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OFFICIAL WINTER CHALLENGE - 2008/2009
Completed:5 Point Tasks
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
10 Point Tasks
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
25 Point Tasks
1.Read a book that takes place/is about/or is authored by someone who lives in a country that starts with the first letter of one of your names: My last name is Ealy, So, E for England. Richard Adams is from England. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Total Points Earned: 75
Total Books Read: 6
Next up: Read a book or play whose movie counterpart was nominated or that won the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay category and watch the film:
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
I did 5 point task #2 - visit your local library and check out a book. M Is for Magic - Neil Gaiman (who is by the way, my newest love)
New total: 85
Okay, I am going to try this... I must say I am intrigued!Here is what I have already read so far in December!
5 point tasks:
2) Specials 5 points
This was basically a "gimme" because I check ALL my books out from the library, and this was the first I read in December.
3)Fantasy Lover 5 points
4)Holidays on Ice 5 points
15 point tasks:
4) Club Dead
Dead to the World 15 points
Sookie Stackhouse books 3 & 4.
Total Points Currently: 30
Completed:5 Point Tasks
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee Wiki Link
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
10 Point Tasks
10. HP and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
15 Point Tasks
9. Read a book or play whose movie counterpart was nominated or that won the Oscar for the best adapted screenplay category and watch the film: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
25 Point Tasks
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams Richard Adams Wiki Link
3. HP and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Total Points Earned: 90
Total Books Read: 7
Next up: Read a book you've started but never finished: Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Just finished the 5 point task of:3. For Valentine’s Day: Read a Romance Novel.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austin.
Previous Reads:
25 point task:
1. Karen's Task - Read a book about / set in / or by an author of a country with a name that starts with the first letter of your name (first / middle / last). Example - If your name is John - you could read a book about Japan, set in Jamaica, or written by an author from Jordan.
My Father's Wives.
Points total: 30
Now beginning Stardust for the 5 point task of reading a book you've already seen the film to.
Finished 15 point taskFor Christmas: Read a Book with the word Santa, Elf, or the Name of Any of the Reindeer in the Title.
Life on Santa Claus Lane by Darrell Bain
6/29; 75/305
Completed FIVE POINT TASKS2. Checked-out a Library book: Darksong- Isobelle Carmody
3. Read a romance: Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast - Robin McKinley
4. Winter Read: A Touch of Frost - Laurell K. Hamilton
6. New Author: Graceling - Kristin Cashore
7. Mystery: Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
POINTS: 25
Completed TEN POINT TASKS
6. Ancestry: Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
POINTS: 10
Completed FIFTEEN POINT TASKS
4. Sequels/Series: Legendsong 1&2 - Isobelle Carmody
5. Profession: Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
POINTS: 30
TOTAL POINTS: 65
With the 700 pages challenge, if it is a book that combines a series is that accepted?
Does anyone have any recommendations for the “read a book about a character who has the same profession as you?” I investigate suspicions of money-laundering, securities fraud, etc. If not, could I use a non-fiction book? I can come up with a whole laundry list of titles about chasing dirty money that are non-fiction, but am coming up empty from a fiction angle.
For 15 point challenges #10: Read a book about politics or politicians would this one count?And the Band Played On: Politics People and the AIDS Epidemic Paperback
Beth - yes non-fiction can be used for that taskDarla - it has politics in the title so yeah sure
Everything has changed on what I wanna read at times, so I will just post as and when I feel that a book has achieved the task.
That's what I do, too, Fiona. I found it easier to keep track of that way.
I have copied and pasted the tasks and cross off the tasks as and when I have now done them.
Fourth task done:5 POINTS
9. Read A Mystery Novel
One for the Money
Tasks completed: 4/25
Point total: 25/290
5 pts. Pick 10 Books From Your TBR List, Put The Titles Pieces Of Paper, And Pick One Out Of A Basket Or A Hat Whatever You Can Find, And Then Read That Book. On Strike for Christmas by Sheila Roberts, up to 35 points.
5 Point Tasks #5-book out of a hat: The History of Love: A Novel
15 point tasks
#4 -2 books in series-- New Moon & Eclipse
#7 - book about another religion- The Compassionate Life
TOTAL POINTS: 35 points.
15 pts. 1. For African American History Month: Read a Book about the Civil Rights Movement (Non-Fiction) or Takes Place during That Time Period (Fiction).
The secret life of bees, sue monk kidd
The secret life of bees, sue monk kidd
February Is National Library Lovers Month - wicth of portobello by paul coelho - 5ptsRead A Book That Takes Place In A Country That Is Part Of Your Ancestry - The forgotten garden by kate morton - 10pts
Total points- 40/375
tasks completed - 5/33
Completed task:Karen's Task - 25 pts Read a book about / set in / or by an author of a country with a name that starts with the first letter of your name (first / middle / last).
Read Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
My name is Liz, the setting of the novel was Laos
COmpleted tasks: 4/33
Total points to date - 50pts.
cynthia, the previous post is liz(vegas) sorry i didnt include that! :)
No problem I usually just check the profile to make sure I attribute the points to the right person but thank you to those who put it in the text of your posts - makes it a lot easier :)!!!
5 POINT TASK9. Read A Mystery Novel.
Two For the Dough - Janet Evanovitch
Total: 50 points
Hayes, I never knew The secret life of bees, Sue Monk Kidd could be read for Task 1 (15pts).
I dunno.... right in the first chapter it says:
I had to get the news from the TV man. 'Today, July second, 1964,' he said, 'the president of the United States signed the Civil Rights Act into law in the East Room of the White House...'
Seemed like it fit the bill. I can move it to a different task if need be.
I had to get the news from the TV man. 'Today, July second, 1964,' he said, 'the president of the United States signed the Civil Rights Act into law in the East Room of the White House...'
Seemed like it fit the bill. I can move it to a different task if need be.
I will keep an eye on the thread and see what Cynthia says xx
Beth said:Does anyone have any recommendations for the “read a book about a character who has the same profession as you?” I investigate suspicions of money-laundering, securities fraud, etc.
Isn't one of the grisham books about that? Can't remember...
Isn't one of the grisham books about that? Can't remember...
Have just completed the following task for 5 points:10. The Oscars Are In February: Read a Book you’ve Already Seen the Film To.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Previously Completed:
5 point:
3. For Valentine’s Day: Read a Romance Novel.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austin.
25 point:
1. Karen's Task - Read a book about / set in / or by an author of a country with a name that starts with the first letter of your name (first / middle / last). Example - If your name is John - you could read a book about Japan, set in Jamaica, or written by an author from Jordan.
My Father's Wives.
Points total: 35
Next Read:
The Road Home by Rose Tremain which is my TBR book picked out of a hat!
Beth wrote: "Does anyone have any recommendations for the “read a book about a character who has the same profession as you?” I investigate suspicions of money-laundering, securities fraud, etc. Beth,
If you are into spy/thriller novels, The Firm by John Grisham involved money laundering. It is not technically the guys profession (he's a lawyer), but he ends up investigating it. Would that count? It seems I read another one by Michael Connelly where his main character was working with an FBI agent whose job was to investigate money fraud. I can't think of the name right off, but it was part of the Harry Bosch series (and probably pretty early on since I can't remember the name.)
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5 POINT TASK:7. Read A Book Whose Title Starts With The Word Who, What, Where, When, Why Or How. When the Bough Breaks - Jonathan Kellerman
30 points done.
7. Read A Book Whose Title Starts With The Word Who, What, Where, When, Why Or How.
Would How l's moving castle count? for 5 points?
Would How l's moving castle count? for 5 points?
HAHAHAi'm sorry Hayes, but i like how you added the space between How and L for that one :) I'm actually kind of curious about that now though...when we get challenges like that (Read a book whose title starts with...) do they have to be just the word or can they be part of a different word? Like howl
5 Point Tasks 1 – Written by an African-American: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (12/10/08).
15 Point Tasks
4 – Read a book & it’s sequel: Club Dead Sookie Stackhouse Book 3 (12/17/08) and Dead to the World Sookie Stackhouse Book 4 (12/19/08) both by Charlaine Harris
Tasks Completed: 2/33
Points: 20/375
Next up: for 25 points, read a book you started but never finished: Jewel Oprah's Book Club by Brett Lott. I started this book in 2004, right before I made an out-of-state move so it got lost in the shuffle and apparently I forgot about it. I came across it the other day and realized several things 1) it still has the bookmark in it 2) the generic story line and the character names are familiar but I really don’t remember much about this book at all. I’ll probably have to re-read the first half of the book(or possibly skim, depending on how much of it comes back to me while I’m re-reading). I’ll start today.
Cynthia, can I read In Their Footsteps for my Mystery book please?
Just read Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris for "Read a book with a winter weather word in the title"-5 points.Total as of 12/19/08-20 points.
For the book that takes place in a country that is about my ancestory...does a book count that is ABOUT irish people but growing up rough in boston's southie neighborhood?
10. The Oscars Are In February: Read a Book you’ve Already Seen the Film To.Harry Potter
15 points.
Pick 10 Books From Your TBR List, Put The Titles Pieces Of Paper, And Pick One Out Of A Basket Or A Hat Whatever You Can Find, And Then Read That Book. Bittersweet by Cathy Marie Hake 5points
I currently have 35 Points
6. Read A Book That Takes Place In A Country That Is Part Of Your Ancestry (I.E. If Your Irish Read A Book That Takes Place In Ireland Or About Ireland).The Music Lesson by Katharine Weber
I'm Irish and it takes place in Ireland.
total: 15 points
LEADER BOARD
ROS - 140
DARLA – 115
LINDSEY - 90
SERA - 90
BIANCA - 85
OFMATT – 85
CYNTHIA - 65
JEANE - 65
ANGELA - 55
HEATHER (ONE OF MANY) - 55
SUZIER - 55
ANGIE - 50
LIZ (BROOKLYN) – 50
LIZ (VEGAS) - 50
MELISSA - 50
SARENNA – 50
KAREN – 45
ALICE - 40
APRIL - 40
FALLON – 40
STEPHANIE - 40
AMANDA - 35
ANN FROM SC - 35
JAIME (23) - 35
JASMINE - 35
JEN – 35
MARSHA - 35
MELODY - 35
SANDY - 35
TIFFANY - 35
FIONA – 30
LAURA - 30
LIZ (NY) – 30
BNOIR - 25
ELIZABETH - 25
ALYSSA - 20
BETH - 20
ELIZ - 20
JOANIE - 20
LISA (CO) - 20
LISA (NV) - 20
MEL - 20
ANDREW - 15
GEMMA - 15
HAYES - 15
JESSICA - 15
KRISTINA - 15
LORI - 15
SARAH - 15
HEATHER (KS) - 10
JAIME (25) - 10
ANN - 5
FIONA (EYEPIC) - 5
KATHRYN – 5
Katie - no the setting has to be the country of your ancestryHayes - no Howl's doesn't count
Secret Life of Bees is fine for the civil rights task
in their footsteps tess gerritsen - yes fiona it's a mystery it counts
If I'm a student and reads a book about someone who's a student as well (let's say Twilight - Stephenie Meyer), would that count for the 15 point task?
If you are a student in high school yes - otherwise no...for students you should read books about students at the same education level as you or studying the same thing you are.
Completed 5pt task on 12/18:Point total: 85
Oh, yes. Not quite as much as Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but it was still very good on its own merit. I started stalling during the last ten or so pages because I didn't want it to end, knowing that I don't have another one of his books to read.
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