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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
25.7 - FOOTBALL KICK-OFF FUNOPTION 2 - ARIZONA CARDINALS - Cardinal Rules by Barbara Delinsky.
OPTION 4 - FOOD ON THE COVER -
by Sue Ann Jaffarian which has apples and an apple pie on the cover.Sue Ann Jaffarian and Barbara Delinsky are ŷ Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 140
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 4
BIG BOOKS - 2
5.1 - 2013 - A New SeasonTwo Years, No Rain by Shawn Klomparens
This book has 87 ratings on the main book page.
10.2 Far, Far Away
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
I presently live in Switzerland and the story takes place in Germany and Poland.
The book was approved in post #16 of Task Help thread.
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
This book was a nominee in the "Contemporary Women's Fiction/Chick Lit" category.
15.7 -- Spookfest!
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
'Horror' is listed as #1 genre on main book page.
John Boyne is a ŷ author.
I am claiming 1 Big book Ticket: The Girl You Left Behind has 516 pages.
Points this post: 40
Total points to date: 135
Task 20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's TaskOption A (I didn’t participate in either of the Challenges)
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013, from the Spring Challenge 2013.
Option 6: A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page.
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obrecht.
Tea Obrecht is a GR Author.
30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1 � I used Knox, my maiden name.
The Lost Goddess by Tom Knox
Option 2 –My ancestors came from England.
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Helen Simonson is a GR Author
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Total GR Authors: 2
Task 10.8 - Fall BackFlush: a Biography by Virginia Woolf
Historical fiction genre on main page. It's set approx 1840-55, that's before I was born :)
Task 20.10 - Group Read
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil by John Berendt
My post is #4 in the group read thread.
Points this post = 30
Total points = 240
Big Books = 0
ŷ Authors = 2
Readerboard name: Evana5.5 35 Years Ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
Read a book with a living thing that can fly on its cover.
The magical creature on this cover is a hippogriff and is flying.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling15.3 Half and Half
Read a single book whose author's first name begins with A-M and whose surname begins with N-Z
Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play by James Shapiro
15.4 Inside Out
Option B: Read ONE book in which a word of at least 3 letters can be found intact within another word in the title, subtitle, or series name.
here, tHERE
Over Here, over There: The Andrews Sisters and the Uso Stars in World War II by Maxene Andrews
15.7 Spookfest!
Read a book that has "Horror," "Paranormal," or "Supernatural" listed as a genre on its main page.
Deep Storm by Lincoln Child
20.8 We Love Scrabble
Option 4: Some letters are worth more points, so read a book whose author's name has an J,Q,X or Z in it.
Garden of Beasts by Jeffery Deaver
Points this post: 70
Points to date: 70
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
Read a book that has won a literary award.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt won the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1995) and the Lambda Literary Award (1995).
Points This Post: 5 points
Total Points: 105 points
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 7
ŷ Authors Tickets: 7
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
20.7 - WHAT I WOULD READ IF I HAD MORE TIMEI finished the 20 point tasks in both challenges so I decided to do task 20.2 from the Spring Challenge.
PI DAY - OPTION 1 - PAGE COUNT IN FIRST 10 DIGITS OF PI (3.141592653) - The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life which has 352 pages. When I did this task in the Spring I did option 3.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
TOTAL POINTS - 140
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 4
BIG BOOKS - 2
5.1 - 2013 - A New SeasonI read Marco Impossible by Hannah Moskowitz. *GR Author*
This book has only 100 ratings.
Points this post- 5
Total Points- 45
GR Authors- 2
Sheila10.9. Put on Your Hat � It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Murder Most Frothy by Cleo Coyle10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
Running Blind by Lee Child - Jack Reacher is retired armyTotal Points = 165
Nick KYGee! In my previous post I foolishly did not notice that 30.4 has a 300 pp minimum page number requirement. I have been duly served with notice on the wall of shame (hangs head) so I’m only 90 Total Points. That's what I get for posting so early in the morning.
But now I can add this:
20.1 Andrea’s Cozy Read. Option 1. I read
A Decadent Way to Die by G.A. McKevett by G.A. McKevett, which has “cozy mystery� as a genre on its GR homepage.Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 110
Big Books: 500+ (1)
20.1 a cozy readoption 1
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by
Lilian Jackson Braun
Points This Post: 20
Total Points So Far: 35
Sarah M20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
I chose Option A and chose a task from Summer
20.3 - Best Review - Nick KY's task: The Blank Blank
Read a book whose title starts with The and contains three words.
The Last Unicorn
Peter S. Beagle is a ŷ Author
Points this post: 20
GR authors this post: 1
Totals:
Points: 30
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500 (1)
20.10 Group ReadsWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple*GRA*
My post is #22 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
ŷ Authors: 2
Suzannesea5.9 55 Years Ago - The Rifleman
Juliet in August by Dianne WarrenHorse on cover
This post: 5 points
Total to Date: 25 points
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I read American Gods. Won numerous awards including the Nebula, Hugo, and Bram Stoker awards.
15.4 -- Inside Out
I chose the one book option and read When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home. Words you/your.
15.7 -- Spookfest!
I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Horror is the top genre listed.
30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
For book 1, I read The Namesake. No "I" in the title, "T" and "E" in "The" and "A" and "M" in "Namesake."
For book 2, I read The Handcrafted Wedding: More Than 300 Fun and Imaginative Handcrafted Ways to Personalize Your Wedding Day, with "Fun" in the subtitle. "Fun" as a stand alone word was approved in the Help Thread, post 3.
Total points: 130
10.6. What’s Your Sign?Sarah by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card was born 24 August 1951. He and I share the Sign of the Rabbit.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Coralie10.6 What’s Your Sign?
I am a monkey and so is Bernhard Schlink, born July 6, 1944
The Reader
20.8 We Love Scrabble!
Option 6 � 2 letter word in title � ‘of�
The House Of Mirth 318 pages
25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option B � one book over 400 pages
MNOP in title, NOP in author
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Total points 70
Task #20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy ReadOption 2:
Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning (GR Author) Author's initials (OC) can be found in the word "COZY".
Points this Post: 20
Totals:
Total Points: 150/1,010
Total ŷ Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
READERBOARD NAME : CATHYMA5 Points
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season ~ Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page. I read Here, Home, Hope
by Kaira Rouda.. Rating 791Total Points: 5 /
Tasks Completed: 1 / 58
Books Read: 1 /
Pages Read: 303 Pages
ŷ Author: Kaira Rouda
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0)750+(); 1000+()
DEANA15.3 -- Half and Half
ONE BOOK OPTION
Night by Elie Wiesel
E is in the first half of the alphabet
W is in the second half of the alphabet
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 2 - Book set in Persian speaking country (Iran)
Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson�.and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled 1 and 4
Option 1 - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Ms Anderson rated this book 5 stars!
Option 4 - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
This author was new to me!
This was rated five stars by my friend Meera - we met in the Bookshelf Bitches club here on goodreads but have not met in real life.
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Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
ŷ Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Total Points: 65
STACIE MITask 15.5 - All Fall Down
I read:
The Legacies by Pittacus Lore
T is found in AUTUMN and L is found in FALL
Points this task: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 656
ŷ authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.8. Same Time Last YearI read
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio. It was #50 on September 2012's list at the time I finished it.
She is a GoodReads Author.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 40
GoodReads Authors: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
BABBLING C30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
Book 1: There’s no “I� in team - Book 1: Read a book with all the letters T, E, A, M, but not the letter "I" found in any order in the title.
-- LAMEnT and no "I"
Lament for a Lost Lover by Philippa Carr -- This is the ebook edition, which I read. The paperback: Lament for a Lost Lover (365 pgs)
Book 2: Have Fun - Read a book with the word "fun" found intact in a word in the title and/or subtitle
-- FUNeral
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie -- This is the ebook version, which I read. The paperback: After the Funeral (286 pgs)
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 4
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,523
Books read this season: 5
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
Tea10.8. - Fall Back.
When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris
Book has historical fiction on main book page.
Books is set in 1812. Well before I was born ;)
*** C.S. Harris is GR author ***
Points This Post: 10
Total points: 125
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 10
ŷ Authors: 7
Big Books: /
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Read a book identified as #2 in a series OR a novella, prequel or fill-in identified as a series number “X.5� on ŷ.
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read this Challenge: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!Option 1: Read a book with a 7 letter word in the title
Read Rebecca (★★★★, 14 Sep '13)
Points: 20
Total: 20/1010
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Tasks Completed: 1 (20.8)
Books Read: 1
(Rebecca)
15.5 -- All Fall Down Amaryllis by Jayne Castle
Jayne Castle is a ŷ Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
ŷ Author: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Task 20.6 - Only In New YorkOption B:
by Josephine Mylesebook approved for length in post #2762
Main character Jasper is a librarian and there is a book on the cover.
Josephine Myles is a new-to-me author.
Josephine Myles is a ŷ author
Points this post = 20
Total points = 260
Big Books = 0
ŷ Authors = 3
Claiming Big Book ticketIn post #131 I claimed The Girl You Left Behind for task 15.8 and forgot to claim the Big Book ticket (1 ticket for 500+ pages). Claiming that now please!
Points this post = 0
Total points = 260
Big Books = 1
ŷ Authors = 3
5.3 FrasierThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré
Points: 5
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5.4 Dungeons & Dragons
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Maria V. Snyder is a GR Author
Points: 5
Total Points = 10
15.8 Same Time Last YearA Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris
On Oct 2012 Most Popular Books list #67
Points: 15
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15.10 Free for Fall
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen is a GR Author
Points: 15
Total Points: 40
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to RiseI read The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
* Self Help is a genre on the main page for the book
20.8 We Love Scrabble
I chose option 1 and read Hope Against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children by Sarah Carr
* 7 letters in the word "against" (and it's 336 pages to meet the length requirement)
Total Points - 30
JODY BETH15.10 Free For All
I read Chasing Evil by Kylie Brant.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Delicious Dee20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option B I used task 20.6 from the summer challenge - my post is HERE and instead of using Option 2, I used Option 3 and a Black/White cover in honor of the character Wednesday from the Adamm's family - so I read
- Diana Quincy (GR Author) - Mstan approved the cover as fitting in her THT (post 21); it is also an ebook only which was approved in msg 2738 if the verification threadPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 110
ŷ Authors: 3
ANGELASUNSHINE15.10 -- Free for Fall
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A2. Restoring Harmony by Joelle Anthony
B2. The Isle of Blood by Rick Yancey
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson�.and Ellen Hopkins
*I rolled a 2 and 5 for this task. Morgan Matson is a new author to me.*
2. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
5. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
Total Points: 75
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!Option 3: Read a book with double letters in a word in the title.
The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
The word 'immortals' has a double m.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
FANDURY30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson�.and Ellen Hopkins
For this task, I rolled 3 & 5.
Option 3: Read a book whose author's initials appear in MS ANDERSON.
Murder for Christ's Mass by Maureen Ash
The initials of the author appear in Ms Anderson.
This was the first time I read this book, so no re-read.
Option 5: Read a book that has poetry, sociology, or young adult as a genre listed on its ŷ main page.
The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn
This book has Young Adult as one of its Genres on the main page.
Ania Ahlborn is a new author to me, I never read one of her books before.
Ania Ahlborn is a ŷ Author !
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
ŷ Authors: 4
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.1 - A Cozy ReadOption 1 - This book has the genre 'cozy mystery' on its main page:
Dropped Dead Stitch by Maggie Sefton
Total points 65
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page.
Jenny's Blue Velvet by Angela Carlie
Approved for length by Dlmrose in message 2765.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
** GR Ticket Claim: Angela Carlie is a ŷ Author **
Points This Post: 5 points
Total Points: 110 points
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 8
ŷ Authors Tickets: 8
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble! Peach Cobbler MurderI picked option 2. This book is the 7th book in the series
Total Points Earned: 115/1010
Total Pages Read: 3154/27262
Total Books Read: 10/80
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Theresa~OctoberLace20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Watership Down by Richard Adams 9/14/13
I listened to the audiobook which was wonderfully read by Ralph Cosham, so I refer to the mass market paperback Watership Down for the page count of 484 pages.
Option 3 - In preparation for winter, read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort read.
This wonderful tale of rabbits kept me calm through some very long work commutes this week, and I finished it at home this morning while deer grazed in the back yard.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 110 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
ŷ Author Tickets to date: 1
Sandy MN10.5 Found in Translation
Originally published in French; I read it in English
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson�.and Ellen Hopkins
Rolled 4 and 5
4:
My ŷ friend Diane S rated it 4 stars
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/41...
5: Genre Young Adult
Total Points: 140
Katie M10.9 -- Put on Your Hat - It's Getting Cold Outside!
Cultivating Love by Addison Albright
Approved in Msg. 2764
This Post: 10 points
Total to Date: 45 points
15.10 -- Free for FallThe Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson�.and Ellen Hopkins
Roll 2 � Triangles by Ellen Hopkins.
Ellen Hopkins is a ŷ Author.
Triangles is a big book at 544 pages.
Roll 3 � Initials AMS: MS ANDERSON
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
Alexander McCall Smith is a ŷ Author.
Both authors are new to me.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 95
Total GR Authors: 4
Big Book Ticket: 1
Suzannesea15.4 Inside Out
Option B. Read one book in which a word of at least three letters can be found intact within a word in the title, subtitle, or series name.
Fifteen Minutes Outside: 365 Ways to Get Out of the House and Connect with Your Kids by Rebecca Cohen
(Out/Outside)
This post: 15 points
Total to date: 40 points
Jessica PDX10.9 - Put Your Hat On - It's Getting Cold Outside!
by Dennis LehanePoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 130
JeniferTask 25.2 Love That Alphabet
one book option: 3 sequential letters in both author's name and book title
A Feast for Crows
A Feast for Crows (RST) by George RR Martin (MNO)
**I am claiming 3 big book tickets for this book (1060 pages).**
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 25
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(1)
Post #515.7 -- Spookfest!
Horror and Paranormal on main page
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Points this post: 15
Total points: 55
GR authors: 2
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 5
15.5 -- All Fall DownAUTUMN - T
**Triptych by *Karin Slaughter
**Big Book: Triptych is 512 pages**
* Karin Slaughter is a ŷ Author*
Points in This Task: 15
ŷ Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 512
Totals:
Total Points: 150
Total ŷ Authors: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 8/58
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 3700
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20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
rolled 2, 4
When I looked on 2 Sept, person 2 on my list was Suzanne and her number 4 author was Charlaine Harris, so I read Shakespeare's Landlord
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90
ŷ Authors: 2