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FALL CHALLENGE 2012: WATER
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5.3 SAIL AWAYI read The Raft by S.A. Bodeen. The story is set on a raft in the ocean.
GOODREADS AUTHOR
10.6 ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
I read 1984 by George OrwellIt is on page 1 of the Pop Cult Classics List.
10.8 FALL TV
My favorite show is The Unit (an Army spec ops team)which no longer airs much to my disappointment. I read The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
10.9 9...10...11
I read Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him by Luis Carlos Montalván. There are 252 pages which add up to 9.
GOODREADS AUTHOR
10.10 BACK TO SCHOOL
I graduated from high school in 1985 and read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. It was originally published in 1985.
15.6 CHASIN' THOSE CLOUDS AWAY
I read Partials by Dan Wells
GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.10 GROUP READS
I read
by Laura Esquivel and am post #13 in the thread.30.12 A TOUR OF MELBOURNE
Stop 2 Federation Square...I read
by Matthew Logelin which is non-fiction.GOODREADS AUTHOR
Stop 5 Melbourne Museum...I read
by Kristin Hannah. It has been on my TBR list since March, 2011.GOODREADS AUTHOR
POINTS THIS POST: 110
GOODREADS AUTHORS THIS POST: 5
5.5The Deep End Of The Ocean
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
This is a big book (516 pages)
SOELO20.7 The Show Must Go On
I chose Wicked and read Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon which is shelved as fantasy.
20.9 Fall Months
I went with option A and read Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud whose last name begins with S.
Points this post: 40
Total so far: 80
5.5 -By the SeaRead a book with a word meaning a body of water in the title - ocean, sea, river, pond, etc.
by Derrolyn Anderson (Goodreads Author) Points this Post: 5
Total points: 115
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 11
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
MICHAEL LA
15.6 - Chasing Those Clouds Away
by William Gay
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 55
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total books: 5
Total pages: 1072
15.6 - Chasing Those Clouds Away
by William GayPoints this post: 15
Total points to date: 55
GR Authors: 1
Big Books:
Total books: 5
Total pages: 1072
15.5- A Drop in the Bucket Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
5.4 - In Honor of Your Birthday My birthday is August 13, so I went to page 13. They Came to Baghdad was on that page, so I read that.
Points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 0
Pages read: 996
Completed 15.5 A Drop in the bucket. I read The Surgeon by Tess gerritsen. This is book 1 of 10 in the Rizzoli and Isles seriesTask points 15
total points 15
Cindy FTask 30.5 Fall Shelf-Cleaning
Option 1 Historical Fiction
I read World Without End by Ken Follett Claiming 3 big book tickets >1000pages
Option 3 Authors first & last name begin with same letter
I read Uncommon Clay by Margaret Maron
Points this post:30
Total points:30
Books read:2
Tasks completed:1
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books: 500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
10.5 Timetravel genreDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
* big book ticket: 947 pp
(This is my specific edition: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...)
* Diana Gabaldon is a goodread author
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 3
Pages Read: 3666
Books Read: 7
20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall MonthsOption A:
Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean
Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks Completed: 5
Books read: 5
GR Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.8 'Cause This Is Thriller
1.The It Girl
Song Title: The Girl is Mine Girl in Title.
Points Earned This Task:15
Points Achieved to Date: 160/1110
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STESSE30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
3. Author’s first and last names begin with same letter: Backfire by Catherine Coulter (400 p)
4. Adventure: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (381 p)
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Black (316 p)
Kendare Blake is a GRA
Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton (304 p)
Points this Post: 60
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1401
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read: 3816
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.8 Mormons Among UsI read
by Ally Condie who was listed in the task as an example of a mormon author of fiction.Btw I found this very interesting to keep in mind while making the book so thank you to the task creator
10.10 I read
by Roy Aronson which according to the goodreads page, was originally published I. 2008. I graduated from high school in 2008.New points: 30
Total points: 50
Total tasks: 3
Total books: 3
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥30.9 Fall Happenings
Book 1: The Great Gatsby
College Bound Reading List
Book 2: The Pelican Brief
Political Thrillers
Points Earned This Task:30
Points Achieved to Date: 190/1110
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Sheila20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
Option 2. The Lion King - anagram of HAKUNA MATATA and/or NO WORRIES - The word is NAME with the NA from Hakuna the M from MATATA and the E from WORRIES
My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
Total Points = 260
Liora20.8 Mormons Among Us
Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck (Goodreads Author)Colleen Houck is listed in the task description as a Mormon fictional author suggestion.
30.12 A Tour of Melbourne, Australia
Stop 5 Melbourne Museum and Carlton Gardens
Mind Your Own Beeswax by Hannah Reed (Goodreads Author)I bought this book when it first came out in the spring of 2011 and it has been sitting on the shelf ever since.
Stop 12: Southbank and Yarra River
Spellbound Falls by Janet Chapman (bridge on the cover)Points this post: 50
Total points this challenge: 125
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
25.8 -- Mstan's task: The Long, the Short, and the A - Read a book by an author who has a LAST name which is at least 10 letters long - I read Private Eye by S.E. Culpepper.
B - Read a book by an author who uses at least one initial in his/her name- I read Caregiver by Rick R. Reed.
30.6 -- Keltie Lee's task: Reading through Disneyworld
2(adventure on home page) and 6(fiction) I read Perfect Cover by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
7(YA) I read Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bil Wright.
*S.E. Culpepper and Rick R. Reed are both GR Authors*
Points this post- 55
Total points- 85
GR Authors- 5
Sandy MN20.9 - Lucky Me - Emily Bookshelf's task: Fall Months
Option B - Published in 2009
Fade Out by Rachel Caine
Total Points: 130
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller Baby Proof (song: Baby be Mine)Total Points Earned: 150/1110
Total Pages Read: 4767/29272
Total Books Read: 14/81
Good Read Authors:4
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Chaitra20.5 LOVE TO DANCE
Choosing,
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose initials are in BALLET.
I read Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne. E L are in baLlEt.
Emmy Laybourne is a Goodreads Author.
Points: 20
20.7 THE SHOW MUST GO ON
Choosing,
3. Legally Blonde: Read a book shelved as chick lit or legal thriller.
I read Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead. The book has Chick Lit as a genre on the main page.
Points: 20
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Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 175
Big Books: 500( ), 750( ), 1000( )
Goodreads Authors: 4
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Finished: 14
Pages Read: 4, 242
BJ Rose2 new tasks
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Sam's task: The Show Must Go On
2. The Lion King: My anagrammed word is ONE from NO WORRIES
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
30.10 - Delicious Dee/Fran's task: A Rocky Horror Halloween
3A - 3rd in a series: Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh
5B - Romance on main page: Desires of a Perfect Lady by Victoria Alexander
Points this post = 50
Total Points = 110
Tasks Completed = 5
Pages read = 2312
Carly20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 3: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Romance is listed as a genre on its main page.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 1264
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.1 Show You Care, Be Aware-read a book with pink on the cover-
by James Patterson. There is pink on the cover.Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodread Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Points: 10
Grand Total: 10
Laurie ME5.2: Do It Again: repeated task 5.7: What's Your Name Again?
Next of Kin by Sharon Sala. Sharon Sala is a GRA.
5.4: In Honor of Your Birthday: page number: 25; post number: 1235.
Talk of the Town by Karen Hawkins. Karen Hawkins is a GRA.
5.7: What's Your Name Again?
The Mailman by Paul Musgrove
5.10: What Else Can I Read? based on Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
10.3: Moniker Challenge:
Fragile by Lisa Unger. Lisa Unger is a GRA.
10.5: Time Warp:
The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
10.10: Back to School: graduated from high school in 1979 - book was published in 1970.
Tied Up In Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh
Points This Post: 50.
Total Points: 70.
GRA: 4.
Laurie ME15.6: Chasin' Those Clouds Away
Falling for You by Julie Ortolon
15.8: 'Cause This is Thriller: "Thing" from PYT.
That Thing Called Love by Susan Andersen. Susan Andersen is a GRA.
20.6: Seasoned Reader: Carly's Task: The Doctor is Calling ....
Option 4: Romance:
Don't Tempt Me by Julie Ortolon
25.6: Chaitra's Task: Reading for the Video Game Junkie!:
Option 5: Mystery:
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Suzann Ledbetter
Option 6: Steampunk:
Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina. Shelley Adina is a GRA.
Points this Post: 75.
Total Points: 145.
GRA: 2. (total 6.)
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge3B: Out of Sight, Out of Time - #84 on the list
5B: Little House on the Prairie - They had a long trip by wagon while moving from Wisconsin to Missouri.
30.7 -- Sassafrass's task: Title Train
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray Goodreads Author
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 105
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 12 (including non-claimed)
Total Pages Read: 5055 (including partial reads)
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.2 Trick Or TreatVampire Academy
Halloween costume - vampire
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10
Total tasks completed: 1
GR authors:
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 5.1 - I Did It!
Confessions of a Teen Sleuth by Chelsea Cain
Title contains "Confessions of"
5.3 - Sail Away
Decked by Carol Higgins Clark
Most of the book takes place on the Queen Guinevere as they sail from England to New York.
10.3 - Moniker Challenge
A Taste of the Nightlife by Sarah Zettel
Author's last name starts with "Z"
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 20 points
Tasks completed: 3
**Electing to not track Goodreads Authors and Big Books this challenge**
Cindy FTask 10.9 9...10...11
I read 11th Hour by James Patterson who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!
416pages 4+1+6=11
Points this post:10
Total points:40
Tasks completed:2
Books read:3
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(1)
ALICIA T5.4 In Honor of Your Birthday
My birthday falls on the 21st, so I went to page 21 and chose a book from Post 1019: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
20.5 - Love to Dance Option 3: a book by an author whose initials can be found in BALLET:
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman
20.6 - The Doctor is Calling...
Option 1: The Unicorn and the Wasp - a book with mystery listed as a genre:
Gently Through The Mill
20.9 - Fall Months
Option A - a book by an author whose first name begins with S:
A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow
Total points 225
I have completed Task #20.7 The Show Must Go On by readingWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
I chose the musical Wicked (option 1). My book is shelved as Fantasy on its main page.
Total points: 110
GRA tickets: 3
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....Option 4: The Doctor's Wife: The Wives of Henry Oades: A Novel by Johanna Moran*
*GR Author*
Total Points = 60
Sheila15.2 - On Pins and Needles
Book A:Suspense - Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo
AND
Book B:Eagerly Awaiting - I, Micheal Bennett by James Patterson
This was the latest in my favorite James Patterson series and I was on a long queue at the library to get it.
Total Points = 275
REPOST:5.5 -By the Sea
Read a book with a word meaning a body of water in the title - ocean, sea, river, pond, etc.
by Derrolyn Anderson (Goodreads Author) Points this Post: 5
Total points: 115
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 11
GR Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
The book was approved in post#1535:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...
#77 on the spreadsheet
STESSE20.2 - Rookie On Top - Barbara★'s task: Calling All Animal Lovers
Option 1: Clara: The Early Years: The Story of the Pug Who Ruled My Life by Margo Kaufman (308 p)
In memory of Sweet Fe, our torti kitty, lost to sudden renal failure in January of this year.
25.1 - Mrs. Soule's task: Food Network Challenge
3A: Star on the cover: Once Upon Stilettos by Shanna Swendson (320 p)
Shanna Swendson is a GRA.
6A: Person smiling on cover: Belle Weather: Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Scattered Hissy Fits by Celia Rivenbank (288 p)
Points this Post: 45
Tasks Completed this Post: 2
Books Read this Post: 3
Pages Read this Post: 916
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read: 4732
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Repost to post 24030.2 Goodreads - good friends
Fragile by Lisa Unger from Sheila's bookshelf
The Rose Gardenby Susanna Kearsley from Kathy's bookshelf
Task points 30
Total points 55
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Carly's task: The Doctor is Calling....Option 4: I read a Neil Gaiman book - American Gods
Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
American Gods is a big book at 632 pages
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors:1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.5- A Drop in the Bucket
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
36th book in the Discworld series
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Third Girl by Agatha Christie
Song: The Girl is Mine
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 2: My mother - Read a book by Stephen King or Dean Koontz
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Points this task: 50
Total points: 160
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 6
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
36th book in the Discworld series
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
Third Girl by Agatha Christie
Song: The Girl is Mine
20.4 - Author! Author! - Sarah the Librarian's task: Family Celebrations
Option 2: My mother - Read a book by Stephen King or Dean Koontz
Watchers by Dean Koontz
Points this task: 50
Total points: 160
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 12
Non-fiction read: 1
New authors read: 2
TBR pre-2012: 6
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 15.10- Fancy Free
September 27 is Fun and Fancy Free Day- Read a book of your choice
Life After Death by Damien Echols
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 95
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 7
GR Authors: 1
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.6- Reading through Disneyworld!... pick two different lands and read a book from the corresponding genre for each option:
I chose Liberty Square (read a gothic) and read
Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt 330 pages (9.14)I also chose Toontown Fair (read a young adult book) and read
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr*[this is a GRA] 328 pages (9.5)Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 50
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books:
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Barbara★5.3 -- Sail Away -- Raise The Titanic! - Clive Cussler
(the crew is based in the north Atlantic on a research vessel working to raise the Titanic and then on the Titanic itself when bringing to port)
10.2 -- Trick or Treat! -- Crouching Vampire, Hidden Fang - Katie MacAlister♥
(main character is a vampire)
Katie MacAlister is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
10.3 -- Moniker Challenge --
The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey♥
(author starts with "I")
Eowyn Ivey is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
15.4 -- Bond, James Bond --
Option 2: Gone Tomorrow - Lee Child (spy thriller)
Option 3: Heartland: A Novel - David Wiltse (Used David Niven)
BIG TICKET REQUEST: Gone Tomorrow is 543 pages
Points Earned This Post: 40
Points Achieved to Date: 70
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 15.3 - Bookends
I decided to read one book that fit both options. The title starts and ends with a D and the author's names begins and ends with an L:
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
**Lia Habel is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 26
Pages read: 5082
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.1 I Did ItConfessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-Ferro
10.5 Time Warp
Time Travel Genre listed on main page
Timeline by Michael Crichton
15.2 On Pins and Needles
Book A: Suspense genre on main page
The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver
***Jeffrey Deaver is a GR author***
Book B: A new release, for which I waited for a long time on my library list, then broke down and bought :)
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
Post Total: 30
Season Total: 150
Kathy G.30.2 -- Sheila/Kathy G's task: Goodreads - Good Friends
Off Kathy's List:
Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Claiming Big Book Ticket: 656 pages
Off Sheila's List:
The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice
Claiming Goodreads Author for Luanne Rice
Total Points- 50
Total Tasks- 2
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books - (500+) - 1
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I read Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, set in North Korea, a country where tigers were once found. Fascinating book.
15.8 - 'Cause This Is Thriller
I read Under My Skin. The Thriller song was "The Lady in My Life.
30.5 -- Butterflycager's task: Fall Shelf-Cleaning
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American Agenda, with the name of a real-life place in the title.
For my second book, I chose option 5, and read
The Well of Lost Plots, with "books about books" listed as a genre on its main page.
Total points: 115
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
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I chose Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. My comment is number 21 in the thread.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 95/1110
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)