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Fall/Winter 2011-2012: Leader Board and Completed Tasks
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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
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. A lot 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.
Yay! I'm the first one :)Finished 10.8 What comes first: I Am Number Four, saw the movie this summer and REALLY wanted to read the book. I liked the book better, there were some things that were different from the movie and I think it worked better that way. I do think if I hadn't seen the movie first I would have enjoyed this more, because I knew of some things I won't mention and well, it wasn't so much of a surprise because of that. If I'm making sense.
Total points: 10
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Somebody else post! I've been reading like crazy the last 2 days!Finished 5.5 I Love Halloween: Swoon. It was odd. Really. I'm not sure what to think of it, but it was a peculiar book.
Total points: 20
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Okay, let's go!Just finished And Only to Deceive for Historical Fiction for 15 points. It's set during 19th Century Europe and, even though the concept had potential, the book itself was rather disappointing..
New Total: 15 points
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Mike GDid Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes for 15.1
New Total: 15 points
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
5.1 Shiver by Maggie StiefvaterTotal Points 5
Tasks Completed 1
Books Read 1
10.8 Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin I put the book on hold at my local library months ago because I wanted to read it before watching the movie but there were a lot of people ahead of me and I just got it this week. I didn't want to but I ended up watching the movie before reading the book. For the first time I have to say I liked the movie more. I liked the book but loved the movie.
Tasks Completed 2
Books Read 2
Total Points 15
10.7 Favorite Color Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixDue to the fact that it was blue and that is one of my favorite colors.
Current Point Total: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Just finished Full Dark, No Starsfor task 5.1 Judge a Book By Its Cover for 5 points. Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 5
Finished 5.3 President's Day: Becoming Marie AntoinetteTotal points: 25
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Just finished The Fox Inheritance for Task 5.4. A little early for beating holiday stress but I was itching to read it and it didn't really fit anywhere elseTotal points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Did With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa for 15.1 and Stranger in a Strange Land for 5.4
New Point total: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
I just finished 15.8 - Family influences. I read an ARC of Forbidden by Syrie James and her son Ryan James. One of my great grandfathers was James. I liked the book a lot, but not as much as her other books. This was her first time co-writing a book as well as diving into the YA genre, and I like her much better as an adult author. I just expected more from her. I've gotten to know her writing style so well, that I could totally tell which parts her son added. It just seemed like I was reading two different voices. The story was great, though! There were twists, some romance, and it kept me guessing. :)
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
I just finished If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino for The Perfect Gift challenge. It starts off as the main character looking for a misplaced book and it ends up being about the main character looking for - and never finding - several books, but I suppose it still fits the challenge. An amazing book, by the way.Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Finished 20.2 To Be Continued: The Exiled Queen and The Gray Wolf Throne, book #2 and #3 in the Seven Realms series. LOVED THEM!!Total points: 45
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
Megan WJust finished 15.5 Historical fiction: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak for 15 points - loved it.
Total Points: 15
Books read:1
Tasks completed: 1
Megan W#15.6 Searching - The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Total points: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
15.1 China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War IITotal points: 50
Books read: 4
Tasks Completed: 2
25.2 Betrayed (House of Night) P.C. Cast 25.2 Marked (House of Night, #1) P.C. Cast
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read 4
Total Points 40
Just finish 20.2 To Be Continued...
Tasks completed: 2
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 25
15.3: The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTotal points: 15
Books read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
20.2) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince & Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsTotal Points: 35
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Finished 20.2.The Lying Game and Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard, numbers 1 and 2 in The Lying Game series.
Finished 5.4.
A Long, Long Sleepby Anna Sheehan.
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Finished 10.7 Color is Joy: Fake Me A Match. Purple is one of my favourite colors! And this was such a cute book :)Total points: 60
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 7
Finished 20.2: Paranormalcy and Supernaturally by Kiersten White. Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
Megan WJust finished 10.7 Pastures of the Blue Crane by Hesba Fay Brinsmead. Was ok. 3/5
Total points: 40
Books Read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Just finished 10.7 - Color is LoveVanish by Sophie Jordan. (Plum purple)
Total points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
I´ve just finished Gossip Girl for the task 10.9--> What comes firstI hope it´s ok that I chose this book, because it´s not a film but a TV series! But I have seen it on TV first and now read the book. And it´s the first time that I can say, I liked the book LESS than the TV version!
Total points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
Finished 10.6 Bit By the Travel Bug with The Book of Lies by Mary Horlock. This book is set on the island of Guernsey, which I have wanted to visit since I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.Total points: 40
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 4
Finished 25.2- Proud of Your Name: Shut Out and Jake Howard's WifeTotal Ponits: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 2
Finished 15.6 This Is the Perfect Gift: The Legacy, in which the main character searches for the truth about her great-grandmother's past and a way to heal her sister.Total points: 75
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 8
Completed 25.4- The beginning of the End:Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics and Ways of Dying: A Novel
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 1
Finished 5.4- Holiday Stress Relief: Invitation to the Boss's Ball by Fiona Harper. I had a really sucky week so I knew that I had to read something light. It worked... kind of.
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3
Completed 5.4 Holiday Stress Relief: Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about RealityTotal points: 30
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
Finished 10.3- Home for the Holidays: Geek Abroad by Piper BanksTotal Points: 60
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4
Finished 25.8 - Job SatisfactionI read Welcome to My World for my ideal job. The heroine is a travel agent, and I always thought that would be an amazing job. I read Lola and the Boy Next Door for my sucky job. Lola is a seamstress and aspiring fashion designer, which I would be awful at. I can sew in straight lines, but I can't make clothes! Welcome to My world was ok, but Lola was wonderful and a new favorite!
Total Points: 50
Books read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
5.4 Chosen (House of Night #3) by P.C. Cast Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 5
Total Points 45
Finally get to update after a 4 day weekend free from work, so I could read.25.3) Pride and Prejudice finished 10/3 & Bridget Jones's Diary finished 10/2 for classic & modern twist
25.4) The Lady Elizabeth finished 9/29 & Elizabeth finished 10/3
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 8
Task Completed: 5
Megan WRead 15.2 The Torchlight List: Around the World in 200 Books by James R. Flynn
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Finished 25.8 Job Satisfaction: Past Perfect (I'd LOVE to be a historical reenacter and wear the pretty dresses and such) and Dael and the Painted People (I know it might sound weird because I'm almost a doctor, but I would HATE to be a shaman, cause I'd feel like a fraud...)Total points: 100
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 9
Justi finished my Holiday Stress relief book 5.4 Pretty Little LiarsTotal points: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Finished 15.1 Military Awareness: Road from the West, the main character is a crusaderTotal points: 115
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 10
Unclaiming points I claimed in message 40:15 points for task 15.6
Total points: 100
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 9
Finished 15.6 The Perfect Gift: In The Arms Of A Marquess in which the hero searches for the truth about his brother's and father's deathsTotal points: 115
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 10
Finished 5.5 I LOVE HALLOWEEN: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (Slowest book I have ever read...)
Finished 20.1 Group Read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (I loved this book so much!!)
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Finished 20.1 Group Read: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (I loved this book so much!!)
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Finished 10.8 What comes first: Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote (I very much loved the book, but it did not make me like the movie less. I feel it's just like trying to compare the two jokers in Batman, they are each amazing in their own way)
Total points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Total points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
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