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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
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I read The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World, from Dlmrose's list and
Storm Front, from Kristi's list.
Both good reads - thanks!
Total points: 935
Jenny ChicagoTask 5.6 Its All In The Numbers-- Read a book with more than 25,000 Goodreads Ratings
I read 1984 by George Orwell
The book has 331,395 ratings
Points this task 5
Total Points 170
BJ Rose1 new task
20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day: author's last name is the same as the last name of a U.S. President.
Dark and Deadly by Jeanne Adams
Total Points = 785
Tasks Completed = 43
Total Pages = 19,223
GoodReads Authors = 11
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day 
by Debbie MacomberPoints for this Task: 20
Total Points: 120
Completed Tasks: 20.3, 30.2, 20.7, 30.3, 20.2
Tasks in Progress: 10.1, 30.5, 50.1
Goodreads Authors: 3 (Cassandra Clare x2, Lisa Kleypas x2)
Big Books: 500+() 750+(1) 1000+()
20.6 The Twenty-tensHanged at Auschwitz: An Extraordinary Memoir of Survival by Sim Kessel
First published in 1972 - the year I was born
This Post: 20
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 5 (James Patterson, Alexander McCall Smith, Margaret Atwood, M J Rose, Rachel Kenley)
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Kathy G.15.8 A Festivas for the Rest of Us!
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
*** My pet peeve is wrinkled clothes. I always iron my clothes before I wear them.***
Total Tasks- 12
Total Points- 170
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- 0
ERIN MN25.4 - Beth NC's Task - IMBOLC
A)Avalon High - Meg Cabot
B)At Wicks End- Tim Myers
30.9 - Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
A)Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier (published 1938)
B)Fundraising the Dead - Sheila Connolly
*Sheila Connolly is a GOODREADS author
New Points - 25+30=55
TOTAL POINTS - 375
10.7 My Favorite ThingsDeadline by Chris Crutcher - from the Teen Fiction genre on Bookpage.com
15.8 Pet Peeves
Angry Management by Chris Crutcher
One of my pet peeves is when people (even myself!) can't control their anger
25.1 Chestnuts...
One of my favorite genres is modern YA realistic fiction. I read:
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
and
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
New Total: 385
Coralie30.6 Looking for a good few Authors
Favourite author Guy Gavriel Kay. Rolled 3 & 5
3. Same setting – a fantasy version of Earth
Cold Magic
5. Born/ published in 1954
Charlotte Fairlie
30.7 Forever Young
The Messenger – stand alone – Mystery/suspense/thriller 386 pages
The Giver – series – dystopian 240 pages
Playing Beatie Bow – stand alone – historical fiction 212 pages in my copy which I can't find on Goodreads - ISBN 0 207 15448 1
Total pages = 838
Total points 945
15.3. From A... to ZFor part A I read Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie and for part B I read Blood Lust by Zoe Winters (Goodreads author).
20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day
For this task I read Hotter Than Hell by Kim Harrison (this book was approved in the help thread)
30.1 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W Task
For part A I read Black Dust Mambo by Adrian Phoenix (Goodreads author) and for part B I read Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters
30.3 -- DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO!
For Part A I read In Cold Pursuit: A Mystery From The Last Continent by Sarah Andrews and for Part B I read Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska by Loree Lough
50.1- Melanie's task: Land Among the Stars
LAND AMONG THE STARS
For Part A I read Sword of Darkness by Kinley MacGregor
For Part B I rolled a 5 - Leo. So I read Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin. There is a dog pictured on the bottom of the cover and a dog is regularly featured in the story.
For Part B I rolled a 2 - Mystery. So I read The Missing Ink by Karen Olson (Goodreads author).
Total Points This Post: 145
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Grand Total Points: 805/975
Total Books Read: 65
Tasks Completed: 49/56
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
25.3 -- Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010 Book A: Think of a positive experience/memory you have from 2010. Find a book that relates to that memory.
Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History by Nick Bunker
We had a very nice family Thanksgiving this year, so this book was in honor of that.
Book B: Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2010 (including December).
Hidden Moon by James Church
I read the author's first book, A Corpse in the Koryo, in December 2010.
This Post: 25
Total Points: 750
Tasks Completed: 45
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Shannon South Africa10.3 To Your Health
Simply Meditation by Lynn Lauren
Task points: 10
Total points: 125
Hettie15.10 - Keep it Simple
In Stitches: The Highs and Lows of Life as an AandE Doctor by Nick Edwards
20.3 Frosty the Snowman
To Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey
Tranformation: Main characters discover that they have mind talents - precognition, telepathy and telempathy
Points this post 35
Total points 60
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
I read:
Years of Red Dust (2009) by Qiu Xiaolong (Hardcover, 256 pages)
415 + 15 = 430
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 415 + 15 = 430
Books read: 33
Pages Read: 11,187
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
Kathy G.30.1 The B & W Task
The Clue of the Black Keys by Carolyn Keene
AND
One White Rose by Julie Garwood
Total Tasks- 13
Total Points- 200
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books- 0
15.4 From A to Z read Airhead by Meg Cabot 352 pages
read Elsewhere by by Gabrielle Zevin 304 pages
Gabrielle Zevin is a Goodreads Author
Points this task 15
Total points 595
Tasks Completed: 28
Books read 42
Total pages: 12468
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.1 By the NumbersA.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer My birth year is odd so I read an author whose last name begins with M. Also like to claim Big Book ticket (619 pages.
B. The Flanders Panel by Aurturo Perez-Reverte. My phone number was a 3
50.1
A. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
B. Rolled a 1 Ursa Major City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (GR author)
C. Rolled a 2 Mystery/thriller B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
Points this Post: 80
Total points: 445
Big Book: The Host
GR Author: Cassandra Clare
30.3
Ho! Ho! Ho! Part A:
Handling the Undead
(set in Sweden)
Ho! Ho! Ho! Part B:
Magic Study
New points: 30
Total points: 525
Ho! Ho! Ho! Part A:
Handling the Undead
(set in Sweden)
Ho! Ho! Ho! Part B:
Magic Study
New points: 30
Total points: 525
ERIN C.10.1 Birthday Wishes
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This was on Kristina's list, and she gave it 5 stars!
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 220
GoodReads Authors: 1
BigBook Tickets: 8
Jen UT15.4 - Opposite Day
The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
Happy Endings by Katherine Stone
Total Points: 90
Total Books: 13
Total Tasks: 10
Readerboard Name: Lindy-LaneGoal Points for Winter Tasks= 200
Points for this task = 10
Total points achieved to date = 145
# of books read = 11
# of pages read= 3868
# of tasks completed = 7
tasks last updated = 2.20
Task 10.8 Promise her anything!
Read a book with flowers, candy, hearts, or jewelry on the cover.
I read:
Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams342 pages (finished 2.18)
30.8 (rolled 1 and 2)
In the Spirit of the Season A
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
In the Spirit of the Season B
A Gathering of Gargoyles by Meredith Ann Pierce
New points: 30
Total points: 555
In the Spirit of the Season A
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
In the Spirit of the Season B
A Gathering of Gargoyles by Meredith Ann Pierce
New points: 30
Total points: 555
20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson.
25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
Both my books are from Kristi's page, but thank you everyone that makes this group possible!
Dead in the Family and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris.
Points: 45
Total Points: 665
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 55
Pages: 17,466
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ERIN C.10.7 My Favorite Things
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
This is from the genre list "World Fiction"
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 230
GoodReads Authors: 1
BigBook Tickets: 8
Readerboad Name: Kimber10.6 Cookie Exchange
Read The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
This task: 10
Tasks completed: 34
Total points earned: 540
20.9 Presidents' Day
Read Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson (as in President Andrew Jackson)
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 35
Total points earned: 560
30.4 Donna Jo's Task - By The Numbers
Book A: My birth year is even. I read Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Book B: My phone number added up to 9. I read
Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
This task: 30
Tasks completed: 36
Total points earned: 590
Heather KSFinished task 30.4 By the Numbers
Odd birth year so I read Shadow Tag by Erdrich
Phone digits add to 1 so I read Invisible
New point total: 155
Brenda WI5.8 1st book in new to me series Wicked Appetite
10.2 Set in Asia - The Next Port
15.3 a. Title begins with a Away
b. Title has a Z Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
40 points this post + 225 previous = 265 total
Finished a few more..5.4 It's Cold Outside
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
10.1 Birthday Wishes
I used
Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
from Dawn's shelf
Jennifer Weiner is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.6 The Twenty-Tens
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
Helen Knightly is forty-nine, and I am forty-one.
Total points this post: 35
Total points to date: 570
Total GR Authors this post: 1 (Jennifer Weiner)
Total GR Authors to date: 14
Total BB Tix to date: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)
Total pages read to date: 16,524
Coralie15.2 Beginnings and Endings
Beginning – The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Ending – Cat's Cradle
Total points 960
NICOLE VA20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!
I rolled a 3, so I had to read a sports book.
I read Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. The main character, DJ, is a teenage girl from a family of football playing brothers who decides to try out and play for her high school's football team.
Total points = 380
5.1 - Short and SweetJesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - one of the best books I've ever read!
Points this post: 5
Total so far: 880
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors so far: 15
15.3. From A... to Z
A. Title begins with the letter "A"
Aftermath (#1 of 2) (1998) by Charles Sheffield (Paperback, 547 pages) (500+ pages)
AND
B. Title or author's name contains the letter Z
A Walker in the City (1951) by Alfred Kazin (Paperback, 192 pages)
Big Books Ticket (500 + pages) for Aftermath (547 pages)
430 + 15 = 445
Tasks Completed: 24
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 430 + 15 = 445
Books read: 35
Pages Read: 11,926
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(0) 750 +
(0) 1000 +
Erin B.5.3 -- Starts With...
The General and the Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt for Pancho Villa: A True Story of Revolution & Revenge by Eileen Welsome
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 35
30.7 Forever YoungGone (Gone#1) by Michael Grant Sci-Fi/Fantasy (558 pages)
Considered YA: "In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers."
I Am the Messenger (Stand-alone) by Markus Zusak Mystery (356 pages) Considered YA: Winner of the 2003 Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award
Total # of pages = 914 pages
Michael Grant is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 30
Total Points: 135
20.4 Game On!I rolled a 6, and read a work of historical fiction-- A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, set in 16th century England and written in the 1950's.
20.6 20.6 The Twenty-Tens
I chose to read a book whose protagonist shares my same decade in age. Pearl, the narrator of Shanghai Girls by Lisa See* begins the story at my current age, 21.
* Lisa See is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 400
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 25
Total Pages Read: 6204
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task 5.4 Cold OutsideShiver by Maggie Stiefvater
**Maggie Stiefvater is a GR author
Task 10.6 Cookie Exchange
Fortune Cookie by Joanne Meyer
Task 15.2 Beginnings & Endings
Beginning: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
Ending: Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
***Richelle Mead is a GR author
Task 15.3 A-Z
Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear
Task 15.7 Book or Movie
From the list "book better than movie"
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brasheres
Task 20.1 Groundhog Day
Free Fall by Fern michaels
It was just as miserable the 2nd time around as the first.
Task 30.1 B&W
My Fair Lazy: One Reality Television Addict's Attempt to Discover If Not Being A Dumb Ass Is the New Black; Or, A Culture-Up Manifesto by Jen Lancaster
The Last White Knight by Tami Hoag
Total 580
20.9 - president’s dayThe Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lillian Jackson Braun
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States (1829-1837).
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50.1 - land among the stars
A: The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads author)
Moon in the title.
B: Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden (Goodreads Author)
I rolled a 6, historical fiction. Set in the 1950's, published in 2000's.
C: Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
I rolled a 6, a war is central to the plot (post 9/11 Iraq/Afghanistan War).
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Points Claiming: 70
Total Points: 680
50.1 - Land Among the StarsA.
by T.J. Waters (stars on cover)B. I rolled a 1 and read The Host by Stephenie Meyer which is #108 on the list (or was when I picked it).
THIS IS A BIG BOOK AT 619 PAGES.
C. I rolled a 3 and read Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine which is a retelling of Cinderella.
Total Points: 435
congrats Coralie! can't wait to see your task!
5.2 - Singles Awareness DayShortcomings by Adrian Tomine - 104 pages
15.1 - Time After Time
A. Historical Fiction: Essex County Volume 2: Ghost Stories by Jeff Lemire - 224 pages.
This book was written in 2007 and set in 1950-1.
B. Set in the Future: Naked in Death by JD Robb - 294 pages
Book is set in 2058.
Points: 20
Total Points: 510
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 43
Pages: 12,627
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500(5)
Readerboard Name: Kim L50.1
A. The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
B. Rolled a 6 - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
C. Rolled a 3 - Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier Based on Beauty and the Beast
Total Points: 280
Congrats Coralie! I'm looking forward to your task.
Task 15.6 Begins the Q AlexThe Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
15.9 Warm Up
Slave Girl: The Diary of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 by Patricia C. McKissack
15.10 Keep it Simple
Princess by Jean P. Sasson
20.5 Bigger is better
In My Dreams I Dance by Anne Wafula
Anne is unconventional in many ways. Crippled by polio as a child in Kenya, she overcoming prejudice and personal disability in a village that wants her killed for being cursed, to survive the illness and be the first in her family to attend University, gaining a degree and teaching others, and went against the normal by marrying a white foreigner. She defied doctors to get pregnant and have a healthy baby. Then she became the first Kenyan to ever take part in wheelchair racing at the paralympics in Athens, and now competes for the UK. Then she won the right to have her story published by winning a BBC book competition. Great book!
25.1 Chestnuts roasting...
Katharine the Virgin Widow by Jean Plaidy
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
Points these tasks:90
Total Points:585
Total Goodreads Authors:8
Total Big Book Tickets:5
15.3 From A to ZAngels Fall by Nora Roberts
Brazen Virtue by Nora Roberts
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 680
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 47
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
30.8 In the spirit of the SeasonI rolled a 2 and 4
#2 a book from my favorite genre - I read Rage Against the Meshugenah by Danny Evans**
**Goodreads Author**
title contains the letters ASIA
#4 a book added to my TBR list in last 6 months I read
Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
added to my TBR list in October. title contains the letters ASIA.
Tasks completed - 8
Books Read - 12
Total Points - 165
Michelle WI5.8 Here's to a New Beginning
Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben - 4 stars
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 335
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
by David LevithanDavid Levithan is a Goodreads Author.
15.10 - Keep it Simple
by Neil PasrichaPoints: 25
Total Points: 160
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Book is about female spies in 1803.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 665
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 45
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)