Task Completion discussion

What are you planning to read for the March - August tasks?

5.1 DONE (anything)
5.2 DONE DONE (2 grs authors)
5.3 (reread that i loved)
5.4 DONE (book that made you laff)

10.1 (2 books of poetry)
10.2* DONE DONE (2 plants on covers) (need covers posted)
10.3 DONE DONE (2 bks, main charrie close to parent)

15.1** &
15.2 DONE (new-to-me & 2012 debut authors)
15.3 (war or returned veteran)
15.4 DONE (main charrie=high school)

20.1* DONE (2010), DONE (2011), & DONE(2012) (need publ'n yrs posted)
20.2 DONE & DONE (2 romances)
20.3 (1 bk-takes place/about place u want to visit; 1 bk-same for place u dont want to visit)

25.1 (3 sci-fi books)
25.2* , DONE (one TV, two movies) (show/movie of diff name?)
25.3* (DONE; red), (DONE; white), (DONE; blue) (need covers posted)

35.1 DONE, DONE, DONE, DONE (4 main charrie=female)
35.2* DONE DONE DONE DONE (2 backs to me covers, 2 facing me covers) (need covers posted)
35.3* DONE DONE DONE DONE (1st-4th series; diff series!) (need series name posted)
35.3* DONE DONE DONE DONE (1st-4th series; diff series!) (need series name posted)

50.1 DONE DONE DONE DONE (SPRING)
50.2* DONE DONE DONE (red, green, brown, purple, white/grey covers) (need covers posted)

100.1 The Night Circus , What Happened to Goodbye, Passion, Silence , Across the Universe, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Name of the Star, The Last Little Blue Envelope, The Throne of Fire, & Cabin Fever (ten from grs choice awards)

* Required
** Optional

not placed:

Dumb question here - do we have to complete all tasks? Or can we just pick the ones we want? I'm asking because I'm not a fast/daily reader, so it might take me some time completing all the tasks. LOL Thanks and happy reading. :)

Not a dumb question at all! But no, you don't have to complete all the tasks. I have them all listed, but I've only put the requirements next to the ones that I want to finish :) Just finish the ones you want!

5.1-Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (373) DONE

5.2-Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (216) & The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong (186) DONE

5.3-

5.4-The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (321) DONE


10.1-

10.2-

10.3-Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost (358) & (close to parent)


15.1-Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (08)& Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (15)

15.2-A Conflict of Interest by Adam Mitzner (384) (new author) & (published 2012)

15.3-

15.4-The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (230) DONE


20.1- Glimmerglass by Jenna Black (178) (2010) & Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouln't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski (194) (2011) & (2012)

20.2- Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke (188) & Hereafter by Tara Hudson (239) DONE

20.3- (want to visit) & The Winds of War by Herman Wouk (896) (don't want to visit)


25.1-

25.2- (TV) & The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (189) (movie) & (movie)

25.3-Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning (255) (Blue) & Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger (220) (Red) & Epic Fail by Claire LaZebnik (179) (White)DONE


35.1-The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (390) & The Strange Case of Finley Jayne by Kady Cross (78) & The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (267) & Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (292)(4 female main characters)DONE
35.1-Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione (246) & Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (301) & Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (264) &

35.2-Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder (448) (back) & Eve by Anna Carey (336) (back) & At First Sight by Elizabeth Chandler (195) (face) & Hex Hall by Tara Hudson (145) (face) DONE
35.2-Leaving Paradise by Simone Elkeles (223) (back) & (back) & Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (232) & Marked by P.C. Cast (241) (front)

35.3-13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson (235) (#1), Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter (170) (#2), Susannah's Garden by Debbie Macomber (285) (#3), (#4)


50.1-Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead (278) (S), (P),(R), (I), Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (466) (N), Good Girls Don't by Victoria Dahl (384) (G)

50.2- Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (368) (Red), (Green), The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (111) (Brown), The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross (411) (Purple), Misty and the Single Dad by Marion Lennox (186) (White/Gray)


100.1-Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (418) (Favorite Book of 2011) & Wither by Lauren DeStefano (358) (YA Fantasy & Sci-Fi) & Bossypants by Tina Fey (147) (Favorite Book of 2011) & & & & & & &

:) Thanks Zakiya. Seriously, that's what I thought - but I just wanted to make sure. Meghan, hope you got a spot saved. :) Thanks again ladies. Take care.

No problem at all; thanks for checking!

Haha Deb!!!! I think I just barely got that spot saved.... phew! :) I am excited to see what I can get.

Way to go, Meghan. LOL I'm excited to see what I can get through as well. Guess I should start posting my list, eh? LOL Good luck. :)

Same here ladies. Good luck to you two!

I'm not sure what I'm going to do about posting my list this time... I want to plan, but sometimes it seems like it only makes me remember how behind I am. I think I'll just go ahead and start it now, lol :)

So I have a question: Do you all just post the books where ever they can give the most points, or do you kind of plan them out?

Also, do you pick certain tasks that you just really want to complete? Whether it be because of the content that you have to read, etc. Because I, as you can see, have put the content requirements next to the task numbers that I really want to complete for the challenge.


I'm just wondering about all of this, of course. No pressure or anything! :D

I post as I read and where the most points will fit. I can only do so much.

Zakiya wrote: "So I have a question: Do you all just post the books where ever they can give the most points, or do you kind of plan them out?"

I plan my books out before hand but will admit to changing them around at times if I can't read all the books for a specific task e.g. I was reading books to speel out MARCH but was stuck on M and R so slotted the books I had read for A, C and H into the 35 point tasks (as they did fit.)

Zakiya wrote: "Also, do you pick certain tasks that you just really want to complete? Whether it be because of the content that you have to read, etc. Because I, as you can see, have put the content requirements next to the task numbers that I really want to complete for the challenge.

When I read the tasks I come up with ideas for books. I will then read the books that interest me most first then try to tackle the others later.

This time most of the books on the "1001 books to read before you die" list didn't interest me much so i scraped that idea and focused on the other tasks.

Nice answers, ladies :). I was just curious as to how everyone else did their challenges.

NOTICE: The following tasks have now been added to the list!!!

10.3, 15.3, 20.3, & 25.3

NOTICE: Added a new task - 5.4

I have been trying to plan out some of my reads here and tweak stuff around for maximum points, but I am beginning to see it's hard because I don't necessarily know what I will be reading in coming months. This leaves me with decisions like, do I use a book early and go for a quick 10 or 15 points or hold it back and try to slot it in later for 35 or 50?

I do know there's some categories I just won't be attempting at all because I would not do well in them. Will just have to see how it goes I guess.

Good luck, Tatum! The rest of us have to deal with decisions like that, too. At least I do anyway. I try to put them where they will allow the most points, no matter how long it might take me to finish the task.

Tatum wrote: "I have been trying to plan out some of my reads here and tweak stuff around for maximum points, but I am beginning to see it's hard because I don't necessarily know what I will be reading in coming..."

If you look at mine from Sept-Feb you will see that there are plenty of tasks that I am only one book away...