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FALL CHALLENGE 2012: WATER
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Fall Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
Just starting out... yay!10.3 - Moniker Challenge
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
10.8 - Fall TV
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way ('How I Met Your Mother' - I wanted to pick 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' or 'Firefly' originally, being a Joss Whedon fan, but it was just too tough...)
30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
I rolled two '2's, so I read two graphic novels, Chew, Vol. 2: International Flavor and Chew, Vol. 3: Just Desserts.
Tasks completed: 3/61
Books read: 4
Points claimed in this post: 50
Total points claimed: 50
5 POINTS8. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: Divergent, veronica roth (487 pgs), FINISHED 09.19
10 POINTS
2. TRICK OR TREAT: Home for a Spell, madelyn alt (290 pgs), FINISHED 09.04
15 POINTS
5. A DROP IN THE BUCKET: Turn Coat, jim butcher (545 pgs), FINISHED 10.18
20 POINTS
4. FAMILY CELEBRATIONS: #1 my brother: Mozart's Last Aria, matt rees ( pgs), FINISHED 09.29
9. FALL MONTHS: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, lauren willig, (388 pgs), FINISHED 10.29
25 POINTS
3A: Decaffeinated Corpse, cleo coyle (retired hurricane names since 1954) (390 pgs),FINISHED 09.05
TOTAL POINTS: 70
Sheila5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson
Richard was name # 7
10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
XO by Jeffery Deaver
Kayleigh Towne is a young country music star. So my halloween costume would be in a Miley Cyrus costume.
Total points = 45
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten Anne of Green Gables(3a Canadian born) and Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (3b Phone)Total Points Earned: 40/1110
Total Pages Read: 1051/22926
Total Books Read: 4/62
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?I rolled a
2 - (Graphic book) Blood Work: An Original Hollows Graphic Novel by Kim Harrison
4 - (Author Initials) Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30/1110
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
Pages read: 448
Sheila wrote: "Kayleigh Towne is a young country music star. So my halloween costume would be in a Miley Cyrus costume."
Sheila, make sure you take pictures of that one if you ever do that! LOL
Jodi230.11 - Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
1A. Singer: Select a book with a title in which a symbol has been substituted for a letter or a word or one that includes a punctuation mark.
3B. Song: Select a book with a phone on the cover or one with the words "phone", "telephone", "call", or "maybe" in the title�.CALL
Call Me Hope
Points this task: 30
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Sassafrass wrote: "Sheila wrote: "Kayleigh Towne is a young country music star. So my halloween costume would be in a Miley Cyrus costume."
Sheila, make sure you take pictures of that one if you ever do that! LOL"
That would definitely be a sight. Talk about a fright, all the little kiddies would run screaming. haha
Coralie5.3 Sail Away
The Borrowers Afloat in which the borrowers take a boat trip in a kettle.
5.4 In Honor of Your Birthday
From page 19, post 917 The Windup Girl
5.6 An Apple a Day
apple variety � Beauty of Bath � using ‘of�
Stig of the Dump
5.7 What’s your name again
I Own the Racecourse! by Patricia Wrightson
10.3 Moniker Challenge
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny
Total points 30
Nick KYFirst Post of the Challenge
5.1 I Did It! I read Operation Shylock: A Confession by Philip Roth. “Confession� is in the subtitle. 400 pages
5.9 Colder and Bigger I read Man in the Dark: A Novel by Paul Auster. With 192 pages, there is a numeral �9� in the total page number.
10.1 Show you Care There are pink backgrounds for the lettering in the book I read,
Poems by Maya Angelou. 224 pages15.10 Fancy Free I read Words for Empty and Words for Full by Bob HicokWords for Empty and Words for Full by Bob Hicok. 118 pages
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 35
Pages Read: 934
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.9- Colder and Bigger!...read a book that contains the number 9 in its title:
I read
The Ninth Daughter by Barbara Hamilton 359 pages (9.2)Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 5
Total # of ŷ Authors: 0
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Nick KYI goofed on my first post.
This is my REAL first post:
5.9 Colder and Bigger I read Man in the Dark: A Novel by Paul Auster. With 192 pages, there is a numeral �9� in the total page number.
10.1 Show you Care There are pink backgrounds for the lettering in the book I read,
Poems by Maya Angelou. 224 pages15.10 Fancy Free I read Words for Empty and Words for Full by Bob HicokWords for Empty and Words for Full by Bob Hicok. 118 pages
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Pages Read: 534
Task #15.5 � A Drop in the Bucket The Quilter's Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini
This is book #10 in the Elm Creek Quilts series.
This post: 15 points
Total to date: 15 points
15.8 Cause This is Thriller The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins
Song Title: "Pretty Young Thing "
I am claiming ONE GoodReads Author Ticket for Kristan Higgins.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
GRA Tickets: 1
BB Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
10.6 Rocky Horror Picture ShowStory of the Eye by Georges Bataille
which is on the first page of the "Popular Cult Classics" list
15.5 A Drop In The Bucket
The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30) by Terry Pratchett
The Discworld series has 39 published books, with more on the way.
15.9 Starry Night
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books: 4
Pages Read: 1,118
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MICHAEL LA10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein's monster makes a great Halloween costume.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 10
GR Authors:
Big Books:
Total books: 1
Total pages: 247
10.8-Fall TVBones are Forever by Kathy Reichs
Bones is one of my favourite TV shows
30.3-Back By Popular Demand
Never Tell by Alafair Burke
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
Father/daughter relationship
*** Alafair Burke is ŷ Author ***
Points this post: 40
Total Points:40
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
GRAs claimed: 1
BBs claimed: 0
10.3: Moniker ChallengeA Night Like This by Julia Quinn (GR Author)
Task 30.10: Fran/Dee Task
3A. 3rd in series: An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire (GR Author). Number 3 in October Daye Series.
5B. Romance Novel: The MacGregors: Serena & Caine by Nora Roberts
Points this Post: 40
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
ŷ authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 - I Did It!Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin �15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away-Clouds on cover
A Bride's Dilemma in Friendship, Tennessee
Approval Post # 39
Diana Lesire Brandmeyer Claiming GRA Ticket
Points Earned This Task: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 15/1110
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin �15.10- Fancy Free-Reader's Choice
Elixir
Points Earned This Task: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 30/1110
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin �10.9 -- 9...10...11- numbers in the page count, when added together, total 9, 10 or 11
On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God
# of pages=243 (2+4+3=9)
Points Earned This Task:10
Points Achieved to Date: 40/1110
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.6 - Reading Through Disneyworld
I decided to do options 6 and 7.
For option 6, Main Street, I read a book listed as fiction:
If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern
For option 7, Toontown Fair, I read a book with Young Adult on its main page:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Points this task: 30
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages read: 686
ŷ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sandy MN30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1 - Fantasy
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
ŷ author
Option 6 - Fiction
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Total points: 30
Total GR Authors: 1
TJ5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
I've Got Your Number
Page 11, Post 541
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: SARAH COLETask #5.2 - Do It Again
Read a book that would also work for another task in this challenge.
I read Someone Like You and Other Short Stories by Roald Dahl that could have also fit task 25.1 option 1B because it is an anthology of short stories (book approved in the help thread of task 25.1, post #26 -> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...).
Task #20.10 - Group Reads
I chose the "Culinary Fiction" category and, therefore, read Chocolat Amer (Like Water for Chocolate) by Laura Esquivel.
My posts in the discussion threads are, for now, number #7 and #11 (http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...).
Previous Points: 0
Points this Post: 25
Points to Date: 25
30.12 Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, AustraliaStop 2: Federation Square
I read Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Stop 5: Melbourne Museum and Carlton Gardens
I read Persuasion by Jane Austen
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
10.9 -- 9...10...11 The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 234 pages 2+3+4=9
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 10
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Jessica PDX15.8 - 'Cause This is Thriller
I chose the song "Human Nature"
by Temple GrandinPoints this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 45
ŷ Authors: 1
Big Books Tickets: 1
15.10 Fancy Free
I Couldn't Love You More by Jillian Medoff
15.7 Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
(This book was set in the country of India.)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
I Couldn't Love You More by Jillian Medoff
15.7 Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth
(This book was set in the country of India.)
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
15.8 - 'Cause This Is ThrillerI read 52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody. The word 'my' appears in the title of the book and the title of the song 'The Lady In My Life'.
*Jessica Brody is a GR author*
Points this post- 15
Total Points- 30
GR Authors- 3
5.7 - What's Your Name Again? Looking for Alaska - John Green
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 221
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ANGIE CA5.9 Colder AND Bigger!
Book: Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
Notes: #9 in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.
This Post: 5
Points to Date: 5
5.7 - What's Your Name Again? Author whose first name is in the top 10 first names. Susan is #7.
Sweet Spot by Susan Mallery
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Michelle WI30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 2:
A) The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (science fiction genre listed on main page)
B) Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain (horror genre listed on main page)
Chelsea Cain is a ŷ author
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
ŷ Authors: 1
STACIE MITask 15.7 - Show Your Stripes
I read a book set in a country where tigers can be found. The following is set in Korea:
The Color of Earth by Kim Dong Hwa
Points this task: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1006
ŷ authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
JenniferJ30.10 -- Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
Book 1: (Option 2B - 'Horror' listed as a genre on its home page)
Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
Book 2: (Option 5B -'Romance' listed as a genre on its home page)
The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60/1110
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
Pages read: 929
30.2 Good Reads/Good FriendsFrom Sheila's mystery shelf, I read Long Gone by Alafair Burke (A GoodReads Author).
From Kathy's fantasy shelf, I read Matchedby Ally Condie.
Points for these task :30
Total points :30
GoodRead Authors : 1
Tasks completed :1
5.3 - Sail Away:The Son of Neptune
Part of the story includes a boat trip from San Francisco to Seattle. This is a big part of the plot.
***Big Book Ticket @ 521 pages***
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3 (including non-claimed)
Total Pages Read: 1834 (including partial reads)
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Laurie ME20.10: Group Read: review post - #16
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Points This Post: 20.
Total Points: 20.
Sheila25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
2. Chopped:Option A (knife on cover)
Devil's Food by Kerry GreenwoodAND
3. The Next Food Network Star - Option B. # 185 on the Most Popular Books read in 2012 list.
Love in a Nutshell by Janet EvanovichTotal Points = 70
Jodi215.3 - Bookends
Option 1: Read a book where the title starts and ends with same letter. Subtitles may be used or ignored. Starts with an “s� Stiff and ends with an s “cadavers�
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose complete ŷ name starts and ends with same letter. Starts with an “s� Suzanne and ends with an s “Collins�
Catching Fire
Points this task: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 6
SAMMY5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 221
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme VA15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
The song title was "The Lady in My Life."
Portrait is a big book with 656 pages.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 15
ŷ Authors:
Big Books: 500+: 1
I forgot to claim ŷ Author tickets for the two Brian Wood books I claimed in Message 27 and Message 46 of this thread. I am adding those to my total in this post-- sorry for the confusion!Points This Post: 0
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1027
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
JenniferJ30.10 -- Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
Book 1: (Option 2B - 'Horror' listed as a genre on its home page)
Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan
Book 2: (Option 5B -'Romance' listed as a genre on its home page)
The Grand Finale by Janet Evanovich
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 60/1110
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
Pages read: 929
Kari 5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Nevermore by James Patterson
James is the top name for the most popular boy names in the last century
15.4 Bond, James Bond
Option 2: Read a book that is the 7th in a Series I read Angel which is written by James Patterson so it also satisfies Option 3.
2 ŷ Author Tickets claimed for James Patterson
Total Points this Post: 20
Overall: 20
Total GRA Tickets: 2
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten Anne of Green Gables (Canadian born) and What Would My Cell Phone Do? (phone)Micol Ostow is a ŷ Author
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Total Points Earned: 55/1110
Total Pages Read: 1451/24857
Total Books Read: 5/68
Good Read Authors:1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin �10.3 -- Moniker Challenge- author whose first, middle, or last name starts with the letter I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Last name starts with Z:
Once Was Lostby Sara Zarr
Points Earned This Task:10
Points Achieved to Date: 50/1110
ŷ Authors to Date:1
Big Book Tickets to Date:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
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10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
15.5 A Drop in the Bucket
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
GR Authors: 1