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FALL CHALLENGE 2009
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FALL CHALLENGE 2009 PLANS
15.8 Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
I Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
15.9 Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
White Noise by Don DeLillo
20.2
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Diaspora and Visual Culture Representing Africans and Jews by N. Mirzoeff
25.1
The Shipping News A Novel by Annie Proulx
Black, White & Jewish Autobiography of a Shifting Self by Rebecca Walker
Burning Bright A Play in Story Form by John Steinbeck
The Opposite House A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi
The Secret of Tibet by William Dixon Bell
The Bridge Over the River Kwai A Novel by Pierre Boulle
M. Scott Peck
Liliane Resurrection of the Daughter by Ntozake Shange
Seducing the Spirits by Louise Young
Poe's Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe
5 POINT TASKS1. Daughter of the Blood - Anne Bishop
2. Heartbeat - Sharon Creech
3. possibly THe Old Man and The Sea
4. Exclusively Chloe by J.A. Yang
5. Wuthering Heights by one of the Brontes
6. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
7. not sure yet
8. Wicked: Witch and Curse by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
9. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
10. The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
10 POINT TASKS
1. Anne of Ingleside by LM Montgomery - published 1939
2. Crank - Ellen Hopkins
3. The Clan of the Cave BEAR by Jean M. Auel
4. Zorro by Isabel Allende
5. The Dragon Rider or Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
6.The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley
8. Wake by Lisa McMann
9. Cold Mountain by Charles Frasier
10. Dewey: The Story of the Small Town Library Cat
15 POINT TASKS
1. Under The Banner of Heaven and Under The Rose
2. The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth
3. Losing Julia by Johnathan Hull - 11 letters - addition
4.Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
• Read A Science Fiction Novel And Watch A Film Related To Science Or Scientific Discovery.
OR
• Read A Non-Fiction Book About Science And Watch A Science-Fiction Film.
5. Time To Study Abroad (Foreign Language)
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert and The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
6. Fences - play - film
7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.)
audiobook - open
8. Geography Lessons
A- Austria - The Musician's Daughter by Susanne Dunlop
C- Canada - Rainbow Valley by LM Montgomery
9. The Road Home by Ellen Emerson White
10. Teacher-Student Relations - Read Both...
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt.
And
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
20 POINT TASKS
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – TBD
2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - TBD
3. GROUP READ - Read One Of The 3 Group Reads (TBD).
25 POINT TASKS
1. School - teaching -
2. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill annnd Christine by Stephen King (son/father)
3. How I Paid For College by Marc Accito
4. Atonement
5. JANICE'S TASK - PENDING
ADDITIONAL 25 POINT TASKS MAY BE ADDED PENDING COMPLETION OF THE SPRING CHALLENGE.
This was sooo much fun to plan! I was able to incorporate lots of books from my TBR, many which I already own, and books for other groups. I may make some adjustments once the other tasks are announced. I can't wait to get started.5 POINT TASKS
5.1 CHILDREN - The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent OR *Daughter of York by Anne Easter Smith
5.2 APPLE COVER- Sporadic Memories by Ali Marsman OR The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister OR Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allan
5.3 SEA TRAVEL - *Life of Pi by Yann Martel
5.4 ADOPTION - *Stolen Lives by Malika Oufkir
5.5 BACK-TO-SCHOOL - TBD
5.6 HALLOWEEN ADJECTIVE - *Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom OR Something Wicked Comes This Way by Ray Bradbury
5.7 GIVING THANKS - *Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas and Micah Sparks OR The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Faddiman
5.8 MULTIPLE AUTHOR - *Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy (PJ Tracy is the pseudonym of mother-daughter writing duo P.J. and Traci Lambrecht)
5.9 COMING OF AGE - *I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
5.10 TIME TRAVEL - *The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon OR A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
10 POINT TASKS
10.2 ADDICTION - *Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn (Character Nicholas Brisbane is addicted to opium)
10.4 HISPANIC HERITAGE (MEXICO) - The Hummingbirds's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urria
10.5 OCTOBERFEST (GERMANY) - *The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
10.6 NATIVE AMERICANS - *Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman
10.8 RANDOM WORD GENERATOR - ("bright, crush, sort") - *The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
10.9 U.S. CIVIL WAR - *The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks
10.10 CAT - *The Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
15 POINT TASKS
15.1 GRAMMAR (VERB) - *Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
15.1 GRAMMAR (PARTICIPLE) -Fallen by David Maine
15.2 ALTERNATIVE HISTORY - The Plot Against America by Philip Roth OR The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
15.3 MATH - *Dead To the World by Charlaine Harris - (1961/47 =42: 4th in Series)
15.4 SCIENCE FILM - Watched a marathon session of Whale Wars on the Animal Planet Discovery Channel with my son.
15.5 FOREIGN TRANSLATION - *The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson
15.5 FOREIGN TRANSLATION - The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larson
15.6 THE ARTS - *The Glassblower of Murano by Marina Fiorato
15.6 THE ARTS (visit museum or create own art) - TBD
15.7 LET’S GET PHYSICAL - *The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
15.7 LET’S GET PHYSICAL - (watch Nascar) - TBD
15.8 GEOGRAPHY COUNTRY INITIALS - "L" for Laos - The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
15.8 GEOGRAPHY COUNTRY INITIALS - "H" for Hungary - Under the Frog by Tibor Fischer OR Embers by Marai Sandor
15.10 TEACHER - *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
15.10 STUDENT - Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams OR The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
20 POINT TASKS
20.1 CHRISTIAN FICTION - *Zipporah, Wife of Moses: A Novel (Canaan Trilogy) by Marek Halter
20.2 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS - "A" - *The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
20.2 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS - "B" - The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky by Ken Dornstein OR Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
25 POINT TASKS
25.1 POETRY RHYMING TITLE -
25.1 FICTION RHYMING TITLE -
25.3 POSITIVE GAY CHARACTER - *The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
25.4 BOOK/FILM (LAST 10/5 YRS) - *Empire Falls by Richard Russo (novel - 2001/movie - 2005)
25.7 THREE WORD TITLE - *Song Yet Sung by James McBride
25.8 PERSON TITLE - *We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
25.9 NF SELF IMPROVEMENT -
25.9 SI CHARACTER (F OR NF) - *Open House OR *The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
25.10 WITCH, DEVIL, VAMPIRE, ZOMBIE OR WEREWOLF TITLE - *Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil
30 POINT TASKS
30.1 CURRENT JOB - *Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler (40+yr old mother and wife)
30.1 CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB - *The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss (spy)
50 POINT MID-WAY TASK
TBD
TASKS COMPLETED: 9
TASKS IN PROGRESS: 5
BOOKS READ: 16/60
PAGES READ: 5014
TOTAL POINTS EARNED: 155
* BOOKS I OWN which are waiting for their chance to be read.
bold = don't ownFall Reading Challenge
5.1 A Son of the Circus by John Irving
5.2 The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
5.3 The Odyssey by Homer
5.4 The English American by Alison Larkin
5.5 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
5.6 Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
5.7 (Imagination) Bridge to Terabithia by Katharine Paterson
5.8 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
5.9 The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
5.10 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
10.1 Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
10.2 Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
10.3 Read a bunch of children's books (at least 100 pages)
10.4 Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolaño
10.5 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
10.6 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
10.7 American Gods by Neil Gaiman
10.8 (Glossy, machinery, search) Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
10.9 The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
10.10 Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
15.1 She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb AND Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
15.2 What if? by Robert Cowley
15.3 (Addition) My Antonia by Willa Cather
15.4 1984 by George Orwell
15.5 (Spanish) Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Marquez AND The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
15.6 Pygmalion by Shaw AND Pygmalion
15.7 (Run while listening to this audiobook) Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
15.8 (Russia) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov AND (England) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
15.9 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
15.10 Plainsong by Kent Haruf AND Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
20.1
20.2
20.3 Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
25.1
25.2 (Husband/Wife) The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath AND Collected Poems by Ted Hughes
25.3 Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
25.4 Atonement by Ian McEwan AND Atonement
25.5
25.6
25.7 Dubliners by James Joyce AND Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert AND The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
25.8 Oedipus the King by Sophocles AND The Island of Dr. Moreau AND The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
25.9
25.10
30.1 (Student) Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld AND (Teacher) Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
5 Point Tasks1. Our Children Are Our Future (Reads) -
2. An Apple (Book) A Day Keeps The Librarians Away -
3. In 1492 Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue - In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant
4.
5. Going Back to School - Wildflower Girl
7.
8. Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Are Better Than One -
9. Coming Of Age Or All Grown Up (And Then Some) -
10. Fall Back In Time For Daylight Savings Time -
10 Point Tasks
1. This Year Labor Day Falls on September 7th -
2. On October 31st, 1993, River Phoenix Dies From A Drug Overdose -
3. This Year Thanksgiving Falls On November 26th -
4. Hispanic Heritage Month Begins On September 15 -
5. Oktoberfest Is A Sixteen-Day Festival Held Each Year In Munich, Germany During Late September (And Running To Early October) -
6. November Is native American Heritage Month -
7. Can You Read Faster Than A Speeding Bullet? -
8. You'll Find It In The Dictionary -
9. Summer Has Gone With The Wind -
10. This Task Is The Cat's Meow - Varjak Paw
15 Point Tasks
1. Brush Up On Your Grammar (English) -
2. Rewriting History -
3. Discover The Equation For Good Books (Maths) -
4. Science Fact vs. Science Fiction -
5. Time To Study Abroad (Foreign language) -
6. Creative Minds (The Arts) -
7. Let's Get Physical (P.E) -
8. Geography Lessons -
9. Your Homework Assignment -
10. Teacher-Student Relations -
20 Point Tasks
1.Most Improved Player -
2.Rookie of the Season -
3.
25 Point Tasks
1. Nicole OH's Task -
2. Donna Jo's Task -
3. Wendy's Task -
4. Candace's Task -
5. Janice's Task -
6. BJ Rose's Task -
7. Cindy's Task - Eragon
Going Postal
_________
8. Cait's Task -
9. Diane's Task -
10. Sam's Task -
30 Point Tasks
1.Roseann's Task - ____ & The Rosetta Key
51. The Thief Queen's Daughter
2.
3.
4.
5. Midsummer Nights Dream
6. Daughter of Fortune - Isabelle Allende
7. A Little Fruitcake
8.
9. Dumbstruck
10.
10
1.
2. 'Tis
3.
4. TBD
5.
6.
7.
8. From Eden to Exile Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible 9. Landsman
10.
15
1.
2. Jamestown A Novel
3. The Book of Lost Things &
4.
5.
6. Soul Catcher
7. Jacob
8.
9. Home To Italy
10. The Assassins Gallery & [
20
1.
2. Labyrinth,
3. Shutter Island
25
1.
2. Sanctuary & A Cold Heart - Jonathan Kellerman
3.
4.
5. The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes
6. Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
7.
8. The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos ; Helen of Troy;
9. Eight & Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries, and Shakes
10. Season of the Witch
30 Devil Wears Prada;
50.
a)
b) TBD
C) The Lost Symbol
I gave myself the extra challenge of only using books that I had already planned to read. (I have a list of almost 400), so for some of the challenges, I just don’t have anything. Maybe later I’ll let myself break this rule. This is my first challenge, so maybe I can get the Rookie points :)5.1 Native Son
5.2
5.3 Wide Sargasso Sea
5.4
5.5 Night
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9 Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
5.10 Slaughterhouse Five
10.1 Breakfast at Tiffanys (1958)
10.2 A Million Little Pieces
10.3 Clan of the Cave Bear
10.4 House of Spirits
10.5 All Quiet on the Western Front
10.6 A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
10.7
10.8 Tin Can Tree (my words were tin, sampling and waking)
10.9 The March
10.10 Cat’s Eye
15.1 A Dive from Clausen’s Pier & Good Scent From a Strange Mountain
15.2 Yiddish Policeman’s Union
15.3 Being There by Jerzy Kosinski (addition) and To the Lighthouse (subtraction)
15.4
15.5 Suite Francaise and The Stranger (both translated from French)
15.6
15.7 I listen to audiobooks all the time while exercising, so I will use the first book I listen to that falls into no other category
15.8 Love in the Time of Cholera (Columbia) and Cry the Beloved Country (South Africa)
15.9 Home by Marilynn Robinson
15.10 Working on this, I probably have something in my list of books that will work.
25.1 still looking through my list
25.2 Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights (I am embarrassed that I have not read this yet!)
25.3 Brideshead Revisited
25.4 Time Travelers Wife
25.5
Amanda wrote: "I also have the extra challenge of trying to use only books I already own but haven't read. Makes it interesting!I'm doing the same thing. I have what you would call a problem - buying books faster than I can read them. I have an overflowing bookshelf dedicated to only books I haven't read yet. But these challenges make deciding which book to read next way more fun!
Here are my ideas so far. I am also trying to read only books that I own or can get at the library.5.1 – A Child's Book of True Crime - Chloe Hooper
5.2 – Candy Apple Red – Nancy Bush
5.3 – Life of Pi – Martel
5.4 – True Colors – Mortman
5.5 – Rebecca – DuMaurier
5.6 – Dark Voyage - Alan Furst
5.7 – Family Tree – Barbara Delinsky
5.8 – Brimstone – Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
5.9 – The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
5.10 – Knight Errant
10.1 – Anthem – Ayn Rand
10.2 – Secret of the Seventh Son – Glenn Cooper
10.3 – The Shadow of the Bear – Regina Doman
10.4 – The Name of a Bullfighter – Luis Sepulveda
10.5 – Stones from the River
10.6 – Sweet Prarie Passion – Rosanne Bittner
10.7 – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
10.8 – Light in the Window – Jan Karon
10.9 – Little Women – Alcott
10.10 – Canapes for the Kitties – Marian Babson
15.1 – The Tail of the Tip off – Rita Mae Brown / The Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood
15.2 – Fatherland – Robert Harris
15.3 – The Portrait of a Lady – James (Subtraction)/ 4th of July – Patterson (Division)
15.4 – Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or Farnhite 451 / Planet Earth
15.5 –The Hummingbirds Daughter – Luis Alberto Urrea and Captain Alatriste Arturo Perez-Reverte
15.6 – The Modigliani Scandal - Follett
15.7 – Skeletons at the Feast
15.8 – (SB) Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafron (Spain)/ Resistance – Anita Shreve (Belgium)
15.9 – TBA
15.10 – Dead Poet Society – N.H. Kleinbaum/ A Separate Peace – Knowles
20.1 – TBA
20.2 – TBA
20.3 – TBA
25.1 – Five Quarts – Bill Hayes (Current Job)/ The Anteater of Death – Betty Webb
25.2 – Before I Say Goodbye – Mary Higgins Clark/ Iced – Carol Higgins Clark (Mother/Daughter)
25.3 – The Hours - Michael Cunningham or Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
25.4 – Must Love Dogs – Claire Cook
25.5 – The Bone Doll’s Twin - Flewelling
25.6 – TBA
25.7 – Chimera – John Barth
Fast Women – Jennifer Crusie
The Secret Garden – Burnett
25.8 - TBA
5 points1. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
2. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Somebody's Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage
5. Crash by Jerry Spinelli
6. Hide and Shriek #14: Super Special by Melissa J. Morgan
7. thankful for family. My Sister's Keeper byJodi Picoult
8. Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist by
5 points1. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
2. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Somebody's Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage
5. Crash by Jerry Spinelli
6. Hide and Shriek #14: Super Special by Melissa J. Morgan
7. thankful for family. My Sister's Keeper byJodi Picoult
8. Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist by
5 points1. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
2. Little Lady, Big Apple by Hester Browne
3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
4. Somebody's Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage
5. Crash by Jerry Spinelli
6. Hide and Shriek #14: Super Special by Melissa J. Morgan
7. thankful for family. My Sister's Keeper byJodi Picoult
8. Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist by
5.1 Cleopatra's Daughter5.2 Twilight
5.3 TBA
5.4 TBA
5.5 TBA
5.6 TBA
5.7 TBA
5.8 TBA
5.9 Freaks and Revelations
5.10 TBA
10.1 TBA
10.2 TBA
10.3 TBA
10.4 TBA
10.5 TBA
I ran out of gumption. I'll continue this list later. :)
Obviously, this list is still in progress. :) I'm so excited! This is going to be my first time participating in the challenge, and it looks like a lot of fun. I'm really looking forward to the beginning of September.5 POINT TASKS
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3. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
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9. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
10.
10 POINT TASKS
1. Saplings by Noel Streatfeild
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6. Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
7. Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio
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9.
10. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
15 POINT TASKS
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3. Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature by Margaret Atwood AND Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
4. Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
5. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder AND Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
7. The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
8.
9. Gone from Home: Short Takes by Angela Johnson
10. Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery AND Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery
20 POINT TASKS
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2.
25 POINT TASKS
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2. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte AND Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
4. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
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6.
7. Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier AND The Suspect by L.R. Wright AND The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
8. Annie's Ghosts by Steve Luxenberg AND Baghdad Diaries by Nuha al-Radi AND Hamlet's Dresser by Bob Smith
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10.
30 POINT TASK
5 points:1. the child in time - ian mcewan
2. little lady, big apple - hester browne
3. life of pi - yann martel
4. bean trees - barbara kingsolver
5. of mice and men - john steinbeck
6. the satanic verses - salman rushdie
7.
8. nick and norah's infinite playlist - rachel cohn and david leviathan
9. the perks of being a wallflower - stephen chblosky
10. the time traveler's wife - audrey niffenegger
10 points:
1. a tree grows in brooklyn - betty smith
2. dry - augusten burroughs
3. dr. seuss books
4. the house of spirits - isabel allende
5. night - elie wiesel
6. the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian - sherman alexie
7.
8. ("king") the last king of scotland - giles foden
9. march - geraldine brooks
10. the white tiger - aravind adiga
15 points:
1. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - mark haddon AND the brief wondrous life of oscar wao - junot diaz
2. the eyre affair - jasper fforde
3. (16 letters in author's name) middlesex - jeffrey eugenides AND (441 +/-25pgs) empire falls - richard russo
4.
5. hanna's daughters & two women - marianne fredriksson
6. romeo & juliet - william shakespeare
7.
8. (China) snow flower and the secret fan - lisa see AND (Hungary) the end of a family story - peter nadas
9. home safe - elizabeth berg
10. (students) all souls - christine schutt AND (teacers) the abstinence teacher - tom perrotta
20 Points:
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25 Points:
1. (teacher) olive kitteridge - elizabeth strout AND (famous, glamorous actress) sTori telling - tori spelling
2. carter beats the devil - glen david gold AND the almost moon - alice sebold
3. three junes - julia glass
4. harry potter and the order of the phoenix - jk rowling
5.
Doing this list was a great task! Since it is my first challenge it seems daunting at the moment, even though I read A LOT. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?ke...
5 Points1.Children: A Daughter’s a Daughter by Mary Westmacott
2.Apple: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
3.Sea: The Princess Bride by William Goldman
4.Adoption: A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama by Laura Amy Schlitz
5.Back to School: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
6.Halloween: The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
7. Thankful: The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ
8. Two Authors: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Schaffer and Annie Barrows
9.Coming of Age: The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
10.Back in Time: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
10 Points
1.1936-1959: After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
2.Addiction: Speed Shrinking by Susan Shapiro
3.Collection of Children's Stories: Dr. Seuss Collection
4.Hispanic Heritage: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel
5.Germany: Three against Hitler by Rudi Wobbe and Jerry Borrowman
6.Native American Heritage: 40 years among the Indians: a true yet trilling narrative of the author's experiences among the Natives by Daniel W. Jones
7.Hero: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
8.Dictionary: The Exploding Detective by John Swartzwelder
9.Civil War: March by Geraldine Brooks
10.Cat: Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown
15 Points
1.Grammar: Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery & Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
2.Alternative Historical Novel: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
3.Math: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K Rowling and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
4.Science: Poisons by Peter Macinnis and Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Movie)
5.Study Abroad: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
6.Arts: The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
7.PE: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
8.Geography: The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
9.Homework: The Work and the Glory Volume 9: All is Well by Gerald Lund
10.Teacher & Student: Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery and The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
20 Points
1.Most Improved: TBD
2.Rookie: TBD
3.Group: Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
25 Points
1.Poetry: TBD
2.Related Authors: The Green Dwarf by Charlotte Bronte & Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
3.Lesbian Character: Sour Puss by Rita Mae Brown
4.Book/Movie: TBD
5.Prediction: The Bellmaker by Brian Jacques
6.President: TBD
7. One, Two, Three: Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
8.Nouns: Love, Rosi by Cecelia Ahern
Fablehaven: Rise of the Evening Star by Brandon Mull
Far From the Maddening Crowd by Thomas Hardy
9.Self-Improvement: Running for Women by Claire Kowalchik
The Zeezrom Syndrome by Rodney Jay Vessels
10.Devil: The Devil and Miss Prym by Paul Coelho
30 Points
1.Job/Dream Job: Catherine’s Heart by Lawana Blackwell (College Student) & Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron (childhood dream: detective)
Reposted, as I had too many characters for a single message...Proposed Tasks (Part I)
5 Point Tasks
1. Children: Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley
2. Apple: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen OR The Fiction Class by Susan Breen
3. Sea: The Princess Bride by William Golding OR Catherine and the Pirate by Karen Hawkins
4. Adoption: Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent
5. High School: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee OR The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
6. Halloween: Scary Beautiful by Niki Burnham
7. Thankful: Believing Christ by Stephen E. Robinson
8. Multiple Authors: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan OR The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
9. Coming of Age: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume OR Forever... by Judy Blume
10. Time Travel: The Boy I Loved Before by Jenny Colgan
10 Point Tasks
1. 9/7/36 to 2/3/59: I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (1958)
2. Addiction: Crank by Ellen Hopkins
3. Kid Stories: Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
4. Mexico: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival
5. Germany: Night by Elie Wiesel
6. Native American: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
7. Superhero: Super What? by Jax Abbott
8. Random Words (Ride): Thrill Ride by Rachel Hawthorne
9. Civil War: Love Beyond Time by Nancy Campbell Allen
10. Cats: Love is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison OR Kitty Kitty by Michele Jaffe OR Tennis Shoes: Warriors of Cumorah by Chris Heimerdinger
15 Point Tasks
1. Grammar (preposition - TO): I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter AND Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
2. Alt History: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
3. Math (11-letter author, 400-450 pages): Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr AND Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
4. Science vs Sci-Fi: Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson and Planet Earth or Expelled
5. Foreign Language: Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Proposed Tasks
(Part II)15 Point Tasks
6. Play/Movie: As You Like It by William Shakespeare + movie
7. Audiobook while Exercising: The Sky Inside by Clare B. Dunkley OR Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
8. S Country (Sweden) and F Country (France): Bloomability by Sharon Creech and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
9. "Home" or "Work": Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes by Gordon B. Hinckley
10. Teacher/Student: The Host by Stephenie Meyer AND Bloom by Elizabeth Scott OR Forever... by Judy Blume
20 Point Tasks
1. TBA
2. TBA
3. Group Read: Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
25 Point Tasks
1. Nicole — Rhyme Time: A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein AND Bright Arrows by Grace Livingston Hill OR Bright Skies by Emilie Loring
2. Donna Jo — Related Authors: Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock AND Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
3. Wendy — Gay/Lesbian Character: My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
4. Candace — Book vs Movie: Jumper by Steven Gould + movie
5. Janice — Fortune Telling: The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti OR Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
6. BJ Rose — Dead Presidents: William McKinley and His America by H. Wayne Morgan
7. Cindy — 1-2-3: Airhead by Meg Cabot, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, AND City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
8. Cait — Person, Place, and Thing: Being Nikki by Meg Cabot, City of Glass by Cassandra Clare, AND The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart
9. Diane — Self-Improvement: Receiving Answers to Our Prayers by Gene R. Cook AND The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl by Shauna Reid
10. Sam — Halloween Monsters: Zombie Blondes by Brian James OR Vampireville by Ellen Schreiber
30 Point Task
1. Roseann — Current Profession (unemployed) vs Dream Profession (novelist): Help Wanted, Desperately by Ariel Horn AND A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans
50 Point Task
1. TBA
5 POINT TASKS1. Children Are Our Future: The Gravedigger's Daughter - Joyce Carol Oates
2. An Apple A Day: What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal - Zoe Heller
3. In 1492 Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue: Amy's Eyes - Richard Kennedy
4. Adoption Story: Anne of Green Gables - L. M. Montgomery
5. Going Back To School: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
6. Terrifying Titles: Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris
7. Giving Thanks: The Last Child in the Woods - Richard Louv
8. Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Better Than One: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn and David Leviathan
9. Coming Of Age Or All Grown Up: Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
10. Fall Back In Time: Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
10 POINT TASKS
1. Buddy Holly: I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith (1948)
2. Addiction: Dry - Augusten Burroughs
3. Bears: The Bear Went Over the Moutain - William Kotzwinkle
4. Hispanic Heritage Month: Portrait in Sepia - Isabel Allende
5. Oktoberfest: Snowleg - Nicholas Shakespeare
6. Native American Heritage Month: The Master Butcher's Singing Club - Louise Erdrich
7. Can You Read Faster Than A Speeding Bullet?: Watchmen - Alan Moore
8. You'll Find It In The Dictionary: The Solid Mandala - Patrick White (my words were ken, grind and solid)
9. Summer Has Gone With The Wind: Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
10. This Task Is The Cat's Meow: Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie
15 POINT TASKS
1. Grammar (Participles): Catch Me If You Can - Frank W. Abagnale & Stan Redding, Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
2. Rewriting History: The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
3. Math
• Addition: Friday Night Lights - H.G. Bissinger (6+5=11)
• Subtraction: The Telling - Ursula K. LeGuin (27-17 = 10)
4.Science Fact vs. Science Fiction: Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein (movie - probably some kind of nature documentary)
5. Time To Study Abroad
FRENCH: The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barbary
and Hunting and Gathering - Anna Gavalda
6. Creative Minds (The Arts)
• Learn Your Art History: The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant (Crocker Art Museum - free on Sundays!)
7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.): TBD
8. Geography Lessons: The Coroner's Lunch - Colin Cotterill (Laos) and The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Spain)
9. Your Homework Assignment: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel
10. Teacher-Student Relations: Anne of Avonlea and Anne of the Island
20 POINT TASKS
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – TBD
2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - TBD
3. GROUP READ - Read One Of The 3 Group Reads (TBD).
25 POINT TASKS
1. ROSEANN'S TASK: TBD and Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon (writer - before I realized that I hate writing!)
2. DONNA JO'S TASK: Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War - Tony Horwitz and Year of Wonders - Geraldine Brooks (husband and wife)
3. WENDY'S TASK: Maurice - E. M. Forster
4. CANDACE'S TASK: The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
Sara wrote: "Reposted, as I had too many characters for a single message...Proposed Tasks (Part I)
10 Point Tasks
5. Germany: Maus II by Art Spiegelman..."
Sara, you might want to double-check this choice. The book description says it is set in Poland and the author was born in Sweden.
I haven't read either Maus or Maus II, so I don't know if they qualify for the German task or not.
5.1 – Son of the Shadows by Juliet Marillier 5.2 – The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury
5.3 – The Floating Island by Elizabeth Haydon
5.4 – Child of a Rainless Year by Jane Lindskold
5.5 – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
5.6 – An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe
5.7 – Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
5.8 – Sorcery and Cecelila by Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer
5.9 – Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce
5.10 – Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
10.1 – The Loved One by by Evelyn Waugh
10.2 – Dune by Frank Herbert
10.3 – The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
10.4 – The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
10.5 – 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebeard by Walter Moers
10.6 – Waterlily by Ella Cara Deloria
10.7 – The King Must Die by Mary Renault
10.8 – A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
10.9 – Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
10.10 – The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
15.1 – Air by Geoff Ryman and Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
15.2 – Farthing by Jo Walton
15.3 – James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips and Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
15.4 – Litany of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
15.5 – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
15.6 – The Little Country by Charles de Lint
15.7 – The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
15.8 – Fudoki by Kij Johnson and Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
15.9 – Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
15.10 – The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
20.1 – Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
20.2 – Katherine by Anya Seton, The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, and The Moon Under Her Feet by Clysta Kinstler
20.3 – Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
25.1 – White As Snow by Tanith Lee and Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
25.2 – 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill and The Gunslinger by Stephen King
25.3 – The Color Purple by Alice Walker
25.4 – Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
25.5 - Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier
25.6 - An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963 by Robert Dallek
25.7 - Nation by Terry Pratchett, Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler, and Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg
25.8 - Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser, Abarat by Clive Barker, and Making Money by Terry Pratchett
25.9 - The Dream Book by Gillian Kemp and Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
25.10 - The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
30.1 - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver and Widdershins by Charles de Lint
50.1 - TBD
5 POINT TASKS1. Children: The Children Of Men - PD James
2. Apple: Freakonomics: a rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything - Steven D. Leavitt and Stephen J. Dubner
3. Sea: Farthest Shore - Ursula K. Leguin
4. Adoption: Run - Ann Patchett
5. School: Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
6. Halloween: Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
7. Thanks: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel (thankful for family)
8. Two heads: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
9. Coming Of Age: Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
10. Time Travel: Flight - Sherman Alexie
10 POINT TASKS
1. Buddy Holly September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959: The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again - J.R.R. Tolkien (first published in 1937)
2. Addiction: Dry -Augusten Burroughs
3. A Collection Of Children's Stories: Where The Wild Things Are and The Nutshell Library - Maurice Sendak
4. Hispanic Heritage Month: I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala - Rigoberta Menchu
5. Oktoberfest: The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak
6. Native American Heritage Month: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
7. Superheroes: Runaways: Pride and Joy - Brian K. Vaughn
8. Random Word Generator: Fallout: Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and The Political Science of the Atomic Bomb - Jim Ottaviani (water, layout, atomic)
9. Civil War: Harriet Tubman: The Road To Freedom - Catherine Clinton
10. Cat's Meow: Magicats - various authors
15 POINT TASKS
1. Grammar (Homophones): Water For Elephants - Sarah Gruen and 1984(four) - George Orwell
2. Re-writing History: Watchmen - Alan Moore
3. Math: Addition: Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler (5+8=13) and Division: Fables Volume 6: Homelands (1979/30 = 66)
4.Science Fact vs. Science Fiction: Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut (Planet Earth or Life of Mammals or some other amazing science movie!)
5. Study Abroad: Inkheart - Cornelia Caroline Funke and The Neverending Story - Michael Ende (GERMAN)
6. Creative Minds (The Arts): Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood (create art or go to museum)
7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.) - Harriet The Spy - Louise Fitzhugh
8. Geography Lessons: Death On The Nile - Agatha Christie (Egypt) and Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (Belgian Congo)
9. Homework: BTVS: The Long Way Home - Joss Whedon
10. Teacher-Student: To Sir With Love - E.R. Braithwaite (teacher) and Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson (student)
20 POINT TASKS
Julie and Julia or The Shadow of the Wind
25 POINT TASKS
1. NICOLE OH'S TASK: A Light in the Attic - Shel Silverstein and Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
2. DONNA JO'S TASK: Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer and The History of Love - Nicole Krauss (husband and wife)
3. WENDY'S TASK: X-Men: The End - Chris Claremont (Northstar is one of the few openly gay comic book super heroes)
4. CANDACE'S TASK: New Moon - Stephanie Meyer
5. JANICE'S TASK: Dune - Frank Herbert
6. BJ ROSE'S TASK: Indira: The Life Of Indira Nehru Gandhi - Katherine Frank
7. CINDY'S TASK: Frankenstein - Mary Shelley; The Road - Cormac McCarthy; The Princess Bride - William Goldman
8. CAIT'S TASK: The Sisters Grimm Book 1: The Fairy-Tale Detectives - Michael Buckley; The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare; The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
9. DIANE'S TASK: Life Enriching Education - Marshall Rosenberg
10. SAM'S TASK: The Witches - Roald Dahl
30 POINT TASKS
1. ROSEANN'S TASK: Hey Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People - Anne Elizabeth Moore (teach media literacy to youth) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (Doctor)
Liz wrote: "Sara, you might want to double-check this choice. The book description says it is set in Poland and the author was born in Sweden. I haven't read either Maus or Maus II, so I don't know if they qualify for the German task or not."
Oh, good call. It definitely has Germans in it... But apparently my brain went "WWII"-->"Germany" without any stopping to think that "WWII" might have going on in other countries as well... Thanks!
Ok...here are my initial choices (subject to change). Thanks to everyone who posted their plans and helped me decide on some of my choices!5.1 The Heretic’s Daughter – Kathleen Kent
5.2 Bad Apple – Laura Ruby
5.3 The Old Man and The Sea – Ernest Hemingway
5.4 Running With Scissors: A Memoir – Augusten
Burroughs
5.5 The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
5.6 Something Wicked This Way Comes-Ray Bradbury
5.7 A Christmas Carol-Charles Dickens
5.8 Citizen Girl – Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
5.9 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
5.10 The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audry Niffenegger
10.1 Farenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury
10.2 A Million Little Pieces – James Frey
10.3 Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
10.4 Like Water for Chocolate-Laura Esquivel (Mexico)
10.5 The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
10.6 Indian Killer-Sherman Alexie
10.7 The Watchmen – Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
10.8 Continuum-Marlys Beider (11th word – Continuum)
10.9 The Red Badge of Courage-Steven Crane
10.10 Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
15.1 The Art of Racing in the Rain-Garth Stein
Deadly Reigns-Teri Woods (Homophones-rain &
reign)
15.2 The Yiddish Policemen’s Union-Michael Chabon
15.3 The Kite Runner-Khaled Hosseini (Addtion -
13 letters)
The City Of Ember-Jeanne DuPrau (subtraction 30- 16=14)
15.4 The Martian Chronicles-Ray Bradbury
(Movie – “Earth”)
15.5 Les Miserables-Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame-Victor Hugo
15.6 Dali –Robert Descharnes
(Visit the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg,
Florida)
15.7 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo-Stieg Larsson - Audiobook
15.8 The Abyssinian Proof-Jenny White (T- Turkey)
The Reader-Berhard Schlink (G-Germany)
15.9 Home-Marilynne Robinson
15.10 How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls-Zoey Dean
Twin Study: Stories-Stacey Richter
20.1 TBD
20.2 TBD
20.3 TBD
25.1 Digital Fortress-Dan Brown ( programmer)
Islands in the Stream: A Novel-Ernest
Hemmingway (artist)
25.2 Nicole Krauss-Man Walks Into A Room
Jonathan Safron Foer-Extremely Loud and
Incredibly Close (married)
25.3 Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim-David
Sedaris
25.4 Skipping Christmas-John Grisham
Christmas With the Kranks
25.5 The House on Fortune Street-Margot Livesey
25.6 An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917-1963-
Robert Dallek
25.7 Contagious-Scott Sigler-READ
Bloodsucking Fiends-Christopher Moore - READ
Water For Elephants-Sara Gruen - READ
Part I: 50/50
100/100
150/150
The Perils of Pursuing a Prince (370 pp)
&
Division: 27: 2nd in series: Throne of Jade Temeraire #2 by Naomi Novik
Girl with a Dragon Tattoo
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
B = Botswana: Good Husband of Zebra Drive (240 pp)Sept. 4
F = France: Madam Will You Talk by Mary Stewart
Teacher: The Fiction Class by Susan Breen
Part II:60/60
C = Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
250/250
Poetry 180 A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins (272 pp)
AND
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
AND
Since the Curse started with him I wanted to go back to the beginning as it were
One Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
AND
I. Senses: Poison Study by Maria Snyder
PART 1
This is my first time doing a challenge.I will try to fit in books from my to-be-read pile and some university's books (if that is possible).Let's have fun!!!
5 Point Tasks
1.Children: Captain Grant's Children by Jules Verne (in greek: Τα Τέκνα του Πλοίαρχου Γκραντ)
2.Apple:
3.Sea: A son of the sun by Jack London (Ο γιος του ήλιου)
4.Adoption:
5.High School: The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
6.Halloween:
7.Thankful: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (ΧΑΚ ΦΙΝΝ)
8.Multiple Authors:Introduction to International Relations:Theories and Approaches by Robert Jackson and Georg Sorensen (Θεωρία και μεθοδολογία των διεθνών σχέσεων:Η σύγχρονη συζήτηση)
9.Coming of Age:The Green Years by A.J. Cronin (Τα άγουρα χρόνια)
10.Time Travel:
10 Point Tasks
1.9/7/36 to 2/3/59:Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (Η Ναυτία)
2.Addiction:The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Ο Παίχτης)
3.Kid Stories:
4.Chile:Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (Ινές, ψυχή μου)
5.Germany: by Friedrich Nietzsche ()
6.Native American: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (Ο τελευταίος των Μοϊκανών)
7.Superhero:
8.Random Words(9th bit,10th myth,11th plate):
9.Civil War:Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Μικρές Κυρίες)
10.Cats:Me and Clara and Casimir the Cat by Dimiter Inkiow (Εγώ κι η Κλάρα κι ο γάτος μας ο Μπιρμπίλης)
15 Point Tasks
1.Grammar:a.A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (Ένα άλλοθι για τρία εγκλήματα)
b.The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (Ρομπέν των Δασών)
2.Alternative Historical Novel:The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
3.Math: a.Addition (11 letters):Adam Bede by George Eliot
b.Multiplication (135-185 pages):
PART 2
15 Point Tasks
4. Science vs Sci-Fi:
5. Foreign Language (italian): a.Follow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro (in greek: Όπου σε πάει η καρδιά)
b.The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (in greek: Το όνομα του Ρόδου)
6. Play/Movie: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
7. Audiobook while Exercising: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
8. Geography Lessons: Α and Ν: a.The Stranger by Albert Camus (in greek: Ο Ξένος)(Algeria)
b.Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Nigeria)
9. "Home" or "Work":
10. Teacher/Student: a.Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
b.Μάσκα στο φεγγάρι by Manos Kontoleon
20 Point Tasks
1. Learn Your ABC's: a.
b.
c.
2. Christian Fiction: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
3. Group Read:
25 Point Tasks
1. Rhyme Time: a.
b.
2. Related Authors: Hard Times by Charles Dickens (in greek: Δύσκολα Χρόνια)
3. Gay/Lesbian Character:
4. Book vs Movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (in greek: Ο Χάρι Πότερ και ο Ημίαιμος Πρίγκιψ )
5. "Fortune" Or "Prophecy": The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
6. A President Or Prime Minister:
7. One, Two, Three: a. Dubliners by James Joyce (in greek: Οι Δουβλινέζοι)
b. Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera
c. When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom (in greek: Όταν Έκλαψε ο Νίτσε)
8. Nouns: a.Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (in greek:Μαντάμ Μποβαρύ)
b.Istanbul:Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk (in greek:Ιστανμπούλ: πόλη και αναμνήσεις)
c.
9. Self-Improvement: a.Staring at the Sun by Irvin D. Yalom (in greek:Στον Κήπο του Επίκουρου)
b.The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (in greek:Ο Αλχημιστής)
10. Halloween Part III:
30 Point Tasks
1. Current Profession vs Dream Profession:
50 Point Tasks
1.Minding the World:a.Senses:
b.Emotions:
c.Memories:
7/60 books
2260 pages
4/45 tasks
Up-to-date list as of 8/25/095 POINT TASKS
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
2. Twilight By Stephanie Meyer
3. Vanished at Sea: The True Story of a Child TV Actor and Double Murder by Tina Dirmann
4. The Face on the Milk Carton by Carolyn B. Cooney
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
7. Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney
8. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus
9. Little Women by Louis May Alcott
10. Something Upstairs : A Tale Of Ghosts by Avi
10 POINT TASKS
1. The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
2. A Child Called it By David Pelzer
3. Berenstain Bears Books
4.. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
5. The Book Thief by by Markus Zusak
6. Crossing the Starlight Bridge (Aladdin Fiction) by Alice Mead
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
8. The Motive by John Lescroart
9. The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
10. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards (Cat Who..., #1) by Lilian Jackson Braun
15 POINT TASKS
1. About a Boy by Nick Hornby and Don't You Forget About Me (Gossip Girl, #11) by Cecily von Ziegesar
2. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
3. The Ex Games (Romantic Comedies) by Jennifer Echols and You're the One That I Want (Gossip Girl, Book 6) by Cecily von Ziegesar
4. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
5. When Jonathan Died by Tony Duvert and The Tenant by Roland Topor
6. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Volume One in the Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire
7. Adam Copeland On Edge by Adam Copeland
8. The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
9. No Place Like Home A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark
10. The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee and Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
20 POINT TASKS
1.
2.
3.
25 POINT TASKS
1. The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber and Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
2. Carrie by Stephen King and Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
3. Rainbow High by Alex Sanchez
4. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.) by Isabel Allende
6. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
7.Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Hell's Kitchen by Chris Niles and Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
0/535 Points
0/15033 Pages Read
I'd do two posts, if you plan to use links to books. If you want to post again, I'll delete this one so your posts will be consecutive...
I told myself I wasn't going to make up a list, I would just read what I wanted and then see where it fit. Yeah, that didn't last long. :) Here is my list, which I will try to keep up to date.5 Points:
1. Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
2. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
3. Kingston by Starlight: A Novel by Christopher John Farley
4. Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein & Paula Bernstein
5. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
6. Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
7. The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks by Robin Romm (family)
8. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
9. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
10. Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
10 Points:
1. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (1955)
2. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
3. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (48 pgs)
AND The Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka (32 pgs)
AND The Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (32 pgs)
4. The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
5. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
6. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
7. Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
8. 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (random word: road)
9. Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
10. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
15 Points:
1. Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
AND Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
3. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (addition: 14 letters in author's name)
AND A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore (subtraction: 9 letters in book title)
4. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
AND The Girl Who Played with Fire, both by Stieg Larsson (Sweden)
6. The Lost Quilter: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini (followed by some quilting)
7. Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella (followed by a trip to a baseball game)
8. The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin (Russia)
AND The Seamstress A Novel by Frances de Pontes Peebles (Brazil)
9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty & Andy Owens
10. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
AND Under the Rose: An Ivy League Novel by Diana Peterfreund
20 Points:1. TBD
2. TBD
3. TBD
25 Points:
1. The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible by A.J. Jacobs (current job: in a church)
AND Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams by Jennifer Sey (childhood dream: pro gymnast)
2. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
AND Pompeii by Robert Harris (brothers-in-law)
3. My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger
4. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
5. Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
6. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
7. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
AND Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
AND Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
8. The Van Alen Legacy by Melissa de la Cruz
AND The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
AND New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
9.Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos by Cynthia Townley Ewer
AND Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
10. Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda George
So excited about this challenge! Can't wait for September!September 1ST - November 30th
5 POINT TASKS
1. Our Children Are Our Future (Reads) Read A Book That Has The Word Son(s), Daughter(s), Kid(s), Child, or Children In The Title.
2. • Read A Book That Has A Picture Of An Apple On The Cover. OR • A Book With The Word Apple(s) In The Title.
3. Read A Novel Where The Main Character Travels At Sea Or A Non-Fiction Book About Sea Travel.
4. Read A Novel Where The Main Character Is Adopted Or Adopts A Child Themselves Or A Non-Fictional Book Related To Adoption.
5. Re-read A Book That You Were Required To Read For School
6. terrifying word in titel
7. Read A Book That Relates To The Thing You Are Most Thankful For. • Please Tell Us What That Is When You Claim Points.
8. - Read A Book That Has More Than One Author.
It Should Be A Singular Work That Two People Collaborated Together To Create.
9.
10. Read A Novel Where One Or More Character(s) Travel Back In Time.
10 POINT TASKS
1.
2.
3. • Read A Book With The Word Bear Or Bears In The Title. OR
• A Collection Of Children's Stories. OR
• Several Children's Books (The Number Of Pages Should Add Up To At Least 100). No Juvenile Or YA Books For This Task.
4. Mexico. -
5. Read A Book Written By A German Author, Set In Germany, Or A Non-Fictional Book About Germany.
6. A Native American Author, A Main Character Who Is Native American, About Native Americans.
7. Read A Novel About Heroes/Heroines/Superheroes/Super-heroines
OR • An (Auto)Biography Of Your Personal Hero/Heroine
8. You'll Find It In The Dictionary - Noah Webster Was Born October 16, 1758 - In Honor Of Him Visit The Random Word Generator Website And Then Read A Book Whose Title Contains The 9th, 10th, or 11th Word You Come To.
9. Read A Novel Set During The U.S. Civil War.
10. • Has The Word Cat(s) In The Title.
• Or Has A Picture Of A Cat(s) On The Cover.
15 POINT TASKS
1. -
2.
3. Discover The Equation For Good Books (Math) - Pick 2 Of The Following...
• Addition - 15 - Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
•
4.
• Read A Science Fiction Novel And Watch A Film Related To Science Or Scientific Discovery.
OR
• Read A Non-Fiction Book About Science And Watch A Science-Fiction Film.
5. Foreign Language
6. Choose ONE Of The Following Tasks...
• Read A Book About An Artist Or Art History AND Either Go To A Museum To View Art Or Create Art (
• Read A Book With A Type Of Music In The Title (Jazz, Country, Pop, Rap Etc.) And Listen To A CD Or Attend A Concert Of That Type Of Music.
7. Sport
8. Read Two Books That Take Place Countries That Correspond To Your Initials.
L - London
C - Canada
9. Read A Book With The Word Home OR Work In The Title.
• After Reading The Book You Have To ...
10. Teacher-Student Relations - Read Both...
• A Book With A Teacher As The Main Character Or With The Word Teacher(s), Teach, Teaches, or Teaching.
And
• A Book With A Main Character Who Is A Student Or With The Word Student(s), Study, Or Studies In The Title.
20 POINT TASKS
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – TBD
2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - TBD
3. GROUP READ - Read One Of The 3 Group Reads (TBD).
25 POINT TASKS
1. Tutankhamun the Exodus Conspiracy The Truth Behind Archaeology's Greatest Mystery by Andrew Collins and Chris Ogilvie-Herald
AND
2. Find Two Authors Who Are Related By Blood Or Marriage And Read A Book By Each.
• In Your Post Please ..
3. Read A Book With A Positive Gay Or Lesbian Character.
4. Read A Book That Has Been Written Within The Last 10 Years And Made Into A Movie Within The Last 5. then..
5.
6. Presidents
7. CINDY'S TASK - One, Two, Three - Read Three Books...
• One With A One Word Title
• The Second With A Two Word Title
• And The Third With A Three Word Title.
8. Nouns - Read 3 Books:
•
•
•
ADDITIONAL 25 POINT TASKS MAY BE ADDED PENDING COMPLETION OF THE SPRING CHALLENGE.
Other: The host
POINTS: 90
Other: Jade and the Serpent's Circle by Maggie Fikkert
We're expecting our first baby during this challenge (10/2) so I'm not sure how much I'll actually accomplish. Here's my game plan:5 POINT TASKS
5.1 - Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
5.2 - The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
5.3 - A Pirate Looks at 50 by Jimmy Buffett
5.4 - The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
5.5 - The Awakening by Kate Chopin
5.6 - The Deadly Dance by M.C. Beaton
5.7 - Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
5.8 - Wicked Weaves by Joyce and Jim Lavene
5.9 - An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland by Michael Dirda
5.10 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
10 POINT TASKS
10.1 - Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinge
10.2 - Courage of Fear by Barbara Boyer
10.3 - assorted Children's books
10.4 - something by Isabel Allende (Chile)
10.5 - Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
10.6 - Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore
10.7 - Enchantment: the life of Audrey Hepburn by Donald Spoto
10.8 - The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wall (Alliance, Throat, Castle)
10.9 - March by Geraldine Brooks
10.10 - Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
15 POINT TASKS
15.1 - Thyme Out by Katie Fforde & In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
15.2 - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
15.3 - In the Woods by Tana French & Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
15.4 -
15.5 - One Hundred Years of Solitude & House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
15.6 - The Lacemakers of Glenmara
15.7 -
15.8 - (K)enya - True at First Light by Ernest Hemingway & (C)hile - My Invented Country by Isabel Allende
15.9 - Home: A Memoir of my Early Years by Julie Andrews OR At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
15.10 - Teacher Man by Frank McCourt & Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
20 POINT TASKS
20.1 - The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
20.2 -
25 POINT TASKS
25.1 -
25.2 -
25.3 - Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
25.6 - An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy 1917-1965 by Robert Dallek
25.7 - Posh by Lucy Jackson, Land Girls by Angela Huth & Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
25.8 - The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Ellen Rimbauer and Stephen King,
25.9 - The Inner Game of Stress by W. Timothy Gallwey & The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment by Isabel Losada
25.10 -
30 POINT TASKS
1.
1. Daughters of the Grail by Elizabeth Chadwick
2. After the Apple by Naomi Harris Rosenblatt
3. Jack Nastyface by William Robinson
4. Krapp's Last Cassette by Anne Argula
5. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
6. Web of Evil by J.A. Jance
7. My Journey with Farrah by Alana Stewart
8. The White Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
9. Unstrung Heroes by Franz Lidz
10. This Time Together by Susan L. Liepitz
10 POINT TASKS
1. Run Silent, Run Deep by Edward L. Beach
2. The Seven-percent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
3. Stories Children Need by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
4. When the Ground Turns in Its Sleep by Sylvia Sellers-Garcia
5. A Visible Darkness by Michael Gregorio
6. Sacred Ground by Mercedes Lackey
7. Aphrodite's Flame by Julie Kenner
8. Joining by Johanna Lindsey
9. Jayhawkers by Bryce D. Benedict
10. Catfantastic 1 edited by Andre Norton and Martin H. Greenberg
15 POINT TASKS
1. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson AND Swim to Me by Betsy Carter
2. Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede
3. Addition - 11 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho AND Division - 31 1st - The Black Gryphon,
4. Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff
5. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez AND Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
6. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
7. Risk by Dick Francis
8. Japan: The Ramen King and I by Andy Raskin AND Canada: Burying Ariel by Gail Bowen
9. Dance with Chance: Making Luck Work for You by Spyros Makridakis, Robin Hogarth & Anil Gaba
10. To Sir, with Love by E.R. Braithwaite and Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
20 POINT TASKS
1. Zora & Nicky by Claudia Mair Burney
2. Exile's Valor by Mercedes Lackey, Fanuilh by Daniel Hood AND Grayheart by Tara K. Harper
3. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
25 POINT TASKS
2. Restoree by mother, Anne McCaffrey AND Dragonsblood by son, Todd McCaffrey
3. The Funny Thing Is... by Ellen DeGeneres
4. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
5. The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield
6. The Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding in His Times by Francis Russell
7. 1: Compromised by Kate Noble, 2: Look Again by Lisa Scottoline AND 3: Fool for Love by Eloisa James
8. person: Saving Faith by David Balducci, place: The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz AND thing: Face Down under the Wych Elm by Kathy Lynn Emerson
9. A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks AND Just Do Something by Kevin DeYoung
10. The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak
30 POINT TASK
1. Holes by Louis Sachar AND The Private World of Georgette Heyer by Jane Aiken Hodge
50 POINT TASK
1. The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland AND Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik AND Baby Teeth by Blythe Holbrooke
5.1 5.2 Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
5.3 English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
5.4 Digging to America by Anne Tyler
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9 Memoirs of a Geisha
5.10 Croquet by Kate Atkinson
10.1 Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8 Something Might Happen by Julie Myerson (might was 10th word on random generator)
10.9
10.10
15.1 The Other Side of the Story by Marian Keyes and The God of Small Things
15.2
15.3 Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday (author's name and my name both have 10 letters)
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathon Saffron Foer (the book has 273 pages. My age (27) multiplied by the number of letters in my name (10) adds up to 270).
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8 Modern Baptists by James Wilcox (america) and The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin (Germany)
15.9
15.10 The Piano Teacher by Y.K.Lee and ?
20.1
20.2 The Return by Victoria Hislop, Starting Over by Tony Parsons and The Informers
20.3 Shutter Island by Dennis Le Hane
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6
25.7 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, Ice Road by Gillian Slovo and The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
25.8 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and Brick Lane by Monica Ali and The Purple Hisbiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
25.9
25.10
30.1 Thirteenth Tale (dream job to own a bookshop) and The History Man by Malcolm Bradbury (set in a University. Current job = admin in a University).
Janice wrote: "> 5 POINT TASKS1. Our Children Are Our Future (Reads) - The MacCade Brothers: Devin & Shane by Nora Roberts
2. An Apple (Book) A Day Keeps The Librarians Away - After the Apple by Naomi Rosenbl..."
Janice - It seems like your book for 5.1 won't work - the words need to be Daughter, Son, Child or Children - not brother. Maybe I am wrong though!
Liz wrote: "My tasks- mostly books from books I own but have yet to read5 Point Tasks
5.1 Children — Little Children-Tom Perrotta or Memory Keepers Daughter – Kim Edwards
5.2 Apple —
5.3 Sea Travel —
5..."
Hey Liz, I was just looking at your books and I noticed you have Into the Wild down for task 25.4. Unfortunately, that one won't work because the book was published back in 1996, so it falls outside of the 10 year mark :( Its a great book though... the movie is good too!
candace - thanks. but boooo! I'll try to fit the book in somewhere else ;)
I know, I'm sorry :(. Maybe you could use it for task 15.1? I think "into" qualifies as a preposition :)
Myrna wrote: "Our book club is brand-spanking new.We started with the Time Traveler's Wife last month and here is the list for the months to come...
I realize Shutter Island was moved to February. We haven..."
I'm sorry, how does this relate?
5 Points1. Daughter of the Forest – Juliet Marillier OR
2. Poison Apples – Nancy Means Wright
3. Master & Commander – Patrick O’Brian
4. Somebody’s Baby – Elaine Kagan OR
Chesepeake Blue - Nora Roberts
5. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
6. Mary, Bloody Mary – Carolyn Meyer
7. The Wednesday Sisters - Meg Waite Clayton
8. The 5th Horseman – James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
9. Three Strikes Your Out - Jessica Fletcher
10. Knight Errant – R. Garcia y Robinson
10 Points
1. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
2.
3. On Bear Mountain – Deborah Smith OR
The Bear and the Dragon – Tom Clancy
4. The Hummingbird's Daughter - Luis Alberto Urrea
5. The Spy Who Came in From The Cold – John le Carre
6. The Blessing Way – Tony Hillerman
7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon
8. Citizen Tom Paine – Howard Fast
9. Gods & Generals – Jeff Shaara OR
Gettysburg – Newt Gingrich
10.The Cat, the Quilt, and the Corpse – Leann Sweeny
15 Points
1. Knitting Under the Influence – Clair LeZebnik
Under the Lilacs – Louisa May Alcott OR
Under the Tuscan Sun – Frances Mayes
2. 1942 – Robert Conroy OR
His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik
3. The Lady Elizabeth: A Novel - Alison Weir
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
4. The Time Machine – H G Wells
5. Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Luis Zafon
The House of Spirits – Isabel Allende
6. Vision in White – Nora Roberts
7. Deal Breaker – Harlan Cobin
8. Laos – The Coroner’s Lunch – Colin Cotterill
Malta – The Brass Dolphin – Joanne Trollope
9. Coming Home – Rosamund Pilcher
10.Clair & Present Danger – Gillian Roberts
20 Points
1. The Shack - William P Young
2.
Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir
Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
3. Shutter Island - Denis LeHane
25 Points
1.
Along For The Ride - Sarah Dessen
2. Where Are You Now – Mary Higgins Clark
Jinxed – Carol Higgins Clark
3. Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
4. Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
5. Prophecy of the Sisters – Michelle Zinc
6. President Kennedy: Profile of Power - Richard Reeves OR
FDR: Rendezvous with Destiny – Frank Friedel
7. Next – Michael Crichton
Terminal Freeze – Lincoln Child
His Majesty’s Dragon – Naomi Novik OR The Mermaid Chair – Sue Monk
8. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder - Rebecca Wells
Amagansett – Mark Mills
The Tea House on Mulberry Street – Sharon Owens (Using Tea or Mulberry as things, not house)
9. The Four Agreements - don Miguel Ruiz
Julies Chocolates - Cathy Lamb OR
Veronika Decides to Die - Paul Coelho
10.The Witches of EIleanan - Kate Forsythe
30 Point Tasks
30.1 Retirement Can Be Murder - Susan Santangelo
The Yarn Shop on Blossom Street – Debbi McComber
50 point Task
50.1 Things Not Seen - Andrew Clements
When Joy Comes to Stay - Karen Kingsbury
Notes from the Underbelly - Risa Green
Teresa wrote: "Would someone mind checking my list, and seeing if I have any books that are wrong?"5.9 – Sudoku Puzzle Murders – Is that about a "senior" lady?
10.1 – Moonstone Castle Mystery – Looks like it was published in 1962 (3 years too late). If you want to read a Nancy Drew book, might I suggest The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22), published 1942? It was one of my favorites (though honestly I don't remember much about it now)!
10.5 – I believe you asked Cynthia about Loot. I didn't see her answer, but as long as she ok'd it, you should be good to go.
25.3 – Wendy’s Task – Does One Must Wait have a positive gay/lesbian character? I couldn't tell from the description.
5.1. Thirteenth Child by Patricia C. Wrede 5.2. Bad Seeds in the Big Apple: Bandits, Killers, and Chaos in New York City, 1920-1940 by Patrick Downey
5.3. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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10.6. This Land was Theirs by Jesse D. Jennings
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15.3. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexadre Dumas (Subtraction 30-11=19) and Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (Multiplication 11*30=330, 324pp)
15.4.
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15.8. On the Far Side of Liglig Mountain by Thomas Hale (Nepal) and Potato A History of the Propitious Esculent by John Reader (Peru)
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To be updated!
Sara wrote: "Teresa wrote: "Would someone mind checking my list, and seeing if I have any books that are wrong?"THanks for checking for me,
5.9 – Sudoku Puzzle Murders – Is that about a "senior" lady?
Yep an senior citizen, who's niece does the construction of puzzles ( previous books were crosswords) but the senior citizen is the spokesperson, has a mystery in every book too : )
10.1 – Moonstone Castle Mystery – ..."
10.1 – Moonstone Castle Mystery – Looks like it was published in 1962 (3 years too late). If you want to read a Nancy Drew book, might I suggest The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew #22), published 1942? It was one of my favorites (though honestly I don't remember much about it now)! OOPS off th change it, I read them growing up, hopefully can get my daughter to read them
10.5 – I believe you asked Cynthia about Loot. I didn't see her answer, but as long as she ok'd it, you should be good to go. still waiting on answer for this, going to post in german thread
25.3 – Wendy’s Task – Does One Must Wait have a positive gay/lesbian character? I couldn't tell from the description.
someone posted a list of positive gay/lesiban characters and I picked this one
THANK YOU SO MUCH< I feel so much better now about my list
My list so far... Books marked with * are already on my Mt. TBR. I'll try to read those first.5 POINT TASKS
1. Our Children
2. Apple: Der Apfel der Erkenntnis by David Berlinski
3. Sea Travel
4. Adoption Story
5. Going Back To School: Brave New World* by Aldous Huxley
6. Terrifying Titles
7. Giving Thanks
8. Two authors
9. Coming Of Age Or All Grown Up
10. Time travel: The Last Continent* by Terry Pratchett
10 POINT TASKS
1. 1936-1959: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh*
2. Addiction
3. Bear: Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär by Walter Moers or Ein Bär im Betstuhl by Arto Paasilinna*
4. Nicaragua: The Inhabited Woman - Giaconda Belli
5. Oktoberfest: Tintentod by Cornelia Funke
6. Native American
7. Hero
8. Random word reading (10th word): The Reading Club by Elizabeth Noble*
9. U.S. Civil War.
10. Cat: Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin by Nancy Atherton*
15 POINT TASKS
1. Prepositions: Torchwood: Bay of the Dead by Mark Morris* & The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdow by Alexander McCall Smith*
2. Alternate History
3. - Addition (12): Reginald Hill - Death's Jest Book*
- Subtraction (13): Killer Pancake* or Burning Bright* or The Bostonians*
4.Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
5. Time To Study Abroad (Icelandic): Kältezone* & Bevor der Morgen graut*
6. Creative Minds (The Arts): The Late Hector Kipling* by David Thewlis ?
7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.) : Torchwood: The Sin Eaters*
8. Geography Lessons
9. Homework
10. Teacher-Student Relations
20 POINT TASKS
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – TBD
2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - TBD
3. GROUP READ: Julie & Julia
25 POINT TASKS
1. NICOLE OH'S TASK - Rhyme Time
2. DONNA JO'S TASK - Find Two Authors Who Are Related By Blood Or Marriage
3. WENDY'S TASK: Sternschnuppen*
4. CANDACE'S TASK - Book & Movie: Hunting and Gathering* by Anna Gavalda
5. JANICE'S TASK - Fortune Telling: Kassandra
6. BJ ROSE'S TASK - “Curse Of Tippecanoe”
7. CINDY'S TASK - One, Two, Three. 1: Redwall* or Predikanten* 2: Bad Monkeys* 3: The Bachman Books*
8. CAIT'S TASK - Name: Carry on Jeeves* or Dearly Devoted Dexter* or The Death of Dalziel* or Giovanni's Room* or Daniel Deronda* or Adam Bede*
Place: New York Triology* or Howard's End*
Thing: The gun seller*
9. DIANE'S TASK - Self-Improvement
10. SAM'S TASK - Monsterfest
30 points
1. ROSEANN'S TASK - Your Job/Dream Job Challenge: Microserfs* by Douglas Coupland &
Bridgit wrote: "Janice wrote: "> 5 POINT TASKS1. Our Children Are Our Future (Reads) - The MacCade Brothers: Devin & Shane by Nora Roberts
2. An Apple (Book) A Day Keeps The Librarians Away - After the Apple b..."
OK, I can see that. I was just thinking "family", not "parent/child".
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5.2 The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
5.3
The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad5.4 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
5.5 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
5.6 Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
5.7 Montana 1948 A Novel by Larry Watson
5.8 All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
5.9 A Separate Peace by John Knowles
5.10 Quattrocento by James Mckean
10.1 Anthem by Ayn Rand10.2 Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks10.3 several children's books10.4 Like Water for Chocolate A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel10.5 Demian by Hermann Hesse10.6 The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie
10.7 The Enemy Within by Robert Francis Kennedy
10.8 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink10.9 The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane10.10 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams15.1 The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
15.2 Alternate Kennedys by Mike Resnick15.3 Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
Sula by Toni Morrison
15.4 The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov15.5 Siddhartha by Hermann HesseKnulp by Hermann Hesse