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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
So many folks, so close to finishing. It is really exciting! You've survived Thanksgiving and Black Friday (hopefully). Now it is time to relax with a good book or two or twenty. ;-)
soo many ppl getting close - time to break out the cheerleader uniform!
15.2 - PINS AND NEEDLESPINS - Faceless Killers - suspense listed on home page.
NEEDLES - The Healing - which I was waiting for from the library. This book was well worth the wait I loved it.
30.3 - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
Silent Night: A Christmas Suspense Story by Mary Higgins Clark and Decked by Carol Higgins Clark who are Mother and Daughter.
TOTAL POINTS - 795
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 23
BIG BOOKS - 2
Boston Kate5.10 What Else Can I Read?
In the Woods
Chosen from the list for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
15.9 Starry, Starry Night
Days of Blood & Starlight
"Starlight" in title (approved in help thread)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....Option 4: The Doctor's Wife
Read a book with"romance" as a genre on its main page.
by Pamela Clare(Goodreads Author)Points this Post: 20
Total points: 750
Tasks Completed: 44
Books read: 59
GR Authors: 42
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
30.9 -- Sandy's task: Fall HappeningsBook 1: In honor of Back to School, read a book from this list:
College Bound Reading List
under WORLD LITERATURE
The Stranger (1942) by Albert Camus (Paperback, 123 pages)
Book 2: To prepare for the elections, read a book from one of the following lists.
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography (2006) by Christopher Hitchens (Hardcover, 160 pages)
490 + 30 = 520
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 490 + 30 = 520
Books read: 37
Pages read: 12,688
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
JACKIE NC30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: Fantasy genre
Nyphron Rising by Michael J. Sullivan
Option 7: Young Adult genre
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Michael J. Sullivan is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 415
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets:
10.8 -- Fall TVSuccubus Blues by Richelle Mead
TV-show : Hill Street Blues http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081873/
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 580
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 41
Goodreads Author: 31
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Keltie Lee5.8 - Festival of Lights
by Wendy Etherington
*has lit candles on the cover*
15.6 - Chasin' Those Clouds Away
by Debbie Viguié
*has clouds on the cover
25.2 Sharing the Love
Option B:
The Australian's Society Bride
by Margaret Way
*set in Australia
Option E:
Babe in Boyland
by Jody Gehrman
has realistic fiction as a genre*
Points this post: 45
Total points: 1045/1110
Tasks: 58
Books: 80
Goodreads Authors: 18
5.10 What Else Can I Read?Read-Alike List: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
+5 Points
10.7 — School Supplies
A trumpet and violin are on the cover(approved in the help thread)
Jigs & Reels by Joanne Harris+10 Points
20.4 – Author! Author! – Sarah the Librarian’s task: Family Celebrations
3. My Parents: Romance on the book page
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
+20 Points
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 475
25.5 — Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!1. C: Gas/Clouds or Fog
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie3. Solid B. Glacier: AC initials in word
The Kissing Game by Aidan Chambers
+25 Points
25.6 – Chaitra’s task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!
2. Prince of Persia: takes place in the Middle East
Body of Lies by David Ignatius
5. Portal: Mystery/ Rescue from imprisonment
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
+25 Points
30.6 — Keltie Lee’s task: Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1: Fantasyland: fantasy on homepage
Team Human by Justine Larbalestier
Option 6: Main Street: fiction
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
+30 Points
Points this post: 80
Grand Total: 555
15.10 Fancy FreeThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Points this Post: 15
Total points: 260
GR Authors: 4
Big Books:
Nick KY10.2 Trick or Treat
I read Skin by Kathe Koja. 416 pages (and a really difficult read -- lots of sentences without verbs.) I could masquerade as a tattooed and pierced "guerilla performance artist" -- maybe next year.
(Maybe not.)
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 1,015
Pages Read: 21,347
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Andy P.Task # 15.6 Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Read a book with clouds on the cover;
byDenise Mina. Hopefully, the clouds are clearly visible.
Lauren Marie15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
I read Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris, which is the 12th book in the Sookie Stackhouse Series.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.3 - Ashley FL's task: Naming the Storm
Book A: When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Kate is one of the tropical cyclone names for 2015.
Book B: Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
STORM - Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational
Points this task: 25
Total points: 395
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Non-fiction read: 2/5
New authors read: 9/15
TBR pre-2012: 13/15
Book A: When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Kate is one of the tropical cyclone names for 2015.
Book B: Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
STORM - Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational
Points this task: 25
Total points: 395
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 28
Non-fiction read: 2/5
New authors read: 9/15
TBR pre-2012: 13/15
20.3 - Best Review - Paul's task: Homage to Comic BooksI chose Option #1 (a non-fiction book about comics or the comic industry).
I read Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?: And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia!. This is a non-fiction book about comic books and the comic book industry.
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
I chose option 3 (My Parents, requiring a book with "Romance" listed on the genre page).
I read I Suck at Girls, which lists Romance on the genre page.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
I chose option 1 (Wicked, requiring that Fantasy be a genre on the book's main page).
I read Mockingjay, which has Fantasy as a genre on the book's main page.
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
I chose Option A (the author's first or last name must start with "S","O", or "N").
I read America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't. The author's first name is Stephen, which meets the requirement of Option A.
Total tasks: 4
Total points: 80
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥25.7 Kate S's task:
Book 1 The World Series/New Series Book #1:Switched Tryelle Series
Book 2 Black Friday/Buy myself a book(purchased in 11/2012 at the used bookstore): Chanda's Secrets
Allan Stratton is a GRA
Amanda Hocking is a GRA
Points Earned This Task:25
Points Achieved to Date: 915/1110
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Dee wrote: "almost there Robin! you can do it!"☺ Thanks Dee!!! I have been reading SOOOOOOOOO much and beginning to wonder if I will ever get done LOL I'm hoping to finish another book today that I started a couple of weeks ago for task 30.8.I'm about half way through it....**sighs and takes a deep breath** I think I can I think I can I think I can ☺
you can do it! there are still 6 days and 7 hours to go (not that I am counting of course!)
Dee wrote: "you can do it! there are still 6 days and 7 hours to go (not that I am counting of course!)"LMBO.......I can seriously tell your not counting!!!!
mostly because thst is how long I have before I can start all those pretty new books that are staring at me!
15.10: Fancy Free - The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out20.3: Homage to Comic Books - I rolled a 1 - Character in High School or Younger I read Paper Towns - The main character is a high school senior.
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 35
SOELO25.7 Fun Fall Activities
I picked The World Series and Fantasy Football. I read Ambush for Fantasy Football because it has Fantasy as a genre on its main page. I read Pillage for The World Series as it is the first in a new to me series. I am moving it to this task from 50.1 where I used it as Option 2C. I have listed the replacement for that book below.
50.1 Family Ties
For Option 2C, I am replacing Pillage with Choke by Obert Skye, same author whose initials are in CROSSWORDPUZZLE.
Points this post: 25
Total so far: 320
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask: 20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
Read a book by an author that has a first or last name that starts with either S, O, or N.
The Art Forger by B.A. Shapiro
September: Shapiro
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 365
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 25
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
BJ Rose2 new tasks
25.5 -- Stacie MI’s Task: Water, Water Everywhere!
1. Gas - A: 'mist' is found in the title
More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh
2. Liquid - C. H20 - 2 'h's and an 'o' in the title
November of the Heart by LaVyrle Spencer
30.8 -- Laurie ME's task: Fall Holidays
#5 - circle on the cover - this book was approved in HT #220
by Karen Marie Moning#6 - King Tut Day - this book is set in Egypt & coincidentally covers the finding/excavation of King Tut's tomb
Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters
Points this post = 55
Total Points = 855
Tasks Completed = 45
Pages read = 23,345
20.2 Calling all Animal Lover'sOption 1: Dog on the cover (although this dog is also central to the plot!)
by Dean Koontz***At 624 pages, this is a big book***
25.8 The Long, the Short and the Diacritical
Option B
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
AND
Option C
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
30.8 Fall Holidays
Option 1: Mayflower Day-Used as an example in the task description
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Option 5: Look for circles Day-Red medallion in the center of the cover is a circle
by Dustin Thomason***Dustin Thomason is a GR Author***
Post Total: 75
Season Total: 960
Tasks Complete: 54
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On3.Legally Blonde -
Read a book that is either shelved as a chick-lit or as a legal thriller on its main page.
I picked one with chick-lit on its main page:
The Blue Castle (1926) by L.M. Montgomery (Mass Market Paperback, 218 pages)
520 + 20 = 540
Tasks Completed: 24
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 520 + 20 = 540
Books read: 38
Pages read: 12,906
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(0) 750+
(1) 1,000+
30.2 Goodreads - Good Friends1. From Sheila's list -- Chiefs by Stuart Woods (#134 on list)
2. From Kathy's list -- The Magicians by Lev Grossman (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
50.1 Family Ties
Option 1 -- City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin (historical fiction on main page)
Option 2 -- Fire Watch by Connie Willis (initials in CrossWordpuzzles)
Option 4 -- Enigma by Robert Harris (set during WWII)
New Total: 295
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.1 How Do I Say This...?
Option 2:Where the Sidewalk Ends
Option 3/Collection of letters:The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Book Approval Post for both options
Points Earned This Task:30
Points Achieved to Date: 945/1110
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
ANGIE CA10.2 Trick or Treat
Book: ReAwakened by Ada Adams
Notes: The MC, Dawn, is a vampire! I could be a vampire for Halloween! I read this as an ARC.
10.9 9...10...11
Book: The Jelly Bean Crisis by Jolene Stockman
Notes: 3+0+8=11
This Post: 20
Points to Date: 735
Chaitra10.4 WATER SIGNS
Read a book by an author who was born under a water sign.
I read Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Neil Gaiman is a Scorpio, his birthdate is Nov 10.
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 10
20.2 CALLING ALL ANIMAL LOVERS
Choosing,
2. Read a book where an anthropomorphic cat is a character.
I read Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Cats talk in the book. Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 890
Big Books: 500(8), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 24
Tasks Completed: 51
Books Finished: 69
Pages Read: 24,253
Finished30.5 Fall shelf cleaning
Pandora's Box by Giselle Green - option3/ author first and last name start with the same letter
Chelsea Wives by Anna Lou Weatherley - option2/ city name in title
Task points 30
Total points490
KAREN F20.2 Calling All Animal Lovers
Rescuing Christmas by Vicki Lewis Thompson
Most adorable baby dog & cat on the cover:
**Vicki Lewis Thompson is a Goodreads Author**
20.7 The Show Must Go On
Option 1 - Wicked: Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C. Wrede
Fantasy listed on main book page.
25.5 Water, Water Everywhere
Option 2 - Liquid: The Inn At Eagle Point by Sherryl Woods
Water on the cover:
Option 3 - Solid: Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
RC found in ICBERG
25.6 Reading for the Video Game Junkie
Option 1 - Halo 3: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long
This is book 4 of 7 in the Pennyroyal Green series.
Option 5 - Portal: A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Mystery listed on the main book page.
30.6 Reading through Disneyworld
Option 1 - Fantasyland: Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
**Jim C. Hines is a Goodreads Author**
Option 6 - Main Street: Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Fiction book - Non-fiction not listed on main book page.
50.1 Family Ties
Option 1 - Mom: Desire by Amanda Quick
Romance listed on main book page.
Option 3 - Robin: Lord's Fall by Thea Harrison
Paranormal listed on main book page.
**Thea Harrison is a Goodreads Author**
Option 5 - Youngest Son: Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen
Book 3 of the Her Royal Spyness series.
**Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 170
Total Challenge Points: 715
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
LDB20.5 Bigger is Better
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Used Option 3: Author's initials "A" and "B" are found in the word "BALLET"
Total Points: 55
15.6 I read Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine, which has clouds on the cover.
.Points: 270
Tasks completed: 14
books read: 22
GR Authors: 10
pages: 6867
Mod
I read Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog.
5.10 - What Else Can I Read?
I read Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: And Other Words of Delicate Southern Wisdom, a "read alike" for Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang.
20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation
Last spring we went to Scotland on a vacation, and I realized that I knew very little about Scotland itself. So, I read Curious Scotland: Tales from a Hidden History
Total points: 900
10.10 - Back to SchoolOut of the Dust - published in 1997 (I graduated from high school in the 1990s)
20.10 - Group Reads
Like Water for Chocolate (post #39)
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
Option 1B - Elephant And Other Stories
Option 2B - Fragile Things (Spring 2012 - Anthology or Short Stories)
25.7 - Kate S's task: Fun Fall Activities
Fantasy Football: Seraphina
World Series: Everlost
30.2 - Sheila/Kathy G's task: Goodreads - Good Friends
Sheila - Murder at the Vicarage
Kathy G - The Martian Chronicles
30.9 - Sandy's task: Fall Happenings
Book 1 - A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
Book 2 - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (#19 on Political Thrillers)
50.1 - ♥Robin♥'s Task: Family Ties
3C - The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
4C - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
5A - Appointment with Death
Tasks completed: 57/61
Books read: 79
Points claimed in this post: 190
Total points claimed: 995
almost there sandy, almost there mstan!!
jennbunny5.5 - By the Sea : Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes (GR Author)
Task points: 5
Total challenge points: 5
GR Author: 1
Big books: 0
15.4 Bond, James BondI chose the one book option and read a book which satisfied options 1 and 3
The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
***At 752 pages, this is a big book***
20.10 Group Reads
Culinary Fiction-I made a comment (#40) in the discussion thread
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Post Total: 35
Season Total: 995
Nick KY5.10 What Else Can I Read?
I read
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien from the "Read Alike" list of Gone Girl. 320 pages10.7 School Supplies
I read Planning A Tragedy: The Americanization of the War in Vietnam
by Larry Berman which has pens, notebooks, and ring binders on the desk in the photograph on the cover. 203 pagesPoints this Post: 15
Total Points : 1,030
Pages Read: 21,870
Big Books: 500+ (2)
50.1 Family Ties1A: Genre- historical fiction
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
2C: Author initials in CROSSWORDPUZZLE
School Days by Robert B. Parker (R, P)
4B: World War II
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute - Genre = history ->WW II
Points: 50
Total Points: 380
Connie N.30.7 - Sassafrass's Title Train
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
and...One Summer by Karen Robards
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 530
Goodreads Authors: 20
almost there Nick! almost there Kate!! you guys can do it
jennbunny20.1 - Most Improved - Katy's task: Still Clinging to Summer Vacation : I have taken a few trips to The Florida Keys. One of my first times there I went to The Turtle Hospital and learned a lot about sea turtles and the environment. One of the things I learned about and wanted to know about was plastic pollution. Sea turtles (and other marine animals) mistake plastic as food. I wanted to learn how to live without plastic or dispose (downcycle) of it properly.
Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too by Beth Terry (GR Author)
Task points: 20
Total challenge points: 25
GR Author: 2
Big books: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 4: The Doctor's Wife - Romance
Si c'était à refaire by Marc Levy
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 80 points