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October - December 2011 Challenge
Mod
A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y – Read a book whose title or author starts with each vowel (A and I cannot be just A and I, they have to actually be the first letter of a word)
5.1 A –
5.2 E –
5.3 I –
5.4 O –
5.5 U –
5.6 Y –
5.7 Stars in My Eyes - Read a book by a celebrity author.
5.8 Popularity Contest - Click on the friends link next to your profile pic on the home page, click on the “Popular Books” tab and choose a book from this list. It shows how many friends have read it, post the number of people along with the book you chose.
5.9 What’s Your Genre? - Click on the friends link next to your profile pic, click on the popular books link. On the right side of the page under the sponsored links box is list of My Friend’s Favorite Genres. Click on one of the genres in the top five and choose a book from that list.
5.10 Lend Me an Ear - Listen to an audio book, if you don’t have access to one, just read a regular book or an ebook.
10pts.
10.1 Oldie – Go to your To Read list and sort by publish date. (If it doesn’t show, you’ll need to add the column. To do this, look in near the top of the screen in the middle, you’ll see, “controls: shelf settings:custom reorder batch edit” Click on shelf settings:custom, and a box will show with a ton of options of things you have show or hide. You’ll want to click on the box next to date pub, then click save.) To put your list in order by pub date, click on the date pub heading. Read the book with the oldest publish date that is an actual correct date – there are few on mine that come up as 12/31/1961 but I know they’re not that old.
10.2 What’s Popular? – Click on the drop down arrow next to Explore, then click on Popular. On the right side of the screen there’s a box that has the option to choose most popular books published during a certain month, or during a certain year. Look under that box and you’ll see a list of links. Click on the most read and you’ll see a line that says, “Most Read Books This Week in the United States.” Under that is a line that says, “Books marked as Read on Goodreads this week.” Under that line, choose “all time.” Choose one of these and read a book from that list. Include the number of people that have read it with your book choice.
10.3 Will it Be Your Favorite? – Click on the drop down arrow next to Explore, click on Listopia, search for a list called, “Favorite Chick Lit.” Read a book from this list.
10.4 Who Would You Like to Sleep With? – Click on the drop down arrow next to Explore, click on Goodreads Voice. In the middle is a link to “In Bed with…,” click on that. Choose an author from this list and read a book written by them.
10.5 Melodious – Read a book that either has music or some type of music in the title or the main character is some way involved with music.
Examples: Liner Notes (Emily Franklin), Don’t You Forget About Me (Jancee Dunn), Diary of a Blues Goddess (Erica Orloff)
10.6 Don’t Tell! – Read a book with the word secret in the title.
Examples, The Secret Lives of Doctor’s Wives (Ann Major), Alice’s Secret Garden (Rebecca Campbell), The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives (Sarah Strohmeyer)
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G – Read a book that has two people kissing on the cover.
10.8 OND – Read a book whose title fits with this quarter’s challenge month initials. Do a search of your to read books for either OND, DON, NOD, ODN, NDO or DNO. One of your books is bound to have one of those groups of letters in a word.
Examples: The BlOND Theory (Kristen Harmel), You DON’t Know Jack (Erin McCarthey), GoODNight Nobody (Jennifer Weiner)
10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! – Who is your favorite team? Read a book that uses the team’s initials in the title or author. You can go with pro or college.
Example: My favorite college team is Notre Dame – so I could use the initials N. D. (if it’s too difficult, throw in the city too, like ND is in South Bend, so I could use any combination of N. D. S. B. – all four letters, or just two, it’s your choice), or if I went with my favorite pro team – Tennessee Titans, I’d use T. T.
10.10 – It’s Starting to Get Chilly – Read a book by the fireplace, don’t have one? Wrap up in a cozy blanket and get comfy.
Mod
15.1 Help Me! – Do you have any separate personal challenges going? Read two books that fit into that challenge. For example, I have a challenge to read the letters of the alphabet in 2011. I can read two books that will fit into that challenge. Don’t have a personal challenge? Read two books that fit together in some way. When you list your books, name the challenge you’re using or how the two books fit together.
15.2 Silver & Gold – read two books, one that has silver on the cover or in the title or author’s name, do the same with gold.
15.3 It’s Raining Cats & Dogs – read two books, one with a cat on the cover or in the title, and one with a dog on the cover or in the title
15.4 What’s the Time? – Read two books that have different times of the day in the title.
15.5 What Once Was – Now that it’s fall/winter, the green is gone (on the ground or in the trees, at least where I live anyway, lol). Read two books whose covers remind you of warmer weather.
25 pts.
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey’s task) - Read three books from the bookshelves of groups you’re involved with.
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set. Pick three books to read that fit together by theme or title, but cannot be a series. Post your books and come up with a name for your boxed set.
25.3 Happy Holidays – Read three books, each one has to have some connection to each of the three major U.S. holidays during the challenge – Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task) – Read three books: One with a black (or mostly black) cover, one with a white (or mostly white) cover, and one with a red (or mostly red) cover. Examples: Chasing Harry Winston (white); Sharp Objects (black); Room For Love (red)
25.5 Through the Decades – Read three books, one published between 1980 and 1989, one published between 1990 and 1999, and one published between 2000 and 2009.
0/45 Books
0/350 Points
Mod
5.1 A – TBD
5.4 O – On the Verge – Ariella Papa
5.5 U – Up & Out – Ariella Papa
5.6 Y – You Had Me at Halo – Amanda Ashby
5.8 Popularity Contest – The Book of Tomorrow – Cecelia Ahern (5 Friends)
10pts.
10.1 Oldie – Waiting to Exhale – Terry McMillan (1992)
10.2
10.3
10.4 Who Would You Like to Sleep With? – It’s Hard Not to Hate You – Valerie Frankel
10.5 Melodious – Diary of a Blues Goddess - Erica Orloff
10.6 Don’t Tell! – The Secret Shopper's Revenge – Kate Harrison
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G – The Last Year of Being Single – Sarah Tucker
10.8 OND – The BlOND Theory - Kristen Harmel
10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! – Dating Without Novocaine – Lisa Cach
15 pts.
15.1 Help Me! – I’m using this to help complete my A to Z title challenge. K- Kindred Spirits – Sarah Strohmeyer & Z – The Zombie Survival Guide – Max Brooks
15.2 Silver & Gold – The Starter Marriage – Kate Harrison (silver) & Captivate – Carrie Jones
15.3 It’s Raining Cats & Dogs – White Cat – Holly Black & True Lies of a Drama Queen – Lee Nichols (dog)
15.4 What’s the Time? – Late Night Shopping – Carmen Reid & Fairy Bad Day – Amanda Ashby
15.5 What Once Was – Sleepaway Girls – Jen Calonita & Naked in Nightsbridge – Nicky Schmidt
25 pts.
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey’s task) – Barnes & Noble Nook group - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs, Me & Emma – Elizabeth Flock, The Murderer’s Daughters – Randy Susan Meyers
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set – Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen -
25.3 Happy Holidays –
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task) –
25.5 Through the Decades – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Men I’ve Dated – Shane Bolks (1989), Straight Talking – Jane Green (1997), You’ll Never Nanny in This Town Again – Suzanne Hansen (2003)
17/45 Books
130/350 Points
5 Points 5.4 O – Oregon Brides by Tracy Bateman
5.5 U – Under A Maui Moon by Robin Jones Gunn
5.6 Y – Falling Out Of Fashion by Karen Yampolsky
5.7 Stars in My Eyes – (Celebrity Author) The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum
5.8 Popularity Contest – The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (12 Friends)
10 points
10.2 What’s Popular? – The Help by Katherine Stockett
10.4 Who Would You Like to Sleep With? – The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G –To Have and To Hold by Jane Green.
10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! –Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffinger
15 Points
15.3 It’s Raining Cats & Dogs – Back To Life by Kristn Billerbeck, Must Love Dogs by Claire Cook
15.4 What’s the Time? – Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe, Fade To Midnight by Shannon McKenna.
15.5 What Once Was – The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers,
25 Points
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey’s task) –Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ( 1 Million Pages In a Lifetime)
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set. – A Mommy and Me, The Doctor’s Blessing,( Mommy and Me).
25.3 Happy Holidays – (Halloween) Don't Hex With Texas by Shanna Swendson,( Thanksgiving) Thanksgiving by Jane Evanovich,( Christmas) Shepherds Abiding In Dry Creek
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task) – Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter,Glamour by Louise Bagwell
25.5 Through the Decades – The Jerusalem Scrolls by Brock and Bodie Thoene (1980-1989), The Courtship Of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton (1990-1999) The Hesitant Hero by Gilbert Morris (2000-2009)
Finished
5 points
5.1 A- A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff
5.2 E – Effie At The Wedding by Tracy Marchini
5.3 I – From This Day Forward by Irene Hannon
5.9 What’s Your Genre?-With Just One Click by Amanda Strong
5.10 Lend Me an Ear – Growing Up Beautiful by Lori Jones
10 points
10.1 Oldie – A Woman Of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
10.3 Will it Be Your Favorite? – Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
10.5 Melodious – Stay Tuned by Lauren Clark
10.6 Don’t Tell! – The Christmas Secret by Donna Vanliere
10.8 OND –Wonderboy by Fiona Gibson
10.10 – It’s Starting to Get Chilly – Scotland by Starlight by Nancy Volker
15 Points
15.1 Help Me!- Falling For Me by Anna David, Dollars To Donuts by Kathleen Kole ( My Personal challenge to read 100 books).
15.2 Silver & Gold - Secret of Lies by Barbara Forte Abate, The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell,
15.5 What Once Was- Single In The City by Michelle Gorman
25 Points
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey’s task)- Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo (Chick Lit Club), Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews (Chick Lit and Other Fiction)
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set-A Different Dream Parenting by Jolene Philo,
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task) - So You Want To Write A Guest Blog Post by Jaime McDougall
books 20/45
Points 115/350
5pts. 5.1 A – At First Sight, Nicholas Sparks
5.4 O – Once Upon Stilettos, Shanna Swendson
5.5 U – Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
5.6 Y – You Can’t Stop Me, Max Allan Collins
5.7 Stars in My Eyes - Read a book by a celebrity author.
5.8 Popularity Contest – Water For Elephants, Sarah Gruen (15 read it)
10pts.
10.1 Oldie – Pesuasion, Jane Austen
10.3 Will it Be Your Favorite? – The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Kim Edwards
10.5 Melodious – The Song Reader, Lisa Tucker
10.6 Don’t Tell! – Secrets Of My Hollywood Life, Jen Calonita
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G –
10.8 OND –
15 pts.
15.4 What’s the Time? – Read two books that have different times of the day in the title.
25 pts.
31/45 Books
245/350 Points
5pts.5.1: A:
5.2: E:
5.3: I:
5.4: O:
5.5: U:
5.6: Y:
5.7: Stars:
5.8: Popularity:
5.9: Genre?:
5.10: Ear:
10pts.
10.1: Oldie:
10.2: What’s Popular?:
10.3: Favorite?:
10.4: Sleep With?:
10.5: Melodious:
10.6: Don’t Tell!:
10.7: K-I-S-S-I-N-G:
10.8: OND:
10.9: Football?!:
10.10:
15 pts.
15.1: Help Me!: (Working on a title and author A to Z challenge with friends)
15.2: Silver & Gold:
15.3: Cats & Dogs:
15.4: What’s the Time?:
15.5: What Once Was:
25 pts.
25.1: Get Involved (Jencey’s task):
25.2: Boxed Set:
25.3: Happy Holidays:
25.4: Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task):
25.5: Through the Decades:
3/45 Books
25/350 Points
5pts.5.1: A:
5.2: E:
5.3: I:
5.4: O:
5.5: U:
5.6: Y:
5.7: Stars:
5.8: Popularity: (3 friends)
5.9: Genre?: (nonfiction)
5.10: Ear:
10pts.
10.1: Oldie: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1873)
10.2: What’s Popular?:
10.3: Favorite?:
10.4: Sleep With?: If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster
10.5: Melodious:
10.6: Don’t Tell!:
10.7: K-I-S-S-I-N-G:
10.8: OND: The Season of Second Chances by Diane Meier
10.9: Football?!:
10.10: Chilly:
15 pts.
15.1: Help Me!: (read all the RDI books)
15.2: Silver & Gold:
15.3: Cats & Dogs:
15.4: What’s the Time?:
15.5: What Once Was:
25 pts.
25.1: Get Involved (Jencey’s task): Wither by Lauren DeStefano (Nothing but Reading Challenges)
25.2: Boxed Set: *Family Scandal*
25.3: Happy Holidays: Halloween Party by Wendy Corsi Staub;
25.4: Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task): (black)
25.5: Through the Decades:
0/45 Books
0/350 Points
After watching & reading comments about the challenges for months I am going to try and join in this time!5pts.
5.1: A- As seen on TV – Sarah Mlynowski
5.2: E- Explosive Eighteen – Janet Evanovich
5.3: I – Quinn – Iris Johansen
5.4: O – On the Verge – Ariella Papa
5.5: U – U is for Undertow – Sue Grafton
5.6: Y- You have to kiss a lot of frogs – Laurie Graff
5.7: Stars: Shockaholic - Carrie Fisher
5.8: Popularity- Charlotte’s Web – E.B.White (4 of 5 friends)
5.9: Genre?- Mystery – One for the Money – Janet Evanovich
5.10: Ear- The Ideal Man - Julie Garwood
10pts.
10.1: Oldie- A Separate Peace – John Knowles
10.2: What’s Popular?- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10.3: Favorite? – Something Borrowed – Emily Griffin
10.4: Sleep With?- What Happened to Goodbye – Sarah Dressen
10.5: Melodious – The McKettrick Way - Linda Lael Miller
10.6: Don’t Tell! – Secrets to the Grave – Tami Hoag
10.7: K-I-S-S-I-N-G – Riding the Waves – Tawny Weber
10.8: OND – SecOND Chance – Jane Green
10.9: Football?! – [Florida Gators, Gainesville, FL] Guilty Feet – Kelly Harte
10.10: Chilly: The Man Must Marry - Janet Chapman
15 pts.
15.1: Help Me! – my personal challenge is to read all of JA Jance’s books – Dismissed With Prejudice & Payment in Kind
15.2: Silver & Gold: (silver) Paradise Lost; (gold) Birds of Prey – both by JA Jance
15.3: Cats & Dogs: (cat) How to Wash a Cat – Rebecca Hale; (dog) Highlander for the Holiday’s – Janet Chapman
15.4: What’s the Time?: The Cinderella Hour – Katherine Stone & The Back Door of Midnight - Elizabeth Chandler
15.5: What Once Was – Happiness Key – Emile Richards ; The Guy Next Door - Lori Foster
25 pts.
25.1: Get Involved (Jencey’s task): [Joy of Reading Bookclub] Always Something There to Remind Me - Beth Harbison; The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks;[Thriller & Mystery Bookclub] Kill Me If You Can - James Patterson
25.2: Boxed Set-[multi author books] No Rest for the Dead: 26 authors-one mystery; Home Improvement: Undead Version - Charlaine Harris & others; The Unquiet - J.D. Robb & others
25.3: Happy Holidays- Halloween Night - RL Stine; Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich; The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson
25.4: Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task)- Back in Black - Lori Foster; The Last Days of Daniel Hayes- Marcus Sakey; Happy Birthday - Danielle Steel
25.5: Through the Decades:
30/45 Books
240/350 Points
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
10.3: Favorite? – Something Borrowed – Emily Griffin
5.10: Ear-
15.3: Cats & Dogs:
5.3: I – Quinn – Iris Johansen
25.3: Happy Holidays- Halloween Night - RL Stine; Thanksgiving - Janet Evanovich; The Christmas Wedding - James Patterson
10.8: OND – SecOND Chance – Jane Green
5.2: E- Explosive Eighteen – Janet Evanovich
25.2: Boxed Set-[multi author books] No Rest for the Dead: 26 authors-one mystery; Home Improvement: Undead Version - Charlaine Harris & others; The Unquiet - J.D. Robb & others
25.4-
5.7: Stars: Shockaholic - Carrie Fisher
25.1: Get Involved (Jencey’s task): [Joy of Reading Bookclub] Always Something There to Remind Me - Beth Harbison; The Best of Me - Nicholas Sparks;[Thriller & Mystery Bookclub] Kill Me If You Can - James Patterson
10.9: Football- Gainesville Florida: Guilty Feet by Kelly Harte
10.6: Don’t Tell! – Secrets to the Grave – Tami Hoag
5.8: Popularity- Charlotte’s Web – E.B.White (4 of 5 friends)
10.4: Sleep With?- What Happened to Goodbye – Sarah Dressen
5pts.A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y
5.1 A – Another Mother’s Life by Rowan Coleman
5.4 O – One for Sorrow, Two for Joy by Elise Juska
5.5 U – Unpredictable by Eileen Cook
5.6 Y – A Girl’s Best Friend by Elizabeth Young
5.8 Popularity Contest – Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (12 friends)
5.9 What’s Your Genre? – The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank (chick lit of course!)
10pts.
10.1 Oldie – Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
10.2 What’s Popular? – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (551 people)
10.3 Will it Be Your Favorite? – The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
10.5 Melodious – I Think I Love You by Allison Pearson
10.6 Don’t Tell! – The Secret Life of Husbands by Kirsty Crawford
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G – That’s Amore by Wendy Markham
10.8 OND – I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! – Thanks for Nothing, Nick Maxwell by Debbie Carbin (DALLAS COWBOYS WOO WOO!)
15 pts.
15.1 Help Me! – Ultimate 100 Chick Lit Collection: This Charming Man by Marian Keyes and The Best Day of Someone Else’s Life by Kerry Reichs
15.2 Silver & Gold – Celebutantes by Amanda Goldberg (gold) and Staying at Daisy’s by Jill Mansell (silver)
15.3 It’s Raining Cats & Dogs – Sorcery & the Single Girl by Mindy Klasky (cat) and Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan (dog)
15.4 What’s the Time? – Friday NIGHTS by Joanna Trollope and
15.5 What Once Was – The Perfectly True Tales of a Perfect Size 12 by Robin Gold and Here Today, Gone to Maui by Carol Snow
25 pts.
25.1 Get Involved – Marrying Up by Jackie Rose, Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky, and The Dairy Queen by Allison Rushby
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set. A DAY AT THE BEACH: Flirting with Forty by Jane Porter, Life’s a Beach by Claire Cook, and The Family Fortune by Laurie Horowitz
25.3 Happy Holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
25.5 Through the Decades – Read three books, one published between 1980 and 1989,
11/45 Books
65/350 Points
5pts. A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y – Read a book whose title or author starts with each vowel (A and I cannot be just A and I, they have to actually be the first letter of a word)
5.1 A – After by Kristin Harmel
5.2 E – Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
5.3 I – If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster
5.4 O – One True Theory of Love by Laura Fitzgerald
5.5 U – Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
5.6 Y –
5.7 Stars in My Eyes – Uncharted TerriTORI by Tori Spelling
5.8 Popularity Contest – The Time Traveler’s Wife (14 friends have read it)
5.9
5.10 Lend Me an Ear - Twenty Boy Summer (ebook)
10pts.
10.1 Oldie – The Great Gatsby (1925)
10.2 What’s Popular? – Water for Elephants (223,052)
10.3 Will it Be Your Favorite? – Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty is on the list, but I’ve already read it, so I’m going to read Fourth Comings
10.4 Who Would You Like to Sleep With? – Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
10.5 Melodious – This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen
10.6 Don’t Tell! – The Secret of Joy
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G – Four Summer Stories
10.8 OND – Second Time Around
10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! – Summer and the City by Candace Bushnell (Chicago Bears, I guess. Ha)
10.10 –
15 pts.
15.1 Help Me! – I have an unofficial challenge to read the whole Pretty Little Liars series by the end of the year. ;) PLL #7 Heartless and #8 Wanted
15.2 Silver & Gold –
15.3 It’s Raining Cats & Dogs – Liesl and Po
15.4 What’s the Time? – One Night That Changes Everything, One Day
15.5 What Once Was –
25 pts.
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey’s task) - Scot on the Rocks
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set. “Mean Girls” Boxed Set: books about cliques. Sisters of Misery, Sisterhood Everlasting (they are nice though) and PLL #9 Twisted
25.3
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task) – The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Black),
25.5 Through the Decades –
13/45 Books
0/350 Points
5pts. A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y
5.1 A – Absolutely, Positively - Heather Webber
5.2
5.3 I – Inglorious - Joanna Kavenna
5.4 O –
5.5 U –
5.6 Y – You Lost Me There - Rosecrans Baldwin
5.7 Stars in My Eyes - Postcards from the Edge - Carrie Fisher
5.8 Popularity Contest - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (10 friends)
5.9 What’s Your Genre? - The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson (mystery)
5.10
10pts.
10.1 Oldie – The Awakening - Kate Chopin (1899)
10.2 What’s Popular? – The Help - Kathryn Stockett (48,094 people)
10.3 Will it Be Your Favorite? – Enchanted, Inc. - Shanna Swendson
10.4 Who Would You Like to Sleep With? – A Living Nightmare - Darren Shan
10.5 Melodious – Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
10.6 Don’t Tell! – The Secret of Joy - Melissa Senate
10.7 K-I-S-S-I-N-G – Simply Irresistible - Jill Shalvis
10.8 OND –SecOND Helpings of Roast Chicken - Simon Hopkinson
10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! – The Lace Reader - Brunonia Barry (I don't like football, so I fudged this - the Buffalo Bills worked for this one!) ;)
10.10 –
15 pts.
15.1 Help Me! –
15.2 Silver & Gold – Life from Scratch - Melissa Ford (silver), Confessions of a Beauty Addict - Nadine Haobsh (gold)
15.3 It’s Raining Cats & Dogs – cat: Here Kitty Kitty - Jardine Libaire, dog: To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis
15.4 What’s the Time? – The Double Life of Cassiel RoadNIGHT - Jenny Valentine, The Anxiety of EveryDAY Objects - Aurelie Sheehan
15.5 What Once Was – Girls in Trucks - Katie Crouch, Best Friends Forever - Jenifer Weiner
25 pts.
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey’s task) - Scenes from a Holiday - various (RDI group shelf), The Devil Makes Three - Julie Mangan (chick lit group shelf), Seeing Me Naked - Liza Palmer (chick lit group shelf)
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set - Going Down Boxed Set: Down to Earth - Melanie Rose, The Makedown - Gitty Daneshvari, Deep Down True - Juliette Faye.
25.3 Happy Holidays – 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover - Linda Wisdom (Halloween), Trespass - Valerie Martin (Thanksgiving), Take the Cannoli (Stories from the New World)- Sarah Vowell (Christmas)
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen’s task) – Read three books:
25.5 Through the Decades – The Monkey's Raincoat -Robert Crais (1987), Special Relationship - Robyn Sisman (1995),
8/45 books
30/350 Points
Another challenge that gets me excited to read books off my own shelf!5pts.
5.2: E: Eighteen Acres, Nicolle Wallace
5.4: O: Outliers, Malcolm Galdwell
5.6: Y: Yankee Doodle Dixie, Lisa Patton
5.10: Ear: Rescue, Anita Shreve
10pts.
10.1: Oldie: Forever (Sept 1975), Judy Blume
10.2: What’s Popular?:
10.3: Favorite?: Belong to Me, Marisa de los Santos
10.6: Don’t Tell!: The Secrets of Fortunate Wives, Sarah Strohmeyer
10.7: K-I-S-S-I-N-G: Simply Irresistible, Jill Shalvis
10.8: OND: The Wonder Spot, Melissa Bank
15 pts.
15.1: Help Me!: What to Wear for the Rest of Your Life, Kim Johnson Gross
The Memory Palace, Mira Bartok
15.2: Silver & Gold: Silver Girl, Elin Hildebrand
The False Friend, Myla Goldberg
15.3: Cats & Dogs:
Always the Bridesmaid, Whitney Lyles
15.4: What’s the Time?: Three Nights in New York, Michelle Jackson
Hating Valentine's Day, Allison Rushby
15.5: What Once Was: Bound South, Susan Rebecca White
25 pts.
25.1: Get Involved (Jencey’s task): The Opposite of Me, Sarah Pekkanen
Commencement, Courtney J Sullivan
Time of My Life, Allison Winn Scotch
25.5: Through the Decades: The Man of My Dreams, Curtis Sittenfeld
Defiance, Carole Maso
I Don't Know How She Does It, Allison Pearson
19/45 Books
145/350 Points
5 Points:5.1 A -
5.2 E -
5.3 I -
5.4 O - On Folly Beach by Karen White
5.5 U - Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression edited by Nell Casey
5.6 Y - Ya Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells
5.7 Stars In My Eyes -
5.8 Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (8 friends)
5.9 What's Your Genre? Fantasy -
5.10 Lend Me An Ear - Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
10 points:
10.1 Oldie - Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (1909)
10.2 What's Popular? - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (60,540 readers)
10.3 Will It Be Your Favorite? -Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
10.4 Who Would You Like To Sleep With? - The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
10.5 Melodious
10.6 Don't Tell -
10.7 KISSING
10.8 OND - Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
10.9 Are You Ready for Some Football?
10.10 It's Starting To Get Chilly -
15 Points:
15.1 Help Me! - For the Seasonal Reading Challenge, two books by two different authors who were appearing this year at the National Book Festival:
15.2 Silver & Gold - Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones and A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
15.3 It's Raining Cats & Dogs
15.4 What's the Time? The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and
15.5 What Once Was -
25 Points:
25.1 Get Involved (Jencey's Task)
Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco (shelved by Urban Fantasy)
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint (shelved by Urban Fantasy)
25.2 Make Your Own Boxed Set - Vampire Books With Adult Characters:
25.3 Happy Holidays
Christmas: An Angel for Christmas by Heather Graham
25.4 Black and White and Red All Over (Jen's Task)
Red:
White:
Black:
25.5 Through the Decades -
15/45 Books
110/350 Points
Task Completed 5.1 A- A Vintage Affair by Isabel WolffStacy you are right about this book. I did really enjoy it.
books 1/45
Points 5/350
Jencey wrote: "Task Completed 5.1 A- A Vintage Affair by Isabel WolffStacy you are right about this book. I did really enjoy it.
books 1/45
Points 5/350"
I read this last year and absolutely loved it!
Task Completed 10.5 Melodious: Live Out Loud by Heather Wardell1/45 Books
10/350 Points
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Stacy you are right about this book. I did really enjoy it.
books 1/45
Points 5/350"
Great! I'm glad you liked it. It really was an interesting and entertaining book! :)
Task completed:10.10 It's Starting To Get Chilly - The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
1/45 Books
10/350 Points
Task Completed:10.9 Football (Carolina Panthers) Children of Paranoia by Trevor Shane2/45 Books
20/350 Points
Blah! My first book I was reading for the challenge turned out to be a flop. 50 pages in and I can no longer subject myself to the pain! Moving on :)
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What?!? I thought you never quit a book! LOL!
TASK COMPLETED10.9 – Are You Ready For Some Football?! – The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid, Bill Bryson (Buffalo Bills) 10/3/11
1/45 Books
10/350 Points
Kourtney wrote: "It was THAT bad!"Now I HAVE to ask. Which book?
Beth wrote: "Kourtney wrote: "It was THAT bad!"Now I HAVE to ask. Which book?"
Don't Look Down by Jennifer Cruise and Bob Mayer
It was painfully obvious where Jennifer's writing style ended and Bob's began. It just wasn't for me - there were parts where I couldn't tell who was saying what (even after rereading the paragraph 5 times) and it just felt very disjointed to me. I remember trying to read Agnes and the Hitman and putting that back on the shelf because of the same feelings. Both of those books I have put up on PBS and BM.
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Now I HAVE to ask. Which book?"
Don't Look Down by Jennifer Cruise and Bob Mayer
It was painfully obvious where Jennifer's writing style en..."
Uh-oh, not good. I have Wild Ride on audio...in fact, I think I have it down for a task in this challenge.....
I think it would be really hard for two authors, especially two authors whose styles are very different, to write a book that will satisfy both author's readers. I have a friend, a trad published author who is now self-publishing, who did this and I was not a fan of that book either (even though I am a fan of her other books, the ones she wrote solo). I just hated the other author's main character; it was a character my friend would never write, at least not as a viewpoint character that the reader was supposed to identify with. I don't want to spend half a book inside the head of a total jerk!
Whoo, first blood! ;)Task completed:
5.4 O – Over Her Dead Body - Kate White
1/45 books
5/350 points
Stacy wrote: "Uh-oh, not good. I have Wild Ride on audio...in fact, I think I have it down for a task in this challenge....." I actually loved the books with Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer, but I think it's partly because I love her so much I'd read anything she wrote.... I don't know, but I really liked Wild Ride, if you read it tell me what you think!
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I actually loved the books with Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer, but I..."
I should get to it since it's an audiobook. I like those because I can listen to those and do other things, like homework. :P
How can you maintain your focus on your homework with the background voices?
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LOL, I usually don't. :)
LOL Stacy! I need the books to flow and this one just felt so choppy. Oh well. Moved on to 2 great books that I had no problems with! Melissa Senate's The Love Goddesses Cooking School and Beth Harbison's Hope in a Jar!
TASK COMPLETED5.10 Lend Me an Ear – Hope in a Jar by Beth Harbison
TOTAL: 5
Tasks completed:5.1 A - At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball
5.3 I - Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead
5.9 What's Your Genre - Fantasy - The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey
4/45 Books
25/350 Points
5.6: The Last Blind Date by Linda Yellin5/350
First book I can claim for the challenge (though I've read two others I want to make into a box set for 25.2) and it was terrible. :(
Task Completed! My first Red Dress Ink book! 10.8 OND –Wonderboy by Fiona Gibson2/45 books
15/350 points
Mod
2/45 books
15/350 points"
That was a good one, what did you think of it?
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LEADERBOARD
Jules - 25
Kristin - 20
Jencey - 15
Alicia - 10
Kourtney - 5
Melanie - 5
Nicole - 5
Stacy wrote: "Jencey/ wrote: "Task Completed! My first Red Dress Ink book! 10.8 OND –Wonderboy by Fiona Gibson2/45 books
15/350 points"
That was a good one, what did you think of it?"
Truthfully, I didn't really enjoy it all that much. I hope that the others are better.
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Like the two that are the group read for October - December - those are really great romantic comedies. :)
Jencey, if you liked A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff, you should give her RDI titles a try. I thought Wonderboy was good, but not fantastic. There are some RDI that are really great (at least, in my opinion) like the series from Kyra Davis which has continued under the Mira imprint.
Nicole wrote: "Jencey, if you liked A Vintage Affair by Isabel Wolff, you should give her RDI titles a try. I thought Wonderboy was good, but not fantastic. There are some RDI that are really great (at least, i..."Stacy or Nicole are most of the books on the bookshelf for this group RDI? This may sound like a stupid question, but I have been wondering. When RDI books have been a task on one of the past challenges they have been hard to find.
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Under the books read, I think all but maybe two or three are RDI books.
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I started the Sophie Katz series and I agree with you Nicole. I've only read the first one but I really liked it!
Thanks Stacy, I will use this as a reference for future challenges.
Oh I love the Sophie Katz series! I still have to read the last 2 of them (but of course I want to reread the first 3 so I can remember what has happened before then since it has been so long!)
Task completed5.2 E – Every Demon Has His Day - Cara Lockwood
2/45 books
10/350 points
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Books mentioned in this topic
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Stay Tuned (other topics)
Charlotte's Web (other topics)
The Glass Castle (other topics)
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Sorry, this time around I didn't have time to come up with examples for all of them. Guess I should've started sooner. :(
I will try to get my list done as soon as possible to provide more.
The Rules
1. The challenge runs from October 1 – December 31, 2011
2. Anyone may join in at any time, and count any books read between October 1 and December 31. All participants must post their book list in this thread.
3. Books do not have to be specifically from Red Dress Ink.
4. You may only complete each task ONCE. Likewise, books may only count for ONE task.
5. To post points: Post the point value and number of the task you completed, as well as the book you read for the task. It also helps (me) to post your total points as well.
6. For multiple-book tasks: Books do not need to be read back-to-back, or in any specific order, but you must have read ALL the books for a task in order to be awarded points for it (no half points).
7. Audiobooks and e-books are acceptable to use for challenges, as long as they are the complete and unabridged versions.
8. Books started before October 1 may count for any task in the challenge, as long as you are no more than halfway through the book as of October 1.
9. You may change the books on your list at any time. Changing books for tasks already completed is NOT permitted.
10. Re-reads of books are okay, unless the task specifically says otherwise.
11. The first person to complete every task in the challenge is the winner. If no one completes every task in the challenge, then the people with the top 3 scores will be declared the winners.
12. Prizes for the top 3 finishers:
First Place – A $10 Amazon.com or BarnesAndNoble.com gift certificate
Second Place – Two credits from either BookMooch or Paperbackswap (your choice)
Third Place – A book from my posted books on Bookmooch or Paperbackswap