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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
ERIN C. 25.1 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
I read two books from my favorite genre...historical fiction!
Assegai by Wilbur Smith
At 512pp., I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket for Assegai.
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 255
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 9
15.6 -- “Begins with Q, Alex”Questioning The Heiress by Delores Fossen
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 415/975
Tasks Completed: 21/56
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 29
Books from my book shelves: 13
50.1- Melanie's task: Land Among the StarsA. Words: Read a book containing the words MOON, STAR, NIGHT, SKY or DARK in the title.
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan
B. Constellations Roll a Die and see in which constellation you land:
I rolled a 2.
2. Gemini: Read a book from the Kin list or a book with one of the kin list tags: aunt, brother, child, children, cousin, dad, daughter, father, gran, grandad, grandfather, grandmother, husband, ma, mom, mother, mum, nephew, niece, pa, sister, son, stepdaughter, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, twins, uncle, wife, and wives
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
C. Stars There are many forms of stars, so roll the die again, and find out which of my favorite stars you land on:
I rolled another 2.
2. Sean Connery as... James Bond: Read a mystery/thriller.
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
This Post: 50
Total Points: 895
Tasks Completed: 50
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
I have completed the following tasks:20.5 "Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life"
Djibouti by Elmore Leonard*
*This is a work of fiction. Dara Barr, one of the lead characters, is an independent documentary filmmaker. In the book she travels to Djibouti to make a documentary about the modern-day pirates in the region. She does not shy away from danger or the more nefarious elements during her stay so I would definitely consider her an unconventional woman.
20.6 "The Twenty-tens"
Einstein's Monsters by Martin Amis**
**I was born in the 80s. This book was originally published in 1987.
20.7 "Christmas Fuzzies…or Not"
The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw***
***I love the holidays so read this tragic love story. Also, Ali Shaw is a Goodreads Author.
Totals:
Points = 145
3 GR Author tickets
1 Big Book ticket
15.4 Opposite DayOption B.Read two books whose titles contain words that are opposites:
National Geographic Traveler: New Zealand by Peter Turner
and
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
Total Books Read: 9
Total Challenges Completed: 8
Total Pages Read: 3501
Big Book Tickets:4
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 110
NICOLE VA20.2 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day
I read Nightshade by Andrea Cremer. (Nightshade is a flower: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightshade).
Andrea Cremer is a GoodReads author.
Total points = 415
For 20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life, I read Just Kids by Patti Smith, which is her autobiography. Books read: 8
Challenges accomplished: 7
Points : 130
30.6 - Looking for a Few Good AuthorsI rolled 1 and 5
I took Margaret Atwood as my starting point. Her name has 14 letters and she was born in 1939.
1. The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (14 letters)
5. Overture to Death (first published 1939) by Ngaio Marsh
Total points to date 600
30.7 Forever YoungHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (752 pp) This is both Sci-fi/fantasy book and part of a series
From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg (162 pp) This is a coming of age book that is not part of a series (too bad, actually)
total pages: 914
total points: 410
Kathleen FL20.9:President's Day
Gone by Michael Grant
Michael Grant is a Godreads author and this book is over 500 pages.
Points: 20
Total Points: 295
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!I'm not a fan of TV background noise on all day when I'm trying to read, but I get really peeved when it's left on and no one is even in the "room". I read:
Room by Emma Donoghue
Goodreads Author
I really loved this book and enjoyed the TV restrictions in the "room" and the connections to my pet peeve in that regard. Thanks for the chance to fit this book in and congratulations to new finishers. Thanks for the quick posting of those great 25 point tasks!
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 645
10.4 -- Auld Lang Syne: Read a book by a Scottish author.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 35 points
Moving the book I claimed for #15.3a to another task. Instead of As You Desire, I'd like to claim Aunt Dimity's Good Deed by Nancy Atherton for #15.3a New task
#30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking - 2 books
Book A. Read a book by an author who has two initials consecutive from A to Z
Georgette Heyer: False Colours
Book B. Read a book by an author who has two initials consecutive from Z to A
Connie Brockway: As You Desire (Moved from #15.3a)
Total Points = 825
Tasks Completed = 45
Total Pages = 20,304
GoodReads Authors = 11
Readerboard Name: LeoraI have completed:
Task 10-1 Birthday Wishes: I chose Pollyanna list and read Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
10-7 Ny Favorite Things: I chose mysteries as my genre and read 25 to Life: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth by Leslie Crocker Snyder
15-2 Beginnings and Endings:
A. The Trial by Franz Kafka
B. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
15-5 Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia: Death in the Jungle by Gary Smith
15-9 Warm Up: A Secret Rageby Charlaine Harris
Task 20-1 Most Imporived Player: Groundhog's day-
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
This brings me to 495 points.
Yay, Sandy - you really are amazing ;)
Finished 25.2 - thank you moderatorsI read Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde. Sandy read this book on 3/21/10. I didn't really like it, giving it 2.5 stars.
I also read The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. Kristi read this book on June 24, 2010. I liked this sweet tale, giving it 4 stars.
Total Points: 325 + 25 = 350
5.2 Singles Awareness DayWhirlwind
5.3 Starts With...
Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (W!)
5.5 Blast from the Past
Less Than Zero, originally published in 1985 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Less_Tha...)
5.7 Happy New Year
10.2 Orient Express
Azumanga Daioh: v. 2 takes place in Japan
15.5 "Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia"
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1968
15.10 Keep It Simple!
Broken Memory: A Story of Rwanda
20.2 Winter Flowers Day
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?: The Diary of Molly MacKenzie Flaherty, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968
20.6 The 2010s
Who's Reading Darci's Diary? was published during the '80s, when I was born.
20.8 Inauguration Day
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote, "Vote" being the word I chose.
20.9 President's Day
Big Dip by Melanie Jackson (Andrew Jackson being the president)
25.1 Chestnuts Roasting...
The Collected normalman and I Can't Help You Here by Ryan Sohmer (https://secure.blindferret.com/licdst...)
Sorry for the link; the second book isn't on GR. Both of the books are comics, and I love comics and manga and all of that, especially the funny ones!
Total: 165 + 510 (from earlier) = 675 pts
25.2 Thank You ModeratorsCynthia: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Dlmrose: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Gretchen Rubin is a Goodreads author.
Points: 25
Total Points: 185
Here are all the tasks I have managed to complete:5.3 -- Starts With...
I read The Leavetaking by John McGahern
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
20.4 Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!
I rolled a six and so I read Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2865
20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
I read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert who I believe is unconvential through the way in which she abandons her ordinary life for a year of travel
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19501
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
I am 18 so I read Splendour by Anna Godbersen – many of the main female characters such as Diana Holland are between the ages of 10-19
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62...
25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
Sandy’s 2010 books – I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett (who is a Goodreads author)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Kristi’s 2010 books – I read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43641
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
Book A - My birth year ends with an even digit and so I read Room by Emma Donoghue (who is a Goodreads author)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79...
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Book B – When I added the digits of my phone number I got a number four and so I read Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6334
30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young
I read Envy by Anna Godbersen (Romance and part of a series) 405 pages and The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd (Mystery and stand alone) 336 pages and I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Sci-fi, series) 440 pages
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77...
Each of these books is considered YA because they are aimed at an audience between 13-21. Envy is a romance because it deals with the complicated romantic engagements of young women in early 20th century New York. The London Eye Mystery deals with the disappearance of a young boy and is obviously a mystery and I Am Number Four deals with a group of teenagers who have come to earth to hide after their planet was destroyed and so is sci-fi.
Total number of pages: 1181
Total number of points - 150
30.3 Ho!Ho!Ho!A. I read Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, which is set in Greenland and Denmark. It was specifically approved in the help thread.
B. I read Shakespeare's Christmas by Charlaine Harris, which includes the word 'christmas.'
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 240
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.10 - In Honor of Asian AuthorsBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie - China
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews** - Russia
*Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
Total Points to Date: 855
Janice CA15.10 Keep it Simple.....
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
by Eric Weiner
4 stars
+15
total: 135
tasks: 7
books: 9
GR Authors: 1
10.10 Top ten listI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith - list: Best Literary Stepmothers
(moved from task 30.8)
30.5 Old '10/New '11
A. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
B. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein ***GR author***
30.8 Spirit of the Season (changes to A)
A. rolled a 2: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
B. Rolled a 5: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Points This Post: 40 new points
Total Points: 670
Total Tasks Completed: 37
Total Books Read: 51
Total GoodReads Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
10.9 Serial Killer - most recent book in series.Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 695
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 49
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
TANYAPT20.10 Group Read. Read one of the Group Read Selections.
The Giver
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 210
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Goodreads Authors: 2
Katie OH 15.3 From A... to Z
A) At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
B) The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho is a GoodReads author so I'd like to claim one ticket for that.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Lindy-LaneGoal Points for Winter Tasks= 200
Points for this task = 15
Total points achieved to date = 170
# of books read = 13
# of pages read= 4345
# of tasks completed = 9
tasks last updated = 2.24
Task 15.4 Opposite Day!
Read one book whose title contains opposite words.
I read:
Raining Cats & Dogs by Laurien Berenson 266 pages (2.23)
20.10 Group ReadI read The Giver by Lois Lowry. I have posted my review on the discussion board for this book.
Tasks Completed - 10
Books Read - 15
Total Points - 215
25.5 -- Valorie's task - SRC Tea CeremonyA. Dragon Well (Lung Ching) Tea: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison - ★ ★ ★ - (vampires, witches, werewolves, etc.)
B. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Redin - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Goodreads Author: Greg Mortenson
Points this post: 25
Total so far: 950
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors so far: 16
I completed Task 15.10 (Keep It Simple) by reading Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic. It was an interesting look at the life and philosophy and work of Bertrand Russell.
New Total Points: 370
Casey TN20.6 - The Twenty-tens
I'm in my 20s, so I read Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella. The main character is 27.
Points This Post: 20
Total Points to Date: 490
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.9 - Warm up Damage by A.M. Jenkins
A.M. Jenkins was born and raised in Texas
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!
Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 28
10.7 The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman it came off of the Inspirational Fiction-Holiday shelfTotal Points: 435
20.5 Bigger than LifeEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Approved in the Help List
25.3 Reflections on 2010
A. Positive memory: Reading all these books that I would have never found if not for GR and the SRC. I read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
B. I read my second book by an author I read for the first time in 2010. I read Fool Moon by Jim Butcher.
This post: 45
Total to Date = 295 points.
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (2)
20.1 Groundhog's DayPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
I gave it a couple more stars than last time, but only because this time I finished it.
30.4 By The Numbers
A. Even: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (Last name starts with R)
B. Phone number equaled 9: The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
This is my final post of the challenge.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 770
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(9), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
My last post… looks like I’m not going to finish. Oh well…. A good try. There’s always next season! 10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!
Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness And Compassion Can Free You from Anxiety, Fear, And Panic by Jeffrey Brantley
Points this Post: 10
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 232
Total Points: 915
Total Tasks Completed: 54
Total Books Read: 74
Total Pages Read: 26510
Total GoodReads Authors: 15
Total Big Books: 500+ (7), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
u can do it - still got 4 days!! (well 3.5 now)
Kathy G.20.1 Groundhogs Day!
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
*** Claiming Goodreads Author***
I liked this book much better the second time. I would give it 4 stars now.
Total Task- 15
Total Points- 240
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- 0
Joanna T10.7 My Favorite Things
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
This book appears in the Mystery & Suspense genre.
Task total: 10
Total points: 440
15.10 Read Anything You WantA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
GoodReads Author and Big Books Ticket 579 pages
Gives me a total of 85 points.
BJ Rose2 new tasks
15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
Moby Dick by Herman Melville is on 'The Movie Was Better Than the Book' list & I wholeheartedly agree!
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
Read a book originally published sometime during the decade of your birth:
I was born in the 1930's, so I read: They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer, which was published in 1937
Total Points = 860
Tasks Completed = 47
Total Pages = 21,080
GoodReads Authors = 11
Kathy G.20.8 Inauguration Day
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
***Title with HOUSE in it***
Total Tasks- 16
Total Points- 260
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- 0
15.2 - Beginnings and EndingsBeginnings: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Endings: Night World, No. 2: Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate by L.J. Smith
30.9 - Happy 80th Birthday!
A) Book published in 1930's - The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
B) Book my mother would enjoy - Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
Total Points to Date: 900
20.8 Inauguration DayHouse Rules by Jodi Picoult
Title with "House" in it
*Claiming a BB ticket for this one @ 532 pgs*
30.6 Looking for a Few Good Authors
I used Diana Gabaldon for this task, and rolled a 1 and a 3
Part A: (rolled a 1 - same # of letters in author's name - each have 13 letters)
True Colors by Kristin Hannah
*Kristin Hannah is a GOODREADS AUTHOR*
*Claiming a BB Ticket for this one at 528 pgs*
Part B: (rolled a 3 - same setting as favorite book, which is Outlander, set in Scotland)
How to Abduct a Highland Lord by Karen Hawkins
(also set in Scotland)
Points this post: 50
Points to date: 620
GR Authors this post: 1
BB Tickets this post: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages read these tasks: 1412
Pages read to date: 17,936
GR Authors to date: 15
BB Tickets to date: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
25.1 Chestnust Roasting
I read two epic fantasy novels:
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandan Sanderson
and
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
The first has a GR author, and both are Big Books at 861 and 1060 pages, respectively.
New points: 25
Total points: 580
I read two epic fantasy novels:
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandan Sanderson
and
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
The first has a GR author, and both are Big Books at 861 and 1060 pages, respectively.
New points: 25
Total points: 580
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I completed task 5.4 It's Cold Outside. I read "Shiver" by Maggie Stiefvater. She is a goodread author
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 20
Big Books: (500) 2, (750) 1
GR Authors: Laurie Halse Anderson, Maggie Stiefvater
Grand Total: 200/975