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5.4 - A Winning Decade - Coraline - 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella

Tasks completed: 3
Total points: 20

Finally read a book that completes a task in and of itself!

Finished 30.7:
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom

It also fits tasks 10.5 (my month would be September 2009, where it appears), 20.2 (15.6 and 25.6), and 30.1a.

TOTALS:
Points: 30
Books: 3
Pages: 876
Tasks: 1

I managed to finish another task today - I read Rebel Yell A Novel for task 10.3. It was just ok - it was a bit convoluted for my tastes.




Number of Books Read - 4
Number of Pages Read - 1175
Number of Tasks Completed - 3

I competed task 15.7 by reading "Gingerbread" by Joanna Farrow and Delightful Desserts from Easy to Elegant(a Pampered Chef cookbook). My daughter and I made Lebkuchen from the Gingerbread book.

My total is now 115.

I completed Task 5.4 by listening to The White Tiger, winner of the 2008 Booker Prize.
I really enjoyed this book. It's filled with social horror and manipulation and certainly shows the seedier side of humanity.
This story says a lot about social standing and expectations and restrictions.
For all his faults (and actions), Balram is a man of principle and fairness. He believes in treating people as people and, although there is always a social pecking order, he believes in sincerity and honor in those positions. He also believes in responsibility to one's fellow man.

I finished 30.4, Sandra's World Aids Day with
At Risk by Alice Hoffman

+30
total 200

Finished 35.1 Dewey decimal system

Read Before I Wake by Robert Wiersema (code 133) and The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie (code 385)

Total points 115
Total books 5
Total tasks 4

I finished another task today. Yeah! (I still have to figure out my personal goal, and add a ticker...but untit then this less than elegant post will have to suffice.)

Task 15.8 - SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS
A. Read A Book That Relates To Any Holiday That Occurs During This Challenge.

A Redbird Christmas A Novel by Fannie Flagg

B. Watch A Film That Involves That Same Holiday -
I watched the original 'Miracle on 34th Street' the other day. It's still holds up so well as a classic!

New Points = 15
Total Points for Challenge = 35

I have finished another task--couldn't put the book down!

20.3 Group Read--The Stupidest Angel by CHristopher Moore and I posted my discussion information.

Task 30.7 multitasking
I read Seasons Revenge by Henry Kisor
(qualifies for 5.8 cozy mystery and 15.8 silver screen holiday book portion)
points this task: 30
tasks completed: 3
total points: 65

I finished my second task, the group read. It was a very quick read. I left a comment in the discussion thread on it as well. It was only a 3 star for me, but it seems like lots of people are really enjoying it!

20.3 The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0


Pages in book: 275

Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 577
Total Points: 30

Sound the trumpets- I just finished my first task!

I read Voyager by Diana Gabaldon and The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley for task 25.8.

Voyager took forever but it was a re-read for me and I loved it just as much the second time as the first.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie was a book that I picked up at the library purely out of curiosity, not knowing a thing about it until after I got home. I'm giving it 4 stars, and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the author is planning on continuing the series. A very quick, enjoyable read.

That brings me to:

Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 1,351
Total Points: 25

I'd also like to claim a 'ticket' for Voyager, because it's over 1000 pgs. The way I understand it, I'd have to still read a 500 and 750 page in order to claim all three, correct?

Another task finished..

15.8 Silver Screen
I read The Christmas Mink and Other December Tales from the North Woods and give it 4 stars. Whimsical and wonderful. I look forward to reading if every Christmas and am glad I won it on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ. John-Richard Thompson is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author
I watched the following movies too (can you tell I have a kid :-) ??:
A Merry Monkey Christmas (Curious George)
The Santa Clause
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Charlie Brown's Christmas
Disney's Prep and Landing

Tasks Completed: 6
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 80/1100
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3365 (updated 12/9)

i read the princess present by meg cabot for 30.7
it matches 15.3 beacause it is wriiten by a girl and about a girl.
it would match 5.1 because they made a disney movie about this book.

I finished 25.2, Gina's Friendship task with:
The Recipe Club A Tale of Food and Friendship

If this book was a "tale of food and friendship" then I must have a very different definition of friendship. I hope I value my friends and honor their hopes, dreams, and ambitions. We come from a similar place of understanding- and even if we don't agree with each other's decisions, we respect the choices. We try hard not to be jealous, competitive, or petty- and if we sometimes are, then we're upfront and laugh about it. We try to be honest, but considerate; supportive, but realistic; and present for the good times and bad.

This book had 80 recipes, but I wasn't interested in any of them- and their place in the book felt forced and trite.

I suppose after reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society any other epistolary novel would pale in comparison, but this book was a disappointment.

+25
total 225

There may be a discrepancy with my points earned. I previously finished tasks 15.2 and 10.8 (see prior posts) but I'm still showing up as only 10 pts on the readerboard?

In the meantime, I just finished up task 10.10 by reading Child 44. This story takes place in Russia. I very much enjoyed this book!

Jenilyn, I read Child 44 last year and also enjoyed it. It gave off the feeling of oppression and fear, don't you think?

15.8 - SILVER SCREEN CELEBRATIONS

I read The Christmas Sweater by Glen Beck

and watched The Holiday


Total Number of Books: 4
Total Number of Pages: 656
Total Number of Points: 30

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Completed another task today!
35.3 The Xander Years, Volume 1 Years


Completed Tasks

25.6 Emma

35.3 The Xander Years, Volume 1


Total Points = 60
Tasks Completed = 2
Books read = 2
Pages read = 555

5.8 BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE - Death on the Nile A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie.

Total Points: 135/1100
Tasks Completed: 9/58
Tasks in Progress: 3
Books Read: 12

Just finished my 2nd book, but my first one for points:

25 Point Tasks
6. STEPHANIE US' TASK - ISLAND DREAMS
Behaving Badly by Isabel Wolff (set in the UK)
Isabel Wolff is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1.5
Books Read: 2

5.6. IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT� - Chef- I hate to cook so I doubt that I could imagine a job to be worse for me. A chinese Imperial chef would have to be one of the hardest chef jobs. When planning a banquet he had to kill and butcher his own chickens, no thank you.

The Last Chinese Chef ****
I loved the plot and the characters. A nice little story if you are interested in Chinese culture and food.

Total points: 40

Task 20.3 Group Read The Stupidest Angel A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore.

TOTAL POINTS = 65 + 35 = 100

New Tasks:

35.3 About Time: Born on a Blue Day Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet

The author does a fantastic job at giving us a glimpse inside how his mind works, to the point of even drawing pictures of how he sees certain things. The book takes us through his life up to the present. The only thing I found jarring about this book was the different in writing style/tone between the past and the present. The writing for the present is a lot choppier and less descriptive than for the past.

Old Tasks:

5.1 Disney: (Beauty and the Beast) Beauty by Robin McKinley
10.1 Circus: Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow
25.2 Friendship: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
25.5 Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery

It's been a while since I posted, but I have finished the following:

5.5 Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs-3*

5.8 Casting Spells-4*

5.9 I Heart Bloomberg-4*

5.10 Storm of Shadows-4*

10.5 (My month is March)-
Moonlight-3*

10.6 (Kathy C in Liberty, MO)-Enchanted, Inc.-4*

35.1 -5* book was First Light-336 pages
-Freakonomics A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything-related to economics (334-338)-5*

-Mum's the Word(+250=584-589-related to botany)-3*

Total Points 135/1100
Total Books 12/80
Total Tasks Completed 9/58
Total Pages 3429

Yesterday was a snowday and I was a reading fiend! Finished a couple of tasks:

5-8 A Face at the Window-Sarah Graves. This is from the Home Repair is Homicide series and takes place in Maine where I live so it's extra fun!

10-2 Claire by Leslie Burton Blades, a great Gutenberg find. Lawrence, one the the main characters is blind.

oops, that brings my points to 80.

Finally on the board! I've been reading books for multi-book tasks, so it's nice to claim points :)

FINISHED:

25.8
Commencement - J. Courtney Sullivan

I really liked this book - it wasn't predictable at all and the author didn't tell the story in chronological order, which was refreshing (4 stars)

SuperFreakonomics: Tales of Altruism, Terrorism, and Poorly Paid Prostitutes - by Steven D. Levitt

In my opinion, this book wasn't as good as the first one, but was still an interesting read (3 stars)

TOTAL POINTS = 25

Leora wrote: "Yesterday was a snowday

I wish yesterday was a snow day for us. I so wanted one.

I finished task 15.3 by reading:

Princess in Waiting by Meg Cabot (series about a female lead character, written by a woman), and

I Wear the Maternity Pants in This Family by Susan Konig (memoir written by a woman)

bringing my total points to: 130

Task 5.4 33 Snowfish: ALA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2004

Tasks: 3
Books: 4
Total Pages: 1040
Total Points: 25/1100

5.1: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
5.8: Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
15.6. Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author
Best gift I received: Many years ago, my husband (then boyfriend) gave me a telescope for my birthday and wrote on the card that his intention was to give me the stars. I just realized how fitting this book was, since Tristran's intent was the same!
DONATED: Diapers and formula to the local young mothers' relief.

Books read=3
Tasks completed=3
Total points=25

Two more tasks to report:

25.5 Odd Man Out - I read The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño. I enjoyed it, but it was not an easy read. It is formatted at first and at the end as a diary and in between, as short interviews with a bunch of people about members of an obscure poetry movement in Mexico.

30.1 Book/Movie
A. Book written in the last ten years I read -
Shiver by Maggie Steifvater. It is basically Twilight with werewolves instead of vampires. Oddly enough I enjoyed Twilight more. This book is incredibly similar (girl with absent parents starts tortured/chaste relationship with magical creature that can eat her.) I did like it though, and will pick up the second book in the series. It's a fun, easy read.
B. Keeping with the werewolf theme, I read Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause, which was made into a horrible movie in 2007 by MTV films. I say the movie is horrible because it completely changes the entire book (the characters, the ending, etc.), and it is only redeemed by the fact that Hugh Dancy and Olivier Martinez are in the movie and they are hot. Lol. I was joking with my co-worker (a fellow librarian) that I enjoyed this book because it was so bad that it was good. Much more risque, like a Christopher Pike book or something.

Previous score: 25
Current Score: 80

i read me and the pumpkin queen by marlane kennedy. for task 5.4 this book received a literary award in 2009.

I finished 25.9, Bridgit's World of books with:
A. Map- The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet and
B. Extra Content- Cathy's Key

Both had engaging narrators and made excellent use of maps, sidebars, doodles, graphs, musings, etc. to propel their plots.

+25
total 250

Task 35.3 DLM ROSE'S TASK - IT'S ABOUT TIME

The Day of Confession A Novel (FYI book also has maps) and
Task 5.8 BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
Shakespeare's Christmas

Tasks Completed: 5
Books Completed: 6
Pages Read: 1952

10.5-POPULARITY CONTEST � Discovering The Hot Books Of 2009� (My month was July). I read When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. I absolutely loved it! 5 stars! I love this challenge because I never would have read this book on my own.

10 points!

Total Points: 85
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 1,597
Tasks in Process: 4 (15.7, 25.7, 30.1, 35.3)

35.3 DLM Rose - It's About Time - The Given Day by Dennis Lehane (702 pgs!)
My first points in my first challenge. This book was for my book club and could fit into a number of challenges but I wanted to get the biggest bang for my 702 pages. This book was long with many characters. Lehane's a great writer. I still only give it 3 stars. I'm on the board with 35 points!

Finished: 5.4
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel which was awarded th 2009 Booker Prize 5 Stars
Wonderfully detailed story of Thomas Cromwell and his role the matter of the dissolution of the marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.
This is the first ebook I read--took longer than I anticipated.

Finished
15.1 Make Me Laugh
The Serial Killers Club by Jeff Povey. I give this 2 stars, it didn't really make me laugh and I thought there were a bunch of plot holes. And I watched Shaun of the Dead, which was much more enjoyable :)

15.8 Silver Screen Celebrations
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie. I gave this 4 stars, good story. And I watched Holiday Inn.

25.5 Odd Man Out
Beach House by R. L. Stine. I gave this 3 stars, it was pretty good.

Total Points: 175
Total Pages: 3906
Total Books: 16
Total Tasks: 11

New task in bold. New total should be 60 points.

10.1: The Ringmaster's Secret by Carolyn Keene 12/3

15.9: Superstitious by R.L. Stine- has been on my shelf since 1995 according to the inscription! and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, an author I have never read 12/10

35.3: Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus by James Otis 12/7

I have Snow Flower and The Secret Fan. It is on my TBR list.

Am trying to keep to a holiday theme as much as possible. Here's two more tasks completed:

10.3 Renaissance - African-American
Santa & Pete A Novel Of Christmas Present And Past by Christopher Moore

A lovely Christmas story about an African-American boy living in Harlem during the mid-1900’s. His grandfather drives a bus in NY and acts as a roving storyteller providing insight into the history of the city. At Christmastime, “Santa and Pete� is one of the stories that the grandfather tells to his special group of regular riders. The boy rides with him every Saturday and develops a deep bond, an appreciation for the meaning of his African-American heritage and a love of story-telling. He ultimately becomes a writer. (3 stars)

15.8 Silver Screen
The Christmas List A Novelby Richard Paul Evans

An inspirational story of redemption � good man gone bad and his life review. A fatal accident of another man with his name ends up with a newspaper erroneously printing his obituary. The article forces him to look at his influences on others around him. Sort of a modern blend of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life. (3 stars)

I also watched for the 100th time "It's A Wonderful Life" - wonderful, inspirational movie.

POINTS 75
TASKS 4
BOOKS 5
PAGES 1759

CHRISTMAS BOOKS 3

I just finished task 10.9 Pearl Harbor by reading
Moloka'i and I give it 4 stars. I was unaware of this part of history and amazed that it happened and is not discussed, at least not on the East coast. Very moving.

Tasks Completed: 7
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 90/1100
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3754 (updated 12/10)

Sara� wrote: "I just finished task 10.9 Pearl Harbor by reading
Moloka'i and I give it 4 stars. I was unaware of this part of history and amazed that it happened and is not discussed, at least not o..."

I'm glad to hear that you liked this book, Sara. It's the one I chose for this task, too. Unfortunately, my Library doesn't have it. I may have to buy it.

You can always chose a different one.

YAYAYAYAY! i'm on the board! :D

4.5 A Winning Decade
Life of Pi
Man Booker Prize 2001

New Total: 5 points!

TOTAL POINTS = 100 + 15 = 115

New Tasks:

15.7 Part A: Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker by Robin G Robertson
Part B: I made Two-Mushroom Barley Soup for dinner tonight. It was fantastic and very welcome given the cold weather outside. I served it with dill skillet biscuits and sauteed apples (not in the book). I will definitely be using more recipes from this book in the coming months. In particular looking forward to "Slow Pho", "Ginger-Pineapple Chutney", and "Vegetarian Hoppin' John".

Old Tasks:

5.1 Disney: (Beauty and the Beast) Beauty by Robin McKinley
10.1 Circus: Flesh Circus by Lilith Saintcrow
25.2 Friendship: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
25.5 Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery
35.3 About Time: Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet

20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - BETH MN'S TASK - REVISITING THE PAST

6. Read A Non-Fiction Book About A Religion Other Than Your Own.

I read Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen

Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read: 912
Total Points: 50

20.1 MOST IMPROVED PLAYER - BETH MN'S TASK - REVISITING THE PAST Choose Your Favorite Task From A Past Challenge. The Task You Choose Must Originally Have Been Worth 15 Points Or Higher. When You Claim Points, Let Us Know Which Challenge And Which Task You're Revisiting.

I revisited the following task: April Is National Poetry Month � Read A Book Of Poetry Or A Book About A Famous Poet. (Former 15 pt task)

I read which is my all time favorite book of poetry! I love Anne Sexton and hadn't read the entire book of poetry in at least 20 years so it was wonderful to go back and find that I love her poetry even more today than I did when I was a teenager!

So, 20 points and the book is 628 pages long. That brings me to 50 pts total, 4 books total read.