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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
Andy P.Task # 15.9 Starry, starry Night:
]Carry the One by Carol AnshawThere are stars on the cover of this book
Task # 20.2 Rookie on Top: Barbara's task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1. Read a book with a dog or cat on the cover:
There is a dog at the top of the cover
Option 3 also works as the dog, Lorelei is a main character in the plot.The Dogs of Babel byCarolyn Parkhurst
20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!Read one fiction or nonfiction book written (or co-written) by a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the LDS Church or the Mormon Church), or published by the Church itself.
by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 20
Total points: 710
Tasks Completed: 42
Books read: 57
GR Authors: 41
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
20.8 – It's My Birthday – Sara ♥'s task: Mormons Among Us!Read one fiction or nonfiction book written (or co-written) by a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the LDS Church or the Mormon Church), or published by the Church itself.
by Shannon Hale (Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 20
Total points: 710
Tasks Completed: 42
Books read: 57
GR Authors: 41
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Cindy FTask 15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
I read
by Erik Larson Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR! Claiming 1 ticket.Points this post:15
Total points:285
Tasks completed:17
Books read:23
Goodreads Authors:7
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(1)
Reader: Marie-Anne20.4 Author! Author! Option 3: Romance listed as genre on main page: The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos. Brenda Pandos is a GR Author.
20.10 Group Read: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Posted a comment on the book's page (Nov. 7th.)
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Points this posting: 40
Books read this posting: 2
GR Authors this posting: 1
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Total points: 275
Total books read: 16
Total GR Authors: 4
Coralie25.5 Water, Water Everywhere!
2A – water on cover
3C – authors initials in iceberg and/or glacier
The Scent of Water by Elizabeth Goudge
30.2 Goodreads – Good Friends
From Sheila’s shelf
The Ice Princess
From Kathy’s shelf
The Alchemist
Total points 1050
I have completed Task #5.2 Do It Again by readingSway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior by Ori Brafman**
This book would also work for Task #25.5 Water, Water Everywhere!, option 2C - Liquid. There are two H's (tHe, beHavior) and one O (behaviOr) in this book's subtitle.
**Ori Brafman is a Goodreads Author.
Total = 265
GR Author = 5 tickets
Chaitra20.8 MORMONS AMONG US
Read a book written by an LDS author.
I read Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. Brandon Sanderson is an approved LDS author.
Brandon Sanderson is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 860
Big Books: 500(8), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 23
Tasks Completed: 49
Books Finished: 67
Pages Read: 23,481
CHRISTINE USTsk 15.2 Pins & Needles
Book 1: Suspense -
Survivor In Death by JD Robb
Book 2: just published (sept 2012) -
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Task 25.6 Video Game Junkie
#1, 6 books published in series:
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
#5, mystery
Fire And Ice by Dana Stabenow
Task 30.5 Fall-Shelf Cleaning
#1, historical fiction: When He Was Wicked byJulia Quinn
#6, number in title:
Thirteen byKelley Armstrong
Task 30.9 Fall Happenings
Option 1, back to school list:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Option 2, Political Thrillers
The Zero Game by Brad Metzler
TOTAL: 395
ANGIE CA25.4 Fall into TV
Book 1: The Farm by Emily McKay
Notes: Rolled a 2. 2A) Science Fiction; I read an ARC.
Book 2: The Selection by Kiera Cass
Notes: 2D) Published in April.
This Post: 25
Points to Date: 665
Keltie Lee10.5 -- Time Warp
Saving Juliet
by Suzanne Selfors
*has time travel listed as a genre*
15.9 - Starry, Starry Night
Falling Stars
by V.C. Andrews
*star in the title*
30.8 Fall Holidays
Option 2:
The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life
by Steven Pressfield
*book about golf*
Option 3:
by Mar'ce Merrell
*has at least three bright colours on the cover*
Points this post: 55
Total points: 1000/1110
Tasks: 55
Books: 76
Goodreads Authors: 18
Repost25.4 - JennRenee's task: Fall into T.V.
5. Arrow, Option A - The Monkey's Wedding and Other Stories by Joan Aiken
Option C -
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 235
GR Authors: 3
Big Books:
10.9 -- 9...10...11 Ricochet River by Robin Cody
272 pages = 11
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1065
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.9 Starry, Starry Night
1.Number the Stars
Star(s) in title.
Points Earned This Task: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 860/1110
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
This is a BIG BOOK (586 pages)
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Gone Girl
The word girl.
Gillian Flynn is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1b)
2a)
Points this Post: 55
Total points: 455
Tasks Completed: 24
Books read: 32
GR Authors: 16
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(1)
10.1 -- Show You Care, Be Aware
by Carolyn BrownPoints this post: 10
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 40
Goodreads Author: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
15.9 - Starry, Starry NightRead a book with “star” in the title/subtitle.
by Darcy Town (Goodreads Author)Post# 1756
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 670
Tasks Completed: 40
Books read: 55
GR Authors: 40
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.8 Festival of Lights
1.Woods Runner
Fire on Cover
Points Earned This Task:5
Points Achieved to Date: 865/1110
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT25.6 - Chaitra's task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
1. Halo 3 & Mass Effect 3: in a series of 3+ books
The Crazy School by Cornelia Read
Cornelia Read is a Goodreads Author.
5. Portal: door on cover
Three Weeks To Say Goodbye by C.J. Box
Points this task: 25
Total points: 745
Goodreads authors: 21
Big books: 500+ (4)
Connie N.5.2 - Do It Again - Snow on cover for Task 25.5 Option 3
The Snow Bride by Debbie Macomber (Goodreads Author)
10.7 - School Supplies - Blackboard on cover
Losing My Faculties: A Teacher's Story by Brendan Halpin (Goodreads Author)
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller - Song title is Baby Be Mine
Hundred-Dollar Baby by Robert B. Parker
15.10 - Fancy Free
Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
20.4 - Author! Author! - Option 3 (romance)
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Goodreads Author)
20.10 - Group Reads - Post #38
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Points This Post: 85
Total Points: 500
Goodreads Authors: 16 + 4 = 20
10.2 Trick or TreatOutlaw by Angus Donald - the character of Robin Hood has been used as a costume, as well as several of his 'merry men.'
Angus Donald is a Goodreads Author.
Points this Post: 10
Total points: 245
GR Authors: 4
Big Books:
ANGIE CAFirst I would like to move The Luxe from 50.1 to 30.5 and replace it with Phantom.
10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
Book:
by Lili PeloquinNotes: Title.
10.3 Moniker Challenge
Book: Because It Is My Blood by Gabrielle Zevin
Notes: Zevin
30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
Book 1: The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Notes: 1) Historical
Book 2: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Notes: 7) Big Book at 1463 pages.
50.1 Family Ties
Book 1: Phantom by Laura DeLuca
Notes: 1A) Mom: Romance
Book 2: Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
Notes: 3A) Robin: Young Adult.
Book 3: Legions by Karice Bolton
Notes: 4C) Oldest Son: Fantasy.
This Post: 50 {+100, -50)
Points to Date: 715
Readerboard name: Jenifer,b>Task 25.5 Water Water Everywhere
1. LIQUID: Water on cover
by Yann Martel2. SOLID: "ice" is intact in title
by Karen Marie MoningPoints this task: 25
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard name: Jenifer20.7 The Show Must Go On
Option 1 Wicked (must be shelved as fantasy)
Faefever by Karen Marie Moning
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.7 School Supplies
1.Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading
Items needed for school:book and notebook paper
Tommy Greenwald is a GRA
Points Earned This Task: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 875/1110
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.4-Fall into TV!...roll 1 dice and choose 2 different options from the # rolled:
I rolled a 6 (Elementary show):
I chose option A (read a mystery genre) and read
Aunt Dimity Goes West by Nancy Atherton 304 pages (11.16)I also chose option D (read a modern retelling of a classic) and read
(retelling of Pygmalion)The Overnight Socialite: A Novel by Bridie Clark 292 pages (9.9)Points earned for this task:25
Points Achieved to date:520
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 14
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 25.5-Water, Water Everywhere!...choose 2 different water phases and read a book for each:
I chose Gas:option B (fog...pea soup...green cover) and read
Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson 350 pages (10.17)I also chose Liquid: option C(H2O...read a book with 2 H's & 1 O in book title and/or author's name) and read
Home Front by Kristin Hannah*[this is a GRA] 388 pages (11.18)
Points earned for this task:25
Points Achieved to date:545
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 15
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.3-Homage to Comic Books!...roll a 6 sided die and read a book that matches that roll:
I rolled a 3 (sci-fi/fantasy...read a book in that genre) and I read
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley 486 pages (11.15)Points earned for this task:20
Points Achieved to date:565
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 15
Total # of Big Books: 1
500+ = (1)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
15.10 Fancy FreeRead a book of your choice.
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker.
Karen Thompson Walker is a Goodreads author.
20.3 Homage to Comic Books
Option 2: I rolled a 2, so I read a book with the genre "Romance" on the Goodreads home page.
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James.
E.L. James is a Goodreads author.
This is a Big Book of 514 pages.
20.5 Love to Dance
Option 2: The word "dance" is in the title.
The Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey.
Points this post: 55
Total: 505
Tasks: 24
Books: 33
Goodreads authors: 14
Big Books: 500=4
15.3 BookendsOption 1: Soulless by Gail Carriger
*** Gail Carriger is a Goodreads Author ****
Option 2: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Points this post: 15
GRA this post: 1
Total points: 170
Total GRA: 8
Total big book tickets: 0
Rudy25.1 Mrs. Soule's Task:Food Network Challenge
Option 4A
muscled man on coverOption 5B
main character hitch-hikes journeys in car with criminals30.6 Keltie Lee's Task:Reading through Disneyworld
Option 6- Silver Sparrow genre-fiction
Option 7- Wonder genre- young adult
Points this post-55
Total points- 295
Books read- 25
Tasks completed- 21
Readerboard Name: Barbara★20.3 -- Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books --
Saga, Volume 1 - Brian Vaughan
(Option 2, rolled 3, science fiction/fantasy, comic)
20.7 -- Sam's task: The Show Must Go On --
Straight Talking - Jane Green (option 3, chick lit)
50.1 -- ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family Ties --
Mom-Option A: Good Girl Seeks Bad Rider - Vonna Harper (romance)
Step-Dad Option C: Mystic Warrior: A Mystic Isle Novel - Patricia Rice
(P & R in cRosswordPuzzle)
Robin-Option A: Bad to the Bone - Jeri Smith-Ready♥ (paranormal)
Jeri Smith-Ready is a GRA
Points Earned This Post: 90
Points Achieved to Date: 950
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (7)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
BABBLING C30.11 Peebee’s Task: Summer Smashes Not Fall Forgotten - Pick two (2) options from the following list: one “singer” and one “song.” The two options can be from the same or different songs.
#3: Carly Rae Jepsen: Call Me Maybe
A. Singer: Select a book whose author uses three full names (no initials or hyphenated names).
Dark Awakening by Kendra Leigh Castle (331 pgs) (GRA)
#5: Pitbull: Back In Time (featured in Men In Black III)
B. Song: Select a book with an author named Smith (Will Smith) or Jones (Tommy Lee Jones).
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones (316 pgs) (GRA)
THIS POST
Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 295
Completed Tasks: 12
Good Read Authors: 11
Big Books: (500) 1
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Pages read this season: 6,779
Books read this season: 19
15.7 - Show Your StripesRead a book set in a country where tigers can be found: China
Miss Chopsticks (2007) by Xinran (Paperback, 257 pages)
475 + 15 = 490
Tasks Completed: 22
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 475 + 15 = 490
Books read: 35
Pages read: 12,405
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
15.3 Bookends - 1 book option Both title/author begin and end with the same letterWhiter Than Snow by Sandra Dallas
20.2 Animal Lover - cat on cover
by 20.5 Love to Dance - book about dancer
20.6 The Dr. is Calling - Opt 1 Agatha Christie novel
25.1 Food Network Challenge
Opt 2B Nominated for Summer 2012 Group Read
Kristin Hannah (GR Author)Opt 3B Book from Most popular books published in 2012
by Kate Alcott (#93 on the list)30.2 Good Friends
Sheila's shelf -
by Ariana Franklin Kathy's Shelf-
by Paulo Coelho (GR Author ) 30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
Opt 2 Real place in title -
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers
Opt 7 - Big Book - 574 pages (Big Book ticket)
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness - (GR Author)
30.8 Fall Holidays
Opt 1 Mayflower Day
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz - book approved in help thread
Opt 5 Circular object on cover
by Ally Condie50.1 Family Ties
Opt 1A My Mom - Historical Fiction or Romance (both)
by Lauren Willig (GR Author)Opt 4B My Oldest Son - book set in Hawaii
by Kaui Hart Hemmings (GR Author)Opt 5 Youngest Son - book part of a series (Dresden Files #1)
by Jim ButcherTotal points this Post: 240
Total Points Challenge: 395
GR Authors Claimed this post: 5
Big Ticket Books this post : 1
15.5- A Drop in the Bucket Man With a Past (Going Back) by Kay Stockham
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall Activities
Book 1: The National Bookfest:
Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr
Book 2: The World Series:
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - Lucky Harbor, #1
30.1 - Ms. Anderson's task: How Do I Say This...?
I rolled a 6 & a 1.
Roll 1: Talk to Me, People!
The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone by Sophocles
Roll 6: Lost in Translation
Sgt. Frog, Vol. 1: Enter the Sergeantby Mine Yoshizaki – approved on task help board, message 88
30.8 -- Laurie ME's task:
Option 3. Wear Something Gaudy Day - brightly colored cover
The Cajun Cowboy by Sandra Hill
Option 5. Look for Circles Day
The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate - colander
Points This Post: 100
Total Points: 855
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For my first book, I read Running the Rift, set in Rwanda, a landlocked country.
For my second book, I read The Complaints, set in the UK (Edinburgh), not landlocked.
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic Books
I chose option I and read The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How it Changed America - a nonfiction book about the censorship of the comic book industry in the 40s and 50s.
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
I read They Eat Puppies, Don't They? for my first book, and followed it up with They Wrote the Book: Thirteen Women Mystery Writers Tell All
Total points: 870
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations4. Father: Read a book with "Fairy Tales" on its main genre page.
by Gregory MaguirePoints this Post: 20
Total points: 730
Tasks Completed: 43
Books read: 58
GR Authors: 41
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
10.2 Trick or Treat!Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
This is an ebook edition. Per rules, I looked for MMPB and found three. One had no pages listed. The other two had 131pp (Iltalian language) and 243pp (English - Carmilla)
This halloween costume would be a young woman in white with fangs and blood dripping from them. She would appear from the back and side to be just a pretty sweet young woman but from the front you would see her fangs and blood.
Points: 10
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15.2 On Pins and Needles
A. Genre = suspense
I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman GRA
B. Eagerly awaiting book
I have been awaiting this book for over 3 months from my interlibrary loan.
I needed just this one to complete another challenge requiring a series.
Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich GRA
Points: 15
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15.4 Bond, James Bond
Body of Lies by David Ignatius
This book meets option 1 & 3. Genre = spy thriller, and David is the first name of a Bond actor - David Niven and of the author.
Points: 15
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30.6 Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: Genre = fantasy
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater GRA
Option 4: Genre = science fiction
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Points: 30
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30.10 A Rocky Horrow Halloween
2A: Genre = science fiction
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline GRA
4A: set more than 50 years in past - 1912.
In the US, this is the year that Fenway Park opens and that the Boston Red Sox win the world series. It is the year of the Titanic disaster. Woodrow Wilson is elected President and the Girl Scouts of America are founded. Also the suffragettes march in NYC. What an exciting historical time to be alive! And, best of all, war has not yet come.
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
Points: 30
Total Points: 325
Total Books Read: 27
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total GR Authors: 11
Total Big Books: 0
Andy P.Task # 25.6 Chaitra's task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie:
Option 1. Halo 3 and Mass Effect 3:
Read a non-fiction book about space Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
and
Option 5. Portal: Read a book with the genre mystery on the main page When Wallflowers Die by Sandra West Prowell
5.5 - By the Sea On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
5.9 - Colder AND Bigger!
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1075
GR authors: 29
15.4 - Bond, James BondMap of Bones: A Sigma Force Novel by ***Goodreads Author James Rollins*** ***523 pp - Big Book***
Fits both option 1 (spy thriller on main page) and option 3 (author named James)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 505/1110
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 37
GoodReads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
SUZANNE VN10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware
Diane Kelly is a GoodReads Author
10.3 Moniker Challenge
A Blush With Death by India Ink
25.2 Sharing the Love
Option A
Looking for Alaska - Printz Award Winner 2006
Option F
- the card shown on the cover is the twelfth card in the major arcana of a tarot deck.Jeffery Deaver is a GoodReads Author
25.3 Naming the Storm
Option A
Murder Most Frothy
Cleo Coyle - Cleo is a retired hurricane from 1964 in the Atlantic Cycle; Ms. Coyle is also a GoodReads Author
Option B
Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris
STO (in Almost) R (in French) M (in Almost)
25.5 Water, Water Everywhere
Option 1C - cloud on cover (above the letters NY)
James Patterson is a GoodReads Author
Option 2C - water = H2O
The Witch of Agnesi - 2 H's in The and Witch; 1 O in of.
Robert Spiller is a GoodReads Author
30.5 Fall Shelf Cleaning
Option 3 (author first and last initial the same)
Empire Falls by Richard Russo
Option 6 (number in the title)
The 500
30.7 Title Train
A Peach of a Murder and Murder Uncorked
Livia J. Washburn is a GoodReads Author
Michele Scott is a GoodReads Author
Points this Post: 155
Total points: 485
Tasks Completed: 24
Books read: 34
GR Authors: 21
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
SUZANNE VN25.1 Food Network Challenge
Option 5B - Road Trip
The Four Seasons - The three Season sisters reunite for the funeral of their fourth sister. They embark upon a road trip to find the baby Jilly gave up for adoption 20 years ago.
Mary Alice Monroe is a GoodReads Author
Option 6B - Asian country
The Good Psychologist: A Novel
Noam Shpancer lived in Israel (on the list of Asian countries - approved in help thread); he is also a GoodReads Author
Points this Post: 25
Total points: 510
Tasks Completed: 25
Books read: 36
GR Authors: 23
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard ID: JENBENT25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
1B - short stories
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
6B: set in Asian country (Yemen)
The Panther by Nelson DeMille
Nelson Demille is a Goodreads Author.
The Panther is a Big Book - 640 pages
Points this task: 25
Total points: 770
Goodreads authors: 22
Big books: 500+ (5)
Reader: Marie-Anne15.5 A Drop in the bucket, Book in 10 volume + series: The Cove
by Catherine Coulter. Claim a GR Author ticket as Catherine Coulter is a GR Author.15.10 Fancy Free, Book of choice: Revenge of the Gypsy Queen by Kris Neri. Claim a GR Author ticket as Kris Neri is a GR Author.
30.8 Fall holidays:
Option 5: Look for Circles day: The Explorer's Code: A Novel
by Kitty Pilgrim. The letter "O" in the word "code" is replaced by a divided circle symbol. There is also a circular compass on the cover. Claim a GR Author ticket as Kitty Pilgrim is a GR Author.Option 6: King Tut Day: about archaeologist -- two of the main characters in the book are archaeologists Sandstorm: A Sigma Force Novel
by James Rollins. Claim a GR Author ticket as James Rollins is a GR Author. Claim a BIG BOOK ticket (718 pages).-----
Points this posting: 60
Books read this posting: 4
GR Authors this posting: 4
Big Book claims this posting: 500+: 1
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Total points: 335
Total books read: 20
Total GR Authors: 8
Total Big Book claims: 500+: 4 750+: 1
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.6 An Apple a Day
1.The Blue Star
Apple Variety:Blue Pearmain Apple
10.8 Fall TV
1.Blackbird House
Favorite TV Show: House. TV show and book have the word "HOUSE" in common.
Points Earned This Task: 15
Points Achieved to Date: 890/1110
Goodreads Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Task 15.2 - On Pins and NeedlesA. Payment In Blood (suspense genre)
B. V is for Vengeance (I was eagerly awaiting this because I've read all the others in the series. Kinsey Milhone is my favorite private eye!)
Task 20.6 - The Doctor is Calling
Option 1. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Agatha Christie novel)
Points this post: 35
Tasks completed this post: 2
Total points: 350
Total tasks completed: 23
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(0) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 8
STACIE MITask 5.3 - Sail Away
I read a book in which the majority of the storyline takes place on a boat:
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L.A. Meyer
Points this task: 5
Total points: 1095
Tasks completed: 60
Books read: 130
Pages read: 21348
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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30.4 -- DLMRose's task: They Must Know Something
1. Boxall’s 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (181 p)
5. Paranormal & Urban Fantasy: Crave by JR Ward (454 p)
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 635
GoodReads Authors this Post: 0
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 1050
Total Tasks Completed: 57
Total Books Read: 80
Total Pages Read: 27299
Total GoodReads Authors: 32
Total Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)