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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
BLUEMOON15.2 - GREAT BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS - From the great beginnings list I read Whose Body? (2.5*). And from the great endings I read The Great Gatsby (3*).
15.10 - KEEP IT SIMPLE - Homestead (2*)
25.1 - CHESTNUTS ROASTING - One of my favorite genres is historical fiction. So I read Cleopatra's Daughter (4*) and The Tsarina's Daughter (4*).
30.8 - THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON - My first die was a 1 so I read The Christmas Basket by Debbie Macomber one of my favorite authors. My second die was a 2 so I read The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn as one of my favorite genres is historical fiction.
I think that will do it for me this challenge. Congrats to all those that finished or will finish in the next couple of days.
Michelle Moran and Rosina Lippi are goodreads authors.
This will give me an additional 85 points and bring my total to 570.
Didn't finish this time, but I am proud of how close I came. It has been a busy season.Congrats to everyone for their awesome reading!!!!!
10.2 ORIENT EXPRESS - The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
This book is set in China
15.3 FROM A TO Z -
15.3a. Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
15.3b The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
****Big Book - 531 pages***
15.4 OPPOSITE DAY -
15.4a Demon Rumm by Sandra Brown
****GoodReads Author****
15.4b Angel in the Front Room, Devil Out Back by Stanford Diehl
15.5 NEVER GET INVOLVED IN A LAND WAR IN ASIA - Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
****Big Book - 531 pages***
15.8 A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US - Crafting the Body Divine: Ritual, Movement and Body Art by Yasmine Galenorn
My pet peeve is people who judge others based on their body size.
25.2 THANK YOU MODERATORS -
25.2a Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
This was from Kristi's shelf
25.2b The Cat Dancers by P.T. Deutermann
This was from DLMRose's shelf
25.5 SRC TEA CEREMONY -
25.5a Pomegranate Soup: A Novel by Marsha Mehran
I chose Kiyoto Lemon Tea. This book is about 3 sistrs who open a restaurant in Ireland
25.5b The Devil's Teardrop by Jeffery Deaver
30.4 - BY THE NUMBERS -
30.4a Cross Fire by James Patterson
****GoodReads Author****
30.4b The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
My phone number added up to 6
****GoodReads Author****
Points: 150
Tasks: 8
Books: 13
Pages 5078
GR Authors: 3
Big Books 500+: 2
Total Points: 820
Total Tasks: 49
Total Books: 65
Total Pages 24543
GR Authors: 11
Big Books 500+: 8
Big Books 750+: 1
25.4 -- Beth NC's task - IMBOLCFor this task read a book that is about or based on Celtic Mythology.
The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
AND
Read a book with a candle or flame(s)/fire on the cover or in the title (or series name).
The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus by John Emsley
(both books approved in the thread for this task)
This Post: 25
Total Points: 950
Tasks Completed: 53
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (1), 1000+ (1)
30.1 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W TaskSometimes things really are just Black and White! For this task you will need to read two books.
I read White House Pet Detectives
and Through Black Spruce
This post: 30
Total points: 420
Tasks Completed: 24
Goodreads authors: 5
Pages read: 9865
books read: 32
Big Books 500+ (1) 750+ (1)
10.8A Map of the Known World by Lisa Ann Sandell*
*Lisa Ann Sandell is a goodreads author
Final points = 695
Chris FL50.1
A. Nightwatch - Sergei Lukyanenko
B. 1. The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
C. 4- fantasy/paranormal - The Passage - Justin Cronin (BIG BOOK 750+)
30.9
A. Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston
B. Half Broke Horses- Jeanette Walls
30.8
A. 2- Memoirs of a Geisha- Arthur Golden (historial fiction)
B. 4- Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - Helen Simonson
(*GOODREADS AUTHOR)
30.7
1. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan (Heroes of Olympus #1)
Fantasy 553 pgs YA Because the main characters are all teenagers (~15) and fantasy because the universe the story takes place in includes Greek/Roman fictional monsters.
(BIG BOOK 500+)
2. Will Grayson, Will Grayson - John Green and David Levithan stand alone (Sub Issue: homosexuality) 310 pgs YA because the characters are all in high school; sub issue because the plot of the book revolves around the accepting of a main character (Tiny) as gay.
30.4 1. 1989 Earth (the book)- Jon Stewart
2. 7 The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
25.4
1. Vellum - Hal Duncan
One of the main characters in Irish and several Irish traditions and folklore beliefs (like leprechauns) are part of Duncan's complex multi-dimensional universe.
2. Fire - Kristin Cashore
25.3
1. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Steig Larsson
I went camping for the first time this December. We made a campfire, and being a female pyro, I played in it and lit things on fire (sticks, hot dogs, marshamallows, lighters).
2. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Steig Larsson (I read his trilogy this year.)
25.2
Sandy
The Help - Kathryn Stockett (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson
25.1
Daywatch & Duskwatch -Sergei Lukyanenko
genre: Paranormal/Russian folklore
20.10
The Giver
20.7
I hate the holidays. Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk was hilarious.
20.5
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
(BIG BOOK 750+)
20.4
1. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
Within the whole Hunger Games world, I definitely was on Katniss's side and rooting for her efforts by the last book and she definitely had a cause.
15.10
The Swan Thieves - Elizabeth Kostova (BIG BOOK 500+)
And that's all folks.
-Chris FL
Points:365
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 750-2 500-2
5.2 Specials by Scott Weterfeld5.10 Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days by Jared Cade
10.5 Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr Fae
15.1 Number the Stars by Lois Lowrt for historical fiction
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
20.8 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame Smith
25.3 The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman went to zoo with my daughter
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
25.4 The Creatures of Celtic Myth by Bob Curran
The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado
30.3 The Musician's Daughter by Suzanne Dunlap-Vienna Austria
The Choclate Magic by Zelda Benjamin
30.4 Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt birth year is odd
Heist Society by Ally Carter phone #2
30.5 The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun
Beautiful Joe by (Margaret) Marshall Saunders
30.10 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Japan
Miss Chopsticks by Xinran
Total Points:660
LDB30.4 BY THE NUMBERS
A. My birth year is even, so I read:
Père Goriot by Balzac (last name starts with a "B")
B. My phone number gave me the single digit of "9", so I read:
Culture Shock! Nepal: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette (9 words when subtitle is included)
I had hoped to get further this challenge but it just didn't happen. I am in awe of all those who can even make it halfway to finishing this challenge! But, I will strive to beat my score for the Spring challenge.
Total points: 75
Books read: 5
Tasks done: 3
Pages read: 1,549
15.7 The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett- Book better than the movie + Big book ticket (+750 pages)15.10 Elefantpassernes børn by Peter Høeg
Total Big Books: 1
Total points: 110
Miriam25.1 Chestnuts Roasting
I chose poetry and read
Nox - Anne Carson
If There is Something to Desire: One Hundred Poems - Vera Pavlova
Total Points: 320
CathyNJ -Task 25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
- Sandy read this book
- Dlmrose read this book
Jenny Chicago Task 15.4 Opposite Day
For this task I read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Points this task 15
Total Points 185
Good Reads Authors 4
Big Books 2
5.8 1st in a SeriesI read Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo (Kate Burkholder series).
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 29
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books:
Total Pages: 8760
Readerboard Name: Kimber15.3 From A to Z
Book A. Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
Book B. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
This task: 15
Tasks completed: 40
Total points earned: 655
Goodreads authors: 12
Big Book: 2/500+, 1/750+
Casey TN5.10 - About the Author
I read Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss.
20.9 - President's Day
I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points to Date: 515
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I completed Task 50.1 (Land Among The Stars) by reading:Tender Is the Night (word = "night")
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family (I rolled a 2 and this book is on the Kin list)
The Last Battle (I rolled a 1 and this book is on Page 5 of the Classics list)
This is my last task for the Challenge.
Total Points: 420
15.1 Time After Time.A. Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China
- Goodreads Author ticket for Jeanne Larsen
B. Friday
Points: 15
Total Points: 450
Total GR Authors: 9
Total Books Read: 38
Total Tasks Completed: 27
Total Big Books: 1 (500+)
15.3
From A to Z
A: A Storm of Swords
B: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
New points: 15
Total points: 635
From A to Z
A: A Storm of Swords
B: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
New points: 15
Total points: 635
Joy Marie10.10 Top Ten Lists
The top ten list I used was Jennifer Lynn Barnes's list of the "Top 10 Supernatural Families"
Read :Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
Total Points: 275
Goodreads Authors: 3
Stacey
I think I'm done with all the reading I can do this month, alas! So, a bit of task-shuffling to maximize points for the reading I did:
50.1 Land Among the Stars (50 new points)
Books B and C are new, but I'm shifting book A from task 25.1, where I'd previously had it.
A: Towers of Midnight
B:
(rolled a 5 - animal on cover)
C:
(rolled a 2 - thriller)
25.1: Keeping the same # of points
Since I transferred Towers of Midnight away from this task, I'm swapping in
, previously at 10.7, also an epic fantasy novel.
20.8: Inauguration Day (new points)
(word: white)
10.7: Losing these 10 points, having shifted the book to a higher-point task.
New points: 60 (50 + 20 - 10)
Total points: 695
I think I'm done with all the reading I can do this month, alas! So, a bit of task-shuffling to maximize points for the reading I did:
50.1 Land Among the Stars (50 new points)
Books B and C are new, but I'm shifting book A from task 25.1, where I'd previously had it.
A: Towers of Midnight
B:
(rolled a 5 - animal on cover)C:
(rolled a 2 - thriller)25.1: Keeping the same # of points
Since I transferred Towers of Midnight away from this task, I'm swapping in
, previously at 10.7, also an epic fantasy novel.20.8: Inauguration Day (new points)
(word: white)10.7: Losing these 10 points, having shifted the book to a higher-point task.
New points: 60 (50 + 20 - 10)
Total points: 695
Task 25.2 Thank you moderators Chosen 2 books from Sandy's 2010 book list
Uglies
and Jane Eyre
Can't put the cover of my copy of the book on as it was published in 1848 and doesn't have an ISBN number can it still count for this challenge task.
Total tasks 11
Total points 210
Big book points 500 (2)
Hettie25.1 -- Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
Two books from sci-fi/fantasy
Pegasus in Flight and Pegasus in Space
30.3 -- HO! HO! HO!
A The Guides of the Chalet School by Jane Berry
This book is based in Austria
B A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Word used: Christmas
30.4 -- By the Numbers
A The Ruby Knight by David Eddings
The last year of my birth is odd so i used E
B Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War byKate Adie
My phone number added up to 6
Points this post: 85
Total points so far 145
30.4: My birth year is odd, so I read Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff. My phone number added up to 5, so I read In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar.Points This Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 350
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 12
Pages Read: 8257
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)
I apologize for the long post - my laptop has been broken and it had my spreadsheet out of commission for close to a month.Task 5.5 Blast From the Past
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 240
Points - 5
Task 5.7 Happy New Year
by Agatha ChristiePages - 124
Points - 5
Task 10.1 Birthday Wishes
Rated 5 Stars on Mikiwilla's Shelf
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Pages - 152
Points - 10
Task 10.3 Slainte!
The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Sleep Disorders by Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer
Pages - 224
Points - 10
Task 10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Pages - 351
Points - 10
Task 10.6 Cookie Exchange
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Pages - 436
Points - 10
Task 10.8 Promise Her Anything
by Sarah DessenSarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 374
Points - 10
Task 15.1 Time after Time
Book A - Stranger by Zoe Archer
Zoe Archer is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 463
Book B - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Pages - 384
Points - 15
Task 15.4 Opposite Day
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
Pages - 368
Points - 15
Task 15.6 Begins with Q, Alex
Brood of the Witch-Queen by Sax Rohmer
Pages 184
Points - 15
Task 15.7 The Book is Always Better
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
Rebecca Wells is a Goodreads Author
The book was definitely better than the movie.
Pages - 400
Points - 15
Task 20.1 MIP - Groundhog Day
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I enjoyed this book much better than when I read it the first time. Twenty years of perspective can do that I guess.
Pages - 244
Points - 20
Task 20.2 Winter Flowers Day
Daisy Chain: A Novel by Mary E. DeMuth
Mary DeMuth is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 352
Points - 20
Task 20.7 Christmas Fuzzies... or Not
Love Christmas so I read a sad book.
Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes
Pages - 384
Points - 20
Task 20.9 Presidents Day
Fever Dream by Lincoln Child Douglas Preston
Pages - 400
Points - 20
Task 25.1 Chestnuts Roasting
Book A - Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger
Lisa Unger is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 384
Book B - Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
Pages - 400
Points - 25
Task 25.2 Thank You Moderators
Book A - Sandy - The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Pages - 516
Big Book
Book B - dlmrose - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 235
Points - 25
Task 25.4 IMBOLC
Book A - The Paradise War by Stephen R. Lawhead
Pages - 400
Book B - The Fire Lord's Lover by Kathryne Kennedy
Pages - 384
Points - 25
Task 30.1 The B&W Task
Book A - A Knight and White Satin by Jackie Ivie
Pages - 352
Book B - The Black Knight by Connie Mason
Pages - 390
Points - 30
Task 30.3 Ho! Ho! Ho!
Book A - Fire and Ice by Dana Stabenow
Dana Stabenow is a Goodreads Author
Pages 304
Book B - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Pages 104
Points - 30
Task 30.8 In the Spirit of the Season
Book A - Rolled 5
Aphrodite's Kiss by Julie Kenner
Julie Kenner is a Goodreads author
Pages - 352
Book B - Rolled 4
Isabeau, A Novel of Queen Isabella and Sir Roger Mortimer by N. Gemini Sasson
N. Gemini Sasson is a Goodreads Author.
Pages - 422
Points - 30
Task 30.10 In Honor of Asian Authors
Book A - Petals from the Sky by Mingmei Yip
Author was born in China.
Pages - 352
Book B - Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Author was born in China.
Pages - 544
Big Book
Points - 30
15.5 "Never get involved in a land war in Asia..."In the Shadow of War: Memories of a Soldier and Therapist
Points: 15
Total Points: 465
Total Books Read: 39
Total Tasks Completed: 28
No change in GR Authors (9) or Big Books tickets (1 - 500+)
Brenda WI10.10 Guardian Top Ten - keeping with the Asian theme, I chose Hilary Spurling's Top Ten Unputdownable Chinese Books. I chose The Good Earth
10 pts + 265 previous = 275 total (I was hoping for 300, but maybe next time.) Another good Seasonal Reading Challenge comes to an end :(
Mod
rolled a 4 and a 5
read How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles
read The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them by E. Lockhart
Points this task 30
Total points 675
Tasks Completed: 32
Books read 48
Total pages: 13974
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Lisa MDThis will be my last post for the winter challenge. Congrats to all the finishers and thanks to all the organizers!
COMPLETED TASKS:
5.3 -- Starts With... - "D"
The New Abs Diet Cookbook: Hundreds of Powerfood Meals That Will Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life by David Zinczenko READ 2.23.11
15.10 - Keep it Simple
Butchers Hill READ 1.22.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day
Compass Rose READ 2.26.11
25.1 -- Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire... - "General Fiction"
A. Girl in Translation Jean Kwok READ 2.7.11
GOODREADS AUTHOR
B. Outside Wonderland READ 2.11.11
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... Authors
One of my favorite authors - Kathryn Stockett
A. The Elegance of the Hedgehog READ 2.23.11 Rolled a 6
B. My Name is Mary Sutter READ 2.16.11 Rolled a 3
Stockett's "The Help" and "My Name is Mary Sutter " were both set in the United States
TASKS COMPLETED: 33
POINTS COMPLETED: 625/975
BOOKS READ: 45
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 1
GOODREADS AUTHORS: 13
Finished my final task50 - Land Among The Stars
A. I read My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One Night Stands by Chelsea Handler. Subtitles were approved for this task. A pretty funny read. I gave it 4*.
B. I rolled a 2 so I read The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan. Fantastic - I gave it 5*.
C. I rolled a 6 so I read Matterhorn by Karl Malantes. Another excellent 5* read.
Matterhorn is BIG BOOK at over 500 pages.
Total Points: 350 + 50 = 400
10.5 Chinese Dragon DanceMythical Creatures List: Angels
Torment by Lauren Kate
Goodreads Author
+10 Points
20.8 -Inauguration Day
House in Title
Great House by Nicole Krauss
+20 Points
Total this Post = 30
Grand Total = 700
This is my final post for the Winter Challenge.20.3 Frosty the Snowman
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
This Post: 20
Total Points: 390
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 5 (James Patterson, Alexander McCall Smith, Margaret Atwood, M J Rose, Rachel Kenley)
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Heather Mac30.6 Looking For A Few Good Authors
A.Winter Prey by John Sandford - 343 pages
B.One for the Money by Janet Evanovichs - 320 pages
I rolled a 6 and used Kathy Reichs as favorite to map - 30pts
30.10 In Honor of Asian Authors
A.Death of a Red Heroine by Qia Xiaolong - 464 pages
The author was born in Shanghai, China
B.Out by Natsuo Kirino - 400 pages
The author is Japanese - 30pts
50.1 Land Among the Stars
A.Night Prey by John Sandford - 448 pages
Has the word night in the title
B.Sins of the Fathers by Lawrence Block - 304 pages
Rolled 2 - Kin. Has the word father in the title
C.Likely to Die by Linda Fairstein - 448 pages
Rolled 2 - Sean Connery. Book is a mystery/thriller - 50pts
Points: 110
Total Points: 580
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 7
Pages: 2727
Grand Total Points: 580/975
Total Books Read: 43
Total Pages Read: 14721
Tasks Completed: 30/56
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 1 (500+)
25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
Read two books that were read by a moderator of the SRC group in 2010.
1)From Dlmrose: The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce #2) (2010) by Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 364 pages)
And
2) From Kristi: The Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin (Paperback, 196 pages)
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 490 + 25 = 515
Books read: 40
Pages Read: 14,089
Read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(3) 500+
(0) 750 +
(1) 1000 +
Readerboard Name: StacyCT5.1 - Short and Sweet
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (120 pages)
Task Points: 5
10.8 - Promise Her Anything, But Give Her
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (flowers on the cover)Task Points: 10
15.10 - Keep It Simple
Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
Task Points: 15
20.4 - Game On
This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers by Elizabeth Merrick (I rolled a 5 - "Board and Card Games")
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 29
Total Points Earned: 490
Total Books Read: 38
Pages Read: 12075
GoodReads Authors: 5 (Jeffrey Zaslow; Kathryn Stockett; Margaret Atwood (x2); Neil Gaiman)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(4), 750+(1), 1000+()
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 10.9 Serial Killers by reading "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins.
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 21
Big Books: (500) 2, (750) 1
GR Authors: Laurie Halse Anderson, Maggie Stiefvater
Grand Total: 210/975
Done - Made it.30.6 Looking for a few good authors
My favorite author was David Baldacci - 13 letters
A. Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey - also 13 letters
B. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritson - from David Baldacci's lit map and a 1st time author for me
50.1 Land Among the Stars
A. keyword night -- Night by Elie Wiesel
B. rolled 5 - Animal in plot -- Dog on It by Spencer Quinn (private invesigator partnered with a dog)
C. rolled 2 mystery/thriller --Haunting Rachel by Kay Hooper
Points this post = 80
Total Points = 975
Total Tasks =56
Total Books = 77
Total Pages = 21,829
congrats Helen!! can't wait to see your task!
20.4 Author! Author!I rolled a "2". Fantasy.
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Harry Dresden is a wizard.
Total points 105.
This will be it for me.
Casey TN10.10 - Top Ten Lists
From the list, Laura Lippman’s Top 10 Memorable Memoirs, I read Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points to Date: 525
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 25.5 - SRC Tea Ceremony
For part A, I chose China Moon Palace Tea and read Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. The book had a prince as well as a group of girls competing to become a princess.
For part B, I read Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind: Thoughts on Teacherhood, by Phillip Done.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 595
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 46
Pages read: 13521
Goodreads authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Task 10.8 - Promise her anything, but give her...
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier (he is wearing a wedding band)
Task points = 10
Challenge total = 440
STACIE MITask 25.2 - Thank You Moderators
From Sandy's list I read Coraline by Neil Gaiman, who is a Goodreads author!
From Cynthia's list I read The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen, who is also a Goodreads Author!
Points this task: 25
Total points: 620
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 48
Pages read: 13976
Goodreads authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.2 - Orient Express
I read Murder On the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 49
Pages read: 14188
Goodreads authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
10.7 - My Favorite ThingsRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella - 409 pages; Genre: Romance/Contemporary
30.10 - In Honour of Asian Writers
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing: From the Files of Vish Puri, Most Private Investigator by Tarquin Hall - 288 pages; GR author; lives in Delhi
Midnight at the Dragon Cafe by Judy Fong Bates - 328 pages; author born in China
Points: 40
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
Pages: 13,652
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500(5)
STACIE MITask 20.8 - Inauguration Day
I read I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 650
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 50
Pages read: 14491
Goodreads authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
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Last post of the Winter Challenge
5.2 Singles Awareness
Dust by Joan Frances Turner. I really did not like this book.
10.5 Chinese Dragon
How to Be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell Dragons are a main part of the plot
15.9 Warm up (takes place in the south)
Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich I love the Stephanie Plum series, but her romanances don't have the same feel--not so much fun.
That gives me a final score of
Points: 300
Books Read: 24
Challenges Completed: 18
Pages Read: 7741
Looking forward to Spring