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I just finished task 10.3 by reading The Selfish Crocodile & Aaron's hair & Where the Wild Things Are for a total of 112 pages.

5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10

10.1
10.2
10.3 The Selfish Crocodile (32pg)Aaron's hair (32pg) Where the Wild Things Are(48pg)
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10

15.1 (Prepositions=to)Dead to the World & TBR
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10

20.1
20.2
20.3

25.1
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6
25.7
25.8
25.9
25.10

30.1

50.1

Total Points = 10
Tasks Completed = 1/45
Books Read = 4
Pages Read = 403

15 pts. #4 Science Fact vs. Science Fiction
�� Read A Science Fiction Novel And Watch A Film Related To Science Or Scientific Discovery.

Specials by Scott Westefeld
Beyond Invention- Animal inspired innovations.

Bonnie wrote: "Donna Jo wrote: "Finished
5.8 Book with two authors.

Elvenborn by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey."

How'd you like it? I read it and its sequel several..."

I have always enjoyed both Andre Norton's books and Mercedes Lackey's. This was actually a reread for me, but it had been so many years that it was almost as good as the first time. I agree with you--the lack of the final volume is a little unsettling.

Finished 5.6 with Dead to the World. My friend said to wait until book 4 if I liked Eric and she was right!

Total points: 5

Finished a couple more--

5.4--ADOPTION:OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS by Roman Espejo

This told the true stories of everyone involved in adoptions, from the birth-mother to the adopted parents (straight and gay) and the adopted children. I actually found myself tearing up at some of the stories.

and

20.3--SHUTTER ISLAND by Dennis Lehene

I won't go into too much detail about the plot, only to say I thought it was a bit contrived. OK, but not great.

This brings me to 150 points!!

Finished Shutter Island - Group Read

Points Total - 20

10.10 Cat on the cover: Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin by Nancy Atherton.
My cat kept me company for most of the time while I was reading this.

15.1 Preposition 'of':
The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs, and Torchwood Bay Of The Dead by Mark Morris (zombies in Cardiff. Need I say more?).

15.7 Exercise: I listened to Torchwood The Sin Eaters while walking.

25.4 book & movie: I read Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda and then watched the film.
I liked both, but the nice thing about the book is that there are more details about the characters and the relationships between the characters develop more slowly. There were also a few scenes that made me laugh which they didn't show in the film. On the other hand, I was glad they didn't show the pig slaughter!

New total: 70 points

Finished Task 5.2 (apple): Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen

I really enjoyed this one. It was comfy and cozy and soft (I know, weird words to describe a book, but that's how her language and description made the story feel). Perfect way to spend a quiet Saturday evening curled up on the couch.

Total Points: 35/690
Books Read: 6/60
Tasks Completed: 3/45
Pages Read: 1,877

Cynthia.

Is there a reason why I didn't get my points for task 25.4? I read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and posted yesterday.

Thanks,

Kristina UK

25.5 Janice's Task

The Prophecy of the Gems: Three Girls, Three Stones, One Destiny by Flavia Bujor


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Really this deserves to be a 3½ but it's isn't a 4 star book so I've left it at 3. It was written when the author was 12 and published when she was 14! There was much about this book I liked but I think it needed a little polishing, the world she created didn't seem complete (or perhaps that parts of it didn't emerge until it was convenient for the story) however it was an enjoyable read and I look forward to reading more of her work.

View all my reviews >>

Points earned with this book: 25
Points to date: 75

Kristina UK

15.4 read fahenheit 451 and watched school house rock EARTH

10.3 A Bear Called Paddingtonby Michael Bond
I read this as a child and this was a nice trip down memory lane. I still remember the tv series, aswell.

Kristina wrote: "Cynthia.

Is there a reason why I didn't get my points for task 25.4? I read Angels & Demons by Dan Brown and posted yesterday.

Thanks,

Kristina UK"Sorry I got home late last night and was half asleep trying to update the board - I didn't even finish because I just couldn't keep my eyes open long enough - anyway I had added your points on my spreadsheet but didn't change it on the leaderboard but it's all fixed now.

Jeni wrote: "Cynthia-

I just updated my first name on my profile. It was showing as jenijo.lyn, but is now showing just as Jeni. I noticed it was jenijo.lyn on the leader board, so I thought I'd let you know..."Yes I had noticed that and adjusted the leaderboard accordingly.

Sara �� wrote: "I've completed two more tasks:

10.3 - Childrens Books - Falling Up by Shel Silverstein - 9/4/09, which was pretty cute

10.9 - Civil War - Love Beyond Time by Nancy Cam..."Sara I'm sorry but I said that Silverstein's poetry books do not count as children's books - I'm looking for more the easy picture books that you read with or to young kids so I can't give you credit for that task.

I finished my 3-Word title book last night - I read Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich - it was yet another hilariously wacky book. So I just need to read one more book to finish this task - the one I picked though is the 3rd in a series but I'm still waiting on the 2nd to come in at the library.



3 TASK COMPLETE - 3 PARTIALLY DONE
7 BOOK READ
1954 PAGES READ

Task 5.6 finished. This book should have come with a warning - beware, may make you laugh out loud in public!

5.6 Terrifying titles �� Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

Total: 10/690 points
2/59 books
2/45 tasks
639 pages

Nicki wrote: "Task 5.6 finished. This book should have come with a warning - beware, may make you laugh out loud in public!

5.6 Terrifying titles �� Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich

Total: 10/6..."

have you read the series it is all titles with numbers even funnier

5 Point Tasks
1. Children: Captain Grant's Children by Jules Verne (in greek: Τα Τέκνα του Πλοίαρχου Γκραντ)
2. Apple: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3. Sea: A son of the sun by Jack London (in greek: Ο γιος του ήλιου)
4. Adoption: TBD
5. High School: The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
6. Halloween: TBD
7. Thankful: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (in greek: ΧΑΚ ΦΙΝΝ)
8. Multiple Authors: Introduction to International Relations:Theories and Approaches by Robert Jackson and Georg Sorensen (in greek: Θεωρία και μεθοδολογία των διεθνών σχέσεων:Η σύγχρονη συζήτηση)
9. Coming of Age: The Green Years by A.J. Cronin (in greek: Τα άγουρα χρόνια)
10. Time Travel: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (in greek: Ο Χάρι Πότερ και ο αιχμάλωτος του Αζκαμπάν)

10 Point Tasks
1. 9/7/36 to 2/3/59: Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre (in greek: Η Ναυτία)
2. Addiction: TBD
3. Kid Stories: Ρώσικα παραμύθια by Κική Κοφινά and Ντόρα Λούλη - Μαμάκου (a collection of Russian fairytales) ) (156 pages) 6/9/2009
4. Chile: Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende (in greek: Ινές, ψυχή μου)
5. Germany: TBD
6. Native American: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper (in greek: Ο τελευταίος των Μοϊκανών)
7. Superhero: TBD
8. Random Words (9th bit, 10th myth, 11th plate):
9. Civil War: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (in greek: Μικρές Κυρίες)
10. Cats: Me and Clara and Casimir the Cat by Dimiter Inkiow (in greek: Εγώ κι η Κλάρα κι ο γάτος μας ο Μπιρμπίλης)

15 Point Tasks
1. Grammar: a.A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie (in greek: Ένα άλλοθι για τρία εγκλήματα)
b.The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (in greek: Ρομπέν των Δασών)
2. Alternative Historical Novel: The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
3. Math: a.Addition (11 letters): Adam Bede by George Eliot
b.Multiplication (135-185 pages): The 39 Steps by John Buchan (in greek: Τα 39 σκαλοπάτια) (142 pages) 1/9/2009
4. Science vs Sci-Fi: TBD
5. Foreign Language (italian): a.Follow Your Heart by Susanna Tamaro (in greek: Όπου σε πάει η καρδιά)
b.The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (in greek: Το όνομα του Ρόδου)
6. Play/Movie: Hamlet by William Shakespeare
7. Audiobook while Exercising: Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
8. Geography Lessons: Α and Ν: a.The Stranger by Albert Camus (in greek: Ο Ξένος)(Algeria)
b. TBD
9. "Home" or "Work": TBD
10. Teacher/Student: a.Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
b.Μάσκα στο φεγγάρι by Manos Kontoleon

20 Point Tasks
1. TBD
2. TBD
3. Group Read: TBD

25 Point Tasks
1. Rhyme Time: a. TBD
b. TBD
2. Related Authors: Hard Times by Charles Dickens (in greek: Δύσκολα Χρόνια)
3. Gay/Lesbian Character: TBD
4. Book vs Movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (in greek: Ο Χάρι Πότερ και ο Ημίαιμος Πρίγκιψ )
5. "Fortune" Or "Prophecy": The Prophecy of the Stones by Flavia Bujor
6. A President Or Prime Minister: TBD
7. One, Two, Three: a. Dubliners by James Joyce (in greek: Οι Δουβλινέζοι)
b. Farewell Waltz by Milan Kundera
c. When Nietzsche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom (in greek: Όταν Έκλαψε ο Νίτσε)
8. Nouns: a.Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (in greek:Μαντάμ Μποβαρύ)
b.Istanbul:Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk (in greek:Ιστανμπούλ: πόλη και αναμνήσεις)
c.Staring at the Sun by Irvin D. Yalom (in greek:Στον Κήπο του Επίκουρου)
9. Self-Improvement: a. TBD
b.The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (in greek:Ο Αλχημιστής)
10. Halloween Part III: TBD

30 Point Tasks
1. Current Profession vs Dream Profession: TBD

50 Point Tasks
TBD

10/690

5 POINT TASKS
4. Adoption Story �� November Is National Adoption Awareness Month - Read A Novel Where The Main Character Is Adopted Or Adopts A Child Themselves Or A Non-Fictional Book Related To Adoption.
In a Country of Mothers, A.M. Homes.

10. Fall Back In Time For Daylight Savings Time �� Read A Novel Where One Or More Character(s) Travel Back In Time.
The House on the Strand, Daphne du Maurier.


20 POINT TASK
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER �� JULIE KS - I Am Very Faithful In My Christian Beliefs. Read A Christian Fiction Book. The Book Has To Demonstrate The Importance Of Living A Faith Centered Life.
Pilate's Wife, H.D.

Completed Task: 25.7 One, two, three




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Total Points To Date: 45
Total Pages Read To Date: 1619

I finished a task ��

10.8 �� Random Word Generator - Pretty in Plaid A Life, a Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase by Jen Lancaster (my words were SHED, PRETTY and BEACH)

Total Books Read = 6
Tasks Completed = 4
Tasks In Progress = 6

Teresa wrote: "Nicki wrote: "Task 5.6 finished. This book should have come with a warning - beware, may make you laugh out loud in public!

5.6 Terrifying titles �� Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich
..."

I've only just discovered them Teresa :) I've read numbers one and fourteen but have all the rest to look forward to. Wish I could fit a couple more into the challenge!

no new points, but I am working on Cindy's Task (25.6). I finished Perfect Fifths A Novel and I loved it. The last two books in the series did not impress me but I was very happy with the conclusion to the series! I am also read ing Mercy. Will get the points eventually, but must also read The Story Sisters.

And another...

5.8 Two authors �� Dragon's Fire by Anne and Todd McCaffrey

Total: 15/690 points
3/59 books
3/45 tasks
1146 pages

I wouldn't recommend this one. Been slogging through it for days now and had to take breaks to read other things. Far too many characters located in too many places. I've read most of the other Pern books and enjoyed them but this was just confusing. Two heads are NOT better than one in this case!

**Adding 15.6 Creative Minds - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard**

5 Point Tasks:
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8 Two Heads Are Better than One - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (5/5)
5.9
5.10 Time Machine - Screaming Mummies of the Pharoahs Tomb II by James Howe (5/10)

10 Point Tasks
10.1
10.2
10.3 Stan Berenstain - The Bears and I: Raising Three Cubs in the North Woods by Robert Franklin Leslie (Adult) and the following Berenstain Bears children's books: The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree, Bears in the Night, Inside, Outside, Upside Down, He Bear, She Bear, The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, Bears on Wheels, and The Bike Lesson (10/20)
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10

15 Point Tasks
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6 Creative Minds - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (15/35)
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10 Teacher-Student Relations: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks(teacher)

20 point tasks
20.1
20.2 Rooke of the Season - (Q,R,S) S - The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
20.3

25 point tasks
25.1 Nicole OH's Task - (How/Now) How I Became Perfect by Jean Kerr (Fiction)
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6 BJ Rose's Task - Curse of Tippecanoe - The Defining Moment: FDR's One Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter (347pgs)
25.7
25.8 Cait's Task - Name of Place - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
25.9

30.1 Roseann's Task - Job/Dream Challenge - The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (setting - main character worked in hospital ER)


Total Points: 35/690
Books Read: 10 (+ 7 Berenstain Bears books)
Tasks Completed: 4/45
Tasks in Progress: 7

For Roseann's Task:

Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence because it is about a librarian, which would be my current job.

and

Girl Interrupted because I wanted to be a psychologist. I did get a degree in psychology and worked in it for 5 years.

Adrienne wrote: "For Roseann's Task:

Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence because it is about a librarian, which would be my current job.

and

Girl Interrupted because I wanted to be a psy..."
That's such a coincidence because I'm also a librarian with a psychology degree...I never worked in the industry Because I couldn't find a job in it after I graduated so I took a library job and liked it so much I've never looked back.

I also just finished Roseann's task I had previously read How To Become A Famous Novelist as my dream job and today I started and finished Silver Bells by Luanne Rice - one of the main characters being a librarian. It was a cute but sappy Christmas romance book that had me crying - of course I cry easily so don't judge by me.



4 TASK COMPLETE - 2 PARTIALLY DONE
8 BOOK READ
2,164 PAGES READ

I finished 20.1 by reading The Magician's Nephew by CS Lewis

Point Total: 45
Page Total: 1351

I completed two tasks:

5.10 (Time Travel) - Doctor Who The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner.

15.7 (audio/exercise) - Every morning for the last few days while I've been running and doing PT I've listened to the audiobook of Star Trek by Alan Dean Foster. It goes along with the movie and is read by the new Spock, Zachary Quinto.

New total: 45

COMPLETED TASKS:

25.5 FORTUNE/PROPHECY - Everything Matters! A Novel by Ron Currie, Jr (pp 320) - READ 9.6.09

Junior is born with the prophecy of the time, date and means to the end of the Universe. The story revolves around how the burden of this knowledge affects Junior, his family and the rest of the world. If the world is going to end, do your actions really matter. Junior discovers that everything matters.





TASKS COMPLETED: 2
TASKS IN PROGRESS: 5
BOOKS READ: 5
PAGES READ: 1216
TOTAL POINTS EARNED: 35

Just completed task 25.4 Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller (Book 2003/Movie 2006)

I much preferred the book to the movie. The story takes place over a number of months and this did not translate well on film. Everything felt rushed and it was difficult to understand why relationships developed.

I now wish that I had watched the film first as I am much more critical when I know the source material. I couldn't sit and enjoy the movie as I sat there thinking 'Why have they changed that?' and 'That didn't happen in the book'.

Diane wrote: "25.6 BJ Rose's Task - Curse of Tippecanoe - The Defining Moment: FDR's One Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter (347pgs)..."


Diane, just wanted to let you know that the requirement for this task is at least 500 pp

Completed:

25.4 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

As is always the case with Harry Potter, I much preferred the book to the movie. The movie was good in it's own right - but it was the shortest movie of the series and was based off the longest book, so I was upset about a lot of the things they left out. I was not happy that the movie left out the entirety of the Quidditch story line that occurs in the book, nor was I happy with the way they portrayed the end fight at the Ministry. Basically, if there had never been a book series and this movie came out, I would have really thought it was great, but because the books are so amazing, the movie failed to meet a lot of expectations.


Total Points Completed: 90

Finished another task

30 1 Roseann's Task: First read a book that is somehow related to your current profession AND then read a book that is related to either your current or childhood dream job. The books can either have a character or setting that relates to that job.

The Innocent Man Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham and The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson

I'm currently a lawyer, and after reading Grisham's book, I'm sure glad that I have worked in-house my whole career instead of practicing criminal law, which I almost started doing midway through law school. My dream job was to be a FBI profiler, but after reading the Jacobson book with all of the blood and guts, and since I am a new mom, I think that I need to find a new dream job :)

The Grisham book was very good and one I recommend for reading. The Jacobson book was not as good, quite unbelievable, but well-researched and entertaining, at least for me. I gave these books 4 and 3 stars, respectively.

Total Points: 15 + 30 = 45

5.6 - Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2

I completed the following:

10.1 (Buddy Holly): The Hobbit Or There and Back Again - first published when Buddy Holly was a wee little baby (1937).

25.3 (Positive gay character): Uncanny X-Men Volume 1 Hope TPB - I plan to read another X-Men book featuring the openly gay X-Men character Northstar and will add it to this post when I do, but this one meets the page requirements so I figured I would go ahead and claim some points now while waiting for the book to become available at the library! I had never heard of this character and was excited to "meet" him! Now that Disney owns Marvel it's scary to think what they would do with a gay super hero!

Total Points: 90

Finally on the board! Finished Roseann's task for 30 points! I read Retail Hell How I Sold My Soul to the Store Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate for my current job & A Model Summer for my dream job

Total Points:

Jamie(23)-30 points

It's funny that one of the tasks for this season is to read children's picture books (10.3) because I'd just unpacked a box of them that I'd saved from my childhood a few weeks before the task list was announced. I've been moving them around with me for the past 10+ years but never unpacked them because I was always renting and knew I was never moving into anywhere on a permanent basis.

Since we just bought our first house earlier this summer I finally decided to unpack them and give them a shelf of their own. They'll come in handy when my nephew comes to visit and in a few years when my own child is old enough to enjoy them as well.

I picked 4 of my favorites and wound up reading 164 pages according to ŷ������. When I counted the pages on my own they were just a smidge over 100--but I also didn't count any of the pages where there wasn't any text. I read:

But No Elephants by Jerry Smath, which was a Christmas gift from my grandma in 1983 (I was 4).

And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss--also a Christmas gift from the mid-80's. My grandma bought me a subscription from a book company that mailed me 2-4 new Dr. Seuss books every other week for an entire year. I have stacks of them!

The Mitten by Jan Brett, which I always remember admiring for the illustrations...that hasn't changed over the years, they're gorgeous.

The Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan Berenstain. My mom probably bought this book because she caught me and my sister telling whoppers. Woops. ;)~



TASKS COMPLETED: 3
TASKS PARTIALLY COMPLETED: 3
BOOKS READ: 9
PAGES READ: 1,987
POINTS EARNED: 20
NUMBER OF BOOKS READ FROM MY 'OWNED AND UNREAD' SHELF: 4

BJ Rose wrote: "Diane wrote: "25.6 BJ Rose's Task - Curse of Tippecanoe - The Defining Moment: FDR's One Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter (347pgs)..."


Diane, just wanted to let you know tha..."

I know, that's why I have not yet counted the points (I put the points earned, if any, in parentheses next to the ones that count - most of the books I have read I haven't counted yet because they are parts of incomplete multi-book tasks - hence the fact that I have read 11 books and only have 35 points!) I plan to read "The Kennedy Curse" by Edward Klein (227 pgs) in addition to the FDR book, as outlined in my reading plans. I haven't started it yet because it is my October book for my neighborhood Book Club and I want to wait to read it at the last minute so it will be still fresh in my mind during discussion.

Cynthia ~ I changed my display name from Kim MT to Kim L.

I finished task 15.1 by reading two books with the same preposition - City of Ashes and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare. I really enjoyed this series and I am glad there will be a fourth book now!

That brings my total to 25 points.

No new points. Just updating with new book.

5 Point Tasks:
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8 Two Heads Are Better than One - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow (5/5)
5.9
5.10 Time Machine - Screaming Mummies of the Pharoahs Tomb II by James Howe (5/10)

10 Point Tasks
10.1
10.2
10.3 Stan Berenstain - The Bears and I: Raising Three Cubs in the North Woods by Robert Franklin Leslie (Adult) and the following Berenstain Bears children's books: The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree, Bears in the Night, Inside, Outside, Upside Down, He Bear, She Bear, The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, Bears on Wheels, and The Bike Lesson (10/20)
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.7
10.8
10.9
10.10

15 Point Tasks
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6 Creative Minds - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (15/35)
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10 Teacher-Student Relations: 1) Finished The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks(teacher) 2)???

20 point tasks
20.1
20.2 Rooke of the Season - (Q,R,S) 1) Q (to read The Quiet Man by Graham Greene) 2) R (to read The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks) 3) S - Finished The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
20.3

25 point tasks
25.1 Nicole OH's Task - (How/Now) 1) How I Became Perfect by Jean Kerr (Fiction) 2) To read "Now We Are Six" by A.A. Milne
25.2
25.3
25.4
25.5
25.6 BJ Rose's Task - Curse of Tippecanoe - 1) The Defining Moment: FDR's One Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope by Jonathan Alter (347pgs) 2) To Read, The Kennedy Curse by Edward Klein (227 pgs)
25.7 Cindy's Task - One, Two, Three 3) Finished "Sunday's at Tiffany's" by James Patterson (One and Two still pending)
25.8 Cait's Task - Name of Place - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin (still pending - Person and Thing)
25.9

30.1 Roseann's Task - Job/Dream Challenge - 1) Current Job - The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (setting - main character worked in hospital ER) 2) Dream Job - To Read "Tell Me Where It Hurts" (veterinarian)


Total Points: 35/690
Books Read: 11 (+ 7 Berenstain Bears books)
Tasks Completed: 4/45
Tasks in Progress: 8

Finished 5 point task
8. (book with two authors)by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
Sundays at Tiffany's
liked this one, but it's not your typical James Patterson.

Point total so far: 25

Diane wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "Diane, just wanted to let you know tha..."

I know, that's why I have not yet counted the points..."

My Apologies, Diane - I thought I was in the Challenge Plans folder (hits self upside the head!)

15 Points
9. Home or Work in Title: The Global Soul Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home by Pico Iyer.

This is a "meh" book. Parts were pretty interesting, but it got very repetitive very fast.

Homework Assignment:
Pico Iyer makes much of the fact that the world is getting smaller and people/things/ideas from different countries are spreading to others. Think about your own town/city and your circle of family and friends. Chart the international items and people among them (and, in terms of people, all if any of their international experiences).

Total Points: 115

25 POINT TASK.
2. DONNA JO'S TASK - Find Two Authors Who Are Related By Blood Or Marriage And Read A Book By Each. If By Marriage, It Need Not Be Permanent At The Time The Books Were Written. (In Other Words, The Book(S) Could Have Been Written Before Or After Said Marriage.)
�� In Your Post Please Be Sure To State The Relationship Between The Authors.
Letters of William James, William James (ed. Henry James)
Alice James, her brothers--her journal, Alice James.
Relationship = Brother/Sister.

Lets give myself my first update shall we.

10 points
5. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

15 points
9.

My homework assignment following this read would be to have each of the students right an essay about which of the 9 short stories read was their favorite and what sort of things made it that way (the content? the reader? etc)

Part two of said essay: Which young adult book they think should be recorded as an audiobook and why. Then, in my fictitious school, we would go through the process of recording an audiobook.

I am pretty ambitious in my fictitious school haha

Totals
Points: 25
Books: 2
Challenges: 2

Just finished--

5.9--CARRIE by Stephen King

For some reason I had never read this one. I was suprised to find how close the film was to the novel.

This brings me to 155 points!

BJ Rose wrote: "Diane wrote: "BJ Rose wrote: "Diane, just wanted to let you know tha..."

I know, that's why I have not yet counted the points..."

My Apologies, Diane - I thought I was in the Challenge Plans fol..."

No problem. I should have mentioned the other book.

Just finished 10.7 (superhero/hero task).

I read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Awesome book and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

New Total: 20 points

Finished half of task 15.5 time to study abroad (Spanish) by finishing Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez Reverte. It was an ok read. The author kinda rambled a bit off course at times. I am not really familiar with this era of Spanish history so I was a little confused for most of the book. So no points yet I still have to get my other book from the library.

10 Points
3. Picture Books:


and a Japanese picture book named Ohayo (means "good morning" in Japanese) that's not on GR.

Total Points: 125