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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)

Option A: I chose to complete this 20-point task that I didn’t undertake from the summer src:
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
Option 1: Book was published 01/01/13
*W Bruce Cameron is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 834
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

Task #
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 1 and a 3 so
Option 1 Read a book by an author you've discovered since January 2013
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes The first book I read by this author was in June 2013 (Dark Tide), which was her second book. This is her first.
Option 3 Read a book by an author whose first or last name has three letters
Run by Ann Patchett
Patchett has a three letter first name
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315Dark Tide

Task 20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: I chose to complete this 20-point task that I didn’t undertake from the summer src:
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
Option 1: Book was published 01/01/13
*W Bruce Cameron is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 834
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

5.1 A New Season
Deadwood: The Best Writings on the Most Notorious Town in the West by: T.D. Griffith
This book has only 5 ratings...don't think it wil get over the 1,000 rating mark any time soon!
5.4 Dungeons and Dragons
Blood Rites by: Jim Butcher
This book is in the fantasy genre.
Jim Butcher is a GoodReads Author.
Points this post: 10
GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Points: 15

REPOST: responding to questions thread, message 114.
ORIGINAL POST: message 645, page 13.
20.7 "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin
I am using this for Task 20.9 (my task) in the Spring 2013 challenge, for option D (a used book, obtained from the library.) In Spring 2013, I completed Option F (show some skin).
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1... (if above link to Option F doesn't work).
30.7 - I blame Ms Anderson...and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 3 and 4.
Option 3: initials appear in MS ANDERSON
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff (new author to me)
The author's initials D.R. appear in Ms AnDerson.
Option 4: Goodreads Friend Recommendations
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
My Goodreads friend Jennifer, who I have never met, gave this book 5 stars.
Curtis Sittenfeld is a Goodreads Author.
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Points this post: 50 (as resubmitted)
Total points: 250/1010
Goodreads Authors: 1/7
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task 10.1 - Early to Bed, Early to Rise
I read a book shelved as Self-Help:
Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I Learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at It for a Year by Kjerstin Gruys
**Kjerstin Gruys is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 10
Pages read: 2828
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task 10.2 - Far, Far Away
I read a book set in on a spaceship somewhere in outer space:
Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
I live in the US, so outer space is definitely far, far away!
**Maria V. Snyder is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3156
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task #20.4 - Author! Author! -
Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
Option 2: Kinsey Millhone Series #23
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 20 points.
thanks! i'm not claiming any tickets this season, because i'm still learning the ropes! :-)

Option 2 - The Series / Pretty Little Liars #4
Révélations by Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 120 points
//Big Book Tickets: 1
//GR Authors: 5

10.2 - Far Far Away
I live in the US, and this book is set in Japan.

Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 210

15.1 -- Bookends
#1
Too Stupid to Live by Anne Tenino
#7
Parting Shot by Mary Calmes
This Post: 15 points
Total to Date: 150 points

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1

***She is a GoodReads author.
Option 5

***He is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 30
Total Points 145
Tasks Completed 7
Books Read 9
Total Pages 3292
GoodReads Author 6
Big Book Tickets 1
30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
Book 1 - Dark Matter
letters t, e, a, and m but no i in title
Book 2 - After the Funeral
"fun" in title
Points in post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 165
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Book 1 - Dark Matter
letters t, e, a, and m but no i in title
Book 2 - After the Funeral
"fun" in title
Points in post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 165
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 1. -

AND
Option 6. -

Total Points = 540

I read At the Bottom of Everything. Most of this book took place in India. I live in the U.S.
Points: 75
Books read: 7
Tasks completed: 7
GR authors: 1
Pages read: 2341

Option 2
Love Drunk Cowboy by Carolyn Brown
Read any book with an NFL team name in the title: Dallas Cowboys - Cowboy in the title
Option 3
Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (GR Author)
List: Touchdown: Romance and American Football book 13
Points this Post: 25
Totals:
Total Points: 260/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 19
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 25

Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead by Nick Drake - takes place in Ancient Egypt - 9/29/13
30.5 Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option A:

Option B: Abdication by Juliet Nicolson (344 pages) - 9/6/13
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()


5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
literary award -- Goodreads M/M Romance Group Winners
His Hero Anthology by Devon Rhodes, Em Woods, Simone Anderson, Kit Sands, Sara York, Sue Holston
All authors are GOODREADS AUTHORS (1 ticket claimed)
award approved in post 21 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
25.7 – Bamaace83’s task: Football Kick-off Fun!
Option 1: SEC mascot - Tiger
Tigers and Devils by Sean Kennedy
Tiger is title; 376 paperback pages
Sean Kennedy is a goodreads author
option 2: NFL team name in title
Cowboys Down by Barbara Elsborg
Cowboys NFL yeam; 304 paperback pages
Barbara Elsborg is a goodreads author
Points this post: 5 + 25 = 30
Total points: 260
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 16

10.2: Far, Far Away: I live in USA; book set in Italy
Pompeii: A Tale of Murder in Ancient Rome by Robert Colton. Robert Colton is a GRA.
15.2: Day and Night
Day: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters

Night: Roses in Moonlight by Lynn Kurland

15.10: Free for Fall:
Consigned to Death by Jane K. Cleland
20.8: It's My Birthday: Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
3.Totally Evil by Gale Borger
25.1: Nick KY's Task: The Reviews Are In!
1. Hockey in Fiction - Adult Books: #13.
Simply Irresistible by Rachel Gibson
6. book by Stephen King:
Joyland by Stephen King
Points This Post: 85.
Total Points: 160.
1 GRA this post.

A. The Primary Colors: Blue
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
This book is #92 on the 'Cry, Tear Jerker Romance' list
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/90...
B. The Secondary Colors: Green
State of Wonder

Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 210

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - option 5, number 1 on the list
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - option 2, 2007 winner, fiction
Task points 25
Total points 135

5th C BCE
Chinese
Mozi (Mo Tzu)
Sun-tzu (Sunzi)
I chose Sun Tzu Link to great books
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Points in This Task: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 256

Totals:
Total Points: 320
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 17/58
Total Books Read: 21
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 7642

A. The Primary Colors - 2. Yellow
Stranger in My Arms by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)
Read a book by an author with a "y" in his/her name.
B. The Secondary Colors - 2. Green
Someone to Watch Over Me by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)
Read a book with a green cover

Points this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 290/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 27

15.7 -- Spookfest!
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
Horror is listed as a genre.
*Neil Gaiman is a GR author.
20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3
Divergent by Veronica Roth
This book is over 400 pages and I consider it a comfort read because it is fairly easy-going.
*Veronica Roth is a GR author.
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option B - Summer Task 20.1, Option 2
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
There is a "3" and a "0" in the total number of pages (320).
Originally I posted Option 3 for Summer Task 20.1. Here is a link to the original post: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
*Kasie West is a GR author.
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
The word "Shining" has 7 letters.
*Lauren Beukes is a GR author.
25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option B
The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card
The book is over 400 pages and,
The title has the consecutive letters G-H-I and,
The author has the consecutive letters R-S-T.
Points this post: 100
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

15.3 -- Half and Half
The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
The author's first name begins with "K" (between A-M) and,
The author's last name begins with "W" (between N-Z)
*Kasie West is a GR author.
15.5 -- All Fall Down
Twilight by Meg Cabot
All the words in the title begin with one of the letters found in AUTUMN ("T").
*Meg Cabot is a GR author.
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2
Reunion by Meg Cabot
This is book #3 in The Mediator series (one of my favorites).
*Meg Cabot is a GR author.
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A -- Summer Task 20.5 Option B
Darkest Hour by Meg Cabot
The word "hour" is found in the lyrics to Pontoon.
*Meg Cabot is a GR author.
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1
Haunted by Meg Cabot
The word "Haunted" has 7 letters.
*Meg Cabot is a GR author.
Points this post: 90
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

15.3 -- Half and Half
I chose to read one book and read
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell
Points this post: 15
Total points: 140
GR Authors: Melanie Benjamin, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Kwan
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)

30.6 - ANCESTRY
OPTION 1 - Baby, Drive South by Stephanie Bond. My given fist name is Stephanie.
OPTION 2 - The Sleepwalkers which takes place in Germany where most of my ancestors come from.
30.7 - I BLAME MS. ANDERSON.... AND ELLEN HOPKINS
I rolled 1 & 4
OPTION 1 - Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson which was rated 4* by Ms. Anderson.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
OPTION 4 - The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew which was rated 5* by my friend Sandy who I have never met.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Anna Jean Mayhew is a new author for me.
Anna Jean Mayhew and Laurie Halse Anderson are both Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 395
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 13
BIG BOOKS - 2


I rolled a 5,6
5- I read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell*GR Author* This book has YA listed on home page.
6- I read The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem by Sonya Sones. Sonya Sones was listed on Literature Map when I put Ellen Hopkins in. this author is new to me.
Points this post- 30
Total Points- 115
GR Authors- 6

30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 2 –Read a book set in the country from which one of your ancestors came.
My ancestors originated from England.
Shadows and Strongholds by Elizabeth Chadwick
Claiming Elizabeth Chadwick as Goodreads Author
Claiming Shadows and Strongholds as Big Book Ticket-568 pages
Option 4 –Read a book from Fiction Based on Author’s Ancestors
This book is #6 on the list.
The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Claiming Kathleen Kent as Goodreads Author
Totals:
Total Points:180/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:7
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:12
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-4203

option B: The Chocolate Thief (Amour et Chocolat #1) by Laura Florand
(Chocolate/Chocolat)
Laura Florand is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads Author: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season --
Damn Him to Hell - Jamie Quaid♥ (less than 1000 ratings - 68 to be exact) 9/28
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy --
The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt (brother in title) 9/28
Points Earned This Post: 10
Points Achieved to Date: 150
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)


Task 20.8 We Love Scrabble!
Option 3: Double letters in title
I read The Mapping of Love and DeathbyJacqueline Winspear who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:20
Total points:70
Books read:5
Tasks completed:5
Goodreads Authors:1
Bib Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Dlmrose
15.4 -- Inside Out
option B, one book, with/without: With or Without You by Domenica Ruta
15.9 -- Off to College
From 2009 Best Books About Science:
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Book A, 2 yellow- Y name, 480 pgs:
Seasons in Basilicata: A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village by David Yeadon
Book B, 3 purple - king, 320 pgs :
The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow
total = 250
15.4 -- Inside Out
option B, one book, with/without: With or Without You by Domenica Ruta
15.9 -- Off to College
From 2009 Best Books About Science:
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Book A, 2 yellow- Y name, 480 pgs:
Seasons in Basilicata: A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village by David Yeadon
Book B, 3 purple - king, 320 pgs :
The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow
total = 250

25.5 - Coralie's Task - One or More


Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 235

Task # 5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
Read a book with a unit of time in the title
The Dying Hours by Mark Billingham
Hours is the unit of time.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 320

10.2 Far, Far Away. I read Redshirts by John Scalzi, most of which is set in Outer Space.
30.4 Donna Jo’s Elementary Art
Book 1 – Primary color of Blue – I read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, #115 on the I Cried When I Read This listopia: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/11... (Oct 1, 2013). 321 pp
Book 2 – Secondary color of Green – I read

Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 275
Big Books: 500+ (2)

Once and Always by Judith McNaught
Read a book by an author who shares your animal sign - Sheep, author's date of birth is January 01, 1944
Points this Post: 10
Totals:
Total Points: 300/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 28

I read Deathless which is set in Stalinist Russia up until World War Two. I was born many decades later, in the mid 80's.
Catherynne M. Valente is a Goodreads author.
5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
I read

Maggie Stiefvater is a goodreads author.
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
I read The Torturer's Daughter which currently has 99 ratings.
Zoe Cannon is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
Books read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 2 - set in country where Arabic or Persian is official language
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
This book is set in Afghanistan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-1 (4)

15.3 -- Half and Half
Read a book written by an author whose first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
A book written by an author whose last name is in the second half (N-Z) of the alphabet
The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
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15.5 -- All Fall Down
Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN and FALL.
Treacherous Love: The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager by Beatrice Sparks
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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.
I chose spring 2013:
Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet- Peebee’s Task: A New Spring Wardrobe
Option D~ Select a book that came to you used, either from a used bookstore, loaned from a friend, or from the library. Any book that you did not purchase new is fine for this task.
Library Book:
What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
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5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page.
The True Colors of Caitlynne Jackson by Carol Lynch Williams
Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 5
Pages Read: 952

Option B. The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore
432 pages
E-F-G in ThE French Gardener
M-N-O in MoNtefiOre
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245

House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East by Anthony Shadid
Task Complete: 2
Books Completed: 2
Big Books 500+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 0
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 25


Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
I was born in the 80s, book takes place in the 30s
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)

Option 1 - How They Met, and Other Stories by David Levithan
Option 5 - The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
David Levithan is a Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 9
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Option 1 - The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
This book is a BIG BOOK (517 p.)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 10
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Books:500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Let's gear up for Halloween by reading a book that has "Horror," "Paranormal," or "Supernatural" listed as a genre on its main page.
I read by Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. It has both paranormal and supernatural listed as genres.
20.9. Moderator's Pet: Bucket's Task: Expanding the Classic Canon
Read an eastern classic title or author from this list: Great Books - Non-Western Literature.
I read The Yellow Wind by David Grossman. David Grossman appears on the list under 20th Century Middle Eastern writers.
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 1: Read a book with a flower on the cover
I read

Option 2: read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on the main page
I read Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris. It is also longer than 300p, at 336p.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: For this option, read a book from one of your favorite series. Since it should be a favorite series, the first book or two won't count, only book #3 in a series or above.
An Amateur Corpse by Simon Brett
This is book number 4 in the Charles Paris mystery series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)