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5 POINT TASKS
1. Our Children Are Our Future (Reads)
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by
2. An Apple (Book) A Day Keeps The Librarians Away
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
3. In 1492 Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue
4. Adoption Story
The Bean Tree by Barbara Kingsolver
5. Going Back To School
Biedermann und der Brandstifter by Max Frisch
6. Terrifying Titles
Bend Sinister by Nabokov
7. Giving Thanks
8. Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Better Than One - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen
9. Coming Of Age Or All Grown Up (And Then Some) –
10. Fall Back In Time For Daylight Savings Time
To Say Nothing of the Dog
10 POINT TASKS
1. 1936-1957
2. River Phoenix/Addiction
The Kweeks of Kookatumdee by Bill Peet
Too Many Leprechauns by Stephen Krensky
The Bravest Knight by Mercer Mayer
Ella by Bill Peet
4. Hispanic Heritage Month
5. Oktoberfest
6. Native American Heritage Month
7. Can You Read Faster Than A Speeding Bullet?
8. You'll Find It In The Dictionary
Holiday, Proof, Origin
9. Summer Has Gone With The Wind )civil war)
Love and War by John Jakes
10. This Task Is The Cat's Meow.
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
15 POINT TASKS
Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Mulan Kendara
2. Rewriting History
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
3. Discover The Equation For Good Books (Math)
Lectures on Literature by Nabokov (Multiplication, 416 pages)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Addition, 11 letters in his name)
4.Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
(and watch a movie)
5. Time To Study Abroad (Foreign Language)
The Book Of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges
6. Creative Minds (The Arts)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.)
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks (soccer or tennis)
8. Geography Lessons
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)
Motoring with Mohammad by Eric Hansen (Yemen)
9. Your Homework Assignment
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
10. Teacher-Student Relations
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
The Host by Stephanie Meyer
20 POINT TASKS
1. Christian Faith
The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis
2. Learn Your ABC's
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Inkheart by
3. GROUP READ
Shutter Island
25 Point Tasks
1. NICOLE OH'S TASK
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
The Poet's Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales
2. Related Authors (ideas)
Charles Dickens Father-in-law to brother of Wilkie Collins
Henry James brother to William James
Henry James brother to Alice James
Virginia Woolf Stepsister to Granddaughter of William Thackery
Virginia Woolf wife to Leonard Woolf
Virginia Woolf daughter to Leslie Stephen Job/Dream
3. Harvey Milk
4. CANDACE'S TASK
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
5. JANICE'S TASK
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling
6. The “Curse Of Tippecanoe”
7. One, Two, Three
Island by Aldous Huxley
Pale Fire by Nabokov
King, Queen, Knave by Nabokov
8.- Nouns - T
Mary by Nabokov
• With The Name Of A Place In The Title
The Eye by Nabokov
9. Self-Improvement Month.
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
10. Halloween Part III: Monsterfest
30 Point Task
1. Your Job -
The Curious Indecent of the dog at Nighttime by Christopher Boone
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (author)

5-1: The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent
5-2: Jigs & Reels - Joanne Harris
5-3: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Avi
5-4: Finding Miracles - Julia Alvarez
5-5: Lost Horizon - James Hilton
5-6: Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House - M.C. Beaton
5-7: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Rebecca Wells
5-8: Cemetary Dance - Preston and Child
5-9: The Cranefly Orchid Murders - Cynthia Riggs
5-10: Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
10-1: So Many Steps to Death - A. Christie (published 1954)
10-2: Go Ask Alice - Anonymous
10-3: Tunes for Bears to Dance to - Robert Cormier
10-4: The Old Gringo - Carlos Fuentes
10-5: Death in Venice - Thomas Mann
10-6: The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse - Louise Erdritch
10-7: Batman- Whatever Happened to the Cape Crusader - Neil Gaiman
10-8: Model Spy (the Specialists) - Shannon Greenland
10-9: Shiloh - Shelby Foote
10-10: Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie
15-1a: Peace Like a River - Leif Enger
15-1b: A Piece of Salty Land - Jimmy Buffett
15-2: Farthing - Jo Falton
15-3a: The Little Stranger - Sarah Waters
15-3b: The Pure in Heart - Susan Hill
15-4: The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
15-5a: The Club Dumas
15-5b: Kingdom of the Golden Dragon - Isabel Allende
15-6: The Artful Dodger - Nick Bantock
15-7: The Big Four - Agatha Christie
15-8a: The Various Haunts of Men - Susan Hill
15-8b: A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco - Suzanne Clarke
15-9: Home Fires - Margaret Maron
15-10a: The English Teach - Lily King
15-10b: The Old School - Tobias Wolff
20-1: The Shack
20-2a: Banquet for the Damned - Adam Nevill
20-2b: The Clocks - Agatha Christie
20-2c: The Deposition of Father McGreevy
20-3: Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
25-1a: The Spoon River Anthology - Edgar Lee Masters
25-1b: The Honk and Holler Opening Soon - Billie Letts
25-2a: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
25-2b: Locke and Key: Head Games - Joe Hill
25-3: Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
25-4: Atonement - Ian McEwan
25-5: The Lost Prophecy - The Medieval Murderers
25-6: Grace and Power - 720 pages - Sally Bedell Smith
25-7a: Elsewhere - William Peter Beatty
25-7b: Grave Surprise - Charlaine Harris
25-7c: The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
25-8a: Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay
25-8b: Havana Thursdays - V. Suarez
25-8c: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Game Theory in Everyday Life - L. Fisher
25-9a: The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
25-9b: The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo
25-10: The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow - R. McKenzie
30-1a: The Magic Life - Ace Starry (main character: accountant)
30-1b: Shelf Life - Suzanne Strempka Shea (about working in a book store)
50-1: TBD

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10. Vicki Myron- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
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6. Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
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15 Point Tasks
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Love Among the Walnuts by Jean Ferris
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4. Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
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The Teacher's Funeral by Richard Peck(teacher task)
20 Point Tasks
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3. Julie and Julia 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
25 Point Tasks
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10.Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
30 Point Task
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50 Point Task
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5.1 The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
5.2 Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
5.3 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
5.4 The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover
5.5 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5.6 Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
5.7 My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picult
5.8 Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
5.9 A Separate Peace by John Knowles
5.10 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
10.1 Animal Farm by George Orwell
10.2 Go Ask Alice by Annonymous
10.3 TBD
10.4 Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
10.5 The Reader
10.6 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
10.7 TBD
10.8 19 Minutes by Jodi Picult
10.9 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
10.10 Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
15.1
15.2 TBD
15.3 TBD
15.4 TBD
15.5 The Cave by Jose Saramago &
Death With Interruptions by Jose Saramago
15.6 TBD
15.7 TBD
15.8 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini &
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
15.9 TBD
15.10 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
20.1 TBD
20.2
20.3
25.1 TBD
25.2 TBD
25.3 TBD
25.4 TBD
25.5 TBD
25.6 TBD
25.7
25.8 Still Alice by Lisa Genova,
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem,
Totals
Books: 10
Tasks: 4
Points: 80

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7. Twenties Girl
8. Agatha Christie
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10. The Devil's Cub

1. Sons of the Wolf by Barbara Michaels
2. Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
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5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8. Alex Cross’s Trial by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo
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10 Point Tasks
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3. The 4th Bear by Jasper Fforde
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5. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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15 Point Tasks
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6. Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux and the Play
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20 Point Tasks
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2. Prayers for the Dead by Faye Kellerman and Silent Partner by Jonathan Kellerman
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4. Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and the Movie
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9. Curves Member Guide by Gary Heavin and Julia’s Chocolates by Cathy Lamb

5.2
5.3 Master and Commander - O'brien
5.4
5.5 Island of Blue Dolphins?
5.6 Wicked?
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5.10 Slaughterhouse Five - Vaunnegut
10.1 Animal Farm - Orwell (1945)
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10.3.a Bears on Wheels - Berenstain
10.3.b He Bear, She Bear - Berenstain
10.3.c Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? - Martin/Carle
10.3.d Little Bear - Minarik/Sendak
10.3.e Little Bear's Friend - Minarik/Sendak
10.4
10.5 The Book Thief - Zusak
10.6
10.7 Watchmen - Moore
10.8 (Assembler, Researcher, Quote) ugh!
10.9 Red Badge of Courage - Crane
10.10
15.1 Participles (Verb: Make, Past Participle: Made)
15.1.a Things That Make Us (Sic) - Brockenbrough
15.1.b World Made by Hand - Kunstler
15.2 Island in the Sea of Time - Stirling
15.3 PICK TWO
15.3.a (Add: 13 author)
15.3.b (Sub: 14 title)
15.3.c (Mult: 680 pages)
15.3.d (Div: 58 series) To Hell and Back (Danny Valentine #5) - Saintcrow
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20.1
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25.1
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25.4 The City of Ember - DuPrau
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25.10 The Zombie Survivial Guide - Brooks
bold = complete
total points = 80

5 Point Tasks:
5.1 Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell/Pam Morris
5.2 Comfort Me With Apples, Ruth Reichl
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5.4 The English American, Alison Larkin
5.5 The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
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5.7 Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos
5.8 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
5.9 Little Women, Louisa May-Alcott
5.10 Outlander, Diana Gabaldon
10 Point Tasks:
10.1
10.2 Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, Karen Zailckas
10.3
10.4
10.5 The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
10.6
10.7 My Life in France, Julia Child
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10.9 Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell
10.10
15 Point Tasks:
15.1
15.2
15.3 Addition – 12: City of Thieves, David Benioff / Multiplication – 587-637 pages: Foucault’s Pendulum, Umberto Eco, 623 pages
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15.5 Originally published in French –
15.6 Art History -
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15.8 L–Libya, In the Country of Men, Hisham Matar / C–China, Lost on Planet China, Maarten Troost
15.9 Dinner At the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler
15.10 Teacher – Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi / Student – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6), J.K. Rowling
20 Point Tasks:
20.1 Redeeming Love, Francine Rivers
20.2 (G, H, I)
20.3 The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
25 Point Tasks:
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25.4 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer / see movie
25.5 The Fortune Teller’s Kiss, Brenda Serotte
25.6 An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Robert Dallek
25.7 1,2,3: Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier /
25.8 Alice Waters & Chez Panisse, Thomas McNamee / The Messiah of Stockholm, Cynthia Ozick /
25.9 Self-help: What To Expect Before You're Expecting, Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Meral / The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory
25.10
30 Point Task:
30.1 Dream Job-Astronauts: Riding Rockets, Mike Mullane /
50 Point Midway Task:
Taste:
Love:
Keepsake/Memory:
270/690 points
Tasks Completed: 17
Tasks In Progress: 0
Books Read: 27 (+3 children’s books)
Pages Read: 7,350


5 Point Tasks:
5.1 Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell/..."
Leigh, remember you can apply any books you've read since Sept 1 as long as they fit a task.

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Thank you Rachel! You sent me in the right direction!


Kathryn - That's great news! I'm not a fan of cheesy Christian books either, I don't want to be preached at, but I like a nice message. I'm happy to hear this is a good one!

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15.5. 1)The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
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20 POINT TASKS
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Lavender Morning by Jude Devereaux
The Stonehenge Gate by Jack Williamson
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30 POINT TASKS
30.1.
50 POINT MID-WAY TASK

Books mentioned in this topic
The Hour I First Believed (other topics)If Only It Were True (other topics)
Jade and the Serpent's Circle (other topics)
Viking Unchained (other topics)
The Accidental Vampire (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Marc Levy (other topics)Maggie Fikkert (other topics)
Sandra Hill (other topics)
Lynsay Sands (other topics)
Dennis Lehane (other topics)
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-The Boys Next Door -Jennifer Echols
-The Next Thing on My List -Jill Smolinski
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-Teacher-How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls -Zoey Dean
-Student-30 Guys in 30 Days -Micol Ostow
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25.6 Bad Connection -Melody Carlson
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-One- Evermore -Alyson Noel
-Two- Monster Blood - R.L. Stein
-Three- Pretty Little Liars -Sara Shepard
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- Person- Audrey Wait -Robin Benway
- Place- Tuscan Holiday -Holly Chamberlin
- Thing- 13 Little Blue Envelopes -Maureen Johnson
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- Confessions of a Carb Queen -Susan Blech
- The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl -Shauna Reid
25.10 Zombie Queen of Newbury High -Amanda Ashby
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-Dream-Always Watching -Brandilyn Collins
50.1 TBA