OFFICIAL WINTER CHALLENGE - 2008/2009 Showing 201-250 of 2,159

[Fiona (Titch)]

Glad to help a fellow reader xx

[Cynthia]

LEADER BOARD
LISA (NV) - 20
CYNTHIA - 15
JAIME - 15
OFMATT - 15
SERA - 15
FALLON - 10
SUZIER - 10
ANN FROM SC - 5
KAREN - 5

[Angela]

Okay, I have found a book for every single task!!! I may change them later, but I feel much better knowing that I do not have to do any more research.

[Cynthia]

Angela - a few other suggestions...
*Jane Austen in Scarsdale: or love, death, and the SATs by Paula Marantz Cohen
*Notes from the underbelly by Risa Green
*O my darling by Amity Gage

the add book/author thing doesn't seem to be working

[Laura]

Anyone know of a fiction book with an accountant or tax preparer as a main character? I can't find any

:(

Thanks in advance!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Found these Laura

http://www.amazon.co.uk/accountant-Fi...

[Alyssa]

Thanks Fiona!
i realized after i saw what you found i could also choose a famous social worker and read a biography on them or something. i think i'm going to give myself a fiction and non-fiction choice then see what i feel like when i get to that challenge. thanks a bunch!

[Darla]

I'm still looking for one that has a cashier, retail supervisor or pharmacy tech as a main character, too :)

[Laura]

Thanks, Titch. I'm still looking for one that seems interesting. Hey but you found more than I did!

I don't know why, but I thought I'd heard of a book w/an acct. as the detective, or criminal or something.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Darla, here is 3 books on Cashier:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/cashier-Ficti...

[Ashley]

I am so excited I have been planning and changing all weekend. Here is my list.

5 POINT TASKS
1. The Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
2.Something I pick up tonight
3.The Guardian-Nicholas Sparks
4.
5.Marley and Me- John Grogan
6.
7. What my mother doesn't know- Sonya Sones
8. On Strike for Christmas
9. Along Came a Spider-James Patterson
10. The Devil Wears Prada-Lauren Weisberger

10 Point Tasks
1.
2.Deck The Halls-Mary Higgins Clark
3.Angels-Marian Keyes
4.P.S. I Love You
5. State of Fear-Michael Crichton
6.
7.
8. The Princess Diaries
9.A Wedding in December- Anita Shevre
10.Bright Lights, Big Ass-Jen Lancaster

15 point task
1. The Color Purple
2.
3.Angry Housewives eating Bon Bons
4.Dead to the world and Dead as a doornail- CHarlaine Harris
5. Foul Play-Janet Evanovich
6.
7.Stolen Innocence-Elissa Wall
8. The 5 love languages- Gary CHapman
9. Atonement- Ian McEwan
10. American Wife- Curtis sittenfeld

25 Point Tasks- Still working on these.
1.
2.The Book Thief-Markus Zusak
3.

0/375 points
0/33 Tasks
Goal:255

[Fiona (Titch)]

An Updated version of mine now:

5 POINTS:

1. Roots - Alex Haley
2. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
3. Recipes for a Perfect Marriage by Kate Kerrigan
4. Miss Smilla's Feelings For Snow - Peter Hoeg
5. Death Dance - Linda Fairstein
6. The Outcast - Sadie Jones
7. When The Bough Breaks - Jonathan Kellerman
8. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
9. Angels & Demons - Dan Brown
10. Schindler's Ark - Thomas Keneally

10 POINTS:

1. The Bonesetter's Daughter - Amy Tan
2. Silent Night - Mary Higgins Clark
3. The God Delusions - Richard Dawkins
4. Harvesting The Heart - Jodi Picoult
5. Girl with Curious Hair - David Foster Wallace
6. The Crimson Petal and the White - Michael Faber
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
8. The King of Torts - John Grisham
9. A Wedding In December - Anita Shreve
10. Serpent's Tooth - Faye Kellerman

15 POINTS:

1. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
2. Dancer - Colum McCain
3. Chocolate Run - Dorothy Koomson
4. Lullaby & Bad Friends - Claire Seeber
5. Mums @ Home - Sophie King
6. Dissolution - C.J. Sansom
7. will check the library
8. Win The Fat War: 140 Real-life Success Stories - Anne Alexander
9. A Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller
10. King George III and The Politicians - Richard Pares

[Cheryl]

How do you find a challenge? I saw someone mention a Books of Christmas challenge (where you read books that start with each letter of C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S). I thought this was a great idea, but don't know where to find info about it.

Thanks!

[Ashley]

Cynthia- 1 question would American Bride count as the politic/politician book for 15 points?

[Fiona (Titch)]

I think its on Pick-A-Shelf Cheryl.

[Alyssa]

Alyssa is at work and should be working but is she? nooooooooooooooooo she is on TNBBC deciding on her reading list

oh i crack me up

[Cynthia]

CASHIER BOOK - A Purple Thread for Sky: A Novel of Intertwined Lives

RETAIL SUPERVISOR - The Cost of Living: A Novel

ACCOUNTANT - Reconstruction

[Fiona (Titch)]

I am sitting in my lounge, kids are off to bed and watchin Cold Case Files lol.

[Cheryl]

Fiona--Thanks. Going to see if I can find it.

Happy reading!

[Fiona (Titch)]

Cheryl, u can add me as a friend as well and I can send u link if u want.

http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/8...

[Cynthia]

Ashley if you mean American Wife: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfield then yes that would be fine.

[Fiona (Titch)]

Cynthia, ur gonna laugh at me. Cos u said no to Cupid Effect. I borrowed a book from library called Dancer - Colum McCain (hehe).

[Cheryl]

Thanks Fiona. I wandered around and found the Pick a Shelf group and joined it. Even though it's after Dec. 1, I think I may try the challenge. I just finished my latest novel, so I can pick up a new one now.

[Fiona (Titch)]

1st book is A Christmas Carol hun xx

[Laura]

Thanks Cynthia! How do you find these books???

*bowing*

[Alyssa]

Hoorah! have a book for all categories. i can actually do work now haha

[Fiona (Titch)]

LOL @ Alyssa xx

[Jasmine]

Hmmm, I would love to do this challenge, I haven't done one yet! I am going back to school for nursing, does anyone know of a good book about a nurse?

[Jasmine]

Oops, I scrolled further down and found a thread about books about nurses, so I am all set, sorry!

[Cynthia]

Laura - I used a database that I have access to through my library called Novelist to come up with the book suggestions.

Alyssa - lol

Jasmine - nurse book suggestions...
Doctors and Nurses: A Novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Double Blind

[Darla]

ok, I'm going to get a late start. I've decided to finish the HP I'm on, and the #6 and #7 will count towards the challenges.

[Ashley]

Yes American Wife is what I meant. Thanks.

[Darla]

Thanks so much, Cynthia and Fiona! I will be checking those books out! :)

[Kate]

I have another question...I am a protestant. For the religion one, could I read Escape by Carolyn Jessop. It is about FLDS which is an entirely different belief

[Cynthia]

For the Religion one it doesn't have to be complete opposite - for example I'm Baptist and I'm reading a book about Catholicism but I could also have chosen to read about Methodism, Judaism, Greek Orthodox anything other than Baptist. So again as long as it isn't exactly the same as you then it counts.

[Jasmine]

Thanks Cynthia :)

[Lisa Julianna]

Ok I been planning this out, we will see how many I get acomplished.

5 Point Task

1. Not sure yet.
2. I'll decide this in February
3. " "
4. Dashing through the Snow by Carol Higgins Clark
5. You've been Warned by James Patterson
6. Not sure yet
7. What Mrs. Mcgillincuddy Saw by Agatha Christie
8. All I want for Christmas is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
9. One by M.C. Beaton or J.D. Robb
10. Nights of Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks

10 point Task

1.
2. One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3.
4. You Call This Romance? by Barbara Daly
5. Disclosure by Michael Crichton
6.
7.
8. The King of Torts by John Grisham
9. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
10. The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

15 Point Task

1.
2. Santa Baby by Jennifer Crusie
3. A Chocolate Affair by Sheila Copeland
4. New Moon and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
5. The Big O
6.
7.
8. Need to decide on my New Years Resolution...lol
9.
10. Haven't decided yet.

25 Point Task

1.
2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
3. Harry Potter and The Order of the Pheonix.

0/25 tasks completed
0/375 points

my personal goal 210 points

[Bird]

Task completed...

#7. Read A Book Whose Title Starts With The Word Who, What, Where, When, Why Or How: The Cat Who Said Cheese (Lilian Jackson Braun)

Total: 5 points

[Cynthia]

Bird - I'm afraid the title has to start with a who what where etc. word so that doesn't count because who is actually the 3rd not the 1st word in the title.

[Angela]

Thanks Cynthia for your suggestions on the school counselor. I recently read Notes From the Underbelly and I was thinking "too bad I already read the only book where the main character was a school counselor"... I will have to check the other books out!.

[Lisa]

Points so far - 20
Read a library book - Where Three Roads Meet by Salley Vickers
Read a book with Christmas in the title - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Read a book about China - Sky Burial by Xinran (which came in handy for the A-Z author challenge)

[Cynthia]

Just a side note Lisa is that your dog in the picture - if it is my family owns three weimaraners (plus a bunch of others) - just thought that was a coincidence.

[Cynthia]

MY FINISHED TASKS
10 POINTS - For Chinese New Year: Read a Book That Takes Place in China or Was Written By a Chinese Author. - The Kitchen God's Wife By Amy Tan

5 POINTS - Read A Mystery Novel. – The Good Thief's Guide to Paris By Chris Ewan


NEXT TASK
5 POINTS - Pick A Book Out Of A Hat - Elegance By Kathleen Tessaro

Tasks Completed: 2/29
Total Points Earned: 15/305

[Jeane]

Cynthia, as I don't have any religion, can I read abouy any religion for that task?

[Fiona (Titch)]

Changing the Winter book to Christmas (makes sense if I am already readin it for another challenge lol).

Task 8 for 5pts will be A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (sorry for confusion, as I am still readin it)

[Cynthia]

Jeane & anyone else who is not religious - you may read a book about any religion although preferably it should be one that is not part of your background - i.e. your famiky is Jewish but you yourself don't practice Judaism you should still try and choose a book about one of the other religions - or you may choose to read a book about more than one religion.

[Lindsey]

Does the Pope count as a politician? I'd think so, but I wanna make sure.

[Liz]

5 Point Task

8. Read A Book Whose Title Contains The Word Winter, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or any other winter holiday.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

[Fiona (Titch)]

Cynthia, am I ok to change my books around for certain tasks, ie A Christmas Carol instead of Winter's End I was gonna read hun? xx

[Cynthia]

LEADER BOARD
LISA (NV) - 20
SERA - 20
CYNTHIA - 15
ELIZ - 15
JAIME - 15
LINDSEY - 15
OFMATT - 15
FALLON - 10
JEANE - 10
SUZIER - 10
ANN FROM SC - 5
FIONA - 5
KAREN - 5
LIZ - 5
SARENNA - 5