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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
5.3 Starts With (changes)The Beautiful Between by Alyssa B. Sheinmel
5.4 Its Cold Outside
Whiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
5.7 Happy New Year (changes)
removed I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
10.2 Orient Express
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
15.2 Beginnings and Endings (both books moved from above)
A. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
B. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
Points This Post: 25 (new points)
Total Points: 555
Total Tasks Completed: 33
Total Books Read: 43
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
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I read The Lost Gate, from the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre lists.
I enjoyed it - haven't read anything by Orson Scott Card in a really long time, and this was a good one.
Total points: 870
Casey TN20.3 - Frosty the Snowman
I chose the "human discovers previously unknown powers" option, and read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points to Date: 385
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.5. “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…” Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) about an Asian war.
God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan by Jonathan D. Spence
This Post: 15
Total Points: 675
Tasks Completed: 41
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
STACIE MITask 30.1 - The B & W Task
For Book A, I read Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black, who is a Goodreads author.
For Book B, I read Vision in White by Nora Roberts.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 37
Pages read: 11491
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
15.7 Better than the MovieCity of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The book was definitely better than the movie and I can't wait to read the rest of the series. You can see why they made the changes they did for the movie though, and it was a good movie.
This gives me 70 total points.
10.7 – my favorite thingsThe Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Genre: mystery & suspense
***528 pages = big book***
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25.1 - chestnuts roasting on an open fire
1 – It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
2 – On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn (Goodreads Author)
Both are from the historical romance genre, one of my favorite guilty pleasures.
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Points Claiming: 35
Total Points: 610
Readername: Kimber30.6 Delicious Dee's Task: Favorite Author
I used Mary Kay Andrews as my favorite author & rolled a 1 and a 6.
For 1, my favorite author has 14 letters in her name, as does Janet Evanovich. So, I read Plum Lovin'.
For 6, the literature map brought up Laurell K Hamilton, a new to me author I've been wanting to check out for some time. So, I read Guilty Pleasures. Unfortunately, this one was a huge disappointment and really painful to get through, but now I know!
This task: 30
Tasks completed: 32
Total points earned: 510
Jen UT15.10 - Keep it Simple
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
Total Points: 75
Total Books: 11
Total Tasks: 9
25.1 Chestnuts roastingA. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
B. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
Both books are from the science/informational genre
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 580
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Total Books Read: 45
Total GoodReads Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Coralie10.7 My Favourite Things
From Science Fiction and Fantasy
Changing Planes: Stories
20.5 Bigger is Better and Larger than Life
A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody approved in thread)
Total points 820
Alice GTask: 50.1
Book A: Dark Times in the City
Book B: Rolled a 1, Ursa Major - Eat, Pray, Love definitely won't go on my list of favourite books!
Book C: Rolled a 6, Mel Gibson as William Wallace - Down There on a Visit set during World War 2.
Total Points: 365
Previous Books
5.4 It's Cold Outside - Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
5.6 It's all in the Numbers - Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
5.10 About the Author - The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
10.2 Orient Express - The Blue Notebook by James A Levine
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
20.2 Winter Flower Day - The Rose of Sebastapol by Katherine McMahon
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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read Suite Scarlett
by by Maureen Johnson 353 Pages
FOr president Johnson
Maureen Johnson is a goodreads author
Points this task 20
Total points 550
Tasks Completed: 27
Books read 38
Total pages: 11455
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BRENDA MOBOOK SWAP ALERT! (sorry)
30.8 - Ms Anderson's Task
In post 1911 for my (5) roll, I used...
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
I would like to swap and use
Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back by Todd Burpo
(another book I have been wanting to read for awhile now and it finally came off the reserve list...woohoo! (Though now that I have read it, probably not worth the wait, LOL))
and then use "Unbroken" for...
15.5 - "Never start a land war in Asia"
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
The majority of this book is about his trials in WWII while a POW in Japan.
5.2 - Single's Awareness Day
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Points - 20
Total - 330
Carla Task 15.9 Warm Up
I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author)
Points: 15
Total Points: 230
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 16
Pages: 5383
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()
Goodreads Author: 1
50.1 - Melanie's task: Land Among the StarsBook A: Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning.
This has the word Dark in the title
Book B: I rolled a 1 - Ursa Major and read The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong**. This book was on page 4 and #389.
Book C: I rolled a 4 - David Boreanaz as.. Angel: Read a fantasy or paranormal book and read
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs.
**Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author
Total Points to Date: 745
10.4 Auld Lang Syne: January 25th, 1759 was the birth date of Robert Burns, the author of "Auld Lang Syne" and widely regarded as the National Poet of Scotland. Read a book written by a Scottish author or that is set in Scotland.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Outlander is set in Scotland.
Outlander is a Big Book (850 pages).
This Post: 10
Total Points: 685
Tasks Completed: 42
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
BRENDA MO5.6 - It's All In The Numbers
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
(47,020 ratings
Points - 5
Total Points - 335
BRENDA MO10.8 - Promise Her Anything, But Give Her
Crowns, Jeweled robes
Points - 10
Total Points - 345
RACHEL CA: 335 points total15.07 THE BOOK IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE…OR IS IT? Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby (movie was better than the book list; I disagree)
20.04 GAME ON! 6) Historical fiction set at least 30 years in the past: One Corpse Too Many by Ellis Peters (set in medieval times)
Points for this post: 35
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.3 -- Sláinte! To Your Health!: Read a non-fiction book that might inspire you to improve your physical health.Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America by Morgan Spurlock
After reading about the health risks of fast food, I have been inspired to cut down, if not cut out entirely, fast food from my diet!
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 20 points
Barbara VAIt seems as if I have been reading for tasks with multiple books to finish and skipping between tasks too much. Love the tasks though!
5.10 About The Author
On Writing byStephen King. I must say this has been the best read for me!
15.2 Beginnings and Endings
Beginning: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman.
Endings: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
15.10 Keep It Simple
Family Meals: Coming Together to Care for an Aging by ParentMichael Tucker. I love Italy, cooking and Michael Tucker - seriously, what more could I ask for in a book?
30.0 Coralie's Task - Happy 80th Birthday!
A. From 1933 - Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
B. The vines of Yarrabee by Dorothy Eden. My mother was a reader of all of Ms Eden's books and she loved the haunting cover of this from the day I brought it home from the library for her.
50 Melanie's Task - Land Among The Stars
A. Words - Sky
I am part Swiss and love the Alps! So Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman was the perfect book for this task. I am not a mountain climber but one of my truly most precious memories is flying over those snow capped peaks as dawn was breaking. Magnificent!
B. Constellations - Leo
by Alexander McCall Smith. This is the first book in a new series by Mr. McCall-Smith that takes place in London, name of the hose being Corduroy Mansions and the characters that live in the various flats, among them a "shared" Pimlico Terrier!Mr. McCall Smith is a GoodReads Author!
C. Stars - 1- Matthew Macfadyen as...Mr. Darcy (I much prefer Colin Firth!!) so I had to read a classic and chose
by L.M. Montgomery.Totals:
New Points Claimed - 115
Tasks Completed - 16
Books Read - 25
Pages Read - 7788
Points/Goal - 240/400
Goodreads Author - 2
20.5: Read a book about an unconventional womanI read Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote.
The story follows Holly Golightly for roughly a year. She is quite unconventional being that she tries to make herself a young socialite but can't get rid of her country roots she is running away from. She is a very original character.
New Grand Total: 195
JESSICA BPVTASK #20.4 -- Game On!
I rolled a 1 -- Action Games
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
I read a non-fiction book about a cause that is important to me, and that is, the fight against a faulty legal system which allows innocent people to be sentenced and imprisoned, and in some cases even sentenced to death. I'm against the death penalty and I think it's wrong from so many points of view. The book was gripping, the story sad and tragic, but also optimistic in some way, that in the end, there is always hope that justice will prevail.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 50 points
50.1 Land Among the StarsFor Book A, I read Philip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly-- 'darkly,' of course, being the operative title word.
For Book B, I rolled a 5 and read Piercing by Ryū Murakami. The book has a rabbit on its cover:
For Book C, I rolled a 4 and read Ring by Koji Suzuki.
Points This Post:50
Total Points: 360
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 23
Total Pages Read: 5699
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Julie McVey25.1 - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire - Favorite Genre - Young Adult Fiction
1. Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
Points this Posting = 25 Points
Total Points = 215 Points
Julie McVey25.3 - Reflections on 2010 -
A. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine - This book relates to a 2010 memory because in 2010 a student I have known for three years acts much like the main character in this book, Caitlyn. She has Asperger's Syndrom and that is exactly what I felt my student had, but the parents did not want to consider it as an option. They are not working to help him to understand social norms, instead they are enabling him to continue to had tantrums. He has always listened well to me and appreciates that I explain to him why he can't act the way he sometimes does. This book really made me feel that I am doing what is best for him and helped me to understand why he still seeks me out three years after I was his teacher.
B. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
** Lisa Scottolne is a Goodreads Author **
Points this posting = 25 Points
Total Points = 240 Points
Coralie15.10 Keep it simple
The Chase: an autobiography by Ida Mann
30.2 Alphabetically speaking
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
Picnic races by Dymphna Cusack
Total points 865
25.5 Valorie's task - SRC Tea CeremonyBook A: 1. You Are My Sunshine Flowering Tea: Read a book about gardening, or a book that has a character that does landscaping or gardening in some fashion.
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman
Book B: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson ***GoodReads Author*** and David Oliver Relin
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 335
GoodReads Authors Posted: 7
20.3 - Frosty the SnowmanWildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier -- Has a boy who is turned into a frog, and is eventually turned back into a boy again.
25.4 - IMBOLC
Part A. - Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle by Rosalind Miles -- Involves the Arthurian myth.
Part B. - Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
25.5 - SRC Tea Ceremony
Part A. - Gunpowder Green Tea - A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen -- A mystery novel.
Part B. - For All the Tea in China: Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula of the World's Favourite Drink by Sarah Rose
30.3 - HO! HO! HO!
Part A. - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson -- Set in Sweden.
Part B. - Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
30.7 - Forever Young
1. Toads and Diamonds by Heather Tomlinson -- stand-alone/fantasy (276 pages) - A fairy tale fantasy about two young sisters dealing with gifts granted them by a goddess.
2. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia -- series/paranormal (563 pages) - About teenagers coping with supernatural differences.
Total pages: 839
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Pages Read: 6455
30.3 -- DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO!A)
by Stieg Larsson (set in Sweden)B)
by Lisa Kleypas ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 100
Completed Tasks: 20.3, 30.2, 20.7, 30.3
Tasks in Progress: 10.1, 10.6, 30.5, 50.1
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Cassandra Clare x2, Lisa Kleypas x2)
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens Option 1: Read a book originally published sometime during the decade of your birth.
The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge
I was born in 1972. The Dressmaker was originally published in 1973. (Note: the GoodReads link shows a 1996 publication date. This was the original US publication date. However, it was published in England in 1973; also, The Dressmaker was shortlisted for the 1973 Booker Prize.)
This Post: 20
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 43
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Diane5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside
Read a book with a winter related word in the title (winter, cold, ice, frost, snow, shiver, arctic, freeze, blizzard, etc.) - The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck.
30.1 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W Task
Book A. Will have the word Black either in the title, subtitle, or the author’s name - Black Coconuts, Brown Magic by Joseph Theroux.
Book B. Will have the word White either in the title, subtitle, or the author’s name - The White Puma: A Novel by R.D. Lawrence.
Total Points: 915/975
Tasks Completed: 53/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 75
Goodreads Authors: 7 (David Ebershoff, Laureen Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.9 Noel The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau No l in title50.1
part a Book has the word "dark" in title Comes the Dark by Michael Prescott
part b: rolled 5 animal on cover:
by Michele Jaffepart c: rolled 3 fairytale retelling Beastly by Alex Flinn
Total points this task 55
Total Points: 330
Tasks Done 12
Books Read: 24
Total Pages 7250
Goodreads authors 7
Big Books: 500 2
25.4 IMBOLCTake One Candle Light a Room: A novel by Susan Straight
and
Celtic Fairy Tales by Neil Philip
Points: 25
GR author: 1 (Straight)
Total points: 375
Total GR Authors: 8
Total books read: 35
Total tasks completed: 24
Total big books: 1 (500+)
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Book A read Glimmerglass by Jenna Black 294 pages
Book B read White Cat by Holly Black 310 pages
Holly black is a goodreads author
Points this task 30
Total points 580
Tasks Completed: 26
Books read 39
Total pages: 12059
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... AuthorsI rolled a 1 and a 5, and my favorite author is Bryce Courtenay, which has 14 letters, and who was born in 1933.
1. Read a book written by an author whose name has the same number of letters as your favorite author.
Another 14-letter author is Debbie Macomber, so I read The Man You'll Marry: The First Man You Meet\The Man You'll Marry (299 p.)
5. Read a book originally published in the same year your favorite author was born or died.
A book that was published in 1933 was The Siamese Twin Mystery by Ellery Queen (325 p.)
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 624
Total Points: 775
Total Tasks Completed: 46
Total Books Read: 63
Total Pages Read: 22497
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
TERRI DC15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
This was a really good adaptation but still in the end, I liked the book better because the manipulations (or were they) seemed more subtle
Completed 15.3 A toZRead along came a spider by james patterson and the wonderful wizard of oz by l. Frank baum
Points: 15
Total points: 50
TERRI DC15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Seven Days of Rage - Paul LaRosa
It seems as if people are always committing crimes of "rage" and not taking responsibility for it. Fights, murders. We all experience rage at times but most of of don't commit crimes of violence as a result. We channel it. I think that if you choose not to control it, you should accept the consequences
TERRI DC20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!
2) Role Playing Games
Hellfire: A Plague of Dragons by Robert Weinberg
I find The Black Death fascinatings as well as mythical beasts. This combines both into a wonderful horror story
TERRI DC20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not
I LOVE the holidays!
Columbine - Dave Collen (terribly sad subject even after all this time)
Heather KSFinished Task 20.6 The Twenty Tens. I chose option 1: read a book written in the decade of your birth. I read Fear of Flying which was published in 1973-the year I was born.
New point total: 125
10.10 Top 10 Lists - Best Agatha Christie NovelsThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Although it was very good, I'm not sure I'd put it in my personal top ten lists of her books.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 645
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 44
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
50.1- Melanie’s task: Land Among the StarsA. Words:
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
B. Constellations:
2. Gemini: Read a book from the Kin list:
Mother's Milk: A Novel by Edward St. Aubyn
C. Stars:
3. Dougray Scott as… the Prince (in Ever After: a Cinderella story): Read a fairytale or fairytale/mythology/folklore retelling.
Beastly by Alex Flinn
+50 Points
Grand Total: 530
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 25.5
A) Gunpowder Green Tea
B) Tea in the title
Total Points: 545 Points
Task 25.5
A) Gunpowder Green Tea
B) Tea in the title
Total Points: 545 Points
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!First, go to Random Dice Roller and click roll again. Whatever number comes up will tell you what kind of book you're going to read.
I rolled a 1: Action Games - Read a book in which the main character takes action or fights for a cause that you believe in. Or, if you prefer a non-fiction approach, read a book about a cause that is important to you.
The Autobiography of an Execution by David R. Dow
(This book was approved in the thread for this task.)
This book was fascinating; if you are at all interested in capital punishment in the United States (no matter what side you are on) I think you will find it well worth reading.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 725
Tasks Completed: 44
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
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Task 15.10 Keep it Simple
I listened to SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt.
Points: 15
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 15
Pages: 4919
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()