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WINTER CHALLENGE 2009-2010
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Winter 2009-2010 Plans
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Nov 10, 2009 03:14PM
If you want to create a plan of what your going to read for all of this seasons tasks you can post the information in this thread. It IS NOT a requirement of the challenge that you create such a list but I know some people have found it helpful.
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*Books I own5 Points
1. Disney: Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie*
2. Betsy Ross: Until I Find You - John Irving*
3. Royal Reading: King Lear - Shakespeare*
4. Winning Reading: (Pulitzer Prize): The Road* or Interpreter of Maladies* or Olive Kitteredge or Oscar Wao
5. Librarian Pick: TBD
6. Dirty Job: Eating Animals - Jonathan Safran Foer
7. Chinese New Year: The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath*
8. Cozy Mystery: And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie*
9. Romantic: The History of Love - Nicole Krause*
10. Alliteration: Nicholas Nickelby* or The Pickwick Papers* or Sense and Sensibility or The Master and Margarita* or When We Were Orphans*
10 Points
1. Circus: The Disapparation of James - Anne Ursu*
2. Louis Braille: Talk Talk - T.C. Boyle* or Wise Blood - Flannery O'Connor*
3. Harlem Rennaissance: Beloved - Toni Morrison*
4. Winner 5 Star:
ROSEANN: The Zookeeper’s Wife*
DIANE: Middlesex*
WENDY: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, The Woman in White*, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*, The Angel's Game
BJ Rose: The Thirteenth Tale*
5. Popularity Contest: The Last Dickens - Matthew Pearl
6. Local Lit: (Olympia) Jane Eyre* (Tamara) or Thirteen Reasons Why (Heather)
7. TV Show: (Lost) The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne*
8. Canada: Generation A - Douglas Coupland
9. Hawaii: Fluke - Christopher Moore*
10. Russia: The Brothers Karamazov - Dostoevsky*
15 Points
1. Black Comedy: Infinite Jest - DFW* or Hocus Pocus - Vonnegut* or Ulysses - Joyce
2. Lewis Carroll: something by Alice Hoffman* and Absurdistan*
3. Women Writers: (series) A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle*
(non-fic) Flannery O'Connor: A Proper Scaring - Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner
4. Fun and Games: Q & A
5. 5 Star Countries: ( C - Rob from Cape Verde): Middlesex* or Under the Banner of Heaven*
(P - Mimi from Poland): The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle*, An Artist of the Floating World, or The Master and Margarita*
6. Gifts and Giving;
7. Food: The Pioneer Woman Cooks - Ree Drummond
8. Holiday: (book) Tinsel
(movie) Four Christmases
9. Old/New: (old): Life After God or Generation X- Douglas Coupland*
(new): You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas - Augusten Burroughs
10. Remembrance: (author): Concrete Island - JG Ballard or The Basketball Diaries - Jim Carroll*
(movie): Sixteen Candles (director John Hughes died Aug 6, 2009)
20 Points
1. MIP (Cheryl ME):
2. ROS (Beth MN):
3. GR: The Princess Bride
25 Points
1. Leora (1001):
2. Gina:
3. Sara Nicole:
4. Lisa MD:
5. Abigail (Odd):
6. Stephanie US (island):
7. Sam (LOST): East of Eden - John Steinbeck* & Ulysses - James Joyce* or Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens*
8. Michelle US (long/short): Long:
Short: Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk*
9. Bridgit (Map, extras):
10. Emily (cover/graphic):
30 Points
1. Bonnie (end of decade):
2. Helen (sci-fi): Stranger in a Strange Land or Something Wicked This Way Comes (past)
Under the Dome - Stephen King (current)
3. BJ Rose (snowed in): TBD
4. Word Aids Day:
5. Posthumous: (narrator): Death of an Ordinary Man - Glen Duncan*
(author): The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens* or Persuasion - Jane Austen* or Suite Francaise - Nemirovsky*
6. Dream Vacation:(London) Our Mutual Friend - Dickens*
7. Multi-Task: At Swim -Two-Birds - Flann O'Brien* (fits black comedy and color by numbers)
8. Lewis & Clark: (person): Streams to the River, River to the Sea - Scott O'Dell (fiction)
(event): The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride - Daniel James Brown (non-fiction)
9. Newberry Award: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler* & Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley and Me - Konigsburg*
10. Color by Numbers: (color): The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories*
(number): The 158-Pound Marriage - John Irving*
35 Points
1. Dewey Decimal:
2. Winter Vacation: (Northern Lights) A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly* & The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera*
3. Time: A Widow For One Year - John Irving* or The Hour I First Believed - Wally Lamb*
4. Resolution: A Good Man is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor (fic) & The Five Love Languages of Marriage* (non-fic)
5.1 Disney: (Beauty and the Beast) Beauty by Robin McKinley5.2 Flag:
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby5.3 Royal: The Constant Princess by Phillipa Gregory OR The Hidden Queen by Alma Alexander
5.4 Winning Decade: 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Literature – The Known World by Edward P Jones
5.5 Librarian: A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris OR The Demon’s Librarian by Lilith Saintcrow
5.6 Dirty Job: Taxi Driver – Hack by Melissa Plaut
5.7 Chinese New Year:
5.8 Cozy Mystery: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
5.9 Romantic: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
5.10 Alliteration: Blood Bank by Tanya Huff OR The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J Sullivan OR Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine OR Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster
10.1 Circus: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
10.2 Five Senses: A Sense of the World by Jason Roberts OR This is All I Ask by Lynn Kurland
10.3 African American: A Mercy by Toni Morrison OR The Color Purple by Alice Walker
10.4 Winner’s Choice:
PJREADS: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin
DONNA JO (private)
DLM ROSE (private)
ROSEANN: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Wind in the Willows, The Zookeeper’s Wife
DIANE: Middlesex, The Kite Runner, Night, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Life of Pi, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Red Tent, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Like Water for Chocolate
WENDY: The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, The Kite Runner, The Secret Life of Bees, The Dante Club, Across the Nightengale Floor, Cryptonomicon, Grass for His Pillow, The Green Mile, Better, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Ella Enchanted, Siddhartha, The Thief Lord, The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao, Dragon’s Kin, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Salmon of Doubt, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Kabul Beauty School, The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem’s Eye, Ptolemy’s Gate, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, The Red Tent, The Virgin’s Lover, The Poisonwood Bible, Snowflower and the Secret Fan, Night, The Bookseller of Kabul, Catch-22, Sophie’s World, Coyote Blue
JAN THE GRYPHON (private)
KARI: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, A Lion Called Christian, Catlore
RACHEL LEE: Ella Enchanted, City of Bones
TERESA IN OHIO (private)
BONNIE: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Book of Lost Things, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Ella Enchanted, The Christmas Carol, The Blind Assassin, The Red Tent, Life of Pi, A Thousand Acres, The Professor and the Madman, Catch-22
HELEN: Shutter Island, The Help
BJROSE: The Thirteenth Tale, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew, Little Men, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
SANDRA: Eat, Pray, Love, Shutter Island, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
10.5 Popularity: Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster OR Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris OR Shanghai Girls by Linda See OR Storm Glass by Maria V Snyder OR The City & The City by China Mieville OR Monster A Lee Martinez OR The Curse of the Mistwraith by Janny Wurts OR Magic in the Blood by Devon Monk
10.6 Local Literature: The Stand by Stephen King, The Young Unicorns, The Tender Bar, A Thousand Splendid Suns, High Fidelity, The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees, We Were the Mulvaneys, A Thousand Acres, Small Changes, Corelli’s Mandolin, The Hot Zone, My Sister’s Keeper,
10.7 Small Screen: (Star Trek)
10.8 Canada: Smoke and Shadows by Tanya Huff
10.9 Hawaii: Fluke by Christopher Moore
10.10 Russia: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
15.1 Black Comedy: Pride and Predjudice and Zombies, Catch-22, The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-time, You Suck, The Satanic Verses, Gravity’s Rainbow, Slaughterhouse Five,
15.2 Alice/Lewis or Fictional Land: Cape Storm by Rachel Caine OR Lucky by Alice Sebold or Educating Alice by Alice Steinbach
15.3 Women:
15.4 Fun and Games: The Crossword Obsession by Coral Amende, Crossword Puzzles
15.5 Readers Unite: (Japan -- Kirei) The Good Earth or The Remains of the Day or Murder on the Orient Express (Luxembourg – Henry Dixon) Never Let Me Go or The French Lieutenant’s Woman or Becoming a Man or A Prayer for Owen Meany or The Unbearable Lightness of Being or The Pillars of the Earth
15.6 Giving/Gifting: Adopt A Family Holiday Project and (paying off school debt) Moo by Jane Smiley
15.7 Cooking:
15.8 Holidays:
15.9 Old/New: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and She by H Rider Haggard
15.10 Dead People: A Season in Hell by Marilyn French
Sixteen Candles directed by John Hughes
20.1 TBA
20.2 TBA
20.3 A. Classic - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
B. Winter - The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0
C. Romance - The Princess Bride
25.1 End of the Decade
PartA:
PartB:
25.2 Science Fiction
25.3 825 pages
25.4 TBA
25.5 Posthumously Speaking:
PartA: A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb OR Where I Want to Be by Adele Griffin
PartB: 2666 by Roberto Bolano
25.6 Winter Staycation: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Europe by Reid Bramblett OR Almost French by Sarah Turnbull
25.7 Multi-tasking: Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Reader’s Unite and About Time) OR The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-time (Winner’s Choice and Black Comedy)
25.8 Lewis & Clark:
PartA: Lewis and Clark Among the Indians by James P Ronda
PartB: Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow or Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
25.9 Newberry: 1968 Medal Winner: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (Honor book: The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell)
OR 2004 Medal Winner: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (Honor book: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes)
25.10 Color By Numbers:
Blue Moon Rising by Simon A Green OR Low Red Moon by Caitlin Kiernan OR Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost OR A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E Czerneda
30.1 Dewey Decimal
30.2 Winter Vacation: Cozy Fire
Cozy Interiors by Jessica Lawson
Dies the Fire by S M Stirling
30.3 About Time:
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Remains of the Day by Kazue Ishiguro
The Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
30.4 Resolutions: Eat Less Processed Food
PartA: The Food of Love by Anthony Capella
PartB: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
50 TBA
5 POINT TASKS1. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY (The Little Mermaid OR Beauty and the Beast):
2. SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER:
3. ROYAL READING:
4. A WINNING DECADE:
5. A LIBRARIAN'S JOB IS NEVER DONE: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
6. IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT…:
7. EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER (Rabbit): Sabriel by Garth Nix OR [something:] by Charles de Lint
8. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE : The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert* OR Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
9. ISN'T IT ROMANTIC:
10. THE ALLURE OF ALLITERATION:
10 POINT TASKS
1. UNDER THE BIG TOP: Geek Love by Katherine Dunn* OR Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter*
2. LOUIS LOUIS:
3. RENAISSANCE READING: The Color Purple by Alice Walker*
4. WINNERS CHOICE:
5. POPULARITY CONTEST: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
6. LOCAL LITERATURE LOVERS: Soulless by Gail Carriger OR Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co. by Maria Amparo Escandon OR The Help by Kathryn Stockett
7. SMALL SCREEN STORIES:
8. OH CANADA!: [something:] by Charles de Lint OR Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay*
9. REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR:
10. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy*
15 POINT TASKS
1. MAKE ME LAUGH:
2. ADVENTURES WITH ALICE AND LEWIS: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis OR Alice I Have Been by Melanie Benjamin AND
3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE):
4. IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN AND GAMES:
5. READERS ROUND THE WORLD UNITE: Catch-22 OR Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell from Michel Vuijlsteke's profile (Belgium) AND Women Who Run With the Wolves* OR Winnie-the-Pooh OR The Wind in the Willows* from Hope Swann's profile (Mexico)
6. THE SEASON OF GIFTING & GIVING:
7. FOOD + FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS = READING FUN: Rosewater and Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran
8. SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens AND A Christmas Story
9. OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW BOOKS: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez* AND Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse*
10. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU: The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike OR The Glass of Time by Michael Cox AND a movie w/ an actor, actress or director who died in 2009
20 POINT TASKS
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - PENDING
2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - PENDING
3. GROUP READS: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
25 POINT TASKS
1. BONNIE'S TASK - PENDING:
2. HELEN'S TASK - SCIENCE FICTION - PAST AND PRESENT:
3. BJ ROSE'S TASK - SNOWED IN AND LOVING IT:
4. ROSEANN'S TASK - READ ABOUT YOUR RESOLUTION:
5. DIANE'S TASK - POSTHUMOUSLY SPEAKING: Saving Fish From Drowning: A Novel by Amy Tan OR A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb AND The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov*
6. WENDY'S TASK - WINTER VACATION DREAMS: Las Vegas Noir by Todd James Pierce*
7. JAN THE GRYPHON’S TASK - MULTI-TASKING:
8. KARI ♪'S TASK - EXPLORING WITH LEWIS AND CLARK:
9. RACHEL LEE'S TASK - THE NEWBERRY AWARD: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz AND Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
10. THERESA IN OHIO'S TASK - COLOR BY NUMBERS: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig* AND 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff*
30 POINT TASKS
1. PJ READS - FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM:
2. DONNA JO'S TASK - GOING ON A WINTER VACATION: Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name AND The Unbearable Lightness of Being
3. DLM ROSE'S TASK - IT'S ABOUT TIME: Sin in the Second City
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK
An asterisk (*) indicates that I currently own the book.
5 POINT TASKS2. SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER Look Who It Is! My Story
3. ROYAL READING The Little Princesses The Story of the Queen's Childhood by her Nanny, Marion Crawford
4. A WINNING DECADE IRISH POPULAR FICTION BOOK- This Charming Man
5. A LIBRARIANS JOB IS NEVER DONE The Shadow of the Wind
6. IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT…Day Job, The Adventures of a Jobbing Gardener
7. EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER - DRAGON- 1952 -Wedding Season
8. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE Death of an Outsider
9. ISN'T IT ROMANTIC - A Hopeless Romantic
10. THE ALLURE OF ALLITERATION -Déjà Dead
10 POINT TASKS
1. UNDER THE BIG TOP -
2. LOUIS LOUIS - Emma and I
3. RENAISSANCE READING -
4. WINNERS CHOICE -
Time of My Life
6. LOCAL LITERATURE LOVERS - Libbeth- Pride and Prejudice
7. SMALL SCREEN STORIES -
8. OH CANADA! -
The Tenderness of Wolves A Novel9. REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR -
10. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - From Russia with Love
15 POINT TASKS
1. MAKE ME LAUGH -
2. ADVENTURES WITH ALICE AND LEWIS -
3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE) -
4. IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN AND GAMES -
5. READERS ROUND THE WORLD UNITE -
Khazakstan- NEUTRINO- Heidi
FRANCE- PARAPH - The Jungle Books
6. THE SEASON OF GIFTING & GIVING -
7. FOOD + FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS = READING FUNFast Cakes
8. SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS
9. OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW BOOKS- Memoirs of a Geisha
10. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
20 POINT TASKS
20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER -Beth MN -Revisiting the past
20.2 Cheryl ME- Civil Rights
20.3 GROUP READS
Read One Of The Following Group Read Selections And Make At Least One Post In The Discussion Thread.
A. Classic Alice In Wonderland
B. Winter
C. Romance A PRINCESS BRIDE
25 POINT TASKS
25.1 LEORA - 1001 books
The curious incident of the dog in the night
In the forest- Edna Obrien
25.2 GINA Friendship
25.3 SARA NICOLE-game of clue
a
b
25.4LIS MD- Turn back time
25.5 ABIGAIL-Odd Man out (cynthia's choice)Family Pictures
25.7 Sam- LOST
a
b- Uncle Tom's Cabin
25.8 Michelle us-
a-The desperate diary of a country housewife
25.9 BRIDGIT- The world of books
25.10 EMILY-
30.1 Bonnie- end of the decade
The heretics daughter
Twilight
30.2 Helen- SCIENCE FICTION
Dune
The Host
30.3BJ ROSE SNOWED IN- 825 pages Cadburys Hot choc - shop
The accidental Mother ROwan Coleman-352 pages
Susannah's Garden- Debbie Macomber - 400 pages
30.4 Sandra WORLD AIDS DAY
30.5Diane-Posthumously
Deceased narrator
Published after death- The girl who played with fire
30.6 WENDY- Winter vacation dreams
30.7 Jan the Gryphon- Multi tasking
The girl who kicked the hornets nest 25.1 30.5
30.8 Kari- EXPLORING
30.9Rachel Lee- Newbery/
Ella Enchanted
Out of the dust
30.10 Theresa in Ohio - colour by numbers
Green Grass
700 Sundays- Billy Crystal
35.1 PJreads Dewey
360- Social Services
610- Medical science- medicine
35.2Donna Jo- going on a winter vacation
Warm
Beach
35.3DLM ROSE - It's about time- Cinderella Hour
35.4Roseann- resolution
50- MIDWAY
5 Points
1. Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
(Peter Pan)
2.A Catch-22 by Joseph Helle
OR
2.B The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester OR Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
3.A The Once and Future King by T.H. White
OR
3.B Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean P. Sasson
4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
5.A PENDING
OR
5.B Here Lies the Librarian OR The Book of Flying by Keith Miller
6.A Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
OR
6.B PENDING
7. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
8. Quieter than Sleep by Joanne Dobson
9. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
10. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
10 Points
1. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
2. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers OR Things Not Seen by Andrew Clemens
3. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
4. The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker (Donna Jo's list)
5. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (January 2009)
6. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
7. The Recruit by Robert Muchamore (related to childhood television's Kim Possible)
8. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
9. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy OR The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
15 Points
1. Jennifer Government by Max Barry OR Feed by M.T. Anderson
2.A The Color Purple by Alice Walker
AND
2.B Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
3.A Tithe by Holly Black
AND
3.B Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
4.A Hide and Seek by James Patterson
AND
4.B (Play hide-and-seek)
5.A Mariana by Susanna Kearsley (Fiordiligi: Austria)
AND
5.B Moravagine by Blaise Cendrars (Nathaniel Calhoun: Liberia)
6.A The Piano Tuner: A Novel by Daniel Mason (related to the gift of music and the piano, given by my father.)
AND
6.B Giving back: Donating food to feed the hungry and volunteering.
7.A Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel
AND
7.B PENDING recipe
8.A A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby (New Years' Eve)
AND
8.B MOVIE PENDING
9.A Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
AND
9.B At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel by Jamie O'Neill
10.A Rabbit, Run by John Updike
AND
10.B Movie: The Handmaid's Tale with Natasha Richardson
20 Points
1. PENDING
2. PENDING
3.A Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
OR
3.B The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 by Christopher Moore
OR
3.C The Princess Bride by William Goldman
25 Points
1. PENDING
2.A Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (published 1953)
AND
2.B Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (published 2008)
AND
2.C Comment on the differences between the two novels and speculate on why (i.e. authors' styles, timeframe in whcih they were written, topic choice, etc.)
3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (335 pages)
AND
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (536 pages)
Total pages: 871
4.A Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
AND
4.B Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
5.A Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
AND
5.B The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
6. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Barcelona, Spain) OR The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (Venice, Italy)
7. The Fierce and Beautiful World by Andrei Platonov
Applies to 15.5 (B: country corresponding to last name) and 10.9 (Russia)
8.A Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose (nonfiction: Meriwether Lewis and the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase)
AND
8.B These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner (fiction: American West, late 1800s)
8.C Why I would've liked/disliked living in that time period.
9. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2001 Newbery Medal) AND The Wanderer by Sharon Creech (2001 Newbery Honor) OR Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (2001 Newbery Honor)
Which was better?
10.A A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess OR Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
AND
10.B Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut OR Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher OR 2666 by Roberto Bolano
30 Points
1.A Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
AND
5.1 5.2 If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
5.3 The Lady in the Tower by Allison Weir
5.4 Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lampri
5.5 The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger
5.6 Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by Atul Gawande
5.7 Pillars of Earth by Ken Follett
5.8
5.9
5.10
10.1 Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
10.2 Blindness by Jose Saramago
10.3 Jazz by Toni Morrison
10.4
10.5
10.6 The Little Prince (Stephanie)
10.7 Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy or one of the Buffy graphic novels
10.8 The Outlander by Gil Adamson
10.9 Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
10.10
15.1 A Case of Exploding Mangos by Mohammed Hanif
15.2 The Magicians by Lev Grossman and The Tamuli by David Eddings
15.3 The Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters and The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser
15.4
15.5 Maus by Art Spiegelman (Max in Russia) and The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman(Charlotte in Korea, Democratic People's Republic)
15.6 The Black Violin by Maxine Fermine
15.7 Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
15.8
15.9 One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
15.10 Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
20.1 Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
20.2 Zorro by Isabel Allende (Ann From S.C.'S Task - Read A Book That You Have Started But Never Finished)
20.3
25.1
25.2 Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brasheres
25.3 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon and The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
25.4 Etta: A Novel by Gerald Kolpan and In the Company of Courtesans by Sarah Dunant
25.5 A House to Let by Charles Dickens
25.6 The Bone People by Keri Hulme
25.7 A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway and On Writing by Stephen King
25.8 Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr Paul Farmer, A Man who Would Save the World by Tracy Kidder and Beloved by Toni Morrison
25.9
25.10
30.1
30.2 Enders Game by Orson Scott Card and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
30.3
30.4 Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
30.5 In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater Rose and The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson
30.6
30.7
30.8 Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose and Little House on the Prarie by Laura Ingells Wilder
30.9 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler by EL Konisberg and The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatly Snyder
30.10 Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely and Four Loves by CS Lewis
35.1 Orient Express by Graham Greene (385-rail travel) and Carrie by Stephen King (133-parapsychology and occultism)
35.2 Cozy Atmospheres and Interiors by Jessica Lawson and The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larson
35.3
35.4 The Wanderer by Sharon Creech and Without Reservations: Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
5 points1. Related to favorite Disney film:
2. R/W/B color OR "stars" or "stripes" in title: Stargirl
3. Featuring a monarch: The Constant Princess
4. Literary award winner 2000-2009:
5. Recommended by a librarian or about a librarian:
6. About a job you could never imagine doing:
7. Dragon Zodiac sign:
8. Cozy Mystery:
9. Love, romance, cupid, sweetheart, valentine, heart, kiss, chocolate, rose, or jewelry in title:
10. Alliteration: Revolutionary Road
10 points
1. Circus, circus performers, circus animals:
2. Novel where character is missing one of their senses OR non-fiction account of someone missing at least one sense:
3. Novel by an African American with an African American protagonist: Minion
4. 5-Star book from one of the FC winners: Wendy read it and rated it 5*Stars Xenocide
6. 5-Star read from someone else who lives in SA: Melissa from SA, TX rated A Wizard of Earthsea as 5-Stars
7. Read a book inspired by your favorite television show: From Dead to Worse - True Blood. Alias is my all-time favorite TV show, but I've read all the books
8. Canada theme:
9. Hawaii theme:
10. Russian theme: Resurrection
15 points
1. Black comedy or satirical novel AND black comedy or satirical film:
2. With character OR author named Alice/Lewis AND a novel that takes place in a fictional land:
3. Female author with female main character AND biography of a female you admire:
4. Book with game title AND spend an hour or more playing the game:
5. 5-Star read of the first person from a country that starts with "A"
Afghanistan - Paul Daigle rated The Subtle Knife as 5-Stars
5-Star read of the first person from a country that starts with "B"
Brazil - Dina rated The Secret Garden as 5-Stars
6. Relates to best gift you've been given (state who and why) AND spend some time volunteering:
7. Read a novel with recipes or a cookbook AND cook one of the recipes for family or friends:
8. Read any book (100 pg+) that relates to any holiday during this challenge AND watch a film that involves the same holiday:
9. Read the book that's been on TBR shelf/pile the longest AND read a book by an author you've never read before:
10. Read a book by an author who died in 2009 AND watch a film starring an actor/actress who died in 2009:
20 points
1. Most improved player - Read a book related to the Civil Rights movement
2. Rookie of the season - Old task from another challenge (at least worth 15 points):
3. Group read: The Princess Bride
25 points
1. Leora’s task – Read 2 books from the 1001 Books list:
2. Gina’s task –
3. Sara Nicole’s task -
4. Lisa MD’s task –
5. Abigail’s task – Odd man out (read a book that doesn’t fit in any other task):
6. Stephanie’s task – island dreams:
7. Sam’s task – the lost generations (book mentioned on Lost):
8.Michelle’s task – answering machine day (book with at least 7 words in title, book with 1 word in title):
9. Bridgit’s task – the world of books (book with a map and a book with extra content):
10. Emily’s task – don’t judge a book by its cover (book with cool cover and graphic novel):
30 point tasks
1.Bonnie’s task – 2000-2009 (a book published last decade, and a book made into a movie in the last decade): The Pawn published in 2007
2. Helen’s task – one old and new sci-fi (Hugo/Nebula before 2000 and any current sci-fi):
3.BJ Rose’s task – snowed in (read at least 825 pages): A Feast for Crows
4. Sandra’s task – World AIDS day (book about epidemic or someone with disease):
5. Diane's task - read a book with a narrator who was deceased before the story started AND read a book that was first published after the death of the author:
6. Wendy's task - read a book that takes place in your dream vacation spot and tell us where and why:
7. Jan the Gryphon's task - read a book that will fit into 2+ tasks for the winter challenge and tell which tasks. Only count your points here: Outlander fits the first part of 15.3 (woman protagonist and woman author) and 15.9 (by an author I've never read before)
8. Kari's task - fiction and non-fiction book related to Lewis and Clark:
9. Rachel Lee's task - Newberry award winner and honor book:
10. Theresa in Ohio's task - bright or happy color word in title AND a book with a number in the title
35 point tasks
1. pjreads’ task – Dewey decimal system:
2. Donna Jo's task - winter vacation:
3. DLM rose's task - read a book with a "time" word in the title: The Hour I First Believed A Novel
4. Roseann's task - read about resolution (fiction AND non-fiction):
50 points
Total: 10 points
5 Points:1. Disney: Snow: A Retelling
2. RWB: A Farewell to Arms
3. Monarch: The Other Boleyn Girl
4. Award: Middlesex
5. Library: Pride and Prejudice or Hunger Games
6. Worst Job: Cannery Row
7. OX: The God of Small Things
8. Mystery: Agatha Christie?
9. Love: Love in the Time of Cholera
10. Alliteration: Sense and Sensibility
10 Points:
1. Circus- Geek Love: A Novel
2. Senses: Blindness
3. Renaissance: The Bluest Eye
4. Winner: The Curious Incident of Dog at Nighttime
5. Popular: ?
6. Local: The Alchemist or HP
7. TV: Dead Until Dark
8. Canada: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
9. Hawaii: East Wind Rain
10. Russia: Crime and Punishment
15 Points:
1. Black Com: Catch-22
2. Alice & Lewis: A Grief Observed & The Handmaid's Tale
3. Female series: A Great and Terrible Beauty & Edie
4. Games: (War)--Suite Francaise
5. Around the World: The Glass Castle & Everything is Illuminated
6. Gift: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
7. Recipes: Like Water From Chocolate
8. Holiday: Skipping Christmas
9. OLD/NEW: The Great Gatsby & Never Let me Go
10. John Updike
20 points:
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2.
3.
25 Points:
1. Bonnies
2. Farenheit 451 & The Hunger Games
3. tbd
4. The Worst Hard Time & Time Management from the inside out
5. The Lovely Bones & Persuasion
6. Neither Here Nor There
7. Nineteen Minutes ?
8. Undaunted Courage; Little HOuse on the Prairie
9. The Graveyard Book & Savvy
10. The Red Tent & The Five Love Languages
30 Points:
1. The Lolita Effect & My Sister's Keeper
2. Northern Lights & Through Painted Deserts
3. Me Talk Pretty One Day
5 POINT TASKS 2. SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER - In Honor Of Betsy Ross (Born January 1, 1752 – Died January 30, 1836) Famously Credited With Sewing The First American Flag…
B. Read A Book That Has The Word Stars And/Or Stripes In The Title
Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard-1/23
4. A WINNING DECADE - As We Transition From One Decade To The Next We Should Recognize The Books That Won Us Over In The Last One…For This Task Read A Book That Has Received A Literary Award During The Years(2000-2009).
Olive Kitteridge: A Novel in Stories by Elizabeth Strout-12/24
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2009)
8. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - While Outside It May Be Cold And Blustery; Inside You Can Cozy Up To A Cozy Mystery. Visit http://www.cozy-mystery.com/ If You Need Help Picking A Book/Author.
(*It's Not Required But Feel Free To Enjoy This Book Curled Up In Front Of A Fire Or Wrapped Up In A Comfy Blanket With A Hot Beverage Of Your Choice!)
When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman-12/4
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.)
Ex. Fatally Flaky Or Handbags and Homicide
The Million Dollar Deception by R.M. Johnson-12/13
10 POINT TASKS
3. RENAISSANCE READING - In Honor Of Zora Neale Hurston (Born January 7, 1891– Died January 28, 1960) Famous Harlem Renaissance Author…
A. Read A Novel That Was Written By An African American That Also Has An African American Protagonist.
The Million Dollar Demise by R.M. Johnson-12/15
4. WINNERS CHOICE
A. Read A 5-Star Book From One Of The Winners Of The Fall Challenge (If You Are A Winner You Can't Use Your Own List)
Speak by Laurie Halse Andeson-1/1
On Diane's shelf
Also a GR author
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 OR You May Use The Overall List For The Year.
Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells-12/11
born in July
6. LOCAL LITERATURE LOVERS - Start By Going To http://www.goodreads.com/user/near_me
A. If You Live In The US - Select Within 5 Miles & Type In Your Zip Code - Then Select One Of The People Found On That Page (Not Yourself) And Read One Of Their 5-Star Books.
The Condition by Jennifer Haigh-2/10
Person:Faye
8. OH CANADA! - To Commemorate The Upcoming Winter Olympics That Will Be Held In Vancouver, Canada - Read A Novel Written By A Canadian Author, Set In Canada, Or A Non-Fiction Book About Canada.
Ex. Saul Bellow, Mrs. Mike, So, You Want to Be Canadian All About the Most Fascinating People in the World and the Magical Place They Call Home
The Girls by Lori Lansens-2/15
15 POINT TASKS
8. SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS
A. Read A Book That Relates To Any Holiday That Occurs During This Challenge (December, January, Or February) Such As (Christmas, Hanukah, Valentine's Day, New Years Etc.)…It Can Either Be A Novel, A Non-Fiction Book About The Holiday, Or Several Children's Books (100+ Pages Worth) About The Holiday.
AND
The Christmas Promise by Donna VanLiere-12/16
B. Watch A Film That Involves That Same Holiday.
Four Christmases with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn-12/20
25 Points
2. GINA'S TASK - FEBRUARY IS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP MONTH
. Read A Book About With Friend, Friends Or Freindship In The Title
OR
. Read A Book Where Friendship Is A Main Theme
AND
. When You Post Please Tell Us What Friendship Means To You.
The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand-12/27
This book is about 8 friends who call themselves the Castaways because they all find friendship in Nantucket. They are 4 couples, who suddenly become 3 when one of the couples die. It is a story that explores the boundaries of friendship and forgiveness.
Friendship is about trust and honesty between two people. A person can have multiple friendships, which are sustained over time despite hardships. I have recently been separated from my husband of five years and have found that my meaning of friendship has changed. Some people felt obligated to choose over us, which has caused me to lose many friends. The friends who have decided to remain in my life during this difficult time are very special to me and I am grateful to have their support. I know that I can talk to them about what I am going through and I trust them. Friendships are sometimes formed immediately, while others are formed over time.
3. SARA NICOLE'S TASK - A GAME OF CLUE
A. Suspects - Scarlet, Peacock, Mustard, Green, Plum, Or White: Read A Book With A Cover That Very Predominantly Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple, Or White. Post A Picture Of The Cover When You Claim Points, Please!
The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner-2/6
B. Weapons - Candlestick, Wrench, Rope, Revolver, Knife, Or Lead Pipe: Read A Book With The Name Of A Weapon In The Title (Any Weapon, Not Just One Of Those Six).
Examples: The Subtle Knife Or Poison Study Or Season Of The Machete.
Who by Fire by Diana Spechler-2/7
C. Rooms - Study, Kitchen, Hall, Conservatory, Lounge, Ballroom, Dining Room, Library, Billiard Room: Who Are We Kidding? This Is Goodreads! It's The Library, Of Course! Get At Least One Of Your Two Books From A Library — Public, School, Or Personal (I.E. A Book You Already Own).
Both from public library...
5. ABIGAIL'S TASK - ODD MAN OUT
Read One Book That Doesn't Fit Any Of The 5/10/15 Point Tasks For You.
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes-1/18
8. MICHELLE US' TASK - JANUARY 30TH IS INANE ANSWERING MACHINE DAY
The Day Where We Try To Bring An End To All Of Those Mindless, Endlessly Long, Beeping And Otherwise Inane Answering Machine Messages That Annoy, Waste Time And Try The Patience Of Poor Unfortunate Callers.
In Honor Of This Silly Holiday...
A. Read A Book With An Unnecessarily Long Title (At Least 7 Words)
And To Make Up For It...
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steve D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner-12/20
B. Read A Book With A Very Short Title (1 Word).
After by Amy Efaw-1/14
30 Points
1. 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
3. BJ ROSE'S TASK - SNOWED IN AND LOVING IT
When The Weather Keeps You Housebound, Make The Most Of It! Grab Books By Your Favorite Authors - Or Try Some New Ones - And Read 825 Pages Or More. Any Genre! No Re-Reads For This, But Audiobooks Are Fine. List The Books You Read & # Of Pages For Each When Claiming Your Points.
Summer House by Nancy Thayer-12/30 (351 pgs)
Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian-2/17 (362 pgs)
sTORI TELLING] by Tori Spelling-2/20 (271 pgs)
984 pages
10. THERESA IN OHIO'S TASK - COLOR BY NUMBERS
A. Winter Can Be Drab, Cold, And Bleak. Read A Book With A Bright Or Happy COLOR Word In The Title. ACCEPTABLE WORDS: Red, Green, Purple, Yellow Etc., NOT ACCEPTABLE: Black, White, Gray Or Brown Tones.
AND
Red by Erica Spindler-1/9
B. At The End Of The Year, Many Lists Appeared, From Best Of To Worst Of Biggest Seller Of Years, Most Money Made By Celebrities, Etc. So Read A Book With A NUMBER In The Title. It Can Be Written (Thirteen) Or An Actual Number (13).
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher-1/6
35 points
1. PJ READS TASK - FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM – Read 2 Books...
A. Read A Book Related to The Dewey Decimal Subject That Matches (+/-2) The Number Of Pages Of One Of The Books You Rated Highest From The 2009 Fall Challenge (Or Your GR Read List).
EX. If One Of Your Highest Rated Books From The Fall Challenge Was 183 Pages Your Choices For The First Book Are…
My Five Star Book: Blackout Girl: Growing Up and Drying Out in America
by Jennifer Storm 304 pg
Giving me these choices:
302 Social interaction
303 Social processes
304 Factors affecting social behavior
305 Social groups
306 Culture & institutions
Ask Me About My Divorce: Women Open Up About Moving On by Candace Walsh (306.89)-1/30
B. For The Second Book, Imagining The Dewey Decimal Numbers As A Circle With 000 Following 999, Move Forward Or Backward 250 Numbers (+/-2) From The Subject Chosen For The First Book (OR Forward Or Backward From Your Original Page Count Number.).
EX. If You Decided To Read A Book About Oriental Philosophy (181) Then 250 Decimals Forward = 431, 250 Decimals Backward = 931 So Your Choices Would Be...
My choices are 052 - 056.
Read numerous magazines such as Glamour, Psychology Today and US Weekly totaling over 300 pages.
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).
Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks-1/20
4. ROSEANN'S TASK - READ ABOUT YOUR RESOLUTION
Figure Out What Your New Year's Resolution Will Be (Make One Up If You Don't "Do" Resolutions) Then…
A. Read A Fiction Book With A Word In The Title That Pertains To The Resolution--For Losing Weight Examples Would Be: Fat, Thin, Skinny, Weight, Scale--You Get The Point.
So Much for Happy Ending by Kyra Davis-1/26
AND
B. Read A Non-Fiction Book Which Talks About Your Resolution i.e.-A Diet Book, A Money Management Book, Etc.
Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy by Richard O'Connor-1/10
New Years Resolution was to find happiness this year. My divorce was finalized in December (29th) and it has been a difficult and sad experience for me. So I resolved to be happy despite some of the changes I have going on in my life.
New Total: 380 points
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5 points1. The Wonderful World of Disney: The Big Over Easy-Jasper Fforde
2. She Was A Grand Old Flag Maker:
-3. Royal Reading: I, Elizabeth A Novel-Rosalind Miles*
4. A Winning Decade: The Blind Assassin-Margaret Atwood*
5. A Librarian's Job Is Never Done: The House of Paper-Carlos María Domínguez
6. It's A Dirty Job But: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver*
7. Eying The Year of the Tiger: The Gun Seller-Hugh Laurie (Pig)
8. Baby It's Cold Outside: Twelve Sharp-Janet Evanovich*
9. Isn't It Romantic: Heart-Shaped Box-Joe Hill*
10. The Allure of Alliteration: The Land of Laughs-Jonathan Carroll
10 points
1. Under the Big Top: Nights at the Circus-Angela Carter
2. Louis Louis: Blindness-José Saramago
3. Renaissance Reading: Black Noir-Otto Penzler
4. Winner's Choice:
5. Popularity Contest: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie-Alan Bradley
6. Local Lit. Lovers: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families Stories from Rwanda-Philip Gourevitch (Desiree)
7. Small Screen Stories: Chocky-John Wyndham (The X-Files)
8. Oh Canada!: Louis Riel A Comic-Strip Biography-Chester Brown
9. Remembering Pearl Harbor: Behold the Many A Novel-Lois-Ann Yamanaka or Pleasing the Dead-Deborah Turrell Atkison
10. From Russia With Love: Night Watch-Sergei Lukyanenko
15 points
1. Make Me Laugh: Shambling Towards Hiroshima-James Morrow
2. Adventures With Alice and Lewis:
The Lovely Bones-Alice Sebold*
Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West-Gregory Maguire*
3. What Women Want:
In the Woods-Tana French*
Thinking In Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism-Temple Grandin
4. It's All About Fun and Games: Howl's Moving Castle-Diana Wynne Jones (Maplestory)
5. Readers Round the World Unite:
2001 A Space Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke (Christian/Denmark)
Perfume The Story of a Murderer-Patrick Süskind (Dina/Brazil)
6. Season of Gifting & Giving: The Master and Margarita-Mikhail Bulgakov*
7. Food + Family: ?
8. Silver Screen Celebrations: The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0-Christopher Moore
9. Out With the Old:
10. We Will Remember You: Concrete Island A Novel-J.G. Ballard
20 points
1. Beth Mn's Task: (Spring 2009 #25.5 Read a book outside your normal genre)
Mourning Doves and other stories.-Tom Upton*
2. Cheryl Me's Task: ?
3. Group Read: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass-Lewis Carroll
25 points
1. Leora's Task:
Never Let Me Go-Kazuo Ishiguro
Giovanni's Room-James Baldwin
2. Gina's Task: Lamb The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal-Christopher Moore*
3. Sara Nicole's Task:
-William March*Box Office Poison-Alex Robinson
4. Lisa Md's Task:
Missy-Chris Hannan*
Water Ghosts A Novel-Shawna Yang Ryan*
5. Abigail's Task: The Pluto Files The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet-Neil deGrasse Tyson
6. Stephanie US's Task: Uzumaki-Junji Ito (Japan)
7. Sam's Task:
The Sound and the Fury-William Faulkner
?
8. Michelle's Task:
I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World-Jag Bhalla
Hater-David Moody
9. Bridgit's Task:
Persistance Of Memory-Tony Eprile*
Censoring an Iranian Love Story-Shahriar Mandanipour
10. Emily's Task:
[image error] -Brom
Good as Lily-Derek Kirk Kim
30 points1. Bonnie's Task:
NOON 09-Diane Williams*
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Douglas Adams
2. Helen's Task:
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress-Robert A. Heinlein
The Sparrow-Mary Doria Russell
3. BJ Rose's Task:
4. Sandra's Task: The Hot Zone A Terrifying True Story-Richard Preston*
5. Diane's Task:
6. Wendy's Task: The Devil and Miss Prym A Novel of Temptation-Paulo Coelho
7. Jan the Gryphon's Task: Out-Natsuo Kirino (25.6 & 25.8)
8. Kari's Task: ?
9. Rachel Lee's Task:
The Twenty-One Balloons-William Pène Du Bois (1948 Winner)
The Cow-Tail Switch And Other West African Stories-Harold Courlander (1948 Honor)
10. Theresa Oh's Task:
The Red Tree-Caitlín R. Kiernan
Two of the Deadliest New Tales of Lust, Greed, and Murder from Outstanding Women of Mystery-Elizabeth George
35 points
1. PJ Read's Task:
Mr. Vertigo-Paul Auster (791)
Longitude The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time-Dava Sobel (542)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo|793 pages
2. Donna Jo's Task:?
3. DLM Rose's Task: The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible-A.J. Jacobs
4. Roseann's Task:
The Long Walk-Stephen King
Born to Run A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen-Christopher McDougall
50 points
Roseann's Task:
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein*
5 POINT TASKS5.1 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY --
5.2 SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER -- Red, white and blue cover: Beat the Reaper A Novel by Josh Bezell
5.3 ROYAL READING
5.4 A WINNING DECADE The Tale of Despereaux Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (won the Newberry in 2004)
5.5 A LIBRARIANS JOB IS NEVER DONE -- Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
5.6 IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT…
5.7 EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER - I Was Born In Year Of The Dog (1970) And Julia Quinn Was Also Born In The Year Of The Dog (1970) What Happens in London
5.8 BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Cozy Mystery is A Peach of a Murder by Livia Washburn
5.9 ISN'T IT ROMANTIC -
5.10 THE ALLURE OF ALLITERATION - Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
10 POINT TASKS
10.1 UNDER THE BIG TOP - Geek Love A Novel by Katherine Dunn
10.2 LOUIS LOUIS -
A. Character without one sense, OR
B. Non-fiction account of person without one sense
10.3 RENAISSANCE READING -
A. AA writer and protagonist, OR
B. Non-fiction account of Harlem Ren./ biography of AA from that time
10.4 WINNERS CHOICE - 5* book from Fall Winners list
10.5 POPULARITY CONTEST – Bite Me! by Melissa Francis is in the August 2009 list.
10.6 LOCAL LITERATURE LOVERS - Scarlett gave 5 stars to Great Gatsby, The
10.7 SMALL SCREEN STORIES - One of my favorite shows is "Survivor" and I am going to re-read Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10.8 OH CANADA! - Written by Can. author, set in Canada, or non-fiction about Canada
10.9 REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR - Here Today, Gone to Maui by Carol Snow
10.10 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - Written by Russian author, set in Russia, or non-fiction about Russia
15 POINT TASKS
15.1 MAKE ME LAUGH -
A. Read a black comedy or satirical novel, AND
B. Watch a black comedy or satirical novel
15.2 ADVENTURES WITH ALICE AND LEWIS -
A. Character named Alice/Lewis (1st or last) or author named Alice/Lewis (1st or last), AND
B. Set in fictional land
15.3 WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE) -
A: My Sister the Vampire #4 Vampalicious! by Sienna Mercer
B: Autobiography/biography of a woman
15.4 IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN AND GAMES - The Desert King's Bejewelled Bride and play Bejewelled
15.5 READERS ROUND THE WORLD UNITE -
A. First name begins with A, first person on list for Antarctica is G.P. Marcello and a 5* book is Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
B. Last name begins with I, first person on list for Iceland is Charlane Brady and a 5* book is Jane Goodall 40 Years at Gombe
15.6 THE SEASON OF GIFTING & GIVING -
A. Book relates to best gift given, AND
B. Spend time volunteering/ donate
15.7 FOOD + FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS = READING FUN --
A. Read a novel with recipes/ cookbook, AND
B. Make one of the recipes
15.8 SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS
A. Read a book about a holiday in this time period, AND
B. Watch a film about the same holiday
15.9 OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW BOOKS
OLD: In a Sunburned Country
NEW: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
15.10 WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
A. Author who died in 2009: The Dark of Day by Barbara Parker, AND
B. Actor/ Director who died:
20 POINT TASKS
20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - Choose favorite past task worth 15pts or higher.
20.2 ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - Book related to civil rights movement.
20.3 GROUP READS
Read One Of The Following Group Read Selections And Make At Least One Post In The Discussion Thread.
A. Classic
B. Winter
C. Romance The Princess Bride by William Golding
25 POINT TASKS
25.1 LEORA'S TASK - Read two books from 1001 books before you die list
25.2 GINA'S TASK - Read a book with friends or friendship in the title or friendship as a main theme.
25.3 SARA NICOLE'S TASK -
A. Read A Book With A Cover That Very Predominantly Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple, Or White.
B. Weapons - Candlestick, Wrench, Rope, Revolver, Knife, Or Lead Pipe: Read A Book With The Name Of A Weapon In The Title (Any Weapon, Not Just One Of Those Six)
25.4 LISA MD'S TASK - Read (2) Historical Books, Fiction Or Non-Fiction, From Different Time Periods Or Settings
25.5 ABIGAIL'S TASK - ODD MAN OUT Read a book not covered by any 5/10/15 point task
25.6 STEPHANIE US'S TASK - ISLAND DREAMS Read a book that takes place on an Island Country
25.7 SAM'S TASK - LOST GENERATION
A. Read a novel/ short stories from list of post-WWI authors, AND
B. Read a book featured on show "Lost"
25.8 MICHELLE US'S TASK -
A. Title of at least 7 words, AND
B. Title of 1 word
25.9 BRIDGIT'S TASK
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)
25.10 EMILY'S TASK
A. Read A Book That's Cover Design Draws You In, AND
B. It's What's Inside That Counts: Read A Graphic Novel
30 Point Task
30.1 BONNIE'S TASK
A. Book published in 2000-2009, AND
B. Book made into a movie in 2000-2009
30.2 HELEN'S TASK
A. SciFi novel by an author who won Hugo or Nebula prior to 2000, AND
B. SciFi novel published in 2000 or later
30.3 BJ ROSE'S TASK - SNOWED IN AND LOVING IT Read 825 pages or more (no rereads)
30.4 SANDRA'S TASK - WORLD AIDS DAY Read a book about an epidemic or a character suffering from a disease I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
30.5 DIANE'S TASK - POSTHUMOUSLY SPEAKING
A. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
B. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaefer
30.6 WENDY'S TASK - WINTER VACATION DREAMS Read a book that takes place in dream vacation spot
30.7 JAN THE GRYPHON’S TASK - Multitasking
The White Queen by Philipa Gregory would fit 5.3 (Royal Reading) and 10.5 (on popular list for August 2009)
30.8 KARI ♪'S TASK - EXPLORING WITH LEWIS AND CLARK one fiction and one non-fiction:
A. One needs to involve Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark Or Sacajawea (Or Can Involve All), AND
B. One needs to involve The Lousiana Purchase, The Western Expansion, Or Exploration And/Or Pioneers During The Time Period Of 1800 To 1880
30.9 RACHEL LEE'S TASK - THE NEWBERRY AWARD
A. Winner in 1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
B. Honor book in 1999: A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
30.10 THERESA IN OHIO'S TASK - COLOR BY NUMBERS
A. Bright or happy color word in title
B. One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell
<35 Point Tasks
35.1 PJ READS TASK - FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
Number of pages in "Midwives" = 374 Adult Education
When I searched that DD #, there were a lot of books about book clubs. So: The Dead of Midnight A Mystery by Catherine Hunter which is a mystery about a book club.
374 minus 250 = 124 (previously: Infinity). 126 is The Self: Genesis by Bernard Beckett APPROVED message 71
35.2 DONNA JO'S TASK - GOING ON A WINTER VACATION Using "Cozy Fire":
Gone with the Groom (as per Donna Jo's list, a cozy mystery) by Janice Thompson and
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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).
35.4 ROSEANN'S TASK - READ ABOUT YOUR RESOLUTION My resolution is to help my kids get along better.
A. Fiction Book with word in title: The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman (I have three girls)
B. Non-Fiction: Reread "Siblings without Rivalry" by Adele Ferber OR read "Getting to Yes"
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK
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)
5. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
7. The Music of Chance by Paul Auster
8. Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 5) by Joanne Fluke
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. Double Dutch by Sharon M. Draper
4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (DIANE)
5. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
6. East of Eden (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck
7. When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1) by Meg Cabot
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
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel and The Wizard of Oz (Great Illustrated Classics) by L. Frank Baum
3. Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 6) by Joanne Fluke and My Point...and I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres
4. The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, #11) by Carolyn Keene
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (AMY RWANDA) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling ( SCOTT Réunion)
6. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
7. Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke
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
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25 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 Beach Road by James Patterson, Peter de Jonge
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
5. The Afterlife by Gary Soto and Persuasion by Jane Austen
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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
0/15010 Pages Read
0/610 Total Points
5 Point Tasks:5.1 The Wonderful World of Disney – COMPLETED 1/23/10
5.2 She Was a Grand Old Flag Maker – I’m A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson, 288 pages
5.3 Royal Reading – The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, 400 pages
5.4 A Winning Decade – Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, 318 pages / winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction
5.5 A Librarian’s Job Is Never Done – COMPLETED 1/11/10
5.6 It’s A Dirty Job But… - The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life As An Experiment by A.J. Jacobs, 256 pages (I could never imagine being a human guinea pig!!)
5.7 Eying The Year of the Tiger – I was born in the year of the Rabbit (1975) so I’m reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (1963)
5.8 Baby It’s Cold Outside – COMPLETED 2/9/10
5.9 Isn’t It Romantic – COMPLETED 1/28/10
5.10 The Allure of Alliteration – COMPLETED 2/20/10
10 Point Tasks:
10.1 Under the Big Top – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, 335 pages
10.2 Louis Louis – The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, 576 pages
10.3 Renaissance Reading – Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 256 pages
10.4 Winners Choice – 5-Star book from Helen’s list, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, 372 pages
10.5 Popularity Contest – COMPLETED 1/20/10
10.6 Local Literature Lovers – COMPLETED 2/3/10
10.7 Small Screen Stories –COMPLETED 12/21/09
10.8 Oh Canada! – Hokkaido Highway Blues by Will Ferguson, 384 pages
10.9 Remembering Pearl Harbor – Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport, 384 pages
10.10 From Russia With Love – The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin, translated by Andrew Bromfield, 352 pages (written by a Russian author)
15 Point Tasks:
15.1 Make Me Laugh –
A. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, 464 pages
15.2 Adventures With Alice & Lewis –
A. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, 400 pages
B. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tokien, 320 pages
15.3 What Women Want (to Read & Write) –
A. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella, 352 pages
B. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 304 pages
15.4 It’s All About Fun & Games – COMPLETED 1/7/10
15.5 Readers Round the World Unite –
A. L-Luxembourg (from Henry Dixon’s Bookshelf) – The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles, 448 pages
B. C – Croatia (from Liv’s Bookshelf) – She Flew the Coop by Michael Lee West, 400 pages
15.6 The Season of Gifting & Giving –
A. No Touch Monkey by Ayun Halliday, 272 pages (The best gift I’ve ever received was a backpacking trip to Europe from my husband, it was an incredible experience with memories to last a lifetime)
15.7 Food+Family/Friends = Reading Fun –
A. Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth by Jill O’Connor, 168 pages
B. Recipe – TBD
15.8 Silver Screen Celebrations – COMPLETED 12/13/09
15.9 Out With the Old & In With the New –
A. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke, 800 pages
B. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, 590 pages
15.10 We Will Remember You –
A. Passion and Principle: The Loves & Lives of Regency Women by Jane Aiken Hodge, 230 pages
B. Donnie Darko with Patrick Swayze
20 Point Tasks:
20.1 Most Improved Player – Cheryl ME’s Task – Civil Rights COMPLETED 2/28/10
20.2 Rookie of the Season – Beth MN’s Task – Revisiting the Past
Group Read Task - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, 403 pages
20.3 Group Reads – COMPLETED 2/22/10
25 Point Tasks:
25.1 Leora’s Task – 1001 Books - COMPLETED 2/15/10
25.2 Gina’s Task – February is International Friendship Month
A. The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs, 372 pages
B. Post what friendship means to you.
25.3 Sara Nicole’s Task – A Game of Clue COMPLETED 1/12/10
25.4 Lisa MD’s Task – If I Could Turn Back Time
A. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 592 pages (19th century New England)
B. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory, 664 pages
25.5 Abigail’s Task – Odd Man Out COMPLETED 12/5/09
25.6 Stephanie US’ Task – Island Dreams COMPLETED 12/11/09
25.7 Sam’s Task – The Lost Generations - COMPLETED 2/11/10
25.8 Michelle US’ Task – January 30th is Inane Answering Machine Day
A. Good Omens: The Nice & Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, 384 pages
B. Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell, 500 pages
25.9 Bridgit’s Task – The World of Books
A. Lost On Planet China by J. Maarten Troost, 380 pages (map of China on inside cover)
B. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, 552 pages (has unusual text layouts and drawings)
25.10 Emily’s Task – Don’t Judge a Book by It’s Cover…Unless It’s Really Well Designed
A. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, 406 pages
B. The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes (Vol. 1) by Neil Gaiman, 240 pages
30 Point Tasks:
30.1 Bonnie’s Task – Celebrate the End of the Decade (2000-2009)
A. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, 759 pages (published 2007)
B. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, 652 pages (made into a movie 2009)
30.2 Helen’s Task – Science Fiction – Past and Present –
A. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, 324 pages (1994)
B. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson, 440 pages (2000)
C. Comment on the differences and speculate as to why these differences occur.
30.3 BJ Rose’s Task – Snowed In and Loving It (Total pages 915) COMPLETED 1/19/10
30.4 Sandra’s Task – World AIDS Day COMPLETED 1/15/10
30.5 Diane’s Task – Posthumously Speaking –
A. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, 352 pages
B. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, 274 pages
30.6 Wendy’s Task – Winter Vacation Dreams COMPLETED 12/18/09
30.7 Jan the Gryphon’s Task – Multi-tasking COMPLETED 1/18/10
30.8 Kar♪’s Task – Exploring With Lewis and Clark
A. The Death of Meriwether Lewis: A Historic Crime Scene Investigation by Kira Gale, James E. Starrs, 336 pages
B. A Wilderness So Immense by Jon Kukla, 448 pages
C. 3-5 sentences why you would have liked/disliked to have lived during this period
30.9 Rachel Lee’s Task – The Newbery Award COMPLETED 12/12/09
30.10 Theresa in Ohio’s Task – Color By Numbers
A. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, 321 pages
B. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, 367 pages
35 Point Tasks:
35.1 PJ Reads Task – Fun With the Dewey Decimal System
A. 296-Judaism – Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler, 272 pages
B. 547-Organic Chemistry – Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love by Helen Fisher, 320 pages
35.2 Donna Jo’s Task – Going On a Winter Vacation
A. Cozy – Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet, 312 pages
B. Fire – The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson, 503 pages
35.3 DLM Rose’s Task – It’s About Time COMPLETED 2/1/10
35.4 Roseann’s Task – Read About Your Resolution (have a baby)COMPLETED 1/3/10
50 Point Tasks:
50.1 Go for the Gold – 2010 Winter Olympic Challenge
A. Gold – Days of Gold by Jude Deveraux, 376 pages
B. Sport - Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubenstein, 352 pages *GR Author
As of 2/28/10:
470/1100 points
Tasks Completed: 24/60
Books Read: 31/79
Pages Read: 8,976
plans for me go here! just need to start my list :)
5.1 Godmother The Secret Cinderella Story5.2 Moon Tiger
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5.8 Grave Sight
5.9 Censoring an Iranian Love Story
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10.3 A Mercy
10.4 Wendy: The Book Thief
10.5 Beautiful Creatures
10.6 Tisa Lynn:
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10.8 Last Night in Twisted River A Novel
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15.1 A Dirty Job and Burn After Reading
15.2 The Story Sisters and The Girl with Glass Feet
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15.4 Doubled in Spades A Cassandra Swann Mystery
15.5 Korea, Republic of (Beth) Outlander and Papua New Gunea (Inuitdebonair) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
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15.7 The Hindi-Bindi Club
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15.10 Rabbit Redux and Weird Science (John Hughes)
20.1 Judge a Book by its Cover:
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20.3 The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0
25.1 Saturday and On Beauty
25.2 The Wednesday Sisters A Novel
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25.9 Daughter of Fortune A Novel and The Lost Symbol
25.10
30.1 Under the Dome A Novel and I Love You, Beth Cooper
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465/1100
7242 pages
32 books
5.1 Disney favorite: Beauty & the Beast: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase5.2 Red, White and Blue: Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly
5.3 Royal Reading: Charlemagne by Richard Winston
5.4 A Winning Decade: 2007 Gold Dagger Award: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
5.5 Ask Your Librarian: Mr. Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
5.6 It's a Dirty Job: Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
5.7 Year of the Tiger: Earth Tiger: Georgette Heyer: Lady of Quality
5.8 Cozy-Mystery: Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters
5.9 Isn't It Romantic: To Romance a Charming Rogue by Sophie Jordan
5.10 Alliteration: Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
10.1 Under the Big Top: Burning Bright by John Steinbeck
10.2 Louis Braille: Happy Hollisters:The Haunted House Mystery by Jerry West (deaf boy)
10.3 Harlem Renaissance Reading: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
10.4 Winner's Choice: PJReads 5* : Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
10.5 Popularity Contest: March: Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh
10.6 Local Literature Lovers: Kristan Reed 5* Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
10.7 Inspired by/Related to TV show: Deja Dead|231604] by Kathy Reichs inspired TV show Bones
10.8 Oh, Canada!: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong GR author
10.9 Remembering Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor Child by Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson (Hawaiian author)
10.10 From Russia with Love: Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
15.1 Make Me Laugh: A. Satirical Novel: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons & B: Satirical Film: Kelly's Heroes
15.2 Adventures with Alice & Lewis: A. Author With The Name Alice/Lewis: The Horse and His Boy &
B. Novel That Takes Place In A Fictional Land: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
15.3 What Women Want: A. Female Author From Series That Has Female Main Character: The Snake the Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters & B. Autobiography Of A Woman You Admire Written By A Woman: Read My Pins by Madeline Albright
15.4 It's All About Fun & Games: Death by Sudoku by Kaye Morgan
15.5 Readers Round the World Unite: Country with My First Initial = B = Brazil: Dina: Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare
Country with My Last Initial = F = Fiji: Simon: Carry On Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
15.6 Season of Gifting & Giving: A. Book That Relates To Best Gift You've Ever Received: Round Robin by Jennifer Chiaverini (best gift is a quilt made by my mother) & B. Giving Back: Donated to Church, Riverside City Mission & Salvation Army
15.7 Food + Family/Friends: Candy for Christmas by Joanne Fluke
15.8 Silver Screen Celebrations:A. Book That Relates To A Holiday During This Challenge: A Rogue for Christmas by Kate Huntington &
B. A Film That Involves That Same Holiday: A Dog Named Christmas
15.9 Out With the Old and In With the New: A. Book Longest On Your TBR Pile/Shelf: The Key by Lynsay Sands &
B. Book Written By An Author You Have Never Read Before: The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie by Jennifer Ashley
15.10 We Will Remember You:
A. Read A Book Written By An Author Who Died In 2009: Prey by Michael Crichton &
B. Watch A Film Starring An Actor Who Died In 2009: Ghost starring Patrick Swayze
20.1 Most Improved: Beth MN: Revisiting the Past: Favorite Task From A Past Challenge: Sam's Monsterfest (Fall): Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
20.2 Rookie of the Season: Cheryl ME: Civil Rights: Book Related To Civil Rights Movement: The Help by Kathryn Stockton
20.3 Group Reads: Read one and post in Discussion Thread: B. Winter: The Stupidest Christmas Angels
25.1 Leora: 1001 Books: A. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields & B. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
25.2 Gina: Friendship: The Elegant Gathering of White Snows by Kris Radish
25.3 A Game of Clue: Ice Blue by Ann Stuart & Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
25.4 Lisa: If I Could Turn Back Time: A. : Tempt Me at Twilight|6264710] & B.: When the Laird Returns by Karen Ranney
25.5 Abigail: Odd Man Out: Burning Wild by Christine Feehan
25.6 Stephanie Island Dreams : Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
25.7 Sam: Lost Generations: A.: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck & B.: Gilgamesh by Steven Mitchell
25.8 Michelle: A. Long Title: [book:Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression & B.: One Word: Covet by J.R. Ward
25.9 Bridgit: The World of Books A. Map included: The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters & B. Family Tree: Dark Curse by Christine Feehan
25.10 Emily: Judge a Book by Its Cover: A.: Descartes' Bones by Russell Shorto & B.: The Sandman Preludes Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
30.1 Bonnie: End of the Decade: A. Book: Secrets of the HIghlander by Janet Chapman & B. Book into Movie Howl's Moving Castle
30.2 Helen: Science Fiction: A. Hugo/Nebula Winner: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury & B.: Sci-Fi Current Century: Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
30.3 BJRose: Snowed In & Loving It *825 pages: Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh, The Irresistible MacRae by Karen Ranney
30.4 Sandra: World AIDS Day: The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
30.5 Diane: Posthumously Speaking: A.: The Wish List by Eoin Colfer & B.: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
30.6 Wendy: Winter Vacation Dreams: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
30.7 Jan: Multi-Tasking: The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson *GR author
30.8 Kari: Exploring w/Lewis & Clark: Lewis & Clark Through Indian Eyes & Dark Stranger by Heather Graham *westward expansion
30.9 Newbery Award: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman & Savvy by Ingrid Law
30.10 Theresa: Color by Numbers: A. Bright Color Word: Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas & B. Number in Title: One Man's Love by Karen Ranney
35.1 PJReads: Dewey Decimal System: angel Letters by Sophie Burnham & Particle Physics: A Very Short Intro
35.2 Donna Jo: Winter Vacation: Cozy Fire: A.: Creature Cozies & B.: Fire Study by Maria Snyder
35.3 DLM Rose: It's About Time: Changing Seasons by Jessie Watson
35.4 Roseann: Read About Your Resolution: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler & Great Garden Companions by Sally Jean Cunningham
50 Point Midway Task: Go For the Gold: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis & Ice Skating: Steps to Success
5 point (5)1. Disney
2. Flag Presumed Innocent – Scott Turow
3. Monarch
4. Decade award: Lightening Thief - Rick Riordan
5. Librarian
6. Dirty job: The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
7. Chinese new year
8. Cozy mystery
10. alliteration Harvesting the Heart – Jodi Piccult
10 point (40)
1. Circus
2. Lost senses
5. Popularity: Oct – Sizzle – Julie Garwood
7. Small screen: 1st To Die - James Paterson
9. Hawaii: Waking Up in Eden – Lucinda Fleeson
10. Russia Moscow Rules – Daniel Silva
15 point (30)
1. Satire (book/film) Shades of Gray – Jasper Fforde
Fictional land: Beauty – Sheri Tepper
3. Female Series: Seven Up – Janet Evanovich
Bio woman: Amelia Earhart : the sky's no limit - Lori Van Pelt
4. Game Outcasts United: a refugee team, an American town – Warren St John
5. Global readers (2) Nikki – New Zealand, Guilty pleasures / Laurell K. Hamilton.
6. Best gift: Airs Above the Ground – Mary Stuart
7. Recipes
9. Old: Empire Falls – Richard Russo
New author: Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil – John Berendt
10. Died 09 (book/film)
20 point (60)
25 point (75)
1. 1001 (2) Out of Africa – Isak dineson
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
3. Clue (2)
King Tut - James Paterson
4. Historical (2) Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay
March – Geraldine Brooks
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
8. Answering (2) Geography of Bliss
9. Extra element
10. Graphic (2)
30 point (150)
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
2. Sci Fi (2)
4. AIDS
Nothanger Abby – Jane Austen
7. Multi-tasking (2) Sense and sensibility – Jane Austen (Diane’s 5-star10.4)
8. Exploring
9. Newbury: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Moves Make the Man by Bruce Brooks
True Blue – David Balducci
35 point (70)
Judaism: Diary of Anne Frank
2. Warm Beach (2) On The Beach By Nevil Shute
Warm Springs: Traces of a Childhood at FDR's Polio Haven - Susan Richards Shreve
4. resolution (2)
My List So Far: 5 Points
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2. FLAG COLORS - Eye of the World - Robert Jordan
3. ROYAL READING - Thorn Queen
4. WINNING DECADE - Wolf Hall or Olive Kitteridge
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8. MYSTERY - Girl With A Dragon Tattoo
9. ROMANTIC -
10. ALLITERATION - Sword of Shannara
10 Points
1. CIRCUS
2. LOUIS LOUIS
3. HARLEM RENAISSANCE
4. WINNERS CHOICE - Edgar Sawtelle, Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, Girl who Played With Fire
5. POPULARITY CONTEST - Heat Wave - Richard Castle OR Sea Glass - Maria Snyder
6. LOCAL LIT
7. SMALL SCREEN STOREIS - Heat Wave - Richard Castle
8. OH CANADA
9. HAWAII
10. RUSSIAN - The Romanovs
15 Points
1. BLACK COMEDY
2. ALICE and LEWIS
3. WOMEN
4. FUN & GAMES
5. WORLD READERS
6. GIFTS
7. FOOD+FAMILY
8. HOLIDAY TV
9. OLD AND NEW
10. DEAD AUTHOR
20 Points
1. MOST IMPROVED
2. ROOKIE
3. GROUP - Princess Bride
25 Points
1. DEWEY DECIMAL
2. WINTER VACATION
3. TIME - 100 Years of Solitude
4. RESOLUTION
5. POSTHUMOUS - Damien and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
6. WINTER DESTINATION
7. MULTI-TASK - Girl with Dragon Tattoo
8. LEWIS & CLARK
9. NEWBERRY
10. COLORS & #s
WINTER 2009 CHALLENGE5 POINT CHALLENGES
5.1--BE A DOG WITH A BONE:ALWAYS GO FOR YOUR DREAMS
by Peggy McColl
5.2--JIMMY’S STARS by Mary Ann Rodman
5.3--DOOMED QUEENS:ROYAL MONARCHS WHO MET BAD ENDS
by Kris Waldherr
5.4--THE BOTTOMS by Joe R Lansdale (Edgar A. Poe Award 2001)
5.5--THREE BEDROOMS, ONE CORPSE by Charlaine Harris
5.6--THE CORONER’S LUNCH by Colin Cotterill
5.7--THE INCANTATION OF FRIDA K by Kate Braverman (Tiger, 1950)
5.8 AGATHA RAISIN & THE FAIRIES OF FRYFAM by M C Beaton
5.9--SWEETHEART:THE STORY OF MARY PICKFORD by Robert Windeler
5.10--SENSE & SENSIBILITY & SEA MONSTERS by J Austin & Ben H Winters
10 POINT CHALLENGES
10.1--SERPENT GIRL by Matthew Carnahan
10.2--TOUCH THE TOP OF THE WORLD:A BLIND MAN’S JOURNEY TO CLIMB FARTHER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE by Erik Weih
10.3--INFANTS OF THE SPRING by Wallace Thurman
10.4--CAKE WRECKS by Jen Yates (Donna Jo’s list)
10.5--WINTERGIRLS by Laurie H. Anderson (Full list:December baby)
10.6--DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
(Kandice’s list)
10.7--THE WILLOW FILES VOL. 1:BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER by Yvonne Navarro (Fave show and fave character)--COMPLETED!!--
10.8--THE END OF EAST by Jen Sookfong Lee
10.9--THE FLAMING LUAU OF DEATH by Jerrilyn Farmer
10.10--OLGA’S STORY by Stephanie Williams
15 POINT CHALLENGES
15.1--THIS IS YOUR LIFE:A NOVEL by John O’Farrell & watch Burn After Reading
15.2--ALICE AT HEART by Deborah Smith & OZMA OF OZ by L Frank Baum
15.3--A CAT NAMED BRAT by Lydia Adamson & MICHELLE OBAMA by Elizabeth Lightfoot.
15.4--DESERT SOLITAIRE by Edward Abbey (also play game for an hour)
15.5--SUM:FORTY TALES FROM THE AFTERLIVES by David Eagleman (from Max Nemtsov’s list “Russia”) & LOVE IN A COLD CLIMATE by Nancy Mitford (From Selena in the Bahamas)
15.6--FINAL PAYMENT by Steven Havill (bicycle) & give yearly toys to Toys for Tots
15.7--THE BODY IN THE BONFIRE by Katherine Page (also prepare recipe for others)
15.8--THE GIFT by Nora Roberts (also watch Christmas movie)--COMPLETED!!--
15.9--SOUL OF THE BRIDE by Constance M Burge & FANGS BUT NO FANGS by Kathy Love
15.10--RUNNING WILD by J G Ballard--COMPLETED!!--
20 POINT CHALLENGES
20.1--CELTIC ART by Miranda Green/Fall 2009--Creative Minds challenge/Learn Your Art History (Also go to Art Gallery)
20.2--ROSA PARKS by Douglas Brinkley
20.3--THE STUPIDEST ANGEL by Christopher Moore
25 POINT CHALLENGES
25.1--Leora/SLOW MAN by J M Coetzee & THE SEA by John Banville
25.2--Gina/FRIENDSHIP CAKE by Lynne Hinton (also tell what friendship means)
25.3--Sara Nicole/LONDON IN CHAINS by Gillian Bradshaw (predominantly blue) & A KNIFE AT THE OPERA by Susannah Stacey---both from library
25.4--Lisa MD/THE ASH GARDEN by Dennis Bock (WWII) & WOMEN OF THE RENAISSANCE by Melissa Thompson (Renaissance)
25.5--ABIGAIL/ DANCING SHOES by Noel Streatfeild
25.6--Stephanie US/BREATH by Tim Winton (Australia)
25.7--Sam/THE LOVE OF THE LAST TYCOON by F. Scott Fitzgerald & ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME MARGARET by Judy Blume
25.8--Michelle US/LOVE + SEX WITH ROBOTS:THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN-ROBOTS RELATIONSHIPS & Kootz, FRANKENSTEIN by Dean Koontz
25.9--Bridgit/THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster (map) & A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgiss (Glossary of terms)
25.10--Emily/MASQUERADE by Melissa De La Cruz (Describe cover or post photo) & RUN, BONG-GU, RUN by Byun Byuing-Jun
30 POINT CHALLENGES
30.1--Bonnie/ALL TOGETHER DEAD by Charlaine Harris & UP IN THE AIR by Walter Kirn
30.2--Helen/ STARTIDE RISING by David Brin (Hugo 1984) & POWERS by Ursula K LeGuin (2007-won Nebula 2008) Also state differences/reasons.
30.3--BJ Rose/find books up to 825 pgs total.
30.4--SANDRA/ YEAR OF WONDERS by Geraldine Brooks
30.5--Diane/ELSEWHERE by Gabrielle Zevin & THE SALMON OF DOUBT by Douglas Adams
30.6--Wendy/AUNT DIMITY AND THE NEXT OF KIN by Nancy Atherton (also imagine where set and why you want to be there)--COMPLETED!!--
30.7--Jan the Gryphon/SWEET REVENGE by Diana Mott Davidson (fits 15.7 & 15.8)--COMPLETED!!--
30.8--Kari/SACAGEWEA SPEAKS by Joyce B Hunsaker & BLACK PIONEERS:AN UNTOLD STORY by William Loren Katz (also tell whether you would like to have lived in the time and why)
30.9--Rachel Lee/GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES! VOICES FROM A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE by Laura Amy Schlitz (Newbery) & FEATHERS by Jacqueline Woodson (Honor Book) both 2008--COMPLETED!!--
30.10--Theresa In Ohio/THE GREEN REVOLUTION by Ralph McInerny & THIRTEEN AT DINNER by Agatha Christie
35 POINT CHALLENGE
35.1--PJ Reads/BIOMEDICAL ETHICS by Terry O’Neil (174.2) and WHAT IN THE WORD by Charles Harrington Elster (422)--COMPLETED!!--
35.2--DonnaJo/COZY:A STANLEY HASTINGS MYSTERY by Parnell Hall & THE FIRE BABY by Jim Kelly
35.3--DLM Rose/DAY OF THE IGUANA by Henry Winkler--COMPLETED!!--
35.4--Roseann/THIN WOOD WALLS by David Patneaude & THE SKINNY by Melissa Clark
50 POINT CHALLENGE
TBD
5 POINTS5.1 Disney
5.2 A History of the English Speaking Peoples, vol 2, Winston S. Churchill
5.3 Royal The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes, Elizabeth Longford
5.4 The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman, Hugo, 2009
5.5 Librarian
5.6 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Robert Getchell
5.7 Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, DOG
5.8 The Accusers, Lindsey Davis
5.9 Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel
5.10 Alliteration
10 POINTS
10.1 Big Top
10.2 The Tailor's Daughter, Janice Graham
10.3 Renaissance
10.4 Catlore, Desmond Morris (Kari)
10.5 Popularity
10.6 Local
10.7 Small Screen Jeopardy
10.8 Oh Canada
10.9 Pearl Harbor
10.10 Rusalka, C.J. Cherryh
15 POINTS
15.1 Black Comedy/Satire (also watch movie)
15.2 Alice/Lewis
15.3 Female MC Series by female author
& bio of Woman
15.4 Fun & Games & play the game
15.5 Jamaica-Noelle: Adam's Fall, Sandra Brown and Canada-Seth: Mystic River, Dennis Lehane
& Canada or Colombia
15.6 Gift (roses) & Charity/Volunteer
15.7 Novel w/recipes & make one of recipes for family
15.8 Silver Screen holiday book & movie
AND new author-Twilight, Stephanie Meyer [image error]15.10 Posthumous
20 POINTS
20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - BETH MN'S TASK - REVISITING THE PAST
20.2 20.2 ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - CHERYL ME'S TASK - CIVIL RIGHTS
20.3 GROUP READS
25 POINTS
25.1 LEORA'S TASK - 1001 BOOKS
25.2 GINA'S TASK - FEBRUARY IS INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP MONTH
25.3 SARA NICOLE'S TASK - A GAME OF CLUE
25.4 LISA MD'S TASK - IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME
25.5 ABIGAIL'S TASK - ODD MAN OUT
25.6 STEPHANIE US' TASK - ISLAND DREAMS
25.7 SAM'S TASK - THE LOST GENERATIONS
25.8 MICHELLE US' TASK - JANUARY 30TH IS INANE ANSWERING MACHINE DAY
25.9 BRIDGIT'S TASK - THE WORLD OF BOOKS
25.10 EMILY'S TASK - DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT'S COVER...UNLESS IT'S REALLY WELL DESIGNED
30 POINTS
30.1 BONNIE'S TASK - CELBRATE THE END OF THE DECADE (2000-9)
30.2 HELEN - Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula LeGuin AND
30.3 BJ ROSE'S TASK - Lindsey Davis' Falco mysteries 825 pages!
30.4 SANDRA'S TASK - WORLD AIDS DAY - Hot Zone?
30.5 DIANE'S TASK - POSTHUMOUSLY SPEAKING
30.6 WENDY'S TASK - WINTER VACATION DREAMS Venice
30.7 JAN THE GRYPHON’S TASK - Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut (5.7 & 10.6)
30.8 KARI ♪'S TASK - EXPLORING WITH LEWIS AND CLARK
30.9 RACHEL LEE'S TASK - THE NEWBERRY AWARD
30.10 THERESA IN OHIO'S TASK - COLOR BY NUMBERS
35 POINTS
35.1 PJ READS - Dewey Decimal
AND Northern Lights, Christie Cole 
35.3 DLM ROSE'S TASK - IT'S ABOUT TIME
35.4 ROSEANN'S TASK - READ ABOUT YOUR RESOLUTION (try new restaurants)
50.1 PENDING
5.2 (Betsy Ross) - David to Delacroix by W. Friedlaender
5.3 (Royal) -
5.4 (Awards) - Cloud Atlas by D. Mitchell
5.5 (Librarians) -
5.6 (Dirty Job) - The Good Earth by P. Buck
5.7 (Chinese NY) - Go Tell It on the Mountain by J. Baldwin
5.8 (Cozy) - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5.9 (Romance) - The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by O. Hijuelos
5.10 (Alliteration) - How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by J. Alvarez
10.1 (Circus) -
10.2 (Braille) -
10.3 (Harlem) - Beloved by T. Morrison
10.4 (Winner's Choice) - Things Fall Apart by C. Achebe
10.5 (Popularity) -
10.6 (Local) - Into Thin Air A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by J. Krakauer
10.7 (Small Screen) - All the President's Men by C. Bernstein and B. Woodward
10.8 (Canada) - Martin Sloane A Novel by M. Redhill
10.9 (Hawaii) - Fluke Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by C. Moore
10.10 (Russia) - August 1914 by A. Solzhenitsyn
15.1 (Satire) - Brave New World by A. Huxley
B. Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by G. Maguire
15.3 (Women) -
15.4 (Games) - A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
B. Running with Scissors A Memoir by A. Burroughs
15.6 (Giving) - In the Lake of the Woods by T. O'Brien
15.8 (Silver Screen) - Saving Fish from Drowning A Novel by A. Tan
15.9 (Old/New) - A. Black Boy by R. Wright
B. The Art Thief by N. Charney
15.10 (Remember) -
20.1 (Civil Rights) - Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
20.2 (Past) - Tell My Horse Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Z.N. Hurston
20.3 (Group Read) - The Princess Bride by W. Goldman
25.1 (1001) - A. The Human Stain by P. Roth
B. Sula by T. Morrison
25.2 (Friendship) - The Flight of the Maidens by J. Gardam
25.3 (Clue) - A. Emily Dickinson Poems by E. Dickinson
B. A Farewell to Arms by E. Hemingway
25.4 (History) - A. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by B. Cellini
B. The Artist's Wife by M. Phillips
25.5 (Odd Man) - In a Free State A Novel by V.S. Naipaul
25.6 (Island) - The Van by R. Doyle
25.7 (Lost) - A. The Garden of Eden by E. Hemingway
B. - Watership Down by R. Adams
25.8 (Answering Machine) - A. Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number by J. Timerman
B. Kidnapped by R.L. Stevenson
25.9 (World of Books) - A. Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
B. The Lord of the Rings - Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
B. Quattrocento by J. McKean
B. The Importance of Being Earnest by O. Wilde
30.2 (Sci-Fi) - A. Fahrenheit 451 by R. Bradbury
B. American Gods by N. Gaiman
Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy by R.F. Thompson
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
30.4 (AIDS) -
30.5 (Posthumous) - A. The Lovely Bones by A. Sebold
B. A Confederacy of Dunces by J. Toole
30.6 (Dream Vacation) - The Lost Painting by J. Harr
30.7 (Multi-tasking) - A Town Like Alice by N. Shute
30.8 (Exploring) -
30.9 (Newberry) - A. The Twenty-One Balloons by W. Du Bois
B. Misty of Chincoteague by M. Henry
30.10 (Color by Number) -
35.1 (Dewey) - A. Thus Spoke Zarathustra A Book for None and All by F. Nietzsche
B. A Tale of Two Cities by C. Dickins
35.2 (Vacation Words) -
35.3 (Time) - Mama Day by G. Naylor
35.4 (Resolution) - A. Washington, D.C. A Novel by G. Vidal
B. How to Overthrow the Government by A. Huffington
50.1 (Olympics) -
5 POINT TASKS 5.3 Royal reading – The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
5.4 A winning decade – Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Hugo Award for Best Novel)
5.5 Library lovers month –
5.6 It’s a dirty job –
5.7 Chinese zodiac (goat/sheep) – Pillow Talk by Freya North or Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
5.10 Alliteration – Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
10 POINT TASKS
10.1 Circus – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
10.2 Sensory loss –
10.3 African American –
10.5 Popularity contest –
10.7 Small screen – Death Du Jour by Kathy Reichs
10.8 Canada – Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood
10.9 Pearl Harbor –
10.10 Russia – Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
15 POINT TASKS
15.1 Black comedy/satire –
15.2 Alice/Lewis – American Wife A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
15.3 Women –
15.4 Fun and games – Fire Study by Maria V Snyder
15.5 Readers around the world – Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (from Hege in Norway), The White Tiger (from Chanpheng in Laos)
15.6 Gifting and giving – The Lollipop Shoes (The Girl with No Shadow) by Joanne Harris
15.7 Food –
15.9 Old and New – Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder, tbc
15.10 Remembering – something by Jane Aiken Hodge
20 POINT TASKS
20.1 Civil rights –
20.2 Revisiting the past –
25 POINT TASKS
25.1 1001 books – The Colour by Rose Tremain, Atonement by Ian McEwan or Fingersmith, Poisonwood Bible The Virgin in the Garden AS Byatt, Cider House Rules, Middlemarch, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
25.2 Friendship –
25.3 Game of Clue – Fire Study by Maria V Synder, weapon from library tbc
25.4 Turn back time – The Other Boleyn Girl, Boudicca by Manda Scott
25.5 Odd man out –
25.6 Island dreams – Boudicca by Manda Scott
25.7 Lost generations – The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
25.8 Long and short – Like Water Like Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel, Atonement, Eldest or Cranford
25.9 World of Books – Robert Jordan, Kushiel’s Dart by Jaqueline Carey
25.10 Cover designs – The Children’s Book by AS Byatt, tbc
30 POINT TASKS
30.1 The decade – book from 2000s tbc, Eragon by Christopher Paolini
30.3 Snowed in – Born in Night and Born in Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon
30.4 World AIDS Day –
30.5 Posthumously speaking – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
30.6 Dream vacation –
30.7 Multitasking – The Colour, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Constant Princess
30.8 Lewis and Clark –
30.9 Newberry Award –
35 POINT TASKS
35.1 Dewey Decimal System –
35.2 Winter vacation – The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson, Cosy tbc
35.3 Time – Jane and the Man of the Cloth: Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery by Stephanie Barron
35.4 New Year's Resolution –
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK
To be edited as I go along!5 Points:
5.1- Peter Pan and Wendy
5.2- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
5.3- The Other Boelyn Girl
5.4- March
5.5-
5.6- The Help (GRA)
5.7- In the Woods- Tana French (OX)
5.8- Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder- Johanne Fluke
5.9- Love in the Time of Cholera
5.10- Strawberry Shortcake Murder- Johanne Fluke
10 Points:
10.1- Water for Elephants
10.2- I’ll Scream Later- Marlee Matlin Biography
10.3-
10.4- The Elegance of the Hedgehog (5 Star on PJ Reads’ Shelf)
10.5- Breaking the Silence (GRA)
10.6- Rebecca (Sharon from Mtl's shelf)
10.7-
10.8- The Handmaid's Tale- Atwood
10.9-
10.10-
15 Points:
15.1- Catch-22 and watch Burn After Reading
15.2- Go Ask Alice and ???
15.3- Voyager- Diana Gabaldon AND Princess Diana Bio
15.4-
15.5- Thailand (Kukee)- The Metamorphosis AND Denmark (Christian)- 1984
15.6-
15.7- Blueberry Muffin Murder- Johanne Fluke
15.8-
15.9- Into Thin Air- A Personal Acct of Mt Everest AND The Secret of Joy- Melissa Senate (GRA)
15.10- Rabbit, Run- John Updike AND watch Dirty Dancing
20 Points:
20.1-
20.2-
20.3- The Stupidest Angel
25 Points:
25.1-
25.2-
25.3- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (841 pgs)
25.4-
25.5-
25.6- Thornbirds- Colleen McCoulough
25.7- Life of Pi (Also fits 5.4 and 10.4)
25.8-
25.9- The Graveyard Book AND The Underneath
25.10-
30 Points:
30.1-
30.2-
30.3-
30.4-
30.5- The Lovely Bones AND Northanger Abbey
50 Points:
50.1-
5 Points1: Beauty Sleep: A Retelling of "Sleeping Beauty" by Cameron Dokey
2: Stardust by Neil Gaiman
3: The Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
4: My Lord and Spymaster by Joanna Bourne
5: Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck
6: Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
7: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
8: The Chick and the Dead: A Pepper Martin Mystery Book 2 by Casey Daniels
9: Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
10: The Pirate Prince by Gaelan Foley
10 Points
1: Geek Love: A Novel by Katherine Dunn
2: The Giver by Lois Lowry
3: Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
4: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
5: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
6: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
7: The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
8: Broken by Kelley Armstrong
9: Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore
10: The Sacred Book of the Werewolf by Victor Pelevin
15 Points
1: Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
2: An Echo in Time by Sherry Lewis and Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson
3: Four to Score by Janet Evanovich and Infidel by Ayaan Hirisi Ali
4: Never Hit a Jellyfish With a Spade How to Survive Life's Smaller Challenges by Guy Browning
5: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
6: Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott
7: World of Pies by Karen Stolz
8: The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
9: Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett and Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson
10: Whore by Nelly Arcan
20 Points
1: Pending
2: Pending
3: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 by Christopher Moore
25 Points
1: Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson and Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
2: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
3: Secrets of a Summer Night, It Happened One Autumnand Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
4: Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
5: Pending
6: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
7: Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
8: Twilight at Monticello The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson by Alan Pell Crawford and These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
9: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo and Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes
10: The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel and Three To Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich
30 Points
1: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld and An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
2: Cozy Knits for Cuddly Babies by Elanor Lynn and Playing With Fire by Katie Macalister
3: Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
4: Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
5: Real Vampires Have Curves by Gerry Bartlett and A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
50 Points
1: Pending
5.1 Beauty* 5.2 Outlander*
5.3 The White Queen*
5.4 The Blind Assasin*
5.5 Dewey
5.6 All Together Dead
5.7 Misery*
5.8 The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
5.9 Frogs and French Kisses
5.10 Dragons of Dwarven Depths*
10.1 A Living Nightmare or Water for Elephants
10.2 The Blade Itself*
10.3 Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
10.4 The Choosen* - PJ's List
10.5 The Lost Symbol*
10.6 Of Mice & Men*
10.7 Definately Dead
10.8 The Lions of Al'Rassan*
10.10 Anna Karinina
15.2 Alice in Wonderland & Magicians Nephew*
15.3 Graceling* & Wishful Drinking
15.4 World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal*
15.5 Nine Princes in Amber* & 1984*
15.6 I Am America! and So Can You*
15.7 Julie & Julia
15.8 Autobiography of Santa Claus*
15.9 Interview with the Vampire* & The History of the Snowman*
15.10 Time Line
20.3 The Stupidest Angel
25.3 The Hour I First Believed*
25.5 Lovely Bones* & Suite Francaise*
25.6 Pillars of the Earth*
25.7 From Dead to Worse
25.9 The Tale of Desperaux* & Olives Ocean
25.10 Yellow Star & The Taking of Phelam 1-2-3 OR The Blue Sword* & The First Man in Rome*
* Books I already own
My reading plan!!5 POINT TASKS:
1. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY
2. SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER
3. ROYAL READING
4. A WINNING DECADE
5. A LIBRARIANS JOB IS NEVER DONE
6. IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT…
7. EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER
8. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
9. ISN'T IT ROMANTIC
10. THE ALLURE OF ALLITERATION
10 POINT TASKS:
1. UNDER THE BIG TOP
2. LOUIS LOUIS
3. RENAISSANCE READING
4. WINNERS CHOICE
5. POPULARITY CONTEST
6. LOCAL LITERATURE
7. SMALL SCREEN STORIES
8. OH CANADA!
9. REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR
10. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
15 POINT TASKS:
1. MAKE ME LAUGH
2. ADVENTURES WITH ALICE AND LEWIS
3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE)
4. IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN AND GAMES
5. READERS ROUND THE WORLD UNITE
6. THE SEASON OF GIFTING & GIVING
7. FOOD + FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS
8. SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS
9. OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW BOOKS
10. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
20 POINT TASKS:
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - PENDING
2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - PENDING
3. GROUP READS
25 POINT TASKS
1. BONNIE'S TASK - PENDING
2. DONNA JO'S TASK
3. DLM ROSE'S TASK
4. ROSEANN'S TASK
5. DIANE'S TASK
6. WENDY'S TASK
7. JAN THE GRYPHON’S TASK
8. KARI ♪'S TASK
9. RACHEL LEE'S TASK -
2009 Winner: The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Honor: The Underneath - Kathi Appelt
10. THERESA IN OHIO'S TASK
30 POINT TASKS:
1. PJ READS TASK
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK
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5:4 The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao5:7 The Eyre Affair (the author is a metal Ox)
5:8 Still Life
5:9 Love The One You're With
5:10 Austere Academy
10:1 Water for Elephants
10:4 Unaccustomed Earth (Wendy)
10:5 Chronic City
10:6 The Kite Runner
10:7 Street Gang
15:2 Practical Magic and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
15:5 Japan - Waiting
Togo - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
15:7 A Tuscan in the Kitchen
15:9 Old - Prep
New - The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry
25:3 A Good Year
25:5 Lovely Bones
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
25:6 Hotel Pastis : A Novel of Provence
25:10 My Life as a Furry Red Monster
The Rule of Four
5 POINTS5.1 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
5.2
5.3 The Virgin's Lover by Philippa Gregory
5.4
5.5
5.6 Hard Choices by Carole Hayman (Politician)
5.7 The Double Eagle by James Twining (Rat)
5.8
5.9 Kissing Frogs by Sarah Ingram
5.10 The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
10 POINTS
10.1 The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough
10.2 TBD
10.3 TBD
10.4
10.5 TBD
10.6 Amsterdam by Ian McEwan(Rhiannon)
10.7
10.8 Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan
10.9 Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
10.10 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
15 POINTS
15.1
15.2 Spellbound by Jane Green/TBD
15.3 TBD/The Two of Us:My Life With John Thaw by Sheila Hancock
15.4 TBD
15.5 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks(Isabel - South Africa)/The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Kirei Kirei - Japan)
15.6 TBD
15.7 TBD
15.8 TBD
15.9 The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell/Natural Selection by Bill Dare
15.10 Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (died 19th July)/Dirty Dancing (Patrick Swayze died 14th Sept)
20 POINTS
20.1
20.2 TBD
20.3
25 POINTS
25.1 Saturday by Ian McEwan (2)/Steppenwolf by Hermen Hesse (684)
25.2
25.3
25.4 TBD
25.5 Onwards and Upwards by Arabella Weir
25.6
25.7 TBD/Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Holden
25.8 The Necropolis Railway:A Novel of Murder, Mystery and Steam by Andrew Martin/Intern by Bonnie Hearn Hill
25.9
25.10
30 POINTS
30.1
30.2 TBD
30.3
30.4
30.5 Mort by Terry Pratchett/Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
30.6 TBD
30.7
30.8 TBD
30.9 TBD
30.10
35 POINTS
35.1 TBD
35.2
35.3
35.4 TBD
50 POINTS
50.1
5.1 5.2 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - John Boyne
5.3 A Year With The Queen - Robert Hardman
5.4
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5.6
5.7 Doomsday Book- Connie Willis (1945)
5.8 Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
5.9 Chocolat - Joanne Harris
5.10 Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs
10.1
10.2 Adventures in Darkness: Memoirs of an eleven year old blind boy - Tom Sullivan
10.3
10.4
10.5 The Crowning Glory of Call Lily Ponder - Rebecca Wells
10.6 The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10
20.1
20.2
20.3
25.1 Emma and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
25.2
25.3 Sarahby Marek Halter AND
25.4
25.5
25.6
25.7
25.8
25.9
Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands
25.10
Tail Spin by Catherine Coulter
30.1
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
30.3
His Brother's Secret by Debra Salonen 243 pages
Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child 192 pages
A Place Called Home by Margaret Watson 242 pages
30.4
30.6
30.7
30.9
30.10
35.1
35.2
Wolfson
Beaches by Iris R Dart
35.3
35.4
Music Theory for Everyone by Frank Leanza
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My list is posted at http://www.goodreads.com/story/show/4...Perhaps I will post the whole thing here when its done
5 Point Tasks1.Peter Pan
2.The White Tiger
3.The Constant Princess
4.The Blind Assassin(Man Booker, 2000)
5.The Grand Complication A Novel
6.A Dirty Job
7.The Angel's Game(year of Dragon)
8.And Then There Were None
9.
10.East of Eden
10 Point Tasks
1.The Disapparation of James
2.The Stand
3.Their Eyes Were Watching God
4.The Time Machine(PJreads)
5.
6.
7.Darkly Dreaming Dexter
8.Oryx and Crake
9.Moloka'i
10.The Kitchen Boy A Novel of the Last Tsar
15 Point Tasks
1.Catch-22 & movie
2.Still Alice & Dune
3.
4.
5.One Hundred Years of Solitude & Slaughterhouse-Five
6.
7.
8.
9.Brave New World &
10.
20 Point Tasks
1.
2.
3.The Princess Bride
25 Point Tasks
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian &
9.
10.
30 Point Tasks
1.
2.
3.
4.I Am Legend
5.
6.
7.Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass(Also fits tasks 20.3 and 25.1)
8.
9.The Graveyard Book & Savvy
10.A Clockwork Orange &
Totals
Books: 8
Tasks: 3
Points: 50
5 POINT TASKS 1. Briar Rose
2. The Star of Kazan
3. The Constant Princess
4. how i live now (Printz 2005)
5. The Underneath
6. Conservatize Me: How I Tried to Become a Righty with the Help of Richard Nixon Sean Hannity Toby Keith and Beef Jerky
7. Sea Glass (1969)
8. The Book With No Name
9. Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss One Song at a Time
10. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
10 POINT TASKS
1. The Magician's Elephant
2. Feathers
3. Bad Boy: A Memoir
4. Slaughterhouse Five (pjreads)
5. Beautiful Creatures (Dec)
6. Wicked Lovely
7. Dexter in the Dark
8. Hearts and Bones
9. The Descendants: A Novel
10. Hunger: A Novel
15 POINT TASKS
1. Nighlight: A Parody
2. The Probable Future and The Maze Runner
3. The Shamer's Daughter and
4. Madapple AND Apples to Apples
5. The Fortunes of Indigo Skye (Monaco - Mahnoor)
6. The Angel's Game (the gift of reading); weekly volunteering at Meals on Wheels
7. Julie and Julia: 365 Days 524 Recipes 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
8. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian and Bog Child
10. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
20 POINT TASKS
20.1 PENDING
20.2 PENDING
20.3
A. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
B. The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror Version 2.0
C. The Princess Bride
25 POINT TASKS
1. The Ask and the Answer and Capote
2. Parable of the Sower (Nebula 1999); The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Nebula 2007)
3. whatever I'm reading that doesn't fit...
4. Year of Wonders
5. whatever I'm reading that doesn't fit...
6. Burning Bright
7. The Pearl and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
8. PENDING
9. A Single Shard and Everything on a Waffle (2002)
10. 13 Little Blue Envelopes and Thirteen Reasons Why
30 POINT TASKS
1. seriously?
2. Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name and Lighthousekeeping
3. Sin in the Second City: Madams Ministers Playboys and the Battle for America's Soul
4. Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self and Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
5. The Afterlife and Suite Francaise
6. Into the Wild - I have always wanted to go to Alaska, for the fishing and the whale-watching! A cruise would be especially nice!
7. Dearly Devoted Dexter (10.7) and (5.10)
8. I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company: A Novel of Lewis and Clark and
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK
PENDING
5 POINT TASKS 1. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY (Mary Poppins and Dumbo) -Mary Poppins or Elephants Can Remember
2. SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER - Number the Stars
3. ROYAL READING - King Lear
4. A WINNING DECADE - The Inheritance of Loss or White Tiger (Man Booker) or Interpreter of Maladies (Pulitzer) or The Graveyard Book (Hugo, re-read), or Powers (Nebula)
5. A LIBRARIANS JOB IS NEVER DONE - Will need to ask my local librarian(s)!
6. IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT… - Fast Food Nation or Chew On This or The Jungle
7. EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER - choosing from Etgar Keret, Jhumpa Lahiri, Barbara Kingsolver, J.D. Salinger, Daphne DuMaurier (we're all sheep!)
8. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Halloween Party or Nemesis or other Agatha Christie (definitely going with Christie for this one!)
9. ISN'T IT ROMANTIC - The Chocolate War
10. THE ALLURE OF ALLITERATION - Black and Blue or Ella Enchanted or re-read of The Ersatz Elevator
10 Point Selections Coming Soon!
All I can think of so far, and probably still ambitious considering the holiday season and the two kids.5 POINT TASKS
5.5. Like a Charm by Candace Havens
5.7. Year of the Monkey: The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
5.10. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
10 POINT TASKS
10.3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
10.4. Teresa in Ohio: Marley and Me by John Grogan
10.5. Born in December: Pillowbook of Lotus Lowenstein by Libby Schmais
10.6. Canada: "Renee": Born in Fire by Nora Roberts
15 POINT TASKS
15.9. OUT WITH THE OLD & IN WITH THE NEW BOOKS
A.Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
B.Jurassic Park by Michael Crighton
20 POINT TASKS
20.3 GROUP READS: The Princess Bride...
25 POINT TASKS
30 POINT TASKS
Tracy, for one of the 30 point tasks, I'm thinking of reading The Northern Clemency
and Friday Night Lights
to meet the requirement for "Northern Lights"...
Holding my place as I plan things out ...5 pt tasks - 0/50
5.1 Ash - Malinda Lo
5.2 Scattershot - David Lovelace
5.3 TBD
5.4 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
5.5 Last Night in Twisted River - John Irving * my local librarian recommended it yesterday as being her fav book :)
5.6 - Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
5.7 Are You There God, It's Me Margaret - Judy Blume (re-reading)
5.8 Every Crooked Nanny - Kathy Hogan Trocheck
5.9 Love in the Driest Season - Neely Tucker
5.10 July, July - Tim O'Brien
10 pt tasks - 0/100
10.1 A Son of The Circus - John Irving
10.2 Blindness - José Saramago
10.3 Song Yet Sung - James McBride
10.4 Like Water for Chocolate - Laura Esquivel
10.5 Dark Places - Gillian Flynn
10.6 Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
10.7 Darkly Dreaming Dexter- Jeffrey Lindsay
10.8 The Day The Falls Stood Still -Cathy Marie Buchanan
10.9 Moloka'i - Alan Brennert
10.10 TBD
15 point tasks - 0/150
15.1 Nightlight: A Parody - Harvard Lampoon/Film TBD
15.2 TBD/The Magicians - Lev Grossman
15.3 The Likeness - Tana French/Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton - Linda Gray Sexton
15.4 TBD
15.5 TBD
15.6 TBD
15.7 TBD
15.8 TBD
15.9 TBD/The Sugar Queen by Addison Allen
15.10 TBD
20 Point Tasks - 0/60
20.1 TBD
20.2 TBD
20.3 The Princess Bride
25 Point Tasks - 0/250
25.1 Stiches - David Small
25.2 TBD/The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
25.3 Something Missing by Matthew Dicks & Gone by Michael Grant
25.4 Fever 1793 - Laurie Halse Anderson
25.5 TBD
25.6 Tomorrow When The War Began (set in Australia)by John Marsden
25.7 Stand the Storm - Breena Clarke
25.8 TBD
25.9 TBD
25.10 TBD/Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
30 point tasks - 0/150
30.1 TBD
30.2 TBD
30.3 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life - Kingsolver
30.4 TBD
30.5 Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin/The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
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Here's my lists...5 Point Tasks - 0/50
1.
2. Cage Of Stars - Jacquelyn Mitchard
3. The Queen's Fool - Philippa Gregory
4. Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout (Pullitzer Prize 2008)
5.
6. Tricks - Ellen Hopkins
7. Someone Like You - Sarah Dessen (Rooster, 1970)
8. Deeper Than The Dead - Tami Hoag
9. Sweetheart - Chelsea Cain
10. Vegan Virgin Valentine - Carolyn Mackler
10 Point Tasks - 0/100
1. The Circus Fire - Stewart O'Nan
2. Tangerine - Edward Bloor
3. The Warmest December - Bernice L. McFadden
4. The Art Of Racing In The Rain - Garth Stein (Donna Jo)
5. Shanghai Girls - Lisa See
6. The Painter Of Shanghai - Jennifer Epstein
7.
8. Late Nights On Air - Elizabeth Hay
9. Honolulu - Alan Brennert
10. Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith
15 Point Tasks - 0/150
1A.
1B.
2A. Still Alice - Lisa Genova
2B.
3A. Bed Of Roses - Nora Roberts
3B.
4A. Bad Things - Michael Marshall Smith
4B. play 1 hour of Things
5A. Lullabies For Little Criminals - Heather O'Neill (Selena from Bahamas)
5B.
6A. Driving Sideways - Jess Riley (gift: car)
6B.
7A. The Recipe Club - Andrea Israel & Nancy Garfinkel
7B.
8A.
8B.
9A. Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
9B. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
10A. Too Much Money - Dominick Dunne
10B.
20 Point Tasks - 0/60
1.
2.
3.
25 Point Tasks - 0/250
...the rest is coming soon...
Dee wrote: "All I can think of so far, and probably still ambitious considering the holiday season and the two kids.5 POINT TASKS
1. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
..."
mine's very ambitiouse too..i'll be lucky if I get throught 5 of those (not counting the really short ones) But it's fun to try!
5.1 Before Midnight: A Retelling of Cinderella by Cameron Dokey5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5 Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
5.6 Ten Cents A Dance by Christine Fletcher
5.7 A Kind Of Intimacy by Jenn Ashworth
5.9 The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine
5.10
10.1 A Son of the Circus by John Irving
10.2
10.3
10.4 The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Helen)
10.5 Fire by Kristin Cashore
10.6 Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (Alecea)
10.7
10.8
10.9 Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
10.10
15.1
15.2
15.3 My Point and I do have one by Ellen Degeneres AND TBD
15.4
15.5 The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde (Beth in Korea) AND TBD
15.6 What the Dog Did: Tales from a formerly reluctant dog owner by Emily Yoffe
15.7 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanna Fluke
15.8
15.9 All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris AND Fishbowl by Sarah Mlynowski
15.10
20.1
20.2
20.3 The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
25.1
25.2
25.3 From Dead to Worse, Dead and Gone, A Touch of Dead- all by Charlaine Harris (863 pgs)
25.4
25.5
25.6 Greetings from Jamaica: Wish you were queer by Mari SanGiovanni
25.7 Season's Revenge:Christmas Mystery by Henry Kisor (Tasks 5.8 & 15.8)
25.8
25.9 Year 2006 -Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins AND Hitler Youth: Growing Up In Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
25.10 The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff AND TBD
30.1
30.2
TASKS LEFT TO FINISH
5 POINT TASKS
1. THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - My Favorite Disney Film Is The Little Mermaid - A Treasury of Mermaids Mermaid Tales from Around the World 75
2. SHE WAS A GRAND OLD FLAG MAKER - Follow the Stars Home 337
3. ROYAL READING - The Boleyn Inheritance 518
7. EYING THE YEAR OF THE TIGER - I Was Born In Year Of The Dog (1982) And Jennifer Weiner Was Also Born In The Year Of The Dog (1970) - So I Will Read The Guy Not Taken Stories 292
8. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Handbags and Homicide 291
10 POINT TASKS
2. LOUIS LOUIS - Devil's Trill 306
9. REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR - Bird of Another Heaven 337
10. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories 213
15 POINT TASKS
2. ADVENTURES WITH ALICE AND LEWIS
A. Angel Landing 437
B. The Complete Chronicles of Narnia 523
3. WHAT WOMEN WANT (TO READ AND WRITE)
A. Moved Book To Another Task
B. Love, Lucy 365
4. IT'S ALL ABOUT FUN AND GAMES - My Favorite Game Is Monopoly Which Is Essential About Real Estate Which A Theme In The Tavern on Maple Street 321
6. THE SEASON OF GIFTING & GIVING - My Parents Gave Me My Bulldog Phoebe As A Christmas Gift - Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog 273
7. FOOD + FAMILY AND/OR FRIENDS = READING FUN - The Last Suppers 283
10. WE WILL REMEMBER YOU
A. The Meaning of Night A Confession 703
B. A Film TBD Later
20 POINT TASKS
20.2 ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - CHERYL ME'S TASK - CIVIL RIGHTS - Freshwater Road 333
25 POINT TASKS
3. SARA NICOLE'S TASK - A GAME OF CLUE
A. Moved Book To Another Task
B. Purses and Poison 258
7. SAM'S TASK - THE LOST GENERATIONS
A. LOST GENERATION - Winesburg, Ohio 231
B. LOST LIT - The Complete Fairy Tales Of The Brother's Grimm (I can't find my edition and it doesn't have an ISBN number on it) 750
9. BRIDGIT'S TASK
A. MAP - The Valley of Horses 502
B. LIST OF CHARACTERS - Old Friends and New Fancies An Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen 377
10. EMILY'S TASK - PENDING
A. VISUALLY APPEALING -
263B. GRAPHIC NOVEL - Wonderland 159
30 POINT TASKS
1. BONNIE'S TASK - CELEBRATE THE END OF THE DECADE (2000-2009)!
A. Moved Book To Another Task
B. Snow Angels 305
2. HELEN'S TASK - SCIENCE FICTION - PAST AND PRESENT
Flowers for Algernon 274
The Host 1144
4. SANDRA'S TASK - WORLD AIDS DAY
A Prayer for the Dying 195
5. DIANE'S TASK - POSTHUMOUSLY SPEAKING
A. Saving Fish from Drowning 474
B. The Open Door 236
7. JAN THE GRYPHON’S TASK - MULTI-TASKING
Big Cherry Holler - It Would Fit 15.3 (Female Author/Female Main Character) & 15.5 (It's Another 5 Star Book From Liv) 272
8. KARI ♪'S TASK - EXPLORING WITH LEWIS AND CLARK
A. Non-Fiction - Sacagawea Westward With Lewis and Clark 128
B. Fiction About Pioneers - Moved to another task
9. RACHEL LEE'S TASK - THE NEWBERY AWARD (1998)
A. Medal Winner - Out Of The Dust 227
B. Honors - Ella Enchanted 232
10. THERESA IN OHIO'S TASK - COLOR BY NUMBERS
A. Green Darkness - 608
B. moved to another task
35 POINT TASK
1. PJ READS TASK - FUN WITH THE DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM
My Favorite Book From The Fall Challenge Is An Echo in the Bone Which Had 820 Pages.
A. 820 (English & Old English Literature) - A Bit Of Classic English Literature Emma 451
B. 070 (News Media, Journalism & Publishing) - One Of The Main Characters Is A Journalist In Every Boy's Got One 272 - DONE
2. DONNA JO'S TASK - GOING ON A WINTER VACATION
A. Our Best Friends Wagging Tales to Warm the Heart (WARM) 274
B. Beach Girls (BEACH) 428
50 POINT MIDWAY TASK
My plan ... for now ...5 Point Tasks
1. Something Wicked This Way comes - Ray Bradbury
2. Cage of Stars - Jacqueline Mitchard
3. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
4. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
5. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
6. Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris (waitress)
7. Indelible - Karin Slaughter
8. All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
9. The History of Love - Nicole Krauss
10. The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry
10 Point Tasks
1. TBD
2. Blindness - Jose Saramago
3. Beloved - Toni Morrison
4. The Help - Katherine Stockett (Wendy's list)
5. The Piano Teacher - Janice YK Lee (January)
6. Season of the Witch - Natasha Mostert (UK, Jo's list)
7. Then We Came To the End - Joshua Ferris (The Office)
8. The Other Side of the Bridge - Mary Lawson
9. TBD
10. Sashenka - Simon Montefiore
15 Point Tasks
1a) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
1b) Film tbd
2a) The Outcast - Sadie Jones (character = Lewis)
2b) The High Lord - Trudi Canavan
3a) From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris
3b) TBD
4. TBD
5a) People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks (Isabel, South Africa)
5b) Special Relationship - Douglas Kennedy (Lizzie Savignon, Gibraltar)
6a) TBD
b) TBD
7. Pomegranate Soup - Marsha Mehran
8a) TBD
8b) TBD
9a) The Dice Man - Luke Reinhart
9b) The End of Mr Y - Scarlett Thomas
10a) TBD (?John Updike)
10b) TBD (? Heath Ledger in the Imaginarium of Dr Parnsassus)
20 Point Tasks
1.
2.
3. Classic - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - CS Lewis
25 Point Tasks
1.
2a) Dune - Frank Herbert
2b) The Host - Stephenie Meyer
3. Will choose as I go along ...
4a) TBD
4b) The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - Shauna Reid
5a) Midnight Sun - Stephenie Meyer
5b) The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest - Stieg Larsson
6. Tell it to the Skies - Erica James (Venice)
7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak (posthumous task and new author to me task)
8a) TBD
8b) TBD
9a) TBD
9b) TBD
10a) Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
10b) The 19th Wife - David Ebershoff
30 Point Tasks
1a) TBD
1b) TBD
2a) TBD
2b) TBD
3. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
5 POINT TASKS1.
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3.
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10 POINT TASKS
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15 Point Tasks
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2.
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20 Point Tasks
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2.
3.
25 Point Tasks
1.
2.
3.
4. My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier 216 pages Revolutionary War 1775
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse 227 pages The Dust Bowl in the 1930's
5. Loser by Jerry Spinelli
TOTAL POINTS: 100
TASKS COMPLETED: 9
Still working on it and changing my mind :0)5.1
5.2 Batman The Resurrection of Ra's Al Ghul
5.3 Queen Victoria Demon Hunter
5.4 2001 Costa Book Awards(Children’s Book Award) The Amber Spyglass
5.5
5.6
5.7 Angel Time (Snake-Anne Rice)
5.8 All Together Dead
5.9 A Pirate's Love
5.10
10.1
10.2
10.3 Bad Boy Brawly Brown
10.4 pjreads Carrie
10.5 October Covet
10.6 (Canada-Seth Ball)Lord of the Flies
10.7 Spike and Dru Pretty Maids All in a Row
10.8 The Handmaid's Tale
10.9
10.10 Anna Karenina
15.1
A-
B-
15.2
A- Practical Magic
B- The Chronicles of Narnia
15.3
A- Narcissus in Chains
B- Lita A Less Traveled R.O.A.D.--The Reality of Amy Dumas
15.4
A-
B-
15.5
A- M-Malaysia(Khairul H.)Batman The Dark Knight Returns
B- L-Lebanon (Pupa-ria)The Odyssey
15.6
A-
B-
15.7
A- Julie and Julia My Year of Cooking Dangerously
B-
15.8
A- A Christmas Carol
B-
15.9
A- Violin
B- Hush, Hush
15.10
A-
B- Dirty Dancing (Patrick Swayze)
20.1
20.2
20.3 The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0
25.1
A- The Picture of Dorian Gray
B- American Psycho
25.2 Best Friends Forever A Novel
25.3
A-
B-
25.4
A- The Virgin's Lover
B- Little Women
25.5
25.6
25.7
A-
B- The Shining
25.8
A- Boost Your Fertility New Solutions for Conceiving Quickly and Having a Healthy Pregnancy as Soon as Possible
B- Betrayed
25.9
A-
B-
25.10
A-
B-
30.1
A- From Dead to Worse
B- Marley & Me Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog
30.2
A-
B-
C-
30.3
A-The Dead Zone (402 pg)
B-
30.4
30.5
A- The Lovely Bones
B- Persuasion or Northanger Abbey by Austen
30.6
30.7
30.8
A-
B-
30.9
A-
B-
30.10
A- The Red Tent
B- Oh Baby! 9 Months Later
35.1
A-
B-
35.2
A- Tropical Island
B- Monster Island
C-
35.3
35.4
A-
B-
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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)
5. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
6. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
7. The Music of Chance by Paul Auster
8. Fudge Cupcake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 5) by Joanne Fluke
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. Double Dutch by Sharon M. Draper
4. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (DIANE)
5. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
6. East of Eden (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck
7. When Lightning Strikes (1-800-Where-R-You, #1) by Meg Cabot
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
2 Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (Editor ), Anonymous and The Wizard of Oz (Great Illustrated Classics) by L. Frank Baum
3. Sugar Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 6) by Joanne Fluke and My Point...and I Do Have One by Ellen DeGeneres
4. The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, #11) by Carolyn Keene
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (AMY RWANDA) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling ( SCOTT Réunion)
6. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
7. Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke
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.
2.
3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel
25 POINT TASKS
1. Blonde: A Novel by Joyce Carol Oates and Oliver Twist (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Charles Dickens
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.Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) by Charlaine Harris
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.
30 POINT TASKS
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross, Book 1) by James Patterson
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
5. The Afterlife by Gary Soto and Persuasion by Jane Austen
6. The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
7. Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen Mystery, Book 8) by Joanne Fluke (Will fit task 15.7, 5.8 and 10.8)
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
50 POINT TASKS
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