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Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Reading Plans
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If you'd like a place to plan what you'll be reading for the Winter 2010-2011 challenge, you may post a list in this thread. You are NOT required to post here to participate in the challenge.
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5 Point Tasks
5.1 Short and Sweet - The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain (116 pages) Done
5.2 Singles Awareness Day - Cross by James Patterson Done
5.3 Starts With - Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
5.4 It's Cold Outside - Winter Study by Nevada Barr Done
5.5 Blast From the Past - Trial by Fury by J.A. Jance (1986)
5.6 It's All in the Numbers - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (37,602 ratings) Done
5.7 Happy New Year! (Red Cover) - KnockOut by Catherine Coulter Done
5.8 Here's to a New Beginning - Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich (1st in Series) OR
5.8 Here's to a New Beginning - Split Second by David Baldacci
5.9 Noel, Noel - A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
5.10 About the Author - How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich
10 Point Tasks
10.1 Birthday Wishes - No 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Mrs. Soule)
10.2 Orient Express - Peony in Love (abridged) by Lisa See
10.3 To Your Health - Winning by Losing by Jillian Michaels
10.4 Auld Lang Syne - Death of a Cad by M. C. Beaton
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance - Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
10.6 Cookie Exchange - Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
10.7 My Favorite Things - Hour Game by David Baldacci (#145 under Suspense) IR
10.8 Promise Her Anything - Smitten by Janet Evanovich (Hearts on cover)
10.9 Serial Killer - Undead and Unfinished No LP by MaryJanice Davidson
10.10 Top Ten Lists - Drama City No LP by George Pelecanos OR CJ Box's top 10 US crime novelists who 'own' their territory
10.10 Top Ten Lists - The Last Coyote (abridged) by Michael Connelly OR CJ Box's top 10 US crime novelists who 'own' their territory
15 Point Tasks
15.1 Time after Time - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (historical)
15.1 Time after Time - Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb (future)
15.2 Beginnings and Endings - I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak (# 49 Beginning) or
15.2 Beginnings and Endings - I Heard that Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark ( # 195 Ending)
15.3 From A to Z - Abduction by Robin Cook
15.3 From A to Z - Seizure by Robin Cook
15.4 Opposite Day - Night and Day by Robert B. Parker
15.5 Never Asia Land War - Bridge Over the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle (WWII SE Asia Burma now Myanmar)
15.6 Begins with Q, Alex - Quicksand by Iris Johansen
15.7 Book is Better Than Movie - The Ruins by Scott Smith
15.8 Festivus for Us - Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (pet peeve is having to breathe in second hand smoke)
15.9 Warm Up - The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy
15.10 Keep It Simple - Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark
20 Point Tasks
20.1 Most Improved - Liberty Falling by Nevada Barr 3 to 4 stars
20.2 Rookie at the Top-Stacey - Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells
20.3 Best Review - Frosty - Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers OR
20.3 Best Review - Frosty - Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
20.4 Author! Author! - - by
20.5 Bigger is Better- - by Stepanie Plum, Joanna Brady
20.6 Seasoned Reader-2010s - The Chalk Garden by
20.6 Seasoned Reader-2010s - I Have It by Rita Rudner
20.6 Seasoned Reader-2010s - The Miracle Worker by Gibson (1956)
20.6 Seasoned Reader-2010s - The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy Sayers (1958)
20.6 Seasoned Reader-2010s - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness by Alan Burgess (1957)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Mrs. Soule - Blue Heaven by C. J. Box (blue cover) OR
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Mrs. Soule - Don't Blink by James Patterson (blue cover)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Mrs. Soule - The Merchant of Menace by Jill Churchill (blue cover)
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter-Mrs. Soule - Full Scoop (waiting on abridgment) by Janet Evanovich (blue cover)
20.8 It's My Birthday - Erin - The House by Danielle Steel
20.9 Lucky Me - Nancy - The Devil's Bone LP only by Jefferson Bass
20.10 Group Reads - The Giver by Lois Lowry
25 Point Tasks
25.1 Wendy-Chestnuts - Dead to Rights by J.A. Jance
25.1 Wendy-Chestnuts - Double Cross by James Patterson
25.2 Emily-mods books - Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box (dlmrose)
25.2 Emily-mods books - Below Zero by C.J. Box (dlmrose)
25.2 Emily-mods books - Storm Front by Jim Butcher (dlmrose)
25.2 Emily-mods books - Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb (abridged) (dlmrose)
25.3 Christine-Reflections 2010 - Heart of the Matter (abridged) by Emily Giffin (visit with Emily)
25.3 Christine-Reflections 2010 - One False Move (abridged) by Alex Kava (new author discovered)
25.4 Beth - Avalon High by Meg Cabot
25.4 Beth - Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood
25.5 Valorie - Rough Justice by Lisa Scottoline
25.5 Valorie - Stealing With Style by Emyl Jenkins
30 Point Tasks
30.1 Sheila - Black & White - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
30.1 Sheila - Black & White - Whitewash by Alex Kava
30.2 Cheryl - Alphabet Speak - Dead Connection by Alafair Burke OR
30.2 Cheryl - Alphabet Speak - Firestorm by Iris Johansen
30.2 Cheryl - Alphabet Speak - Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon OR
30.2 Cheryl - Alphabet Speak - Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King OR
30.2 Cheryl - Alphabet Speak - Tabula Rasa by Shelly Rueben OR
30.3 Dlmrose - Ho Ho Ho - Postcard Killers by James Patterson (Sweden)
30.3 Dlmrose - Ho Ho Ho - The Christmas Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
30.4 Donna Jo - By the Numbers - Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman (odd)
30.4 Donna Jo - By the Numbers - Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas (5 plus 0 = 5) OR
30.5 Emily ID - Old/New - The Collectors (abridged) by David Baldacci
30.5 Emily ID - Old/New - The Sisterhood by Michael Palmer (GR Author)
30.6 Delicious Dee - In the Electric Mist by James Lee Burke (4/James Patterson)
30.6 Delicious Dee - Night Fall by Nelson DeMille (6/James Patterson)
30.7 Emily Kate - Forever Young - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson stand alone /issue 198 gr author Done
30.7 Emily Kate - Forever Young - Fallen by Lauren Kate fantasy 464 HB GR Done
30.7 Emily Kate - Forever Young - The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares (Coming of Age)373 Done
30.8 Ms. Anderson - Season - Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (rolled a 5)
30.8 Ms. Anderson - Season - Temporary Sanity by Rose Connors (2 legal/mystery)
30.9 Coralie - Happy 80th - Lost Horizon by James Hilton (1933) LP
30.9 Coralie - Happy 80th - Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
30.10 JenniferN - The Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (India)
30.10 JenniferN - Hello Kitty Must Die by Angela S. Choi (China)
50 Point Task
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30.9 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
Lost Horizon by James Hilton (1933)
I thought this was an appropriate choice considering the Asia theme. Great book!
AND
The Christmas Sweater by Glenn Beck
Total Points = 100 Points
Lahni's Winter Challenge Plan page:5.1 Short and Sweet - Whirl of the Wheel by Catherine Condie
5.2 Singles -
5.3 Starts With -
5.4 It's Cold Outside -
5.5 Blast from Past -
5.6 25000 Ratings -
5.7 Red Book -
5.8 1st book -
5.9 NO L -
5.10 About the Author - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
10.1 Birthday -
10.2 Orient Express -
10.3 To Your Health -
10.4 Scotland - HP Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling
10.5 Mythical Animal - The Lost Saint by Bree DeSpain
10.6 Cookie - The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
10.7 Favorite Things -
10.8 Give her Anything - Swallow by Tanya Plank
10.9 Serial Killer - HP Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling
10.10 Top 10 List - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
15.1 Time after Time - Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
1984 by George Orwell
15.2 Begin and End - Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Time Travelor's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
15.3 From A-Z - Anne Frank: the Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Eddie Signwriter by Adam Schwartzman
15.4 Opposite Day - East Wind: West Wind by Pearl S. Buck
15.5 Land War - Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternik
15.6 Begins With Q - The Quiet Room by Lori Schiller
15.7 Book or Movie - Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
15.8 Pet Peeve - Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
15.9 Warm Up - Rain Song by Alice J. Wisler
15.10 Keep it Simple - The Wishing Trees by John Shors
30.1 Black and White - The Field Guide by Holly Black
Whiter than Snow by Sandra Dallas
30.2 Alphabetic - Saint Training by Elizabeth Fixmer
Bikini Season by Sheila Roberts
30.3 Ho Ho Ho - Shiver by Nikki Gemmell
Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
30.4 By the Numbers -
I am Nujood, age 10 and Divorced - by Nujood Ali
30.5 Old '10/New '11 - My Soul to Steal by Rachel Vincent
House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
30.6 Few Good Authors -
The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
30.7 Forever Young - Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
HP Half-blood Prince by JK Rowling
30.8 Spirit of Season - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
30.9 80th Birthday - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...5.1 Men In Shorts: An Erotic Anthology
5.2 Prom
5.3 Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time
5.4 Cold Comfort Farm
5.5 The Kitchen God's Wife
5.6 Her Fearful Symmetry
5.7
5.8 The Halo Effect
5.9 Standoff
5.10 Making A Scene
10.1 The Heart of the Matter (pjreads)
10.2 The Hundred Secret Senses
10.3
10.4 A Place Of Execution
10.5 Truckers
10.6 The Welsh Girl
10.7 Very Valentine (Womens fiction)
10.8 Lighthousekeeping
10.9 WAGs at the World Cup
10.10 The People's Act of Love (Marcus Sedgwicks's top 10 tales from cold climes)
15.1 In the Company of the Courtesan/Polar City Nightmare
15.2 Life of Pi/Steppenwolf
15.3 Affinity/Citizen
15.4 Two Truths and a Lie
15.5
15.6 Queen of the Big Time
15.7 Chocolat
15.8 Mouths of Babes
15.9 Nature Girl
15.10Dalek I Loved You
30.1 /Single White E-mail
30.2 Lazy Ways to Make a Living/Now May You Weep
30.3 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest/Lost in a Good Book
30.4 The Hollow/The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid
30.5 Digital Fortress/Wanted: One Perfect Man
30.6 Eric/The World Below
30.7 The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets/Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
30.8 Sushi for Beginners/The Stars' Tennis Balls
30.9 The Death of the Heart/
Meghan's Winter Plans5.1 Candide by Voltaire
5.2 Private by James Patterson
5.3 The Night Dance: A Retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" by Suzanne Weyn
5.4 Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
5.5 The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower I) by Stephen King
5.6 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larsson
5.7 Snow: A Retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Tracy Lynn
5.8 The Kill Artist by David Silva
5.9 Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
5.10 The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
10.1 Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
10.2 Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
10.3 The Core Performance: The Revolutionary Workout Program to Transform Your Body & Your Life by Mark Vestegen
10.4 Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
10.5 Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
10.6 Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
10.7 Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
10.8 Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn
10.9 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
10.10 One Day by David Nicholls
15.1 Sphinx's Princess by Esther Friesner & The Passage by Justin Cronin
15.2 Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen & The Giver by Lois Lowry
15.3 All I Ever Wanted by Kristin Higgins & Nobody's Prize by Esther Friesner
15.4 Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber and Winter's Child: A Retelling of "The Snow Queen" by Cameron Dokey
15.5 The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
15.6 Her Sanctuary by P.Q. Glisson
15.7 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
15.8 Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
15.9 The Help by Katheryn Stockett
15.10 Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
20.1 The Diamond Secret: A Retelling of Anastasia by Suzanne Weyn
20.2 Goddess of the Rose by P.C. Cast
20.3
20.4 The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
20.5 Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich
20.6 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
20.7 City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
20.8 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
20.9 Running Scared by Lisa Jackson
20.10 The Giver by Luis Lowry
25.1 Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie & Scarlet Moon by Debbie Viguie
25.2 Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber & The Search by Nora Roberts
25.3 Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts & The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey
25.4 Swan Maiden by Jules Watson & Firelight by Sophia Jordan
25.5 Plum Island by Nelson DeMille & The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
30.1 Night World, No. 3: Huntress; Black Dawn; Witchlight by L.J. Smith & The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
30.2
30.3
30.4 Undaunted by William Manchee & Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey
30.5
30.6 The Host by Stephenie Meyer & The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
30.7 Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner & Witch and Curse by Nancy Holder
30.8 Dear John by Nicholas Sparks & Night World No, 2: Dark Angel; The Chosen; Soulmate by L.J. Smith
30.9 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck & Orchard Valley Grooms by Debbie Macomber
30.10 Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah & Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
50.1 Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber & Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber & Janey Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...Mine ^_^ Edited as new tasks come out and I get bored and want to make it shinier.
Kathy G.'s Winter Challenge Plan5.1 - The Crossing DONE
5.2 - Drizzle
5.3 - Harriet the Spy DONE
5.4 - Winter People
5.5 - Dear Mr. Henshaw DONE
5.6 - Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.7 - The Book of Lost Things
5.8 - The Capture
5.9 - Of Mice and Men
5.10 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
10.1 - Holes
10.2 - Little Sister
10.3 - Newman's Own Organics Guide To The Good Life: Simple Measures That Benefit
10.4 - Outlander
10.5 - Dragon's Egg
10.6 - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
10.7 - The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
10.8 - Chasing Harry Winston
10.9 - Judy Moody, Girl Detective DONE
10.10 - Double Indemnity
15.1 - Snow Falling on Cedars and The Time Machine
15.2 - Wuthering Heights and The Time Traveler's Wife
15.3 - Across Five Aprils and Zia
15.4 - Man, Woman, and Child DONE
15.5 - The Bridges at Toko-Ri
15.6 - All Quiet on the Western Front
15.7 - The Indian in the Cupboard DONE
15.8 - A Wrinkle in Time DONE
15.9 - Gone With the Wind
15.10 - Island of the Blue Dolphins DONE
20.1 - Coraline DONE
20.2 - Rose Sees Red DONE
20.3 - The Lightning Thief DONE
20.4 - Pretty Tough (Rolled 3 - Sports) DONE
20.5 - Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
20.6 - Giant
20.7 - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood DONE
20.8 - Little House on the Prairie
20.9 - Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington
20.10 - Doctor Zhivago
25.1 - Nighttime Is My Time and Silent Night : A Novel
25.2 - Animal Farm and Artemis Fowl DONE
25.3 - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
25.4 - The Mists of Avalon and Walk Across the Sea
25.5 - Princess Academy and The Teaberry Strangler
30.1 - The Clue of the Black Keys and One White Rose DONE
30.2 - Little Women and A Swiftly Tilting Planet
30.3 - Heidi and One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
30.4 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Esperanza Rising
30.5 - The View from Saturday and Running Out of Time
30.6 - The Flight of the Falcon and Crocodile on the Sandbank
30.7 - Pretties, Ella Enchanted and The Graveyard Book (917 pgs. total)
30.8 - Tree Wagon and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
30.9 - God's Little Acre and And Only to Deceive
30.10 - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea and The Piano Teacher
5.1 The 158Pound Marriage*5.2 Blankets
5.3 Gentle Warrior*
5.4 Frostbite
5.5 The Witches
5.6 The Perks of Being a Wallflower*
5.7 The Sunne in Splendour*
5.8 Vampire Academy
5.9 Hot Six
5.10 Succubus Dreams
10.1 Truth Beauty: A Friendship*
10.2 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
10.3 Meditation for Optimum Health
10.4 The Miracle at Speedy Motors
10.5 Kitty and the Silver Bullet
10.6 Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
10.7 The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
10.8 Leave a Candle Burning*
10.9 Shadowfever*
10.10 Personal Demon
15.1 The Reckoning* and Mortal Engines
15.2 The Gargoyle and Shadow Kiss
15.3 Angels' Blood and Z for Zachariah
15.4 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven* and Kitty Raises Hell
15.5 Genghis*
15.6 A Quick Bite
15.7 The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood*
15.8 Property Of*
15.9 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe*
15.10 ?
20.10 Doctor Zhivago
30.1 Black and Blue* and To Dance With the White Dog
30.2 Petty Magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker and Suddenly You
30.3 The Blind Assassin* and The Love Knot
30.4 Shopaholic and Sister and The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
30.5 The Queen's Man* and Let the Great World Spin
30.6 High Five and Kiss of Midnight
30.7 The Sweet Far Thing and Nick Norah's Infinite Playlist
30.8 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive and Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand
30.9 At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror and ?
My Plan so far:5.3 Crime & Punishment
5.4 The Ice Palace
5.5
5.6
5.7 Dracula
5.8 The Colour of Magic (Discworld 1)
5.9 Room
5.10 Roberson Davies: A Portrait In Mosaic
10.2 Peony In Love
10.3
10.4 The Lost World
10.6
10.7
10.9 Mixture of Frailties
10.10
15.2. I Am The Messenger & ??
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15.4 War & Peace
15.5 Sea of Poppies
15.6 Five Quarters of the Orange
15.7
15.8
15.9 The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
15.10
20.2 The Ghost Map
20.3 Lost In A Good Book
20.5
20.8
25.1 The Winthrop Woman &
25.2
25.3 The Island & The Wife's Tale
25.4 The Singing Sword
25.5
30.1 Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt & Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083
30.2 ??? & Sugar Street
30.5 The Thirteenth Tale & ??
30.7
30.8 The Swan Thieves & The Family Who Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery
30.10 Between The Assassinations & ?? by Pearl Buck
50.1 Tender Is The Night & Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family &
5 Points:1. Grendel by John Gardner
2. Greywalker by Kat Richardson
3. The Postcard Killers by James Patterson
4. An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
5. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
6. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
7. Dark Lover by J.R. Ward
8. The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro
9. Don't Blink by James Patterson
10. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
10 Points
1.Deception Point by Dan Brown
2.The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
3. The Expert's Guide to Weight-Loss Surgery by Garth Davis
4. The Loch by Steve Alten
5. Goddess of the Sea by P.C. Cast
6. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
7. 61 Hours by Lee Child
8. The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
9. Cross Fire by James Patterson
10. Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
15 Points
1. Ravens of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson AND Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
2.The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson AND The Smoke Thief by Shana Abé
3. Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson AND Angel in the Front Room, Devil Out Back
4. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón AND
Demon Rumm by Sandra Brown
5. Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6. Queen of Dragons by Shana Abé
7. Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks
8. Crafting the Body Divine: Ritual, Movement and Body Art by Yasmine Galenorn
9. The Last Child by John Hart
10. TBD
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25 Points
1. Tastes of Love & Evil by Barbara Monajem AND Demon Hunts by C.E. Murphy
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins AND The Cat Dancers by P.T. Deutermann
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30 Points
1. Black Friday by James Patterson AND White Oleander by Janet Fitch
2. The Chosen Sin by Anya Bast AND Ill Wind by Kevin J. Anderson
3. Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs AND Magick Of Reiki: Focused Energy for Healing, Ritual, & Spiritual Development by Christopher Penczak
4. River Marked by Patricia Briggs AND The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
5. Odd Hours by Dean Koontz AND Memory and Desire by Lisa Appignanesi
6. Sanctuary Hill by Kathryn R. Wall AND Gap Creek : The Story Of A Marriage by Robert Morgan
7. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak AND Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
8. Lost Empire: A Fargo Adventure by Clive Cussler AND The Glass Rainbow by James Lee Burke
9. Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell AND Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
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4. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg
5. Neuromancer by William Gibson, Pub. 1984
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9. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
10. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
10 points
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2. The Summer of the Ubume by Natsuhiko Kyogoku
3. ?
4. Missy by Chris Hannan
5. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
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7. Stitches by David Small, Graphic Memoirs
8. I, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles, Jewelry
9. The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
10. The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides by Aeschylus, Top 10 Books on the Ancient World
15 points
1. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, Historical
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, Future
2. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson, Beginning
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, Ending
3. A Simple Plan by Scott B. Smith
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
4. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, 416pp
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6. {After the Quake by Haruki Murakami}
7. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman, Book Better List
8. {The Bus Driver Who Wanted To Be God & Other Stories by Etgar Keret}
9. Roxanna Slade: A Novel by Reynolds Price
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20 points
1. Dante's Divine Comedy: A Graphic Adaptation by Seymour Chwast
2. The Name of the Rose: Including Postscript by Umberto Eco
3. A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore, Human into Reaper
4. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, #6 Simulation
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8. White Oleander by Janet Fitch
9. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson, Lyndon Johnson
10. {Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier}
25 points
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2. Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler, Sandy
The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston, Kristi
3. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, New Job
Horns by Joe Hill
4. ?
5. Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann, #2
{The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul by Douglas Adams}
30 points
1. Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
2. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
3.Pretty Birds by Scott Simon, Bosnia
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
4. , Odd
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, 4
5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
6. Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich, #5 Octavia Butler died 2006
Water Ghosts by Shawna Yang Ryan, #3 California (Kindred)
7. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman, Series: Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Borderliners by Peter Høeg, Stand-alone: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Madeleine Is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Stand-alone: Coming of Age
8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, 2 (Mystery)
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen, 5
9. Company K by William March, Pub. 1933
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
10. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Japan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid, Pakistan
50 points
1. Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, #2
5 Point Tasks5.1 A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
5.3 The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
5.4 Cold Hearted by Beverly Barton
5.5 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
5.6 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
5.7 The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
5.8 The Naughty List by Suzanne Young
5.10 Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss
10 Point Tasks
10.1 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Christy
10.3 Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
10.4 Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
10.5 Eragon by Christopher Paolini
10.6 Blue Moon by Alyson Noel Half Moon cookies
10.7 Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder Paranormal Romance
10.8 Wings by Aprilynne Pike
10.9 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
10.10 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Top 10 dystopian novels for teenagers
15 Point Tasks
15.1 The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory and Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
15.2 Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice and The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
15.3 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith and Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by
Zlata Filipović
15.5
15.6
15.7 The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
15.8
15.9 A Time to Kill by John Grisham
20 Point Tasks
20.1
20.2 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
20.3 Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
20.4 3: Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
20.5
20.6
20.7 Marley & Me: Love and Life with the World's Worst Dog byJohn Grogan
20.8
20.9
20.10 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
25 Point Tasks
25.1
25.2 Sandy's List:
25.3
25.4
25.5
30 Point Tasks30.1 Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden and White Fang by Jack London
30.2 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and
The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton
30.3
The Dead Girls' Dance by Rachel Caine
30.5 A. This Charming Man by Marian Keyes and B.Wicked Woods by Kailin Gow
30.6 4. Let the Shadows Fall Behind You: a Novel by Kathy-Diane Leveille 2. The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
30.7
30.8
30.9
My Plan5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
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
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
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20.10
25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
30.1
30.2
30.3
30.4
30.5
30.6
30.7
30.8
30.9
30.10
50.1
5.1 Short and Sweet - The Wave by Todd Strasser (138 pgs)5.2 Singles Awareness Day - Bound by Antonya Nelson
5.3 Starts with... - The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
5.4 It's Cold Outside - Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
5.5 Blast From the Past - Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell
5.6 It's All in the Numbers - A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
5.7 Happy New Year - Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
5.8 Here's to a New Beginning - Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
5.9 Noel, Noel - T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
5.10 About the Author - On Writing by Stephen King
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10.1 Birthday Wishes - Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant
10.2 Orient Express - Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep, #1) by John Burdett
10.3 Slainte! To Your Health! - The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life by Ellie Krieger
10.4 Auld Lang Syne - Garnethill by Denise Mina
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance - Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold by Terry Brooks
10.6 Cookie Exchange - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (pecan pie cookies - my fave)
10.7 My Favorite Things - Horns by Joe Hill (genre: Horror)
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... - Heartsick by Chelsea Cain
10.9 Serial Killer - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
10.10 Top Ten Lists - The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill (Kate Mosse's top 10 ghost stories)
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15.1 Time After Time - (A) Moloka'i by Alan Brennert and (B) The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
15.2 Beginnings and Endings - (A) The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and (B) I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
15.3 From A to Z - (A) After the Falls by Catherine Gildiner and (B) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
15.4 Opposite Day - Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
15.5 Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
15.6 "Begins with a Q, Alex" - Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own by Doreen Orion
15.7 The Book is Always Better Than the Movie, or is it? - Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
15.8 A Festivus for the Rest of Us - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
15.9 Warm Up - Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
15.10 Keep It Simple - The Waste Lands by Stephen King
5.1 Shopgirl by Steve Martin5.2 Consequences by Penelope Lively
5.3 Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
5.4 On Thin Ice by Alina Adams
5.5 Lilac Bus by Maeve Binchy
5.6
5.7 Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M.C. Beaton
5.8 The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
5.9 F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
5.10 The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
10.1 All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (Rachel CA)
10.2
10.3
Taking Care of Yourself by Andrew T. Weil
10.4 Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M.C. Beaton
10.5 Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
10.6
10.7 1st to Die by James Patterson
10.8
10.9 Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
10.10 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
15.1
15.2 A)The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger; B)Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
15.3 A)At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon; B)The Zahir by Paulo Coelho
15.4
15.5
15.6 The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
15.7 The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
15.8
15.9 Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs
15.10
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8 Front Row at the White House by Helen Thomas
20.9
20.10
25.1
25.2 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Dlmrose) & Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett (Sandy)
25.3 A)First-Time Mom : Getting Off on the Right Foot--From Birth to First Grade by Kevin Leman; B) A Carol for a Corpse by Claudia Bishop
25.4
25.5 A) French Pressed by Cleo Coyle; B) Shades of Earl Grey by Laura Childs
25.6
25.7
25.8
25.9
25.10
30.1 A) ; B) One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus
30.2 A)Body of Intuition by Claire Daniels; B) A Taste for Murder by Claudia Bishop
30.3 A)Prague by Arthur Phillips; B) The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
30.4 A)The Revelation by Beverly Lewis; B)Cooking Up Murder by Miranda Bliss
30.5 A)She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel; B)Fit From Within : 101 Simple Secrets to Change Your Body and Your Life - Starting Today and Lasting Forever by Victoria Moran
30.6 #3)Fear and Yoga in New Jersey by Debra Galant; #5)Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
30.7
30.8 #1)The Anastasia Syndrome by Mary Higgins Clark; #2)Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle
30.9 A)Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie;
The Winter Challenge!
5.1 Short and Sweet
The Berenstain Bear Scouts Meet Bigpaw by Stan Berenstain-FINISHED
5.2 Singles Awareness Day
Wake by Lisa McMann-FINISHED
5.3 Starts with...
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost-FINISHED
5.4 It's cold outside
Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) by Richelle Mead-FINISHED
5.5 Blast from the past
Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley-FINISHED
5.6 It's all in the numbers
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
5.7 Happy New Year
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah-FINISHED
5.8 Here's to a new beginning
The Devil Inside by Jenna Black-FINISHED
5.9 Noel, Noel
[[book:For a Few Demons More|610835] by Kim Harrison
5.10 About the author
SKIPPING THIS TASK
10.1 Birthday Wishes
Tithe by Holly Black
10.2 Orient Express
Death Note, Volume 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba-FINISHED
10.3 To your health
Jade: Fighting to the End by Jade Goody-FINISHED
10.4 Auld Lang Syne
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
10.6 Cookie Exchange
All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire by Kerrelyn Sparks
10.7 My favourite things
Beg For Mercy by Toni Andrews
10.8 Promise her anything
The Mage in Black by Jaye Wells
10.9 Serial Killer
Black Magic Sanction by Kim Harrison
10.10 Top 10 Lists
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
15.1 Time after time
a)Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn Meyer-FINISHED
b)Uglies by Scott Westerfeld-FINISHED
15.2 Beginnings and endings
a)Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
b)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
15.3 From A to Z
a)A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
b)Deadtown by Nancy Holzner
15.4 Opposite day
a)The Good, The Bad and The Undead by Kim Harrison
15.5 Land war in Asia
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh-FINISHED
15.6 Begins the Q, Alex
The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
15.7 Better than the movie
a)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
15.8 A Festivus for the rest of us
Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
15.9 Warm up
The Vampire's Seduction by Raven Hart
15.10 Keep it simple
Where Demons Dare by Kim Harrison
20.1 Groundhog Day
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
20.2 Winter Flowers Day
Against the Wall by Simon Yates-FINISHED
20.3 Frosty the Snowman
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ.K. Rowling-FINISHED
20.4
20.5 Larger than Life
Heroine of the Desert by Donya Al-Nahi
20.6 The Twenty Tens
20.7 Christmas Fuzzies or not
Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account of the 1996 Disaster by Kenneth Kamler-FINISHED
20.8 Inauguration Day
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
20.9 President's Day
Dancing with the Devil by Keri Arthur
20.10 Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry
25.1 Chestnuts roasting...
a)
b)
25.2 Thank you moderators
a)Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See-FINISHED
b)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
25.3 Reflections on 2010
a)The Weight of SilenceHeather Gudenkauf-FINISHED
b)Captivate by Carrie Jones-FINISHED
25.4 IMBOLC
a)Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
b)
25.5 SRC Tea Ceremony
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
30.1 The B and W task
a)The Devil You Know by Jenna Black
b)The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer
30.2 Alphabetically speaking
a)Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling-FINISHED
b)The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4) by Laurell K. Hamilton-FINISHED
30.3 Ho Ho Ho
a)The Death Zone: Climbing Everest Through the Killer Storm by Matt Dickinson-FINISHED
b)Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper-FINISHED
30.4 By the numbers(odd,one word book)
a)Vampire Watcher's HandbookConstantine Gregory-FINISHED
b)AshMalinda Lo-FINISHED
30.5 The Old 10, The New 11
a)Love Bites by Lynsay Sands-FINISHED
b)Claire De Lune by Christine Johnson-FINISHED
30.6 A Few good authors
a)Climbing High by Lene Gammelgaard
b)
30.7 Forever Young
a)Before I Die by Jenny Downham
b)My Love Lies Bleeding by Alyxandra Harvey-FINISHED
c)Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
30.8 Spirit of the season
SKIPPING THIS TASK
30.9 Happy 80th birthday
SKIPPING THIS TASK
30.10 In honour of asian authors
a)Burned AliveSouad-FINISHED
b)In the Name of HonourMukhtar Mai-FINISHED
5.1 -- Short and Sweet5.2 -- Singles Awareness Day -- Dedication
5.3 -- Starts With...
5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside -- Doctor Who: Snowglobe 7
5.5 -- Blast from the Past
5.7 -- Happy New Year! -- Carry On, Jeeves
5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning -- The Alchemyst
5.10 -- About the Author -- Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days
10.2 -- Orient Express
10.3 -- Sláinte! To Your Health!
10.4 -- Auld Lang Syne -- Peter Pan
10.5 -- Chinese Dragon Dance -- The Mermaid Chair
10.6 -- Cookie Exchange
10.7 -- My Favorite Things
10.8 -- Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
10.9 -- Serial Killer
10.10 -- Top Ten Lists -- Living Dead in Dallas (Jennifer Lynn Barnes's top 10 Supernatural Families)
15.1 -- Time After Time
15.2.1 -- Beginnings and Endings -- The Princess Bride
15.4.1 -- Opposite Day
15.4.2 -- Opposite Day
15.5 -- “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…”
15.6 -- "Begins with Q, Alex"
15.7 -- The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It?
15.8 -- A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
15.9 -- Warm up -- Club Dead
20.1 -- Most Improved Player: Stacie MI's task-Groundhog's Day!
20.2 -- Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day -- Virgin with Butterflies
20.3 -- Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman
20.4 -- Author! Author!:
20.5 -- Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
20.6 -- Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not
20.8 -- It's My Birthday: Erin MN's task-Inauguration Day
20.9 -- Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day
20.10 -- Group Read
25.2.1 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators -- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Sandy's List)
25.2.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Sandy's List)
25.3 -- Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010
25.4 -- Beth NC's task - IMBOLC
25.5 -- Valorie's task - SRC Tea Ceremony
30.1.1 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W Task -- Doctor Who: The Nightmare Of Black Island
30.1.2 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W Task -- White Boots
30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
30.3.1 -- DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO! -- Anne of Green Gables
30.4.2 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers -- Curse of the Spellmans
30.5.1 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11 -- An Education
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... Authors
30.8.1 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season -- (2) Heat Wave by Richard Castle (Richard Castle)
30.8.2 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season -- (5) Stephen Fry in America (Stephen Fry in America
30.9.1 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday! -- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
30.9.2 -- Coralie's task - Happy 80th Birthday!
30.10 -- Jennifer N's task - In Honor of Asian Authors
5.1 Dancing on the Brink of the World - A Star Waltz in the Keys of Canvas, Music, and Myth5.2 Commencement
5.3
5.4 Wintergirls
5.5 Continental Drift (1985)
5.6 Mockingjay
5.7 The Lonely Polygamist
5.8
5.9 Songs in Ordinary Time
5.10
10.1 The Historian (Erin MN)
10.2 Out
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6 Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
10.7 I Do Not Come to You by Chance(World Fiction)
10.8 A Place Called Here
10.9 Dead in the Family
10.10 The Swarm(top 10 environmental disaster stories)
15.1
15.2 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and The Book Thief
15.3
15.4 Day for Night
15.5
15.6 Wife of the Gods: A Novel
15.7
15.8 This Is Where I Leave You (People who leave trash on the ground)
15.9 The House on Tradd Street
15.10
20.1
20.2
20.3 Danse Macabre
20.4 (Rolled 2)
20.5 Vanessa and Virginia
20.6
20.7
20.8 House of Leaves
20.9
20.10
25.1
25.2 Cutting for Stoneand The Passage (Sandy)
25.3 The Girl On Legare Street (moving back home to Charleston) and The Hummingbird's Daughter (read author for the first time in Jan 2010)
30.1 White Cat and On Folly Beach
30.2 Child 44 and The House on Fortune Street
30.3
30.4
30.5
30.6 (alice Hoffman and rolled 2 5's) (bithdate 1952)
30.7 Rebel Angels (548 pg),Before I Fall (470 pg)
30.8 4-Miss Hargreaves 6-600 Hours of Edward
50.1 A)(Night)
Total=315
5 Point Tasks1.
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10 Point Tasks
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Mythical Creatures: Pegasus, Ophiotaurus
Genre: Children's Chapter
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15 Point Tasks
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Happy Endings by Katherine Stone
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6.
Pet Peeve: When I push the button on the elevator, and someone comes up and pushes that button again. It's not going to make it come any faster.
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30 Point Tasks
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Book B: If I Stay by Gayle Forman
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6. J.K. Rowling
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Total Points: 180
Total Books: 17
Total Tasks: 15
Love that Dog by Sharon Creech – 112 pages
5.2 -- Singles Awareness Day
Entice by Carrie Jones
5.3 -- Starts With...
The first Part Last by Angela Johnson
5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
5.5 -- Blast from the Past
The Color Purple by Alice Walker published 1982
5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer – 28,210 ratings
Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen
5.8 -- Here's to a New Beginning
Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
5.9 -- Noel, Noel
The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones
5.10 -- About the Author
King of the Mild Frontier by Chris crutcher
10.1 Birthday Wishes:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer – from Erin MN’s shelves OR Number the Stars by Lois Lowry - from Miki's shelves
10.2 Orient Express:
Sold by Patricia McCormick (takes place in Nepal)
10.3 Sláinte! To Your Health!:
???
10.4 Auld Lang Syne:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance
Hearts At Stake by Alyxandra Harvey (vampires)
10.6 Cookie Exchange:
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
Teen Fiction genre
Godless by Pete Hautman
10.8 Promise Her Anything, But Give Her...
Never Slow Dance With a Zombie by E. Van Lowe
10.9 Serial Killer:
Deadly Little Games (Touch, #3) by Laurie Faria Stolarz
10.10 Top Ten Lists:
“Sam Mills's top 10 books about the darker side of adolescence” Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman
15.1. Time After Time
A. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
15.2. Beginnings and Endings
A. Holes by Louis Sachar
15.3. From A... to Z
A. Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
B. All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
15.4. Opposite Day
B. The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney by Suzanne Harper and The Death of Jayson Porter by Jaime Adoff
15.5. “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…”
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex"
Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Better Late Than Never by Marilyn Kaye – people who are chronically late make me crazy!
15.9 - Warm up
Dirty Little Angels by Chris Tusa (Louisiana)
15.10 - Keep it Simple
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player: Stacie MI's task-Groundhog's Day!
Fat Cat by Robin Brande
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Stacey's task- Winter Flowers Day
Rose Sees Red by Cecil Castellucci (flower is a rose)
20.3 Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot's task- Frosty the Snowman
Soulless by Christopher Golden (people turn into ghosts/zombies)
20.4 Author! Author!: Tani's task- Game On!
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood by Sy Montgomery (world traveling naturalist/author who also raised a “national celebrity” pig)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Beth F's task- The Twenty-tens
Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine H. Kingston
Pub. 4/23/76
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter: Mrs soule's task- Christmas Fuzzies…or Not
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
20.8 It's My Birthday: Erin MN's task-Inauguration Day
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
20.9 Lucky Me: Nancy's task-Presidents' Day
Undone by Taylor Brooke
20.10 Group Read
The Giver by Lois Lowry
25.1 -- Wendy MA's task - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
YA Romance genre: Boy Proof by Cecil Castellucci/Bloom by Elizabeth Scott
25.2 - Emily IN's task - Thank You Moderators
Sandy: Savvy by Ingrid/Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
25.3 -- Christine US's task - REFLECTIONS on 2010
A. Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han (summer vacation at the beach)
B. Define Normal by Julie Anne Peters
25.4 -- Beth NC's task - IMBOLC
A. Shadowspell by Jenna Black
B. Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
25.5 -- Valorie's task - SRC Tea Ceremony
A. Here Today Gone Tomorrow by Marilyn Kaye (Dragon Well Tea)
B. Stealing Bradford by Melody Carlson
30.1 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W Task
A. Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
B. White Cat by Holly Black
30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
A. Crash Into Me by Albert Borris
B. Boy Heaven by Laura Kasischke
A. Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks (Manitoba, Canada)
B. Searching for David's Heart: A Christmas Story by Cherie Bennett
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
A. The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen (even digit)
B. Almost Home by Nora Raleigh Baskin (2 words)
30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11
A. Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
B. Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O’Brien
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... Authors
Die # 1 & 6
Fave author: Patrick Ness
1. 11 letters: Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
6. On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young
1. Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma – stand alone/romance (418 pages)
2. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer – series/paranormal (454 pages)
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season
Die #3 & 4
3. Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. Hazing Meri Sugarman by M. Apostolina (added 7/31/10)
I'm working on my planning here:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...
Spreadsheet to be updated as planning progresses.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...
Spreadsheet to be updated as planning progresses.
This plan may change as time goes on.5.1
5.2
5.3 Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig
5.4 Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
5.5 The Dirty Duck by Martha Grimes
5.6 Middlesex
5.7 The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
5.8
5.9
5.10 Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
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10.10
15.1
15.2
15.3 Away With the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood
The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi
15.4
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15.7
15.8
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15.10
20.1
20.2
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20.6
20.7
20.8
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20.10
30.1
30.2
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30.4
30.5
30.6
30.7 The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak - Historical Fiction
30.8
30.9
50.1
Here's a link to my plan.https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...
Like Stacey above, it will get updated as planning continues!
5 POINT TASKS1.Of Mice and Menby John Steinbeck
2.Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
3.Dear Prince Charming by Donna Kauffman
4.Not So Snow White by Donna Kauffman
5.Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
6.Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
7.Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
8.Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
9.Airhead by Meg Cabot
10.Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
10 POINT TASKS
1.Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mealby Eric Schlosser (Erin MN)
2.Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
3.The Biggest Loser Dessert Cookbook: More than 80 Healthy Treats That Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth without Breaking Your Calorie Budget by Devin Alexander, The Biggest Loser Experts and Cast, Melissa Robertson
4.Outlander (Outlander #1)by Diana Gabaldon
5.The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
6.Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
7.The Omnivore's Dilemma By Michael Pollan (Food)
8.Candy Apple Dead (A Candy Shop Mystery #1) by Sammi Carter
9.Sinister Sprinkles (Donut Shop #3) by Jessica Beck
10.Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (Teen Rock and Roll)
15 POINT TASKS
1.Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen and 1984 by George Orwell
2.A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and The Host (The Host #1) by Stephenie Meyer
3.Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
4.Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
5.Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
6.Queen of Babble (Queen of Babble #1) by Meg Cabot
7.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
8.The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith
9.The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
10Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
20 POINT TASKS
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1.Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
2.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling and The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
3.Heidi by Johanna Spyri and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
4.Sleeping with Beauty by Donna Kauffman and Peppermint Twisted (A Candy Shop Mystery #3)
by Sammi Carter
5.The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards and Chocolate Dipped Death by Sammi Carter
6.Rules of Prey by John Sandford (3) and Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts (6)
7.The Hunger Games (Hunger Games #1) by Suzanne Collins and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
8. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith(1) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen (2)
9.The Hobbit (Middle-Earth) by J.R.R. Tolkien and The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Total Point Earned: 0/820
Total Pages Read: 0/18676
Total Books Read: 0/49
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
My goal: same number of tasks than in the previous challenge (10) but 5 books more!5.1 Short and Sweet
5.3 Starts With...
Robin Hood. Walter Scott
5.6 It's All in the Numbers
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5.9 Noel, Noel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Victor Hugo
10.4 Auld Lang Syne
The Antiquary. Walter Scott
30.2 Alphabetically Speaking
A) The Lost World (A. Conan Doyle)
B) Maria (Jorge Isaacs)
30.3 Ho!Ho!Ho!
A) The Man on the Balcony (Stockholm, Sweden) READ
B) War and Peace (peace)
30.4 By the Numbers
A) Jar City (A. Indridasson - 9, odd) READ
B) Three Italian Chronicles (3) READ
30.5 The Old '10/The New'11
30.6 Looking for a Few Good Authors 6+1, Amélie Nothomb
A) The elegance of the hedgehog. Muriel Barbery
B) Le père de nos pères. Bernard Werber
5.1 - The Tales of Beedle the Bard5.2 - Empire
5.3 - A Bride in the Bargain
5.4 - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
5.5 - Hummingbird
5.6 - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
5.7 -
The Christmas Box5.8 - Perfect Chemistry
5.9 - Persuasion
5.10 - Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir OR Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
10.1 - Rach: Never Let Me Go
10.2 - The Twentieth Wife
10.3 - Eating Animals
10.4 - The Game of Kings
10.5 - The Eye of the World
10.6 - Clockwork Angel
10.7 - Teen: The Luxe
10.8 -
Nightshade10.9 - Last Sacrifice OR Forest Born
10.10 - Dystopian Novels for Teenagers: The Handmaid's Tale
15.1 - A. Crestmont AND B. The Scorch Trials
15.2 - A. Across the Nightingale Floor AND B. Finnikin of the Rock
15.3 - A. Along for the Ride AND B. Hush, Hush by Becca FitZpatrick
15.4 - Living Dead in Dallas
15.5 - Flags of Our Fathers
15.6 - Queen in Exile
15.7 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
15.8 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets "secrets"
15.9 - Thirteen Moons
15.10 - The Pillars of the Earth
20.1
20.2
20.3
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.10 - Doctor Zhivago
25.1 - Fantasy: A. Firelight AND B. The Wood Wife
25.2 - A. DlmRose: The Samurai's Garden AND B. Kristi: Inkheart
25.3 - A. The Happiness Project AND B.The Tea Rose
25.4
30.1 - A. Joseph Smith: Praise to the Man by Susan Easton Black AND B. The White Queen
30.2 - A. The Iron King (JK) AND B. If I Stay (GF)
30.3 - A. Anne of Green Gables (Canada) AND B. Redeeming Love
30.4 - A. Unwind (S) AND B. Covenant Hearts: Marriage And the Joy of Human Love (9)
30.5 - A. Rebekah: Women of Genesis AND B. Earth In the Beginning OR To Say Nothing of the Dog
30.6 - Kate Morton (1976 - rolled two 5s) A. Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness AND B. Interview With the Vampire
30.7 - A. Salvaged (stand alone/coming of age) AND B. Fire (series/fantasy)
30.8 - A. (5) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society AND B. (4) The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me
30.9 - A. Cold Comfort Farm AND B. Little Women
30.10 - A. China: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China AND B. Malaysia: The Rice Mother
5.2 -- Singles Awareness Day -- Ivanhoe
5.3 -- Starts With... --
5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside -- In Cold Blood
5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers -- Speak (34,833)
5.9 -- Noel, Noel -- Dune (Frank Herbert)
5.10 -- About the Author -- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
10.1 -- Birthday Wishes -- Jennifer N -- A Fine Balance
10.2 -- Orient Express -- Kim (India)
10.3 -- Sláinte! To Your Health! -- French Women Don't Get Fat
10.4 -- Auld Lang Syne -- Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
10.6 -- Cookie Exchange -- The House of the Seven Gables (Seven Layer Cookies)
10.7 -- My Favorite Things -- To Kill a Mockingbird (Genre:Fiction/Classics)
10.8 -- Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... -- Hearts -- Lolita
15.1.1 -- Historical -- Billy Budd, Foretopman
15.1.2 -- Future -- Neuromancer
15.2 -- Beginnings and Endings
15.2.2 -- Endings -- The Sun Also Rises
15.3 -- From A... to Z
15.3.1 -- A -- Agamemnon
15.3.2 -- Z -- The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)
15.4 --Opposite Day
15.4.1 -- Death -- Death Comes for the Archbishop
15.4.2 -- Life -- The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15.5 -- “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…” -- A Town Like Alice
15.6 -- "Begins with Q, Alex" -- (Quicksilver/Don Quixote)
15.7 -- The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It? -- The Last of the Mohicans
15.8 -- A Festivus for the Rest of Us! -- Catch-22
(Peeve: when the bus passes just before I'm there to catch it)
15.9 -- Warm up -- The Sound and the Fury (Faulkner)
15.10 -- Keep it Simple --
20.1 -- Most Improved Player: Stacie MI -- Groundhog's Day! --
20.2 -- Rookie at the Top: Stacey -- Winter Flowers Day -- The Name of the Rose
20.3 -- Best Review Contest: chucklesthescot -- Frosty the Snowman -- The Golden Ass
20.5 -- Bigger is Better: Ashley FL (by Stesse) -- Larger than Life -- (Eat, Pray, Love)
20.6 -- Seasoned Reader: Beth F -- The Twenty-tens -- Foucault's Pendulum (1988)
20.8 -- It's My Birthday: Erin MN -- Inauguration Day -- The Haunting of Hill House
20.9 -- Lucky Me: Nancy -- Presidents' Day -- Mostly Harmless (Douglas Adams)
20.10 -- Group Reads -- Doctor Zhivago
25.1 -- Wendy MA's task -- Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...
25.1.1 -- (Classics) -- The Monk
25.1.2 -- (Classics) -- Robinson Crusoe
25.2.1 -- (Kristi) -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
25.2.2 -- (Kristi) -- Siddhartha
25.3 -- Christine US's task -- REFLECTIONS on 2010
25.3.1 -- (Moving/Jobs/Recession) -- The Grapes of Wrath
25.3.2 -- (Robert Jordan) -- Lord of Chaos
25.4 -- Beth NC's task -- IMBOLC
25.4.1 -- Celtic -- The Once and Future King
25.4.2 -- Candle/Flame -- The Fires of Heaven
25.5 -- Valorie's task -- SRC Tea Ceremony
25.5.1 -- Gunpowder Green (Suspense/Mystery) -- V.
25.5.2 -- Tea Title -- Three Cups of Tea
30.1 -- Sheila's Task -- The B & W Task
30.1.1 -- Black -- The Black Dahlia/On the Black Hill
30.1.2 -- White -- The Woman in White
30.2 -- Cheryl TX’s task -- Alphabetically Speaking
30.2.1 -- Forward -- On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
30.3 -- DLMRose's task as suggested by Petra -- HO! HO! HO!
30.3.1 -- Country (-) -- (Anna Karenina)/(The Idiot)
30.3.2 -- Present -- A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present
30.4 -- Donna Jo’s Task -- By the Numbers
30.4.1 -- Birth Year (even) -- (The Idiot) (Dostoevsky)
30.4.2 -- Phone Sum (5) -- The Count of Monte Cristo
30.5 -- Emily ID’s task as suggested by Sue T -- The Old '10/The New '11
30.5.1 -- Old -- Finding George Orwell in Burma
30.6 -- Delicious Dee's task -- Looking for a Few Good... Authors
30.6.1 -- Roll1:1 (Neal Stephenson: 14) -- William Kennedy (Ironweed)
30.6.2 -- Roll2:3 (Cryptonomicon:SE Asia) -- Burmese Days
30.7 -- Emily Kate's task -- Forever Young (total: 883)
30.7.2 -- Fantasy/Series -- The Harsh Cry of the Heron: The Last Tale of the Otori(592)
30.8 -- Ms. Anderson's Task -- In the Spirit of the Season
30.8.1 -- Roll1:1 (Fav.Author) -- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
30.8.2 -- Roll2:4 (TBR<6months) -- Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 2: Scars of Victory
30.9 -- Coralie's task -- Happy 80th Birthday!
30.9.1 -- 1930s -- As I Lay Dying (Published:1935)
30.9.2 -- Mother's Book -- The Angel's Game
30.10 -- Jennifer N's task -- In Honor of Asian Authors
30.10.1 -- (Japan/Author) -- Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
30.10.2 -- (Japan/Setting) -- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
50.1 -- Midpoint Task -- Land Among the Stars: Melanie
50.1.1 –- Moon -- Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 1: Battle for Maruyama
50.1.2 -- Roll(1):Favorites List -- The Shadow Rising
50.1.3 -- Roll(4):Fantasy –- The Dragon Reborn
My plan...there are only 4 books on this list that are not physically on my bookshelf waiting to be read...how sad...5.1 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
5.2 Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
5.3 Undead and Unemployed - MaryJanice Davidson
5.4 The Snow Garden - Christopher Rice
5.5 The Mosquito Coast - Paul Theroux
5.6 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
5.7 Blood Brothers - Nora Roberts
5.8 Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Jennifer Rardin
5.9 Undead and Unappreciated - MaryJanice Davidson
5.10 The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
10.1 The Giver - Lois Lowry
10.2 Shogun - James Clavell
10.3 The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin
10.4 The Wasp Factory - Iain M. Banks
10.5 Undead and Unreturnable - MaryJanice Davidson
10.6 Life, the Universe, and Everything - Douglas Adams
10.7 Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
10.8 Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen
10.9 The Pagan Stone - Nora Roberts
10.10 Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
15.1 Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon
So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - Douglas Adams
15.2 The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
15.3 A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
15.4 Agents of Light and Darkness - Simon R. Green
15.5 Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam - Lynda Van Devanter
15.6 The Queen in Winter - multiple authors
15.7 The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
15.8 From the Corner of His Eye - Dean Koontz
15.9 Cry to Heaven - Anne Rice
15.10 The Hollow - Nora Roberts
20.1
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30.1 Black House - Stephen King/Peter Straub
Vision in White - Nora Roberts
30.2 Hot Summer Nights - LuAnn McLane
Nightengale's Lament - Simon R. Green
30.3 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Lover Eternal - J.R. Ward
30.4 Lover Awakened - J.R. Ward
Marked - P.C. & Kristin Cast
30.5 Twelve Sharp - Janet Evanovich
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
30.6 Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
The Plague - Albert Camus
30.7 I am the Messenger - Markus Zusak
City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
30.8 Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Spook - Mary Roach
30.9 Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
Undead and Unpopular - MaryJanice Davidson
50.1
5 POINT TASKS
1. The Wave
2. Mulengro
4. Wintergirls
5. The Hunt for Red October
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8. 1st to Die
9. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
10. How to Read Literature Like a Professor
10 POINT TASKS
1. Stranger in a Strange Land (Mikiwilla)
2. Saving Fish from Drowning
3. Fast Food Nation
4. Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes
5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
6. The Chocolate War
7. Comrade J (history)
8. Girl with the Pearl Earring
9. The Last Full Measure
10. E is for Evidence (Jonathan Kellerman's top 10 LA noir novels)
15 POINT TASKS
1. Killer Angels and Pretties
2. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Atonement
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4. Up the Down Staircase
5. Fallen Angels
6. The Queen's Fool
7. Angels and Demons
8. Traffic
9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
10. Brideshead Revisited
20 POINT TASKS
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
3. Fluke
4. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban(2)
5. Three to Get Deadly
6. Remember Me?
7. Catch-22
8. Lincoln
9. Dreams from My Father
10. The Giver
25 POINT TASKS
2. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much (Sandy) and The Help (Sandy, Dlmrose, and Kristi)
3. Wedding Season and The World According to Garp
4. Avalon High and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5.
30 POINT TASKS
1. Black Like Me and White Ghost Girls
2. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Cider House Rules
3. The Girl who Played with Fire and
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5. Henderson the Rain King and
6. Steinbeck (2 3s) Private Eyes and Shanghai Girls
7. Twilight and The Book Thief
8. Harvesting the Heart (5) and Appointment in Samarra (4)
9. Rebecca and Practical Magic
10. Racing the Enemy and Wild Swans
50 POINT TASK
1. Dead After Dark, Pride and Prejudice (1), New Moon (4)
TASKS COMPLETED: 3/56
BOOKS READ: 9/73
TOTAL POINTS 35/975
This is a first challenge for me. Seems like an awful lot of books...I'm exhausted already...phew!5.1 The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole
5.3 The Matchmakers by Jennifer Colgan
5.4 Black Ice by Anne Stuart
5.5 Tender Is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey
5.6 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5.8 Sixty-One Nails by Mike Shevdon
5.10
10.1
10.2 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
10.3
10.6 The First Love Cookie Club by Lori Wilde
10.8
10.10
15.1 A) Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
B) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
15.2 A) Atonement by Ian McEwan
B) Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
15.3 A) Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter
B) A Rush of Wings: A Novel by Kristen Heitzmann
15.4 Hot Flashes and Cold Cream by Diann Hunt
15.5 Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
15.6 Queen of Shadows by Dianne Sylvan
15.7 Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
15.8 There's No Toilet Paper . . . on the Road Less Traveled: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure by Doug Lansky
15.9 Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle by Stephanie Snowe
15.10
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25.5
30.1 A) Black Cross by Greg Iles
B) The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
30.2 A) Never Love A Stranger by Ellen Fisher
B) Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
30.3 A) Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
B) Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
30.5 A) The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
B) Tahn: A Novel by L.A. Kelly
30.6 A) The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry
B) Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas
30.7 A) Everlasting by Angie Frazier
B) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
C) The Stone Traveler by Kathi Oram Peterson
30.9 A) The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
B) Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke
5 Point Tasks5.2 Oasis by Laureen Vonnegut
5.4 The Snow Leopard by Peter Mathiessen
5.6 Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
5.7 D Is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
5.9 Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
5.10 The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
10.1 Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
10.2 The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry
10.3 Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
10.5 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
10.6 Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
10.7 A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
10.8 Mistress of the Vatican by Eleanor Herman
10.10 Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
15.1A. Resistance by Anita Shreve
15.1B. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
15.2A. The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
15.2B. The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
15.3B. Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
15.4 Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light by Ivan Klima
15.5 The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
15.6 Quitting America by Randall Robinson
15.8 Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
15.9 Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Wells
15.10 Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
20.1 Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
20.2 Under the Neem Tree by Susan Lowerre
20.3 Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
20.4 C Is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
20.5 Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
20.6 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
20.7 Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
20.8 No Man in the House by Cecil Foster
20.10 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
25.1B S Is for Silence by Sue Grafton
25.2A Maus II by Art Speigelman
25.2B Coraline by Neil Gaiman
25.3A The Curse of Camp Cold Lake by R.L. Stine
25.3B E Is for Evidence by Sue Grafton
25.4B Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
25.5B Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
30.1A Black Coconuts, Brown Magic by Joseph Theroux
30.1B Whiteman by Tony D'Souza
30.2B A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
30.3A The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
30.3B Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
30.4A Playing the Moldovans in Tennis by Tony Hawks
30.4B So, You Want to Live on an Island by Gay Morse
30.5B So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba
30.6A
30.6B
30.7A Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
30.7B The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
30.8B Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
30.9B A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett
30.10A Hurramabad by Andrei Volos
30.10B The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
50.1
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15.1B.
15.2A.
15.2B.
15.3A.A
15.3B.Zeitoun by David Eggers
15.4
15.5
15.6Everyone We Know by Anna Quindlin
15.7The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larssen
15.8 Pet Peeve
15.9 Southern Author (book or bio/memoir)
15.10 Anything
20.1
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20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7A Thousand Cuts by Simon Lelic
20.8Bloody Crimes by James Swanson
20.9
20.10
25.1A
25.1B
25.2A
25.2B
25.3A
25.3B
25.4A
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25.5A
25.5B
30.1A Black
30.1B White
30.2A Two initials A-Z
30.2B Two initials Z-A
30.3AAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
30.3BLetters from Father Christmas by JRR Tolkien
30.4A ACEGIKMOQSUWY
30.4B 1
30.5AGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
30.5BEnder's Game by Orson Scott Card
30.6A
30.6B
30.7AConfessions by Kate Brian (Series #4) (240); Wrinkle in Time by Madeliene L'Engle (211)
30.7BI Am Messenger by Marcus Zusak (375) = 826
30.8A Steinbeck or Faulkner
30.8BCook This Not That by
30.9A
30.9B
30.10A
30.10B
I'm working on my planning on the below link. I will include in this post when I'm closer to finished.https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...
5.1 The Tales of Beedle the Bard 5.2 Atonement
5.3 The Yankee Years by Joe Torre
5.4 In Cold Blood
5.5 The Dead Poets Society
5.6 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5.7 The Girl Who Played With Fire SHOW COVER
5.8 The Lightning Thief
5.9 Open
5.10 The Thirteenth Tale
10.1 The Tropic of Cancer from Jennifer N.’s list
10.2 Memoirs of a Geisha
10.3 It's Not About the Bike
10.4 Peter Pan
10.5 The Sea of Monsters
10.6 Lady Chatterly's Lover - Lady Fingers
10.7 I Am the Messenger- Teen
10.8 Girl With A Pearl Earring
10.9 Love the One You’re With Gossip Girl The Carlyles
10.10 The Poisonwood Bible- Best Books about Sisters
15.1 The Book Thief and City of Ember
15.2 Middlesex and One Hundred Years of Solitude
15.3 Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Cum Laude Cecily von Ziegesar
15.4 The Bad Beginning and The End
15.5 Flags of Our Fathers
15.6 Queen of Babble
15.7 The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
15.8 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close- People are loud in quiet areas (ie the library when I’m trying to study!)
15.9 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (Mississippi)
15.10 You’ll Never Blue Ball In This Town Again
30.1 Black Dogs and The White Queen
30.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- J.K. Rowling and Jane Eyre- Charlotte Bronte
30.3 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
30.4 The Heretic’s Daughter- Kathleen Kent and Bowerman and the Men of Oregon 6
30.5 The Thorn Birds and Three Junes
30.6 We Were the Mulvaneys Joyce Carol Oates AND The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 6 and 4 author: Jonathan Safran Foer
30.7 An Abundance of Katherines (Romance/COA) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Tell number of pages and why it’s YA
30.8 Little House on the Prarie- Laura Ingalls Wilder- 3 and The House on Mango Street- 5
30.9 Little House in the Big Woods – 1932 and The Virgin Blue
Here we go again:5.4
5.5 Less Than Zero
5.8 The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
5.10 Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl
10.1 Angels & Demons
10.2 The Namesake
10.3
10.4 A Highland Christmas
10.5 Eldest
10.6
10.7 Cell
10.9 Apple Turnover Murder
10.10 The Road
15.1 A The Pillars of the Earth
15.2 A The Lovely Bones
B A Long Way Down
15.3 A Abandoned
B Monsterkontrolle: Die Schonzeit für Mutanten ist vorbei!
15.4
15.5 Bravo Two-Zero
15.6
15.8
15.9 The Last Song
15.10
20.1 Tortilla Flat
20.2 Poppy Shakespeare
20.3
20.4
20.6 The Ringworld Engineers
20.7 Die Einflüsterer: Angst vor Sozialabbau, Sorge um die Zukunft - es wird immer stiller im Land. Politik und Wirtschaft haben leichtes Spiel: Wir sind ... Wird Ruhe zur ersten Bürgerpflicht? -
20.8 The Beach House
20.10 Doctor Zhivago
25.1 Prime Cut
Cooking Up Murder
25.2
25.3 A Macbeth
B Horns
25.4 A
B
25.5 A Three Bags Full
B Last Night at Chateau Marmont
25.6
30.1 A
B
30.2 A Die Rache. Thriller.
B The Farming of Bones
30.3
30.4 A The Darker Side,
B The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon
30.5 A Sushi for Beginners
B The Evolutionary Void
30.6 A How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
B Sparkling Cyanide
30.7 City of Glass
30.8 A
B
30.9 A
30.10 The Surrendered
The Satanic Verses
5.1 I remember nothing by Nora Ephron5.2 Innocent by Scott Turow
5.3
5.4
5.5 The Book of Lights by Chaim Potok (1981)
5.7 Foreskin's Lament by Shalom Auslander
5.9 Eureka: Substitution Method by Cris Ramsay
10.1 The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
10.2 The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
15.6 The Red Queen by Phillipa Gregory
15.8 One Day
15.10 Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
20.3 Inkheart by Cornelia funke
20.9 Decision Points by George W. Bush
25.3 First Kids and Peony in Love
30.2 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Boudain and The Time Machine by H.G.Wells
30.8 Fall of Giants by Ken Follett and Still Alice (GR author)
30.9 Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie and The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
OK, I'm really not sure if I'm doing this right (first challenge!), and I trust someone will alert me if I'm on the wrong path, but here is the modest list of books I hope to read for the winter challenge:15.5 The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
25.1 Two graphic novels: Tricked by Alex Robinson (GR author) and American Elf Volume 1: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries Of James Kochalka
30.1 Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White by Joseph Lelyveld and The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
10.7: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories10.10: Dracula
15.7: The Princess Diaries
15.10: An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
20.3: Marked
20.6: Love in the Asylum: A Novel
5.1 Number the Stars5.2 Speak
5.3 The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption
5.4 An Ice Cold Grave
5.5 A Secret Rage
5.6 Nineteen Minutes
5.7 Four to Score
5.8 One for the Money
5.9 90 Minutes in Heaven
5.10 Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
10.1 Farenheit 451
10.2 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
10.3 How to Be Ageless: Growing Better, Not Just Older!
10.4 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
10.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10.6 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
10.7 Safe Haven
10.8 Tall, Dark & Hungry
10.9 Mockingjay
10.10 The BFG
15.1 A The Invention of Hugo Cabret
B 1984
15.2 A The Lovely Bones
B Sundays at Tiffany's
15.3 A Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
B The Book Thief
15.4 The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
15.5 Fallen Angels
15.6 A Quick Bite
15.7 Tuck Everlasting
15.8 Messenger
15.9 Shakespeare's Landlord
15.10 Grave Surprise
20.1
20.2 Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
20.3 A Bite to Remember
20.4
20.5
20.6
20.7 Seven Up
20.8 State of the Onion
20.9
20.10 The Giver
25.1 A High Five
B Hot Six
25.2 A The Orange Girl
B The Tales of Beedle the Bard
25.3 A Shakespeare's Christmas
B Perfect Match
25.4 A Avalon High
B The Girl Who Played with Fire
25.5 A
B
50.1 A
B
C
5.1 The Eiffel Tower's Daughter:The Truth Behind the Lies 5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5 Tiger Eyes
5.6 Artemis Fowl
5.7
5.8
5.9 Poison Study
5.10 Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook
10.1 Avalon High (User: Rach)
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5 Disney after Dark
10.6 The Dark is Rising
10.7
10.8 Stealing Heaven
10.9
10.10 Pride and Prejudice (List: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...)
15.1 A. A Bride in the Bargain
B. Unwind
15.2 A. Rebecca
B. Willow
15.3 A. After
B. Kenzie's Story
15.4 Love You Hate You Miss You
15.5
15.6 Queen Geeks In Love
15.7 Eragon
15.8
15.9
15.10
20.6
5.1. Short and Sweet - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster5.2. Singles Awareness Day - Dracula by Bram Stoker
5.3. Starts With... - Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson
5.4. It's Cold Outside - If on a Winter's Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino
5.5. Blast from the Past - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
5.6. It's All in the Numbers - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
5.7. Happy New Year! - I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
5.8. Here's to New Beginnings - The Name in the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
5.9. Noel, Noel - Storm Front by Jim Butcher
5.10. About the Author - Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynn Truss
10.1. Birthday Wishes - V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
10.2. Orient Express - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
10.3. Sláinte! To Your Health! - Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior by Jeffrey M. Schwartz with Beverly Beyette
10.4. Auld Lang Syne - Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks
10.5. Chinese Dragon Dance - Ancestor by Scott Sigler (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
10.6. Cookie Exchange - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Stained Glass Cookies)
10.7.
10.8. Promise Her Anything, But Give Her... - Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight by Cat Rambo (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
10.9. Serial Killer - The Kill (Forbidden Game #3) by L.J. Smith
10.10. Top Ten Lists - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...)
15.1. Time After Time - The Virgin Queen by Phillipa Gregory
15.1. Time After Time - Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
15.2. Beginnings and Endings - A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
15.2. Beginnings and Endings - Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
15.3. From A... to Z - Azincourt - Bernard Cornwall
15.3. From A... to Z - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
15.4. Opposite Day - Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
15.4. Opposite Day - Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
15.5. “Never get involved in a land war in Asia…” - Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
15.6. "Begins with Q, Alex" - Quirkology by Richard Wiseman
15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It? - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
15.8. A Festivus for the Rest of Us! - Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman (People who make noises when they eat)
15.9. Warm Up - Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
15.10. Keep it Simple - Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg
20.1. Groundhog's Day! - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep by Philip K Dick
20.2. Winter Flowers Day - The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
20.3. Frosty the Snowman - Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (vampires)
20.4. Game On! - Machine of Death by various authors (Four) (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
20.5. Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life - The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (Penelope's side to Odysseus' tale)
20.6.
20.7. Christmas Fuzzies…or Not - Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett (a book to make me laugh)
20.8. Inauguration Day - To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf ("house")
20.9. Presidents' Day - Fool Moon by Jim Butcher (Jimmy Carter)
20.10. Group Read - Rebecca by Daphne du Murier
25.1. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire... - The Drowning City by Amanda Downum (Fantasy)
25.1. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire... - The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (Fantasy)
25.2. Thank You Moderators - The Zeroes by Randall Lane (Sandy)
25.2. Thank You Moderators - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Kristi)
25.3. REFLECTIONS on 2010 - The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams (sister returning to live at home)
25.3. REFLECTIONS on 2010 - Coronado or Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
25.4. IMBOLC - Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
25.4. IMBOLC - The Chase (Forbidden Game #2) by L.J. Smith
25.5. SRC Tea Ceremony - Down River by John Hart (Gunpowder Green Tea)
25.5. SRC Tea Ceremony - Death by Darjeeling (A Tea Shop Mystery #1) by Laura Childs
30.1. The B & W Task - Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey
30.1. The B & W Task - White Jazz by James Ellroy
30.2. Alphabetically Speaking - The King's Bastard by Rowena Corey Daniels
30.2. Alphabetically Speaking - The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
30.3. HO! HO! HO! - Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo
30.3. HO! HO! HO! - Love and Summer by William Trevor
30.4. By the Numbers - One Day by David Nicholls
30.4. By the Numbers - Star Trek: The Starfleet Survival Guide by David Mack (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
30.5. The Old '10/The New '11 - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
30.5. The Old '10/The New '11 - The Interrogative Mood by Padgett Powell
30.6. Looking for a Few Good... Authors - Bear by Marian Engel (Anne Rice, 1976)
30.6. Looking for a Few Good... Authors - Silver Falls by Anne Stuart (Anne Rice)
30.7. Forever Young - Glimmerglass (Faeriewalker, #1) by Jenna Black (Fantasy, 294 Pages)
30.7. Forever Young - Nothing by Janne Teller (Coming of Age, 227 Pages)
30.7. Forever Young - The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #1) by Carrie Ryan (Dystopian, 310 Pages) (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
30.8. In the Spirit of the Season - Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice (Dice Roll: One)
30.8. In the Spirit of the Season - The Hunt (Forbidden Game #1) by L.J. Smith (Dice Roll: Three)
30.9. Happy 80th Birthday! - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934)
30.9. Happy 80th Birthday! - The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
30.10. In Honor of Asian Authors - Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick (North Korea)
30.10. In Honor of Asian Authors - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan)
My big winter challenge:5.1 -- Short and Sweet: The Postman Always Rings Twice
5.3 -- Starts With...Of Mice and Men
5.4 -- It’s Cold Outside: The Ice Queen
5.6 -- It’s All in the Numbers: Fahrenheit 451
10.1 Birthday Wishes: The Horse and His Boy (from Tami's bookshelf)
10.2 Orient Express: Peony in Love
10.4 Auld Lang Syne: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
10.5 Chinese Dragon Dance:
The Nature of Greek Myths (e.g. minotaur)
10.6 Cookie Exchange: Everything Is Illuminated (everything cookies)
10.7 My Favorite Things: Paper Towns
10.9 Serial Killer: The Last Battle
10.10 Top Ten Lists: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...)
15.1. Time After Time
A. The House of Mirth
B. 1984
15.2. Beginnings and Endings
The Go-Between
A Room With a View
15.3. From A... to Z:
The Book Thief
15.7. The Book is Always Better Than the Movie...or Is It? Little Women
15.9 - Warm up: Four Plays (Tenessee Williams)
15.10 - Keep it Simple: The Jane Austen Book Club
20.5 Bigger is Better: Ashley FL's task as suggested by Stesse- Bigger is Better, and Larger than Life:
The Bride's Farewell
20.10 Group Read:Rebecca
5.1 The Final Solution - Michael Chabon5.2 Atonement - Ian McEwan
5.3 Geek Love - Katharine Dunn
5.4 The Coldest Winter Ever - Sister Souljah
5.5 The Dance of Anger - Harriet Lerner
5.6 She’s Come Undone - Wally Lamb
5.7 On the Road - Jack Keruoac (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32...)
5.8 All the Pretty Horses – Cormac McCarthy
5.9 Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
5.10 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
10.1 Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates (http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...)
10.2 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
10.3 Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser
10.4 Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
10.5 TBA
10.6 TBA
10.7 The Pilot’s Wife - Anita Shreve (women's fiction)
10.8 American Wife - Curtis Sittenfeld
10.10 The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/...)
15.1
A. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
B. TBA
15.2
A. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
B. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
15.3
A. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver
B. The Trial - Franz Kafka
15.4 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt
15.5 The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien
15.6 Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
15.7 High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
15.8 Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? - Beverly Daniel Tatum (people refusing to bring together different groups of friends)
15.9 Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
15.10 Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
20.1 Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
20.2 Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
20.3 TBA
20.4 The Lottery and Other Stories - Shirley Jackson (5)
20.5 White Oleander - Janet Fitch
20.6 Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg
20.8 Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics - Anonymous (Joe Klein)
20.9 TBA
20.10 Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier
25.1 -- genre: Transgressive Fiction
Rant - Chuck Palahniuk
Pygmy - Chuck Palahniuk
25.2
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson (Sandy)
The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown (Kristi)
25.3
A. Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich (memory: entering social work school)
B. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
25.4
1. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. The Girl Who Played With Fire - Stieg Larsson
A. Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking - Marcella Hazan (Kiyoto Lemon Tea)
B: The Abstinence Teacher - Tom Perotta
30.1
A. Paint it Black - Janet Fitch
B. White Noise - Don DeLillo
30.2
A. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
B. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
30.3
A. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
B. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
30.4
A. I Know This Much is True - Wally Lamb
B. The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan (3)
30.5
A. Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
B. Little Bee - Chris Cleave
30.6 -- Bret Easton Ellis
1: The Complete Stories - Flannery O'Connor
6: Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
30.7
Wasted - Marya Hornbacher (standalone; H; 320 pages; chronicles the author's struggles with disordered eating in childhood and adolescence)
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (standalone; I; 288 pages; protagonist is an adolescent)
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (series; E; 374 pages; protagonist is an adolescent)
30.8
4: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
5: Paradise - Toni Morrison
30.9
A. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)
B. The Book of Ruth - Jane Hamilton
30.10
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan)
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan)
Winter 2010 - 2011 Challenge5 Point Tasks
5.6: The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown
- Suzanne Collins5.10: Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert
10 Point Tasks
10.6: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
10.8:
- Lauren Conrad15 Point Tasks
15.3:
15.3b: Home Safe - Elizabeth Berg
15.4: Now or Never - Elizabeth Adler*
15.4b:
15.8: His Lady Mistress - Elizabeth Rolls
20 Point Tasks
20.1: The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
25 Point Tasks
25.5: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
25.5b:
30 Point Tasks
30.7
30.8: The Rowan - Anne McCaffrey
30.8b: The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
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