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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the SnowmanThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
20.8 It's My Birthday: Erin MN's task-Inauguration Day
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Points: 40
Total Points: 705
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 57
Pages: 18,640
Christine USTask 10.7 My favorite Things
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
This book encompasses a lot of my favorite things actually: it's both a romance, mystery, and paranormal novel. Why pick just one when you can have all of them:)
Total: 610
ERIN C.10.6 Cookie Exchange
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
From the "Everything" cookie!
At 544pp., I'm claiming 1 Big Book ticket for this book
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 265
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 10
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... In honor of Valentine's Day, read a book with flowers, candy, hearts, or jewelry on the cover.
by Paula McLainThis Post: 10
Total Points: 905
Tasks Completed: 51
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Congrats finishers! I'm curious as to how many more people will finish in the next few days (not me, that's for sure). Good luck everybody!10.10 - top ten lists
Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads author)
From Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s top 10 supernatural families list.
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Points Claiming: 10
Total Points: 735
25.1 -- Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire... Genre = paranormal
1. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton - ★ ★ ★ ★
2. Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison - ★ ★ ★ ★
Big Book Ticket (500+ pgs): 1
Points this post: 25
Final Total: 975
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors total: 16
Total Big Books: (500+) 1
10.2 Orient Express
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
30.6 A Few Good Authors (Neil Gaiman)
A: Nights at the Circus (rolled 2, published 1984)
B: The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft: 67 Tales of Horror in One Volume (rolled 6)
New points: 40
Total points: 620
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
30.6 A Few Good Authors (Neil Gaiman)
A: Nights at the Circus (rolled 2, published 1984)
B: The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft: 67 Tales of Horror in One Volume (rolled 6)
New points: 40
Total points: 620
5.6 It's all in the numbers - over 25,000 GoodReads ratingsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
15.8 A Festivus for the rest of us!
Pet peeve - Watching too much TV
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's Task - The Twenty-tens
Book read published in the 80's
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
30.1 Sheila's Task: The B & W Task
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin ***GoodReads Author***
White Time by Margo Lanagan
Total Points this Post: 70
GoodReads Authors this post: 1
Total Points: 405
Total GoodReads Authors: 8
congrats Mrs. Soule!! looking forward to your task!!I think there are a few people who are in the 900's right now and with 3 days to go might make it
10.4 - Auld Lang SyneUnder the Skin by Michel Faber -- Set in the Scottish Highlands.
15.9 - Warm up
Ruined: A Ghost Story by Paula Morris -- Set in New Orleans, Louisiana.
50.1- Land Among the Stars
Part A. - A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett
Part B. - I rolled a 4, Phoenix, for a sci-fi set 30 years after it was written. I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which takes place over thirty years into the future.
Part C. - I rolled a 5, Clint Eastwood, for a western. I read True Grit by Charles Portis.
Total Points: 320
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
Pages Read: 7877
25.1 "Chestnuts" Read 2 books from the same genre:I read 2 books that I classified as "chick lit".
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow (a GoodReads Author).
As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs.
Both also had "death" as a factor in common. In the first, Molly Marx died and in the afterlife is trying to figure out how she died. In the 2nd, the story is told by Susie, who's husband dies in a situation that is controversial, and she is trying to find out who really killed him.
I really liked "Molly Marx", but the other one was just okay.
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books:
Total Pages: 8424
Julie McVey20.10 - Group Reads
I read The Giver by Lois Lowry.
I posted on the discussion wall post #85.
Points this posting = 20 Points
Total Points = 260 Points
Julie McVey30.7 - Forever Young
1. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson - This book is an issues book that focuses on anorexia and bulemia. Total pages = 485
2. Specials by Scott Westerfeld - This book is #3 in the Series - It is about a dystopian society in which everyone is brainwashed and forced to have surgeries that make them all compliant and they have to fight to regain their original personalities and uniqueness. Total pages = 372.
*** Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this posting = 30 points
Total Points = 290 Points
Julie McVey15.10 - Keep It Simple - Read for Fun!
I read The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage.
10.8 - Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
I read
which has a flower on the cover. Points this posting = 25 points
Total Points = 315 Points
Julie McVey5.6 - It's All About the Numbers
I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. It has 44,603 ratings.
points this posting = 5 points
Total Points = 320 Points
I have completed task #15.10 "Keep it Simple" by readingThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Total points: 160
RACHEL CA: 385 points total10.01 BIRTHDAY WISHES (From MRS.SOULE's list of five-star books) "Farmer Boy" Laura Ingalls Wilder
10.03 SLÁINTE! TO YOUR HEALTH! "The Courage To Start: A Guide To Running for Your Life" John Bingham (about running)
30.02 ALPHABETICALLY SPEAKING "The Tombs of Atuan" Ursula K. Le Guin
AND "Your Five Year Old: Sunny and Serene" Louise Bates Ames, & Frances L. Ilg
Points for this post: 50
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.2 Orient ExpressThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson*
*Greg Mortenson is a goodreads author
15.1 Time After Time
A) The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
B) The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau
20.8 Inauguration Day
The Agency A Spy in the House by Y.S. Lee
30.2 ABCs
A) Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
B) If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Points = 685
Hooray Mrs. Soule. I look forward to your task!
10.2 Orient Express:From India:
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
+10
15.4. Opposite Day
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford Goodreads Author
+15
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 670
Congrats Mrs. Soule! I won't finish everything, but I did finish 2 more tasks.20.2 Book with flowers in title - Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
and
50.1 Land Among the Stars
Word - "Night" Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts
Constellation - I rolled a 2 - Kin Daddy's Little Girl by Mary Higgins Clark
Star - I rolled a 1 - Classics The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Points this task: 70
Total Points: 765
Tasks Completed: 42
Books Read: 53
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Lindy-LaneGoal Points for Winter Tasks= 200
Points for this task = 20
Total points achieved to date = 190
# of books read = 14
# of pages read= 4921
# of tasks completed = 10
tasks last updated = 2.26
Task 20.5 Bigger is Better!
Read a fic or non-fic where the main character is an unconvential woman.
I read:
The King's Grace: A Novel by Anne Easter Smith (female protagonist: Grace Plantagenet) 576 pages (2.26)
Carla Task 50.1 Land Among the Stars
A: I read Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King.
B: I rolled a one and read The Gunslinger: Revised and Expanded by Stephen King. It was on page 3 of the Favorite Books List (and is on my favorites list as well!).
C: I rolled another one and read Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
Points: 50
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 20
Pages: 6477 + 2 audiobooks
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+()
Goodreads Author: 1
15.4 Opposite Dayi read As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl. boy/girl being the opposites. wow, what a heartbreaking, yet triumphant, story. the human spirit never ceases to amaze me. david reimer has been added to my list of heroes!
Books Read: 62/ 77
Points Completed: 845/975
Tasks Completed: 43/56
TANYAPT5.6. It's All in the Numbers. Read a book that has over 25,000 Goodreads ratings.
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 215
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Goodreads Authors: 2
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season part A: rolled 1: a favorite author with letters in name Love Only Once by Johanna Lindsey
part b: rolled 4: book added to my TBR list with the letters in title Aspergirls: Empowering Females With Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone
final numbers:
Total points this task 30
Total Points: 390
Tasks Done 15
Books Read: 27
Total Pages 8457
Goodreads authors 7
Big Books: 500 2
750 0
1000 0
Readerboard Name: StacyCT25.1 - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
Dry by Augusten Burroughs
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs
(both are memoirs)
Task Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 25
Total Points Earned: 440
Total Books Read: 34
Pages Read: 11006
GoodReads Authors: 5 (Jeffrey Zaslow; Kathryn Stockett; Margaret Atwood (x2); Neil Gaiman)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+()
15.3 - From A ...to ZA. Alfred and Emily by Doris Lessing
B. The Checkout Girl by Tazeen Ahmad
Total points to date 615
15.5 War in AsiaUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
Amazing story of one man's internment in Japanese prison camps and how he survived. Definitely a 5* book.
15.6 Begins with Q, Alex
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry - posted comments on board (post 86)
25.3 Reflections on 2010
A. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Reading to my grandson has been a very positive experience this year. He has just begun listening to chapter books. So I reread a book that I loved as a child, my daughter loved as a child and my grandson will soon be ready for - hopefully, he will love it too.
B. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
I read Neil Gaiman's award-winning The Graveyard Book in 2010. Enjoyed it so much that I have added him to my favorite authors list. Read Neverwhere for this challenge and loved it.
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Total this Post = 75
Total Points = 895
Total Tasks = 54
Total Books = 72
Total Pages = 20405
Two more tasks to finish - final books in process - fingers crossed!!!
5.4 It's Cold OutsideAttack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, "Snow" being my cold word (and good riddance to snow for this winter! >_<)
5.9 Noel, Noel
Skater Stuntboys by Pam Withers
20.3 Frosty the Snowman
Keyholders #2: The Other Side of Magic
The characters discover they can use magic.
20.4 Game On!
Annie on My Mind
I rolled a 1, and the cause I believe in is gay rights and equality. The protagonists of this book are determined to stay together, even when their community condemns them.
Total: 50 + 675 (from earlier) = 725 pts
Readerboard name: Kimber30.8 In The Spirit Of The Season
Book 1 - Rolled a 2, Read a book from your favorite genre.
Read The Survivors Club by LISA GArdner (genre suspense)
Book 2 - Rolled a 5, read a book you've been dying to read.
Read The Girl Who Chased the Moon by SArah AddISon Allen
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author
This task: 30
Tasks completed: 38
Total points earned: 640
Goodread authors: 12
Big Book: 2/500+, 1/750+
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not IF you LOVE this time of year (Hanukkah! Kwanza! Solstice! Christmas! New Years! Squeee!), then read a sad book – fiction that makes you cry, with a sad ending, or non-fiction about a sad subject.
We had very happy holidays this year, so I read a sad book:
Nox by Anne Carson
This Post: 20
Total Points: 925
Tasks Completed: 52
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
Well, I think this is it for me, Congrats to all of you who have finished! Better luck next season to those that didn't finish!5.1 -- Short and Sweet
For this task I read The Shaughnessey Accord by Alison Kent which is 112 pages.
25.3 -- Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010
One of my favorite memories of 2010 was going to a big craft fair/show in Sacramento with my mother and grandmother. Getting out of town overnight and spending the day trying new crafts and buying some beautiful handmade crafts was great fun.
I read Wreath of Deception by Mary Ellen Hughes (Goodreads Author) for Part A. The main character in the story owns a craft store and has some craft classes for the other characters while trying to solve a murder.
For Part B I read Witch Hunt by Shirley Damsgaard (Goodreads Author) who I first read in 2010 and have been really enjoying.
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 860/975
Total Books Read: 70
Tasks Completed: 52/56
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
15.2 Beginnings and Endingsa. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman*. Best beginning
b. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Best ending
20.5 Bigger is better, and larger than life
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Author grew up in very unconventional circumstances, living with non-conformist parents, spending her early years as a nomad, then later overcoming amazing obstacles as her and her siblings were left to fend for themselves.
Points: 35
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 31
Pages: 8,426
Goodreads Authors: 2* (Lisa Genova, Neil Gaiman)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.1 - Short and Sweet - On Chesil Beach5.2 - Singles Awareness - Oprah, by Kitty Kelley
5.3 - Author with W,F,D,J or A - Caribou Island
5.4 - Its cold outside - Winter's Bone
5.7 - Red Cover -
5.8 - new series - Stargirl
5.9 - book with no L in author name - Unbearable Lightness and
10.9 - Last book in series - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
20.10 - Group read - The Giver
30.7 - Two YA books different genres - How to Say Goodbye in RobotMockingjay
15.10 - Any book for fun - Happy Ever After
Nicki STL
Points - 110
Carly50.1- Melanie's task: Land Among the Stars
A. Indigo's Star by Hilary McKay
B. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumb ... I rolled a 2.
C. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan ... I rolled a 3. The Lightning Thief is a retelling of the ancient Greek myths that include the gods Zeus, Poseidon, Hades etc... Its hard to compare to the original myths because its kind of like a continuation of the original stories.
Points This Task: 50
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 8
Tasks in Progress: 6
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 4313
15.4. Opposite Day Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family by Glenn Plaskin
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Points: 45
Total Points: 750
Tasks Completed: 45
Books Read: 60
Pages: 19,529
Here is one HUGE post with everything I've been up to for the last month or two. Sorry in advance to whoever has to wade through this!Readerboard name: Jennifer UT-175 points
5.6--It's all in the Numbers
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 48,010 ratings
10.1--Birthday Wishes
Something Borrowed, and is on Katie in Manchester, NH's 5-star books.
10.5--Mythical Creatures
Forgive My Fins features mermaids. Tera Lynn Childs is a Goodreads author.
10.8--Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
has a flower on the cover. Cyn Balog is a Goodreads author.10.9--Serial Killer
is the third book in the trilogy, and most recently published. Julie Kagawa is a Goodreads author.20.1--Groundhog's Day
I re-read
for my Feb. book club, which I'd read last April. I rated it 3 stars, but after reading it again I've now changed my rating to 4 stars. Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads author.20.5--Bigger is Better--Ashley in FL's Task
features a heroine named Sabrina who dresses up as a man and thieves so that she can support her family. She also sword fights, can wield a gun, and can kick just about any man's ass. While this maybe no be so weird for our time, this book takes place in the late 1700s. Sabrina refuses to conform to their idea of a proper lady.20.6--The Twenty-tens
Yelena is 25, and I am 28. Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads Author.20.7--Shorter is Sweeter
I LOVE the holidays, so I had to read a sad book. So I read Living Dead Girl, and it has a truly depressing ending. Elizabeth Scott is a Goodreads Author.
25.2--Thank You Moderators
The Maze Runner and Magic Study, both from Sandy's 2010 reads. James Dashner is a Goodreads author. Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author
30.7--Forever Young
Reign or Shine (paranormal, first in series. The main character is the daughter of Lucifer, and has to deal with that while being a high school student. 274 pages) Michelle Rowen is a Goodreads author.
The Deathday Letter (coming of age about a high school boy who discovers he only has 24 hours to live, so then he goes off and gets himself into all sorts of trouble so he can live a "full" life, 256 pages.) Shaun Hutchinson is a Goodreads author.
Gone (dystopian--all people over the age of 15 have disappeared, and they form their own really chaotic society. YA because no character is more than a young teenager. 558 pages. Michael Grant is a Goodreads author.
Total pages: 1088
And that is all for this challenge! I don't think anymore of the books I'll be finishing by the 28th will fit.
Points: 180
Total Points: 355
Goodreads Authors This Post: 10
Kathleen FL20.2:Winter Flowers Day:
Bloodroot
The flower, of course, is bloodroot:-)
Amy Greene is a Goodreads author.
Points: 20
Total Points: 315
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.5. “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…” A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
20.10 - Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Posted in discussion thread
Total Points to Date: 935
5.1 -- Short and SweetA Mom's Life -- at 122 pages, this was the shortest book on my TBR list
10.8 -- Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
-- he has a rose in his lapel and there's a bouquet of flowers behind her back20.6 -- The Twenty-tens
Old Boyfriends by Rexanne Becnel -- 3 of the main characters are in their 40s, as am I
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 450/975
Tasks Completed: 24/56
Tasks in Progress:
Books Read: 32
Books from my book shelves: 16
Erin NY5.3 Author's name/last name starts with WDJFA
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
25.4
A. Celtic mythology book
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
B. Book with flame or candle on cover
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
30.8
Rolled 4: Added to TBR in the last 6 Months
Dead to the World by ChArlaine Harris
Rolled 2: One of favorite genres: YA romance
Linger by MAggie Stiefvater
Current Total: 200
5.7 -- Happy New Year!: Read a book with a predominantly red colour.
by David Owen15.10 -- Keep it Simple: Read any book just for fun!
Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 55 points
KAREN OZTask 15.7 The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
Oliver Twist* by Charles Dickens
* claiming Big Book Ticket - 554 pages
Task 20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day
Bring the Monkey by Miles Franklin
Total this post: 35 points
Total to date: 595 points
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15.2 Beginnings and Endings
Best Beginnings: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Best Endings: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
15.10 Keep it Simple
Room by Emma Donoghue
New Total: 485