2011 April - June Challenge

[Kourtney]

I need to re-evaluate my list!

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed 15.1 Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks and Minding Ben, Victoria Brown

105 points and 13 books

[Nicole]

5.3: Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda
5.4: Delirium by Lauren Oliver

85/360

[Ashley]

Stacy wrote: "Can you request that your library get it?"

I don't know if they do that... I found a copy on amazon for $2.55, not bad. And then I can always place it on PBS after I read it :)

[Stacy]

Ashley wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Can you request that your library get it?"

I don't know if they do that... I found a copy on amazon for $2.55, not bad. And then I can always place it on PBS after I read it :)"

Wow, $2.55? That's super cheap! Go for it! :)

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

25.4 4,5, and 6: A Spell for the Revolution by C.C. Finlay (has five books published), The Patriot Witch by C.C. Finlay (published in April 2009), and A New Lu by Laura Castoro (Red Dress Ink 2005)

23/40 Books
165/360 Points

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed 25.3 Morning, Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon, The Ten Best Days of My Life by Adena Halpern, The 10 P.M. Question by Kate de Goldi

130 points and 16 books completed

[Cathy]

Ashley wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Task Completed
15.2 Initially Speaking – Monkey Business – Sarah Mlynowski (My initials are SMF) (April) & The Breakup Club – Melissa Senate (April)

7/40 books
40/360 points

Ha! ..."

Try CGH!?! The only one i have found (but CANNOT get a copy of) is Ciara Geraghty...her books look great but me being in the US doensn't help:)

[Cathy]

Stacy wrote: "Task Completed:
5.3 May Flowers – If You Were Here - Jen Lancaster (May)

10/40 books
45/360 points

Just as great as her memoirs! Totally loved it, when it comes out in paperback next year..."

Ha! I'm with you Stacy...I have all these 1/3rd of a task or half a task...I'm waaaay behind....oh well..

[Jen B]

Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Task Completed
Try CGH!?! The only one i have found (but CANNOT get a copy of) is Ciara Geraghty...her books look great but me being in the US doensn't help:)



How about Chelsea Handler? I haven't read any of her books, but she seems sort of chick-litty. :)

[Jen B]

I'm moving the book that was originally here to another task, so my latest addition is:

5.1 Springtime: by Alan Bradley

Total Points: 25

[Cathy]

Jen B wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Task Completed
Try CGH!?! The only one i have found (but CANNOT get a copy of) is Ciara Geraghty...her books look great but me being in the US doensn't h..."

Great idea....i read all her books though:( Well except her newest..although I just found ouot yesterday that it's actually a compilation of stories by her cast, instead of her. Looks funny though. I love Heather and Josh..they are my faves!

[Nicole]

Cathy wrote: "Try CGH!?! The only one i have found (but CANNOT get a copy of) is Ciara Geraghty...her books look great but me being in the US doensn't help:)"

Have you read Eye to Eye by Grace Carol? It's the sequel to Flyover States. (Flyover States, however, won't work because that one was not written using the Grace Carol pseudonym for some reason.) Or there's Nancy's Theory of Style by Grace Coopersmith.

[Stacy]

Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Task Completed
15.2 Initially Speaking – Monkey Business – Sarah Mlynowski (My initials are SMF) (April) & The Breakup Club – Melissa Senate (April)

7/40 books
4..."

Here's what I can come up with:
Christina Hopkinson
Cathleen Holst
Candace Havens
Grace Coopersmith
Heather Cochran (RDI Author)
Grace Carol (RDI Author)

Hope that helps! :)

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed 25.1 Where She Went, Gayle Forman; If I Stay, Gayle Forman; Rally 'Round Green, Judy Christie

155 points 19 books

ps my friends call me kristi (mispelled, but works!)

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed 10.10 I'm Kind of a Big Deal: And Other Delusions of Adequacy by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor

165 points and 20 books

[Cathy]

Finally finished unabridged audio of The Map of True Places by Brunonia Barry...different than what I've been reading but good enough I'd read her first one:)

5.6 Singles – Read a book with one woman on the cover

Total Points: 35

[Tara]

TASK COMPLETED

10.7-Royal Flush-The Princess Diaries:Give Me Five-Meg Cabot

14/40 Books
95/360 Points

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

25.2 Drinks, Dinner & Dessert –
Drinks:Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath

Dinner: Bless Your Heart: Saving the World One Covered Dish at a Time by Patsy Caldwell and Amy Lyles Wilson
Dessert: Retro Desserts: Totally Hip, Updated Classic Desserts from the '40S, '50S, 60s and '70s by Wayne Brachman

26/40 Books
190/360 Points

[Cathy]

Stacy wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Stacy wrote: "Task Completed
15.2 Initially Speaking – Monkey Business – Sarah Mlynowski (My initials are SMF) (April) & The Breakup Club – Melissa Senate (April)

..."

Wow! Great list!! That is extremely helpful. Maybe I will try Grace Carol...def fits our group:)

[Cathy]

Nicole wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Try CGH!?! The only one i have found (but CANNOT get a copy of) is Ciara Geraghty...her books look great but me being in the US doensn't help:)"

Have you read Eye to Eye by Grace Car..."

Wow I didn't know Grace Carol wrote as someone else first? Bizarre to have a two piece novel like that with different authors..thankx for the suggestions though..I was thinking Eye to Eye...you think i have to read the first one?

[Stacy]

Cathy wrote: "Nicole wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Try CGH!?! The only one i have found (but CANNOT get a copy of) is Ciara Geraghty...her books look great but me being in the US doensn't help:)"

Have you read Eye to..."

I haven't read either one yet so I'm sorry, I'm no help there. :(

Glad I was able to give you a few more ideas though.

[Stacy]

Task Completed:
15.4. Don’t I Know You? – (GR Friend – Jen B.) My Fair Lazy – Jen Lancaster (May) & (Kim - cousin) Misery Loves Cabernet – Kim Gruenenfelder (April)

11/40 books
60/360 points

[Nicole]

Cathy wrote: "Wow I didn't know Grace Carol wrote as someone else first? Bizarre to have a two piece novel like that with different authors..thankx for the suggestions though..I was thinking Eye to Eye...you think i have to read the first one?"

Because of the different author name, I was totally thrown when I started reading Eye to Eye and recognized the characters as being from Flyover States. I think you could enjoy Eye to Eye well enough without reading Flyover States since most of the important background is mentioned in Eye to Eye.

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed: 5.9 Keep the Change by Steve Dublanica

170 points and 21 books

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

5.7 Doubles - The King's Speech by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi

27/40 Books
195/360 Points

[Cathy]

Okay, this might be pushing it..so tell me what you think...

5.2 April Showers – Read a book with rain (or any other kind of water) on the cover: Love Struck by Chantal Simmons (Umbrella shielding rain)

Total Points: 40

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

15.2 Initially Speaking – My initials are JHA - The Queen's Handmaiden by Jennifer Ashley and The Kept Man by Jami Attenberg

29/40 Books
210/360 Points

[Stacy]

Cathy wrote: "Okay, this might be pushing it..so tell me what you think...

5.2 April Showers – Read a book with rain (or any other kind of water) on the cover: Love Struck by Chantal Simmons (Umbrella shieldi..."

It works. You use an umbrella in the rain, right? ;)

[Ashley]

Task Completed:

5.3 May Flowers – The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

8/40 books
40/360 points

[Cathy]

Stacy wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Okay, this might be pushing it..so tell me what you think...

5.2 April Showers – Read a book with rain (or any other kind of water) on the cover: Love Struck by Chantal Simmons (Um..."

That's what I figured:) Thanks!

[Cathy]

Ashley wrote: "Task Completed:

5.3 May Flowers – The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

8/40 books
40/360 points"

Was this your first time reading the Undomestic Goddess? This is one of my fave SKs!! I listened to the audio earlier this year even though I read it a few years back. I think I'm gonna listen to Can You Keep a Secret soon too even though I read it...such classic funny books:)

[Becky]

Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Task Completed:

5.3 May Flowers – The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

8/40 books
40/360 points"

Was this your first time reading the Undomestic Goddess? This is one o..."

I listened to Can You Keep a Secret and it was hilarious... Such a classic.

[Ashley]

Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Task Completed:

5.3 May Flowers – The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

8/40 books
40/360 points"

Was this your first time reading the Undomestic Goddess? This is one o..."

Yup, first time reading it. It was good, but it took me a little while to get into it. Once the main character settled into her role without all the silly mishaps, I couldn't put it down.

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD
Butterflycager - 210
Kristin - 170
Tara - 95
Nicole - 85
Leah - 60
Stacy - 60
Becky - 55
Kristine - 55
Alicia - 45
Jencey - 45
Cathy - 40
Ashley - 35
Kourtney - 30
Jen B - 25

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

10.5 Shoe Addict - The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels - A Love Story by Ree Drummond

30/40 Books
220/360 Points

[Jencey/]

Task completed
15.3 Alpha & Omega –Castles by Julie Garwood, Summer Rental by Mary Kay Andrews

points 60/360

books 11/40

[Cathy]

Becky wrote: "Cathy wrote: "Ashley wrote: "Task Completed:

5.3 May Flowers – The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

8/40 books
40/360 points"

Was this your first time reading the Undomestic Goddess?..."

Awesome good to know...Now i def wnat to revist it on audio! I've been having such a hard time finding true chick lit on audio that's good lately:(

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed 5.8 Bright Before Us by Katie Arnold-Ratliff

175 points and 22 books completed

[Jencey/]

Task commpleted 10.10

70 points

12 books

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

5.8 She's/He's My... - What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg

31/40 Books
225/360 Points

[Becky]

TASK COMPLETED:
2.9 Averages: Heart of the Matter

11/40 Books
65/360 Points

[Becky]

TASK COMPLETED:
4.1. Me, myself & I –
a. Brunette: Sundays at Tiffany's by James Patterson
b. I: What I Did for Love by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
c. Rebecca: The Marriage Diaries: A Novel by Rebecca Campbell

12/40 books
90/360 points

[Kristin (Kritters Ramblings)]

Task Completed 15.4 Bumped, Megan McCafferty and The Help, Kathryn Stockett

190 points and 24 books

[Tara]

TASK COMPLETED

15.3 Alpha & Oemga-A Little Change of Face-Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Diary of a Mad-Mom-To-Be-Laura Wolf


19/40 Books
110/360 Points

[Nicole]

5.6: All Eyes on Her by Poonam Sharma
15.2: (NJR) Marrying Up by Jackie Rose & Methland by Nick Reding

105/360

[Stacy]

LEADERBOARD
Butterflycager - 225
Kristin - 190
Tara - 110
Nicole - 105
Becky - 90
Jencey - 70
Leah - 60
Stacy - 60
Kristine - 55
Alicia - 45
Cathy - 40
Ashley - 35
Kourtney - 30
Jen B - 25

[Stacy]

Task Completed:
15.1 - Tried and New – (Tried) With or Without You - Carole Matthew (April) & (New) The Glamorous Double Life of Isabel Bookbinder – Holly McQueen (May)



12/40 books
75/360 points

Carole Matthews was still great....but Holly McQueen? Yeah, I'll pass on the rest of her books....

[Butterflycager]

Task completed:

25.3 Morning, Afternoon and Evening –
Morning: Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith
Afternoon: Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler
Evening:Night of the Living Deed by E.J. Copperman

34/40 Books
250/360 Points

[Nicole]

Butterflycager wrote: "Task completed:

25.3 Morning, Afternoon and Evening –
Morning: Joy in the Morning by Betty Smith
Afternoon: Sister Noon by Karen Joy Fowler
Evening:[book:Night of th..."

What did you think of Night of the Living Deed? I like ghost stories. Might start this if it's any good.