Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts) Showing 2,551-2,578 of 2,578

[Kristen]

KRISTEN MA:

My last few tasks of the Winter Challenge:

5.2 SINGLES AWARENESS DAY - Wake by Lisa McMann. *** Lisa McMann is a Goodreads Author. I would like to claim a GOOODREADS AUTHOR TICKET.***

15.10 KEEP IT SIMPLE - The Trouble With Magic by Madelyn Alt.

TOTAL POINTS: 305
TOTAL BOOKS: 23
TOTAL PAGES: 8181
TOTAL CHALLENGES COMPLETED: 18
GOODREADS AUTHORS: 6
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500 (3) 750 (0) 1000 (0)

[Kim]

I finished 10.7 by reading A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. It was reviewed on Book Page under the category of Fiction.

Total Points: 325

[Kim]

Readerboard Name - Kimber

25.5 SRC Tea Ceremony

Part A: Chose #1, You Are My Sunshine Flowering Tea.

Read Gathering Blueby Lois Lowry. Main character grows flowers and herbs used to dye threads for sewing.

Part B: Read Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz. (Word tea in title)

This task: 25
Tasks completed: 41
Total poins earned: 690
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book: 2/500+, 1/750+

That's it for me! This was my first challenge & it was soooo fun! I wish I could have finished it, but I'll be happy with as far as I'd gotten. Looking forward to the new Spring Challenge!! Thanks moderators and those who write the questions!

[Barbara VA]

Barbara VA

I am sorry to be posting so much tonight but I have honestly finished a whole bunch of tasks in our car driving to visit out of state this weekend and sitting in pubs listening to my son play drums with his band and read till 1:30! I love it!!!!

10.7 My Favorite Things
A cozy mystery set in Virginia featuring 2 of my favorite things - wine and the garden designs of Frederick Law Olmstead - The Viognier Vendetta by Ellen Crosby. She is a wonderful woman, great speaker and a Good Reads Author.

15.4 Opposite Day
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Best book I read for the Winter Challenge!

15.5 Never Get Involved In A Land War in Asia
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
This is the classic Russian Revolution and World War I book. Loved it for the 3rd time in 40 years.

30.2 Delicious Dee's Task - Looking For A Few Good Authors
James Michener is my favorite and I hold Chesapeake near and dear to my heart. I chose William Martin and his book Annapolis. To keep the Chesapeake theme going for my setting book I readJacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson. This also fills in another tick on my Newbery list.

30.7 Emily Kate's Task - Forever Young - This was my favorite task, even though to get to 800 pages I had to read 4 books and check quite a few requirements!

A. Stand Alone Book - Non Fiction - 13/14 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. My copy is from the early 60's and has 308 pages, not listed in the goodreads list.
B. Part of a Series - Romance - 18/19 - Anne of The Island by L.M. Montgomery. Book 3 in the Anne of Green Gables Series.
C. Coming Of Age - 14 - The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier. This book cme out in 1974 just after I graduated from an all girl Catholic High School that sold World's Finest and hated that month with a passion! It has taken me till now to be able to read the book. Jerry learns to stand up for himself as he refuses to sell and goes against the faculty and student Vigils.
D. Historic Fiction - 14 - Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. The story of the Yellow Fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793.

New Points - 90
Tasks Completed - 20
Books Read - 31
Pages Read - 9904
Big Books - 3
Goodreads Authors - 3
Points/Goal - 340/400

Did not meet my goal but I just started working so I guess I can give myself a break!

[Janet]

20.9 - President's Day

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - 146 pages

30.2 - Alphabetically Speaking

Amuse Bouche by Anthony Bidulka - 415 pages (my copy differs in number of pages from GR listing); GR author

Little Green Dresses: 50 Original Patterns for Repurposed Dresses, Tops, Skirts, and More by Tina Sparkles - 256 pages

This is my last posting in the Winter Challenge.

Points: 50
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 49
Pages: 14,469
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500(5)

[Casey]

Casey TN

Moderators - thank you for all you do to put these challenges together!

5.3 - Starts With...
I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo.

5.9 - Noel, Noel
I read Zoobreak by Gordon Korman.

This is my final post for the winter challenge.


Points This Post: 10
Total Points to Date: 535
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Joy Marie]

Joy Marie

*Thank you Moderators for everything!*

10.8 Promise her Anything, But Give Her...

Read

****Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author****

Total Points: 285
Goodreads Authors: 4

[Cindie]

30.7 Forever Young

I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (752 pages) and Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist



Final points: 450

On to Spring! Thanks, mods, for another great challenge!

[Beth F]

My final post for the challenge. Like others, I'd like to extend a huge gratitude to the mods - you ladies do a fantastic job! Thanks for all you do. :)

5.4 - it’s cold outside
Frostbite by Richelle Mead (Goodreads author)

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10.2 - happy birthday Jennifer N.
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads author)

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Points Claiming: 15
Total Points: 750

[Tracyj]

30.4 By the numbers
A. The last digit of my birth year is an even number, so I read Room by Emma Donoghue***
(author's last name starts with a D)
***Goodreads author***

B. The digits of my phone number added together totals the number 6 so I readThe Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano

15.10 - Keep it Simple - I read Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson


Points this post - 45

Tasks Completed - 12

Books Read - 19

TOTAL POINTS - 260

That's a wrap for me! See you in the spring challenge.

[Denise]

Okay - final post for the Winter Challenge!

Task 10.10 Top Ten List

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...

I chose Ms. Marple from the Top Ten Female Detectives list.

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

Pages - 192

Points - 10

Looking forward to the spring challenge.

[Sue]

I thought I was done but managed to get another one read today. Now I'm really done.

10.8 Promise her anything Red Lily by Nora Roberts - flowers on the cover.

Points this task: 10
Total Points: 795
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 55
GoodReads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)

[Sara ♥]

~Task 15.1 - Historical Fiction & Future Fiction -
The Affectionate Adversary by Catherine Palmer (12/28/10)
AND Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (2/22/11)

~Task 15.10 - Anything -
Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder *GOODREADS AUTHOR* (2/21/11)

~Task 20.3 - chucklesthescot - Magical Transformation -
The Angel Experiment by James Patterson *GOODREADS AUTHOR* (2/28/11)
(This series has bad guys who change from hot model-type guys to wolf-men.)

~Task 25.2 - Emily IN - 2 Moderator 2010 Books (Both from Sandy) -
Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder *GOODREADS AUTHOR* (2/14/11)
AND Sea Glass by Maria V. Snyder *GOODREADS AUTHOR* (2/18/11)

~Task 25.4 - Beth NC - Celtic Mythology & Fire Title -
Avalon High by Meg Cabot (1/16/11)
AND Pants on Fire by Meg Cabot (2/19/11)

~Task 25.5 - Valorie - A4 Castle Cover & "tea" in Title -
by Tatiana de Rosnay *GOODREADS AUTHOR* (2/9/11)
AND To Tease A Texan by Georgina Gentry (2/23/11)

~Task 30.3 - Dlmrose - Cold Country (Canada) & Christmas Spirit Title -
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (2/15/11)
AND A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (12/6/10)

~Task 30.5 - Emily ID - Oldest 10 TBR (old auth) & Newest 11 TBR (new auth) -
The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1/15/11)
AND How to Take the Ex Out of Ex-Boyfriend by Janette Rallison *GOODREADS AUTHOR* (2/28/11)

~Task 30.7 - Emily Kate - YA 800pp, diff genres -
Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass (2/27/11) - stand-alone/coming of age (326pp) - Considered YA because the three main characters are 13 years old; considered coming-of-age because the protagonists are primarily concerned with "discovering" themselves and gaining self-confidence.
AND The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (2/18/11) *BIG BOOK* - series/fantasy (553pp) - Considered YA because the three main characters are teenagers (15ish); considered fantasy because the protagonists are demigods and have to fight mythological bad guys along the way....

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FINAL STATS
Tasks Completed: 33/56
Books Read: 49/77
Pages Read: 15,768
Points Earned: 730/945

[Riona]

Getting in a couple more just before the buzzer!

15.2 Beginnings & Endings
Best Beginnings List: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Best Endings: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde


50.1 Land Among the Stars
I rolled two 4s!
A) Night by Elie Weisel
B) Phoenix (Future/SciFi) - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
C) David Boreanaz as Angel (Fantasy/Paranormal) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling



Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 27
Total Books: 41
Pages Read: 14,032
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)




And with that, I'm done with the winter challenge! I didn't so as well as I had hoped, but I still got lots of reading done! Thanks to the task creators and moderators for a great challenge!

[Lisa P]

LISA NC

15.10 Keep it Simple - read book just for fun!

The Matchmakers by Jennifer Colgan

This post: 15 points
Total: 165 points

[Rachel]

RACHEL CA: 410 points total

15.04 OPPOSITE DAY I chose option B (I used the opposite words “up” and “down”)

Growing Up with Two Languages by Una Cunningham-Andersson
Gifts 2: How People with Down Syndrome Enrich the World by Kathryn Lynard Soper

Points for this post: 15
Total points: 410
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 34
Books read by Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[RedSycamore]

5.2 -- Singles Awareness Day -- Room by Emma Donoghue

**Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads author
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15.10 -- Keep it Simple -- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author
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30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11

Oldest 10 books to read -- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

New Author -- Money: God or Gift? by Jamie Munson

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50.1 -- Midpoint Task -- Land Among the Stars

50.1.1 -- Words (Moon) -- Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 1 by Lian Hearn

50.1.2 -- Roll(1):Favorites List -- The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
***Claiming Big Book ticket x3: 1,046 pgs

50.1.3 -- Roll(4):Fantasy -- The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
***Claiming Big Book ticket x1: 624 pgs

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This post:
100 points
2 GR authors
2 Big Books

[Jayme Pendergraft]

Points This Post: 20
Jayme VA

Big thank you to the moderators!!

30.5 A: Out with the Old: The End of Manners: A Novel by Francesca Marciano

30.5 B: In with the New: Resistance by Anita Shreve

Total Points in Challenge: 400
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 14
Pages Read: 8977
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)

[Karen Michele]

Here's my final task for this challenge and I'd like to add my thanks for keeping this challenge going!

25.1 — Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire…

Edgy YA: Authors with poetic style appealing to the emotions. I read:

Wasteland by Francesca Lia Block

Illyria by Elizabeth Hand

+25




Points this Post: 25
Final Grand Total: 725

[Erin (NY)]

Erin NY

My final post! I also would like to thank the moderators. You, ladies do an amazing job! (AND read so much on top of it as well!)

Without further ado...

5.8 New to you series
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

* Cassandra Clare is a goodreads author

15.1 Historical fiction AND a future/sci-fi
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
The Children of Men by P.D. James

* Jennifer Donnelly is a goodreads author

25.1 Two books from favorite genre, I picked YA
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson

* Jandy Nelson is a goodreads author
* Laurie Halse Anderson is a goodreads author

30.7 YA books from different genres
Both are considered YA because the main characters are teenagers.
Coming of Age: Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen. It is coming of age because the main character finds how to live without her mother and how to become independent. MC is 17.
Paranormal: City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare. It is paranormal because there are all sorts of fantastical beasts in the book: shodowhunters, vampires, warlock, demons, etc. MCs are 16-18.
Total num pages: 875

* Sarah Dessen is a goodreads author
* Cassandra Clare is a goodreads author

Final Challenge Stats:
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 15
Pages Read: 6769
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 7

[Juli]

5.6 It's All in the Numbers
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer. Book has more over 25,000 GR Ratings.

10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
. Book has candy on the cover.

15.8 A Festivus for the Rest of Us
His Lady Mistress by Elizabeth Rolls

Points: 30
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 28
Pages: 9,319
Goodreads Authors: 2* (Lisa Genova, Neil Gaiman)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Rach]

Here are my last 2 tasks for the challenge!

20.5. Larger Than Life

The Falcon at the Portal by Elizabeth Peters

For those who've never read any of the books in the Amelia Peabody series, Amelia is a woman who is certainly larger than life - in a era (turn of the 1900s) where women weren't considered the equals of men, Amelia insisted on being given respect as an Egyptologist, and often broke from tradition, wearing pants while on their excavation site. Scandalous! :)



30.7. Forever Young

Book 1: Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz - series/paranormal (256 pages) - Considered YA because the main characters are high school age (16-17), paranormal because they are also vampires

Book 2: Heist Society by Ally Carter - series/mystery/suspense (287 pages) - Considered YA because the protagonist (Kat) is 15, mystery because she is trying to figure out who really stole paintings her father is being blamed for and clear his name

Book 3: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - stand alone/coming of age (341) - Considered YA because the protagonist (Sam) is a high school student, coming of age because she has to examine what's important in her life and make tough choices about her future and what she can do to positively effect others before she goes.
*** Goodreads author



FINAL TOTALS:
Points: 355
Tasks completed: 20

[Rachel]

RACHEL CA: 505 points total (last post!)

I've had to rearrange some of my books (from tasks with multiple books that I didn't complete the other half of) to other tasks. Happily, the only switch from a task I've already posted is the first one. The others are straightforward, new posts.

I am moving "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling from 10.02 to

5.02 SINGLES AWARENESS DAY

"Kim" by Rudyard Kipling

My NEW 10.02 book is:

10.02 ORIENT EXPRESS

"Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An)", translated by Robert Hans van Gulik from an unknown Chinese author (set in China)

The rest of these are straightforward.

10.07 MY FAVORITE THINGS

"Catching Fire", Suzanne Collins (genre is "Teen")

10.10 TOP TEN LISTS

"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" Agatha Christie (John Curran: Top 10 Agatha Christie mysteries)

20.06 THE TWENTY-TENS

"The Double Comfort Safari Club" Alexander McCall Smith (Grace Makutsi is in her 30s)

Alexander McCall Smith is a GOODREADS AUTHOR

20.07 CHRISTMAS FUZZIES...OR NOT

"The Christmas Box" Richard Paul Evans (I cried during this book--the death of one of the characters and its effect on another was hard for me to handle even thinking about)

30.06 LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD…AUTHORS

4) "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" Laura Hillenbrand (Laura Ingalls Wilder)

AND

5) "Doctor Zhivago" Boris Pasternak (originally pub. 1957, Laura Ingalls Wilder died that year)

Points for this post: 95 (doesn’t include points from 10.02, which has already been counted in a previous post, and now has a different book attached to it)
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 41
Books read by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

[Jen]

Jen UT

30.2 - Alphabetically Speaking

Book A: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
Book B: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

10.7 - My Favorite Things

The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
Genre: Children's Chapter

Total Points: 145
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 13

[Jen]

Jen UT

15.7 - The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?

The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket in The Book was Better than the Movie

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not

LOVE this time of year: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

Total Points: 180
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 15

[Willow]

Task# 10.3 - Sláinte! To Your Health!

Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Live A Longer More Enjoyable Life by Joel Fuhrman


Task# 10.5 - Chinese Dragon Dance

Need by Carrie Jones

Carrie Jones is a Goodreads Author

Mythical Creature: Pixie


Task# 15.8 - A Festivus for the Rest of Us!

The Singer of All Songs by Kate Constable

My pet peeve is people singing the wrong lyrics to songs and refusing to believe you when you tell them what the real lyrics are. My husband does this all the time! He continues to sing incorrect lyrics even after I have politely (and sometimes not so politely) corrected him.


Task# 15.10 - Keep it Simple

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry


Task# 20.3 - Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman

Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

~ human into mythical creature/monster - vampire


Task# 20.4 - Author! Author! Tani's task- Game On!

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester


Task# 20.5 - Bigger is Better

The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber

Leanna Renee Hieber is a Goodreads Author

Task# 20.6 - Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author


Task# 20.9 - Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day

Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce

Jackson Pearce is a Goodreads Author

President: Andrew Jackson


Task# 25.1 - Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...

As You Wish by Jackson Pearce

Jackson Pearce is a Goodreads Author

and

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads Author


Ticket# 25.3 - Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010

A) Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Becca Fitzpatrick is a Goodreads Author

2010 was the first year I really stated attending book club with the other wives of law school students, sadly the club ended in 2010 as well. This was a recommendation from one of the girls that I never see anymore. She loved this book so much. I only read it because of those good book club memories.

B) The Haunted by Jessica Verday

Jessica Verday is a Goodreads Author


Task # 25.4 - Beth NC's task – IMBOLC

Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr is a Goodreads Author

and

The Healer's Keep by Victoria Hanley


Task# 30.4 - Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers

Book A) The Waterless Sea by Kate Constable

Odd birth year

Book B) The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley


Task# 30.7 - Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young

The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson

Melanie Dickerson is a Goodreads Author

Historical Fiction

and

Crescendo(Hush, Hush, #2) by Becca Fitzpatrick

Becca Fitzpatrick is a Goodreads Author

Romance/Paranormal


Task# 30.8 - Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season

1) 2: Read a book from one of your favorite genres.

The Hollow by Jessica Verday

513 pages claiming Big Book ticket

Jessica Verday is a Goddreads Author

2) 4: Read a book you've added to your TBR list in the last 6 months

Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters


Task# 50.1 - Melanie's task: Land Among the Stars

A) The Tenth Power by Kate Constable

B) Ursa Major: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author

C)David Boreanaz as.. Angel: Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley

Points this post: 365
Total points to date: 365

[Joanie]

Two more tasks done just under the wire!

15.9 Warm Up
Read Hungry for Happiness by James Villas which is set in Texas.

25.5 Tea Ceremony
A. 5 Kyoto Tea. Read Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain who is a chef.
B. Read Death by Darjeeling A Tea Shop Mystery by Laura Child's

Total:265

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

And that's all, folks!

See you in the spring challenge!