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FALL CHALLENGE 2012: WATER
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1. Andrew was retired in 1992. I read Pure by Andrew Miller.
2. STORM The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf goodreads' author imageS The hOw aRe Myth
Total points: 25

Option B: True by Riikka Pulkkinen. Originally published in Finland in 2010.
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 60
GR Authors:
Big Books:


Task 10.1 - Show You Care, Be Aware
I read:

Party Princess by Meg Cabot
**Meg Cabot is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 370
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 52
Pages read: 8161
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


15.10 - Fancy Free
Sorta Like a Rock Star
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2 (die roll 1) - This is Not a Test - Sloane Price is a high school student.
Tasks completed: 18/61
Books read: 22
Points claimed in this post: 45
Total points claimed: 285


20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 1: The Unicorn and the Wasp - (mystery)
The Zebra Striped Hearse by Ross Macdonald
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1. Gas: Option A. (Mist in Title)
CheMISTry of Tears The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey
AND
3. Solid: Option A. (Ice in Title)
Anatomist's ApprentICE The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
Total Points = 465

15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away

Alexander McCall Smith is a GR author
Points: 15
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15.10 Fancy Free

Michael Connelly is a GR author
Points: 15
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20.6 The Doctor is Calling
Option 1: genre = mystery

Points: 20
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Total Points: 50
Total Books Read: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Books:

3A: 3rd book in a series
Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
4B: Water on the cover
Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks

* Richelle Mead is a goodreads author
Total: 120 points
Tasks Completed: 7
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 5636

I read Sail. Over 200 pages take place on a boat -- which is unfortunately facing one potential disaster at sea after the next!
James Patterson is a **** GR Author*****
points: 80
tasks completed: 5
books read: 8 (7 claimed)
GR authors: 3
pages read: 2556

20.9 - Emily Bookshelf's Task - Fall Months
Option A - "N" Author

Points this Post: 20
Total Challenge Points: 175
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Tickets: 1

15.2 Pins and Needles
Book 1 – “Suspense” as a GR genre – I read Fever Dream by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Actually I listened to it, and I liked the narration by the actor Rene Auberjonois much better than the actual book. The paperback edition (for page numbers) is here: Fever Dream. 544 pages
Book 2 – An Eagerly Awaited Read – I read Julian's House by Judith Hawkes. I had read Hawkes’ other two books for the previous challenge, meaning to read this one also. I didn't get to it then and was anxious to finally get to it now. 400 pages
20.9 Emily Bookshelf’s Fall Months Option A: At least one initial in the author’s name is S, O, or N. I read The Widow's Daughter: A Novel by Nicholas EdlinThe Widow’s Daughter by Nicholas Edlin. 384 pages
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Fever Dream
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 280
Pages Read: 6,568
Big Books: 500+ (1)

Book 1: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss is a Goodreads author.
At 672 pages, this is a big book.
Book 2: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 160
Total Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 7
Total pages: 3,657
Total books: 9

10.3 - Moniker Challenge - Read a book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name starts with the letter I, Q, U, V, X, Y, or Z.
Inside Out (315) by Maria V. Snyder (GRA)

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....
Option 1: The Unicorn and the Wasp - The Doctor meets Agatha Christie at a garden party and we learn about what "really" happened when Christie went missing for ten days. For this option, you can read any Agatha Christie novel.
The Mystery of the Blue Train: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie -- read the e-book (cover below). The mass market pb has the same # pages my reader indicated. Story ends on page 213.

THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 6
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 2,950
Books read this season: 8

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5.3- Sail Away
Set on a boat trip
John Steinbeck - The Log from the Sea of Cortez
10.3 Moniker Challenge
Author's first name starts with Y
Yasmina Khadra - The Sirens of Baghdad
10.7 School Supplies
A book on the cover:
Amos Oz - A Tale of Love and Darkness
!My edition has got 517 pages!

10.8 Fall TV
Kristi (Passion for the Page) approved of "That" (in the subtitle of my book) for "That Mitchell and Webb Look" here.
Erik Larson - The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson is a GR author!
15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Clouds on the cover (Dlmrose approved of my choice here.)
Carol K. Carr - India Black
Carol K. Carr is a GR author!

15.10 Fancy Free
Téa Obreht - The Tiger's Wife
Téa Obreht is a GR author!
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Points claimed in this post: 65
Total points claimed: 125
Tasks completed: 12
Books used: 12
GR authors claimed in this post: 3
Total GR authors: 3
Big books claimed in this post: 500+(1)
Total big books: 500+(1)

10.5 - Time Warp

Points this Post: 10
Total Challenge Points: 185
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Tickets: 1

Task# 5.4 In Honor of Your Birthday.
My birthday is 10/19 so I went to page 19 of te completed tasks for the summer reading challenge and chose Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
Task # 5.9 Colder and Bigger
I chose the page number option. I read Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay which is 498 pages in the hardcover edition ISBN 978-0-451-23790-3.I figured I should get something out of a book that just missed being a big book.
Task 10.3 Moniker Challenge
(this may be a duplicate, not sure whether I posted this previously or not.) I read Vanishing Point by Val McDermid. Her first name begins with a V. Do I get extra credit for the book title also beginning with a V?
Task 10.9 9..10..11
I read Tacked to Death by Michele Scott which has 262 pages 2+6+2=10. Tacked to DeathMichele Scott is a Good Reads author edition I read was paperback published by Berkley Prime Crime
Task 20.1 Group Reads
I read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Will post shortly on discussion thread.
Task 15.1 See the Sea
For Option A. I read The Sojourn by Andrew Krivak which is set in what was then Austria Hungary shortly before and during WWI
For Option B I read Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah which is set in Great Britain

5.10 What Else Can I Read?
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
This is on the read alike list for Before I Go To Sleep
10.8 Fall TV
The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands
One of my favorite TV shows was Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
15.1 See the Sea
A. Alpine for You by Maddy Hunter
Set in Switzerland, which is a landlocked country.
B. A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
Set in England, which is not landlocked.
**Tessa Dare is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

This has time travel listed on the book's main page.
It is a Big Book with 880 pages.
10.9 - 9...10...11.. - Sharp Objects
Total pages are 254 which add up to 11.
Gillian Flynn is a GR Author.
20.8 Mormons Among Us - Austenland
Shannon Hale was listed by the task creator as being Mormon. She is a GR Author.
Post Total: 40
Grand Total: 40

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Post #22 on thread.
Points: 20
Total Points: 70

4 new tasks
5.2 - Do It Again
King of Detroit by Dorian Sykes would also fit Task #30.5 Option 2: name of city in title
30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular Demand
Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Clark
Snagged by Carol Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark are mother & daughter
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
#1 - Historical Fiction is on book's main page - By Arrangement by Madeline Hunter
#3 - author's 1st & last names begin with same letter - City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
3A - author uses 3 full names - One Perfect Rose by Mary Jo Putney
2B - location previously visited outside home country - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
I live in the U.S. - this book takes place in & around Quebec, Canada, which we visited.
Points this post = 95
Total Points = 280
Tasks Completed = 15
Pages read = 6612

5.8 -- Festival of Lights --

Kristen Callihan is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
5.9 -- Colder AND Bigger! --
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake - Sarah MacLean♥
(nine in title)
Sarah MacLean is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
15.5 -- A Drop in the Bucket --
Secret Life of a Vampire - Kerrelyn Sparks♥
(#6 in a series of 13 so far) series page
Kerrelyn Sparks is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
25.3 -- Ashley FL's task: Naming the Storm --
Option A: First You Run - Roxanne St. Clare♥ retired 1995
Option B: Secret of the Mummy - Bjorn Street♥ (SecReT Of the Mummy)
(ebook approval)
Bjorn Street is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
25.5 -- Water, Water Everywhere! --
Option 1B:

Option 2A:

Zoe Archer is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
25.6 -- Reading for the Video Game Junkie! --
Option 2: Zero Day - David Baldacci
(hero survives a nuclear explosion at ground zero, hence the title)
Option 5: Third Grave Dead Ahead - Darynda Jones♥ (mystery)
Darynda Jones is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
30.11 -- Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten --
Option 2A: Mona Lisa Eclipsing - Sunny (single name author)
Option 3A: Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle (three names)
Points Earned This Post: 130
Points Achieved to Date: 200
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)


The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
This book was 1st published in 1960. I graduated from high school in 1967.
25.3 Naming the Storm
Book A.
Trapped by Michael Northrop*GRA
The name Michael is on the 2012 Atlantic Tropical Cylone list.
Book B. ExTReMely LOud and Incredibly CloSe by Jonathan Safran Foer
The title contains letters from the word STORM.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4

I chose option:
3: Read any book with "Romance" listed on its main genre page.
Shameless (Banning Sisters Trilogy #3) (2010) by Karen Robards (Hardcover, 359 pages)
55 + 20 = 75
Tasks Completed: 05
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 55 + 20 = 75
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1,208
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

I read The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka. The hardcover book has 129 pages in it.
Points for these task :5
Total points :105
GoodRead Authors : 2
Tasks completed :6

2a. I read Extras by Scott Westerfeld.
2b. I read Necroscope III: The Source by Brian Lumley.
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
2a. I read Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. The main character of this book is Rincewind, who does not have a last name.
3a. I read The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 60
Task Completed: 2

Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in BALLET:
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors to date: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

20.1 Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
I was inspired to read this book by a trip to Washington DC, specifically The Library of Congress. I very much enjoyed my viewing of the Waldseemuller map from 1507.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

15.5 - A Drop in the Bucket
Undead and Uneasy by MaryJanice Davidson
This was book #6 out of 11 which are currently published.
20.2 - Calling All Animal Lovers
Heir of the Dog by Judi McCoy
This book fits Option 1 and has a dog on the cover:

20.4 - Family Celebrations
Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson
This book fits Option 3 - "Romance" is listed on the main genre page.
20.8 - The Mormons Among Us!
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Book is listed in the approved list (message #3) of the help thread. The author's website (http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com/p/...) also states that she's a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This post: 75 points
Total points to date: 145 points
Tasks completed: 11
**Electing to not track Goodreads Authors and Big Books this challenge**

15.9 - Starry, Starry Night

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Karen Thompson Walker is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 155
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Summer of the Monkeys

The 1992 Bantam edition that I read has a picture of a dog on the cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Pages read: 2,647
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)

1. CUPCAKE WARS - The Cupcake Queen which has cupcakes on the cover.
6. THE AARTI PARTY - Forgotten Country which is set in South Korea in Asia.
Catherine Chung is a Goodreads Author.
25.6 - VIDEO GAME JUNKIE
2. BIOSHOCK -

6. DISHONORED - The Queen's Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile by C.W. Gortner which is about Queen Isabella of Castille.
C.W. Gortner and Ellen Block are Goodreads authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 170
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 3
BIG BOOKS - 1


#4: Flo Rida: Whistle
B.Song: a book with a bird on the cover:

Death of a Witch by M.C. Beaton
I think it's an eagle just under the title on the left.
#5:Pitbull:Back in Time
A. Singer: a book by an author who has had something he has written turned into a movie:
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Several of his books, including this one(in 2000), have been made into films.
Total points 285


30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
1.book with Historical Fiction on its main genre page.
Wench
6. book with a number in the title or subtitle (not series title).
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium
Points this post: 30 pts
Challenge total: 95 pts
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
GRA: 1 (Perry)
Big Books: 0 (500+); 0 (750+0; 0 (1000+)

25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
I rolled a 6
Option 6 Elementary - option A (Mystery)

AND
Option 6 Elementary - option C (One eye on cover)

Total Points = 490

15.9 Starry, Starry Night

Karen Thompson Walker is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
4.A. Set more than 50 years ago in the past
The Duke's Perfect Wife by Jennifer Ashley
Goodreads Author
5.B. Romance listed as genre
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
Goodreads Author
Total Points: 210
Total GR Authors: 7

10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware-Pink Cover
1.Wisdom

Amanda Hocking is a GRA
Points Earned This Task: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 265/1110
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
Option B/Book published in 2011: Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Laini Taylor is a GRA
Points Earned This Task:20
Points Achieved to Date: 285/1110
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1 Dog on cover: It Only Looks Easy

Approval Post for Option 1
Points Earned This Task: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 305/1110
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
2. The Lion King - HAKUNA MATATA and/or NO WORRIES.
Anagrammed: NOT, THAT, INTO, WHEN, THE: Maybe Life's Just Not That Into You: When You feel Like the World's Voted You Off by Martha Bolton (208 p)
Martha Bolton is a GRA.
30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...
I rolled a 4 and a 5.
Roll 4: Mr. Watson, Come Here: author whose initials are found in any order in B-E-L-L and/or P-H-O-N-E
Valiant by Holly Black (320 p)
Holly Black is a GRA.
Roll 5: Books@BooksBooksBooks.Books
Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook by Sarah Schmelling (273 p)
Sarah Schmelling is a GRA.
30.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Goodreads - Good Friends
Kathy G’s list: Inkspell by Cornelia Funke (635 p)
This is a Big Book.
Sheila’s list: Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah (451 p)
Kristin Hannah is a GRA.
30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular Demand
Denis and Ann Leary are married.
Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid by Denis Leary (240 p)
An Innocent, a Broad by Ann Leary (256 p)
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
2A: Science Fiction: Born To Darkness by Suzanne Brockmann (513 p)
This is a Big Book.
5B: Romance: Bared to You by Sylvia Day (360 p)
Sylvia Day is a GRA.
Points this Post: 140
Tasks Completed this Post: 5
Books Read this Post: 9
Pages Read this Post: 3256
GoodReads Authors this Post: 5
Big Books this Post: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 375
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 26
Total Pages Read: 8912
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Option B: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
This was published in 2011.
Total Points: 100

Task 5.8 - Festival of Lights
I read a book with a lit candle on the cover:

Bone, Vol. 8: Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith
Points this task: 5
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 53
Pages read: 8305
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Using the word Lake: Snowfall At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
10.2 Trick or Treat!
I have dressed as Queen Victoria for the last few years on Halloween. So I read
A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed the British Monarchy by Helen Rappaport
10.8 Fall TV:
I no longer own a TV, but one of my favorite TV Shows (and this will really date me) used to be Your Hit Parade, so I read
Honky Tonk Parade: New Yorker Profiles Of Show People by John Lahr
10.10 Back to School:
I graduated in 1960, so I read
The L-Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks, first published in 1962.
15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away:
Clouds behind figure in middle of cover
Eona by

15.7 Show Your Stripes:

Today's Total: 65
Grand Total: 285

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance
Option 1: Read a book in which the main character is a dancer or a dance teacher.
The Chaperone Louise Brooks was a dancer
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
(Readerboard name Saradiann)

Matched by Ally Condie. Ally Condie is listed in the fiction authors at the beginning of the task.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175/1110
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)

1. Netherland: A Novel - Joseph O'Neill
3.

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan - Sophie Kinsella

Bite Club - there are 12 published books in the Morganville Vampire series
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500 - 1

10.9 -- 9...10...11
I read London: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
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#3A: Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan
#2A: Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
30.6 Reading Through Disney World
#4: DMZ, Vol. 10: Collective Punishment by Brian Wood
#6: Ex Machina: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan
Brian Wood is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 3191
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)