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30.8 FALL HOLIDAYS
Choosing,
3. Wear Something Gaudy Day: Read a book with a brightly covered cover.
I read Arcadia by Lauren Groff.
and,
5. Look for Circles Day: Read a book with a circular form on the cover.
I read The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. The three outlines of earth on the cover are the circular forms. Approved in help thread message #139.
Points: 30
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 260
Big Books: 500(1), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 6
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Finished: 20
Pages Read: 6,304


5.10 - What Else Can I Read? I read Remember Me? which I found on the read-alike list of Before I Go to Sleep because I read that in the spring 2012 challenge and really liked it.
10.4 -- Water Signs: I read Men in Kilts by Katie MacAlister who was born on 3/15/64 which makes her a Pisces
20.5 Love to Dance: I chose option 1 and read Firebird which features a main character who is a professional ballerina
20.10 Group Reads: I read Like Water for Chocolate and commented on message 17 in the discussion thread
25.7 Fun Fall Activities:
World Series: I read Fury which is the first book in the "New Species" series and a brand new series for me
Black Friday: I read My Liege of Dark Haven (ebook verification thread #1479) which was a new book for me that I have bought since 9/1/2012
30.1 How Do I Say This...? I rolled a 2 and a 5
Roll 2, A Picture's Worth: I read Mercy Thompson: Homecoming which is a graphic novel
Roll 5, Books@BooksBooksBooks.Books: I read The Deadly Stripper (ebook verification thread #1462) which I read in ebook format.
Total Points this Post: 115
Total Points in Challenge: 320
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 24
****Not tracking Goodreads Authors or Big Books this challenge****

15.9 Starry, Starry Night
Book: Defy the Stars by Stephanie Parent
Notes: Approved for length in message #1557.
This Post: 15
Points to Date: 125

Re-posting, based on message #63, re post #458
Sorry about that mistake. I am re-posting the entire task. I hope that is what is needed and the most convenient for you.
Task 30.6: Reading Through Disney World
Option 1 Fantasyland: The Company of Glass, by Valery Leith. (Claim a Big Book ticket of 500+ pages) This book has 544 pages.
Option 6 Main Street: I Know This Much Is True, by Wally Lamb. (Claim a Big Book ticket of 750+ pages). This book has 897 pages.

Fatale by Jean-Patrick Manchette
This book is 98 pages long.
Total points: 115
GRA tickets: 3

This book would also fit 30.12 option 12 'bridge' in the title
The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
Any pink on the cover: the filler behind the author's name

10.3 Moniker Challenge
Author's last name begins with 'I'
Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 175
Tasks Complete: 14

The last word in the title (no subtitles or series titles) of the first book must match the first word of in the title of the second book.
Book 1:

Book 2:

Points this Post: 30
Total points: 150
Tasks Completed: 10
Books read: 15
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Task 15.4 - Bond, James Bond
I decided to do options 2 and 3.
For option 2, I read a book with the word "seven" in the title:
Snow: A Retelling of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" by Tracy Lynn
For option 3, using the name "Roger," I read several children's books by Roger Hargreaves, the newest obsession of the girl I nanny for:
Little Miss Tidy - 32 pages
Mr. Noisy - 32 pages
Little Miss Fun - 32 pages
Little Miss Giggles - 32 pages
Little Miss Helpful - 32 pages
Little Miss Sunshine - 32 pages
Mr. Mischief - 32 pages
Mr. Messy - 32 pages
Little Miss Naughty - 32 pages
Mr. Funny - 32 pages
Mr. Stingy - 32 pages
Little Miss Curious - 32 pages
Mr. Impossible - 32 pages
Little Miss Somersault - 32 pages
Mr. Quiet - 32 pages
Mr. Bounce - 32 pages
Unless I made a mistake in adding, that should be 512 pages.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 44
Pages read: 6122
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

A. Suspense: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens GR Author
B. Eagerly awaiting: A Wanted Man by Lee Child
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
Books read: 7
Completed Tasks: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

Task - 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 4: The Doctor's Wife
For this option, read a book by Neil Gaiman
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 145
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

3 new tasks
5.9 - Colder AND Bigger! has a 9 in total # of pages
The Golden Unicorn by Phyllis A. Whitney has 279 pages
10.10 -- Back to School I graduated from high school in the 1950s
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer was first published in 1950
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
I chose Option 2 and rolled a 5 - mystery is on the main page of
He Sees You When You're Sleeping by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark
Points this post = 35
Total Points = 145
Tasks Completed = 8
Pages read = 3100

I read

New points:20
total:70
Total tasks:4
Total books:4

30.10 Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
You will read 2 books for this task.
1. A. Read a book with the word 'midnight' or 'movie' in the title/subtitle/series name
Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian (GRA) (356)

2. A. Read a book with 'Science Fiction' listed as a genre on its home page
Assassins in Love by Kris DeLake (346)

THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 4
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 2,522
Books read this season: 6

10.3 Moniker Challenge
Splendid by Julia Quinn
**Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author**
10.7 School Supplies
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Book on the cover (non-standard book was approved in the help thread):

15.5 A Drop in the Bucket
Wanted: Undead or Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks
This is book 12 in the Love at Stake series.
**Kerrelyn Sparks is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

5.6 - An Apple a Day
Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke
Title contains "Apple"
15.3 - Bookends
The Inn At Eagle Point by Sherryl Woods
Book title starts and ends with same letter (The inn at eagle poinT AND complete Goodreads name of the author starts and ends with same letter Sherryl woodS
15.7 - Show Your Stripes
A Tiger in the Kitchen: A Memoir of Food and Family by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Title contains "Tiger"
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson
Girl on cover is holding a star shaped wand:

This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 70 points
Tasks completed: 7
**Electing to not track Goodreads Authors and Big Books this challenge**
20.10 Group Read
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Posted Message in Discussion Thread (#14)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points to Date: 70
Big Books: 500+(1)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Posted Message in Discussion Thread (#14)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points to Date: 70
Big Books: 500+(1)
15.3 Bookends--Options 1 and 2
Damaged by Alex Kava
15.4 Bond, James Bond--Options 1 and 3
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
15.6 Chasin' the Clouds Away
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby
15.8 'Cause this is Thriller--Song "Baby, by Mine"
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 130
Big Books: 500+(1)
Damaged by Alex Kava
15.4 Bond, James Bond--Options 1 and 3
Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
15.6 Chasin' the Clouds Away
Moonglass by Jessi Kirby

15.8 'Cause this is Thriller--Song "Baby, by Mine"
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 130
Big Books: 500+(1)

Task 30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
I rolled a 2 so a graphic novel that I read was Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
I also rolled a 4 which required me to read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The author's initials E and H can be found in the word PHONE.
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 60

Badd - 308 pages - 3+0+8=11
15.5 - A Drop in the Bucket
Swallowdale - approved in task help thread msg #14
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance
Option 3 - Boy Toy by Barry Lyga ('B' and 'L' are found in 'ballet')
Tasks completed: 15/61
Books read: 19
Points claimed in this post: 45
Total points claimed: 240


Option A. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Author's last name begins with S)
25.2 Sharing the Love
Book 1-A The Returning by Christine Hinwood
Printz Honor book 2012
Book 2-E Confessions of a Serial Kisser by Wendelin Van Draanen
Realistic Fiction genre
Points this post: 45
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3

15.1- See the Sea?
A: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Cutting for Stone is set in Ethiopia, a landlocked country.
Cutting for Stone is a Big Book, with 667 pages.
B: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is set in England, a country bordered by water.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 90
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations (2: My mother)
The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages read: 2,038
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)

5.2: Do it again
Repeat a task (Not free task) ...
-> I repeated task 10.9: my book has got 425 pages, digit sum 11:
Halldór Laxness - Iceland's Bell
5.4: In honour of your birthday
My birthday: Nov 25 -> page 25, message 1249
Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus
5.5: By the Sea
A word meaning a body of water in the tile: "River"
Gita Mehta - A River Sutra
10.9: 9..10..11
page count of my book is 144, digit sum is 9.
Gloria Whelan - The Disappeared
15.8: Cause this is Thriller
I chose P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing). My book has the word "young" in the subtitle.
Benjamin Mee - We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever
20.2: Calling all animal lovers
Option 1: cat on the cover.
Vicki Myron - Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

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Points claimed in this post: 60
Total points claimed: 60
Tasks completed: 6
Books used: 6
GR authors: 0
Big books: 0

Northern Edge (1990) by Barbara Quick (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 217 pages)
2+1+7=10
**** Goodreads Author **** Barbara Quick
45 + 10 = 55
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 45 + 10 = 55
Books read: 4
Pages read: 849
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Option 3A: author uses three full names
All That is Beautiful by Roxane Tepfer Sanford
Option 2B: book set in London, one of my favorite cities I have visited many times. I live in Estonia.
Firelight by Kristen Callihan
Roxane Tepfer Sanford and Kristen Callihan are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 30
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Goodreads Author: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Option 1 - Shelved as Fantasy
Crossed by Ally Condie
Total Points: 150

15.4 Bond, James Bond
Option 1. The Spy Who Loved Me: Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter (294 p)
Option 3. The Best Bond?: The Maze Runner by James Dashner (374 p)
James Dashner is a GRA.
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Changeling by Phillipa Gregory (256 p)

Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 924
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 17
Total Pages Read: 5656
Total GoodReads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Task 5.9 Colder AND Bigger!
I read Slow Dollar by Margaret Maron 9th in series!
Points this post:5
Total points:45
Tasks completed:3
Books read:4
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)

20.7 The Show Must Go On

option 1
this post = 20
challenge total = 40

Book 1: option 1 - Historical Fiction: Yellow Blue Tibia - Adam Roberts
...and...
Book 2: option 3 - Author's first & last names have same initial: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
Books this post: 2
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 80/1110
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0) / 750+ (0) / 1000+ (0)

5.3 Sail Away:

Four of the major characters escape and travel for several chapters on a boat.
10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware:

This book was approved in the help thread, the title has pink letters.
Catherine Asaro is a Goodreads Author.
10.2 Trick or Treat:
Don't Kill The Messenger by Eileen Rendahl
One of the major characters is a vampire and I would dress up as a vampire for Halloween.
Eileen Rendahl is a Goodreads Author
15.3 Bookends:
The Sorceress and the Cygnet by Patricia A. McKillip
I chose one book that fulfills both options.
15.8 Cause This Is Thriller:
Shady Lady by Ann Aguirre
The word is "lady" and the song title is "The Lady in My Life".
Ann Aguirre is a Goodreads Author
15.9 Starry, Starry Night:

Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads Author.
I want to claim a 500 page Big Book Ticket. 585 pages.
Points in this post - 70
Total Points - 210/1110
Books - 20/86
Pages - 7132
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)

Option 3: The Silver Bough by Lisa Tuttle
L and T can be found in the word BALLET
20.9 - Fall Months
Option B: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
First published January 1, 2009
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Points this post: 40
Total points: 110
Total Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 5
Total pages: 2,584
Total books: 6

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Option 1: Wicked (Fantasy) -- The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
Fantasy is listed as one of its genres on the book's main page.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 5
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 1702
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
by Jennifer Weiner
Goodreads Author ticket claimed.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 170
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 3
TBR pre-2012: 6

Goodreads Author ticket claimed.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 170
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 13
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 3
TBR pre-2012: 6

5.1 I Did It!
I read Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 25

2. London by Edward Rutherford - a book with a real place name in the title:
One Million Tiny Plays About Britain by Craig Taylor
3. Dingley Falls by Michael Malone - a book whose author's first and last name begin with the same letter:
White Noise by Don DeLillo
Both these books were approved in the help thread - posts 10 and 11.
Total points 255


Task 20.2 - Calling All Animal Lovers
I decided to do option 1 and read a book with a dog on the cover:

Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
**Kristan Higgins is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 45
Pages read: 6499
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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5.1 - I Did It!
More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman by Joe Cawley
5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger - William #5
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 3- Romance: H.R.H. by Danielle Steel
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 3
option C, most read book #40: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
option D- set in Maine: Tales from Misery Ridge by Paul Fournier
total 150
5.1 - I Did It!
More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman by Joe Cawley
5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger - William #5
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware

20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 3- Romance: H.R.H. by Danielle Steel
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 3
option C, most read book #40: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
option D- set in Maine: Tales from Misery Ridge by Paul Fournier
total 150

10.9 -- 9...10...11
Latte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
243 pages = 9
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 3:
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Option 4: Avempartha by Michael J. Sullivan
Adventure listed on main genre page
Cleo Coyle, Michael J. Sullivan, and Lisa Lutz are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:

5.7 What's your name again? John ConnollyThe ReapersJohn is # 2 on the most popular names list

20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
I recently took a trip out of state to Amish Country where I saw a lot of beautiful quilts and became inspired to try and make my own Amish Quilt so I read the book :

20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
I chose option 1

20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
I chose option 2 and rolled a 2 for romance and read"

Total Points = 365

I chose 3. Legally Blonde and read Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult.
Total Points: 80

* Sarah Addison Allen is a goodreads author
Total: 60 Points
Tasks Completed: 5
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 4482

15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

[clouds on book cover]
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 35/1110
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages Read: 947
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+(0)

3B. I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga. (Position 127 in the Popular Books Published in 2012)
4A.

30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
Rolled a 2 and a 5.
Option 2: Getbackers, Volume 10 by Yuya Aoki (Manga)
Option 5: Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire (Ebook) GR Author
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
1B (Song).

6A (Singer): Can't Get Enough by Sarah Mayberry Author is Australian GR Author
Points this Post: 85
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 16
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance
Option 1: Main character is a dancer at the beginning of the book and then becomes a dance teacher.
Heaven's PricebySandra Brown
Points this Post:20
Total Points: 150
(Not going to post GR Authors or Big Books this challenge)
Option 1: Main character is a dancer at the beginning of the book and then becomes a dance teacher.
Heaven's PricebySandra Brown
Points this Post:20
Total Points: 150
(Not going to post GR Authors or Big Books this challenge)

30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
2A: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff has Science Fiction listed on its main page.
2B: The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson has Horror listed on its main page.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 75
Goodreads Authors: Karen Russell, David Levithan
Big Books: 500+: 1

Task 20.2 Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1
Book: Various Pets Alive and Dead
Cover:

Task: 20.7 The Show Must Go On
Option 2 The Lion King
Book: Sweet Tooth
The word tooth has the two t's in Matata, the two o's in No Worries and the H in Hakuna
Task: 20.9 Lucky Me
Option A
Book:Greyhound by Steffan Piper
Total Points: 60
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5.2: Do It Again: Repeat of 5.7: Jennifer - 4th on list.
Getting Rid of Bradley by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
5.7: What's Your Name: Jennifer is 4th on list.
Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
5.8: Festival of Lights: Candle with flame on cover.
Suspicious Origin by Patricia MacDonald.
10.4: Water Signs - Sharon Sala 7/3/43 = Cancer
Next of Kin by Sharon Sala. Sharon Sala is a GRA.
10.9: 9 ... 10 ... 11: Total pages in book 316 = 10.
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones. Darynda Jones is a GRA.
Points This Post: 35.
Total Points: 170.
GRA: 5 this post.