2009 reading - Seasonal Reading Challenge: Fall by Michelle

September 1 through November 30, 2009

5 POINT TASKS
1. Our Children Are Our Future -
• Sons from Afar by Cynithia Voigt (256 pages)~

2. An Apple (Book) A Day Keeps The Librarians Away -
• The Cider House Rules by John Irving (560 pages)~

3. In 1492 Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue -
• The Princess Bride by William Golding (456 pages)~

4. Adoption Story –
• The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver (232 pages)~

5. Going Back To School -
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (180 pages)~

6. Terrifying Titles -
• A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce (400 pages)~

7. Giving Thanks -
• The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain (husband) (112 pages)~

8. Let's Find Out If Two Heads Really Better Than One -
• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (183 pages)~

9. Coming Of Age Or All Grown Up (And Then Some) –
• A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnolly (389 pages)~

10. Fall Back In Time For Daylight Savings Time –
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (536 pages)~

10 POINT TASKS
1. This Year Labor Day Falls On September 7th -
• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (343 pages)~

2. On October 31st, 1993, River Phoenix Dies From A Drug Overdose -
• Go Ask Alice by Anonymous (224 pages)~

3. This Year Thanksgiving Falls On November 26th -
• Grimm's Fairy Tales (880 pages)~

4. Hispanic Heritage Month -
• The Story of A Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her To Fly by Luis Sepúlveda (126 pages)~

5. Oktoberfest -
• Night by Elie Wiesel (120 pages)~

6. November Is Native American Heritage Month -
• Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie (320 pages)~

7. Can You Read Faster Than A Speeding Bullet? -
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (648 pages)~

8. You'll Find It In The Dictionary - (brilliant, ultimate, beginning)
• The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket (162 pages)~

9. Summer Has Gone With The Wind -
• March by Geraldine Brooks (304 pages)~

10. This Task Is The Cat's Meow -
• Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicky Myron and Brett Witter (277 pages)~

15 POINT TASKS
1. Brush Up On Your Grammar (English) -
• Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs (352 pages)~
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (754 pages)~

2. Rewriting History -
• The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (391 pages)~

3. Discover The Equation For Good Books (Math) -
• City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare 453 pages [27*16=432 (407-457)] (453 pages)~
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (3rd book) (629 pages)~

4.Science Fact vs. Science Fiction -
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (391 pages)~
• Earth by Disney (done)~

5. Time To Study Abroad (Foreign Language) -
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (197 pages)~
• Blindness by Jose Saramago (326 pages)~

6. Creative Minds (The Arts) -
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (126 pages)

7. Let's Get Physical (P.E.)
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (while exercising) (216 pages)~

8. Geography Lessons -
•M: The Pearl by John Steinbeck (Mexico) (118 pages)~
•O: Sandstorm by James Rollins (Oman) (608 pages)~

9. Your Homework Assignment -
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (240 pages)~

10. Teacher-Student Relations -
• The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta (368 pages)~
• Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (243 pages)~

20 POINT TASKS
1. MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – JULIE KS -
• Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (352 pages)~

2. ROOKIE OF THE SEASON - ERIN -
• (The) City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (270 pages)~
• David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (976 pages)~
• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (324 pages)~

3. GROUP READ
• Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (320 pages)~

25 POINT TASKS
1. NICOLE OH'S TASK -
• A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein (176 pages)~
• Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut (268 pages)~

2. DONNA JO'S TASK -
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (493 pages)~
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (464 pages)~

3. WENDY'S TASK -
• The Funny Thing Is...by Ellen DeGenerous (192 pages)~

4. CANDACE'S TASK -
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (1999) (198 pages)~
• movie with same name (2004) (done)~

5. JANICE'S TASK -
• The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (272 pages)~

6. BJ ROSE'S TASK -
• Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham (512 pages)~

7. CINDY'S TASK -
• Pretties by Scott Westerfeld (370 pages)~
• Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry (240 pages)~
• City of Glass by Cassandra Clare (541 pages)~

8. CAIT'S TASK
• Anne's House of Dreams (227 pages)~
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (384 pages)~
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (335 pages)~

9. DIANE'S TASK -
• The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff (158 pages)~
• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (230 pages)~

10. SAM'S TASK -
• Interview With A Vampire by Anne Rice (309 pages)~

30 POINT TASKS
1. ROSEANN'S TASK -
• Midwives by Chris Bohjalian (reproductive health) (374 pages)~
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (psychologist) (272 pages)~

50 POINT MID-WAY TASK
PJREADS TASK
• A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass (240 pages)~
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (320 pages)~
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (341 pages)~