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Spring/Summer 2011: Leaderboard & Completed Tasks
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Ashley – 405
A.S. – 395
Daisy – 370
Kelly R – 355
Beka R – 345
Kayla – 255
Megan L – 225
Emily – 210
David – 205
Nantanya – 235
Heather J – 175
Lauren – 165
Kelly A – 150
Samantha – 145
Jessica M – 140
Emily O’Shields – 125
Abbey Sophia – 110
Jen – 110
Bianca – 105
Mike G – 105
Tahleen – 70
Richard – 55
Nullifidian – 50
Rachel – 50
Helen – 45
Jules – 30
Alicia – 25
Sara Elizabeth – 10
Alicia – 5
Christie – 5
Jessica S – 5
Finished 15.5 Medieval Times: The Devil's Temptress, set in the time Elaenor of Aquitane was queen of England.Total points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Jessica SFinished 5.2 Debutantes: Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain. Portia De Rossi's first book.
Total Points: 5
Books read: 1
Task Completed: 1
Kelly R.Finished:
15-3. First Among Sequels (#5) by Jasper Fforde (3/9); This novel is an alternate history/fantasy/sf and is similar to the shows that I watch on the Syfy channel in its use of scienc-y technology, humor, and references to books and culture that I enjoy (Eureka/Warehouse 13/Stargate SG-1/Being Human).
Total Points: 15
Books Finished: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Wow, I feel so behind! I haven't even started a book yet; still working on finishing ones from before! lol
Ashley CFinished 10.3 - Just the Two of Us -
He's a person, even though he looks pretty fishy :-)
Total Points: 10
Books Finished: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
@Tahleen. I just started 3. Probably will be a few weeks until I finish them though. Terry Pratchett, R.A. Salvatore, and P.G. Wodehouse. That and Screwtape Letters, but that's not 150 pages. :D
Finished 15.3 Couch Potato: The Vampire Voss. I used to be obsessed with Buffy/Angel (still watch it sometimes) and without giving huge spoilers, this is about a vampire being in love with a human girl, struggling with it and his being a vampire and it totally reminded me of Angel (I didn't like it as much, but still).Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Finished:5.2 Sh*t My Dad Says for new author in the past 5 years. It definitely gives you enough laughs to pick you up after a bad day.
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1.5
Books read: 2 (won't write it down until the 2nd half of the task is finished)
Finished: 10.5 The LuxePoints worth: 10
Finished: 5.7 A Great and Terrible Beauty
Points worth: 5
Finished: 5.3 Pack Up the Moon
Points worth: 5
Finished: 25.7 A Child Called "It", The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Points worth: 25
Finished: 5.2 Angel Burn
Points worth: 5
Finished: 5.5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Points worth: 5
Finished: 25.5 Silent in the Sanctuary, Forever
Points worth: 25
Finished: 10.3 The Lying Game
Points worth: 10
Finished: 5.6 Bright Young Things
Points worth: 5
Finished: 5.1 Fixing Delilah
Points worth: 5
Finished: 25.4 Queen By Right: A Novel
Points worth: 25
Finished: 15.5 The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Points worth: 15
Finished: 10.6 Running with Scissors
Points worth: 10
Total points: 150
Finished: 5.1 The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonPoints worth: 5
Finished: 5.5 Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Points worth: 5
Finished: 10.5 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Points worth: 10
Finished: 10.8 Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Points worth: 10
I really loved this book, so I definitely think it deserves to be on the "1001 Books to Read Before You Die" list.
Total points: 30
Megan L.Finished:5.5 Smitten by Janet Evanovich
Points: 5
Finished:10.3 The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Points: 10
Total points:15
Finished 5.7. Choose Your Friends Wisely : Ender's GameTotal Points: 15
Books Finished: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
I finished The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for 5.8, the You Haven't Read This? task. Now I finally have, yay! :DAnd I also read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for task 5.2, Debutantes.
Total points: 10
Books finished: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Finished 5.6 Hush,Hush Becca FitzpatrickFinished 15.3 Insatiable by Meg Cabot
Total Points: 20
Books Finished: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Finished 25.4 Marathon Reader: The Wise Man's Fear (998 pages). It was so amazing! I loved it as much as the first book in the series.Total points: 55
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
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Total Points: 15
What's with me and the 5-point tasks? *sigh*I finished The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell for 5.6, New Beginnings. It's the first book of the Saxon Stories. Can't wait to get my hands on the next instalment - Cornwell simply manages to bring history alive, every single time I read him.
Total points: 15
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Finished:5.2 Debutantes: Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
10.7 Oh Canada: Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Megan L.Finished:
10.5- Two sides to every story: Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
5.4- Spring Cleaning: Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Total points: 30
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Finished:5.3 - Sights of the Season: The Beach by Alex Garland (5 points)
Total points: 5
Tasks complete: 1
Finished:5.6 The Fire Within by Chris d'Lacey
I wasn't too impressed and most likely will not finish the series.
15.3 Mulliner Nights by P.G. Wodehouse
I am a comedy person and love British Comedies. Shows like Monty Python, Jeeves and Wooster, My Hero, Flight of the Conchords, Psych, and Community are on my favorites list. So, I figured I'd keep it Wodehouse and read some more Mulliner. Next shall be a Jeeves and Wooster again. :)
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Finished 10.3 Rich and Mad by William Nicholson Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Finished: 25.1: Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh AND Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerPoints worth: 25
Total points: 55
Finished 10.5 Two Sides to Every Story: My Irresistible Earl, which has at least 5 different points of view.Total points: 75
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Finished - 5.5. Most Read Authors: Once Upon a ScandalTotal Points: 20
Books Finished: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Finished 5.3 Sights of the Season: Bunco Babes Tell All by Maria Geraci I have never played Bunco but the cover reminds me of everything I love about summer. I love splashing around in the water, feeling sand between my toes and wearing nothing but sandals for the season.
Total Points: 35
Books Finished: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Jessica M.Finished 10.3 Just the Two of Us -- Just Kids by Patti Smith
Finished 15.7 The Justice League -- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Finished 20.1 Group Read -- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (and commented on the thread)
Finished 25.5 Two Become One -- The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard and In the Company of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy (whose titles make an awesome sentence together!)
Total Points: 70
Books Finished: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
15.7 - Justice LeagueI read Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South for this, which deals with the situation of Manchester's working class during England's industrialisation in the first half of the 19th century. Classism plays a great role here, with the heroine acting to make the classes come together more so as to ensure their mutual understanding.
Total points: 30
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
Finished 5.8 You Haven't Read This??: If I Stay. People have been raving about it (Jamie most of all I think) and I can't believe I didn't read it sooner! It was so intense! I still feel like I'm coming up for air after holding my breath the last couple of pages.Total points: 80
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 6
Finshed:25.5 Two Become One: Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison and Sula
I was just thinking of the sentence as "Discipline and punish Sula", without the subtitle.
Total points: 45
Kelly R.10-5. The Big Over Easy (Nursery Crime, #1) by Jasper Fforde (3/14)
5-1. The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime, #2) by Jasper Fforde (3/30)
Total Points: 30/480
Books Finished: 4/42
Tasks Completed: 3/34
Finished:5.2 Wake by Lisa McMann
5.3 Into the Forest by Jean Hegland (I love spring and this cover has flowers!)
5.5 Specials by Scott Westerfeld
5.6 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
5.7 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
5.8 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
10.3 Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
10.5 Captive Bride by Bonnie Dee
15.3 The Forest of Hands & Teeth by Carrie Ryan (I love the TV series from the A&E channel called The Walking Dead. The show is all about zombies and so is this book!)
15.7 Matched by Allie Condie
25.2 Feed by M.T. Anderson (Cyberpunk) & The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell (Post Apocalyptic)
Total Points: 105
Books Finished: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
That's some impressive reading you've done Lauren! :)Finished 5.5 Most Read Authors:A Kingdom Besieged
Total points: 85
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 7
Task 5.7 - Choose Your Friends WiselyI read If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Finished 5.5 Breathless by Lurlene McDaniel Completed 5
Total Points 40
Books Read 5
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I also noticed my last post isn't here anymore, so finished Fablehaven by Brandon Mull for 5.6.
Total Points: 35
A.S.Finished:
5.2- Debutantes. Serious Men by Manu Joseph
5.3- Sights of the Season. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie. This spring I've started fixing my basketball hoop so I can shoot on my driveway instead of practicing at the park :)
10.5- Two Sides to Every Story. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
25.4- Marathon Reader. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Total points: 45
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
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Total Points: 40
Finished: 20.2 Erin's Task: White Teeth by Zadie Smith AND Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeePoints worth: 20
Total points: 75
Tami, since you are the one keeping track of points, just wanted to let you know that I'll be recording all of my points in my original post (message 11). Thanks!
Jessica M.Finished 10.5 Two Sides to Every Story: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Total Points: 80
Books Finished: 6
Tasks Completed: 5
Finished: Elmer McCurdy: The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw by Mark Svenvold for 15.8 This Day in History"The Great Brinks Robbery" was on my birthday in 1950, so I read a book about a famous robber.
Total points: 60
(Edit: Sorry, originally claimed 20 points for this by accident.)
Finished The Off Season for 5.3Total points: 20
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Megan L.Finished 25.4 Marathon Reader: The Girl Who Played with Fire- 724 pages
Total points: 55
Books read: 5
Tasks completed:5
Finished Villette for 25.4 Marathon Reader (590 pages)Total points: 45
Total books: 4
Tasks completed: 4
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Claiming your points should look something like this:
Just finished "This Book" for "this task" for x points.
New Total: x points
I'll have an Excel spreadsheet going with the totals so I'll be keeping track for you but it helps if you post your totals too just in case I miss something.
New this challenge: Tami will be taking over the leaderboard as I cannot commit to it anymore and I really want a leaderboard that is being updated often.
BEFORE YOU POST READ THIS:
Please check the leaderboard before you make your FIRST post claiming points to make sure nobody has your name. If somebody does have your name, please put your last initial or something to distinguish yourself. You don't have to change your name for GR but rather everytime you post, in addition to your points and all that jazz, put the name that you would like on the leaderboard. Please do this every time you post. I can't tell you how many triples and doubles I had of SO many names. It took me so long to figure out who the heck was who.
Also, please please please wait until you have finished the WHOLE task before you post it. Alot of people were just posting one book for a 2 book task a month before the other one and then not reposting that book when they actually finished the book. It took me so long to go back through the thread to find that they did indeed read 2 books for the challenge but one book was just posted elsewhere.