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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Kristi CO25.8 A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 2: Black Forest Cake (fantasy genre)
The Elite by Kiera Cass
Kiera Cass is a Goodreads author
Option 6: Tiny Pumpkin Cupcakes (one publication)
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Janice CA10.8 Fall Back....
I read a book shelved under "history" on its main page. The story takes place during WWII which ended about twenty-five years before I was born.
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
+10
total: 70
tasks: 6
books: 6
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!Option 3. Intuition by Allegra Goodman
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Andy P.Task # 30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1–Read a book where the author has the same first or last name as the name you were born with.
I'll Be Watching You by Andrea Kane The author's first name is the same as mine, with a slightly different spelling (mine is Andria)
Option 2 –Read a book set in the country from which one of your ancestors came
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann. This book takes place in both Ireland and the US, where my father's family originated. Approved message 63 of help thread.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
Katie M5.3 -- 20 years ago - Frasier
Kamikaze Boys by Jay Bell
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Romance (2013)
www.goodreads.com/award/show/5346-lam...
This Post: 5 points
Total to Date: 185 points
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.6 - Last of the Summer Wine
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The book is set in England.
10.2 - Far, Far Away
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Book is set in Czech Republic. I live in the United States.
15.3 - Half and Half
The Kiss by James Patterson
Author's first name "James" is in the first half of the alphabet (A-M) and the last name "Patterson" is in the second half of the alphabet (N-Z).
15.5 - All Fall Down
Tidal by Amanda Hocking
The word in the title "Tidal" begins with the letters found in AUTUMN "T".
20.6 - Only in New York!
I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano
Book fits option B (books on the cover) and was approved in Message #2 of the 20.6. Seasoned Reader Task Help Thread
; Francesco Marciuliano is a new to me author.25.6 - General Education
Book 1: The Half-life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman
Option 1 - The Sciences and Mathematics: "Science" is genre on the main book page. Edition I read had 256 pages.
Book 2: I'll Seize the Day Tomorrow by Jonathan Goldstein
Option 2 - The Past: "Autobiography > Memoir" is genre on the main book page. Edition I read had 256 pages.
This post: 90 points
Total points to date: 200 points
Tasks completed: 13
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
CoralieTrying to fix things up a bit.
10.2 Far Far Away
Book set in the Arctic which is a long way from where I live in Australia
The Frozen Deep
20.2 School-time!
Option 2 book set in Afghanistan
The Patience Stone
Total points 180
Hana C.
15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B: Read ONE book in which a word of at least 3 letters can be found intact within another word in the title, subtitle, or series name.
This book was approved for this option in post 24 of the help thread for this task.
The Leopard Prince (Princes Trilogy, #2) by Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt is a Goodreads Author.
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 170
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B: Read ONE book in which a word of at least 3 letters can be found intact within another word in the title, subtitle, or series name.
This book was approved for this option in post 24 of the help thread for this task.
The Leopard Prince (Princes Trilogy, #2) by Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt is a Goodreads Author.
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 170
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 16
Susan A15.1 -- Bookends
First and last in series
Fun With Dick and Shane by Gillibran Brown
First in series
Black Hurricane by Erica Pike
third in series, books 4 and 5 are not schheduled to be released this year according to the author's website http://www.ericapike.com/p/wip-coming...
Erica Pike is a goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 325
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 20
15.5 All Fall DownAll These Lives
A from "All" in "Autumn"
T from "These" in "auTumn"
L from "Lives" in "faLl"
15.9 Off to College
The Greengage Summer
From the list 2004, Now That's Funny
http://reading.berkeley.edu/2004.html
20.10 Group Reads
Cleopatra's Daughter
My posts are #3 and #9 on the discussion thread
25.5 One or More
Book 1 (singular noun): Piece of My Heart
Book 2 (plural noun): Fall to Pieces
Noun = Piece/Pieces
Total: 75 + 435 (from earlier) = 510 points
Candace10.8. Fall Back.
Peace by Richard Bausch
Book set during WWII; I was born in the 1970s.
15.7 -- Spookfest!
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
"Horror" listed as a genre on the book's main page.
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: Book #14 from one of my favorite series.
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1: 7-letter word in the title.
Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance, translated by Sarah Roche-Mahdi
This post: 65
Total to date: 105 points
Theresa~OctoberLace5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 10/6/13
This book has the genre Fantasy on its GR page.
Claiming a Goodreads Author Ticket
Ernest Cline is a Goodreads Author
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 230 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 3
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 4
STACIE MITask 25.1 - The Reviews Are In!
I decided to do options 1 and 2.
For option 1, I read #19 on the Hockey in Fiction - Adult Books list:
Nothing But Trouble by Rachel Gibson
For option 2, I read a graphic novel:
Uglies: Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld
Points this task: 25
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Pages read: 3718
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 25.6 - General Education
I decided to do options 1 and 2.
For option 1, I read a book shelved as Science:
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
For option 2, I read a book shelved as Memoir:
Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
**Mary Roach is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Pages read: 4304
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
ANGELASUNSHINE20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option #3: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
This is book #445 on the list
Total Points: 185
5.6 40 Years Ago - Last of Summer WineSetting: England
Her Sudden Groom by Rose Gordon
Rose Gordon is a Goodreads Author.
5.8 50 Years Ago The Outer Limits
The Elite by Kierra Cass
Kierra Cass is a Goodreads Author.
10.2 Far, Far Away
Country I live in: USA Country book set in: England and Greece
The Secrets She Carried by Lynne Graham
15.2 Day and Night
Daytime Scene: Approved post 81
by Sharon HamiltonSharon Hamilton is a Goodreads Author.
Nightime Scene: Approved post 81 Ebook approved post 2831
by Sharon HamiltonSharon Hamilton is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31
Goodreads Author: 22
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Repost of post 855 20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
using Option B since I finished the 20 pt tasks for Spring & Summer
Using Summer 20.4 Option B. I used Option A https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... -Date Aug 31 01:49 PM
A Brief History Of Time: From The Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
The letters SH are found in 'Kristi Passion of the Page'
Author Stephen Hawking is new to me.
I used audiobook so mass market paperback is A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes with 224 pgs.
Sheila30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 3 and a 4
Roll 3 -
The Longest Ride by Nicholas SparksAND
Roll 4 -
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlayJenn McKinlay is a new author to me. My friend Betsy rated this book 4 stars. Here is the link to Betsy's profile https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4...
Total Points = 670
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!Option 4: book whose author's name has an J,Q,X,Z in it:
Daemon by Daniel Suarez
Author's last name contains the letter 'z'.
Daniel Suarez is a Goodreads Author.
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket:
Daemon has 632 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 255
20.1 A Cozy Read Option 2: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card (OC in COZY)20.4 Optiion 2: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja Book 10 of Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 40/1010
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Nick KY5.6 Last of the Summer Wine. I read The Haunting of Lamb House by Joan Aiken, which takes place in Rye, England.
10.1 Self Help. I read How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Jr. It has “self-help” as a genre on its GR homepage.
10.8 Fall Back. I read Serena by Ron Rash. Serena takes place in 1929 and has “Historical Fiction” as a GR genre. I was born in 1958.
25.7 Bamaace83’s Football
Option 2. NFL team name in the title: Miami Dolphins. I read On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks.
Option 4. Food on the cover. I read The Founding Foodies: How Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Revolutionized American Cuisine by Dave DeWitt --
.Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 325
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Readerboard Name: Barbara★5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine --
Aunt Dimity and the Duke - Nancy Atherton (set in England) 10/6
15.10 - Free for Fall -- Kiss Me, Kill Me - Maggie Shayne♥ 9/13
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
20.7 -- Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
OPTION A: I failed to complete 20.4 from the Summer 2013 Challenge
20.4 -- Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial fun -
Ugly Beautiful - Seanpaul Thomas♥ (new to me author) 10/1
(Option 2 - Since my name only has B-A-R, I chose Moderator Kristi "Passion for the Page" for a broader selection).
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
30.1 -- Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee! -- Rolled 5,3
Option 3: R is for Ricochet - Sue Grafton (three letter name) 10/4
Option 5: When Is A Pig A Hog?: A Guide To Confoundingly Related English Words - Bernice Randall (5+ word title) 9/6
Points Earned This Post: 70
Points Achieved to Date: 220
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (2)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask 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.
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Points this Task: 15
Total Points this Challenge: 85
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read this Challenge: 7
GR Authors: 3
15.8 Same Time Last Year:A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition by Ernest Hemingway Found on September 2012 list, #3.
25.8 Chaitra's Task--A Quarter of Baking:
1. Cover 1/2 yellow or with flowers
The Sweetest Hallelujah by Elaine Hussey
cover is both yellow and has faint flowers in the background.4. Chick Lit on Main Page
The Jane Austen Marriage Manual by The Jane Austen Marriage Manual
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task--Take It or Leave It:
1. Liquidamber--Author's initials in word
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
3. Maple Leaf--Canada connection
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison Author was Canadian http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/04/16/on_the_cusp_of_literary_fame_toronto_author_asa_harrison_slips_away.html
Today's points: 40
Grand total: 345
Angela IL15.3 Half and Half
Read book that meets both criteria.
Justice for Sara by (A-M) Erica (N-Z) Spindler
***Erica Spindler is a GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Task Total: 15
Total Points:175
GR Author Tickets: 8
Jayme VA20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A: Skyline on the cover:
by Janet Edwards shows the NYC skyline.Janet Edwards is a goodreads author.
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
I am replacing The Kitchen House with
Option 3: double letter word: Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Churchill has two LLs.
Susan Elia MacNeal is a goodreads author.
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
I chose the one book option and read Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld, which is exactly 400 pages.
R-S-T in SisTeRland and R-S-T in CuRTiS.
Curtis Sittenfeld is a goodreads author.
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option B: The Execution of Noa P. Singleton by Elizabeth L. Silver
The word execuTION ends in -tion.
Elizabeth L. Silver is a goodreads author.
Option C: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (moved from task 20.8) is found on the least favorite of Summer 2011 list here
Points this post: 75
Total points: 215
GR Authors: Melanie Benjamin, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Kwan, Janet Edwards, Elizabeth L. Silver, Susan Elia MacNeal, Curtis Sittenfeld
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)
20.3 Most read authors Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell .
Dice 1 & 6 and friend name is Karen K. Miller
Task points 20
Total points 175
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise. The Amazing Adventures of DietgirlSelf help on first page
Claiming good read authors ticket for Shauna Reid
Total Points Earned: 125/1010
Total Pages Read: 3554/27662
Total Books Read: 11/80
Good Read Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
STACIE MITask 30.7 - I Blame Ms. Anderson...and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 5 and 6.
For 5, I read a book that is shelved as Poetry:
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
**At 608 pages, Tilt qualifies for a Big Book ticket!!**
**Ellen Hopkins is a Goodreads author!!**
For 6, I read a book by an author that I found on Goodreads - Authors Like Ellen Hopkins:
You Are Not Here by Samantha Schutz
Neither of these books are re-reads and Samantha Schutz is new to me.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Pages read: 5204
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.10 -- Free for FallThe Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence by Dennis Brindell Fradin
This book has 160 pages
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 3. double LL's
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
is audiobook I used
Paperback is The Storyteller with 460 pages.
*Jodi Picoult is GR author, claiming ticket.
Book has >250 pages
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
B. One book option.
The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris
is audiobook I used.
Paperback is The Girl with No Shadow with 480 pages.
Title has letters from sequence of alphabet: GHI and RST and the author name has HIJ.
Book has more than 400 pages.
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 4.
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
The book has Chick Lit as genre on main page. This paperback version I used has 306 pages.
Option 6.
The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay by Beverly Jensen
is audiobook I used.
paperback version is The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay: Fiction with 320 pages.
This was the only book published for Beverly Jensen. Approval obtained in help thread msg 43.
Book books >300 pages.
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 2 & 6.
Option 2. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt
is audiobook I used.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home is paperback with 384 pages.
*Carol Rifka Brunt is a GR author, claiming ticket
Book has GLBT as genre on main page. Approval for genre on help thread msg. 54
Option 6. I chose Option 3 with author name 'Jim' having 3 letters
Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch
is ebook I used.
Truth Like the Sun is paperback version with 272 pages.
* Jim Lynch is a GR author. claiming ticket.
Points this post: 115
Points to date: 305
GR Authors this post: 3
GR Authors to date: 6
Kimber30.7 I Blame Ms Anderson and Ellen Hopkins
My roll: 1 & 3
Roll 1: Jersey Tomatoes are the Best by Maria Padian (a new to me author)
*Rated 4 stars by Ms Anderson
Roll 3: Justice for Sara by Erica Spindler (also a new to me author)
*initials E,S found in MS ANDERSON
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10.3 The Waiting Is Over
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
*on list 'Most Anticipated Books of 2013'
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10.10 In Honor Of Veterans, Military...
Blue Hydrangeas by Marianne Sciucco
*main characters are a senior couple dealing with living with wife's alzheimer's disease
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10.6 What's Your Sign?
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Tina Fey's GR page shows her birthdate as May, 18, 1970, making her share the same animal sign as myself: Dog.
_________________
5.8 The Outer Limits
Fairy Tale Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories by Lisa Scott
_________________
Maria Padian is a GRA
Erica Spindler is a GRA
Marianne Sciucco is a GRA
Lisa Scott is a GRA
Above Tasks: 65
# tasks complete to date: 15
Total Points: 255
GRA: 15
Sandy MN25.9 Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1 - Author's first published book
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
Option 4 - Genre Science Fiction
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout Goodreads Author
Total Points: 295
Total GR Authors: 8
Hana C.
15.5 -- All Fall Down: Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN
Matched by Ally Condie
*Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 185
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
15.5 -- All Fall Down: Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN
Matched by Ally Condie
*Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 185
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 17
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 3: double letters in a word in the title
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
Double B in bubble
H.P. Mallory is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 205
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 15
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Option 3: double letters in a word in the title
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble
Double B in bubble
H.P. Mallory is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 205
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 15
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
BRIAN10.6. What’s Your Sign?
The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer (Goodreads author!)
Meltzer's birthday is 4/1/1970, making him born in the Year of the Dog, same as me.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 110
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 2-0-1 (5)
Angela IL15.1 Bookends
First book in a series: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis
Last in a series: Entwined with You by Sylvia Day (book 4 has not yet been published and was approved in the help thread message 40)
***Both authors are GOODREADS AUTHORS***
Task Total: 15
Total Points: 190
GR Authors this post: 2
GR Authors Claimed: 10
JOLIE20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option #3: Read a book with double letters in the title. Double "P"s in Happiness.
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
Points this post:20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 3
Big books this post: 0
Big books (total): 1 (500+)
Mod
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day
Eve Green by Susan Fletcher
A fletcher is a maker of arrows.
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
option 3 scientist fiction- Don Tillman, professor of genetics
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
option 4 Grand Master Award Winner 1978, only fiction genres
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier
total = 385
5.8 50 years ago - The Outer Limits Angelfall by Susan Ee which has Science fiction on the main page***Susan Ee is a Goodreads Author***
5.10 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy: Cowboy Dad
10.6. What’s Your Sign? Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. I am a dragon and so is Libba Bray as verified on her website. She turned 45 on March 11, 2009 which would make her birthdate: March 11, 1964 making her also a dragon.
http://libbabray.wordpress.com/2009/0...
***Libba Bray is a Goodreads Author***
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise: Nobody's Angel by Kallypso Masters (ebook verification thread #2827) and the main character is a navy vet.
***Kallypso Masters is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 575
Books Read: 45
Tasks Completed: 36
GR Authors: 38
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Suzanne20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors:
Rolled a 1 & 3, Hina and her author was Maya Banks:
Rush by Maya Banks - *** - 10/3/2013
Total Points Earned: 205/1010
Total Pages Read: 7,298 Pages
Total Books Read: 20/80
Good Read Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
Chris MDReposting
10.8 Fall Back
Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck
Historical Fiction is the main genre listed for this book. This book is set in 1914, 46 years before I was born. :-)
Andy P.Task # 25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 3 Read a book with the word "hunter" in the title
Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood
Option 6 Read any book by Elmore Leonard
Touch by Elmore Leonard
Points this post: 25
Total points: 420
Suzanne15.7 -- Spookfest!
Let's gear up for Halloween by reading a book that has "Horror," "Paranormal," or "Supernatural" listed as a genre on its main page.
Face the Fire by Nora Roberts - *** - 10/8/2013
15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
Boy the years go by fast! Read a book that appears on the September 2012, October 2012, or November 2012 Most Popular Books. Required: Indicate which list you used and the position of the book when you post.
Most Popular Books Published In October 2012
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones - **** - 10/6/2013
Total Points Earned: 235/1010
Total Pages Read: 7,976 Pages
Total Books Read: 22/80
Good Read Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
Task 5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For DaddyRead a book with a word for a male relative ex. father, dad, brother, son, uncle, grandfather, etc in the title or subtitle.
son
The Son (2013) by Philipp Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 576 pages)
**** Big Books****The Son (576 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Philipp Meyer
105 + 05 = 110
Tasks Completed: 7
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 105 + 05 = 110
Books read: 9
Pages read: 2,960
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books:
(1) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
MARIA LTask 20.1 Most Improved Player
Option 1 Cozy Mystery read
The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson
Task 20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love
Scrabble!
Option 3: the word "bOOk"
Little Black Book of Murder: A Blackbird Sisters Mystery by Nancy Martin
Total Points Earned: 60/1010
Total Books Read: 3/80
thanks!
p.s. i'm not doing tickets this season...
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day. Profession = Gardner
The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
Jack Reacher is an Ex-Army MP
Without Fail by *Lee Child
*Lee Child is a Goodreads Author*
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 4: Some letters are worth more points, so read a book whose author's name has an J,Q,X or Z in it.
Trial By Fire by *J.A. Jance
*J.A. Jance is a Goodreads Author*
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A.
Option 1 Red - I first read Cold Mountain a few weeks before my Mother died in 2006.
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
B.
1. Orange: Read a book with name of a fruit in title
Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
Points in This Task: 70
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1927
Totals:
Total Points: 390
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 21/58
Total Books Read: 26
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 9569
My ticker isn't moving, hmmm...should be 390 Points.
5.4 – 30 years ago – Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy on the Main Page (51 Users, 10/8/13)
Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block
+5 Points
30.7.Delicious Dee’s task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
My Roll: 2 & 6
Roll 2 – Read a book written by Ellen Hopkins:
Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
Roll 6 – Using one of the following 2 links, read a book by an author “similar” to Ellen Hopkins -I used the Literature Map:
Stephen Chobsky who is also an author new to me.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
+30 Points
Points This Post: 35
Grand Total: 210
20.9 Bucket's Task: Expanding the Classic CanonSuper excited to do my own task! I read Rickshaw Boy by Lao She. Lao She is listed under 20th century Chinese authors.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Goodreads Authors: -
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) A Crown of Swords (3) -
Tea25.8. - Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
2. Black Forest Cake for my dear husband
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
- fantasy on main book page
*** Laini Taylor is GR author ***
4. Strawberry Cheesecake for mum
Untamed by Pamela Clare
- historical romance on main book page
*** Pamela Clare is GR author ***
Points This Post: 25
Total points: 280
Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500 (/), 750 (/), 1000 (1)
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20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option B: Pick a 20 point task with multiple options from either Spring or Summer and work on an option you hadn't chosen the previous round.
I choose Spring 2013 task 20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
In Spring I did option 2
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This time I did Option 3: A book with "Historical Fiction" on its main genre page
Shroud of Dishonour by Maureen Ash
This has Historical Fiction as one of its Genres
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)