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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 30.8 Forever Younga)My Love Lies Bleeding
Claiming a Goodreads Author Ticket for: Alyxandra Harvey
character is 15,part of a series,paranormal as it is about vampires,page numbers 256
b)Entangled
Claiming a Goodreads Author Ticket for:
Cat Clarke
character is 17,stand alone,issue genre-deals with self harm/suicide and being kidnapped,page numbers 374
c) Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
character is 16,part of a series,dystopian-harsh society,page numbers 384
Points this task:30
Total Points:495
Total Goodreads Authors:8
Total Big Book Tickets:5
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 25.4
a)IMBOLC: Celtic
b) Book with a candle on the cover
Total Points: 510 Points
Task 25.4
a)IMBOLC: Celtic
b) Book with a candle on the cover
Total Points: 510 Points
Readerboard Name: Lindy-Lane Goal Points for Winter Tasks= 200
Points for this task = 30
Total points achieved to date = 105
# of books read = 8
# of pages read= 2653
# of tasks completed = 5
tasks last updated = 2.10
Task 30.8 Ms. Anderson's Task-In the Spirit of the Season!
Roll dice 2x. Read 2 books that fit the numbered criteria and the letters A-S-I-A must appear in full in either the title or the author's name.
I rolled a 2 which meant I had to read a book from one of my favorite genres of which HUMOR is one of mine:
I read:
If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck pages 256; finished 12.6ASIA spelt from (title)the A in the word A, the I & S in the word cherries, and the A in the word am.
My second roll of the dice was a 4 which meant my book had to have been added to my TBR list in the last 6 months.
I read:
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming pages 212 finished 2.8ASIA spelt from (title)the A, S, & I in the word casino and the A in the word royale.
15.5 Never Start a Land War in Asia Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand15.10 Keep it Simple: The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson
20.2 Winter Flowers Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
20.3. Frosty Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes (I love Christmas - this is a very sad book!)
20.9 President's Day: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
30.5 Old/New
A. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (I have wanted to read another book by Markus Zusak ever since I read "The Book Thief")
B. Room by Emma Donoghue
I haven't read anything by Donoghue before, and I just added it to TBR recently.
30.8 Spirit of the Season
A. Mr. Malcolm's List by Suzanne Allain (I rolled a 2 & I love Historical Fiction. ASIA can be in the author's name)
B. A Scattered Life by Karen McQuestion (I rolled a 4, and I have added this to TBR in past 6 months. ASIA can be found in title)
Total Points: 170
STESSE20.8 It’s My Birthday: Erin MN's task-Inauguration Day
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith (336 p.)
Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 336
Total Points: 670
Total Tasks Completed: 43
Total Books Read: 56
Total Pages Read: 19929
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
5.7 - HAPPY NEW YEAR(book with a red cover)
by Janet Evanovich20.7 - CHRISTMAS FUZZIES...OR NOT
(LOVE this time of year - book that makes you cry or has a blue cover)
by Jennifer ApodacaPoints this post - 25
Total points - 685
Mod
read The Princess Bride by William Goldman 283 pages
published in March 12th 1977 I was born in 1976
Points this task 20
Total points 500
Tasks Completed: 25
Books read 35
Total pages: 10576
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jenny ChicagoTask 30.2
Book 1: Read a book with an Author who's initials are Consecutive A to Z.
For this book I read A Cook's Tourby Anthony Bourdain (AB).
Book 2: Read a book with an Author who's initials ar Consecutive Z to A
For this book I readToo Much Tuscan Sun: Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide byDario Castagno (DC)
Points this task 30
Total Points 135
Good Reads Authors 4
Big Books 1
Jenny ChicagoTask 30.8 In the Spirt of the Season (A-S-I-A)
I rolled a 4 and a 5.
Book 1(4)--Read a book you've added to your TBR list in the last 6 months. I read Paradise Road: Jack Kerouac's Lost Highway and My Search for America by Jay Atkinson
Book 2(5)-- Read a book you've been dying to read but haven't found a place for. I read The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
The Warmth of Other Suns is a Big Book at 500+ pages and I would like one Big Book Ticket.
Points this task 30
Total Points 165
Good Reads Author 4
Big Books 2
BJ Rose3 new tasks
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!: Non-fiction book that might inspire you to improve your physical health
Dr. Duke's Essential Herbs by James A. Duke
10.10 Top Ten Lists: Go to Guardian Top Tens: I chose 'Philip Ardagh's Top Ten Childrens Books by Roald Dahl'
The BFG by Roald Dahl
15.3. From A... to Z
A. Book begins with the letter "A": As You Desire by Connie Brockway
B. "Z" in title or Author's name: Rules of an Engagement by Suzanne Enoch
Total Points = 680
Tasks Completed = 39
Total Pages = 17,035
GoodReads Authors = 9
5.9 NOEL, NOEL - Big Bad Wolf by Christine Warren5.10 ABOUT THE AUTHOR - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
10.1 BIRTHDAY WISHES - Deception Point by Dan Brown
This was from Pollyanna's list
****Big Book 750 pages****
15.6 BEGINS WITH Q ALEX - Queen of Dragons by Shana Abé
20.10 GROUP READ - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
30.1 THE B & W TASK -
30.1a - Black Friday by James Patterson
***GR Author***
30.1b - The White Road by John Connolly
***Big Book 544 pages***
30.2 ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING -
30.2a The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast
***GR Author***
30.2b - Ill Wind by Kevin J. Anderson
***Big Book 576 pages***
Watched Top Hat with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
30.9 HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY -
30.9a - Tobacco Road by author:Erskine Caldwell|17326]
Book was published in 1932
30.9b - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
This is my mother's favorite movie
Points: 145
Tasks: 8
Books: 11
Pages: 4575
GR Authors: 2
Big Books 500+: 2
Big Books 750+: 1
Total Points: 675
Total Tasks: 41
Total Books: 52
Total Pages: 19564
GR Authors: 8
Big Books 500+: 6
Big Books 750+: 1
5.3 Starts withLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
5.9 No L, No L
Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman ***GR author***
20.5 Bigger is Better
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Approved book: Katsa is unconventional because she not only has special powers but she uses them. She refuses to make herself fit into the expected societal roles.
25.5 Tea Ceremony
A. 5- Kiyoto Lemon Tea: The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
***GR author***
B. My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent ***GR author***
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 515
Total Tasks Completed: 29
Total Books Read: 38
Total GoodReads Authors: 10
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Joanna TI need to shift a few things around as we're getting down to the final couple of weeks.
In Post #698, I used Sharing Good Times by Jimmy Carter for Task 20.8. I'd like to move it to Task 20.9.
Then, in Post #419, I used Great House for Task 10.7. I'd like to move it to Task 20.8.
+20 Task 20.9
+20 Task 20.8
-20 Previous post for 20.8
-10 Previous post for 10.7
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+10 new points
Grand total: 320
Joanna TTask 20.6 The Twenty 10s
I was born in the 1970s.
The boy changed into a stag: Selected poems, 1949-1967 by Ferenc Juhász (published 1970)
Grand total: 340
ERIN C.5.8 Here's to a New Beginning
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
This is the first book in Butcher's "Dresden Files" series...it was excellent, and now I have a new series I need to start reading!
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 185
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning
Wicked Appetite READ 2.3.11
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her
Timeless READ 2.5.1125.4 -- Beth NC's task - IMBOLC
A. Bloodfever READ 2.10.11
B. Cross Fire READ 2.10.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
30.9 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
A. Their Eyes Were Watching God READ 2.8.11 (pub. 1937)
B. Clara and Mr. Tiffany READ 2.3.11
TASKS COMPLETED: 24
POINTS COMPLETED: 440/975
BOOKS READ: 32
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 1
GOODREADS AUTHORS: 9
Mod
I read Drown by Junot Diaz. This was on E.C. Osadu's Top 10 Immigrants' Tales.
15.10 - Keep it Simple
I read Gathering Blue. After reading The Giver for the group reads, I was interested to read the rest of the series - I liked this one more than The Giver, I think.
Total points: 785
5.1 Short and SweetA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
15.5 Land War In Asia
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
About soldiers in Vietnam War.
15.9 Warm Up
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Mark Twain is a southern author.
20.2 Winter Flowers Day
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
500+ pages - Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 55
Total points: 610
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(8), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard name Kimber15.8 Festivus
Read Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
I don't like it when an agreement is made with another person and they don't keep their end of the bargain.
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 29
Total points earned: 420
Goodreads authors: 9
15.5 "Never Get Involved In A Land War In Asia"i read Anil's Ghost, set during the civil war in the 80's/90's in sri lanka. depressing.
Books Read: 56/ 77
Points Completed: 775/975
Tasks Completed: 37/56
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task: 10.6 Cookie Exchange--Lady fingers
Total Points: 520 Points
Task: 10.6 Cookie Exchange--Lady fingers
Total Points: 520 Points
50.1 -- Land Among the StarsA. Read a book containing the word NIGHT in the title:
Night Shift (Night Tales #1) by Nora Roberts
B. I rolled a 1 and landed on Ursa Major (the Big Dipper), so I read:
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith which was #271 (page 3) on the Favorite Books List.
C. I rolled a 5 - Clint Eastwood as..."Blondie": Read a western - defined for this task as a book set in the old American West (1807-1912):
The Man from Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller which takes place in part of the Arizona Territory in 1903.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 330/975
Tasks Completed: 16/56
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 23
Books from my book shelves: 10
I have completed task #5.6 "It’s All in the Numbers" by readingThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
This book has 33,810 ratings at the time of this post!
Total points = 60
TANYAPT25.1 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. Read 2 books from your 'old chestnut' list (i.e., two books from your favorite genre).
Genre: Murder Mystery
Books: You've Got Murder (Donna Andrews) and The 8th Confession (James Patterson) - GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Goodreads Authors: 2
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 15.6 "Begins With A Q Alex" by reading "Queen of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie. I am claiming a big ticket book. This book was 640pps.
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
Big Books: (500) 2, (750) 1
GR Authors: Laurie Halse Anderson
Total Points: 160/975
25.3 -- Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010 A. I got married! The Manning Brides by Debbie Macomber (491 p.)
B. I discovered Tess Garritsen! Gravity by Tess Gerritsen (512 p.)
Double Whammy - Gravity is a Big Book. Tess Gerritsen is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 25
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 1003
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 695
Total Tasks Completed: 44
Total Books Read: 58
Total Pages Read: 20932
Total GoodReads Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
25.1 -- 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.
I used short-story collections for the genre (approved in the thread for the task).
Sourland: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
The Empty Family: Stories by Colm Tóibín
This Post: 25
Total Points: 625
Tasks Completed: 39
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
5.9 "Noel, Noel - no L in author name or book title Kisser by Stuart Woods" )bookcover:Kisser|6688507]10.6 Cookie Exchange - Joanne Fluke Sugar Cookie Murder
15.2 "Beginning and Ending
Best beginning - Beloved - Toni Morrison
Best ending - Catching Fire #2 by suzanne Collins"
20.6 "The Twenty 10's - book from decade I was born 1950's - 4:50 from Paddington (1957)"
30.4 "Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers - last name starting with - B,D,F,H,J,L,N,P,R,T,V,X,Z - Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
phone number 6 or 3 - number of letters in title - Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke"
This post 75
Total points 115
Task completed 9
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers DayBrooklyn Rose by Ann Rinaldi
20.10 Group Read - Modern YA
The Giver by Lois Lowry
30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11
A: Out with the old - Angry Management by Chris Crutcher
B: In with the New - If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Points this post: 70
Points total: 295
GoodReads Authors Posted: 5
10.6 Cookie Variety -- Russian Tea CakeThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Interesting book.
This gives me 55 total points.
BJ Rose2 new tasks
10.2 Orient Express: Read a book set in Asia. A majority of the plot or the subject matter should take place within the Asian Continent: takes place in Yemen
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
25.3 -- Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010: Read 2 books:
Book A: Think of a positive experience/memory you have from 2010. Find a book that relates to that memory. My best memory of 2010 is the 50th wedding anniversary celebration our children gave for us at a weekend family house party - the book I read is about a house party to celebrate a main character's birthday (which she used as an excuse to play cupid!)
The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author
Book B: Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2010
The Witch and the Warrior by Karyn Monk
Total Points = 715
Tasks Completed = 41
Total Pages = 17,934
GoodReads Authors = 10
5.7 -- Happy New Year!
Readerboard Name: StacyCT30.3 - HO! HO! HO!
A) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (set in Afghanistan)
B) Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Task Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points Earned: 280
Total Books Read: 23
Pages Read: 7168
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Jeffrey Zaslow; Kathryn Stockett; Margaret Atwood; Neil Gaiman)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1), 750+(), 1000+()
5.6 - It's All in the NumbersThe Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella - 400 pages
25.1 - Chestnuts Roasting
Two from the mystery genre:
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton - 552 pages
Aftermath by Peter Robinson - 500 pages
Claiming 2 Big Book tickets.
Points: 75
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 36
Pages: 10,534
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500(4)
Michelle WI5.7 Happy New Year
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich - 4 stars
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 295
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
Book A.
If the last digit of your birth year is even, read a book by an author whose last name starts with one of the following letters: B,D,F,H,J,L,N,P,R,T,V,X,Z.
My birthyear is even; author's last name begins with "T".
Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America (2010) by Matt Taibbi (Hardcover, 288 pages)
Book B.
Required: When claiming points, do NOT give your phone number. Just state the single digit number you got when you added all the numbers together.
I got a "6". '
In the task help section, the task was clarified:
You need to count A, An and The if they are present.
The use of subtitles or : A Novel is optional.
So, using "The" and "A" and the subtitle " A Simple Tale" I came up with a 6-word title of:
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (1907) by Joseph Conrad (Paperback, 272 pages)
385 + 30 = 415
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 385 + 30 = 415
Books read: 32
Pages Read: 10,931
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
10.8 Promise her anything....I read
- that's candy on the cover. Total fluff, but a quick read.This post: 10 pts
Total to Date = 240 points.
Books Read: 20
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Mod
A. I read Sons of the Profits. My husband and I went to Seattle last spring - had a lovely time and one of the things we really enjoyed was the "underground Seattle" tour. At the end of the tour, they were really pushing this book and we bought a copy.
The trip was super - the book, not so much.
B. I first read James Dashner in 2010, The Maze Runner. So, I read his second book, The Scorch Trials.
Total points: 810
20.6 The Twenty-TensI am 43, and the book I read is What I Thought I Knew: A Memoir by Alice Eve Cohen. It is about a 44 year old woman who finds out she is 6 months pregnant. It is a true story of a unwed, divorced mother, who finds herself pregnant after being told she wouldn't never have a child due to being a DES daughter. It was a quick read, but I think the author did a good job describing all the emotions she went through, from the discovering she is pregnant, and not wanting to be, to accepting what life has given her.
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books:
Total Pages: 7012
Task 50.1 - Land among the stars
A: Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
B: Die roll 6 - Historical Fiction
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran ***GR Author***
C: Die roll 1 - Classic
Emma by Jane Austen
Task points = 50
Total GR Authors = 2
Total Challenge points = 370
Task 5.7-Happy New Year!Look Again by Lisa Sscottoline
Points this task: 5
Task 20.5-Bigger is Better; Larger Than Life
I chose the artist, Georgia O'Keefe, who broke all of the accepted rules of art and introduced modern art in the 1900's.
A Woman on Paper: Georgia O'Keefeby Anita Pollitzer
Optional: My aunt Holly, an unconventional woman, was always a whirlwind of activity - an artist, member of a sailing crew, world traveler, lover of life. She divorced my uncle after 30 years and dated guys who were my age!
Points this task: 20
Total Points to Date: 220
Total Pages Read: 5,614
30.5 Emily ID's task -A. Read Hidden in Time by Michael Phillipsone of the ten on my list longest when selecting, read the first book A Rift in time before.
B. New on my TBR list and a never before read author for me: read The Distant Hours by Kate Morton.
Both are over 500 pages, so qualify for 2 big book tickets.
points 30
STACIE MITask 30.10 - In Honor of Asian Authors
I readEmbroideries by Marjane Satrapi who is from Iran.
I also read The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White, who was born in India.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 30
Pages read: 9140
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.5 - The Old '10/The New '11
For A, I read The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. At just over 500 pages, it qualifies as a Big Book!
For B, I read The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting, which was one of the 11 newest books in my TBR list when this challenge started. Kimberly Derting is also a Goodreads author!
Points this task: 30
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 32
Pages read: 9992
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
5.1 Fair Weather by Richard Peck10.6 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender Russian Tea Cake
50.1 Shadow of the Moon by Rachel Hawthorne
The White Queen by Philipa Gregory rolled a 6
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury rolled a 1
Total points:425
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For 10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her, I read Bludzee by Lewis Trondheim :
For 20.2 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day, I read
Les Fleurs du Mal (the flowers of evil) by Charles Baudelaire
Books read: 6
Challenges accomplished: 5
Points : 90