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WINTER CHALLENGE 2010-2011: ASIA
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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
Bluemoon wrote: "10.5 - CHINESE DRAGON DANCE - Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George which features, trolls, gargoyles, selkies, fauns and other mythical creatures. I did n..."Forgot to claim my Big Book ticket for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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CHRISTINE USTask 15.5 Opposites
Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl's Guide to Why it Often Sucks in the City, or Who are These Idiots and Why Do They All Live Next Door to Me? by Jen Lancaster
Disney after Dark by Ridley Pearson
Opposites: dark/light
Total: 75
5.6 - It's all in the NumbersThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5.9 - Noel, Noel
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
20.5 - Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Points: 30
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Diane 15.10 - Keep it Simple
February 27 is “No Brainer Day.” Let’s wind up the winter challenge with a book that’s just for fun – a book that you read just because you want to! -
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich.
Total Points: 225/975
Tasks Completed: 16/56
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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5.10 -- About the Author Read a book about an author or about writing.
Once Again to Zelda: The Stories Behind Literature's Most Intriguing Dedications (2008) by Marlene Wagman-Geller (Hardcover, 313 pages) *explicitly approved*
10 + 5 = 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Points for this task: 5
Points thus far: 15
Books read: 2
Pages Read: 569
Read but not claimed: 3
10.10 - Top TenI chose the Time Travel List, and read
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
30.1 - Black and White
Blackbriar by William Sleator
The White House: Actors and Observers by William Seale
Totals:
Points Claimed this post: 40
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 4461
20.10 Group ReadDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
Commented in the discussion post.
500+ pages - Big Book Ticket
Points this task: 20
Total points: 45
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Lavendarlol 15.8 Pet Peeves
Waiting For You
Waiting is one of my pet peeves.
Task points: 15
Total points: 40
5.8 - Here's to a New BeginningRaven Black: Book One of the Shetland Island Quartet by Ann Cleeves
Total Points to Date 55
Joy Marie25.5 Valorie's Task - SRC Tea Ceremony
I chose the Kiyoto Lemon Tea and read
Simmer Down by Jessica Park
and for Part B
Steamed by Jessica Park
**I am also claiming 2 Goodreads author tickets because Jessica Park is a goodreads author and both books were written by her.**
Total Points: 55
Goodreads Authors: 2
Loved this task, loved both the books (Sarah Addison Allen is brilliant), and a big thank you to all the mods :)25.2 Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
(Thanks Kristi!)
AND
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
(Thanks Sandy!)
*Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads author*
Total points: 100
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 3
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2747
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 30.9 Happy 80th Birthday
a) A book first published in the 1930's
First published 1932
b) A book a mother would like
Total Points: 90 Points
Task 30.9 Happy 80th Birthday
a) A book first published in the 1930's
First published 1932
b) A book a mother would like
Total Points: 90 Points
Joanna TTask 10.7 My Favorite Things (Bookpage)
Great House by Nicole Krauss -- Genre = Fiction
+10 Task
Grand Total = 60
Kate.x.25.4 Imbolc -
I read Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" which is about Irish Fairiesn and in the Celtic mythology list.
I also read "Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59...
Which has a lit match (hence flame) on the front cover. I could not find the correct edition in the Goodreads page so I have included the one most like in the link.
Total Points = 60
Finished:20.2 Rookie at the Top: Winter Flowers Day
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani 377 pp.
This would also be good for Asian setting and author tasks--Iran.
20.3 Best Review Contest: Frosty the Snow Man
The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt 451 pp We have Werewolves.
30.4 Donna Jo's Task: By the Numbers:
A. I was born in 1942 so I read
Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman 275 pp
B. My phone number adds up to 7 so I read
The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise by Garret Keizer
Today's total: 70
Grand total: 215
Total pages read: 5734
Jenny ChicagoTask 5.3 Starts with W,D,J,F, or A
I read Charming Billy by Alice McDermott
Points this Post 5
Total Points 10
Goodreads Authors 1
Big Books
Task 20.1 Groundhog DayRe-read Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Originally rated 2 stars, unfortunately didn't change my rating!
Total points this task: 20
Total points to date: 90
Goodreads Authors this post: 0
Big Books Tickets this post: 0
Total GR Authors to date: 1
Total BB Tickets to date: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 2815
Jennifer OH5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers
The two most populous countries in the world are both in Asia. Read a book that has a lot (over 25,000) of Goodreads ratings. Examples: The Joy Luck Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Outsiders
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson read 12-11 *644 pages
5.9 -- Noel, Noel
Read a book with NO "L" in the title and NO "L" in the author name. Examples: Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich, Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer read 12-1
20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman
In Christmas films we often see snowmen magically coming to life. For this task, read a book where a magical transformation takes place using any of these scenarios:
~ human turning into animal-ie dog, cat, wolf (werewolf), bird etc. Book examples- Fluke, Bitten.
~ human into other human-ie boy into girl, parent into child etc. Book example: Freaky Friday.
~ human into mythical creature/monster-ie demon, zombie, vampire, or ghost. Book example: Some Girls Bite.
~ human discovers previously unknown powers: god, witch, wizard, or superhero. Book example: The Lightning Thief, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
~ inanimate object comes to life- ie gargoyle, mannequin, statue etc.
Optional: Tell us which creature would you most like to turn into and why?
Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister read 12-13 humans who turn in to dragons
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not
Plenty of people think the holidays are a time of joy, wonder, and good spirit. For others, that spirit isn’t quite so warm and fuzzy. Predictably, these two groups don’t exactly appreciate each other. One thing I was taught as a child was to “rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep.” In the spirit of compassion (an important part of that holiday magic!), try wearing the other side’s ugly sweater for a bit.
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. If you feel I’m evil and Scrooge-like for even suggesting this, you can fake it and read a happy book with a BLUE cover.
IF you DREAD this time of year (Crowds! Commercialism! Relatives! Childhood trauma revisited! Make it stop!), then read a happy book – fiction that makes you laugh out loud, with a ridiculously happy ending, or a non-fiction work of humor. If you feel I’m beating you over the head with a Christmas tree, you can fake it and read a sad book with a GOLD or YELLOW cover.
I am in the Love It camp, but think that you're very scrooge and grinch like for trying to steal my holiday spirit, so I read a blue book Brazen
by Carly Phillips read 12-12Completed Tasks- 6
Books Read- 6
Points- 65
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.7. My Favorite ThingsThe City The City by China Miéville
My favourite genre is fantasy. This was in the Fantasy section.
Points: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages: 852
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies... Not!I like the concept of Christmas... but hate the execution in the 'real world.' I work in the healthcare industry and everyone loses it at the end of the year. People want to have more procedures done since deductables are fulfilled, employees and docs want time off with their family, and everybody is in a huge crowded rush. Whew!
Needless to say, I read a funny book, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I love reading a book that makes me laugh out loud!
Total: 20 points
Total to Date = 45 points.
Books Read: 4
GR Authors: 2
10.4 AULD LANG SYNE - The Loch by Steve Alten.This book is set in Scotland
***Big Book 541 pgs***
10.5 CHINESE DRAGON DANCE - Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast
This book is about a mermaid.
30.7 FOREVER YOUNG -
a. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
This book is stand alone Historical fiction and is 550 pages.
***Big Book 550 pgs***
b. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
This book is part of a series, is fantasy and is 391 pages for total of 941 pages.
***Goodreads Author***
Points: 50
Tasks: 3
Books: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 9
Total Goodread Authors: 3
Total Big Books 500+: 2
15.1. Time After Time Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne historical WWII
AND
Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb future
15.2. Beginnings and Endings
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (# 49 Best Beginning)
AND
I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark ( # 195 Best Ending)
15.5. “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…”
The Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
(WWII SE Asia Burma now Myanmar) This book brought back memories of having to do a term paper in a college English course on this book over 30 years ago. It was SO much nicer reading it for pleasure.
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
Total Points = 435
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better, and Larger Than Life
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Anyone that has read the Outlander series can vouch for Claire Fraser as an unconventional woman. A spoiler-free example: She practices medicine in the 18th Century.
*********This is a big book at 1443 pages*********
Task points = 20
Total Big Book Tickets = 4
Challenge Total = 40
EllenCA#15.10 Keep it Simple: I read Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl by Stacey O'Brien
Total Points: 25
Big Book Tickets: 0
Goodreads Author: 1
Alice GTask:30.3 HO! HO! HO!
Book A: The Bookseller of Kabul set in Afganistan
Book B: I Love You, Goodbye
Total Points: 130
Previous Books
5.10 About the Author - The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry
10.10 Top Ten Lists - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
15.10 Keep it Simple - Dancing Backwards by Salley Vickers
20.6 The Twenty-tens - Twenty-one Locks by Laura Burton
20.7 The Christmas Fuzzies - No and Me by Delphine de Vigan
30.7 Forever Young - Artemis Fowl and the Altantis Complex Eoin Colfer and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Alice in Time by Penelope Bush
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Readerboard Name Cheryl TX5.1 Short and Sweet
The Bipolar Disorder Answer Book by CHalres AtkinsThe Bipolar Disorder Answer Book
+ 5 Task
20.6 Beth F's Task The 2010s
B. When Christmas Comes by Debbie Macomber
The Protagonist is a lady who has a child that is in college and is 21. I figure she is about my age because my son is 23.
+20 Task
25.1 Wendy ME's Task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
The Perfect Christmas by Debbie Macomber
The Perfect Christmas
Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber
Christmas Letters
I chose these two books out of my Holiday Romance genre. I really like her Christmas Books. I think I have them all used in this challenge!
+25 Task
30.9 Coralie's Task - Happy 80th Birthday
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle House on the Prairie
Ricochet by Sandra BrownRicochet **514 pages
I picked Little House on the Prairie because I wanted to re-read that series. I chose Ricochet because Sandra Brown is one of my Mother-in-law's favorite authors and she gave the book to me.
+30 Task
**500+ pages
30.8 Ms. Anderson's Task - In the Spirit of the Season
(Let's hope I got it right this time Kristi! LOL
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Author's name has Asia in it
Little Town on the Prairie
A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber A Cedar Cove Christmas
Title of the book has Asia in it
+30 Task
Total for Todays' Post 110
Finished Summer Sisters for task 20.7.Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Karen GHHS wrote: "5.1 — Short and SweetThe House of Dead Maidsby Clare B. Dunkle
Selected December 1st
+5 Points
5.2 — Singles Awareness Day
Split by [author:Swati A..."
Ooh I really liked House of Dead Maids and the Eternal Ones!
5.5 Blast from the pastPerfect Strangers by Danielle Steele 1982
10.3 To your health
The 4 Day Diet by Dr. Ian Smith
20.4 Author Author Rolled a 2
Charmed and Dangerous by Candace Havens
total points 75
RoTask #5.7-Happy New Year!
Bitch Is the New Black: . . . And No One Wears It Better Than Me by Helena Andrews
Total Points in this Post: 5
Total Points to Date: 10
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 342
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Author: 0
Jennifer KS5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning
I read A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall
Points this task 5
Total Points 75
Tasks complete 8
Books read 8
pages read 2678
AngelaSunshine15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
It was on BOTH lists! I thought the book was better, but maybe that's just because I read it more recently than seeing the movie.
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 7
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens Sula by Toni Morrison (I was born in the 70's and this was published in 1973)
Total points = 65
5.10- About The AuthorI read On Writing by Stephen King
Points for this task- 5
Total Points- 95
Total # of books read- 7
Goodreads Authors- 2
Tasks Completed- 6
DianeTask 20.1 Most Improved Player: Stacie MI's task-Groundhog's Day!
Re-read a book that you didn't initially enjoy. Go to your Read shelf and choose a book, of at least 100 pages, that you rated 3 stars or less to re-read -
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. I admit that I did enjoy the story more the second time around, but I still can't rate it higher than 3 stars.
Total Points: 245/975
Tasks Completed: 17/56
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Rebecca Wells)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Task 15.10 any book just for funRelationship Rescue: A Seven-Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partnerby Phillip C. McGraw
Task 30.1 part A: black in author: Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Part B: white in titleWhite Cat by Holly Black
Total points this task 45
Total Points: 45
Tasks Done 2
Goodreads author: Holly Black
Previous Post 252
5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larsson - (Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages - the paperback is 590)
5.7 -- Happy New Year!
- Amy Lane - (GR Author) - cover was approved in the task help thread as being dark red10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
- Nora Roberts - flowers on cover15.9 - Warm up
A Redbird Christmas - Alabama
20.1 Most Improved Player: Stacie MI's task-Groundhog's Day!
Devil's Pact - Samantha Cruise (GR Author) - I DNF'd this book the first time one of my goodreads groups read it earlier this year and within 5 chapters I was tempted to do the same...in fact, if I hadn't had it slotted into about 5 different challenge categories I would have given up on it...it was horrendous...if I could give a book negative stars I would
20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day:
Tigers and Devils - Sean Kennedy (for JFK) - (GR Author)
20.10 Group Read:
The Giver - Lois Lowry - Discussion board posts 16 and 18 are mine
25.1 -- Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
A Switch - Megan Hart
B Mercury's War - Lora Leigh
My favorite genre is romance and within that erotic romance, so I picked two books, one by a newer author (at least to me) - Megan Hart and one by a favorite - Lora Leigh
Total Points This Post: 120
Total Points in Challenge: 210
Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 18
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Previous Tasks Completed:
5.1; 5.2; 5.3; 5.8; 5.9
10.7; 10.10
15.4
30.1
20.7 mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or NotWhether I love or dread Chistmas depends entirely whether we have to travel miles just to have a boring, stressful, overly polite few days with awful food! This year is it, so I'm hating Christmas and read a funny book :)
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Total points: 120
Big Book tickets: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 3
Books read: 9
Pages read: 3067
Completed Task #5.3 - Starts With...Remember September by Joyce Dingwell
Points: 5
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Total Challenge Poinsts as of 12/16/10 = 10
20.7 - Christmas Fuzzies...or NotWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Approved in the Help Thread
Total points to date 80
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Of course I love spending time with my family and enjoy my Christmas lunch.
BUT - I do not like the time before Christmas: Shops trying to sell people gifts they can't afford for people who don't need them; people buying far more food than they need and then having to throw it away; awful recordings of Christmas music everywhere you go; and, worst of all, over excited children!!
SO - I've just read this lovely book of poems, and next week I'll laugh over it with my grandchildren and give it to them for a pre-Christmas present.
Then I'll be looking forward to Boxing Day, when I can put my feet up and read all day, and feast on cold turkey and Christmas cake!
Kathleen FL15.1 Time After Time
A Mercy (takes place in the 1600's) and Unwind (dystopian novel after future second civil war)
Points: 15
Total Points: 40
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
I forgot to post in my last post that Lisa Kelypas is a Goodreads Author--part b of task 30.9
Task 20.3 Frosty the Snowman--magical transformation
--discover magical powers
--turn humans into animals
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author
Total Points: 110 Points
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
I forgot to post in my last post that Lisa Kelypas is a Goodreads Author--part b of task 30.9
Task 20.3 Frosty the Snowman--magical transformation
--discover magical powers
--turn humans into animals
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author
Total Points: 110 Points
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
10.2 Orient ExpressDeath Note, Volume 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba
Points this task:10
Total Points:175
Total Goodreads Authors:4
Total Big Book Tickets:0
Kate C. Finished 20.6 - The Twenty-Tens
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
I was born in 1981, and The Bean Trees was published in 1988
Total Points: 60
A couple more (it's been pretty slow at work, lots of reading time!!)Task 5.7 Happy New Year!
Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir by Shalom Auslander
Task 20.7 Christmas Fuzzies
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann
I'm in the happy camp - I LOVE this season! I originally slated this book for something else, but it was sooo sad, I decided to put it over here. It probably should be required reading for parents of pre-adolescent girls, although you might never let them leave home after finishing it. The author recounts her VERY troubled adolescence during which she had sex with countless boys and men, seeking intimacy. I'm still in a funk after finishing it, and think I'm going to have to have an extra glass of egg nog and watch "It's a Wonderful Life" tonight!
Total points these tasks: 25
Points to date: 115
GR Authors these tasks: 0
BB Tickets these tasks: 0
Pages read to date: 3375
GR Authors to date: 1
BB Tickets to date: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Kelly G.20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens.
Read: Fearless Fourteen by: Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum is listed as age 30 in the first book of the series - I am also 30 :).
Points this task: 20
Completed Tasks: 2
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (0) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
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Total Points: 75
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Pages: 2001
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)