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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
NICOLE VA50.1 Melanie's Task- Land Among the Stars
A. Words (moon in title)
I read Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. (Note: I had originally claimed this book for task 10.5, will subtract 10 points from my total for the switch)
B. Constellations
I rolled a 4: Phoenix. Read a futuristic/sci fi book. I read The Scorch Trials by James Dashner.
C. Stars
I rolled a 1, so I had to read a classic book.
I read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll.
30.2 Alphabetically Speaking
A. I read Wishful Thinking by Alexandra Bullen.
B. I read Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
James Dashner is a GoodReads author.
Total points= 340
Angie TXCompleted Task
15.3. From A... to Z
A. Read a book whose title begins with the letter "A"
Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
AND
B. Read a book whose title or author's name contains the letter Z
Seize the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Total # of books read: 8
GRA: 1
Readerboard name: Kimber20.4 Author! Author!
Rolled a 3 for Sports Games
Read Playing For Pizza by John Grisham
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 33
Total points earned: 530
Joanna TI need to move another book. In Post #20, I used Second Space: New Poems for Task 5.1. I'd like to use it for 30.5b as noted below instead.
Task 30.5 Old 10/New 11
Old 10:Gordimer: Selected Stories by Nadine Gordimer
(This has been on my shelves since before I joined GR. I'm glad to have finally read it. Gordimer is awesome, and an author that I'd read before.)
New 11:Second Space: New Poems by Czesław Miłosz
(I found this book at the beginning of this challenge, so it was a brand new TBR at that time, and I'd never read anything else by this author.)
-5 Task 5.1
+30 Task 30.5
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+25 This post
Grand total = 420
25.1 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire........One of my favorite genres is biographies (memoirs) so I read two that I've been wanting to read to fulfill this challenge.
Life by Keith Richards
**564 pages, so I'm claiming a big book ticket**
Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
Tasks Completed - 7
Books Read - 10
Previous total - 110
Current TOTAL POINTS - 135
Readerboard Name: Lindy-LaneGoal Points for Winter Tasks= 200
Points for this task = 30
Total points achieved to date = 135
# of books read = 10
# of pages read= 3526
# of tasks completed = 6
tasks last updated = 2.17
Task 30.4 Donna Jo's Task-By the numbers!
Read two books:
Book A
If your birth year is even (and mine is) read a book whose author's last name starts with B,D,F,H,J,L,N,P,R,T,V,X,Z:
I read:
Charlaine Harris; An Ice Cold Grave pages 280 finished 2.13Book B
Add all the digits of your phone number until you get a single digit. Use that number to look for a book title with that number of words in it. My single digit ended up being a 2.
I read:
Anne Rivers Siddons; King's Oak pages 593 finished 1.26
20.4 Game On!Rolled a 4 - Puzzle Games
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Stephen King is a Edgar Award Grand Master.
This Post: 20
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 24
Goodreads Authors: 5 (James Patterson, Alexander McCall Smith, Margaret Atwood, M J Rose, Rachel Kenley)
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.2 Orient Express - book set in AsiaBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
15.2 Beginnings and Endings
A. # 3 on Best Beginnings List - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
B. # 1 on Best Endings List - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowlings
20.3 Frosty the Snowman
- human discovers previously unknown powers - ESP with dragons, superhero status, precognition
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
20.8 Inauguration Day - words included white and house
The White House Mess by Christopher Buckley
750 + Big Book -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is 759 pages
500 + Big Book -- Eragon is 503 pages
Points this post - 65
Total Points = 815
Total Tasks = 50
Total Books = 67
Total Pages = 19056
Diane10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... In honor of Valentine's Day, read a book with flowers, candy, hearts, or jewelry on the cover - The Scarlet Pimpernel
by Emmuska Orczy (flowers).20.10 Group Read
Read one of Group Read Selections and make at least one post in the discussion thread.
B. Suspense: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I made a post in the discussion thread (#35, I think).
Total Points: 945/975
Tasks Completed: 55/56
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 76
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)
Jayme VA20.7: Warm Fuzzies
I love the holidays, so I chose )The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne fromthe books that make you cry list.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 320
Books Read: 21
Tasks Completed: 11
Pages Read: 7631
GR Authors: Sarah Dessen, Robert Liparulo, Anita Amirrezvani, Lisa See
Big Book Tickets: 500+(Eclipse (629), The Lost Symbol (528)); 750+(Breaking Dawn (754)); 1000+(0)
5.2 Singles Awareness DayFlyte by Angie Sage
500+ pages - Big book ticket
20.4 Game On
Rolled a 3 - book about sports
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (About wizards playing soccer)
25.5 Tea Ceremony
A. Gunpowder Green Tea - The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
B. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson is a GR author.
30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho!
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman (Poland)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
30.9 Happy 80th!
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (pub 1938)
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (My mom loves mysteries and Agatha Christie.)
Points this post: 110
Total points: 720
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(9), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.1 Birthday WishesI read Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem from Liz Brooklyn's list of 5-star books.
15.10 Keep it Simple
Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B. Schaeffer
25.4 IMBOLC
A) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley **BIG BOOK= 876 pages**
B) Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books: 33
Pages Read: 11,752
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 20.5 Bigger Is Better-Unconventional Women. I read "Two For The Dough" by Janet Evanovitch.
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 18
Big Books: (500) 2, (750) 1
GR Authors: Laurie Halse Anderson
Total Points: 190/975
25.5 - SRC Tea CeremonyA. Gunpowder Green Tea: Erasing Memory by Scott Thornley - 320 pages
B. Book with "tea"in title: Oolong Dead (A Tea Shop Mystery, #10) by Laura Childs - 336 pages
30.7 - Forever Young
Eclipse - Series/Paranormal: YA because protagonist is in highschool; Paranormal because her boyfriend Edward is a vampire - 629 pages, Big Book ticket
Coraline (Graphic Novel) by Neil Gaiman, adapted by P. Craig Russell - Standalone/Fantasy: YA because main character is pre-teen but the themes are suitable for a teenager; Fantasy because the protagonist discovers an alternate world mirroring her own with eerie alternate versions of her parents and others in her real world. - 186 pages, GR author
Total pages for this task: 815
Points: 55
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 40
Pages: 12,005
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500(5)
I have completed task #25.1 "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire..." by readingHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Salem's Lot* by Stephen King
Horror is a favorite genre of mine. Both books listed are part of the horror genre.
*My edition of Salem's Lot is 631 pages long and earns one Big Book ticket.
Total Points = 85
Erin NYIt has been a little bit since I posted! Lots to report!
15.10 Any book
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
20.5 Unconventional woman
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
In this book Alex is an unconventional women, because she lives in France during the French revolution and acts like a boy by setting the fireworks for young Louis.
20.8 Presidential word in title
The Beach House by Jane Green
word: "house"
30.4 Part A: Even birth year: author's name starts with D
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Part B: Phone number result 5: 5-word title
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Total Points: 160
Pages Read: 5084
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 15
Michelle WI5.2 Singles Awareness Day
Bound by Antonya Nelson - 1 star
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 330
Mod
I read The Quiet American by Graham Greene, set in Vietnam.
30.10 -- Jennifer N's task - In Honor of Asian Authors
I read
AThe Eye of Jade: A Mei Wang Mystery by Diane Wei Liang (China), and
B. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan).
Total points: 910
NICOLE VA10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
I read Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin. The book's mythical creatures are werewolves.
Ivy Devlin is a GoodReads author.
(Note- this is a change. I had originally claimed Moon Called by Patricia Briggs for this task, but then I moved that book to task 50.1)
Total points = 350
Coralie5.2 Singles awareness day
Jazz
15.1 Time after time
historical fiction The Grand Sophy
Set in the future Radix
Total points 885
20.5 Bigger is Better, and Larger than LifeSoulless by Gail Carriger
This was approved in the task thread.
Gail Carriger is a GR author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 185
30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically SpeakingA) **The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay**
**Big Book Ticket 500+ pages**
B) The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Total Points = 190
5.9 - Noel, NoelAt Grave's End by Jeaniene Frost - ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Jeaniene Frost
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance – mythical creature
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan – vampires - ★ ★
10.9 Serial Killer:
Risk No Secrets by Cindy Gerard (Black Ops #5 – latest published) - ★ ★ ★ ★
Points this post: 25
Total so far: 825
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors so far: 15
Casey TN5.7 - Happy New Year
I read The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood.
25.1 - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
I have several favorite genres, but at the top of my list is YA Fantasy. So, for this task I read...
A. ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor
B. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Points This Post: 30
Total Points to Date: 415
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Diane30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young
Read 2 or more YA books totaling at least 800 pages.
Of your selected books, 1 must be a stand-alone book (NOT part of a series) and 1 must be part of a series
In addition, all books must be chosen from different sub-genres of YA.
My books:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak -- Stand alone / historical fiction (550 pages). Considered YA because of the age of the main character. Historical fiction because it takes place during a different time era in the past (WWII, in this case).
The Book Thief is a BIG BOOK (>500 pgs)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins -- Series (#3 and final book in series) / dystopian (398 pages). Considered YA because of the ages of the main characters. Dystopian because it takes place in an dysfunctional fictional society where the residents lead fearful lives.
Total Points: 975/975
Tasks Completed: 56/56
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 77
Goodreads Authors: 7 (David Ebershoff, Laureen Vonnegut, Neil Gaiman, James Patterson, Jennifer Weiner, Jackson Pearce, Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
congrats Diane!! can't wait to see your task!
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... Never Slow Dance with a Zombie by E. Van Lowe
(flowers on cover)Total Points: 355
Tasks Completed: 26
50.1 Among the StarsA. Words: How High the Moon: A Novel by Sandra Kring "moon" in title
B. Constellantions - rolled a 2. Gemini The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
***Big Book 500+ pgs***
***GR author***
C. Stars - rolled a 2. Sean Connery Carrie by Stephen King
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 630
Total Tasks Completed: 35
Total Books Read: 48
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
BLUEMOON5.3 - SINGLES AWARENESS DAY - Cursed (3*)
15.8 - FESTIVUS - Smoke Screen (4*). My pet peeve is when smokers stand right outside the entrance to a building and I have to walk through their cloud of smoke.
20.5 - LARGER THAN LIFE - Crocodile on the Sandbank (4*)
25.3 - REFLECTIONS - We were not able to take a vacation this year and it was pretty uneventful. So I chose my book club memories. When we get together we have a great time. So I read Sex on the Beach Book Club (3.5*) For my new author I read The Heretic Queen (4*) (I still have not posted the first book that I read by her as I am in the middle of completing the second book for that task. But I did read the first book in December).
30.2 - ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING - Quicksand by Iris Johansen (3*) and Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs (4*).
50.1 - LAND AMONG THE STARS - A Curse Dark as Gold (3*) I rolled a 6 for part B and had to read historical fiction so I read The Pearl Harbor Murders published in 2001 about the days just before and the day of the bombing. I rolled a 5 for part C and had to read a western so I read To Tame a Land which took place in the American West.
Elizabeth C. Bunce,Michelle Moran, and Sandra Brown are goodreads authors.
This will give me and additional 145 points making my total 485.
10.7 My Favorite ThingsBecause my favorite genre is biography/memoir, I read Reading Jackie by William Kuhn. And yes, I found it on the Bookpage site.
total points: 390
books read: 30
pages read: 9246
10.6 Cookie ExchangePeople of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
Gingerbread People Cookies
15.7 Book was better than the movie
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
20.9 President's Day
Mind Wide Open by Steven Johnson
25.4 IMBOLIC
A) Wicked Lovely #2: Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr*
B) Fire by Kristin Cashore
*Melissa Marr is a goodreads author
Points = 610
Kathleen FL50.1:Land Among the Stars
A) "Night" : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
B) Rolled 5 :
C) Rolled 4 : Dead in the Family
Points: 50
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
Cleopatra: A Life READ 2.15.11
50.1 Melanie's task: Land Among the Stars
A. Darkfever READ 2.4.11
B. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Rolled a 2 READ 1.31.11
C. Faefever Rolled a 4 READ 2.18.11
TASKS COMPLETED: 26
POINTS COMPLETED: 510/975
BOOKS READ: 36
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 1
GOODREADS AUTHORS: 9
10.6 -- Cookie Exchange6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber
Cookie variety: Mount Rainier Macaroons
25.2 -- Emily IN’s task - Thank You Moderators
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart from Sandy's shelf
AND
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett from DLMRose's shelf
Both great books!
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 365/975
Tasks Completed: 18/56
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 26
Books from my book shelves: 12
Finished two more tasks.20.4 Author, Author
I rolled a 4 and read In The Woods by Tana French, which had won the Edgar Award. I really enjoyed it, giving it 4.5*.
20.9 President's Day
I read The Air Between Us by Deborah Johnson and gave it 3.5*.
Total Points: 285 + 20 + 20 = 325
30.2 - Alphabetically SpeakingA. Invisible by Lorena McCourtney*Goodreads Author*
B. Room by Emma Donoghue *Goodreads Author*
Total points to date 570
NICOLE VA10.1 Birthday Wishes
I read Beastly by Alex Flinn.
Mrs.soule (birthday Dec. 17) gave it 5 stars.
Total points = 360
10.10 Top Ten Listsi read Candide, or Optimism, which was on Dan Rhodes' "Top Ten Short Books" list.
Books Read: 57/ 77
Points Completed: 785/975
Tasks Completed: 38/56
Sara VA5.3 Starts With... W,D,J,F,A
I read: The Confessor
5.9 Noel, Noel - No L
I read: The Athena Project
10.4 Auld Lang Syne - Scottish Author or setting
I read: Outlander
20.1 Groundhog's Day - reread a <3 star book
I read: The Giver
I decided to give this book another chance when I saw how many SRC members voted to read it for the group reads. I hated it in school, but I think it was better the second time. Still nowhere near my favorite book... but moved up to okay.
30.4 By the Numbers
A. Odd birth year: letter S
I read: Empire: The Novel of Imperial Rome
B. Phone digits: added up to 5
I read: Secrets of a Tudor Court
Total Points = 70
Elizabeth NC25.1 Two from favorite genre
The Last Lie by Stephen White and Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
Both are murder mystery/detective stories.
That gives me
Points: 235
Books Read: 19
Challenges Completed: 13
Pages Read: 6280
Elizabeth NC15.10 Just because
City of Shadows: A Novel of Suspense by Ariana Franklin Not my favorite.
20.7 I love the holiday season (although it seems really far away now!) so I read a sad (but beautiful) book.
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
That gives me:
Points: 270
Books Read: 21
Challenges Completed: 15
Pages Read: 7017
STACIE MITask 50.1 - Land Among the Stars
For A, I read Hunter's Moon by Meg Cabot.
For B, I rolled a 5 and read The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver by E. Lockhart. There is a frog on the cover
.For C, I rolled a 3 and read Fables: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham. This series features many fairy tale characters, including Snow White, The Big Bad Wolf, Prince Charming, Little Red Riding Hood, and others. I asked and was given permission to read this book.
Points this task: 50
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 40
Pages read: 12152
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Alice GTask: 30.1 The B & W Task
Book A: Black Water Rising
Book B: Priestess of the White
Big Book Token: Priestess of the White has 679 pages.
Total Points: 395
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
50.1 - Dark Times in the City and Eat, Pray and Love and Down there on a visit
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5.4 — It’s Cold OutsideThe Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
+5 Points
10.10 Top Ten Lists:
List: Sisters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
+10 Points
15.6. “Begins with Q, Alex”
The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle
+15 Points
Points this Post: 15+10+5= 30
Grand Total: 560
5.3 -- Starts With...: Read a book by an author who’s first or last name starts with W, D, J, F, or A.I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 25 points
Task 15.8 - A Festivus for the rest of us
In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant
My pet peeve is company not arriving on time for an event hosted in my home.
Task points = 15
Challenge total = 405
50.1- Melanie's task: Land Among the Stars A. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - ★ ★ ★
B. Rolled a 3 - Hercules: The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - This book is about refusing to let your life be dominated by fear and every time I read it, I’m inspired to face some aspect of life with greater courage.
C. Rolled a 4 - Angel: When Darkness Comes by Alexandra Ivy - ★ ★ ★
Points this post: 50
Total so far: 875
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors so far: 15
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A. The Women
My husband and I went to Chicago together (our first trip without the kids) and on our last day we visited the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oak Park. The whole trip was fabulous, but that last day was particularly spectacular.
B. I read Nicholson Baker for the first time year (The Anthologist), and loved it. So, for this challenge, I read his first book The Mezzanine.
This Post: 25
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 7 (I think)