College Students! discussion

Mickslibrarian – 470
Bethany – 430
Kelly R – 410
Jasmine – 370
Allison – 360
Megan – 320
Laventeli – 275
Daisy – 250
Jana – 225
Ema – 215
Beks – 180
Nina – 170
Nicki – 90
Gina – 85
Allisen – 25
Benjamin – 20
Holly – 20

To claim points, please post something similar to this:

20.2 Task Name

Book by Author

Total points: 20

You can add things to it, I know some people put 1/30 books or sometimes 20/500 pts or whatever, but make sure you have the task number, the book you read (w/author name preferably) and your total pts to date. Thanks!

10.7 Canned Food Month

Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

Total Points: 10

*Kelly R.

Finished:
10-3. Re-read a favorite - Alanna by Tamora Pierce (9/5/14)
10-5. An "bad luck charm" (a black cat) on the cover - In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce (9/6/14)
10-2. Got for free - The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce (9/7/14)
10-7. A philanthropic character - First Test by Tamora Pierce (9/9/14)

Total Points: 40/480
Books Finished: 6/42
Tasks Completed: 4/34

Daisy

Finished:
10.8 Jewel Day: The Jewel by Amy Ewing
15.4 Orange is the New Black: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Books read: 2
Challenges completed: 2
Total points: 25

*Kelly R.

Finished:
15-8. POST a book I'm planning on giving this season as a gift on Task 15.8 thread; Then pick a book from that thread - Page by Tamora Pierce (9/10/14); POSTed: Plan on giving this book to a young cousin of mine.
25-2. Ea title must start w/ one of your initials (KLR) - Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce (9/12/14); Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (9/4/14)

Total Points: 80/480
Books Finished: 9/42
Tasks Completed: 6/34

Task 5.2 Scared : A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Task 5.5 Body Parts: The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Task 10.5 Unlucky: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Task Points:5, 5, 10
Total Points: 20

25.8 School Subjects
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Geography)
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (Math, 9 letters)

Points: 25

*Kelly R.

Finished:
25-3. Same word in the title - Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce (9/13/14); Trickster's Queen by Tamora Pierce (9/14/14)

Total Points: 105/480
Books Finished: 12/42
Tasks Completed: 7/34

10.7 Canned Food Month

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

Total Points: 10
Books Finished: 1
Tasks Finished: 1

Finished 10.6 Make Your Dream Come True: Salt & Storm by Kendall Kulper

Books read: 3
Challenges completed: 3
Total points: 35

Finished 10.2 International Frugal Day: The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas

Books read: 4
Challenges completed: 4
Total points: 45

Finished 5.5 Body Parts: Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans

Books read: 5
Challenges completed: 5
Total points: 50

15.6 Blog Hop

Delirium by Lauren Oliver
*Book was reviewed on the Broke and the Bookish blog here.

This post: 15
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2

15.7. Opinions Matter
The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Task points: 15
Total points: 40

25.5 Reading Rainbow:

Book 1: RED Full Steam Ahead by Karen Witemeyer (The heroine in this book is definitely courageous, dynamic, and confident.)

Book 2: VIOLET Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich


Points This Post: 25
Books Finished: 2
Tasks Finished: 1
Total Points: 25

Finished: 10.6 Make your dream come true day: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber

20.1 Group Read: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Total Points: 30
Books read: 5
Tasks Complete: 2

15.5 ATTENTION
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Task points: 15
Total points: 55

5.2 Scared?
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time by John Kelly

5.8 Scrambled
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (MISTS in CHRISTMAS)

Task points: 5+5=10
Total Points: 65

15.3 White Elephant Pt. II

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

This post: 15
Total points: 40
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3

15.6 Blog Hop

If I Stay by Gayle Forman

found on broke and bookish blog

task points: 15
total points: 15

15.1 Board Games
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Shoe)

Task Points: 15
Total Points: 80

*Kelly R.

Finished:
25-7. Choose 2 Panem districts: 11 (A young person dies) & 13 (rebellious main character) - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (9/18/14); Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (9/26/14)
25-8. Choose 2 subjects: Chemistry (Author whose initials form a chemical element abbreviation: SC) & Math (Total letters in the title equals 9) - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (9/23/14); Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (9/29/14)
25-5. Reading Rainbow: VIOLET (those who are inspirational, kind & just): personality of the main character - Squire by Tamora Pierce (9/11/14); GREEN(understanding, compassionate, generous, humble & romantic): both cover color & personality of the main character - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (10/1/14)
5-5. An Eye on cover - The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan (10/2/14)
5-4. School colors (blue & white) on the cover - The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan (10/3/14)
15-1. Related to Clue (maze & a knife/sword on the cover) - The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan (10/4/14)

Total Points: 205/480
Books Finished: 20/42
Tasks Completed: 13/34

Finished
5.3 Pretty in Pink: Poser by Claire Dederer
25.4 Reading Rainbow: These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner (violet) & Killjoy by Julie Garwood (red)

Total points: 60
books read: 8
Tasks complete: 4

25.2 That's My Name

Book 1: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (First Name, Gina)
Book 2: The Maze Runner by James Dashner (Middle name, Michelle)

Task points:25
Total points: 40

5.4 School Spirit
by Joe Hill (Red & White)

Task points: 5
Total points: 85

*Kelly R.

Finished:
5-1. Dark story/cover - The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (10/5/14)
10-4. A vehicle/form of transportation on the cover: flying bronze dragon - The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (10/8/14)
15-5. Opening sentence that really grabs your attention - The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan (10/10/14)
5-3. Pink on the cover - The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan (10/12/14)
5-7. Doorway on the cover & features a secret doorway to another land/dimension - The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (10/13/14)

Total Points: 245/480
Books Finished: 25/42
Tasks Completed: 18/34

15.4 Orange is the New Black: Champion by Marie Lu

25.8 School Subjects:
Book 1: (Chemistry-Ta) And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander
Book 2: (Math-11) A Time to Kill by John Grisham

Points This Post: 40
Books Finished: 5
Tasks Finished: 3
Total Points: 65

Catch up

5.1 Dark Side The Secret of Pembrooke Park
5.2 Scared? Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat The idea of food poisoning terrifies me, I hate food poisoning and learning about this first big event was fascinating.

10.2 Frugal Day Driftwood Tides

Total Points: 20/480
Books Finished 3/42
Tasks Completed 3/34

25.8. School Subjects

Chemistry - The Boggart by Susan Cooper October 12 (SC Scandium)

AND

Geography - The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick September 28 (set in Europe)

Task points: 25
Total points: 25

25.7. The Hunger Games

District 6 - The Cat at the Wall by Deborah Ellis October 12 (Deborah Ellis is Canadian)

AND

District 9 - The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan October 14 (Piper MacLean is a vegetarian)

Task points: 25
Total points: 50

10.3. Book Lovers Day (November 1)

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald October 5

Task points: 10
Total points: 60

10.2. International Frugal Fun Day (October 4)

Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet October 8

Task points: 10
Total points: 70

5.8. Scrambled

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald October 5

Task points: 5
Total points: 75

5.6. Stressed?

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald October 8

Task points: 5
Total points: 80

20.2 Anti-Wheel of Fortune

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

*No RSTLNE in "book"

This post: 20
Total points: 60
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4

5.3. Pretty in Pink

Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski October 19

Task points: 5
Total points: 85

5.1. The Dark Side

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie September 9

Task points: 5
Total points: 90

25.7 Hunger Games
A. Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire That Helped Forge the Path to World War II by Joshua Hammer (District 3--a real place)
B. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (District 6--technologically advanced society)

Task points: 25
Total points: 110

Task 15.1 Board Games: Rush to the Altar by Jamie Carie (shoe on the cover)


Task 25.3 What's the Word?: (Match)
Book 1: A Match Made in Texas by Karen Witemeyer
Book 2: Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist

Points This Post: 40
Books Finished: 8
Tasks Finished: 5
Total Points: 105

Task 15.6 Blog Hop: Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy from the Broke and the Bookish blog.

Points This Post: 15
Books Finished: 9
Tasks Finished: 6
Total Points: 120

5.5 Body Parts
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

10.2 Frugal Fun
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

Points: 15
Total points: 125

Finished 5.7 A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray

Books read: 10
Challenges completed: 6
Total points: 55

5.5 Body Parts

Heaven Is Here: An Incredible Story of Hope, Triumph, and Everyday Joy by Stephanie Nielson



*Lots of 3-word body parts on the cover: ear, arm, leg, jaw, etc.,

This post: 5
Total points: 65
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5

5.3 Pretty in Pink
Fiend by Peter Stenson

Task points: 5
Total points: 130

15.1. Board Games

Jackpot: A Swindle Mystery by Gordon Korman (dog) October 25


Task points: 15
Total points: 105

20.1. Group Read

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien October 25

Task points: 20
Total points: 125

25.5. Reading Rainbow

Orange - I Funny: A Middle School Story by James Patterson September 6

AND

Blue - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne October 28

Task points: 25
Total points: 150

25.2. That’s My Name

Barrel Fever by David Sedaris (Middle Initial) October 13

AND

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain (First Initial) November 2


Task points: 25
Total points: 175

Finished
5.7 Janus: God of the Doorway: Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
10.2 International Frugal Fun Day: The Winter Guest by Pam Jenoff
15.2 State by State: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Total points: 90
Books read: 12
Tasks complete: 7