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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
Kate.x.5.6 It's all in the numbers I read "Never Let Me Go" by Kazou Ishiguro which has over 30,000 ratings.
Total points = 315
My first books in this challenge:5.4 - It's Cold Outside
The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
5.9 - Noel, Noel
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
10.9 - Serial Killer
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Pages Read: 1154
Total Points: 20
Elizabeth NCI'm going to move a book and I'm never sure the best way so...Please take Mistress of the Art of Death away from 15.1
5.4 (Winter Word) The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
15.1 (Historical and set in future)
Future: The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi
Historical: Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy. Coming of age story set in the 1970s (This is the one I changed--Search for Wondla is the same)
20.4 Game on! I rolled a 2--science fiction/fantasy
Foundling by D.M. Cornish
25.2 Thank you moderators!!!
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann and When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead I loved both of these books. They both came from dlmrose's shelf
30.5 Out with the Old, In with the New
Old: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
New: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
** Colum McCann and D.M. Cornish are both goodread's authors.
** Skippy Dies is a big book (672 pages)
That gives me
Points: 210
Books Read: 17
Challenges Completed: 12
Pages Read: 5608
Readerboard Name: Kim L5.8 I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
10.8
by Julie Berry - jewelry on the cover25.1 Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Everwild by Neal Shusterman
YA Fantasy
Total Points: 230
Mod
I'm going to move a book and I'm never sure the best way so...Please take Mistress of the Art of Death away from 15.1 ..."
There's no special way for moving a book - this is fine. Just as long as you clearly explain what you're doing, it's fine.
Diane5.2 -- Singles Awareness Day
February 15th is Singles Awareness Day. Read a book with a one word title - Oasis by Laureen Vonnegut.
Laureen Vonnegut is a Goodreads Author
10.10 Top Ten Lists: Go to Guardian Top Tens. Select any list of "Top Tens." Read any book on the list or a book mentioned in the article by the list-making author.
I chose the list: Teach Us Something About Southern Africa, and read - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee.
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
Read a book with a word beginning with "Q" in the title -
Quitting America by Randall Robinson.
20.8 It's My Birthday: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: president, vice, white, house, election, vote, democrat, republican, democracy, candidate, primary, poll, ballot -
No Man in the House by Cecil Foster.
Total Points: 835/975
Tasks Completed: 49/56
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 69
Goodreads Authors: 6 (Laureen Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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50.1 - Land Among the StarsA - Words:
Moon of Israel by H. Rider Haggard
B - I rolled 5 for Leo - a book featuring an animal on the cover:
The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith *Goodreads Author*
C - I rolled 3 for fairytale, mythology or folklore:
The Death of King Arthur: The Immortal Legend by Peter Ackroyd
Total points to date 485
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5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside
Cold Earth
5.5 -- Blast from the Past
Gentle Warrior - First published 1985
10.2 Orient Express
Warrior - Zoe Archer (GR Author) - Mongolia/China
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!
The Paleo Diet: Lose Weight and Get Healthy by Eating the Food You Were Designed to Eat
15.2. Beginnings and Endings - Finished
A - The Gargoyle - 36th on Best Beginnings list - Andrew Davidson (GR Author)
B - A Knight in Shining Armor - 84th on Best Endings list
Total Points This Post: 45
Total Points in Challenge: 975
Books Read: 78
Tasks Completed: 58
GR Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets: 500+(7); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Great job Dee! Hope your task is what I am thinking it will be! :D
5.9 Noel NoelI read After by Amy Efaw(A GoodReads Author)
I really liked this book (even though it is YA). I stayed up until 1am to finish it, and I started it yesterday evening!
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 25
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books:
Total Pages: 7362
NICOLE AR-15.10 "Keep it Simple": For this task I read Nick Trout's "Tell Me Where It Hurts"
Points for this Task: 15
Total Points: 115
10.5 Chinese Dragon DanceThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Greek mythical creatures.
30.6 Looking for a Few Good Authors
a. Lucky by Alice Sebold.
Book set in the same place as your favourite book by your favourite author (Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed, USA).
b. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
Author's name has same number of letters as favourite author (11 Letters, Emily Giffin).
30.7 Forever Young
2 or more YA books totalling 800 pages or more. All books must be from separate genres.
a. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan. Fantasy.
b. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld. Sci-Fi. Part of a series.
c. Holes by Louis Sachar. Fiction. Stand-alone.
Points: 70
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 26
Pages: 6,755
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.8 Here's to a New BeginningThe Halo Effect by M.J. Rose
M. J. Rose is a Goodreads Author
30.4 By the Numbers
A My birth year is Even
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
B My phone number equalled 8
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
This Post: 35
Total Points: 265
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 4 (James Patterson, Alexander McCall Smith, Margaret Atwood, M J Rose)
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
5.5 -- Blast from the PastThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
published in 1982
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 24
Kathleen FL20.4:Game On!
I rolled a 2 and I read Solitaire: a Novel
The character in the novel never allowed herself to lean on the people she loved. I think that is the only way I would have differed from the actions of the character.
Points: 20
Total Points: 225
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jen UT10.1 - Birthday Wishes
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
Colleen PA
10.9 - Serial Killer
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Total Points: 60
Total Books: 10
Total Tasks: 8
5.9 - noel, noelHigh Five by Janet Evanovich
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30.8 - in the spirit of the season
4: Where or When by Anita Shreve
Added in the past 6 months
5: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
Wanted to read, didn't have a place for it.
ASIA=AnItA Shreve & ShermAn AlexIe
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Points Claiming: 35
Total Points: 580
30.4 By the Numbers:A. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker Even
B. The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine 4
5.2 Singles Awareness Day: Bleachers by John Grisham
Tiffany Baker is a Goodreads Author
Points: 95
Books Read: 9
TANYAPT20.5 Bigger is Better: read a fiction or non-fiction book where the main character is an unconventional woman.
Book: The Lunatic (Anthony Winker). Inga, a German Tourist (to Jamaica), takes up with the local madman, first using him as her tour guide, then her lover. She eventually starts living in the "bush" with him - not as a subordinate, but as the dominant one in the relationship. If that isn't unconventional enough, she takes a 2nd lover who starts living with them in the bush, a local butcher, and declares that "pum-pum rules" - my new favorite saying - basically means, she runs things.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 10
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Goodreads Authors: 2
15.3 From A to ZTitle starts with A - All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
Title or author contains Z - Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick ***GoodReads Author***
Points this post: 15
Total points: 310
GoodReads Authors:6
STACIE MITask 15.3 - From A...to Z
For A, I read Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman.
For B, I read The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 415
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 34
Pages read: 10388
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.1 - Groundhog's Day!
I reread The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart.
The first time I read it, I couldn't even finish. Stuck it out this time and found it to be much more enjoyable (3.5 stars), but definitely not a favorite.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 435
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 35
Pages read: 10733
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Joy Marie10.9 Serial Killer
Read The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts
It is the 3rd and last book in the Sign of the Seven Series
Total Points: 235
Goodreads authors: 3
Michelle WI30.8 In the Spirit of the Season
Rolled 1 and 4 - the word ASIA can be found in both authors names
1. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris - 4 stars
4. Split by Swati Avasthi - 3 stars
*****Swati Avasthi is a Goodreads author*****
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 325
Task 20.6 - The Twenty-Tens
Rebellion by Nora Roberts
The male lead, Brigham Langston, is in his thirties, as am I.
Task points = 20
Challenge total = 390
Kandie5.3 -- Starts With...
The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
10.6 Cookie Exchange
Peppermint Twisted, the cookie variety is 'Peppermint Whoopie Pies' which is on the list given.
15.3. From A... to Z
A. I read Apartment 16
AND
B. Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburō Ōe
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not
I chose the option LOVE IT so I read a sad book
After the Fall which was about the aftermath of an affair for two couples, I found it to be quite sad.
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season 5, 2
I rolled 5 & 2 so I read
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac which I've been dying to read
AND
Death Drop by Alina Adams which was from my favourite genre - cozy mystery.
30.9 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
A. Lord Edgware Dies which was published in 1933
AND
B. Fudge Cupcake Murder which I think my mother would enjoy.
Total Points: 540
5.3 Starts with -- author with W,D,J,F, or AThe Book of the Shepherd: The Story of One Simple Prayer, and How It Changed the World by Joanne Davis
Note: two of the letters in name - J and D
15.4 Oposite Day
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
30.10 Asian Authors - two from different countries
China - Spring Moon: A Novel of China by Bette Bao Lord - author born in China and writes about Chinese history
Afghanistan - The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi - author born in Afghanistan and writes about the country
Jamie Ford is a Goodreads author
Spring Moon is 656 pages and qualifies as a Big Book
Points this post = 45
Total Points = 750
Total Tasks = 46
Total Books = 62
Total Pages = 17018
Mod
A. I read Skylark Farm: A Novel
B. Rolled a 4 (read a futuristic/sci-fi book)
I read Messenger
C. rolled a 1 (popular classics)
I read Something Wicked This Way Comes, on page 7 of the list
Total points: 860
Diane15.2. Beginnings and Endings
A. Read a book from the GR list of books with best beginning or opening chapter - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
AND
B. Read a book from the GR list of books with best ending or closing chapter - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Total Points: 850/975
Tasks Completed: 50/56
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 71
Goodreads Authors: 6 (Laureen Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Readerboard name: Kimber30.2 CherylTX's task- Alphabetically speaking
Book A. Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
JEAN KWOK IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Book B.Fallen by Lauren Kate
LAUREN KATE IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
This task: 30
Tasks completed: 30
Total points earned: 450
Goodreads authors: 11
Big Book: 2/500+, 1/750+
Joanna TTask 30.9 Happy 80th Birthday
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (published 1938)
AND
Utopia by Thomas More
My mother loves classics and is also a science fiction fan. This book is one of the historical underpinnings of modern utopia/dystopia books. I think she'd like it.
I need to move another book.
In Post 1448, I posted The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith for Task 10.4. I'm deleting it from that task to use it here instead:
Task 25.2 Thank You Moderators
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (dlmrose 2010 shelf)
(This is a GR Author, but I claimed the ticket when I posted in 1448.)
AND
Run by Ann Patchett
(also dlmrose's 2010 shelf)
+30 Task 30.9
+25 Task 25.2
-10 Task 10.4
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+45 this post
Grand total: 385
Sorry I waited so long to post!!Completed Tasks
5 Point Tasks
3. Author Name WDJFA - Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (12/24/10)
10 Point Tasks
1. SRC Winter BDay 5* (Ellen R-S) - Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb (2/2/11)
5. Mythical Creatures - Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (12/9/10)
6. Cookies (Lady Fingers) - The Lady Most Likely... by Julia Quinn (GR AUTHOR), Eloisa James (GR AUTHOR), Connie Brockway (2/6/11)
15 Point Tasks
2. Best Beginnings/Endings - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1/29/11) AND Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (12/25/10)
6. Q Title/Author - How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn (GR AUTHOR) (1/21/11)
8. Pet Peeve (People who drive slow!!!!!!!) - Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes by Sandra Lee (12/29/10)
9. American South (OK panhandle) - A Stitch in Time: No Man's Land Blossoms with Love in Four Novellas by Bateman, Cox, Hake, McDonough (12/13/10)
20 Point Tasks
2. Stacey - Flower Title (Roses) - Paper Roses by Amanda Cabot (GR AUTHOR) (12/20/10)
4. Tani - 3: Sports Book (Basketball) - Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (1/12/11)
5. Ashley FL - Unconventional Woman - The Help by Kathryn Stockett (GR AUTHOR) (1/8/11)
6. BethF - Main Character in 20s (Priscilla) - Scattered Petals by Amanda Cabot (GR AUTHOR) (12/22/10)
7. Mrs soule - Blue Cover - Echoes by Nancy Campbell Allen (GR AUTHOR)(1/29/11)
8. Erin MN - "House" Title - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros (1/19/11)
10. Group Read - The Giver by Lois Lowry (1/11/11)
25 Point Tasks
1. Wendy MA - 2 Books Same Fave Genre (Christian Romance) - A Bride for a Bit by Grote, Hake, Schneider, Tracy (12/1/10) AND Cowboy Christmas by Palmer, Harris, Goodnight (12/16/10)
3. Christine US - Good Experience 2010; Author 2010 - Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (12/16/10) AND Jessie by Lori Wick (12/10/10)
In Calling on Dragons, the main character, Cimorene, is pregnant with her first child for the majority of the book, then has her baby at the end. I was pregnant for much of 2010 and had my first baby in August!30 Point Tasks
1. Sheila – Black/White Author - Blind Trust by Terri Blackstock (1/2/2011) AND Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (2/3/11)
2. Cheryl TX - ABC...Z & ZYX...A Authors - Simon's Cat by Simon Tofield (12/25/11) AND Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas (GR AUTHOR) (2/1/11)
4. Donna Jo - (1983) Odd Letter Author & 3-Word Title - Cassidy by Lori Wick (12/5/10) AND The Courteous Cad by Catherine Palmer (1/1/11)
6. Delicious Dee - (Fave Author: Meg Cabot, Fave Book by Her: The Boy Next Door, set in NYC)
2: Pub 1998 & 3: New York - To Catch an Heiress by Julia Quinn (GR AUTHOR) (1/19/11) AND Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (1/24/11)
8. Ms. Anderson - ASIA 4: TBR last 6 mo & 2: Fave Genre (Christian Romance) - Sabrina by Lori Wick (12/8/10) AND The Bachelor's Bargain by Catherine Palmer (12/30/10)
9. Coralie - Pub 1930s & Mom Would Like - The Mystery at Lilac Inn (1930) by Carolyn Keene (12/31/10) AND Glory in Death by J.D. Robb (2/1/11)
50 Point Task
1. Melanie - "Night" Title; B1: Favorite Books List; C6: War (Civil War) - Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn (GR AUTHOR) (1/25/11) AND The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (1/2/11) AND Love Beyond Time by Nancy Campbell Allen (GR AUTHOR) (1/26/11)
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CURRENT STATS
Tasks Completed: 24/55
Books Read: 38/75
Pages Read: 11,697
Points Earned: 515/945
15.7 The book is always better than the film or is it? 
is on the list the book is always better
5.1 Short and sweet
This was the shortest book on my to read list at the time of the start of the challenge 302 pages
Total tasks 10
Total points 185
Big Books 500(2) 750(0) 1000(0)
Task 15.4 Opposite DayDead Run by Erica Spindler
and
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Daniel Sugerman
(Opposite words: Dead & Alive)
Task 15.9 Warm-Up
Sufficient Grace: A Novel by Darnell Arnoult
Darnell Arnoult is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
The book is set in Eastern North Carolina
20.9 President's Day
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
(As in President William McKinley...)
30.4 By the Numbers
Part A: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
My birth year is odd - Author's last name begins with "W"
Claiming a "Big Book Ticket" for this one at 512 pages! Note: This could be confusing - my edition IS the paperback I have selected here (which is correct according to the GR description), but under further detail in GR description of this edition it lists audio CDs. Just an error in description, apparently...No audio CDs in my paperback, just pages! :))
Part B: The Sweet By and By: A Novel by Todd Johnson
My digits add up to 5. I did not use the subtitle!
Points these tasks: 80
Points to date: 535
GR Authors these tasks: 1
BB Tickets these tasks: 500(1)
Pages read these tasks: 2453
Pages read to date: 15328
Total GR Authors to date: 13
Total BB Tickets to date: 500(1), 750(0), 1000+(0)
10.2 Orient Express Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, finished 02/13 - 3.5* (set in Russia)
Claiming a Big Book (500+) ticket, since it was 560 pages.
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Points in this post: 10
Tasks in this post: 1
Books read in this post: 1
GR authors claimed in this post: 0
Total Tasks completed: 56
Total Books read: 77
Total Pages read: 25671 p
GR authors (total): 14
Big book tickets (total): 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
TOTAL POINTS: 975 ---- ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5.10 - About the AuthorHygiene and the Assassin
The main character is a Nobel Laureate in Literature
New Points: 5
Total Points: 65
Hettie5.3 Starts with W, D, J, F, or A
The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
Authors first name starts with D
20.2 Winter flower day
The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings
Flower in title of book: Rose
Big book ticket 544 pages
Previous points 0
Points this post 25
Total points 25
Melanie wrote: "10.2 Orient Express Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, finished 02/13 - 3.5*
Claiming a Big Book (500+) ticket, since it was 560 pages.
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Great job Melanie! Can't wait to see your task.
congrats Mel - can't wait to see your task!
ANNA E10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
Task Points: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points Earned: 170
Thx everyone!!!Congrats to you too Dee!
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15.4 I have read "Yes, Man" by Danny Wallace and "No and me" by Delphine De Vigan as yes and no are opposites.
Total points = 310