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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
Diane15.1. Time After Time
A. Read a novel of historical fiction -
Resistance by Anita Shreve (takes place during WWII)
AND
B. Read a novel set in the future -
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Total Points: 710/975
Tasks Completed: 42/56
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 57
Goodreads Authors: 5 (Neil Gaiman, James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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5.2 SINGLES AWARENESS DAY - Greywalker by Kat Richardson5.3 STARTS WITH - The Postcard Killers by James Patterson
5.4 IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
5.5 BLAST FROM THE PAST - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Published in 1984
5.6 IT'S ALL IN THE NUMBERS -
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Book has 85,897 Ratings
10.3 SLAINTE TO YOUR HEALTH - The Expert's Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery by Garth Davis
15.10 KEEP IT SIMPLE - Alpha Female by April Christofferson
20.1 GROUNDHOG DAY - Deadly Harvest by Heather Graham
I would still rate this as a 3 star book
20.2 WINTERS FLOWERS DAY - White Oleander by Janet Fitch
***Goodreads Author***
20.6 - THE TWENTY-TENS - Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron
POINTS: 110
TASKS: 10
BOOKS: 10
PAGES: 3566
GR AUTHORS: 1
TOTAL POINTS: 530
TOTAL TASKS: 33
TOTAL BOOKS: 41
TOTAL PAGES: 14989
GR AUTHORS: 6
BIG BOOKS 500+: 4
DeeDee
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
Read a book originally published sometime during the decade of your birth. I was born in the 1950s; the book I chose was originally published in 1951.
The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham (Mass Market Paperback, 191 pages)
265 + 20 = 285
DeeDeeLooking things over,I'm going to claim another task:
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
Read a book that features Mythical Creatures.
The two main characters of this book are mythical creatures: an elf and a dragon
The Last Dragon (2006) by Silvana de Mari [Shaun Whiteside (Translator)] (Hardcover, 368 pages)
285 + 10 = 295
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 285+10 = 295
Books read: 24
Pages Read: 7999
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(1) 500 +
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
Michelle WI30.4 By the Numbers
A. birth year: 1979
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens - 3 stars
B. single digit phone number: 7
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach - 4 stars
**** Chevy Stevens is a Goodreads author ****
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 235
NICOLE VA10.9 Serial Killer
I read Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston. It is the third/final book in the Wondrous Strange trilogy.
Lesley Livingston is a GoodReads author.
Total points = 200
15.7 - The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
This was number 42 on The Movie was Better than the Book
20.4 - Game On
I rolled 4 - Puzzle Games - so I read:
Death in a White Tie by Ngaio Marsh who was Edgar Award Grand Master in 1978
30.5 - The Old '10/The New '11
A. Out with the Old
The Man in the Picture by Susan Hill
B. In with the New
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Points this post 65
Total points to date 355
Kelly G. 30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
A. Born in 1980 – Chose the letter “D”. Read: The Count of Monte Cristo by: Alexandre Dumas. (Big Ticket Book - 514 pages)
B. Got the number “2” – Read: Plum Spooky (A Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers/Holiday Novel, #4) by: Janet Evanovich
Points this task: 30
Completed Tasks: 10
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 13
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (1) 1000+ (0)
Goodreads Author Tickets: 2
Completed 10.6 Cookie Exchange Marie Cookies
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 by Kathryn Lasky
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 27
Books read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
50.1 Land Among the StarsThe first book has both "dark" and "star" in it. I'm moving it from 5.3 (Starts with . . .), so losing 5 points from that category (this takes my total from 115 to 110)
Dark Star
I rolled a 2 and got "Kin"
Sins of the Seventh Sister
and
A "3" which required me to read a book based on fables or mythology. The following is a graphic novel, and is over the 100 page minimum.
Fables: Legends in Exile
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 160
15.4- Opposite DayI read His, Hers and...Theirs? by Judy Duarte.
Previous Points- 515
Points for this task- 15
Total Points- 530
Goodreads Authors- 11
NICOLE VA20.9 Lucky Me
I read Heist Society by Ally Carter, who shares her last name with 39th PotUS Jimmy Carter.
Total Points= 220
15.3 From A to zA) Alis by Naomi Rich
B) Witch and Wizard by James Patterson*
*James Patterson is a goodreads author
15.6 "Q"
Change Your Questions, Change Your Life by Marliee Adams
20.6 chose character in same decade
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder*
*Maria V. Snyder is a goodreads author
30.3 Ho, ho, ho!
A) Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Takes place in Nepal
B) Witch and Wizard #2: The Gift by James Patterson*
*James Patterson is a goodreads author
440 points
15.7 - THE BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE...OR IS IT? (This is a repost of post #1665 as I'd like to switch books for this task, once again.)Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
30.7 - FOREVER YOUNG (This is a correction of post #1665. I'm not sure why I'm having such trouble getting this one right)
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - series/paranormal (563 pages) about a high school girl and her relationship with werewolves, a vampire, and his family
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine - stand alone/fantasy (288 pgs) about a 15-year old girl and her troubles dealing with the gift/curse given to her by a fairy
Points this post - 45
Total points - 485
20.6 - THE TWENTY-TENS(Read a book originally published in the decade of my birth. I was born in 1964.)
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susanne, published in 1966.
50.1 - LAND AMONG THE STARS
A. Words (book containing the word 'dark' in the title)
Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn
B. Constellations (I rolled a 1 - Ursa Major. Read a book from the 1st 7 pages of the 'Favorite Books List'.)
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
C. Stars (I rolled a 2 - Sean Connery...as James Bond. Read a mystery/thriller.)
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
Points this post - 70
Total points - 555
RACHEL CA: 265 points total5.04 IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
Ah-Choo!: The Uncommon Life of Your Common Cold by Jennifer Ackerman
15.08 A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US
Causing a Scene: Extraordinary Pranks in Ordinary Places with Improv Everywhere by Charlie Todd, Alexis Scordelis (One of my pet peeves is when one of my kids causes a scene in a place like a library and I have to take them right back home again. Sigh. The price of consistency.)
25.03 REFLECTIONS ON 2010
A) Circus Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (my daughter rode horses at a fair for the first time this year--one of the two main characters learns to ride horses in the course of the book)
B) The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
50.01 LAND AMONG THE STARS
A) Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
B) Rolled a 5: Dinotopia: The World Beneath by James Gurney (dinosaurs on cover and play important role in plot)
C) Rolled a 2: The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (mystery)
Points: 95
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Completed: 5.2 Singles Awareness DayNotorious by Cecily von Ziegesar
Total Points: 385
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
REPOSTCompleted
10.6 Cookie Exchange Type of Cookie: Marie Cookies
Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769 by Kathryn Lasky
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 27
Books read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
KAREN OZTask 30.1 - Sheila's Task - The B & W Task
Book A. Beyond Black: a novel by Hilary Mantell
Book B. Priestess of the White (Age of Five 1) by Trudi Canavan 618 pages - Claiming Big Book Ticket >500 pages
Task 10.5 - Chinese Dragon Dance
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoko Uehashi
Note: I've cleared the book in the task thread
Task 5.8 - Here's to a New Beginning
Chains (Seeds of America 1) by Laurie Halse Anderson claiming GR Author ticket
This Post: 45 points
Total to Date = 380 points.
wendyma25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
We wouldn’t have this great group without our wonderful moderators. As a thank you to them, readtwo books that were read by a moderator of the SRC group in 2010. The books can be from the same moderator or you can read one book from two moderators. REQUIRED: Tell us which moderator/moderators list(s) you used.
Dlmrose's 2010 books Cutting for Stone by Verghese
Kristi's 2010 books Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Skloot
25 points
330 total
goodreads author credit for skloot
wendyma5.1 -- Short and Sweet
December 21st is the Winter Solstice and the shortest day of the year. February is also the shortest month of the year. Read the shortest book on your TBR shelf. As per challenge rules, you must read an entire book (i.e., individual short stories, novellas, and excepts will not work) of at least 100 pages (or 500 children’s picture book pages).
The Last Olympian by Riordan
5 points
335 total
10.2 Orient Express: Death Note, Volume 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba - ★ ★ ★
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!:
The Busy Girl's Guide To looking great: time saving ideas for fitting excercise,diet,fashion,and beauty into every day by Caroline Jones - ★ ★ ★
10.10 Top Ten Lists: Go to Guardian Top Tens.
White Fang by Jack London - ★ ★ ★ from “Marcus Sedgwick's top 10 tales from cold climes”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/...
15.3. From A... to Z
A. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B. The Zahir by Paulo Coelho - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads author: Paulo Coelho
15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Perfume by Susan Irvine - ★ ★ – My pet peeve is people who wear too much perfume.
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player: Stacie MI's task-Groundhog's Day!
Breaking Point by Suzanne Brockmann – I liked it better this time – I give it four starts now instead of three - ★ ★ ★ ★
20.10 Group Read
B. Suspense: Rebecca by Daphne De Maurier - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
30.7 - Emily Kate's task - Forever Young
E. Sci-Fi/Fantasy – From Far Away, Volume 1 by Kyoko Hikawa – series – 200 p – teen travels to an alternate reality filled with magic - ★ ★ ★ ★
F. Dystopian – The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer - stand-alone – 380 p. – teen in future society where people live with the threat of being turned into drones and human clones are raised for organ harvesting - ★ ★
G. Paranormal - Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz - series – 320 p. – about teenage vampires - ★ ★
Points this post: 130
Total so far: 680
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors so far: 12
20.3 Frosty the Snowmani read Linger which has several characters shifting between wolves and human.
Books Read: 45/ 77
Points Completed: 630/975
Tasks Completed: 26/56
10.10 Top Ten Lists - Philip Ardagh's top 10 children's books by Roald DahlMatilda by Roald Dahl
30.4 Donna Jo's Task - By the Numbers
Book #1 - odd, Would You by Marthe Jocelyn ***Good Reads Author***
Book #2 - 6 word title, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 3
Completed 5.3 Starts With...
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria-Hungary, 1853 by Barry Denenberg
Total Points: 390
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.8 In the Spirit of the SeasonI rolled 1 and 4. Both of these titles contain the letters A, S, I, and A.
1. A book by one of my favorite authors: Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
4. A recent addition to my TBR pile: The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Alice GTask: 10.2 Orient Express
Book: The Blue Notebook
Set in India
Total Points: 285
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
25.2 Thank You Moderators - The Long Song by Andrea Levy and The Weight of Silence by Heather Guddenkauf
30.2 Alphabetically Speaking - Little Constructions by Anna Burns and Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho! - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad and I Love You Goodbye
30.4 By the Numbers - The Man who Disappeared by Clare Morrall and Eliis Island by Kate Kerrigan
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
30.8 In the Spirit of the Season - Dona Nicanora's Hat Shop and A week in December by Sebastian Faulks
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Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 10.1 Birthday Wishes--Tami W's Shelf
Total Points: 445 Points
Task 10.1 Birthday Wishes--Tami W's Shelf
Total Points: 445 Points
Readerboard Name: Michelle VA20.10 Group Read
Rebecca
Discussion board post:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70
Joanna TTask 15.8 Festivus For the Rest of Us
My pet peeve is having salespeople follow me around a store either being overly helpful or seeming to think I'm planning to steal something.
I read:
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
+15 Task
Grand Total = 250
STESSE20.10 Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry, comment #69 in the comment thread. (180 p.)
Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 180
Total Points: 520
Total Tasks Completed: 36
Total Books Read: 44
Total Pages Read: 16340
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Wow, got a little distracted w/ the holiday's...here's my list though!5.3 "Starts With..."
Darwin's Sacred Cause: How a Hatred of Slavery Shaped Darwin's Views on Human Evolution by Adrian Desmond
Last name of the author, "Desmond" starts w/ D.
Task Point: 5
5.4 "It's Cold Outside"
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Task Point: 5
10.10 "Top Ten Lists"
Last Orders by Graham Swift
From the list "Richard Francis's Top Ten Pubs in Literature"
Task Points: 10
15.3 "From A to Z"
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
AND
Honeymoon with My Brother: A Memoir by Franz Wisner
Task Points: 15
15.5 "Never Get involved in a land War in Asia"
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Genghis Khan spent his whole life fighting war in Asia.
Task Points: 15
20.5 "Bigger is Better and Larger than Life"
Lady of the Reeds by Pauline Gedge
520pp., I am claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
The story of a young girls, Thu, breaking Egyptian convention and rising from poverty to become the concubine of Ramses III.
Task Points: 20
20.6 "The Twenty-Tens"
Chronicle in Stone: A Novel by Ismail Kadare
I was born in the 80's, and this book was published in 1982.
Task Points: 20
Points this post: 90
Total Points: 135
Tasks Completed: 12
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books Tickets: 4
20.8 "Inauguration Day"An Hour Before Daylight : Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter
15.10 "Keep it Simple"
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
At 535pp., I'm claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Point this Post: 35
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 13
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 5
Jayme(the ghost reader)I finished task 15.1 Time After Time by reading "The Constant Princess" by Philippa Gregory for my Historical Fiction and "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins for my future selection.
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 12
Big Books: (500) 1, (750) 1
GR Authors: Laurie Halse Anderson
Total Points: 145/975
5.8 Here's to a New BeginningThe Cater Street Hangman by Ann Perry - 288 pages
First book in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series.
5.9 Noel,Noel
Bookhunter by Jason Shiga - 144 pages
10.9 Serial Killer
Essex County Volume 3: The Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire - 112 pages
Last book in the Essex County series.
30.5 Old '10/New '11
A. Had to pick a new-to-me author because my 10 oldest books were by familiar authors
The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss - 592 pages
Claiming a big book ticket for this.
B. Eccentric Glamour: Creating an Insanely More Fabulous You by Simon Doonan - 288 pages (This was my newest book at the time I made the list.)
Points: 50
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 28
Pages: 8007
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500(2)
Kate C.Finished 20.8 - Inauguration Day
All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Finished 20.9 - President's Day
The Air Between Us: A Novel by Deborah Johnson
Total Points: 170
Readerboard name: Kimber10.10 Top 10 lists
Read Witch Child by Celia Rees
From Will Davis's top 10 literary teenagers
CELIA REES IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 10
Tasks completed: 23
Total points earned: 315
Goodread authors: 8
Big book: 2/500+
BJ Rose2 new tasks
5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside: Read a book with a winter related word in the title: winter
Winter Fire (Maxwells, #2) by Elizabeth Lowell
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... Authors : Read 2 books
Choose one of your favorite authors. Then, go to: Roll Dice, and click on "Roll Again" ONCE
I chose Nalini Singh, and I rolled 2 & 6
A. 32: Captives of the Night by Loretta Chase was published in 2006, the same year as Ms. Singh's first novel
B. #6: The Perfect Bride by Brenda Joyce, whose name came up on the Literature Map when I typed in 'Nalini Singh'. Brenda Joyce is a new-to-me author
Total Points = 490
Tasks Completed = 30
Total Pages = 12,603
GoodReads Authors = 7
Readerboard Name: StacyCT5.9 - Noel, Noel
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
Task Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Points Earned: 230
Total Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 5376
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Jeffrey Zaslow; Kathryn Stockett; Margaret Atwood)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1), 750+(), 1000+()
15.2. Beginnings and EndingsBest Beginnings #34
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 940 pages,
Claiming Big Book Tickets for 940 pages
I loved the beginning and voted for it on the list.
Best Endings #243
Willow by Julia Hoban
I liked the ending, but didn't vote for it on the list.
+15 Points
15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie…or Is It?
Book is Better List
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Goodreads Author
Now I need to watch the movie -- loved the book!
+ 15 Points
20.9 Lucky Me:Presidents’ Day
Last Name: Carter
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
+20 Points
Points This Post: 50
1 Big Book, 940 pages
1 Goodreads Author, Neil Gaiman
Grand Total: 445
Task 10.10 - Top Ten Lists
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Michael Morpurgo's Top Ten favourite books
Task points = 10
Challenge total = 260
15.10 Keep It SimpleOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
20.4 Game On!
I completed task #2 which required a sci-fi/fantasy novel.
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
The main character befriends a vampire despite knowing her nature. I'm way too much of a coward for that -- if a friend confessed to being a vampire, I would run and hide. :)
Let the Right One In is over 500 pages long
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies...Or Not
Since I enjoy the holiday season, I chose a book with a predominantly blue cover.
by Diana GabaldonOutlander is over 750 pages long
Points this post: 55
Total points: 165
Big books this post: Let the Right One In (500+) and Outlander (750+)
Karen GHHS wrote: "15.2. Beginnings and EndingsBest Beginnings #34
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 940 pages,
Claiming Big Book Tickets for 940 pages
I loved the beginning..."
I think the movie for Stardust is as good as the book. The plots differ somewhat, but I enjoyed both.
Task 15.10 - Keep it Simple
Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction
Task points = 15
Total Challenge points = 275
5.6 - It's All In The Numbers
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
10.5 - Chinese Dragon Dance
Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton
Points for this post: 15
Total Points: 185
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (2),
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
10.5 - Chinese Dragon Dance
Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton
Points for this post: 15
Total Points: 185
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (2),
25.5 -- Valorie's task - SRC Tea CeremonyPart A - 2. Gunpowder Green Tea: Read a true crime, suspense, western, or mystery novel. Shakespeare's Trollop by Charlaine Harris
Part B - The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
30.9 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
Part A - The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie First published in 1936
Part B - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
My mother loves this book because she is a teacher and her class reads this book every year at Christmas.
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 21
Pages Read: 7228
Books Read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Kristina Marie5.1 Short and Sweet
Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton
5.3 Starts With...W, D, J, F, or A
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
5.6 It’s All in the Numbers over 25,000 ratings
Room by Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author
5.8 Read the 1st book in a new-to-you series.
The Big Empty by J. B. Stephens
10.8 Read a book with flowers, candy, hearts, or jewelry on the cover.
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M. C. Beaton
10.9 Serial Killer: Read the last or latest published book in a series.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
15.1. Time After Time
A. Read a novel of historical fiction B. Read a novel set in the future.
A Faraway Island by Annika Thor and The Comet's Curse by Dom
15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The movie made in the 1993 was better.
15.9 Read a book set in the American South
What I saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
Book A Odd Year: A,C,E,G,I,K,M,O,Q,S,U,W,Y.
Book B: 5
The Secret Vampire by L. J. Smith and The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary by Jeff Kinney
This post and total to date:115 points
Goodreads authors: 1
Thank you!
Mod
15.10 Keep it Simple
The Cypress House by Michael Koryta
Michael Koryta is a favorite, but this book fell short- a paranormal thriller that didn't have enough of either.
25.1 Chestnuts Roasting- favorite genre- travel
The Stone Boudoir: Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily by Theresa Maggio
Mexico: Some Travels and Some Travelers There by Alice Adams
30.6 Looking for a Few Good Authors: I used author Steve Hamilton
A. rolled a 6- Lit Map: Lisa Gardner
Alone (Detective D.D. Warren, #1) by Lisa Gardner
B. rolled a 2: same year- 1998 first book A Cold Day In Paradise
Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten
I really liked both of these books- glad I found them for this task. And the Lit Map came through again!
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task: 30.8 In the spirit of the season
Dice Roll: 1
Book: A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks
Dice Roll: 2
Book: Dona Nicanora's Hat Shop
Total Points: 275
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
25.2 Thank You Moderators - The Long Song by Andrea Levy and The Weight of Silence by Heather Guddenkauf
30.2 Alphabetically Speaking - Little Constructions by Anna Burns and Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho! - The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad and I Love You Goodbye
30.4 By the Numbers - The Man who Disappeared by Clare Morrall and Eliis Island by Kate Kerrigan
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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