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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
I read Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories. This book is #157 on the October 2012 list.
25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read The Silver Star, with the word "star" in the title. The book has 288 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 5, and read Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. It is set in Baltimore, the location of the M & T Bank Stadium where the Baltimore Ravens play. The book has 303 pages.
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 5 and a 6. Both of these authors are new to me.
For my "5" roll, I read What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. As of right now, "sociology" is listed as a main page genre.
For my "6" roll, I went to the Literature Map for "similar authors" and found Sara Shepard. I read Pretty Little Liars.
Total points: 250
I read Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories. This book is #157 on the October 2012 list.
25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read The Silver Star, with the word "star" in the title. The book has 288 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 5, and read Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. It is set in Baltimore, the location of the M & T Bank Stadium where the Baltimore Ravens play. The book has 303 pages.
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 5 and a 6. Both of these authors are new to me.
For my "5" roll, I read What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. As of right now, "sociology" is listed as a main page genre.
For my "6" roll, I went to the Literature Map for "similar authors" and found Sara Shepard. I read Pretty Little Liars.
Total points: 250

20.7 "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: I did not complete task 20.8 during the spring 2013 challenge.
20.8 "March On" (spring challenge 2013)
Option 3: An egg on the cover
Nowhere Near Normal: A Memoir of OCD by Traci Foust

+20
total: 60
tasks: 5
books: 5

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Al Capone on Alcatraz bk 1)
AND
Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko (Al Capone on Alcatraz bk. 3)
Gennifer Choldenko is a Goodreads author (x2)
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)


Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Gennifer Choldenko is a Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 8
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

5.4 Dungeons & Dragons
Death's Servant by CJ Ellisson
ebook length verification #2759
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30.5 Lessons In Defenestration
Option A (windows on cover)

Option B (title with -tion)
Vampire Vacation by CJ Ellisson
Gregg Hurwitz is a GRA
CJ Ellisson is a GRA (x 2)
Total above Tasks: 35
Total # tasks complete to date: 6
Total points: 100
GRA: 7

Task # 20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 6 Read a book with a 2 letter word in the title
Tell No Lies by Gregg HurwitzThe two letter word is NO. Book is 371 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285

20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2

Points this Post 20
Total Points 115
Tasks Completed 6
Books Read 7
Total Pages 2456
GoodReads Author 4
Big Book Tickets 1

30.6 Ancestry
Trochę większy poniedziałek by Katarzyna Grochola - option 2 , my family is from Poland , book is set in Poland
Be Careful What You Wish For by Alexandra Potter, option 1, my name is Aleksandra
Task points 30
Total points 110

10.5 Found in Translation
A Treacherous Paradise by Henning Mankell was originally published in Swedish. I read it in English.
10.10 In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled by Dorothy Gilman. Emily Pollifax is a senior citizen.
This post: 20 points
Total to date: 120 points

30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A: Option Yellow - Read a book by an author with a "y" in his/her name.
Disasterology 101 by Taylor V. Donovan
TaYor V Donovan has a Y in her name.
Taylor V Donovan is a goodreads author.
B: Option Purple - Royal title in the book title or GR plot description
My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley
Prince Aiden is mentioned in the GR plot description.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230
Books read: 17
Goodreads authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 14

Option A - If you have not finished the 20-point tasks, try one you didn't get the chance to do from Spring or Summer.
This is my first challenge, so I haven't done any previous tasks.
From Spring 2013, I am doing "20.3 Best Review - Traveling in Time, Option 1, Back to the Classics: read any book originally published in or before 1963."
Focus by Arthur Miller, first published in 1945
Task total=20
Grand total=100

5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Won Whitney Award 2012
Total Points: 145

5.4 -- 30 years ago - Dungeons and Dragons
Spell Cat by Tara Lain
This Post: 5 points
Total to Date: 115 points

***Diana Rowland is a Goodreads Author***
15.2 Day and Night
Book 1:

***Jill Shalvis is a Goodreads Author***
Book 2:

***R.K. Lilley is a Goodreads Author***
20.5 The Pumpkin State: I chose option 1 and read

***Leslie Meier is a Goodreads Author***
30.7 I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins: I rolled a 3 and a 6.
Option 3: Yours, For Now (ebook verification thread #2803) by Siren Allen the initials of which are found in mS. Anderson
***Siren Allen is a Goodreads Author***
Option 6: I used the literature map for Ellen Hopkins and Sarah Dessen was on the list so I read Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
***Sarah Dessen is a Goodreads Author***
Both of these authors (Siren Allen and Sarah Dessen) are new to me.
Total Points this Post: 75
Total Points in Challenge: 470
Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 28
GR Authors: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

5.4 – 30 Years Ago: Dungeons and Dragons
Read a book with Fantasy on its main page
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Robin Sloan is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors (total): 3
Big books: 0

15.10 -- Free for Fall
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Jesse Andrews is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 135
GR authors: 7
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 11
Hana C.
Task 10.2 Far, Far Away
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The story takes place almost entirely on Mars
points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 135
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 14
Task 10.2 Far, Far Away
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The story takes place almost entirely on Mars
points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 135
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 14

Fantasy 757 Users
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 1 and 6 = for option 6 I chose Option 3
Option 1 - Reacquainted with *Tatiana de Rosnay whom I first read for the Summer 2013 Challenge Task 15.5 Post 792
A Secret Kept by *Tatiana de Rosnay
*Tatiana de Rosnay is a Goodreads Author*
Option 3 - Author first name has 3 Letters = Sue
V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton
Points in This Task: 35
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1028

Totals:
Total Points: 280
Total Goodreads Authors: 6
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 15/58
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 7081

The Housekeeper and the Professor - Yoko Ogawa
found on Most Anticipated of 2013; Revenge is the original reviewed book
10.5. Found in Translation.
Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 1 - Mitomi Kyousuke
originally published in Japanese, read in English
10.8. Fall Back.
The Untamed Mackenzie - Jennifer Ashley, GR Author
historical fiction set in 1885 England, very very much before I was born
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!

15.1 -- Bookends
first book: 12 Rounds - Lauren Hammond, GR Author
ebook approved @ 6
last book: Making It Last - Ruthie Knox, GR Author
ebook approved @ 657
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Option A2 (yellow): Shine Not Burn - Elle Casey, GR Author
Option B2 (green):

Points this post: 85
Total points: 370
GR Authors: 25
Big books: 500+ (2)

5.6 - Last of the Summer Wine
Never Seduce a Scoundrel
Setting: England
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 110

☐ 30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 3 and a 5
Option 3: (3 letter author's name) -

AND
Option 5: -

Total Points = 515

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard (audio)
On Berkeley's 2007 Survival list pg 3
Paperback copy: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey
20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 1: Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett (Goodreads author)
Book has pumpkin on the cover, and has 310 pgs

25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 3: Vampire Dragon by Annette Blair (Goodreads author)
Title includes the word "Vampire", has 304 pgs
Option 5: Death Rides Again by Janice Hamrick (Goodreads author)
Book has a horse on the cover, has 320 pgs

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1: Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair (Goodreads author)
Author initials AB are found in "Liquidamber"
Option 5: Skating on the Edge by Joelle Charbonneau (Goodreads author)
Been waiting for my library to get the book and they finally did!
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
Rolled a 1: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Ms Anderson gave the book 5 stars
Rolled a 3: Caleb by Sarah McCarty
Author initials SM are in "Ms Anderson", this is also a new author for me
Total Points This Post: 120
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 5
Grand Total Points: 210/1010
Total Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 8/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

Airhead by Meg Cabot
set in the US, I live in the Netherlands
*** Meg Cabot is a GR author ***
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1: A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes
*** Linda Barnes is a GR author ***
Option 5: Better Read Than Dead by Victoria Laurie
*** Victoria Laurie is a GR author ***
Total points this post: 40
Total GRA this post: 3
Total big book tickets this post: 0
Total points: 60
Total GRA: 5
Total big book tickets: 0

Selection Approved Help Thread Post 48
I rolled a 3 and a two and I decided to reverse them and use:
Sheila - 2nd friend going from left to right
3rd Author: *Janet Evanovich
Explosive Eighteen by *Janet Evanovich
*Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 305

Totals:
Total Points: 300
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 16/58
Total Books Read: 20
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 7386

10.3 The Waiting is Over
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
This book is on the http://www.themillions.com/2013/07/mo... list.
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)

10.1 - Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg.
15.3 - Half and Half
مذكرات أميرة عربية (Memoirs of an Arabian Princess in Zanzibar - the only option comes up in Arabic rather than in English but was read in English) by Emily Ruete
"E" is in the first half of the alphabet and "R" in the second half
20.7 - "What I would read if I had more time"
Option A - Summer 20.1(3) task on a book related to my bucket list.
Our House in Arusha by Sara Tucker
Doing a safari has long been on my bucket list and I just took a safari to Tanzania. As I always like to read books related to the places I travel to, I read this book which takes place in the city (Arusha) where most of the northern circuit safaris in Tanzania start from. The book also looked at safaris and wild animals.
Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Pages read: 828

Living thing that can fly on the cover--Bats.

10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Genre of self-help on the main page.
The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin is a Goodreads author.
10.3 The Waiting is Over
This book is on the list of "Most Anticipated Books of 2013" on the bottom of the second page.
Benediction by Kent Haruf
10.7 But I Really Wanted to Read That One
This was a Fall Group Read nomination for Southern Lit.
Serena by Ron Rash
10.8 Fall Back
This is historical fiction set in the 1770s, a time period before I was born.
The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Cabot Gunning
Sally Cabot Gunning is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 65
Tasks: 6
Books: 6
Goodreads authors: 3

The main character is a senior citizen with Alzheimers.
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante
15.9 Off to College
This book comes from the 2002 Banned Books list.
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
30.3 Take It Or Leave It
Option 1: The author's initials are found in "Liquidamber"
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
Option 3: This book is set in Canada (Newfoundland).
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman
Points this post: 55
Total points: 120
Tasks: 9
Books: 10
Goodreads authors: 3

20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: Summer 20.5
Option B
Back
Back to Normal by Wren Boudreau
This Post: 20 points
Total to Date: 135 points

Cormoran Strike, the main character, is a army veteran and lost a leg in Afghanistan.
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

+10 Points
Task 25.3. Kate S’s Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
4. October 27 Sylvia Plath, famous American poet. Read a collection of poetry:
Selected Poems Of Léopold Sédar Senghor by Léopold Sédar Senghor
6. November 29, Louisa May Alcott of Little Women fame, read a book first published during her lifetime (1832-1888)
Published: 1877
Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert
+25 Points
Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 155

10.6. What’s Your Sign?
The Secret History by Donna Tartt 9/29/13
REQUIRED: Include in your post the zodiac sign that you and the author share and the author's date of birth.
Donna Tartt and I were both born in The Year of the Rabbit. I was born 10/24/51 and she was born 12/23/63.
Claiming Good Book Ticket.
I read the Kindle version, so I'm using the MMP The Secret History for a 503 page count.
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 200 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 3
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 3


10.2 Far, far away:

10.9 Put on Your Hat--It's Getting Cold Outside:

15.1 Bookends:
1. Book #1 in series:

2. Last book in series:

15.7 Spookfest:

Today's total: 55
Grand Total: 170

5.10 - Make Room For Daddy

15.7 - Spookfest!

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200
15.3 -- Half and Half
The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson
1st name begins with C and 2nd name begins with N
Points this post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 135
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson
1st name begins with C and 2nd name begins with N
Points this post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 135
Books Read: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A - If you have not finished the 20-point tasks, try one you didn't get the chance to do from Spring or Summer.
Other than the Summer Group Read, there were two 20-point tasks that I didn't do by the end of the season -- 20.1 and 20.5. For the Fall "Shorter is Sweeter" task, I decided to do the Summer "Bigger is Better" task. :D
Summer Task 20.5
20.5 - Bigger is Better - CathyG's task: Motorcycles and Pontoon Boats
Option B. Spending time on the pontoon boat: Read a book with a word from the lyrics of
Pontoon in the title or subtitle.
Lyric: "Don't drink it if the mountains aren't blue. . ."
Blue Forever by Nina Bruhns (pgs. 293)
*** Nina Bruhns is a GRA ***

THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 175
Completed Tasks: 10
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 3,359
Books read this season: 11
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)

I read a book that appears on the September 2012 list.
Position on list as of 09/29/13:
#5
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle #1) (2012) by Maggie Stiefvater (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 409 pages)
2012 Bram Stoker Award Nominee Superior Achievement - Young Adult Novel
**** Goodreads Author **** Maggie Stiefvater
60 + 15 = 75
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 60 + 15 = 75
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1,814
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

30.2 Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
Book 1: There's no "I" in Team
The Maltese Goddess by Lyn Hamilton
the MAlTEse goddess, no I
Book 2: The word "fun" is found intact in a word in the title and/or subtitle
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Points this post: 30 points
Total to date: 150 points

5.8 The Outer Limits- read a book with Science Fiction genre designated on its main page.
Lucifer's Hammer

Big Book (1) 500 (0) 750 (0) 1000 This is my first Big Book claim.
Points to date: 40
Points total: 45

30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
rolled 2, 4
Option 2 - Smoke - Ellen Hopkins (GR Author)(Big Book Ticket - 1 ticket, book is 543 pages)
Option 4 - The Dream You Make- Christine Nolfi (GR Author) - my friend Lyn gave it 4 stars and the author is a new to me author; ebook only approved line #1120 of the spreadsheet
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 270
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)

20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Opt: A - Set in NY or a skyline on the cover

**Book is set in New York City and has a skyline on the cover**
***David Gilbert is a new author to me***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 75
GR Authors: 2
Big Ticket Books: 1

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
File M for Murder by Miranda James
473 Ratings
Points this Post: 5
Total Challenge Points: 155
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
The author, Marc J. Seifer, is new to me. The book is Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius
I chose option B, a book with a book on the cover (cover posted below) . (Nikola Tesla is pictured on the cover, sitting in a chair, reading a book.)
It is also a BIG BOOK, with 542 pages.

Points this post:20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 3
Big books this post: 1 (542 pp.)
Big books (total): 1 (500+)

10.8. Fall Back.
The Untamed Mackenzie - Jennifer Ashley, GR Author
historical fiction set in 1885 England, very very much before I was born
ebook approved @ 1249
Points this post: 10
Total points: 370
GR Authors: 25
Big books: 500+ (2)

The Awakening by Kate Chopin
From the Southern Lit List
10.9 Put Your Hat on-It's Getting Cold Outside!

15.4 Inside Out
Option B: One book with The and Other found in the sub-title
Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford
15.10 Free for Fall
Defending Jacob by William Landay
***William Landay is a GR Author***
Post Total: 50
Season Total: 330

25.6 General Education
Option 2 (history): Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever by Bill O'Reilly
Option 3 (politics): Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot by Bill O'Reilly
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25.5 One Or More
plural noun: Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
singular noun: A Secret Wish by Barbara Freethy
* this ebook was length approved in post 2814 of ebook verification thread
Denise Grover Swank is a GRA
Barbara Freethy is a GRA
Above tasks: 50
# tasks complete to date: 8
Total Points: 150
GRA: 9

15.7 Spookfest
Genre paranormal

Total Points:235
Total GR authors: 6

Attack Your Day! Before It Attacks You: Activities Rule. Not the Clock! by Mark Woods
has self help as genre on main page
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3: The Last Oracle: A Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins
the books in this series are comfort reads for me and this one's over 400 pages
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
set in NYC; both Rachel Cohn and David Levithan are new-to-me authors
Points this post: 50
Season Total: 225

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Option 1 - Liquidamber Leaf
Unteachable by Leah Raeder
ebook approved at e-book verification thread msg #2801
Leah Raeder is a Goodreads Author
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Lisa Lutz is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)