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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Suzanne5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
WKRP in Cincinnati debuted September 18, 1978 ."Turkeys Away" was named one of the best television episodes of all time by TV Guide "I thought turkeys could fly"- Read a book with a living thing that can fly on the cover- i.e. a bird, insect, animal, or person with wings or magical abilities. Only things with the potential to self-propel will be accepted. Items carried by the wind like leaves or someone using a flying device like a magic carpet or airplane would not work. The magical abilities must be visible on the cover (reindeer in flight)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) Dragonflight (Pern, #1) The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #1) Awakened (The Guardian Legacy, #1)
Required: Please include the cover when you post
Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton - **** - 9/21/2013
Total Points Earned: 100/1010
Total Pages Read: 4,787 Pages
Total Books Read: 13/80
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Suzanne15.10 -- Free for Fall
It's a free for fall! Read any book you choose as long as it complies with standard SRC rules.
Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter – ***** - 9/23/2013
Total Points Earned: 115/1010
Total Pages Read: 5,115 Pages
Total Books Read: 14/80
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Jody Beth20.6 Only In New York!
Option A: I read The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan because the cover shows New York's skyline
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
Angela IL5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Fantasy is on the main page
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 105
SheilaTask 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option B: One book option
Night Chill by Jeff Gunhus Title GHI -- Author EFGI read the kindle edition but the paperback edition lists 437 pages here ➜ Night Chill
Total Points = 380
Sheila20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 1 - Pumpkin on Cover -
Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A:
Inside Out by Barry Eisler - skylineBarry Eisler is a new author to me
Total Points = 420
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10.5. Found in Translation.
Ten White Geese by Gerbrand Bakker
Originally published in Dutch De Omweg, I read it in English
20.10. Group Reads
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
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25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
option 1 mathematics genre (33x): The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven H. Strogatz 336 pg
option 5 psychology (177x) Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman 304 pg
total = 155
15.10 -- Free for Fall
➥It's a free for fall! Read any book you choose as long as it complies with standard SRC rules.
The Running Man by Stephen King
20.2- Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
➥Option 4 - Read a book that has a butterfly on its cover.
by Kate Ellison
Totals for challenge:
Points this task:35
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors:2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥It's a free for fall! Read any book you choose as long as it complies with standard SRC rules.
The Running Man by Stephen King
20.2- Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
➥Option 4 - Read a book that has a butterfly on its cover.
by Kate EllisonTotals for challenge:
Points this task:35
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors:2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.8 - We Love Scrabble!
I did option 1 and read a book with a 7-letter word in its title:
Richard III by William Shakespeare
"Richard" has 7 letters.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2252
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Hana C.
Task 15.6-- Far East
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
This book is set in Krung Thep (Bangkok), Thailand
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 125
Goodread Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
Task 15.6-- Far East
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
This book is set in Krung Thep (Bangkok), Thailand
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 125
Goodread Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 13
Suzanne5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Last of the Summer Wine began as a BBC sitcom series on November 12, 1973 and became "The world's longest running sitcom" (31 seasons) A mission of the BBC is "Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK" : Read a book set in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland for a substantial portion of the book. Required: Please identify the setting if it is not clear in the book description
The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog by Jen Lancaster - ***** - 9/24/2013
Total Points Earned: 120/1010
Total Pages Read: 5,450 Pages
Total Books Read: 15/80
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!Option B: read a book set in a country that speaks Arabic or Persian
I read Ultimate Weapon by Chris Ryan. This book is set in Iraq, which is on the list of Arab League Countries.
**Ultimate Weapon is a big book with 506pgs**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task #20.6 -- Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
** This is a new-to-me author. **
I chose Option A: Book set in New York State. The Great Gatsby is set in Long Island, New York City (also mentioned in the GR book page).
Points this post: 20
Total to date: 50
GR author tickets to date: 1
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Read
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - I made multiple posts in the thread, including msg 8, 9
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 185
Goodreads Authors: 5
Jennifer KS10.8. Fall Back.
I read Bittersweet by Nevada Barr
This is set in 1873 which is 88 years before I was born.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 3
Pages read 3305
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (2); 1000+ (0)
15.3 - Half and HalfOne book option:
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly's first name is in the first half of the alphabet and is last name is in the last half
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 3: Mendel's Dwarf by Simon Mawer
main character is a geneticist, an achondroplastic dwarf, and the great-great-great-nephew of Gregor Mendel - for a genetics geek like me, this was an awesome read!
20.4 - Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2 - The Series: Creation in Death by J.D. Robb
book #25 in one of my favorite series
Points this post: 55
Season Total: 175
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season 373 Ratings at time of posting.
The Body in the Bouillon by Katherine Hall Page
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option B - TION
Plantation by *Dorothea Benton Frank
*Dorothea Benton Frank is a Goodreads Author*
Option C - Least Favorite Books of the Winter 2012 - 2013 Challenge Post 9
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Points in This Task: 35
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 967
Totals:
Total Points: 225
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 12/58
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 5645
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day.Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession.
by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)Points this post: 10
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Shannon South Africa15.10 Free for All
The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie
David Michie is a Goodreads Author
GR Authors = 2
Task points = 15
Challenge points = 55
5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 MinutesMonday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
'Monday' is a day of the week (approved in post #19 of Task Help thread).
15.5 -- All Fall Down
Night Music by Jojo Moyes
The letters N and M are both found in the word Autumn.
Kathy Reichs is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 165
FANDURY30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A. The Primary Colors
Option 2: Read a book by an author with a "y" in his/her name.
The Butterfly Sister by Amy Gail Hansen
There is a Y in the first name of amY gail hansen.
Print edition is 320 pages The Butterfly Sister: A Novel
Amy Gail Hansen is a Goodreads Author
B. The Secondary Colors
Option 3: Read a book with one of the following royal titles in the title of the book: Emperor, Empress, Tsar, Tsarina, King, Queen, Prince, Princess
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy by Ellen Datlow
The word Queen is in the title.
The print edition is 352 pages Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier: I read She's Got It Bad by Sarah Mayberry which shows that it won the "Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Best Harlequin Blaze (2009)" on the main page.***Sarah Mayberry is a Goodreads Author***
25.9 The Cornetto Trilogy:
Option 1: A Love Worth Biting For (ebook verification thread #2603) by Roxy Mews. This is her first published book.
***Roxy Mews is a Goodreads Author***
Option 3: I read Mockingjay which is #57 on the "best twists" list
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 395
Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 24
GR Authors: 24
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
5.3 FrasierFrindle
Won a variety of awards, including the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (1999)
10.8 Fall Back
Three Rivers Rising: A Novel of the Johnstown Flood
Takes place in 1888-9, nearly 100 years before I was born. Also, it has "historical fiction" as the first genre (this time)
25.8 A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 2 (fantasy genre): Invisibility
Fantasy is on the main page
Option 4 (chick lit genre): Love and Leftovers
Chick lit is about halfway down the main genre list
30.1 I'm Sorry, Dee!
Rolled a 5 (five words in title): The Death of Jayson Porter
Rolled a 6 (pick your own): Pink
I chose to do option 2, GBLT genre on the main page. GBLT is the second genre on the main page's list
Total: 70 + 350 (from earlier) = 420pts
SOELO20.3 Most Read Authors
I rolled a 3,2 so my friend is Claire and her second author is Bill Willingham. No wonder we are friends, I am in the middle of his Fables series!
Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 4
Willingham is a GoodReads author
20.4 Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Using option 2, I read
Last Stand of Dead Men
which is the 8th book in the series.
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Points this post: 40
Total so far: 40
GR author tickets: 1
Sheila20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2 - The Series:
Death Angel by Linda Fairstein(Alexandra Cooper #15) - One of my favorite series AND one that I am actually caught up on!
Total Points = 440
Kristi CO30.1 I'm Sorry, Dee!
rolled 1 & 3
Option 1:
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman (the author is new to me)
Megan Mayhew Bergman is a Goodreads author
Option 3: first name is three letters
Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
Ben H. Winters is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Jayme VA15.7 -- Spookfest!
Reliquary by Douglas Preston has horror listed on its main page.
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 2 - Lily Pad Leaf: If You Were Here by Jen Lancaster has been on my TBR since 3/21/12.
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf: Heading Out To Wonderful by Robert Goolrick has mystery listed on its main page.
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A. The Primary Colors: 1: Red: Desperation by Stephen King is a reread. I originally read it when it first came out, in 1997.
Desperation is a big book, with 547 pages.
B. The Secondary Colors: 3. Violet or Purple: A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin has the word king in the title.
Clash of Kings is a big book, with 761 pages.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 125
GR Authors: Melanie Benjamin, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Kwan
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)
Kristi CO30.3 Take It or 'Leave' It
Option 3: Maple Leaf
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (Atwood was born in Canada)
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads author
Option 5: mystery genre
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
AlexisTask 25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 2 -
Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins by Jamie DelanoOption 6 -
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen KingTask 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 1 - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Novels List #9
Option 5 - Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Experimental Books Ever List #50
This post: 50 points
Total to Date = 110 points
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0), 700+(0), 1000+(1)
30.7 I blame Ms Anderson and Ellen Hopkins Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott / option 6 , I used link "authors similar to Ellen Hopkins" and chose Elizabeth Scott
Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper/ option 5 , YA
Task points 30
Total points 80
Nick KY10.9 Put on your Hat! I read
Among the Departed by Vicki Delany. The policeperson on the cover is wearing a hat.25.2Andy P’s Love That Alphabet.
Option A. Two Books, each at least 250 pp:
Book 1. I read The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters. R-S-T-U in The cURSe... 285 pp
Book 2. I read Negative Image by Vicki Delany.. C-D-E in ViCkie DElany. 250 pp
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 210
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Ana25.2 Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option A
Book 1
by Wanda E. Brunstetter. RSTBook 2
By Lee Child. CDE***He is a GoodReads author
***Big Ticket 524 pages
Points this Post 25
Total Points 95
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 6
Total Pages 2104
GoodReads Author 4
Big Book Tickets 1
Task 15.6 -- Far East Read a book that is set in a country that is conventionally included under the term Far East.
This book was set on Thailand's pristine Ko Phi Phi island.
Cross Currents (2011) by John Shors (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 322 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****John Shors
45 + 15 = 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 45 + 15 = 60
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1,405
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Katie M5.1 -- 2013 - A New Season
53 Ratings
Dark Designs by Luisa Prieto
This Post: 5 points
Total to Date: 110 points
Andy P.Task #
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option A Read a book with an actual window on the cover
approved Message 61 of help thread(352p)Option B Read a book whose title contains a word that ends in the letters "TION"
by Marcia MullerDecepTION (368p.)Points this post: 30
Total points: 225
Delicious Dee10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
The Cuckoo's Calling - the main character, Cormoran Strike, was a British MP in Afghanistan where he lost his leg
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 195
Goodreads Authors: 5
BRIANTask 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option B - 3 consecutive letters in title and author
Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye
The title has R-S-T in it, the author has D-E-F in her name, and the book is 464 pages.
Lyndsay Faye is also a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-1 (4)
SUSAN A5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Dawn in the Orchard by Cooper West
This book has 81 ratings (<1000 rating required)
Cooper West is a goodreads author.
5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Trusted Bond by Mary Calmes
Change of Heart Series, Book 2
Mary Calmes is a Goodreads Author
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Somatesthesia by Ann Somerville
This book has genre "Science Fiction" on its main book page.
Ann Somerville is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Oma1229Repost for #533
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5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Read a book set in the United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland for a substantial portion of the book.
This book is set in 16th century England.
Claiming Laura Andersen as Goodreads Author
The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen
Total Points 150
Kimber10.9 Put On Your Hat
by Lyn CoteLyn Cote is a Goodreads Author
This task: 10
# tasks complete: 3
GRA: 2
Total: 35
Task 25.4 Elizabeth B's task: CelebrationOption A:
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
This is the 7th book in the Her Royal Spyness series.
Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads author.
and
Option C:
by Elizabeth BergThis has a couple in a romantic embrace on cover.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 85
~REPOST~30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option B - TION
Plantation by *Dorothea Benton Frank
*Dorothea Benton Frank is a Goodreads Author*
Option C - Least Favorite Books of the Summer 2012 Challenge Post 19
Insurgent by *Veronica Roth
*Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 30
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 945
Totals:
Total Points: 225
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 12/58
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 5827
25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy Option 1: Spaced - read any author’s first published book.
I read Pay Off by Stephen Leather. It is Stephen's first published book and I got pre-approval (thanks to a messy GRA page) here.
**Stephen Leather is a Goodreads Author**
Option 2: Shaun of the Dead - Read a book with the genre “Horror” found on the book’s main page
I read Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, which has Horror on the main book's page.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery GreatsOption 3 - I only saw the movie No. 204 on List.
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Points in This Task: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 224
Totals:
Total Points: 245
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 13/58
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 6051
10.8. Fall Back
Historical fiction: The Sherbrooke Bride
Its historical fiction. Which probably means that it was set way before I was born?
1803?
Points this post:10
Total points:105
Historical fiction: The Sherbrooke Bride
Its historical fiction. Which probably means that it was set way before I was born?
1803?
Points this post:10
Total points:105
Shannon South Africa10.2 Far, Far Away
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Set in London, England and Utah, USA
My country is South Africa
Task points = 10
Challenge points = 65
Delicious Dee5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
When We Touch - Brenda Novak (GR Author) - .5 in the Whiskey Creek series, ebook only approved on line 1361 of the spreadsheet
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 200
Goodreads Authors: 6
Repost to 603 30.7 I blame Ms Anderson and Ellen Hopkins
Perfect You by Elizabeth Scott, option 6 , I used link "authors similar to Ellen Hopkins" and chose Elizabeth Scott
Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper, option 6, YA
Mary Hooper is a new author for me
Task points 30
total points 80
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20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1: Read a book with a 7 letter word in the title.
The Mammoth Book of Angels & Demons by Paula Guran
The 7 letter word in the title is MAMMOTH.
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback version is 512 pages long The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
I claim a big book ticket for this book
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)