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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Rudy5.2 10 Years Ago Two and Half Men
Second Honeymoon byJames Patterson 2nd book in the Honeymoon series
10.9 Put On Your Hat- It's Getting Cold Outside
bySarah StrohmeyerPoints-15
Task-2
Books read-2
25.4. Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!option B : published 2006
Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston
option C:
by R.L. MathewsonR.L.Mathewson is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Sarah M5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Son Of The Tree
I highly doubt it's going to get over 1,000 ratings anytime soon, but I'll post the current amount right now anyway which is a measly 64.
Points Earned This post: 5
Total Points: 5
Lacy Stewart10.2 - Far, Far Away: Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Setting: England
Me: U.S.A.
Total Points = 10
Sandy MN20.1 Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1 - Cozy Mystery
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline WinspearGoodreads Author
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 4
The Twelve by Justin Cronin Big Book 568 pages
Total Points: 60
Total GR Authors: 2
Total Big Books: (1)500;(0)750;(0)1000
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Perfectly Correct
95 ratings
Philippa Gregory is a Goodreads author
Total Points this Post: 5
Total Points in Challenge: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Perfectly Correct
95 ratings
Philippa Gregory is a Goodreads author
Total Points this Post: 5
Total Points in Challenge: 10
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Sheila5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
The Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise.
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness by Daniel G. Amen15.5 -- All Fall Down
A Morning for FlamingosTotal Points = 60
Tea10.3. - The Waiting is Over
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Book was mentioned in Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2013 under review of Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam: A Novel
*** Margaret Atwood is GR author ***
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
Delicious Dee10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives - 6 ppl have it shelved as self help
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Janice CA10.2 Far, Far Away....
My home country: USA
Book setting: Romania
Along the Enchanted Way: A Story of Love and Life in Romania by William Blacker
+10
total: 10
tasks: 1
books: 1
Task 5.4 - Dungeons and DragonsThe Tiny Wife by Andrew Kaufman
I read a Kindle edition. Paperback editions of this book are between 80-100 pages.
Andrew Kaufman is a Goodreads author
Points this post = 5
Total points = 30
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 1
Hana C.
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day: Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession.
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 30
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day: Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession.
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
points this post: 10
Total Points Earned: 30
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
BABBLING C20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled a 4 and a 3.
4th GR friend -- Sandra
3rd Most Read Author -- Georgette Heyer
Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer (314 pgs)
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 2
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 594
Books read this season: 2
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
MAI25.2 - Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
A. Two book option
Book 1: Title contains 3 sequential letters: N - O - P
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
Book 2: Author's name has 3 sequential letters: R - S - T
Rough Diamond by Kathryn Ledson
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 0
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary ArtA. The Primary Colors:
2. Yellow: Read a book by an author with a "y" in his/her name.
by Kendall GreyB. The Secondary Colors: (Choose one)
1. Orange: Read a book with a picture of a fruit or the name of a fruit in the title .
by Thomas AmoPoints this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lindy-Lanetask 15.10 Free for Fall!
book of your choice:
And One to Die On by Jane HaddamPoints this post: 15
Total points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 2
15.3 - Half and HalfI chose the one book option - the author's first name begins with the first letter of the alphabet and her last name begins with the last letter:
The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi **Goodreads Author**
Total points 15
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season122 Ratings
Savage Autumn by Constance O'Bryan
15.3 Half and Half
Cynthia Wright qualifies for one book.
Silver Storm by Cynthia Wright
Cynthia Wright is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Author: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
AlexisTask 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
B. One book option. Shadows Over Baker Street (RST) edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan (NOP)
Authorized by Andy: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
This post: 25points
Total to Date = 25 points
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Suzanne5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
Read a book that has won a literary award. The book must have received the award, not the author for a body of work. This list may help Goodreads Awards page. Required: Name the award the book won if it does not appear on the Goodreads book main page and provide an external reference
Lover Mine by J.R. Ward - *** - 9/5/2013
Literary awards:
Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) Nominee for Vampire Romance (2010), Goodreads Choice for Romance (2010)
Total Points Earned: 25/1010
Total Pages Read: 1,675 Pages
Total Books Read: 4/80
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Sheila10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day.
Chromosome 6 by Robin CookAND
10.6. What’s Your Sign?
Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark - December 24, 1927 - Year of the Rabbit02/02/1927-01/22/1928 We share the Zodiac sign of the Rabbit
Total Points = 80
Angela IL5.6-40 Years Ago-Last Summer Wine
On Dublin Streetby Samantha Young-9/6/13
Book set in Scotland
***Goodreads Author***
Points this task:5
Total Points: 15/1010
Tasks Completed: 2/
Books Read: 2/
Pages Read: 790
Goodreads Authors*: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BABBLING C20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1 -- Read a book with the genre "Cozy Mystery" on the main page.
A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton (288 pgs) -- "Mystery > Cozy Mystery" is listed on the main page
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 55
Completed Tasks: 3
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 882
Books read this season: 3
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
I read all of the books included in this post in an omnibus edition: The Diary of a Provincial Lady
I have recorded the page numbers under each individual book.
Task 5.2 - Two and a Half Men
The Provincial Lady in London by E.M. Delafield
#2 in series
pages 129-275 of omnibus edition, i.e. 146 pages
Task 15.1 - Bookends
Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
#1 in series
pages 1-128 of omnibus edition, i.e. 128 pages
The Provincial Lady in Wartime by E.M. Delafield
#4 and last in series
pages 393-562 of omnibus edition, i.e. 169 pages
Points this post = 20
Total points = 50
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 1
20.8 - WE LOVE SCRABBLEOPTION 6 - TWO LETTER WORD - OF - Winter of the World by Ken Follett.
Ken Follett is a Goodreads Author.
Winter of the World is a Big Book at 940 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 20
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 1
BIG BOOKS - 2
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons I read The Golem and the Jinni. This book has Fantasy on its main page and was approved on the Help thread. Helene Wecker is a ***********Goodreads Author***********
Points: 5
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
GR authors: 1
pages read:486
10.8 Fall Back: I read Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas which has "Historical Fiction" on the main page and is set in Regency England
***Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 5. 2013 A New Season
Read a book that has less than 1000 ratings
Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda. Approved in help thread message 2 & 21.
790 ratings as of 8/27
Points this task: 5
Total points: 55
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise: I read Curly Girl: More Than Just Hair...It's an Attitude which has "Self-help" on the main pageTotal Points this Post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Theresa~OctoberLace20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory 9/6/13
Option 3 - Double letters in the title - "ss" in Princess
544 pgs claiming Big Book ticket
Philippa Gregory is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 35 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 1
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Love Overdue
--(currently has 116 ratings)
15.3 -- Half and Half
A Brisket, a Casket by Delia Rosen
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
option 1:
Last Puzzle and Testament
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
Love Overdue
--(currently has 116 ratings)
15.3 -- Half and Half
A Brisket, a Casket by Delia Rosen
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
option 1:
Last Puzzle and Testament
Points this post: 40
Total points: 40
BRIAN20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1 - A seven letter word in the title
The Third Kingdom by Terry Goodkind (Goodreads author!)
Kingdom is 7 letters long
At 527 pages, this is also a Big Book!
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Books read: 1
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1-0-0
25.2 Love that alphabetOption B one book 409 pages
Night Shift
*G-H-I
Stephen King
*G-H-I
This task 25 points
Total points 25
BEKKA - 15.3 -- Half and Half 1st Book: For this task I read “
” by Jasper Fforde, since his first name begins with a letter in the first half of the alphabet. 2nd Book: For this task, I read “
” by Tobias Wolff, since his last name begins with a letter in the last half of the alphabet. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 15
Pages Read this Challenge: 484
Total Pages Read to Date: 484
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Coralie5.1 2013 A New Season
Less than 1000 ratings
The Harp and the Shadow - 131 ratings
10.8 Fall Back
‘Historical’ book set (and written) before my birth
The Moon And Sixpence
Total points 15
YANIV5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Read a book set in the United Kingdom.
Before I Go To Sleep 07/09/2013
(The story is set in London, England)
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Read an anthology.
Suddenly a Knock on the Door 05/09/2013
15.3 -- Half and Half
Read one book that fits both criteria.
The Solitude of the Mind Reader 27/09/2013
(book by Dalit Orbach)
10.8. Fall Back
Read a book that is about a time period before you were born. ("I have not seen happy soldiers" is set in the Yom Kippur war (Israel, 1973)
לא ראיתי חיילים שמחים 07/10/2013
10.5. Found in Translation
Read a book that was translated from the language in which it was originally published ("Jeder stirbt für sich allein" is translated from German to English into the name of "Every Man Dies Alone")
Every Man Dies Alone 11/11/2013
20.8. It's My Birthday : We Love Scrabble!
Option 3: read a book with double letters in a word in the title.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie 29/11/2013
15.10.Free for Fall!
Read Any book.
Trumpet in the Wadi 16/12/2013
Total Points:80
15.4 -- Inside OutSelection approved in post #41 of help thread
Option B - 1 book option
Catch as Cat Can (cat/catch) by Rita Mae Brown
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
Rolled a 1 and 5
John Green is new to me.
Roll 1: Ms. Anderson rated The Fault in Our Stars by *John Green 5 Stars
*John Green is a Goodreads Author*
Roll 5: Genre is listed Poetry
The Love Poems of Elizabeth And Robert Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Points in This Task: 45
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 915
Totals:
Total Points: 95
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 5/58
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 1962
Tea15.4. - Inside Out
Option B
Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams
Book is first in A Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery.
pie from series name is part of pies in title
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
Sheila5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Orchid Blues by Stuart Woods5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
A Place Of Execution by Val McDermidThis book won lots of awards
Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel (2000), Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel (2001), Anthony Award for Best Novel (2001), Dilys Award (2001), Los Angeles Times Book Prize (2000)
Edgar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2001)
Total Points = 90
15.7 -- Spookfest!
The Small Hand
Horror and paranormal genres
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
The Small Hand
Horror and paranormal genres
Total Points this Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
5.1 2013 A New Season:The Civil War in 50 Objects by Harold Holzer. When I selected this book on 8/17 it had 22 ratings. (If you enjoy history it deserves more.)
5.4 30 years ago--Dungeons & Dragons:
Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) by Hugh Howey Loved this dystopian book!
Today's total: 10
Grand total: 20
Task 20.3 - Most Read AuthorsBefore I Fall by Lauren Oliver
I rolled 3 and 5. The 5th friend on my list was Trisha. Her 3rd author was Lauren Oliver.
Lauren Oliver is a Goodreads author
Task 20.4 - Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: The Provincial Lady in America by E.M. Delafield
#3 in series. I don't read many series but I did enjoy this one.
Pages 277-392 of omnibus edition, i.e. 115 pages
Link to omnibus edition: The Diary of a Provincial Lady
Task 20.7 - What I Would Read If I Had More Time
I didn't do the spring or summer challenges at all.
I picked task 20.7 from Spring 2013, "Have Passport Will Travel"
option 2, a book whose title specifically mentions a major city:
Slavery and Society at Rome by Keith Bradley
Points this post = 60
Total points = 110
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 2
5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men:Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2)
R.L. LaFevers is a Goodreads author.
Today's total: 5
Grand total: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
20.10. Group ReadsCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Michelle Moran is a Goodreads author.
Post #5 in discussion thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
GR authors: 1
15.3 — Half and HalfOne book that fits both criteria: E and S
13, rue Thérèse by Elena Mauli Shapiro
+15 Points
Grand Total: 40
Theresa~OctoberLace15.3 -- Half and Half
The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi 9/7/13
One book that fits both criteria - Author's first name is Atiq (begins with A-M) and last name is Rahimi (begins with N-Z).
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 50 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 1
Hana C.
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1
Read a book with the genre "Cozy Mystery" on the main page.
The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
points this post: 20
Total Points Earned: 50
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1
Read a book with the genre "Cozy Mystery" on the main page.
The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee
points this post: 20
Total Points Earned: 50
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
Readerboard Name: Barbara★10.8 - Fall Back -- Rebel - Zoe Archer♥ 9/7
(Archer takes readers to the Canadian frontier of 1875 - I was born in 1967)
***Claiming Goodreads Author***
15.3 - Half and Half -- The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1) - Mary Stewart 9/4
(fits both criteria - Mary (first A-M), Stewart (last N-Z))
***Claiming Big Book Ticket- 527 pages***
20.4 -- Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled - Dorothy Gilman 9/2
(option 4: 2010 winner of Grand Master Award)
Link if needed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_...
Points Earned This Post: 45
Points Achieved to Date: 45
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Janice CA15.4 -- Inside Out
option B:
word(s): animal/animals
The Compassion of Animals: True Stories of Animal Courage and Kindness by Kristin von Kreisler
+15
total: 25
tasks: 2
books: 2
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20.8 We Love Scrabble!
Option 5: Book with a red cover
369 pages
Task points = 20
Challenge points = 20