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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
5.5 -- Blast from the PastRamona Quimby, age 8 by Beverly Cleary: A novel study
10.6 Cookie Exchange
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
Queen of Babble
30.3 -- DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO!
Heidi and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson: A Novel Teaching Pack
Total Point Earned: 95/975
Total Pages Read: 2243/24776
Total Books Read: 8/73
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.3- Magical TransformationsI read Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
Points for this task- 20
Total Points- 30
Total # of books read- 2
Goodreads Authors- 1
Tasks Completed- 2
20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot’s task- Frosty the SnowmanBatwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka
I would love to have superpowers like Batwoman. There are werewolves in this excellent graphic novel, too!
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 20
30.9 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!Lost Horizon by James Hilton (1933)
I thought this was an appropriate choice considering the Asia theme. Great book!
AND
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
Total Points = 100 Points
KAREN OZTask 5.7 - Happy New Year
A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry A mostly red covered book
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 15 points.
Diane20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
Read a book originally published sometime during the decade of your birth - James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Task #30.7 Forever YoungPart A - It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
448 pages
Stand alone novel, considered YA/issue oriented. The protagonist is a 15 year old male who deals with depression.
Part B - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
403 pages
Book 1 of a series (Gemma Doyle, #1). Considered YA/fantasy. The teenage protagonist, Gemma Doyle, troubled by visions, discovers and begins to experiment with supernatural powers which allow her to visit other realms of reality.
Total pages = 851
Points this task: 30
Points to date: 35
Books read: 3
Total pages to date:1349
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jennifer KS5.7 -- Happy New Year!
I read a single thread by Marie Bostwick. She is a Goodreads Author
Points this task 5
Total Points 40
Tasks complete 4
Pages read 1471
Goodreads Aurthors 2
Books read 4
NICOLE VA5.2 Singles Awareness Day
I read Wish.
Joseph Monninger is a GoodReads author.
Total points= 30
Finally on the board!!
Task 30.3 - Frosty the Snowman
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Boy discovers he is a demigod.
Task points = 20
Total Challenge points = 20
5.9 Noel, Noel I read Pyramids by Terry Pratchett.
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Post1.2010.12.075.1 -- Short and Sweet
The Dreams in the Witch-House by H.P. Lovecraft
(46 pages)
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
(80 pages)
5.7 -- Happy New Year!
The Instructions by Adam Levin
1030 pgs claiming Big Book tickets
This post: 10 points, 3 BB tickets, 0 GR authors
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Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Pages: 1156
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0)x1, 750+(0)x2, 1000+(1)x3
15.5- Land War in AsiaI read All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg. (Vietnam War)
Points for this task- 15
Total Points- 45
Total # of books read- 3
Goodreads Authors- 1
Tasks Completed- 3
Readerboard Name: GinaNY
Task 5.5 Blast from the Past
First published in 1984
Total Points: 35 Points
Task 5.5 Blast from the Past
First published in 1984
Total Points: 35 Points
JenC. wrote: "Finally on the board!!Task 30.3 - Frosty the Snowman
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Boy discovers he is a demigod..."
Whoops! That's task 20.3.
.7 -- Happy New Year!This post: 5 points
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Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages: 241
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0)x1, 750+(0)x2, 1000+(0)x3
I hope I did this right - if not, please let me know, and I will edit. First time playing.
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
ANNA E20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
I like the holidays so I chose to read a sad book. I read: The Good Earth
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages for this task: 368
Total Points Earned: 25
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 834
GoodReads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1), 750+(), 1000+()
5.9 - NOEL, NOELDating Can Be Murder by Jennifer Apodaca.
10.10 - TOP TEN LISTS
R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton. This was on the Jonathan Kellerman's Top 10 L.A. Novels list.
15.8 - A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US
My pet peeve is lying from the smallest white lie to the big daddies. I don't get the point. In my opinion life would be better if everyone was forced to be honest.
The Liar's Lullaby by Meg Gardiner
Points this post - 30
Total points - 50
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.2 Singles' Awareness Day
Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan
5.6 It's All in the Numbers
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
5.8 Here's To A New Beginning
A Kiss of Shadows: Laurell K. Hamilton
5.9 Noel, Noel
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
5.10 About the Author
Deadline Man by Jon Talton
10.3 Slainte to Your Health
Nutrition Almanac by John D. Kirschmann
10.6 Cookie Exchange
Cookies Unlimited by Nick Malgieri
10.9 Serial Killer
Devine Misdemeanors by Laurell K. Hamilton
15.4 Opposite Day
The Cat Who Went Underground by Lilian Jackson Braun
Dog Gone It by Spencer Quinn
15.5 Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia
America in the Korean War by Edward F. Dolan
15.6 Begins with "Q" Alex
To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn
15.7 The Book Is Always Better Than the Movie..Or Is It?
The Firm by John Grisham
I liked the movie much better than the books because it gave visualization to what was going on instead of me having to picture it in my brain myself. God, I can be so lazy sometimes!
15.10 Keep It Simple
Forgetten: Seventeen and Homeless by Melody Carlson
20.1 Stacie-MI''s Task Groundhog Day
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The second time through the book was much better and I would recommend it to anyone who has teenaged daughters. I wish I had this book available to me when I was young.
20.10 Group Read - Modern YA
The Giver by Lois Lowry
This book was creepy even the second time through it but I understood more.
30.2 Cheryl TX's Task Alphabetically Speaking
Deb on Arrival - Live at Five: A Debutante Detective Mystery by Laurie Moore
Swallowing Darkness by Laurell K. Hamilton
30.4 Donna Jo's Task - By the Numbers
The Frenzy Francesca Lia Block I was born in 1964
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich My final number was a 4
Total Points posted today: 230
Wow, Cheryl! 22 books in 6 days! That's astounding!
Repost of #11320.10 Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry. I also posted in the Group Read thread for this book.
Total Points: 20 + 20 = 40
No Big Books or GR authors as of yet.
5.1 Short and SweetMiracle on the 17th Green by James Patterson & Peter de Jonge
160 pages
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author
This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1 (James Patterson)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Cheryl wrote: "Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.2 Singles' Awareness Day
Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan
5.6 It's All in the Numbers
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
5.8 Here's To A New Beginning
A Kiss of S..."
Wow, you've been busy! Nicely done.
Cheryl wrote: "Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX5.2 Singles' Awareness Day
Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan
5.6 It's All in the Numbers
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
5.8 Here's To A New Beginning
A Kiss of S..."
WOW!
Took a season off, but I think I want to give it another go this time! Finished 2 tasks this week:5.8 - Here's to a New Beginning
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
First book in the Dark Tower series, a series I have wanted to start for a while.
10.9 - Serial Killer
The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
Latest book in Artemis Fowl series, loved it!
Totals:
Total Points: 15.00
To Earn: 960.00
Total Books: 3 (2 claimed)
To Read: 71
Total Pages: 1358.00
Total Tasks: 2
Readerboard Name: PAM30.4: By the Numbers
Book A: The last digit of my birthyear is 6, so I read a book by an author whose last name begins with H.
Sammi Ever After - Soma Helmi
Book B: all the digits of my phone number added up to 4. This book was approved by Donna Jo in the help section.
Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick - Molly Ringwald
Soma Helmi is a Goodreads Author
This post: 30 points
Total Points: 30 points
Joanna TTask 20.3 Frosty the Snowman
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
The book has werewolves and a variety of other transforming characters (ghouls, vampires, fae, etc.)
+20
Grand Total = 45
No Big Books or GR Author tickets yet.
5.1 Short and Sweet:I read Push by Sapphire. Only 177 pages. I read it in one day!
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 5
KRISTEN MAMy first post of the winter challenge!
20.3 FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - I read Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz. The book is about vampires. I think that if I was going to turn into another creature it would have to be a werewolf so I would still be human most of the time.
20.6 THE TWENTY TENS - Tuscan Holiday by Holly Chamberlin. I am in my twenties and one of the main characters is also in her twenties.
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 603
Total Good Reads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0) & 1000+(0)
5.9 Noel, NoelA Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
5.10 About the Author
How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich
30.1 Sheila's Black & White Task
The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
AND
Whitewash by Alex Kava
Total Points = 140 Points
Janice CA15.4 Opposites....
Option A: (440 pages)
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
5 stars
Ever since my boyfriend introduced me to the movie, I've been wanting to read the book. I'm so happy I finally did, because it turned out to be the best novel I've read this year. I rarely discover historical fiction that can make me laugh. The story and the narrator are completely unique.
+15
total: 15
tasks: 1
books: 1
Coralie5.1 Short and sweet
The Word for World is Forest 128 pages
5.6 It’s all in the numbers
Water for Elephants
20.8 Inauguration day
The White Castle 'white' in title
Total points 30
JennaVA on the Readerboard5.9 Noel, Noel - I read Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner.
Jennifer Weiner is a Goodreads author.
Total Points: 5
Mod
I read White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine
Interesting book, about pharmaceutical marketing
Total points: 45
Diane20.4 Author! Author!: Tani's task- Game On! I rolled a 4:
4) Puzzle Games - Read a book that has won an Edgar Award or any book by an Edgar Award "Grand Master.": C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton.
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Repost:5.5 The book I used was Published October 1st 1992 by HarperTrophy (first published 1981)
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Avon Camelot Books
30.3B This is the version I read
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
AngelaSunshine5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning
Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 3
10.5 Mythical CreaturesI read Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese (A GoodReads Author). There are a couple of mythical creatures in this book-angels and demons to name two.
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total Pages: 1189
Brenda WII'm on the board!
30.6 Roll of the Dice. I got 2 sixes. I put in Jody Picoult and got Sophie Kinsella and Elizabeth Berg. So I read Confessions of a Shopaholicand Durable Goods
30 pts this task + 0 previous = 30 total
I'm LindseyMA and I completed one task:30.5 Old/New - For the oldest book on my TBR list, I read Angels of Destruction: A Novel by Keith Donahue. I've previously read his novel The Stolen Child AND for the newest on my TBR I read Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who I've never read before. She is a goodreads author.
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Pages: 651 pages
Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Points: 30
Finished another task today:25.4 - Imbolc.
The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights by Sir James Knowles
Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air by Victor Appleton
Totals:
Total Tasks: 3
Total Points: 40
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1782
5.10 - About the AuthorOscar's Books by Thomas Wright
This is an interesting literary biography which explores the books that Oscar Wilde owned and read, and their effect on his life and writing.
Total points to date 15
Task Completed:15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex" - Five Quarters of the Orange- Joanne Harris
Total points: 15
15.6. Book title or author name begins with "Q"Q. B. I. by Ellery Queen
Total Points: 15
Tasks: 1
Books: 1
Pages: 127
10.8 - Promise Her Anything
by Patricia Briggs. She is wearing earings in the picture15.8 - A Festivus for the Rest of Us
Gale Force by Rachel Caine. My pet peave is people who are pushy and must always get there way by anyways necessary.
Total Points To Date: 100
Kathy G.20.2 Winter Flowers Day
Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castellucci
*** Goodreads Author ****
Total points- 50
Total Tasks- 4
Goodreads Authors- 1
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