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FALL CHALLENGE 2012: WATER
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Fall Challenge 2012: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
Cindy FTask 5.1 I Did It!
I read Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Points this post:5
Total points:50
Tasks completed:4
Books read:5
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the LoveB. A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
Set in Australia.
D. Border Songs by Jim Lynch
This book was highly recommended by my husband, who left it in my to-read pile at least a year ago. I did not love it as much as he did, but I'm glad to have read it.
Jim Lynch is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
GR authors: 9
CHRISTINE USre-post
The readerboard shows me starting at 105, which was accurate prior to my last post of #692. Since I am missing credit for both tasks originally on that post, I will re-list them both:
Task 20.7 Show Must go On
Chick-Lit, Legally Blonde
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
25.4 (since I misunderstood the task & rolled the die twice, I picked #6)
6a, Mystery: The Evil Inside by Heather Graham
6b, set in NYC: Sacred Evil by Heather Graham
***2 GRA tickets for Heather Graham
TOTAL:130
Lindsay G.30.6 - Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 2: Adventureland - The Kill Order by James Dashner GRA
[Adventure listed as a genre on home page]
Option 6: Main Street - Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton GRA
[Read book that is considered fiction]
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 95/1110
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2509
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
CHRISTINE USnew post
Task 15.5 drop in the bucket
Spell Bound by Kelley Armstrong
THe Women of the Otherworld series has 13 published books. Spell Bound is #12
***Kelley Armstrong is a GR Author
Task 15.9 Starry Night
Lone Star Legend by Gwendolyn Zepeda
***Gwendolyn Zepeda is a GR Author
TOTAL: 160
Lindsay G.15.10: Fancy Free
Dare Me by Megan Abbott GRA
[Read a book of your choice]
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 110/1110
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2799
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STESSE5.3 - Sail Away
Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea by Carol Higgins Clark (261 p)
5.5 - By the Sea
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (330 p)
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
Lost Dogs And Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon (432 p)
Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 3
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 1023
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 395
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 29
Total Pages Read: 9935
Total GoodReads Authors: 12
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.8 -- Fall TV: One of my favorite shows is "The Big Bang Theory", so I read The THEORY of Attraction (ebook verification thread #1296)10.9 -- 9...10...11: I read The Chase which has 280 pages (2+8+0=10)
10.10 -- Back to School: I graduated in the 1990's (1993), so I read Keeper of the Heart which was first published in 1993.
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 445
Books Read: 40
Tasks Completed: 33
****Not tracking Goodreads Authors or Big Books this challenge****
Sheila30.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Goodreads - Good Friends
From my list:
No Mercy by Lori G. ArmstrongAND
From Kathy's list:
The Gunslinger by Stephen KingTotal Points = 545
SAMMY30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option #1: Persuasion - Jane Austen
Option #2: Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 30
Total points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 4
Pages Read : 1202
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ADELE15.10 Fancy Free
A book of my choice
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards Completed 17 Sep
20.3 Best Review: Paul's Task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2
Rolled a 6
Classic - read a book published prior to 1973
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee finished 4 Sep
Points this post - 35
Total points - 45
Tasks Completed 3
Books read - 3
Gr Authors - 1
Big Books: 500+ 0, 750+ 0, 1000+ 0
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations3: My parents: Rapture by J.R. Ward
BIG BOOK 502 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
2. The Lion King - This Same Earth by Elizabeth Hunter
SAME is the anagrammed word from HAKUNA MATATA and NO WORRIES.
Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 40
Total points: 175
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 10
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Cindy AL10.10 Back to School:
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
I graduated from high school in the 70s. Beauty was first published in 1978.
15.1 See the Sea?:
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor AND
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
The book is set in Prague which is landlocked Czech Republic. The last Boyfriend is set in the United States.
Laini Taylor is a Goodreads Author.
15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away:
by Lisa ShearinThere are clouds on the cover.
Lisa Shearin is a Goodreads Author.
20.2 Calling All Animal Lovers:
by Barbara BrettonI got Option 1, cat on the cover.
Barbara Bretton is a Goodreads Author.
20.4 Family Celebrations:
Right Hand Magic by Nancy A. Collins
Option 1, older brother. The protagonist is a sculptor.
Nancy A. Collins is a Goodreads Author
20.6 The Doctor is Calling...:
Wife by Wednesday by Catherine Bybee
Option 4, the word is "wife".
Catherine Bybee is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 100
Total Points - 390/1110
Books - 33/86
Pages - 11636
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Laurie ME10.2: Trick or Treat: rabbit costume
The Rabbit Factory by Marshall Karp. Marshall Karp is a GRA.
20.4: Author! Author!: Sarah the Librarian's Task: Family Celebrations:
Option 4: Romance:
Now You See Her by Linda Howard
30.11: Peebee's Task: Summer Smashers Not Fall Forgotten:
singer: Option 4: set in Florida
Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham. Heather Graham is a GRA.
song: Option 5: Smith or Jones:
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
30.12: Coralie's Task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 9: The Dark Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
Stop: 11: Murder on the Ghost Walk by Ellen Elizabeth Hunter
Points this Post: 90.
Total Points: 355.
2 GRA this post.
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
Option 2: Rolled a Five- Genre "mystery" on book's homepage.
The Killer's Cousin
Nancy Werlin is a GRA
Points Earned This Task: 20
Points Achieved to Date: 350/1110
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.5 -- Time WarpA Handful of Time by Kit Pearson
The genre Time Travel appears on the main page for this book.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 275
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
Read a nonfiction book on a subject you were inspired to learn more about on a vacation or trip you’ve taken.
Went for a weekend trip to Chicago to the Art Museum & tours around the city. I've always been fascinated with history in general, so I read about the most famous brothel in America (which just so happens to be in Chicago)
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 195
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
15.10 - Fancy FreeA book of my choice - Nina Bawden has long been a favourite author of mine, and since she died in August my library has had a display of her books. I was pleased to find this one which I hadn't read:
Anna Apparent by Nina Bawden
Total points 330
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson (Option 1: Female lead is a dancer)
25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
Option B: Australian Author Her Best Friend by Sarah Mayberry. * GR Author*
Option D: Till Next We Meet by Karen Ranney. * GR Author* Recommended to me by two GR friends. I really liked it
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
Rolled a 4.
Option A: Paranormal Romance GenreHunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Option C: Wolf on Cover
by Patricia Briggs25.6 - Chaitra's task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
Option 1: Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley (Series with 3 published books) *GR Author* Ebook version only. Approved in post #1544
Option 6: Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros (Book set in 1800s) *GR Author*
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 1: Tempting the Bride by Sherry Thomas (Historical Fiction Genre) *GR Author*
Option 7: Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey (Big Book)
*GR Author* *Big Book: 796 pgs*
30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: (Fantasy Land) Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire *GR Author*
Option 7: (Toontown Fair) What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen *GR Author*
Points this Post: 155
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Results; Megan L5.8 - Festival of Lights
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read: 328
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Amy D.15.10 -- Fancy Free
Read a book of your choice
Genisis by Bernard Beckett
20.4 -- Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's Task: Family Celebrations
Option 3 - Read any book with "Romance" listed on its main genre page.
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Points this Post: 35
Total points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books read: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MariyaTask 30.9 -- Sandy's task: Fall Happenings
BOOK 1: I read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
BOOK 2: I read Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow which I chose from the list "Best Books to Become an Informed Voter." The book was #103 on the list, on page 2.
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 130
25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V. I rolled 2: Falling Skies
option B: Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
An author whose initials can be found in any order in the word ALIEN
option D: The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts
published May 1st, 2012
Ilona Andrews is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 12
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
ANGIE CA5.1 I Did It!
Book: Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
20.10 Group Read
Book: Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Notes: Post #25.
This Post: 25
Points to Date: 195
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.5 By the Sea
1.Olive's Ocean
Points Earned This Task:5
Points Achieved to Date: 355/1110
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
SARAH THE LIBRARIAN5.3 - Sail Away
Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck
The Cranstons spend the majority of the book aboard a ship heading to England.
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
My birthday is August 16. On page 16, post #761, the author is claimed, so I read her newest book.
5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
"Nine" in title.
10.5 -- Time Warp
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
"Science fiction > Time travel" listed on main page.
10.10 -- Back to School
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
I graduated high school in 2003; this book was published in 2005.
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
by Lesléa NewmanLeslea Newman is a GRA.
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
I read a publisher's advance copy.
Laini Taylor is a GRA.
At 528 pages, this is a Big Book.
15.10- Fancy Free
The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck by Emily Fairlie
Points this post: 80
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 14
GRA: 5
Big Books 500+(1), 750+ (), 1000+()
5.6 - Apple a Day - The apple variety is Keepsake.Keepsake by Antoinette Stockenberg
10.3 Moniker Challenge - Author's name starts with U.
Fragile by Lisa Unger (Goodreads author)
10.4 Water Signs - Author's birthdate is 3/12/53 (Pisces)
Basket Case by Carl Hiaasen
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 120
GRA: 4 + 1 = 5
5.2 - Do it Again Twilight by Stephenie Meyer 15.1 - See the Sea?
Book 1: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor (Czech Republic)
Book 2: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (USA)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 240/1110
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
Pages read: 5882
Tas# 15.3 BookendsOption #1 Book where title begins and ends with the same letter
LethalLethal
Sandra Brown is a Good Reads Author
Option #2 Book where the author's complete name begins and ends with the same letter
Flat SpinDavid Freed
Task # 20.3 Best Review
Option 1. Book dealing with the history of Comics(this book was preapproved by Paul)
Understanding Comics: The Invisible ArtScott McCloud
Andy P.Task # 15.3 Bookends
Option 1 Book where title begins and ends with the same letter
LethalSandra Brown
Option 2 Book where complete good reads author name begins and ends with the same letter
Flat SpinDavid Freed
Andy P.Task # 20.3 Best Review
Option 1. Book on history of Comics (preapproved by Paul) Understanding Comics: The Invisible ArtScott McCloud
BABBLING C30.4 DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something - Check out what makes these groups so popular by visiting the "read" bookshelves of these 5 groups and reading a book from 2 different groups’ shelves.
1. Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
Persuasion by Jane Austen (304) - part of my Jane Austen re-read. Last read: May 2007)
5. Paranormal Romance & Urban Fantasy
Bound by Flame by Anna Windsor (379)
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 145
Completed Tasks: 7
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 3,633
Books read this season: 10
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller:I chose the song "The Girl is Mine" and MINE to Hold20.1 Still Clinging to Summer Vacation: I went to Las Vegas with my parents a few years ago because it's their favorite place, but I found that while I was certainly entertained, it was my ideal site to relax. So I read The Battle for Las Vegas: The Law Vs. the Mob
20.2 Calling All Animal Lovers: I chose option 1 and read
Anyone But YouTotal Points this Post: 55
Total Points in Challenge: 500
Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 36
****Not tracking Goodreads Authors or Big Books this challenge****
25.2 - SHARING THE LOVED. A Time to Love recommended by my mother.
F.
by Marie Bostwick which has spools of thread on the cover.Marie Bostwick is a Goodreads author.
25.3 - NAMING THE STORM
A. Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney. Karen is on the Atlantic list for 2013.
B. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow which has all the letters of STORM in the title. The giRl whO fell froM the Sky.
Heidi W. Durrow and Karen MacInerney are Goodreads authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 220
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 6
BIG BOOKS - 1
Task 10.3 - Moniker challenge (Author's last name starts with 'Q'): When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn ***GR AUTHOR***
Total GR Authors = 3
Challenge total = 175
Kimber20.2 Calling All Animal Lovers
by Holly PatroneHOLLY PATRONE IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
25.3 Naming The Storm
BOOK A: Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Lisa is on the Tropical Cyclones Names, Atlantic, 2016
BOOK B: The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani
The Shoemakers Wife
Includes all letters of storm in title
LISA TAWN BERGREN IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
Above tasks: 45
# tasks completed to date: 8
GRA: 9
Grand Total: 205
STACIE MITask 25.7 - Fun Fall Activities
I decided to do Fantasy Football and My Wedding Anniversary.
For Fantasy Football, I read a book shelved as "Fantasy":
Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind by Bill Willingham
For My Wedding Anniversary, I read a book with "pearls" in the title:
Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" by Debbie Viguié
**Both Debbie Viguié and Bill Willingham are Goodreads authors!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 55
Pages read: 8657
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Coralie20.1 Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
When we were in Europe last year we visited Spain and I was interested in the Islamic influence so I read
History of Islamic Spain
20.3 Homage to Comic Books
I chose option 2 and rolled a 1 for Youth.
Regatta – main character Anansi is 11 years old
20.8 Mormon’s Among Us!
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
20.9 Fall Months
Option B a book first published in 2009
Palimpsest
Total points 300
15.10- Fancy Free:Read a book of your choice.
by David Wellington Points this Post: 15
Total points: 190
Tasks Completed: 14
Books read: 19
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.5 - Time WarpA Swiftly Tilting Planet
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
Option A - UnWholly by Neal Shusterman
25.3 - Ashley FL's task: Naming the Storm
Book A - My Name is Not Easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson (2012 - Atlantic Names found at Tropical Cyclone names)
Book B - Embedded Formative Assessment - Embedded Formative Assessment
Tasks completed: 21/61
Books read: 26
Points claimed in this post: 55
Total points claimed: 340
Mod
10.4 -- Water Signs
Pisces (February 18 - March 20): Invisible Country: A Mystery by Annamaria Alfieri born on March 17
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
star in title: The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson
20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!
Brainiac: Adventures In The Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World Of Trivia Buffs by Ken Jennings
Ken Jennings source and some trivia- Ken Jennings and Brandon Sanderson were roommates at BYU
total 335
5.2 - Do it Again Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ( I could have used this book for task 10.6 -- The Rocky Horror Picture Show because it is on page 5 of the Popular Cult Classics Books List)Points this post: 5
Total Points: 240/1110
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
Pages read: 4823
Shannon South Africa5.1 I did it!
More Ketchup Than Salsa - Confessions of a Tenerife Barman by Joe Cawley
Task points = 5
Total points = 20
Mod
Apple variety - Arkansas Black. I read Black Coffee.
10.9 -- 9...10...11
I read The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations. 352 pages - total is 10.
20.10 Group reads
I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Message # 23 in the discussion thread.
Total points: 195
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 15.5- A Drop in the Bucket!... read a book from a series that has at least 10 published books:
I read
(#13 in the Angie Amalfi mystery series)Red Hot Murder by Joanne Pence368 pages (9.30)
Points earned for this task: 15
Points Achieved to date: 180
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
JACKIE NC5.8 - Festival of Lights
by Nancy Atherton25.2 - Immersednbooks's task: Sharing the Love
Option C:
by Patricia WentworthOption F:
by Esri AllbrittenChihuahua on cover
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 170
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets:
15.6 Chasing Those Clouds AwayI read
by Mary R. Morgan a GoodReads author.Points for this task: 15
Total points : 120
GoodReads Author : 3
Total tasks completed: 7
10.6 The Rocky Horror Picture ShowFrom Page 5 of the list
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Clouds over the mountains
20.9 Fall Months
Option A: Author's last name begins with 'N'
The Enchanter by Vladimir Nabokov
Post Total: 45
Season Total: 320
Tasks Completed: 23
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 15.2 - On Pins and Needles
A. Read a book with the genre "Suspense" on its main book page.
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
B. Read a book that you have been eagerly awaiting
(I chose a book I've wanted to read for years, but it was always checked out at the library, so I put it on hold)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 210
Books Read this Post: 2
Total Books Read: 15
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
10.2 Trick or Treat
Cowboy Trouble by Joanne Kennedy
costume is a cowboy
10.9 9...10...11
Leaping Hearts by Jessica Bird
page count: 370
20.5 Love to Dance
Option 3-
Shadow in Serenity by Terri Blackstock
T and B in ballet
25.6 Reading for the Video Game Junkie
Option 1-
Haven by Kay Hooper
#13 in series
Option 5-
Some Like It Hawk by Donna Andrews
both Mystery and Humor genres on main page
30.7 Title Train
One Fine Cowboy by Joanne Kennedy
Cowboy Fever by Joanne Kennedy
total this post: 100
total points: 245
tasks completed: 14
books read: 18