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message 2351: by Brenda (new)

Brenda | 77 comments BRENDA MO

I hate to do this, but I need to move some books around :(

I am moving Dead Reckoning from 5.7 to
10.10 The Final Frontiers as a fantasy book

I would like to replace it with
5.7 Going Green I Beat the Odds: From Homelessness to The Blind Side and Beyond by Michael Oher as a library book

20.10 Group Read - The Glass Castle comment #37 on the Group Reads thread.

Points: 35
Total: 575


message 2352: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger
15.6 -- The Truth Is...
For this task, choose a novel that contained a topic you'd like to know more about and read a non-fiction book about this topic.

I read a biography of the Marquis de Lafayette:
Lafayette (2002) by Harlow Giles Unger (Hardcover, 452 pages)

Required: Tell us the title of novel that inspired your choice.
That would be Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution, which I read earlier in this challenge. I had known of Lafayette's actions in the American Revolution, and of his close friendship with George Washington. I hadn't realized Lafayette was also such a leader in the French Revolution. Most people would be content to be at the center of one revolution, and here is Lafayette, at the center of two. So I read his biography.


350 + 15 = 365




Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 350 + 15 = 365
Books read: 29
Pages Read: 8744
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750 +
(0) 1000 +


message 2353: by Stesse (new)

Stesse | 270 comments STESSE

10.1. Sing Out: March is Music in Our Schools Month.

Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett (382 p.)

30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Like I Needed an Excuse.......

A. I enjoy cooking & baking as a hobby & don’t (always) consider it housework! Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (307 p.)

B. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (368 p.) – the main character is an indentured servant.

Points this Post: 40
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 1057


Total Points: 680
Total Tasks Completed: 43
Total Books Read: 55
Total Pages Read: 19721
Total GoodReads Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)


message 2354: by Foxy Grandma (last edited May 16, 2011 08:42AM) (new)

Foxy Grandma (foxygrandma) | 1194 comments I am moving Room from 25.5B to
15.5 AWARD ME
I am replacing it with:
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman This was in the 2008 Tournament of Books.
***GoodReads Author***


Also Reporting:

20.9 LUCKY ME - The Stolen Heart: A Novel of Suspense by Lauren Kelly

25.2 YOUR BUCKET LIST
A.
Unseen by Rachel Caine I would like to own a motorcycle one day. This book has a motorcycle on its cover Unseen (Outcast Season, #3) by Rachel Caine

B. Atonement by Ian McEwan by Ian McEwan from 1001 Books to Read Before You Die


Points: 60
Tasks: 3
Books: 4
Pages: 1972
GR Authors: 1

Total Points: 910
Total Tasks: 54
Total Books: 73
Total Pages: 31,512
GR Authors: 15
Big Books 500+: 9
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 3

FINISHED!!!!!


message 2355: by Kate (new)

Kate (klc23) | 161 comments Kate C.

Finished 15.10 - Spring Break

The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant

Total Points: 190


message 2356: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 1335 comments STACIE MI

Task 5.1 - Waltzing Matilda

I read FoxTrot by Bill Amend.

Points this task:5
Total points: 640
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 49
Pages read: 12966
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 2357: by Meredith (new)

Meredith (plantgirl) 5.6 Water Water Everywhere
I read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, which has a picture of the ocean on the cover

5.7 Going Green
I read The Orientalist, by Tom Reiss, which I bought from a second-hand book store

5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie
I read Sundiata: an Epic Tale of Old Mali by DT Niane which is 101 pages

5.10 Kia Ora
I read Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte, which was translated from Spainish to English

10.5 It Takes 2
I read Soliders Alive by Ishikawa Tatzuko

10.6 Respect your Elders
I read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs which was originally published in 1860

Points for this Post: 35
Total Points: 35
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 7


message 2358: by Erin (NY) (last edited May 16, 2011 12:41PM) (new)

Erin (NY) (erin_p) | 653 comments Erin NY

30.6
Rolled 2: (Hera) Book about family relationships
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Rolled 3: (Herodotus) Historical Fiction
Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen

* Beth Hoffman is a goodreads author

Total: 235
Tasks Completed: 12
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 19
Pages Read: 6192


message 2359: by Iamthez (new)

Iamthez | 52 comments 5.4 Fan club -

The gargoyle - Andrew Davidson (Goodreads Author)
*Author profile of Joseph D'Lacey. Fan: Krysta Lawlor

20.3 Happy Women's Day!:
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
*I'm Canadian, she's British*
20.7 - Quips and Quotes :

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. ~Author Unknown

The Reader - Bernhard Schlink

5.7 - Going Green

Ass Goblins of Auschwitz - Cameron Pierce

*lent to me via Kindle Lending* -- NO POINTS --

5.2 - Circle of Friends

I have moved Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro from 5.7 to 5.2 - Circle of Friends.*

20.9 - Lucky me!

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elisa Wall and Lisa Pulitzer


Points This Post: 70
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 28
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)(less)


message 2360: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments Beth NC wrote: "I am moving Room from 25.5B to
15.5 AWARD ME
I am replacing it with:
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman This was in the 2008 Tournament of Book..."


Congratulations on finishing!!!


message 2361: by Sheila (new)

Sheila (sheilaj) | 2221 comments Congratulations Beth! I look forward to your summer task.


message 2362: by Rosemary (last edited May 16, 2011 10:49AM) (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 20.8 Miniseries:

Anna Karenina
This has been a miniseries 3 times:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075476/m...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246353/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403726/

* BIG BOOK: 750+ pages *

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 865
Tasks Completed: 53
Books Read: 59
Goodreads Author Books: 6
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(1)


message 2363: by Beth F (new)

Beth F | 669 comments 5.6 - Water, Water, Everywhere
Christmas Eve in Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas, a Goodreads author.

Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas

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5.8 - Blow Your Stack
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Added: 10/22/10

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15.3 – Earth Day
B – Reuse: a book I’d planned to read for the Winter 2010-2011 challenge but didn’t get to -
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Would have fit task 30.10 - In Honor of Asian Authors as Yoshimoto is Japanese.

C – Recyle: a book I borrowed from the library –
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, a Goodreads author.

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20.1 - Most Improved Player. Cindy AL's Task: Lassiez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve
Read a book written by an author whose initials are in the following: J,O,E,C,A,I,N,F,A,T,T,U,E,S,D,A,Y.

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Points Claiming: 45
Total Points: 305


message 2364: by Donna Jo (new)

Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments Beth NC, congrats on finishing.


message 2365: by Terri FL (new)

Terri FL (territhemuse) | 615 comments 10.1 - "Sing Out" Read A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. This is short stories, but all centering around the music industry and circling Bennie, an "aging former punk rocker and record executive".

15.3 - "Earth Day"

Book Choice B - reuse - Read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith.

Book Choice C - recycle - Read Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman by Joyce Salisbury. I borrowed this from my teacher. I'm doing research to teach a class at my father's church on women living during early Christianity.

Jennifer Egan is a Goodreads author.

Points for above tasks: 25
Tasks above completed: 2
Total tasks completed: 14/54
Points completed: 200/910
Books read & claimed: 19
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)





message 2366: by Lisa P (last edited May 16, 2011 12:28PM) (new)

Lisa P | 66 comments LISA NC

30.2 Sheila's Guilty Pleasures - reality television

Book A)All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
I used American Idol winner Jordin Sparks

Book B)When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith
I used DWTS winner Emmitt Smith

544 pages claiming Big Book ticket

This post: 30 points
Total: 195 points


message 2367: by Rosemary (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 25.5 Gayla's Task
I picked option B, two books from the Tournament of Books.

The Accidental by Ali Smith (2006)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (2010)

*Kathryn Stockett is a Goodreads Author*

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 890
Tasks Completed: 54
Books Read: 61
Goodreads Author Books: 7
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(1)


message 2368: by Stacie (new)

Stacie (shorty_320) | 1335 comments STACIE MI

Task 20.4 - The Royal Wedding

Using the word 'princess,' I read Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer.

Points this task: 20
Total points: 660
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 50
Pages read: 13180
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


message 2369: by Sue (new)

Sue (suetinge) | 1579 comments Congrats Jennifer N and Beth NC! I'm looking forward to your tasks.


message 2370: by Tami (new)

Tami | 296 comments 20.9 Read Murder On The Mind by L.L. Bartlett. More entertaining than I thought it would be.

Points this task 20


message 2371: by Jenger (last edited May 16, 2011 03:41PM) (new)

Jenger (jengerj) | 76 comments 10.7 - KUDDLE A KOALA
(read a book by an Australian author)

Impetuous Innocent by Stephanie Laurens, grew up in Melbourne, Australia


20.4 - THE ROYAL WEDDING
(read a book whose title contains the word 'wedding')

Wedding Season by Katie Fforde


20.7 - QUIPS & QUOTES
(choose a favorite or meaningful verse, quip, quote or saying & read one book that has one word from your choice in the title)

My quote:
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
- Abraham Lincoln

Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads author)


25.3 - A BETTER WORLD
(read two books:
Book A. Read a fiction title where a main character works in a better world profession
Book B. Read a non-fiction title about a better world profession)

Book A. Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads author). One of the main characters is in law enforcement.

Book B. I Love A Firefighter by Ellen Kirschman


30.1 - LITERATURE MAP BY GENDER
(Using literature-map.com choose one of your favorite authors. From the results, choose 2 new authors who you have never read before and who are of the opposite gender from yourself. Read one book by each of these authors.)

I chose Janet Evanovich as my favorite author. From the literature map I chose Lee Child and Carl Hiaasen.

Killing Floor by Lee Child

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen


30.3 - YOURS, MINE, & OURS
(Read two books:
A. One with the word Your(s), My or Mine, or Our(s) in the Title
B. One with a blended family (Children, Steps, and/or Halfs) in it)

A. Murder Can Spoil Your Appetite by Selma Eichler

B. Murder Can Spook Your Cat by Selma Eichler. The family of the victim includes her 3 step-daughters. None of the step-daughters are from the same marriage.


Points this post - 135
Goodreads authors this post - 2
Total points - 710
Total Goodreads authors - 15


message 2372: by Mandy (new)

Mandy (mandyy) | 91 comments MANDY Y.

25.5. Gayla's Task: March Madness
B. 2006:
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman(Goodreads Author)

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 585
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 40
Pages Read: 12,184
Goodreads Author Books: 7
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)


message 2373: by Joanna (new)

Joanna (walker) | 433 comments Joanna T

15.10 Spring Break

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

25.2 Bucket List

Book 1:
Bow AND Waiting for a Hero by Penelope Austin

One of the things on my bucket list is to read poetry by at least 100 modern poets.

Book 2:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Points this post: 40
Grand total: 355


message 2374: by Diane (new)

Diane  | 741 comments Diane

15.7 -- Lab Lit
Read a novel in which a scientist plays a major role - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (mad scientist).

Total: 555


message 2375: by Kate (new)

Kate | 14 comments Kate H

10.5 It Takes Two Making Waves

Pages: 368

30.5 All the World is a Birthday Cake

My birthday is March 10

The Postcard Killers James Patterson **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Readerboard name Pam March 9

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Readerboard name Angela NY March 10

Pages: 432 & 295

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Points this Post: 40
Total points: 385
Total Pages:11,697
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)


message 2376: by Sandra (last edited May 16, 2011 08:07PM) (new)

Sandra (sandra72) | 714 comments I'd like to move The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society from Task 15.8 to 5.2 Circle of Friends
(this book is #4 on my friends popular books list)

For task 15.8 From a Different Perspective I now claim
The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
(this book is written as a series of emails)

Total points: 315


message 2377: by Erin (new)

Erin (eecamp) | -1 comments ERIN C.

If the first book on this post is a copy of a previous post, I apologize!! I think I had a computer glitch earlier...

15.9 In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

At 607pp, I'm claiming 1 big book ticket

20.7 Quips and Quotes

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Samuel Kuhn

My favorite quote is by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu: "Structured structures are predisposed to function as structuring structures."

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has the word 'structure' in it, and it discusses the concept that Bourdieu is talking about in this quote!

Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 245
Tasks Completed: 26
Good Reads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(3) 750(1) 1000(1)


message 2378: by Laurie (new)

Laurie (limegreen) | 87 comments Task 5.7 Going Green-audiobook borrowed from my daughter,my friend

On the Run by Iris Johansen

Points this task: 5
Points to date: 165

Task 15.3 - Earth Day
1)Reuse book from Winter Challenge:
Miles Away... Worlds Apart by
Alan Sakowitz

2)Recycle book borrowed from library:
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

Points this task: 15
Points to date: 180


message 2379: by Susan (new)

Susan | 682 comments 10.2 Question in title

I read The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. This also was a re-read, now I finally read the 3rd and final book in the series. It is also another big book at 630 pages.

Total Points to date: 355
Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total Books Read: 33
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0


message 2380: by Anna (new)

Anna | 74 comments ANNA E

5.3 – Gimme Five

The Postmistress by Sarah Blake

20.7 – Quips and Quotes

I like Maya Angelou’s quote: “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” So I read:

A Simple Life by Rosie Thomas

20.10 – Group Read

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (posted in message 48)

Task Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points Earned: 170


message 2381: by Jackie (new)

Jackie | 125 comments 10.5 It Takes Two

First Degree by David Rosenfelt

Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Points: 290


message 2382: by Wendy UK (new)

 Wendy  UK (wendyuk) | 724 comments 20.7 - Quips and Quotes

"I am a product [...of] endless books. My father bought all the books he read and never got rid of any of them. There were books in the study, books in the drawing room, books in the cloakroom, books (two deep) in the great bookcase on the landing, books in a bedroom, books piled as high as my shoulder in the cistern attic, books of all kinds reflecting every transient stage of my parents' interest, books readable and unreadable, books suitable for a child and books most emphatically not. Nothing was forbidden me. In the seemingly endless rainy afternoons I took volume after volume from the shelves. I had always the same certainty of finding a book that was new to me as a man who walks into a field has of finding a new blade of grass."
— C.S. Lewis

This quote struck a chord with me - it sounds a bit like my house!

Howards End is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill

This book fits both criteria for the task: landing in the title, and the subject matter of the book. Susan Hill decided to spend a year reading only the books from her own shelves, and in this book she examines her book collection and discusses the influence of her wide variety of books on her life.


Total points to date 700





message 2383: by Melanie (new)

Melanie (melaina) | 380 comments Reposting

Post 2354

20.10 Group Read
I Am Number Four by Picattus Lore, finished 03/13 - 5*

Posted in the discussion thread - my apologies for not doing it sooner!


Post 2352

15.6 -- The Truth Is...
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Love and Loss by Xinran, finished 04/04 - 5*
I want to know more about Chinese culture, and this book was about Chinese mothers. I became interested in this subject after reading The Girl Who Played Go (for this challenge, actually).

And in Post 2351, I made a mistake: Stephanie Laurens is not a GR author


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In this post:
Books Read: 2
Tasks Finished: 2
Points: 35
Gr authors: 0
Big books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

In the Spring Challenge
Total Books Read: 65
Total Tasks: 50
Total Points: 805
Gr authors: 19
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)


message 2384: by Alice (new)

Alice (aliceg) | 424 comments Alice G

Task: 20.2 Random Words

Words: Juice, Library, Spy, Well, Fuse

Book: Spies of the Balkans

Total Points: 290

Previous Reads:
5.6 Water Water Everywhere - Prince of the Mist
5.9 Shrimp on the Barbie - The Humbling by Philip Roth

10.1 Sing Out - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
10.2 Say What? - The Dog who came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith
10.4 Elementary, my dear Watson - Started Early, Took my Dog by Kate Atkinson

15.4 It's a repeat - Cold Comfort Farm and The Double Comfort Safari Club
15.9 In like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb - Even the Dogs
15.10 Spring Break - Annabel

20.9 - Lucky Me - Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
20.10 Group Read - I am Number Four by Pitticus Lore

25.6 It's all about Australia and Oceania - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and So Much for That by Lionel Shriver

30.1 Literature Map by Gender - For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemmingway and On the Road by Jack Kerouac
30.3 Yours, Mine and Ours - The Hand that First Held Mine by Maggie O Farrell and The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
30.6 Myth-behaving Greeks - The Red Queen by Phillippa Gregory and Wonders of the Universe by Brian Cox
30.7 Title Connections - Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively and Tiger Hills


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message 2385: by Gayla (new)

Gayla Bassham (sophronisba) | 64 comments Congrats, Jennifer N and Beth NC!


message 2386: by Deedee (new)

Deedee | 2344 comments My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
25.5 Gayla's Task: March Madness
B. Read two books that have been part of the Tournament of Books's brackets since it started in 2005.

2009 Tournament of Books
My Revolutions (2007) by Hari Kunzru (Hardcover, 280 pages)

AND

2010 Tournament of Books
Burnt Shadows (2009) by Kamila Shamsie (Hardcover, 368 pages)
Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction (2009)


365 + 25 = 390




Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 365 + 25 = 390
Books read: 31
Pages Read: 9392
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(1) 750 +
(0) 1000 +


message 2387: by Fran (new)

Fran | 730 comments 20.2- Random Words

My random words are - roulette, fire, snail, pastry and internet. I read On Fire II: Still Burning by Drew Zachary.



Points for this task- 20
Total Points- 495
Goodreads Authors- 3
Tasks Completed- 31


message 2388: by SandyC (last edited May 17, 2011 11:55AM) (new)

SandyC (sandyc88) | 406 comments Sandy MN

Task 20.3. Best Review Contest. Katy's Task: Happy International Women's Day!

The Keeping by Nicky Charles ebook approved by moderator

Nicky Charles lives in Canada; I live in the U.S.A.

***Nicky Charles is a Goodreads Author***

Task 30.5. Delicious Dee's task: “All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, or a book”

My birthday is the 5th

Angela Sunshines's birthday is April 5th. From her shelf, I read Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris

Deirdre's birthday is April 4th. From her shelf I read
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

Total Points: 560
Total GR Authors: 13


message 2389: by southpaw285 (last edited May 17, 2011 11:59AM) (new)

southpaw285 Southpaw285

Completed Task #5.2 - Circle of Friends
Atonement by Ian McEwan

Task: 5 points


Completed Task #10.1 - Sing Out
Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross

Task: 10 points


Completed Task #15.10 - Spring Break
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Task: 15 points


Completed 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Tami's Task Quips and Quotes:
Delicious by Sherry Thomas

My quote: "Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth." By Janet Evanovich

Task: 20 points


Completed Task #25.6 Jennifer N's Task: It's All About Australia and Oceania
(A) Option #2 - Promises in the Dark by Stephanie Tyler

(B) Option #3 - Don't Look Down by Suzanne Enoch


Task: 25 points

This post = 75 points
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Total points as of 05/17/11 = 395


message 2390: by M (new)

M (masanobu) MASANOBU

5.3 GIMME FIVE:

I've read The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, whose last name is five letters (D-O-Y-L-E).


Total Points: 30 + 5 = 35


message 2391: by Rosemary (last edited May 17, 2011 02:35PM) (new)

Rosemary | 613 comments 20.9 'Lucky Me'

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke

** CHALLENGE COMPLETED! ** {jumps for joy}

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 910
Tasks Completed: 55
Books Read: 62
Goodreads Author Books: 7
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(2), 1000+(1)


message 2392: by Beth F (new)

Beth F | 669 comments WTG Rosemary!


message 2393: by Lindy-Lane (last edited May 17, 2011 03:56PM) (new)

Lindy-Lane (moonbacklit) | 567 comments Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 340
Updated last on: 5.17
Total # of books read: 27
Total # of pages read: 9,011
Total # of tasks completed: 22
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (1)

Task 15.1 Land Down Under... Read a book with "Down" and "Under" anywhere in the title.

I read Foreign Correspondence A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over by Geraldine Brooks Foreign Correspondence: A Pen Pal's Journey from Down Under to All Over by Geraldine Brooks 240 pages (5.15)


message 2394: by Lindy-Lane (last edited May 17, 2011 04:03PM) (new)

Lindy-Lane (moonbacklit) | 567 comments Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

My Goal Points for this Season: 225
Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 360
Updated last on: 5.17
Total # of books read: 28
Total # of pages read: 9,413
Total # of tasks completed: 23
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books: 500+ (1)

Task 20.5 Alliterative Authors Assoc.. Read any book by an author with an alliterative name.

I read The Bodyguard (Captive Hearts, #3) by Joan Johnston The Bodyguard by Joan Johnston 402 pages (5.16)


message 2395: by Gayla (new)

Gayla Bassham (sophronisba) | 64 comments Congrats, Rosemary!


message 2396: by Erin (new)

Erin (eecamp) | -1 comments ERIN C.

20.3 Happy International Women's Day

The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran

This book was published in 2002, by Xinran who is from China

Points this Post: 20
Grand Total: 265
Tasks Completed: 27
Good Reads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(3) 750(1) 1000(1)


message 2397: by Donna Jo (new)

Donna Jo Atwood | 2412 comments Good for you, Rosemary.


message 2398: by Cindy LooHoo (new)

Cindy LooHoo | 58 comments Guess I got a little ahead of myself - this is a re-post of all the stuff I left out of my previous listing.

20.2 Random Words
All 5 of my words were Pain, stew, froth, parasite, suicide.
I read A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen who is a GoodReads author.

25.5 Tournament of Books
From the 2009 list: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart and from the 2010 list: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.

30.2 Guilty Pleasures
For American Idol, I chose 9. Lee DeWyze and read Die Trying by Lee Child. At 565 pages it is eligible for a Big book ticket. For DWTS, I chose 6 Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas and read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon.

Re-post points: 75 points

Total to Date = 300 points.
Books Read: 22
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 3 (500+)


message 2399: by Cindy LooHoo (new)

Cindy LooHoo | 58 comments 5.7 Going green
I borrowed a digital version (e-book) of The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett.

20.4 The Royal Wedding
Using one of the royal words, I read Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen, a GoodRead Author.

This post: 25 points and 1 GR author

Total: 325 points
Books read: 24
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 3 (500+)


message 2400: by Mandy (new)

Mandy (mandyy) | 91 comments MANDY Y.

Task 30.7. Diane's Task: Title Connections

B.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
and On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Task Points: 30
Grand Total: 615
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 42
Pages Read: 12,732
Goodreads Author Books: 7
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)


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