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FALL CHALLENGE 2012: WATER
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10.3 -- Moniker ChallengeDrip Drop Teardrop by Samantha Young
Samantha Young is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 310
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 22
Goodreads Author: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
20.10. Group ReadsI have read
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and posted in the discussion thread (message #30).Points this Post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 324
GR Authors: -
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Rudy10.8- Fall Tv Favorite TV show
I choose The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time because my favorite show on TV is the Dog Whisperer.
Points this post:10
Total points:115
Task completed:10
Books read:10
Meera10.8 -- Fall TV: True crime: My favorite show is True Blood.
True Crime: An American Anthology by Harold Schechter Big Book 788 pages
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
3. Dingley Falls by Michael Malone – Cinder by Marissa Meyer GR Author
7. Elfland by Freda Warrington – read a Big Book (over 500 pages) The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Big Book 517 pages
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
2. The film is a parody of B-movie Sci-Fi and Horror films of the late 1940's - early 1970's.
A. Read a book with 'Science Fiction' listed as a genre on its home page: Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
B. Read a book with 'Horror' listed as a genre on its home page: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Points this post: 70
Total Points: 145
Books read: 12
Completed Tasks: 8
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Marscha's task: Love to Dance Option 2: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: ballet, dance, dancer. Plurals and possessives are fine, but no other variations allowed.
by Megan Derr (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 20
Total points: 365
Tasks Completed: 24
Books read: 33
GR Authors: 22
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.2 Do it againI read
, which would also work for 30.8, the gaudy option. Lisa Lutz is a ****Goodreads author**** And here is the book linkThe Spellmans Strike Againpoints: 160
Books read: 14
tasks completed: 9
GR Authors: 8
pages read: 4645
Rudy5.3 Sail Away Al Capone Does My Shirts byGennifer Choldenko
Points this post:5
Total points: 120 points
Task completed: 11
Books read: 11
Kimber25.2 Sharing The Love
Option B: Stolen: A Letter to My Captor by Lucy Christopher
*most of the story takes place in the Australian
desert
Option D &/or E: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
*my all-time favorite book I always recommend first
to everyone!
*listed as realistic fiction
LUCY CHRISTOPHER IS A GRA
STEPHANIE PERKINS IS A GRA
This task: 25
# Tasks completed to date: 9
GRA: 12
Total points: 225
25.8 -- Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the DiacriticalOption A: A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister
Option B: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
*** Katie MacAlister is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 25
GRA this post: 1
Total points: 55
Total GRA: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Mod
15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
The Perfidious Parrot by Janwillem Van de Wetering Grijpstra & de Gier #14
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1B, green cover:
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie2C, H2O: Chocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa by Catherine Higgs
HO in chocolate, H in Higgs
30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
option 2, Adventureland: The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
option 7, Toontown Fair: The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara
total = 560
Sheila30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular Demand
212 by Alafair BurkeAND
Cimarron Rose by James Lee BurkeJames Lee Burke is the father of Alafair Burke
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherAND
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa ScottolineTotal Points = 920
ERIN B.10.8 -- Fall TV
I read The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson. One of my favorite TV shows is How I Met Your Mother!
Points this post: 10
Total points: 25
Nick KYFirst I need to replace 15.10, removing Words for Empty and Words for Full. I will replace it with Thirteen Stories by Eudora Welty, 192 pages
Then, I’ll add the following:
25.3 Ashley FL’s Naming the Storm
Book A. I read The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey. Josephine is a 2014 Atlantic name. 278 pages
Book B. I read Words for Empty and Words for Full(moving it from 15.10) by Bob Hicok, which has the letters S,T,O,R,M in the title: WORdS for EMpTy…. (pages already counted.)
25.7 Kate S's Fun Fall Activities
I chose to play Fantasy Football and read a book with "fantasy" as a genre on its GR homepage -- The Blue Mirror by Kathe Koja. 128 pages
Then I chose to play The World Series and read the first of a new-to-me series -- Gifts by Ursula K. Le Guin, Annals of the Western Shore #1. 288 pages
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 565
Pages Read: 12,715
Big Books: 500 + (2)
Cindy FTask 25.6 Reading for the Video Game Junkie
Option 1: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
Option 5: High Country Fall by Margaret Maron
Points this post:25
Total points:130
Tasks completed:9
Books read:12
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
Kimber15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
by Michael Patrick ClarkThis task: 15
# tasks complete: 10
GRA: 12
Total points: 240
15.3 Bookends: I chose the one book option (option 2) and read Seven sexy sinS (ebook verification thread #1403) by Serenity woodS-- both the title and the author's name begin and end in S15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away: I read Once Burned
(approved in the task help thread)15.7 - Show Your Stripes: I read The Caged Tiger
which has the word "tiger" in the title.15.9 - Starry, Starry Night: I read Lone Star Seduction
which has the word "star" in the titleTotal Points this Post: 60
Total Points in Challenge: 720
Books Read: 58
Tasks Completed: 47
****Not tracking Goodreads Authors or Big Books this challenge****
Cindy AL30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning:
Option #1 The Hedgewitch Queen by Lilith Saintcrow
The Hedgewitch Queen has historical fiction on its main genre page.
The Hedgewitch Queen was approved for length in the proper thread, post #1629.
AND
Option #3 Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
Sherwood Smith has an alliterative name.
Lilth Saintcrow is a Goodreads Author.
30.7 Title Train:
Blood Song by Cat AdamsAND
Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper
Elspeth Cooper is a Goodreads Author
Points in this post - 60
Total Points - 715/1110
Books - 57/86
Pages - 20637
Goodreads Authors: 36
Big Books:500+ - (2), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
PaperpillsTask #30.5 - Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 1: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Option 3: Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs
Task # 30.6 - Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: Breed by Chase Novak
Option 4: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Task #30.11 - Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 2B (Song): The Double Game by Dan Fesperman
My home country is the US, and I've visited both Prague and Vienna, prominent settings in Fesperman's throwback spy tale.
Dan Fesperman is a Goodreads author
Option 4A (Singer): Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
I read the publisher's advance reading copy. Karen Russell is a Goodreads author
Task #25.2 - Sharing the Love
Option E: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Vanessa Diffenbaugh is a Goodreads author
Option F: Gun Machine by Warren Ellis
Gun:
I read the publisher's advance reading copy. Warren Ellis is a Goodreads author
Task #25.3 - Naming the Storm
Book A: Catastrophic Care by David Goldhill
Hurricane David was retired from the list of Atlantic names in 1979. I read the publisher's advance reading copy.
Book B: The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
S in Upstairs
T in Upstairs
O in Woman
R in Upstairs
M in Woman
I read the publisher's advance reading copy.
Task #20.6 - The Doctor is Calling…
Option 1: Black Box by Michael Connelly
I read the publisher's advance reading copy. Michael Connelly is a Goodreads author
This post: 160 points
Total to Date = 160 points
Goodreads author tickets to date = 5
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.10 Group Read
1.For the category "Favorite Book Ever": A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
My Post #27
Big Book Ticket-500+
Points Earned This Task:20
Points Achieved to Date: 505/1110
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
5.8 - Festival of Lights Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake by Anna Quindlen
Points this post: 5
Total points: 495
Readerboard Name: Jill Renee30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: Fantasyland
Read a book that has fantasy listed as a genre on its home page.
Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
Option 7: Toontown Fair
Read a book that has Young Adult listed as a genre on its home page.
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 280
Books Read this Task: 2
Total Books Read: 19
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.7 - The Show Must Go OnI chose option 3 for Legally Blonde and read The Fifth Witness. This book is shelved as Legal Thriller on the main page.
Michael Connelly is a GR Author.
Task Total: 20
Grand Total: 130
20.6-The Doctor is CallingI chose Option 4, The Doctor's Wife. I read:
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
***I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this book. It is 555 pages long.***
Total Books Read:3
Total Challenges Completed: 3
Total Pages Read: 1200
Big Book Tickets:1
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 45
10.5 Time WarpInvolves Time Travel
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
finished 21 Oct
GR author
I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket book is 870 pages
Total points for this post = 10
Total points - 55
Books read - 4
GR authors - 2
Big Books - 750+ (1)
Task 20.4 - Family Celebrations
Option 3 (romance genre): The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Challenge total = 275
Meghanly: getting a late start, but want to include the books I've read since September.25.1
3B (#9 on the list when I read it) Pandemonium
5A (bland, ugly cover; rated 4.09):
30.5
Option 4: The Mysterious Howling
Option 7: A Clash of Kings *claiming big book ticket*
30.6
Option 1: Sisters Red
Option 7: Split
30.11
4A: Cloaked
4B:
(owl on cover)Total: 115
SAMMY15.6 - Chasin' those clouds away
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
30.2 - Good Friends
Sheila's shelf: Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
Kathy's shelf: The Magicians - Lev Grossman
*Goodreads author*
Points this post: 45
Total points: 110
Tasks Completed: 6
Books read: 8
Pages Read : 2411
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.1 How Do I Say This...? #1 on first die: Read a Play
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
#4 on second die: Author's Initials in B E L L and/or P H O N E
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
30 points this post
205 total Points
10.2 Trick or TreatShadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
The main characters are a witch and a vampire. Either would be good Halloween costumes.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Pages read: 4,224
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard ID : JENBENT5.6 - An Apple a Day
The Next Best Thing by Jennifer Weiner
Apple Variety: Bonnie Best
Jennifer Weiner is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 330
Goodreads authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.2 On Pins and NeedlesBook A -
Sweet Talk by Julie Garwood
Suspense on main page
Book B -
At Last by Jill Shalvis
15.9 Starry Starry Night
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Stars in title
20.3 Homage to Comic Books
Option 2 - rolled a 5
Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
Mystery on main page
20.4 Family Celebrations
Option 3 -
Woodrose Mountain by RaeAnne Thayne
Romance on main page
25.1 Food Network Challenge
Option 1B -
Love Is Murder by Sandra Brown
Anthology
Option 4A -
Breaking Point by Pamela Clare
Muscled man on cover
points this post: 95
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
I need to edit my post above (#1154). I forgot to note that Shadow of Night is a Big Book with 584 pages and Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads Author.
10.8 -- Fall TV Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle that is the same as a word in the title of one of your favorite television shows (past or present).
by Christopher Golden (Goodreads Author), Nancy Holder (Goodreads Author)864 pages
Favorite Tv Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 375
Tasks Completed: 25
Books read: 34
GR Authors: 24
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
20.8 - Mormons Among UsA book written by a member of the Mormon Church:
Betrayal At Lisson Grove by Anne Perry who is on the approved list in the help thread.
Total points 465
Jessica PDX30.11 - Peebee's Task - Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
2B - Where Have You Been
This is set in London, which I visited while in college.
by Christopher FowlerI am claiming a Big Book Ticket for this one.
4A - Whistle
This is set in Florida - see description from this edition (LaBrava).
by Elmore LeonardPoints this Post: 30
Total Challenge Points: 300
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books Tickets: 2
20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation I read The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche by Gary Krist. This story takes place in the Cascade range of Washington State. My family often travels by car over Stevens Pass or hikes near the site of this disaster.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Books read but not claimed: 1
Goodreads Authors to date: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
25.6 Reading for the Video Game JunkieOption 1: Last Dragon Standing by G.A. Aiken Book is part of the Dragon Kin series, which currently has 6 books published
Option 3: Happy Ever After by Nora Roberts Protagonist is a Mechanic
Tasks completed this post: 1
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
GR Authors: 2
Books read: 5
Kristi CO 20.9 Lucky Me: Fall Months
Option B: Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran was published in 2009.
Michelle Moran is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall ActivitiesThe Next Always by Nora Roberts - (Option 3: World Series. Book #1 in Inn Boonsboro Trilogy)
The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts - (Option 6: Black Friday. Purchased after Sep 2012)
30.3 -- Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular Demand
No Regrets by Shannon K. Butcher & Death Masks by Jim Butcher. (The authors are husband and wife)
*Shannon Butcher & Jim Butcher are both GRA*
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen & The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
*Sarah Addison Allen is a GR Author*
Points this Post: 85
Total points: 565
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 38
Goodreads authors: 21
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
KAREN F5.5 By the Sea
Sea Change by Darlene Marshall
**Darlene Marshall is a Goodreads Author**
25.7 Fun Fall Activities
World Series: The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton
Book 1 in the Play by Play series.
**Jaci Burton is a Goodreads Author**
Black Friday: One Night in Scotland by Karen Hawkins
I purchased it October 2012
**Karen Hawkins is a Goodreads Author**
25.8 The Long, the Short & the Diacritical
A: Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston
B: The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
**N.K. Jemisin is a Goodreads Author**
30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
2 London: Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
"Soho" approved as a place in message #31 of the Help Thread.
**Ben Aaronovitch is a Goodreads Author**
3 Dingley Falls: The Disgraced Playboy by Caitlin Crews
**Caitlin Crews is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 85
Total Challenge Points: 245
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
hpaddict30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
option 3 -
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan - author with same letter for first and last nameoption 7 -
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling - 503 pagesthis post = 30
challenge total = 70
I completed10.2 Trick or Treat!
by reading:
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter.
The main character is a police officer, which is what I would be for Halloween!
Tasks Complete: 4
Total Points: 60
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0
REPOST FROM 699, I completed:
20.4-Author! Author!-Sarah the Librarian's Task: Family Celebrations
I chose Option #2 My Mother and read:
Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
I am also claiming a big book ticket...this one had 736 pages!
Tasks Complete: 3
Total Points: 50
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0
I completed:10.4 Water Signs
by reading:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
His birthday is 7/20/1933
Tasks Complete: 5
Total Points: 70
Big Book 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Author: 0
30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall ForgottenOption 1A: No! I Don't Want to Join a Book Club: Diary of a Sixtieth Year by Virginia Ironside
Option 2B:
by Lucette LagnadoI live in the US and visited Cairo, the setting of this book, in 2008. Most of the book takes place in the 1940s and 50s when Cairo was a far different experience than it is today.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 525
I completed:10.6 Rocky Horror Picture Show
by reading:
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
On page 1 of the list.
Horrible book! I would never recommend this book to ANYONE, EVER!
Tasks Complete: 6
Total Points: 80
Big Book: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0
Cindy FTask 30.3 Back by Popular Demand
I read The Witches by Roald Dahl
and Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights by Sophie Dahl
They are Grandfather/Granddaughter
Points this post:30
Total points:160
Tasks completed:10
Books read:14
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
5.8 Festival of LigtsFire on the cover
by Anthony Burgess5.10 What Else Can I Read?
From the Read-Alikes The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest list, I read
In the Woods by Tana French
30.6 Reading Through Disneyland
Option 2: Adventureland: 'Adventure' listed on main book page
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Option 5: Liberty Square: 'Gothic' listed on main book page
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
Post Total: 40
Season Total: 460
Tasks Complete: 32
I completed: 20.3 Best Review-Paul's Task-Homage to Comic Books
I rolled a 5 with my die roll, so I read:
Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown which is listed as a mystery novel.
Tasks Complete: 7
Total Points: 100
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
GR Authors: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
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Option A: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, which won the 2011 Printz Honor
**A.S. King is a Goodreads Author**
Option E: Luna by Julie Ann Peters ("realistic fiction" is listed under genres on the book's main page)
25.4 Fall Into TV
I rolled a 5.
5A: The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
(Fantasy genre)
5D: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books: 14
Pages Read: 5,170
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)