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WINTER CHALLENGE 2009-2010
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WINTER CHALLENGE 2009-2010 COMPLETED TASKS
Completed Tasks:
15.2 Adventures with Alice and Lewis
A. Alice Title - *Still Alice***** by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author) - READ 2.7.10
A fantastic book that left me in tears.
B. Fictional Place - *The City of Dreaming Books*** by Walter Moers - READ 1.29.10
I wanted to like this one, but it fell short of my expectations.
35.3 It's About Time
*Me Talk Pretty One Day** by David Sedaris - READ 2.7.10
I didn't find the humor in this one.
35.4 Read About Your Resolution
A. Fiction - *The Lace Reader*** by Brunonia Barry - READ 2.5.10 "Reader"
There were parts of this I loved, but also parts I had a hard time accepting.
B. NF - *So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading*** by Sara Nelson - READ 1.11.10
Resolution: I've just remodeled and turned my living room into a library. My goal for the new year is to organize my books and reading lists. I also want to start tackling my tremendous pile of unread books (400+). This reader needs a plan to read as fast as I accumulate books from the Goodwill and library.
Tasks Completed: 27/58
Points Completed: 545/1100
Books Read: 38
*Books Read From My Personal Library: 23
Finished another one....5.10 THE ALLURE OF ALLITERATION - Read A Book Whose Title Contains Alliteration - The Title Must Have 2 Or More Words That Begin With Same Letter Back To Back OR With Only A Short Word In Between (i.e. A, And, In, On, The etc.)
For this task I read Secondhand Spirits by Juliet Blackwell.
Total Points: 675/1100
Books Read: 47
Tasks Completed: 34/58
25.4. LISA MD'S TASK - IF I COULD TURN BACK TIMERead (2) Historical Books, Fiction Or Non-Fiction, From Different Time Periods Or Settings, Then Briefly Tell Which Time Period You Would Have Preferred To Live In. (For Purposes Of This Task, I Will Define A Historical Novel As Anything Taking Place Up To And Including WWII.)
The Queen’s Fool by Gregory (1553)
Written in Bone by Sally Walker (17th c.)
I prefer to live in England because everyone in Jamestown died!!!
25 points
830 total
30.1 I read "The Lightening Thief" by Rick Riordan (in time for the movie coming out Friday) and "About a Boy" which was a film released in 2003. "Boy" grew on me; it took a while.555/1150
total pages: 9861
I finished task 5.4 Winning Decade. I read "Istanbul" by Orhan Pamuk. The book won a Literary Books Critics Circle Award in 2005.Tasks 18
Books Read 26
New Total 315
I forgot to mention in my last post (message 2399) that Poison Study (read for 25.3) is by a Goodreads Author- Maria V. Snyder. :)
posting a bunch at once...5.8 Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith
30.7 xxxHOLic by Clamp (fits fits 25.10 (graphic novel) and 15.9 (author i've never read before)
5.5 Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
15.9 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (has been on my tbr pile since i was about 10 years old) and Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown (never read anything of hers before)
10.1 Freaks by Annette Curtis Klause
5.3 A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E. L. Konigsburg (about eleanor of aquitane)
10.5 The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
15.6 a. Fruits Basket, vol. 4 by Natsuki Takaya
Fruits Basket is about a family with a curse- certain members of the family turn into animals from the Chinese Zodiac when they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex or put into certain stressful situations. There is a whole story arc in this volume about one character, Momiji, who turns into a very cute little rabbit! And it just so happens that the very best gift I have ever been given was my first pet rabbit, Gardenia. My parents bought him for me when I was 11 years old- I had been begging for a pet rabbit since I first learned to speak and I loved him so much. He died when I was 19 and I still miss him every day.
I have two new bunnies now, and I also love them very much, but I bought them for myself. ;)
b. recently, my boyfriend and i began volunteering at PAWS, a local no-kill animal shelter. we go in once a week and play with kitties and i try to resist the urge to take them all home.
TOTAL: 390
i'm at this annoying point in the challenge where i've read one out of two required books for a lot of tasks, so my point total is lower than it would otherwise be. bah!
9. BRIDGIT'S TASK - THE WORLD OF BOOKSTo Honor The Authors That Go Beyond Just The Written Word In Order To Fully Realize The World They Have Created, Lets Read…
A. Any Book That Has A Map Included (Real Or Imaginary).
AND
B. Any Book That Has Extra Content, Such As: A Timeline, Family Tree, Glossary Of Terms, List Of Characters, Drawings Or Symbols Within The Text (NOT ILLUSTRATIONS), OR Unusual Text Layouts/Formatting (Ex. House Of Leaves).
A = Outcast by Michele Paver (map)
B = Wildwood Dancing - Juliet Marillier (map, glossary and pronunciation guide)
25 pts
Finished 30.6 - Dream Vacation with The Broker by John Grisham. I would love to visit Italy, and see the architecture (and eat the food!!)Total Points:355
congratulations Ashley!Accomplished a few more over the weekend...
15.5 Readers Around the World:
From Morocco, I chose Donna's 5-star Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. A re-read for me but having just watched the new production of Emma on PBS I was in the mood for Austen! As good as ever for me!
From France, I chose Paraph's 5-star Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. I have not read this before, and it reminded me strongly of Old Man's War and Ender's Game, but of course Starship Troopers came first. I thought his philosophy was interesting and I can see why it is controversial, but as a story I thought it was a little weak.
25.2 International Friendship Month: Friends in High Places by Marne Davis Kellogg - a fun, light read about a 'retired' jewel thief and her attempt to keep her secret past a secret. Oddly enough, the heroine in this book keeps coming back to the fact that she doesn't trust anyone enough to have any true friends. I can sympathize with her a little, not because I have trust issues or a secret criminal past, but because to me true friends are as rare and precious as jewels. The real investment is in the time you give to build and maintain deep friendships.
35.4 Read about your Resolution: I am one of those people who doesn't "do" resolutions; but I do have a goal for my 41st year, to start writing fiction again. So I have read:
This Year You Write Your Novel by Walter Mosley - a short book, just squeaking in at 103 pages, but still I found lots of info in it that I think will help me (once I stop spending all my free time trying to finish this challenge! :)
Written In Blood by Caroline Graham. I could do so much worse than emulate Caroline Graham. Her writing is smart and her characters are amazingly complex and complete. I am so sad, I have now read all of her Inspector Barnaby books, so no more of those to look forward to.
10.4 Winner's Choice - The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (Goodreads Author). Lisa MD rated this book 5 stars. I do too.
10.5. POPULARITY CONTEST – Discovering The Hot Books Of 2009….A. Go To http://www.goodreads.com/book/popular...
B. Click On The By Month Tab, Select The Month You Were Born In And Read One Of The Books From That List ORYou May Use The Overall List For The Year.
That Old Cape Magic by Russo (August)
10 points
840 total
10.7 SMALL SCREEN STORIES - Read A Book Inspired By, OR Was The Inspiration For, OR Is In Some Way Related To Your Favorite Television Show (Past Or Present) - Q & A by Vikas Swarup. The book is based on my favorite game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.Total Points: 715/1100
Tasks Completed: 42/58
Tasks in Progress: 2
I finished task 10.6 "Where The Wild Things Are" I would give it 3 *s. I also read "The Giver" and I didn't have a place to put it but it was on someone else's list for a total of 248 pages.Tasks 19
Books Read 28
New Point Total 325
For task # 25.10 I read Winter Girls by Laurie Halse Anderson. I thought the cover was intriguing. The story is just heartbreaking. More so because you know it is real. So many girls out there that think they will never be skinny enough. So, so sad.I also read the Graphic Novel Welcome to the Jungle by Jim Butcher. It is a prequel to his Dresden series. I don't have a lot of experience with Graphic Novels but I really liked this one. I thought the story was a good one and told very well.
So this brings my point total to 160. I might make it to 200, but I am not holding my breath. LOL
Laurie Halse Anderson is my first GoodReads author.
Jennifer wrote: "10.4 Winner's Choice - The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (Goodreads Author). Lisa MD rated this book 5 stars. I do too."Jennifer, I'm glad you enjoyed this as much as I did!
I've been out of town for a week, got several more finished. Also somewhere along the line I miscounted my tasks, but I think that the total number of tasks finished is correct now:5.5 Read a book recommended by your librarian OR a book about libraries or librarians: The Librarian's Apprentice by Jeremy Gottwig, 276pp, read 2/8/2010.
10.9 Book written by Hawaiian author, set in Hawaii or non-fiction about Hawaii: The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii by Jack London, 116pp, read 2/5/2010.
15.5 Read a 5 star book from the list of the first person from a country beginning with C AND beginning with A, post names of People/Countries: The Hunger Games from the list of Pauline in Canada and Bartleby the Scrivener from the list of Lauli in Argentina, by Suzanne Collins and Herman Melville, 474pps, read 12/24/2009 and 2/2/2010.
30.5 Fiction book with a deceased narrator AND a fiction or non-fiction published posthumously: The Girl Who Played With Fire and To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Steig Larsson and Philip Jose Farmer, 723pp, read 1/27/2010 and 1/30/2010.
50 Olympic Games, one book with gold, silver or bronze in title and one with a winter sport in title: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber a True Story of Bank Heists Ice Hockey Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling Moonlighting Detectives and Broken Hearts and The Silver Pigs by Julian Rubinstein and Lindsey Davis, 655pp, read 1/29/2010 and 2/6/2010.
Books read 58/79
Tasks completed 36/58
Points 725/1100
Pages read 18272
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Newly Completed Task: 50.1 – ROSEANN’S MIDWAY TASK - GO FOR THE GOLD--THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC CHALLENGE:
Read: Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck
This was a HORRIBLE attempt at historical fiction. It was Steinbeck’s first book, published in 1929. Skip this and read his other books that are deservedly classics! I gave it 1 star.
Read: The Skeleton in the Closet by M.C. Beaton
Interesting little cozy mystery. This is a new author for me. I gave it 3 stars.
Total Points: 375
Books Read: 25
Completed Tasks: 20
Pages Read for Completed Tasks: 7,288
Other Tasks in Process: 2
Personal Goal: 400 Points
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Ok as I made a mistake on the 30 points task earlier3. BJ ROSE'S TASK - SNOWED IN AND LOVING IT. I counted the books I had read for other challenges. I can now correct that mistake and add books that I was not able to fit into another challenges...
Witch Fire, Anya Bast, 278 pages
Witch Heart, Anya Bast, 320 pages
Strangers in Death, J.D. Robb, 368 pages
Total pages 966
And finally another task complete
15 points
ADVENTURES WITH ALICE AND LEWIS - In Honor Of Lewis Carroll
Read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Wicked Enchantment, Anya Bast
Pages read: 966
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 7
Total Points: 105
Not many points but pretty good for my first challenge :)
Morgan
Completed Leora's 1001 Book Task with: Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov (5 stars)
and
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson (2 stars)
LOVED Lolita, but Jekyll and Hyde left me bored and wishing that I had left that story alone. I like the version that I thought was true (based on little pieces that I heard about it and put togeter) much better. The Victorian language put me to sleep multiple times and I just never really got the sense of horror and creepiness that I was expecting.
Total: 185
I finished task 25.4 by reading Beside a Burning Sea and Roses. Roses spanned almost 100 years of history of three families in Texas so I would rather live in one of those times when there wasn't a war. I think it would be hard to live during a major war.
Cynthia, will you move Coraline from 5.4 to 30.1?30.1 Celebrate the End of the Decade:
A. Evenings at the Argentine Club by Julia Amante
B. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
As usual my good intentions for the challenge have not been fruitful. This is not to say that I haven't been reading, so I have a few points to collect. I`m hoping to finish up some more tasks that I am partway through.30.9 - I read the 2009 Newbery Winner The Graveyard Book and The Underneath for the Honor book. Although I enjoyed them both I preferred The Graveyard Book. The mystery aspect was well written and as an adult reader I was never bored. This would be a great book to read together with a child.
25.5 Have a Little Faith (M.Albom)didn't fit into any other task for me
10.8 Emily of New Moon, Canadian author and setting
=65 pts.
5.1. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - In Honor Of Walt Disney (Born December 5, 1901 – Died December 15, 1966) Read A Book Related To Your Favorite Disney Film. Ex. If Your Favorite Film Is Cinderella You Could Read Godmother The Secret Cinderella Story Or Before Midnight A Retelling of "Cinderella".
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
5 points
845 total
I have a few finished tasks to report:30.1 The Blood of Flowers: A Novel (by GOODREADS AUTHOR Anita Amirrezvani) was published in 2007
Let the Right One In was made into a movie in 2008. This is a good book by the way, although very creepy.
15.7 Murder Uncorked (by GOODREADS AUTHOR Michelle Scott) I was delighted to find an easy recipe in this book as I am not a cook by any stretch of the imagination. "After Hours Pasta" was easy AND tasty! Plus reading it was a fun way to learn more about wine.
35.3 Fables: The Mean Seasons
I decided to do a little rearranging, so here are the two tasks that I played around with.20.2 - Civil Rights
Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography by Andrew Helfer
Then for 25.10 - Don't judge a book by its cover
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Whiteout by Greg Rucka.
Totals:
Points:375
Books:24
Tasks:15
Pages:7454
5.7 - EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER - I read Four to Score by Janet Evanovich. 4 stars I love these books! I think it helps that I grew up in the Trenton area.Total Points: 445
Total Books Read: 31
Total Pages Read: 9,971
Tasks in Process: 2 (15.6, 25.3)
Finished 30.7 the multi tasking task withSense and Sensibility which could have been used for 10.4 -Diane’s 5-star and Dead to the World doubling for 15.3 the female series.
Enjoyed both!
Total points: 630
Finished: 35.3 DLM ROSE'S TASK - IT'S ABOUT TIME
Read A Book With One Of These Words In The Title: Second(S), Minute(S), Hour(S), Day(S), Week(s), Month(S), Season(S), Year(S).
Read: No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty
New Point Total: 280
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Audio Books: 1
Pages Read: 5021
30 Points1. BONNIE'S TASK - CELEBRATE THE END OF THE DECADE (2000-9)!
A. Read One Book That Was Published In The Past Decade.
AND
A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve-2/2
B. One Book That Was Made Into A Movie In The Past Decade.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne-2/8
New Total: 330
Finished 35.3:
The Ten-Year Nap by Meg WolitzerThis puts me at 325 points -- which means I've met my goal for this challenge! Yay! Now I'll see if I can make it to 400 before the month is out...
Finished 35.2 IT'S ABOUT TIME: Listened to Magic Hourby Kristin Hannah
points: 35
Total Points: 55
in progress:5
I've finished another task! 30.3 Read 825 Pages Or More. Any Genre! No Re-Reads For This
I embraced Beatlemania for this task, and chose two books that contained extensive interviews with Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Pages Read: 654 + 176 = 830
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now by Barry Miles (Hardcover, 654 pages)
Barry Miles was in McCartney's entourage during the 1960s. This book was created after "hundreds" of interviews of McCartney by Miles, and supplemented by the printed memoirs of other individuals interacting with McCartney during the 1960s, by newpaper articles, and by checking up on dates and locations of events described by McCartney. About 90% of the Book centered on the 1960s portion of Paul's life. I found it fascinating, Paul McCartney was always my favorite Beatle.
Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 by Jann S. Wenner, John Lennon (Hardcover, 176 pages)
These are interviews John Lennon and Yoko Ono gave together to Jann Wenner, the founder of ROLLING STONE, shortly after the Beatles broke up in 1970. Wenner adds footnotes so that today's readers can understand the events that Lennon refers to during his interview (like: Manson and the murder of Sharon Tate)
505 + 30 = 535
Also:
Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now by Barry Miles is 654 pages.
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 535/1100
Books read: 37
Pages Read: 11,574
Finished task 30.3 : Under the Dome by Stephen King (877 pages). I was gripped until around 600 pages, then lost interest - characters kept repeating/summarising what had gone before, I kept feeling that Mr King had a word-count goal, never mind what happened to the story, and I no longer cared what happened to the characters, I just wanted to get the book finished. I do give it 4* though, for the first 600 pages, and I wasn't disappointed in the ending.This book also counts as a 750+ pages book.
TOTAL POINTS = 220
25.2 GINA'S TASK - FEBRUARY IS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP MONTH - The Good Master by Kate Seredy.Friendship is very important to me. These last few months have really shown me just how much. I am so fortunate to have such wonderful true friends who stick by me in both good times and bad. I have been going through a divorce (finalized last month) and a whole roller coaster of emotions. I can't imagine going through it all alone. I am so thankful for my awesome friends!
Total Points: 740/1100
Tasks Completed: 43/58
Tasks in Progress: 2
5 POINT TASKS1. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
2. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
3. 1984 by George Orwell
4. The Tattoo Artist: A Novel by Jill Ciment (2005 Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize)
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6. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
7. The Music of Chance by Paul Auster
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9. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
10. Shoe Addicts Anonymous by Beth Harbison
10 POINT TASKS
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. The Story of My Life (Bantam Classic) by Helen Keller
3.
4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (DIANE)
5. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
6. East of Eden (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck
7.
8. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
9. Honor Killing: Race, Rape, and Clarence Darrow's Spectacular Last Case by David E. Stannard
10. The House of the Dead (Dover Thrift Editions.) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
15 POINT TASKS
1. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (AMY RWANDA) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling ( SCOTT Réunion)
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8. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
9. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls and Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
10. Bech: A Book by John Updike
20 PONT TASKS
1.Freedom Bound by Robert Weisbrot
2.I'm Your Santa (Brava Contemporary Romance) by Lori Foster, Karen Kelley, Dianne Castell ( santa task)
3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel
25 POINT TASKS
1.A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth (Barnes & Noble Classic) by Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens
2.The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music by Steve Lopez
3. Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli and Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs and Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
5.
6. Morgan's Run by Colleen McCullough
7. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
8. The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey and Carrie by Stephen King
9. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1) by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Family Tree: A Novel by Carole Cadwalladr
10. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert and V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd
30 POINT TASKS
1. Loser by Jerry Spinelli and Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, Book 1) by James Patterson
2. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling
3. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer and Breaking Dawn By Stephanie Meyer
4. I am Legend by Richard Matheson
5. The Afterlife by Gary Soto and Persuasion by Jane Austen
6. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
7.
8. Sacajawea (Lewis & Clark Expedition) by Joseph Bruchac and Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 by Kristiana Gregory
9. Holes by Louis Sachar and A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
10. The Color Purple by Alice Walker and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
35 POINT TASKS
1. Music, Physics and Engineering by Harry F. Olson and The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel by Gaston Leroux
2. The Beach House by James Patterson, Peter de Jonge and Warm Bodies, Cold Hearts by Rachel Rice
3. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
4. Size 12 Is Not Fat (Heather Wells, #1) by Meg Cabot and The Biggest Loser Simple Swaps: 100 Easy Changes to Start Living a Healthier Lifestyle by Cheryl Forberg RD, Melissa Roberson
50 POINT TASKS
1. Silver Bullet by Stephen King and
3619/26505 Pages Read
145/1100 Total Points
13/81 Books Completed
Finished 1 more task: 15.2 - Alice/Lewisa. The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Dueling Machine, by Benjamin William Bova and Myron R. Lewis
b. Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card
For the 25 point task of the inane answering machine day I have read Incendiary by Chris Cleave which I loved and The brief, wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Diaz which I hated!Previous Reads
5.2 She was a Grand Old Flag Maker - The Little White Car by Danuta de Rhodes
5.4 A Winning Decade - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
5.5 A Librarians Job is Never Done - Mr Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
5.7 Eyeing the Year of the Tiger - Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
5.8 Baby It's Cold Outside - Chords and Discords by Roz Southey
5.9 Isn't it Romantic - Flights of Love by Bernhard Shlink
5.10 The Allure of Alliteration - The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin
10.1 Under the Big Top - Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
10.4 The Winners Choice - PJReads list Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin
10.7 Small Screen Stories - My Favourite People and Me by Alan Davies
15.8 Silver Screen Celebrations - A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg and ELF
20.3 Group Reads - The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
25.1 1001 Books - What a Carve up by Jonathan Coe and Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan
25.5 Odd Task Out - American Tabloid by James Ellroy
25.6 Island Dreams - The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
25.7 The Lost Generations - The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald and Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
25.9 The World of Books - The Principessa by Christie Dickason and The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson
25.10 Don't Judge a Book by a Cover - The Househunter by Henry Sutton and Gear by Doug Tennapel
30.1 Celebrate the End of the Decade - The Girl who Played with Fire by Steig Larrson and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
30.7 Multitasking - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
35.2 Going on a Winter Vacation - The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher and Sixty Lights by Gail Jones
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Finished two tasks!25.6. In Too Deep by Jude Watson takes place in Australia.
30.1. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (published 2003) & Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (adapted to film in 2003).
TOTAL = 230 POINTS
35.1 Five star book: the amazing adventures of Kavalier and Klay ; pages were 639. I read The Kind Diet (641) and up 250 to 890 (The Syrian African Rift and Other Poems by Avoth Yeshurun).That brings me up to:
590/1150
pages: 10,302
I am sad because it looks mighty unlikely that I will finish this challenge. I will see how far I get, however...
10.10 From Russia with Love - I read Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This was a book over 500 pages.
finished task 15.2 by reading In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women by alice walker and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz(fictional place). both fabulous reads!
Total Points: 800/1100
Books Read: 48/81
Tasks Completed: 33/58
Tasks in Progress: 2
Ok, finished 30-2 with:Neuromancer by William Gibson for part A. and:
Stardust by Neil Gaiman for part B.
This semester is killing my reading time!
750 points!
Two more down, hope Cynthia updates soon!30.6 Book that takes place in dream vacation spot, tell us where and why: Playing for Pizza by John Grisham, 264pp, read 2/9/2010.
I have been to Italy several times, and have a SIL living in Naples now, but I have never been to the Po valley, other than passing through on the train. I would really like to visit Parma, Bologna and Modena the food capitals of Italy, as well as Ravenna, for the mosaics. eating as a vacation, what fun!
35.1 Dewey Decimal Fun: Original book: Lord of the Flies, 192 pps, 194 Philosophy Descartes Bones and 940-944 General European history, history of the British Isles, The Heaven Tree by Russell Shorto and Edith Pargeter, 633pp, read 12/2/2009 and 2/9/2010.
The Heaven Tree is thte first book in a trilogy that I want to finish over the next couple of challenges, it is a super book, 5 stars.
Books read 60/79
Tasks completed 38/58
Points 790/1100
Pages read 18912
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25.1 1001 books What I Loved- Siri Hustvedt and The Reluctant Fundamentalist- Mohsin Hamid25.5 odd man out Dear John- Nicholas Sparks
New total: 240
30.3- Snowed in and Loving ItWith all the snow in Philly this weekend (and a snow day away from school!), I managed to finish off several books for more than 825 pages:
The Pox Party- 358 pages
The Hunger Games- 370 pages
The Cupcake Queen- 240 pages
Total: 972 pages
I liked them all, but I loved the Hunger Games. I definitely have to get my hands on the sequel.
Total Points: 175
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Read A Book That Takes Place On An Island Country Listed On The Page Link Below. The Only Condition Is If You Choose A Historical Island The Book Must Take Place When The Island Was An Independent State. For Example You Can Use Hawaii Before It Became A State In 1959.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Clarke
United Kingdom
25 points
805 total