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SOELO20.3 Homage to Comic Books
Using option #2, I rolled a 2 and read Stupid and Contagious which is shelved as Romance.
30.5 Fall Shelf-Cleaning
I picked options 5 and 6. For 5, I read Fly by Night which has Books About Books on its main genre page. For 6, I read The Twenty-One Balloons which has a cardinal number in the title (and was approved in the help thread).
Points this post: 50
Total so far: 170
Readerboard name: JeniferTask 25.7 Fun Fall Activities
Fantasy Football/fantasy genre: Masquerade by Cambria Hebert A Goodreads Author
World Series/1st in a series: When You Wish Upon a Duke by Isabella Bradford
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95 pts
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Chaitra15.3 BOOKENDS
Choosing the ONE book option.
Read a book that starts and ends with the same letter by an author whose name starts and ends with the same letter.
I read Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman. The book begins and ends (with or without subtitles) with an S and the author's name begins and ends with an N.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 15
20.1 STILL CLINGING TO SUMMER VACATION
Read a non fiction book inspired by a vacation that you took.
I read Time and Tide in Acadia: Seasons on Mount Desert Island by Christopher Camuto. I fell in love with Maine and its rugged landscape after a vacation to the Acadia National Park and I wanted to know more. Camuto describes everything that I loved about Acadia on my trip - hiking, storms, birdwatching and the flora. A very informative book, I know what to take on my next trip there!
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 510
Big Books: 500(2), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 11
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Finished: 38
Pages Read: 12,471
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror HalloweenOption 2A: Read a book with 'Science Fiction' listed as a genre on its home page
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Option 5B: B. Read a Romance novel
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads Author
Points this task: 30
Total points: 65
Tasks Completed 3
Total Books Read 5
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.3 - BookendsOne book option
Small Vices (S-S) by Robert B. Parker (R-R)
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read:9
Pages Read : 3082pgs
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.7 - Show Your StripesA book with TIGER in the title:
Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
Total points 445
Sheila30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...,
I Rolled a 5 and read
Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs on my KindleAND
➜ I Rolled 6:
The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen translated from DanishTotal Points = 860
10.9- 9...10...11The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
270 pages: 2+7+0=9
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
20.10 -- Group ReadsEnder's Game by Orson Scott Card
Post #29 in the discussion
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks Completed 4
Total Books Read 5
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Mariya Task 10.6 -- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
I read The Stranger by Albert Camus
This book can be found on page 1 of the Popular Cult Classics book list.
Task 15.7 - Show Your Stripes
I read Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir by Margaux Fragoso
The word "tiger" is in the title.
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
OPTION 2: THE LION KING: I read I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive by Steve Earle
The word "OUT" in the title of this book is a word that can be annagrammed from the words HAKUNA MATATA and NO WORRIES.
Task 20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
OPTION B: I read Peace from Broken Pieces by Iyanla Vanzant
This book was published in 2010.
Points this Post: 65
Total points: 265
Jessica PDX5.3 - Sail Away
by Agatha ChristiePoints this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 255
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books Tickets: 1
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family CelebrationsOption 1: Dancing for Degas by Kathryn Wagner
Kathryn Wagner is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 455
GR authors: 17
Laurie ME20.2: Rookie on Top: Barbara's Task: Calling All Animal Lovers:
Option 1: cat or dog on cover:
Lois Lane Tells All by Karen Hawkins. Karen Hawkins is a GRA.
25.8: mstan's TAsk: The Long, the Short and the Diacritical:
Option 1: wein/ber/ger = 10 letters.
Chain of Command by Caspar Weinberger
Option 2:
The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker
Points this Post: 45.
Total Points: 580.
1 GRA.
Task 15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
Stardust by Neil Gaiman ***GR Author***
Total GR Authors = 4
Challenge total = 255
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.8- Fall TV!... read a book with a word in the title that is the same as a word in the title of one of your favorite tv shows:
For 40 years I made the characters of "As the World Turns" part of my family.
I read
The Invisible World by Suzanne Weyn 240 pages (10.11)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 215
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 6
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
10.1 - Show You Care, Be AwareBook with pink on the cover - Stitch Me Deadly
by Amanda LeePoints this post: 10
Total Points: 390/1110
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 28
GoodReads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
Coralie20.5 Love to Dance
Option 3 Author’s initials in BALLET
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
20.10 Group Reads
Like Water for Chocolate
25.2 Sharing the love
Option A
Surrender was honoured in 2007
Option E
Harriet the Spy has genre Realistic Fiction on main page
Total points 445
Readerboard Name: EvanaReposting
30.11 Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 1A (singer): symbol substituted for letter or word on cover
by John Medina, Goodreads AuthorOption 4B (song): book with a bird on the cover
by Nathacha AppanahGoodreads Authors this post: 1
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 305
Readerboard name: Evana10.2 Trick or Treat
Major character's occupation could be a Halloween costume.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Long John Silver was a pirate which is a very common Halloween costume.
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 315
Goodreads Authors to date: 3
Task 5.4 - In Honor of Your BirthdayMy birthday is Dec. 2, so I read Catching Fire from page 2, post #79- SRC Summer Pg 2
Task 15.7 - Show Your Stripes (tiger country)
Dreams of Joy is almost entirely set in China.
***Lisa See is a Goodreads author
Task 20.3 - Homage to Comic Books
Option 2: I rolled a '5' - Mystery
The Bungalow Mystery
Points this post: 40
Tasks completed this post: 3
Big Book Tickets, GR authors this post: 0, 1
Total points: 155
Total tasks completed: 12
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 6
Keltie Lee20.5 Love to Dance
Rose
by V.C. Andrews
*Is about a dancer who auditions for a preforming arts school at the end of the book.*
25.5 Water, Water Everywhere!
Option 2A:
by Mara Fox
*has water on the cover*
Option 3A:
Ice
by V.C. Andrews
*has the word ICE in the title*
Points this post: 45
Total points: 480/1110
Tasks: 28
Books: 37
Goodreads Authors: 18
ANGIE CA10.8 Fall TV
Book: Hell's Revenge by Eve Langlais
Notes: Hell's Kitchen. Approved for length on line #260.
20.6 The Doctor is Calling
Book: Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts
Notes: 4) Romance.
This Post: 30
Points to Date: 280
Finished30.10 A rocky horror halloween
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison - option 1B- published in 1977
Anyone But You by Jennifer Cruise - option 5B- romance
30.11 The Summer smashes not Fall forgotten
Mr. Maybe by Jane Green - option 3B- maybe in title
Searching For The Secret River: A Writing Memoir by Kate Grenville - option 6A - written by Australian author and set up in Australia
Tasks points 60
Total points 200
5.10 - What Else Can I Read? Take a look at this booklist at the Carnegie library - Read Alikes, and choose a book from one of the “read-alike” lists.
by Cormac McCarthy Read Alike for
Points this Post: 05
Total points: 345
Tasks Completed: 23
Books read: 32
GR Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Alice GTask 10.1 Show you Care, be Aware
Book: Reading In Bed
Task 15.7 Show Your Stripes
Book:
This book is set in India.
Total Points: 150
Mod
My birthday is 8/28, so I looked at p. 28. A Harry Potter book was listed in post 1378, so I read another book by J.K. Rowling, The Casual Vacancy
15.4 Bond, James Bond
I read one book that satisfied both option 1 and option 3 - The Mark of the Assassin (with a genre of "spy thriller" written by Daniel Silva (author name "Daniel")
30.9 -- Sandy's task: Fall Happenings
Book 1 - I read Winesburg, Ohio, from the College Bound reading List.
Book 2 - I read True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society, from page 4 of the "Best Books to Become an Informed Voter" list.
Total ponts: 380
Kathy G.15.3- Bookends
Option 1- S to S for the title
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
Claiming Goodreads Authors
Option 2- N to N for the author's name
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Claiming Goodreads Author
Total Points- 65
Total Tasks- 3
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books- (500+) 1
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Jess Philly20.4 Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
I chose option 3, though this book also fits option 4 (It is listed as both Romance and Fantasy> Fairy Tales on its main page). I read The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty. It was interesting, to say the least...
Total Points: 90
Jessica PDX15.5 - A Drop in the Bucket
This is #11 in a 16-part series (so far!)
by Michael Connelly (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 270
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books Tickets: 1
STACIE MITask 30.1 - How Do I Say This...?
I rolled two 2's.
For my first book, I read a graphic novel:
Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways by Zeb Wells
For my second book, I read an illustrated novel:
Fables: Peter and Max by Bill Willingham
There are illustrations interspersed with the storyline, which, I felt, really enhanced the story.
**Bill Willingham is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 69
Pages read: 12002
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.10 -- Back to SchoolThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
I graduated from high school in the end of 1980s, this book was first published 1985.
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 21
Goodreads Author: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
BJ Rose3 new tasks
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
I was born on March 18, so went to page 18. I found Janet Chapman in post #896 and read
Charmed by His Love by Janet Chapman
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
3B - Read the next big thing: Insurgent by Veronica Roth was #3 on the list when I chose it.
4A - Obviously-muscled man on the cover - approved in HT #38
by Christine Feehan25.6 - Chaitra's task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
#1. Halo 3 & Mass Effect 3 - read a book with at least 3 published books at the start of the challenge
A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare is book 2 of a trilogy
#6. Dishonored: Read a book set or published in the 19th century (1800-1899)
A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare takes place in 1814
Points this post = 55
Total Points = 450
Tasks Completed = 24
Pages read = 11,703
Annie NHTask 10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 3
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall ActivitiesThe National Bookfest:
Read a book written by an author coming to the Bookfest this year
Thomas Mallon is listed under Poetry & Prose
Watergate: A Novel (2012) by Thomas Mallon (Hardcover, 434 pages)
Election Day: Read a biography of an elected official (of any country) or a non-fiction book about the democratic process.
His Excellency: George Washington (2004) by Joseph J. Ellis (Hardcover, 320 pages)
185 + 25 = 210
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 185 + 25 = 210
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4,867
Read but not claimed: 09
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
BABBLING C20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
OPTION 2: For this option you will need to roll a 6-sided die. Read a book that matches the die roll, as indicated below.
I rolled a 3.
3. Science Fiction / Fantasy [homage to EC Comics and their many SF titles]. Read a book with the genre "Science Fiction" or "Fantasy" listed on its Goodreads home page.
Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall (GRA) (390) -- "Fanstasy" is listed on the main page.
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Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 185
Completed Tasks: 9
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 4,399
Books read this season: 12
BUTTERFLYCAGER10.2 -- Trick or Treat!
God Save the Queen by Kate Locke
Vexation McLaughlin is a werewolf, and that would make a good Halloween costume.
15.10- Fancy Free
Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler by Jessica Speart
Jessica Speart is a Goodreads Author.
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
Fall of Light by Nina Kiriki Hoffman and (ignoring the article)
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
30.9 -- Sandy's task: Fall Happenings
Book 1: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book 2: The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer (was on Political Thrillers list)
Points this post: 85
Total challenge points: 850
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 64
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
15.5 A Drop in the Bucket The Pilgrims of Rayne by D.J. MacHale I claim big book ticket Hardcover, 560 pages20.3 A Homage to Comic Books Rolled a 2: Fantasy A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin I claim 3 Big books ticket Mass Market Paperback, 1009 pages
20.5 Love to Dance Option 3: LL The Giver by Lois Lowry
20.6 The Doctor is Calling Option 5 The Dead by Charlie Higson I claim big book ticket Paperback, 512 pages
20.9 Fall Months Option B: N for November Charlie Bone and the Beast by Jenny Nimmo
Points this Post: 95
Total points- 125
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 7
GR Authors: 1
5.6 - An Apple a DayThe Red Queen by Margaret Drabble (Queen Cox variety)
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 85
GR Authors:
Big Books:
30.10 A Rocky Horror HalloweenRead 2, any A or B but no single task twice
Option 5A - Read a book by an author with 'Frank' in their name
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
Option 5B - Read a romance novel
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Points this Post: 30
Points to Date: 345
GR Authors to Date: 3
Readerboard ID : JENBENT30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 3A (Singer)
Reunions Are Deadly by Doreen Wyman
Author Doreen (D.M.) Wyman is Canadian, born and living in Edmonton.
Option 4B (Song)
Love Anthony by Lisa Genova
Bird on cover
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 305
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.10 -- Back to SchoolThis Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
I graduated from high school in the 60s. This book was published in 1964.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 465
Kimber25.6 Reading for the Video Game Junkie
Option 4-Prince of Persia Djinn by Poppet
The djinn was a featured character in plot
This ebook was okay'd for length in msg 1563
Option 5-Portal Abducted by TR Ragan
Both escape and/or rescue from a kidnapping was expected and striven. This ebook was okay'd for length in msg 1600
POPPET IS A GRA
TR RAGAN IS A GRA
This task: 25
# tasks completed: 7
GRA: 10
Points Grand Total: 200
10.5 — Time WarpRuby Red by Kerstin Gier
+10 Points
15.10- Fancy Free
Dying to Know You by Aidan Chambers
+15 Points
Points this post: 25
Grand Total: 260
Leslie KTask: 25.3 Naming the Storm
Book A: Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
The name Dennis was retired in 2005. Found on list of retired hurricane names.
Book B: Mortal Pursuit by Michael Prescott
The word STORM is in the title. "S" is in pursuit and "TORM" is in mortal.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 205
Leslie KTask 30.7: Title Train
Book One: Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Book Two: Liar, Liar by K.J. Larsen
Last word of first title is first word of second title.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 235
Readerboard ID : JENBENT20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara's task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 2: anthropomorphic dog is the main character
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Garth Stein is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 325
Goodreads authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.4 Bond, James Bondoption 2 & 3
7th Heaven by James Patterson
Used one book option
GR Author
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task
Option 2 Stephen King
Blockade Billy by Stephen King
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task
Option 2 -book about WWII
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 6- Main Street
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Option 7- Toontown
Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts -Audiobook.
Young Adult/Coming of Age as GR genre.
30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays
Option 3. Gaudy Day
by Jerzy Kosiński 3 colors: bright green, yellow & pink.
Option 5. Look for Circles Day
by Mary Ann Shaffer Circle is the street lamp top & the postmarks are too.
Points this post: 115
Total challenge points: 255
GR auth this post: 1
Total GR authors: 2
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network ChallengeOption 3B: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
#105 on list of most popular books of 2012
Option 6A: This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader by Joan Dye Gussow
(person smiling on cover)Points this post: 25
Total points: 490
Laurie ME30.6: Keltie Lee's Task: Reading Thru Disneyworld
Option 1: Fantasyland:
Man from Mundania by Piers Anthony
Option 6: Main Street:
Blow Me Down by Katie MacAlister. Katie Macalister is a GRA.
30.7: Sassafrass's Task: Title Train: watch me Die/Die for me.
Book 1: Watch Me Die by Erica Spindler
Book 2: Die For Me (Romantic Suspense, #7) by Karen Rose
Points this Post: 60.
Total Points: 640.
1 GRA.
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 3: A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
A dog finds her way to the home of the main characters, and they adopt her and name her Ananda. Throughout the story, Meg, one of the main characters, is able to "kythe" (something like be connected telepathically) with her brother Charles Wallace as he travels through time with the help of Ananda (Meg says that Ananda helps her to kythe better). Ananda stays with Meg through the whole book. I also found this summary that mentions Ananda: http://www.mugglenet.com/booktrolley/...
30.5 - Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 3: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Option 7: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
At 630 pages, this is a big book (and qualified for this option).
30.12 - A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 2: If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You by Kelly Cutrone
This is a non-fiction memoir.
Stop 10: Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer by Margot Morrell
Ship on the cover:
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Points this post: 80
Total points: 270
Total Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Total tasks completed: 11
Total pages: 6,239
Total books: 16