
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 806
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Total Points: 500
Total Tasks Completed: 35
Total Books Read: 43
Total Pages Read: 16160
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
15.6 "Begins with Q, Alex" I read Stories and Remarks by Raymond Queneau.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 265
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 17
Total Pages Read: 4419
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Angie TXCompleted Task:
20.3 Best Review Contest: Frosty the Snowman
Night Play (Dark-Hunter, #5) by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The main male character in this book is a werewolf.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Total # of books read: 6
GRA: 1
NICOLE AR-20.7-"Shorter is Sweeter"
For this task, I enjoy the holiday season but I chose to read a book with a BLUE cover, so I read "By the Seat of My Pants" by Donald George.
http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1185...
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 100
LISA NC5.7 Happy New Year - predominately red cover
by Karen Marie MoningThis post: 5 points
Total: 125 points
ANNA E10.2 – Orient Express
Sons by Pearl S. Buck (set in China)
Task Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points Earned: 130
BJ Rose2 new tasks
5.2 Singles Awareness Day: one-word title
Messenger by Lois Lowry
30.7 Emily Kate's Task: Forever Young - YA books totaling 800 pages my total = 834 pages
C. Historical Fiction: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson - GoodReads Author
Fictional account of the real-life event of yellow fever in Philadelphia in late summer of 1793. Mattie Cook, the main character, is 14 years old Stand-alone = 251 pp
E. Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix - this is 1st book in a series - main character is 13 years old. Science-fiction story about the conflicts of time-travel Series = 320 pp
H. Issue-Oriented: Intimidation: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier - YA because characters are high-school age. Stand-Alone = 263 pp
Total Points = 365
Tasks Completed = 23
Total Pages = 9,147
GR Authors = 6
5.1 -- Short and SweetAnimal Farm by George Orwell (139 p), finished 01/26 - 5*
15.2. Beginnings and Endings
A. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling, finished 12/16 - 5*
B. Hawksong by Amelia Atwater Rhodes, finished 01/19 - 4.5*
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
How to Marry a Marquis by Julie Quinn, finished 01/22 (GR author)
Julia Quinn is a GR author
20.1 Groundhog's Day!
Diamond In The Rough (The Men of Medicine Ridge) by Diana Palmer, finished 01/23 - 3*
I rated this book 3* first and second time around.. Not enough angst to give this Diana Palmer more than 3*:-)
20.5 Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning, Finished 01/23 - 5*
Required: Mackayla Lane was accepted as an unconventional woman in the help thread: she's a sidhe-seer one of the last humans who can see fairies and nullify their powers, and one of the only ones ready to fight them to avenge her sister's death.
50.1 Melanie's task (my task, yay!) - Land among the stars
I rolled a 6 and a 2
A. The Night She Got Lucky by Susan Donovan, finished 01/22 - 5*
B. 6 - Historical Fiction: Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage by Jennifer Ashley, finished 01/21 - 5* (written 2010, set in the early 19th century)
C. 2 - Thriller/mystery/suspense: Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan, finished 01/20 - 5*
Jennifer Ashley is a GR author
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Points in this post: 5+15+15+20+20+50 = 125
Tasks in this post: 6
Books read in this post: 9
GR authors claimed in this post: 2 (Jennifer Ashley & Julia Quinn)
Total Tasks completed: 54
Total Books read: 75
Total Pages read: 24871 p
GR authors (total): 14
Big book tickets (total): 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 960
5.9 Noel, NoelOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
**Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads author**
30.10 In Honor of Asian Authors
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan.
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Rohinton Mistry was born in Bombay, India.
Points for these tasks = 35
Points to date = 170
20.1 Groundhog DayGlory in Death by J.D. Robb
I originally gave this 3 stars, but bumped it up to 4.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 31
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Kimber30.7 Forever Young
Read Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
Book 2 of 'Hush Hush' series
YA because the main character is 16 years old
Paranormal because the book is about fallen angels & guardian angels
pages 427
BECCA FITZPATRICK IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Read That Summer by Sarah Dessen
This is a stand alone novel
YA because the main character is 15 years old
Coming Of Age because it is about a girl having difficulty adjusting to her new family/home as big sis moves out and dad gets remarried
pages 199
SARAH DESSEN IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Read
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
First book of series (Fins #1)
YA because main character is 15 years old
Fantasy because the main character is half mermaid
pages 293 for a total of 919
TERA LYNN CHILDS IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 30
Tasks completed: 21
Total points earned: 300
Goodreads authors: 7
Big book: 2/500+
Coralie25.4 IMBOLC
A. Gwenhwyfar: The White Spirit
B. The Still-Burning Bush which has a night scene on the cover showing the lights of a city in the background (Canberra?) and a huge fire in the foreground.
30.10 In Honour of Asian Authors
With a Delicate Air, and other stories by Pearl S. Buck (China)
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan)
Total points 470
10.8 Romantically Challenged
by Beth Orsofftotal points: 285
I apologized I realize I forgot to post my totals on post 1576. They are:Total points: 90
No additional qualifications.
Task 30.4 - By the numbers
A: Birth year even
Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund *******Big Book 545 pages************
B: Phone number digits add to 5
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon ***********Big Book 848 pages**********
Task points = 30
Big book tickets this post = 3
Big book tickets total = 11
Challenge total = 230
5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (35'962 ratings), finished 01/26 - 5*
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Points in this post: 5
Tasks in this post: 1
Books read in this post: 1
GR authors claimed in this post: 0
Total Tasks completed: 55
Total Books read: 76
Total Pages read: 25111 p
GR authors (total): 14
Big book tickets (total): 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
TOTAL POINTS: 965
Congrats Melanie!When I looked at your total books read, I thought Wow--what kind of typo is that! Then I saw your points and realized no typo, just finished the challenge--I'm hanging back at about 10 books lol
Elizabeth (NC) wrote: "Congrats Melanie!When I looked at your total books read, I thought Wow--what kind of typo is that! Then I saw your points and realized no typo, just finished the challenge--I'm hanging back at ab..."
lol thx, but I'm still 10 pts behind:-)
20.5 Bigger is Better...Something to Prove by Yvonne Thornton
At first I thought I might have chosen the wrong book; but as I read, I began to marvel at this woman who truly did not let the obstacles of bigotry, race, being a woman in a man's arena, family demands and failures to side-track her from being her best and doing what was right for her patients and family. Many other women would have been deterred or reduced by some of the obstacles that Dr. Thornton faced. Yet, she persevered by recalling her father's teachings and life example. Truly a woman to be emulated and admired. One whose approach to her own life beckons others to try to be better too.
I think I read the right book for this task. Dr. Thornton is definitely unconventional in many ways!
Points: 20
Total Points: 225
30.6 Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... AuthorsI chose Charles Dickens as a favorite writer and rolled a 4 and a 6.
4. Read a book written by an author who has the same first or last name as your favorite author. The matching name MUST have the exact spelling as it appears on Goodreads.
The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl
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.
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White is a Big Book (672 pages).
This Post: 30
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 31
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not I absolutely love the holiday and Christmas season so I read a sad book from the Books that Make You Cry list.
by Cassandra Clare ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 20
Total Points: 70
Completed Tasks: 20.3, 30.2, 20.7
Tasks in Progress: 30.5, 30.3, 50.1
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Cassandra Clare x2, Lisa Kleypas)
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 10.7 My Favorite Things - Book reviewed on BookPage.com
Genre - Teen
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer
Pages - 178
Points 10
Task 15.9 Warm Up - Book Set in American South
Eternal Hunter by Cynthia Eden
Book is set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Cynthia Eden is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 338
Points - 15
Task 30.2 Alphabetically Speaking
Book A - Author Initials Consecutive from A to Z
Invisible by Lorena McCourtney
Lorena McCourtney is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 320
Book B - Author Initials Consecutive Z to A
The Blood That Bonds by Christopher Buecheler
Christopher Buecheler is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 265
Points - 30
Task 30.4 By the Numbers
Book A - Even Birthdate
Dreams of the Ringed Vale by Robert Fanney
Robert Fanney is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 328
Book B - Add Phone Number to Single Digit - 6
Are You Afraid of the Dark? by Sidney Sheldon
Pages - 400
Points - 30
ERIN MN5.8 - Here's to a New Beginning
Death on Demand - Carolyn Hart
(#1 Death on Demand Series)
30.2 - Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
Book A:
The 19th Wife - David Ebershoff
Book B:
The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - Shauna Reid
**BIG BOOK - The 19th Wife 525 pages
**GOODREADS AUTHOR - David Ebershoff
**GOODREADS AUTHOR - Shauna Reid
New Points - 5+30=35
TOTAL POINTS - 290
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Winter Flowers DayI read Love-Lies-Bleeding by Don DeLillo. Love-lies-bleeding is the common name for amaranthus caudatus .
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 285
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read: 4531
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
30.2 Alphabetically Speaking.....A. A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (LM)
B. Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland (DC)
Tasks Completed - 6
Books Read - 8
TOTAL POINTS - 110
Mod
Read My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent 279 pages
Rachel Vincent is a Goodreads Author
Pet Peeve- Taking something without asking.
Points this post 15
Total points 325
Tasks Completed: 16
Books read:23
Total pages: 7073
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.5 - SRC tea ceremony1 - Playing with Fire by Katie MacAlister (Goodreads author)
I chose dragon well tea and selected a book with characters who are, well, dragons. :)
2 - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (Goodreads Author)
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Points Claiming: 25
Total Points: 425
Paul aka Metshaft15.4
I went for option B and read
The Sixty Minute Father and The Sixty Minute Mother
20.7
I quite enjoy Christmas so I read Slow Man which is about a man coping with losing a leg after an accident. It's pretty dark and depressing. Although by the end he is learning to accept what has happened, he is still a shadow of his former self.
Points claimed in this post = 35
Bringing my total to a whopping 45
10.5 Mythical creatureHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Mythical creatures include elves, a basilisk and a phoenix.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 32
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
I finished 10.5 by reading The Lost Saint by Bree Despain. There are werewolves in the book.Total Points: 190
30.5 The Old/The NewA. I read Weekends at Bellevue by Julie Holland which has been on my TBR for ages (#9 or #10 I think when sorted)
B. I read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis which was in the most recent 11 when I picked it. I'm glad I got to it -- I loved it!!
* This is a BIG BOOK at 578 pages
New Total: 295 points
Katie OH Task 10.9 Serial Killer
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Rescue by Anita Shreve
Task 10.2 Orient Express
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Set in China
Task 10.6 Cookie Exchange
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
As in "Half-Moon Cookies"
Sarah Dessen is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Task 20.2 Winter Flowers
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Lauren Willig is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Task 50 Land Among the Stars
Part A:
Part B: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Rolled a 1, and this is on the "Favorite Books" List
Part C: The Third Option by Vince Flynn
Rolled a 2 - this is a thriller
Total points these tasks: 95
Total points to date: 455
Total GR Authors these tasks: 2
Total BB Tix these tasks: 0
Total GR Authors to date: 12
Total BB Tix to date: 0
Total Pages read to date: 12,875