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FALL CHALLENGE 2012: WATER
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5.5 - By the Sea - sea in title
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia by Tom Bissell
10.3 -- Moniker Challenge- author's name starts with V
Oasis by Laureen Vonnegut
10.5 -- Time Warp - time travel genre
Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card
total = 25
20.10 Group Read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (528 p. Big Book)
My post is #10 in the discussion thread.
20 points
1 Big Book
10.5 Time WarpSinging the Dogstar Blues by Alison Goodman
Heroine is going to university to major in time travel so she can combine it with her music (jazz).
Today's total: 10
Grand total: 20
20.10 -- Group Reads
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Message 19 in discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 0
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Message 19 in discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Total points: 40
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 0
15.7 - Show Your StripesWinter Garden by Kristin Hannah
One of the plot lines is set in Leningrad, Russia, before and during the Siege
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
GR authors: 1
Task 5.2 Do it again-5.7 What's yor name againJennifer is a top 10 name
Faith by Jennifer Haigh
Points this post:5
Total points:10
Task completed:2
Books read:2
GR read:1
Erin NY10.8 TV Show: Gilmore Girls
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
10.10 I graduated HS is 2002, this book was published in 2009
New York: The Novel by Edward Rutherfurd
* Big book: 862 pp
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Tasks Partially Completed: 1
Pages Read: 1445
DIANA STask 5.7 What's Your Name Again
[#2 name - John]
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Points this post: 5
Pages Read: 313
Task Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
JenniferJ20.10 - Group Reads Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
My post is #12 in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 80/1110
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
Pages read: 1153
15.3 Bookends Fire Proof satisfies bothTotal Points Earned: 70/1110
Total Pages Read: 1595/24857
Total Books Read: 6/68
Good Read Authors:1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
SAMMY5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 221
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: WV2FLTask 10.1 I Did it!
I read: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 30.3 Donna Jo's Task: Back by Popular Demand
Find two authors who are related by blood or marriage and read a book by each author.
F. Scott Fitzgerald & Zelda Fitzgerald are married
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Save Me the Waltz by Zelda Fitzgerald
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Books Read this Task: 2
Total Books Read: 2
AprilDT15.8- 'Cause This Is Thriller
"The Girl is Mine" The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago by Douglas Perry
%^&*Perry is a GRA%^&*
15.10- Fancy Free
Life
Points this post: 30 pts
Challenge total: 30 pts
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
GRA: 1 (Perry)
Big Books: 0 (500+); 0 (750+0; 0 (1000+)
Task 5.10 Read-AlikeBook chosen:Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang
Book read for Task:Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom by Celia Rivenbank
Total: 5
STACIE MITask 5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
My birthday falls on the 20th and post 986 mentioned Janet Evanovich, so I read:
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
**Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1310
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task 10.1
(the title and cake decorations are in pink foil, not really obvious in this image)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
30.11 -- Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten#3: Carly Rae Jepsen: Call Me Maybe (Video)
A. Singer: Select a book whose author is a Canadian author.
by Guy Gavriel KayBig Book: 678 pages
5B. Song: Select a book with an author named Smith (Will Smith) or Jones (Tommy Lee Jones).
by Cheryl Ann SmithPoints this Post: 30
Total points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Books read: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.9 Starry, Starry Night --Who's Afraid of Mr Wolfe? by Hazel Osmond (Goodreads author). This book has stars on the cover.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.7 What's Your Name Again?Absolute Power by David Baldacci
***Big Book at 550 pages***
10.10 Back to School
I graduated high school in the 1990s
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
20.5 Love to Dance
Option 3: Author's initials found in "BALLET"
Crossing California by Adam Langer
***Big Book at 512 pages***
(I started this book for the last challenge, but read less than half of it before this challenge started. I am glad I finished it!)
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 35
Sheila5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday
My birthday is April 7 and on page #7 post 332 Chelsea Cain is mentioned so I read:
Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
Gypped by Carol Higgins ClarkBoth hat and authors name is pink
Total Points = 85
10.4 Water SignsFirst Visions by Heather Topham Wood
Author was born on March 07, 1979 - Pisces
Heather Topham Wood is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
30.6 - READING THROUGH DISNEY WORLD 3. FRONTIERLAND - The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch: A Novel which takes place in the 19th century and is listed as Historical Fiction on the home page.
6. MAIN STREET - American Wife which is fiction.
American Wife is a big book at 555 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 30
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 0
BIG BOOKS - 1
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, AustraliaStop 5: Melbourne museum and Carlton Gardens
Dig up a fossil by reading a book that has been on your TBR list for too long.
Dark Horse by Tami Hoag
I don't have much of a TBR list, but this was the oldest book on mine and the library would probably like it back since it now months overdue. - Big Book ticket at 557 pages
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands
Read a book with ‘water’, ‘front’, ‘city’, ‘dock’ or ‘land’ in the title or subtitle. Variations are fine as long as the word is present in its entirety.
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves (GRA)
Also a free library book.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
ETA - Reposted because copy and paste failed me. :)
Lindsay G.5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn GRA
[Has a nine in the total number of pages - 419 pages]
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
["star" in title/subtitle]
Points this Post: 20
Total points- 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 732
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+(0)
15.6: Chasin' those Clouds AwayA Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 15.1 - See the Sea?
For Book A, I read a book (approved in the task help thread) set in Austria-Hungary:
Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria - Hungary, 1853 by Barry Denenberg
For Book B, I read a book set in the USA:
Undead and Unworthy by MaryJanice Davidson
Points this task: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 7
Pages read: 1746
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
JACKIE NC30.11 - Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten
Option 1A:
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
by Alan BradleyOption 3A:
Rueful Death by Susan Wittig Albert
Alan Bradley and Susan Wittig Albert are Goodreads authors.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 30
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:
15.9 Starry, Starry NightI read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.
Points for these task :15
Total points :45
GoodRead Authors : 1
Tasks completed :2
Jess Philly30.5 Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf Cleaning
I chose options 4 and 5.
For option 4 (a book with adventure on the main page) I read Sapphique by Catherine Fisher.
For option 5 (a book about books) I read Shelf Life: Stories by the Book edited by Gary Paulsen.
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 30
Nick KY10.4 Water Signs I read Crash by J.G. Ballard who was born on Nov 15, making him a Scorpio. 224 pages
15.3 Bookends I chose to read the exemplar book for the 1-book option, Damaged by Alex Kava. The title begins and ends with "D" and the Author's name begins and ends with "A." 272 pages
15.8 ...Thriller I read Theosophy : An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos by Rudolf Steiner which has the word "Life" in the subtitle, which is also in the title of the song "The Lady in My Life." 256 pages
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 70
Pages Read: 1,286
Keltie Lee5.7 - What's Your Name Again?
Such a Rush by Jennifer EcholsGRA
*Jennifer is #4 on the top 10 first names for the past century list*
30.10 A Rocky Horror Halloween
Option 3A:
Siren Enslaved by Sophie OakGRA
*book #3 in the Texas Sirens series*
Option 5B:
Siren Beloved by Sophie OakGRA
*has romance listed as a genre*
Points this post: 35
Total points: 55/1110
Tasks: 4
Books: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
5.2 - Do It Again
The Julius House by Charlaine Harris
This book could have worked for 10.10 Back to School as it was first published in 1995 (see below).
10.10 -- Back to School
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
I graduated high school in the '90s and this book was first published in 1994.
15.3 Bookends
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Option 1: Read a book where the title starts and ends with same letter. Smoke and Mirrors
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose complete Goodreads name starts and ends with same letter. Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 70
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 1
The Julius House by Charlaine Harris
This book could have worked for 10.10 Back to School as it was first published in 1995 (see below).
10.10 -- Back to School
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse by Charlaine Harris
I graduated high school in the '90s and this book was first published in 1994.
15.3 Bookends
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
Option 1: Read a book where the title starts and ends with same letter. Smoke and Mirrors
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose complete Goodreads name starts and ends with same letter. Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 70
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 1
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday The BFG by Roald Dahl
My birthday is April 24. Roald Dahl is listed on p. 24, post 1173
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Readerboard name - ALLISON ANN30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 5: Melbourne museum and Carlton Gardens
Dig up a fossil by reading a book that has been on your TBR list for too long.
Dark Horse by Tami Hoag
I don't have much of a TBR list, but this was the oldest book on mine and the library would probably like it back since it now months overdue. - Big Book ticket at 557 pages
Stop 9: Waterfront City Docklands
Read a book with ‘water’, ‘front’, ‘city’, ‘dock’ or ‘land’ in the title or subtitle. Variations are fine as long as the word is present in its entirety.
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves (GRA)
Also a free library book.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
30.6Option 4 Science Fiction :Chronal Engine: A Prehistoric Time-Travel Adventure by Greg Leitich Smith, Blake Henry
and
Option 5 Horror: Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas (Goodreads Author)
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 30
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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read Miracleby Elizabeth Scott (GRA)
10.4 Water Signs read First Frost by Liz DeJesus (GRA) born February 23 Ebook approved post 1448
15.7 Show your Stripes read Tiger's Questby Colleen Houck (GRA)
30.1 How Do I Say This...? rolled double 5 read two ebooks.
read Collideby Shelly Crane (GRA)
and
read Return to Arèthaneby Kelly Riad (GRA) Ebook approved in post 1148
Points this Post: 60
Total points- 70
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 6
Pages Read : 1,842
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jodi225.5 Water, Water Everywhere!
1: Read a book where the letters “MIST” are found intact somewhere in the book’s title, subtitle, or series title
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things
2: Read a book with at least 2 H’s and 1 O in the book’s title, subtitle, and/or author’s name.
The Death And Life Of Charlie St. Cloud
Points this task: 25
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 8
5.1 I Did ItBorn Too Short: The Confessions of an Eighth-Grade Basket Case
5.2 Do It Again
Somewhere Between Life and Death
Also works for 15.3 option 2 (Lurlene McDaniel) and 15.8 (track 9, "Lady in my Life")
5.3 Sail Away
Marvel 1602
The characters cross the Atlantic several times, and the "Four of the Fantastick" are a group of sailors.
10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
10.2 Trick or Treat!
Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis
I wanna be Wolverine for Halloween! :D
10.3 Moniker Challenge
Her Daughter's Eyes by Jessica Barksdale Inclan
Last name begins with an "I"
10.5 Time Warp
Too Close for Comfort
Sam Beckett time travels by "leaping" into the bodies of various people. Awesome side note: I got this book signed back in June when I met both Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell at the comic convention near me. I got my picture taken with them both, too *lovelovelove*
10.6 Rocky Horror Picture Show
Gravitation, Volume 01
This is found on page 17: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/c...
I love the anime so I thought I'd try the manga, but the show is definitely better.
10.7 School Supplies
In the lower right-hand corner is a microphone, which was approved in the help-thread as an acceptable school supply.
10.8 Fall TV
How Do I Love Thee
How I Met Your Mother is my favorite sitcom ever, and I can't wait for the new eps to start (Sept. 24! It's like a belated bday present)! The word both the show and book titles have in common is "How."
10.10 Back to School
Butterflies in May
This was published in 2006, and I graduated from high school in the 2000s.
15.4 Bond. James Bond.
Subject Seven
Fits both option 2 ("Seven" in title) and option 3 (written by James A. Moore).
15.10 Fancy Free
Heartbeat
Total: 125 + 25 (from earlier) = 150 points
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5.3 -- Sail Away
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
The book's set almost entirely aboard ships in the Pacific.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 15
GR Authors:
Big Books:
Total books: 2
Total pages: 549
5.3 -- Sail Away
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
The book's set almost entirely aboard ships in the Pacific.
Points this post: 5
Total points to date: 15
GR Authors:
Big Books:
Total books: 2
Total pages: 549
30.1 - HOW DO I SAY THIS - I rolled a 3 and a 5.3. 84, Charing Cross Road which is a book of letters.
5. The Journey Home this is the ebook version that I read. The Journey Home this is the paperback edition for page count.
TOTAL POINTS - 60
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 0
BIG BOOKS - 1
20.7 Option 4 "Somebody to Love"
The Letter: My Journey Through Love, Loss, and Life by Marie Tillman
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
The Letter: My Journey Through Love, Loss, and Life by Marie Tillman
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 50
JenniferJ30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Book 1: (Option 1 - Fantasyland) Scored by Lauren McLaughlin
Book 2: (Option 7 - Toontown Fair) Smart Girls Get What They Want by Sarah Strohmeyer
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 110/1110
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 7
Pages read: 1747
5.1 I Did It!Confessions of a Tarot Reader: Practical Advice From This Realm and Beyond by Jane Stern
5.4 In Honor of Your Birthday
The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly
My birthday is the 27th. On page 27, Post 1341
5.7 What's Your Name Again?
The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia by Mary Helen Stefaniak
Mary is the #1 Girl's name
20.3 Best Review--Paul's Task--Homage to Comic Books:
Option 2, Rolled a 3
Option 2 A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Today's total: 35
Grand Total: 55
30.12 -- Coralie's task: A Tour of Melbourne, AustraliaStop 2: I read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir, which is non-fiction. Jenny Lawson is a ***** Good reads Author ****
and
Stop 5: The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken, which has not only been on my TBR list forever, but which I pre-ordered then let sit on my desk all summer til it got dusty. Shame on me!! Tarquin Hall is a ****Goodreads Author*****
points: 30
GR Authors: 2
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Pages read: 658
5.4 - In Honor Of Your BirthdayMy birthday is 2nd March. So I read
Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author)
Page#2; Post#57
Points this Post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read : 293pgs
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
KAREN F5.7 What's Your Name Again?
Slightly Wicked by Mary Balogh
Mary is the #1 female name for the past century.
20.9 Fall Months
Option A - Last Name Starts with "S":
Animal Attraction by Jill Shalvis
**Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 25
Total Challenge Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Liora20.7 The Show Must Go On
Wicked (fantasy genre) -
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott who is a Goodreads Author.30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
Option 1 (historical fiction genre)
The Cybelene Conspiracy by Albert NoyerOption 4 (adventure genre)
Peak by Roland SmithPoints this post: 50
Total points: 75
GR Authors this post: 1
GR Authors total: 2
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5.1 - I Did It!- book that contains the phrase "confession(s) of" in its title or subtitle
Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas: Further, Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Approval Post #17
Points Earned This Task: 5
Points Achieved to Date: 55/1110
Goodreads Authors To Date: 1
Big Book Tickets To Date:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)