College Students! discussion

25.2 - Hot and Cold
Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson (Hot)
Truly, Madly, Deeply, You by Cecilia Robert (Cold)

15.3 - Honor thy Mother and Father
I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins-Clark

10.4 - The Long and the Short of It
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

5.8 - We're all in this Together
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (From Daisy's list)

Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
Total Points: 120

*Kelly R.

Finished:
10-2. Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres (5/27)

Total Points: 215/500
Books Finished: 22/45
Tasks Completed: 16/35

Megan L.

Finished:
5.5 And the Award Goes to... Bossypants
10.4 The Long and the short of it Those Tremendous Mountains: The Story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Total Points: 155
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11

Allison

25.7 East Coast/West Coast: East Coast-Beguiled by Deeanne Gist and West Coast- Letter Perfect by Cathy Marie Hake

Points Total: 120
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 8

Michelle

Finished Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins for "We're all in this together" for 5 points.

Finished Dirt: The Quirks, Habits, and Passions of Keeping House by Mindy Lewis for "April Fools" for 10 points.

Finished Murder at Thumb Butte by James D. Best for "Homestead Act of 1862" for 15 points.

Finished The Hunger Games and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins for "To Be Continued..." for 25 points.

New Total: 55 points

Emily

Finished: 5.1 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Total Points: 80

Victoria

I just posted my task list on the other thread, this is my first post here.

Completed:
5-2: The Garden of Eden (Hemingway)
10-2: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (Sedaris)
10-3: Dry (Burroughs)
10-4: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (Murakami)
15-1: Mary (Nabokov)
15-3: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (Albom)
25-4: The Virgin Suicides (Eugenides) | Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
25-6: The Hunger Games & Catching Fire (Collins)
25-8: An Object of Beauty (Martin | The Alchemist (Coelho)

Points So Far: 140/500
Tasks Completed: 9/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 12

10.7 Out of Bounds: Looking for Alaska

Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11

Just Finished:
10-5: The Sense of an Ending (Barnes)

Points So Far: 145/500
Tasks Completed: 10/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 13

I miscounted my points the last time (it should have been 95 but I will just use that when calculating my new total)

Finished!
25.5 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostovo and The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula by Eric Nuzum

25.6 You Suck and Bite Me by Christopher Moore

Points total: 145/500
Total Tasks Complete: 8/35

Just Finished:
5:8: from Mary's list: The Glass Castle (Walls)

Points So Far: 150/500
Tasks Completed: 11/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 14

Finished Kite Runner by Khaled Housenni (set in Afghanistan and California) and The Lightning Thief by Richard Riordan (set in New York) for "Hot and Cold" for 25 points.

New Total: 80 points

Here's a slow start...

20 Points:
1. Group Read: A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

15 Points
2. Poisson d'Avril: Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed
3. Honor thy Mother and Father: Ellie And The Shadow Man by Maurice Gee

Total Points: 50/500
Books Finished 6/45
Tasks Completed 3/35

Megan L.

Finished 5.8 We're All in This Together: Mockingjay from Melissa, Kelly R., and Michelle's lists

Total Points: 160
Books Finished: 14
Tasks Completed: 12

Just Finished:
5:3: The Lord of the Flies (Golding)

Points So Far: 155/500
Tasks Completed: 12/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 15

Finished Chinese Cinderella:The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah for "Poisson d'Avril" for 15 points.

Finished Saving Ben: A Father's Story of Autism by Dan E. Burns for "Honor Thy Mother and Father" for 15 points.

Finished Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas for "The Long and the Short Of It" for 10 points.

New Total: 120 points

5.7: The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Marten Troost
15.3: Room Emma Donoghue

New total: 165

Megan L.

Finished 5.4 April Showers Bring May Flowers: Anne of Ingleside

Point Total: 165
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 13

Allison

15.6 Cinco de Mayo: My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King by Reymundo Sanchez

Points Total: 135
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9

5.8 (We're all in this together): I've Got Your Number: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella (Daisy's task list 15.3)

10.4 (The Long and the Short of It): Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean

25.7 (East Coast/West Coast): Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins (Georgia) and Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman (California)

Total Points: 210
Books Finished: 20
Tasks Completed: 17

Just Finished:
5:5: Bossypants (Fey)

Points So Far: 160/500
Tasks Completed: 13/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 16

10.6 Shark Week - Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

Point Total: 130
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11

25.8 - Don't Judge a Book by its Cover

The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen (Liked Cover)
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne (Didn't Like Cover)


Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 12
Point Total: 155

Finished:
10.6 Shark Week: Of Poseidon
25.6 To Be Continued: Touch of Frost and Kiss of Frost

Total points: 195
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 17

Emily

Finished: 10.4 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Total points: 90

Allison

15.8 Bard Bash: The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper

Points Total: 150
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10

Just Finished:
10:6: Jaws (Benchley)

Points So Far: 170/500
Tasks Completed: 14/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 17

Emily

Finished: 10.8 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Total points: 100

Just Finished:
5:7: Role Models (Waters)

Points So Far: 175/500
Tasks Completed: 15/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 18

Just Finished:
25:2: Hot: The Rum Diary (Thompson) | Cold: The Road (McCarthy)

Points So Far: 200/500
Tasks Completed: 16/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 20

25.8 (Don't judge a book by its cover): Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood (Loved this cover! I think the cover surpassed the story though) and Grave Mercy by R.L. LaFevers (Compared to other YA covers this is nothing spectacular but the story was so original and kick ass. Assassin nuns! I've seen it all now)


Total Points: 235
Books Finished: 22
Tasks Completed: 18

Alright - big update!

Finished:

5.4 The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas - Flower in the title and on the cover

5.5 Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor - Nominee for several, including best book of the year for 2011

5.8 Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock - Daisy has this on her challenge list

10.3 Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen - one word title

15.3 Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - Marion and his brother become surgeons because of their parents' (both birth and raised) influence; Marion on an inadvertent quest to get to know his birth parents throughout his life

15.5 This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers - the word/letter "a" appears in the title

15.8 The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - the title comes from a quote in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Cassius from the play is quoted in the story

20.1 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - this was a group read in September 2009

25.2 The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson & Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - TGOFAT takes place in a Spain-like climate including the desert; SAB takes place in a Russia-like setting, complete with snow

25.6 Wither & Fever by Lauren DeStefano - These are books 1 and 2 from the Chemical Garden Trilogy

25.7 Delirium by Lauren Oliver & Glimmer by Phoebe Kitanidis - D takes place in Portland, Maine; G takes place in Summer Falls, Washington

25.8 Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin & Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - I loved the cover for MOTRD and the book back it up; the cover for CF was less than eye-catching for me and the book wasn't that great either (but I don't attribute that to the cover, of course!)

Total Points: 190 / 500
Books Finished: 16 (+1 for a two part task)
Tasks Completed: 12 / 35

New total:

5.1 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
5.5 Divergent by Veronica Roth
5.8 Looking for Alaska by John Greene
10.5 The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Total Points: 190/500
Books Read: 20/45
Tasks Complete: 15/35

Megan L.

Finished 15.7 Homestead Act: Bride Of New France by Suzanne Desrochers

Total Points: 180
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 14

I just realized that I haven't claimed any of my points yet!

I haven't been doing so well with this challenge, but here's what I've read so far:

10.1 Direction: Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner

10.5 Goodreads Recommendation: Starcrossed by Josphine Angelini

15.2 Poisson d'Avril: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

25.6 To Be Continued: New York to Dallas and Celebrity in Death by JD Robb

25.8 Cover I Like: Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Cover I Dislike: Persistence of Memory by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Both books were great but I really loved Beautiful Disaster. So much so, that I immediately started reading it again right after I'd finished it the first time, which is something that I never do.

Total Points: 85

20.1 Divergent

Total Points: 160
Books Finished: 16
Tasks Completed:12

*Kelly R.

Finished:
10-5. Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch (6/21)

Total Points: 225/500
Books Finished: 24/45
Tasks Completed: 17/35

Finished The Invisible by Mats Wahl for "Splish Splash" for 5 points.

Finished A Paper Life by Tatum O'Neal for "Letter Perfect" for 15 points.

New Total: 140 points

Finished

15.2 The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater - Takes place in a culture centered around horses, both by the modern definition and by the legend of water horses.

Total Points: 205 / 500
Books Finished: 17 (+1 for a two part task)
Tasks Completed: 13 / 35

Megan L.

Finished 5.7 Blind Date: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell

Finished 10.5 GoodReads Recommends: If You Ask Me by Betty White

Total Points: 195
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 16

*Kelly R.

Finished:
20-3. Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg (6/26); Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt (6/22) - both tell stories of the stuff grown nerd-men are made of, from different places in the world and entertainment.
25-2. Hot climate - Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson (6/27); Cold Climate - Born in Fire by Nora Roberts (5/17)

Total Points: 270/500
Books Finished: 26/45
Tasks Completed: 19/35

Emily

Finished: 10.3 Wildwood by Colin Meloy

Total points: 110

Allison

20.2 Intimidating Read: Intimidating book- Multiple Sclerosis: New Hope and Practical Advice for People with MS and Their Families by Louis Rosner and Fun book- God's Gift by Dee Henderson

Points Total:170
Books Read:14
Tasks Completed:11

Just Finished:
10:7: The Gift (Nabokov)
15:4: I Suck at Girls (Halpern)


Points So Far: 225/500
Tasks Completed: 18/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 22

5.3 Spring Cleaning Reading: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
25.6 To be Continued..: Catching Fire and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins


Points Total:115
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 8

Allison

10.5 Goodreads Recommends: Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Points Total: 180
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12

New Update!

5.3 The Princess Bride by william goldman
5.6 Breathless by Dean Koontz
10.4 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
15.2 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
25.8 Cover liked
American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Cover disliked: Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10. I really liked both books but I am a fiction lover and so American Gods takes the cake. I like the cover because it was mysterious and intriguing, whereas with Lone Survivor the cover was bland and uninteresting.

(I don't know how to post the covers in a comment...sorry!)

Total: 250/300
Books: 27/45
Tasks: 22/35

Taylor, that is okay. When you go to add book/author, there is a button that says cover or link. Choose Cover and it will post the picture. :)

Just Finished:
5:4: Jamaican Flowers (Moorman)
5:6: The Botany of Desire (Pollan)


Points So Far: 235/500
Tasks Completed: 20/35
Books Read (For Challenge): 24

10.3 Calvin Coolidge's Birthday: Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee


Points Total:125
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9