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SAMMY

50.1 - Family Ties
Option 1A: Something Borrowed - Emily Giffin
Option 4A: Election - Tom Perrotta

Option 6B: Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife - Mary Roach


Points this post: 50
Total points: 275
Tasks Completed: 12
Books read: 18
Pages Read : 5734
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
I read The Body in the Library. # 3 in the Miss Marple series, which has 15 primary works, according to GR. http://www.goodreads.com/series/51798...

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
I read , with clouds on the cover.

total points: 1110!

SUZANNE VN


15.5 A Drop in the Bucket
A Darkness More Than Night is book #7 in the Harry Bosch series which has way more than 10 in the series (note, this is also #2 in the Terry McCaleb series, but both are listed on the GR page)
Michael Connelly is a GoodReads Author

15.8 Cause this is thriller
The First day of the Rest of My Life - "The Lady is My Life" from the album Thriller shares "My Life" with my book choice.
Cathy Lamb is a GoodReads Author

15.10 Fancy Free Day
Still Life With Crows

30.6 Reading Through Disneyland
Option 2: Adventureland
Utopia - "adventure" is one of the genres listed on the GR page
Option 6: Main Street USA
Good Enough to Eat - is fiction

30.12 A Tour of Melbourne Australia
Stop 5: Melbourne Museum & Carlton Gardens
Open Season - was a "fossil" on TBR list (added in 2008)
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands
Blue Water - "water" in title


Points this Post: 105
Total points: 615
Tasks Completed: 30
Books read: 43
GR Authors: 25
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

That's it for me - I had a blast as always!! Thank you to all the mods who work so hard on these challenges!

50.1- ♥Robin�'s Task: Family Ties

1. Option C: Anne of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery

2. Option C: Lord Peter by Dorothy L. Sayers (croSsworDpuzzLe)

3. Option A: by Dave Barry

Points this post: 50
Total points: 145

Congrats sandy!!!

10.8 Fall TV

Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs - one of my favorite shows is 'Bones'

30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween

2B - Blackout (Big Book: 659 pages) by Mira Grant - horror is listed as a main genre

4A - Specials by Scott Westerfeld - this book is set in the future, which would be great to visit (maybe not this particular future, though!)

Points this post: 40
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Pages read: 7,437
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0) 

30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween

2.A Science Fiction genre on book's main page

The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut

5.B Romance genre on book's main page

The Far Country by Nevil Shute

Post Total: 30
Season Total: 1110

Thanks to everyone for another fun and challenging season!

mstan, Sandy and Kate have all finished with hours to spare. Congratulations everyone.

15.10 Fancy Free
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

15 points

Final post for the Fall Challenge:



Task 5.8 - Colder and bigger (digit 9 in page count of 496 pages):

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness



Task 15.5 - A drop in the bucket

Lover Unbound by J.R. Ward ***Big Book Ticket 502 pages***

Total Big book tickets for challenge = 9

Challenge point total = 580

Thanks for another great challenge mods!!

Final posting. I met my goal, a higher point total than the last challenge. :)

Task # 5.4 In honor of your birthday

Lucien's Gamble: A Novella From Bad Boys Ahoy! by Sylvia Day

GR author

Page 18, post # 885, different book by the same author

ebook approved @line # 397



Task # 5.5 By the sea

Dog River Blues by Mike Jastrzebski

GR author

River in title



Task # 5.10 What else can I read?

Flashpoint by Suzanne Brockmann

Based on Fantasy in Death



This post: 15 points
Total to date: 1020 points
Goodread authors this post: 2
Goodread authors to date: 26
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (4)
Tasks Completed: 57
Books Read: 82

CHRISTINAB

20.7 The Show Must Go On

#3 Summerland: A Novel by Elin Hilderbrand. This book is shelved as chick lit.

Thank you moderators!


Points claimed in this post: 20
Total points claimed: 305
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Pages this task: 416
Total pages: 6152
Big books total: 2
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 5

10.10 -- Back to School
The decade of my HS grad is 1070-1979. This book was first published in 1970.

Sing Down the Moon by Scott O'Dell

15.2 - On Pins and Needles
A. Suspense genre:
When The Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman

B. I couldn't wait to read it! I don't recall if this book came to my TBR list from a GR recommendation or from a SRC reference. I requested it from my library hold system for the Winter challenge to fit in somewhere but I got it yesterday & I'm so glad I didn't wait to read it since I'd still be on 'Pins & Needles'.

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Point this post: 25
Total Points: 1095
GR authors: 3

Reposting my own task because I made a mistake with the book chosen for Option A the first time in post 2277...

25.8 - Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the Diacritical

Option A - Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
Option B - The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White

My final post...

Readerboard Name: Barbara�
30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: --
Option 5: - Sherrilyn Kenyon (circle on cover)

Option 6: The Ape Who Guards the Balance - Elizabeth Peters� (set in Egypt)
Elizabeth Peters is a GRA

Points Earned This Post: 30
Points Achieved to Date: 1055
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 40
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (7)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

C'mon Janet -15 more points and 4.5 hours!!!

I'm so excited for all the finishers! We now have more tasks than last season--it just keeps getting better! Hooray!

And to answer the person who asked earlier how I could do this and NaNoWriMo--I finished in October because I knew I'd need November to write! Passed 50k words, but didn't finish the book. Maybe that'll still count.

Anyway, go go go, everyone! You've still got until midnight eastern time to read!

10.1 Pink
with pink on the cover!

15.10 Fancy Free
Babyji by Abha Dawesar

New Total: 380

Readerboard name: Evana

15.4 Bond, James Bond
Choose TWO options

Option 2: Read a book ... identified on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ as the 7th book in a series. Amelia Peabody #7
The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog by Elizabeth Peters

Option 3: Read a book by an author who shares a name with a film actor who played James Bond - David Niven
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann


Please delete task 5.3 Sail Away. Moving Death in Venice to:


30.9 Sandy's task: Fall Happenings
Book 1: Read a book from the college bound reading list. Near the bottom of World Literature -
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann

Book 2: Read a book from one of the following lists and specify which list. Political Thrillers, Book #20
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

Starting Points: 1000
Delete task 5.3 leaving: 995
Points claimed this post: 45
Points to date: 1040
GR Authors to date: 7
Big book tickets to date: 3

This has been a crazy amount of fun! Thank you for hosting it.

Jessica PDX

Last post of the challenge!

30.5 - Butterflycager's Task - Fall Shelf Cleaning

Option 3

by Charles Cumming

Option 4

by Lee Child

Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 480
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 8
Big Books Tickets: 6

5.8 - Festival of Lights



Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri

15.9 - Starry, Starry Night

The Fault in Our Stars

Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 100

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away by John Flanagan Clouds in the background of the blue.

15.10- Fancy Free read
by Robert Kirkman

20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation by James Bradley I picked this book because of my trip to the USS Lexington, I wanted to learn more about WWII

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On Option 2 The Lion King. read by James Dashner (GRA) The is found in Hakuna Matata and No Worries combined.

20.8 Sara �'s task: Mormons Among Us! read by Obert Skye (author is listed as an option in the task)

25.3 - Ashley FL's task: Naming the Storm

read by Michael P. Spradlin 2012 tropical storm list

and

by Paul Stewart Big book 669 pages

30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?

Roll 2: A Picture's Worth- read by Robert Kirkman

and

Roll 4: Mr. Watson, Come Here read by Pittacus Lore

Points this Post: 145
Total points- 240
Big Books 1
GR Authors: 2

CathyG

10.9 -- 9...10...11
Read a book in which the numbers in the page count, when added together, total 9, 10 or 11. Required: State the number of pages in your post.
Inside Out by Lauren Dane
306 pp 3+0+6=9

25.6 - Chaitra's task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
For this task, pick two books from two different options
Required: Please state the options you choose.

1. Halo 3 & Mass Effect 3: Read any book in a series (identified as such on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ) with at least three published books at the start of the fall challenge (the published books must exclude short stories/novellas published in anthologies).
Secrets of the Knight by Julia Latham

6. Dishonored: Read a book with a royal character
The Princess and the Peer by Tracy Ann Warren

30.4 -- DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something
3. ¡ POETRY !
The Milky Way Poems 1967-1982 by Jon Anderson

5. Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Sex and the Single Vampire by Katie MacAlister
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author

Points this post: 65
Total points: 870
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 65
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 27
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0

CathyG

10.4 -- Water Signs

Read a book by an author who was born under a Water sign. Required: Provide the author's birthdate when posting.
Nov 1 Karen Marie Moning Spell of the Highlander


Points this post: 10
Total points: 880
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 66
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors: 26
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0

Paperpills

Task #50.1 - Family Ties

My Step-Dad (Option C): Building Stories by Chris Ware

Robin (Option A): The Twelve by Justin Cronin

586 pages claiming Big Book ticket

My Youngest Son aka Lil J or Roo (Option A): The Black Echo Harry Bosch 1 by Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.

Task #30.1 - How Do I Say This�?

Option 4: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

I read the publisher's advance reading copy.

Option 5: Skinner by Charlie Huston

I read the publisher's early review eBook.

Task #15.10 - Fancy Free

You by Austin Grossman

I read the publisher's advance reading copy. Austin Grossman is a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author.

This post: 95 points
Total to Date = 255 points
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author tickets to date = 7
Big Book tickets to date = 1

SARAH THE LIBRARIAN

This will be my last post for the season. So disappointed that I didn't manage to complete my own task. Thanks and see you tomorrow!

15.2 - On Pins and Needles
A. Broken Harbor by Tana French
"Suspense" listed on the book's main page.

B. Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
I have been eagerly awaiting this since I first heard about it in the spring!
Grace Lin is a GRA.

15.4 Bond, James Bond
B. The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney
This is the seventh book in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series.

C. Hero by Perry Moore
The author shares his last name with Roger Moore, one of the men who has played James Bond.

25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1C. by Sheila O'Connor
Clouds are visible on the cover of this book.

2C. The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
tHe mysteriOus HOwling - 2H, 2O in title


Points this post: 55
Total points: 860
Tasks completed: 43
GRA: 29
Big Books 500+(7), 750+ (1), 1000+()

Finished the last few books for this challenge this evening....

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
-- the lightning bolt is coming from some wicked looking clouds

30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
I chose:
Option 1: Fantasyland -- Would-Be Witch by Kimberly Frost which has fantasy listed as a genre on its main page.
AND
Option 7: Toontown Fair -- Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson which has young adult listed on its main page.


Points this post: 45
Season Total: 400

Thanks for the great challenge!

20.1 � Most Improved � Katy’s task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation

My husband has shared his love and respect for the work of Edward Curtis and the west he photographed throughout our marriage. We have some of his prints in our home as well as two paintings that incorporate his photos. When our children were young, we traveled through 6 western states visiting many of the sites described in this survey of the photographer’s struggle to photograph the native people of the west before they were overrun by white culture. I can’t describe in words the beauty of Canyon de Chelly. We traveled to the bottom of the canyon by jeep with a Navajo guide who told the story of her people. It is the most awe inspiring place I have had the privilege to visit. Egan writes in an engaging narrative style and includes many of the photographs that Curtis took as he tried to preserve our knowledge of Native culture. Highly recommended!

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan

+20 Points
Grand Total: 685

PUTTERPAL

25.7- Fun Fall Activities
Wedding Anniversary- If Morning Ever Comes by Anne Tyler

Black Friday- Reached by Ally Condie

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 505

20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
Rolled 4, Humor: Unzipped by Lois Greiman
Book has "humor" as genre on main page

20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 3, Parents: When She Wasn't Looking by HelenKay Dimon (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author)
Book has "romance" as genre on main page

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 1: Shore to Die by Valerie Wolzien
Book has "mystery" as genre on main page

25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
Option 2C, Liquid: Aunt Dimity's Death by Nancy Atherton
Book Title and author has 2 H's and 1 O
Option 3C, Solid: Marked By The Moon by Lori Handeland (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author)
Book has snow on the cover


25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall Activities
Fantasy Football: by Rachel Caine
"fantasy" as genre on main page
Black Friday: The President's Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ author)
Just bought it from used book store in October

Dee wrote: "C'mon Janet -15 more points and 4.5 hours!!!"
Thanks Dee! but alas I won't finish tonight. I'll focus on getting all the points in the Winter SRC!

Chris MD

I'm sure you will absolutely hate me for posting this late, so just let me say I don't care if you record these or not. I just wanted to post that I actually did get something done this challenge.

15.8 Cause This Is Thriller!

Girl in Hyacinth Blueby Susan Vreelandwho is a GR author.

Thriller song: The Girl Is Mine



15.10 Fancy Free

The Whiskey Rebels by David Lisswho is a GR author





20.3 Homage to Comic Books

Rolled a 1: Main character is 18 or younger.

The Key by Michael Grant

The main character is 12 years old. I don't see that in the description, but it should be clear it's about a teenage boy. (And the whole point of the Magnificent 12 is that they're all 12 years old.)



20.4 Family Celebrations

Option 1: Main character is a musician

Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan

It's about a jazz band in the late 1930s, so all the characters are musicians.

20.7 The Show Must Go On

Option 1: Shelved as fantasy

UnWholly
by Neal Shusterman who is a GoodReads author.

16 people have this shelved as fantasy.

30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning

Option 3: Author's initials begin with same letter

Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik

Option 7: Big Book

John Adams
by David McCullough

Book is 752 pages long - claiming 2 Big Book tickets



30.6 Reading Through DisneyWorld

Option 1: Fantasy

Beautiful Chaos
by Kami Garcia who is a GoodReads author

Option 5: Gothic/Horror

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

595 people have it shelved as horror.




30.9 Fall Happenings

Option 1: College Bound List

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

options 2: Be an Informed Voter


Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich



Points for this post: 15 + 15 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 30 + 30 + 30 = 180
Total points: 180 + 125 = 305
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 19
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ authors: 6
Big books: 500=1, 750=1, 1,000=0

The Fall Challenge has ended.
Thanks for a great challenge!

Thank you moderators!!!! :-)

Thanks to the moderators for a great challenge!!!☺☺☺☺ I **think** I'm ready for the next one LOL

Andy P.
Task # 15.5 We Got the Beat
I read Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
There are four syllables in the title 1. Where 2. We 3. Be 4.long. I have 4 syllables in my first and last name.

hey guys - you posted in the wrong thread! this is from last season!

5.9 Shhh!:

And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship by Bob Greene, with the SH in Should.


25.3 Coralie's Task--Let's Be Different:

Option 1, Book A Every character in title different

Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell

Option 1, Book B Every title word with different number of letters

The Trade Of Queens by Charles Stross Count is 3,5,2,6

Today's total 30
Grand total 420

Donna Jo wrote: "5.9 Shhh!:

And You Know You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship by Bob Greene, with the SH in Should.


25.3 Coralie's Task--Let's Be Different:

Option 1, Book A Every characte..."

Donna Jo
You posted in the wrong thread