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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
STACIE MITask 20.3 - Most Read Authors
I rolled a 4 and a 3.
The 3rd friend on my list is Zakiya the Walking Butterfly and her fourth Most Read Author is Lemony Snicket, so I read:
The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
Points this task: 20
Total points: 255
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5395
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Lauren Marie20.6 Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
1)please read a book by a NEW author that you've never read. Fiction or non-fiction may be used for any option.
REQUIRED: Please state in your post that the author is new to you.
Option A: Read a book set in New York State OR a book that has a skyline on the cover. REQUIRED: If the setting is not clear from the Goodreads description, please tell how it fits the option.
I read Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl. She is a new to me author who was the NY Times Food Critic. The book takes place in New York at all these different restaurants she went to and critiqued with other places in NY as a part of it.
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.
I read Hero at Large by Janet Evanovich.
Janet is a GoodReads Author!
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.7 45 Years Ago--60 Minutes:The Wednesday Sisters by Meg Waite Clayton Title word is Wednesday.
10.7 But I Really Wanted to Read Thant One:
Medicus by Ruth Downie I really enjoyed this one.
15.3 Half and Half:
3. Fits criteria for both.
Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden
Today's Total: 30
Grand Total: 375
Hana C.
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 1 and a 5
Roll 1: read a book that Ms Anderson has rated 4 or 5 stars
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner
Ms Anderson gave this book 5/5, and Jacqueline Rayner is a new to me author.
Roll 5: Read a book that has poetry, sociology, or young adult as a genre listed on its Goodreads main page.
Crossed by Ally Condie
This book has Young adult listed on it's main page.
*Ally Condie is a Goodreads author.
points this post: 30
Total Points Earned: 215
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 1 and a 5
Roll 1: read a book that Ms Anderson has rated 4 or 5 stars
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner
Ms Anderson gave this book 5/5, and Jacqueline Rayner is a new to me author.
Roll 5: Read a book that has poetry, sociology, or young adult as a genre listed on its Goodreads main page.
Crossed by Ally Condie
This book has Young adult listed on it's main page.
*Ally Condie is a Goodreads author.
points this post: 30
Total Points Earned: 215
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 18
Sheila30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1 –
Fundraising the Dead by Sheila Connolly - name SheilaAND
Option 2 – ancestors country is England,
The Last Temptation by Val McDermid This series of books is set in England. The write up doesn't specifically say that but it is shelved under British LiteratureTotal Points = 745
Repost of 25.7 – Bamaace83’s task: Football Kick-off Fun!Option 2: -
The Jaguar by T. Jefferson Parker - The Jacksonville JaguarsAND
Option 4: -
The Grilling Season by Diane Mott DavidsonTotal Points = 770
Amy D.10.2 Far, Far Away.
Read a book set in space, on a planet other than Earth or in a country other than the one in which you currently live.
The Color of Rain by Cori McCarthy (In space)
10.5. Found in Translation
Read a book that was translated from the language in which it was originally published.
Orange by Benjamin (ZHANG Bin 本杰明)
Published in Japanese, read in English.
15.5 - All Fall Down
Words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN and/or FALL. Letters may be in any order and may be used more than once.
To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt (Goodreads Author)
15.7 - Spookfest!
"Horror," "Paranormal," or "Supernatural" listed as a genre on its main page.
Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan (Goodreads Author)
15.10 - Free for Fall
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 2 - Set in a country where Arabic or Persian is one of the official languages.
Hostage Three by Nick Lake(Goodreads Author)
Set in Somalia. (This was an advance reader copy.)
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.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option B - One Book with 3 alphabetically sequential letters (in any order) in title AND author.
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black (Goodreads Author)
Title: C,D,E Author: A,B,C (419 pages)
Points: 130
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 8
GA Tickets: 5
BB Tickets: 0
Kristi CO20.8 We Love Scrabble!
Option 4: Author's name has an J, Q, X or Z
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
Max Brooks is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein by Susan G. Rubin
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 11
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Books:500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 12
Goodreads Author: 8
Big Books:500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Sandy MN10.8 Fall Back
Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt
This is set in the early 18th century
Goodreads Author
Total Points: 305
Total GR Authors: 9
15.2 -- Day and Night
➥Read a book with an obvious daytime scene on the cover.
by Charlotte Bronte
AND
➥ Read a book with an obvious nighttime scene on the cover.
by Shirley Jackson
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
➥Roll 1 – Ms Anderson has rated all of Ellen Hopkins books either 4 or 5 stars – read a book that Ms Anderson has rated 4 or 5 stars. Ms Anderson's "read" shelf
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami <-- i have never heard or read anything by Koushun Takami ***Claiming Big Book Ticket***
➥Roll 5 - Read a book that has poetry, sociology, or young adult as a genre listed on its Goodreads main page.
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe ***Claiming Big Book Ticket***
Points this task:45
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 24
Goodreads authors:4
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
➥Read a book with an obvious daytime scene on the cover.
by Charlotte BronteAND
➥ Read a book with an obvious nighttime scene on the cover.
by Shirley Jackson30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
➥Roll 1 – Ms Anderson has rated all of Ellen Hopkins books either 4 or 5 stars – read a book that Ms Anderson has rated 4 or 5 stars. Ms Anderson's "read" shelf
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami <-- i have never heard or read anything by Koushun Takami ***Claiming Big Book Ticket***
➥Roll 5 - Read a book that has poetry, sociology, or young adult as a genre listed on its Goodreads main page.
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe ***Claiming Big Book Ticket***
Points this task:45
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 24
Goodreads authors:4
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
25.10 Autumn in the South:Option 1: Seeing STARS (256 pages) by Vanessa Grant which has the word "stars" in the title
***Vanessa Grant is a Goodreads Author***
Option 2: BACK in Bliss Nights in Bliss, Colorado 9 (284 pages) by Sophie Oak which has "back" in the title
***Sophie Oak is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 600
Books Read: 47
Tasks Completed: 37
GR Authors: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Jenn IL25.6 Sandy's Task: General Education
Option 1. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Has Science has a genre on its main page
***Mary Roach is a Goodreads Author***
Option 2. Her: A Memoir by Christa Parravani
Memoir is a genre on the main page
Total Points: 85
Task Completed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
MAI15.7 -- Spookfest!
Book with genre "Horror"
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
MB 15.1 Bookends - 1st of a series Forged by Greed pages 420last in the series Endure pages 262
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 10
Total Pages: 3888
Coralie5.9 The Rifleman
Horse on cover (somewhat blurred but approved in help thread)
5.10 Make Room for Daddy
Male relative in title – brother
Little Brother
15.7 Spookfest!
Horror genre
Metamorphosis And Other Stories
Total points 205
Delicious Dee10.3. The Waiting is Over
Cartwheel: A Novel - found on the list: Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2013 Book Preview under October
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 405
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Post #1430.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
4)Into the Hollow by Karina Halle
Snow!5)The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Mystery on main page
Karina Halle is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 220
GR authors: 11
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 14
Lacy Stewart20.2 - School time
Option 3: Frankenstein
25.8 - A quarter of baking classes
Option 2: Night Play
"Fantasy" 9/1/2013
Option 4: Rock Chick Rescue
"chick-lit" 9/1/2013
points this post: 45
total points: 220
STACIE MITask 15.9 - Off to College
I read a book of the 2010 Education Matters List:
Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esmé Raji Codell
Points this task: 15
Total points: 270
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5611
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.4 Author! Author!I chose Option 2 and read Burning Angel by James Lee Burke. This is #8 in the Dave Robicheaux Series, although this particular book wasn't one of my favorites, I do like the series.
25.6 General Education
1) Science and Math - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach which has Science on the main page.
5) Social Sciences - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson which has Sociology on the main page.
Mary Roach is a GR author
Isabel Wilkerson is a GR author
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration is a Big Book at 622 pages.
Post Total: 45
Grand Total: 135
BEKKA - 5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in CincinnatiFor this task, I read “
” by Susan Wittig Albert, since it has an owl on the cover (a living thing that can fly). Also, Susan Wittig Albert is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 95
Pages Read this Challenge: 269
Total Pages Read to Date: 2531
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Task #25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking CakesOption 2
Ours to Love by Shayla Black (GR Author)
Read a book with the word "BLACK" in the title/subtitle/author name - author's last name is Black
Option 4
Worth Any Price by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author)
"Historical Romance" as a genre on main page
Points this Post = 25
Totals:
Total Points: 400/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 26
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 28
Total Books Read: 35
Nick KY10.5 Found in Translation. I read In The Labyrinth by Alain Robbe-Grillet , translated from French to English.
15.5 All Fall Down. I read A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. The first letter of all words in the title can be found in AuTumnFAll.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 350
Big Books: 500+ (2)
Jessica PDX25.3 - Kate S's Task - Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 2 - Winner of the fiction Pulitzer in 1980
by Norman MailerOption 5 - #6 on the list
by George OrwellPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 290
Candace20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1 - Genre "Cozy Mystery" on the book's main page.
The Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
This post: 20
Total to date: 125 points
Angela IL25.4 Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!
Option A: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris-book number 7 in the series
Option B: Stupid and Contagious by Caprice Crane (first published in May 2006)
***CAPRICE CRANE is a GR AUTHOR***
30.7 Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 1 and 4:
1: From Ms Anderson's shelf
Smack by Melvin Burgess
She rated it a 5 star book
4: From a friend Lynn's shelf (hope the link works) https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's
Prison by Piper Kerman
Lynn rated it a 4 star book
BOTH AUTHORS ARE NEW TO ME
Tasks Total: 55
Total Points: 260
Total GR Authors claimed: 13
LAUREL CATask 5.4 Dungeons & Dragons: Read a book with Fantasy on its main page.
I read The Hobbit
Previous points: 45
Task value: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books claimed: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Total points earned: 50
20.6 Only in New YorkThe Virgin Cure by Ami McKay - option 1 , set in New York and McKay is a new author to me.
Task points 20
Total points 250
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For DaddyDoes This Baby Make Me Look Straight?: Confessions of a Gay Dad.
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Jessica Day George is a goodreads author.
15.7 Spookfest!
Like Fire Through Bone. E.E. Ottoman is a goodreads author. This book has the genre "paranormal" on its main page.
15.10 -- Free for Fall
The Crow: Curare
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
I did option 2, and read The Lost Prince which is fifth in it's series (it's also one in the spinoff, but both are listed: https://www.goodreads.com/series/4732...). Julie Kagawa is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 115
Books read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 15.6 - The Far East
I read a book set in Japan:
Kazunomiya: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan, 1858 by Kathryn Lasky
Points this task: 15
Total points: 285
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5771
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Tea15.1. - Bookends
First in series
Tangled by Emma Chase
*** Emma Chase is GR author ***
Last in series
What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris
- 8th book in Sebastian St. Cyr series
- next books in series has expected publish date in 2014
*** C.S. Harris is GR author ***
Points This Post: 15
Total points: 300
Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500 (/), 750 (/), 1000 (1)
AlexisTask 10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day.
Sin City, Vol. 5: Family Values by Frank Miller
Task 10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Catwoman, Vol. 1: The Dark End of the Street
by Ed BrubakerThis post: 20 points
Total to Date = 160 points
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 1000+(1)
Tasks completed: 9
15.2 -- Day and Night1. Island Girls by Nancy Thayer
2. Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
GR authors: 11
Suzanne15.2 -- Day and Night
Read a book with an obvious daytime scene on the cover AND read a book with an obvious nighttime scene on the cover.
Daytime Book: The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings - ***** - 9/6/2013
Nighttime Book: Full Moon Rising by Keri Arthur - *** - 10/11/2013
Total Points Earned: 250/1010
Total Pages Read: 8668 Pages
Total Books Read: 24/80
Good Read Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
AlexisTask 20.10. Group Reads
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
My comment is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 180 points
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 1000+(1)
Tasks completed: 10
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!The Last Original Wife by Dorothea Benton Frank
Dorothea Benton Frank is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 310
GR authors: 12
Task 10.4 Back by Request - Labor Day. Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession - I read Lilith's Brood: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago by Octavia Butler. At 746 pages, it's a big book for 1 ticket.
Task 15.2 Day and Night - My daytime cover was
and for the nighttime cover I read
Task 20.1 A Cozy Read - I read Cathy Pickens' Can't Never Tell, which has Mystery-Cozy Mystery on its main page
Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York! Option B: For this option, read a book where the main character is a librarian OR a book that has one or more books on the cover. I read
which is by and about a librarian, AND it has books on the cover! Josh Hanagarne is a new author for me, and is a GoodReads Author.Task 30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It - Option 4 - Aspen Leaf: Read a book that has snow on the cover. I read
and Option 5 - Ivy Leaf: Read a mystery that you have been "itching" to read. Before I Go To Sleep which has Mystery on its main page.
Points this post - 75
Point previous - 130
Total - 205
Big Book tickets - 2 (1 from previous, one from this)
GoodReads Authors - 2 (1 from previous, one from this)
BRIAN20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option C - main character is an athlete
One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title by John Florio (Goodreads author!)
This is my first book by John Florio, a a biography about the boxing brothers, Leon and Michael Spinks.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 2-0-1 (5)
Delicious Dee5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
The Chosen - Annette Gisby (GR Author) - as of 11 Oct, 47 ratings and 18 reviews
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 410
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Janice CA30.3 Take it or "Leave" It....
Option 2: I read a book which has been on my TBR list since 6/1/2012.
Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir by Kambri Crews
***Kambri Crews is a Goodreads author***
and
Option 4: Snow on the cover
Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda
+30
total: 115
tasks: 8
books: 9
GR authors: 1
Task #30.1 -- Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!I rolled a 1 and a 6 for this challenge.
Die #1: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
I read her Attachments in July this year.
Die #6: Since this was a "choose any option", I chose Option #3 for this. I read Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman for this.
The edition I read is The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale. Book 1 is 161 pages of the 296 page book.
I read a Sequential Art book for this challenge because Ms. Anderson mentions in her challenge that it is open to sequential art/graphic novels.
Points this post: 30
Total to date: 95
GR author tickets to date: 1
BABBLING C20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
2 - The Series: 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.
Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall (403 pgs) - #4 in the Immortal Guardians series
**** Dianne Duvall is a GRA ****
THIS POST
Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 195
Completed Tasks: 11
Good Read Authors: 7
Big Books: 0
******
Pages read this season: 3,762
Books read this season: 12
******
Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
➥Option 2: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word "COZY".
The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa (Y,O)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 25
Goodreads authors:4
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
➥Option 2: Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word "COZY".
The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa (Y,O)
Points this task: 20
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 25
Goodreads authors:4
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Chris MD10.2 Far, Far Away
The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley
I live in the United States; this book is set in Uyghur region of westernmost China.
10.4 Back by Request-Labor Day
The Grey King by Susan Cooper, who is a GR author
A cooper is a person who makes barrels.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The MMP has 165 pages.
10.10 In Honor of Veterans
When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple, edited by Sandra Martz
All of the poems and stories are about old women. This book was approved in message 27 of the Help Thread.
20.5 The Pumpkin State
Option 2: Nonfiction book about home/holiday decorating, entertaining, and/or cooking
Tried & True Thanksgiving & Christmas: Top 200 Recipesby Theresa Cahn-Tober
This book is 287 pages long. It was approved in message 18 of the Help Thread.
25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option B: Book is more than 400 pages and meets the requirements in both the title and author's name.
Defending Jacob by William Landay, who is a GR author
Length: 448 pages (trade paperback - I listened to audio version)
Title: A-B-C
Author: L-M-N
25.5 One or More
girl/girls
The Girl Who Chased The Moon by Sarah Addison Allen, who is a GR author
I listened to the audio version of this book; the paperback has 292 pages.
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian, who is a GR author
I listened to the audio version of this book; the paperback has 299 pages.
Points for this post: 10 + 10 + 10 + 20 + 25 + 25 = 100
Total points: 100 + 120 = 220
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 17
Goodreads authors: 4 + 5 = 9
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Susan A10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
A Marked Man by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
MC is a military veteran approved in post 41
Sandrine Gasq-Dion is a goodreads author
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
Rolled 4 and 3 on dice
Roll 3 - Read a book whose author's initials appear in MS ANDERSON.
Hell Dogs Squadron by A.R. Moler
A R M appear in MS ANDERSON
This book approved for length in post 2845
AR Moler is a new to me author
AR Moler is a goodreads author
Roll 4 - read a book that was rated 4 or 5 stars by a Goodreads friend who you have never met
I have never met my goodreads friend and BINGO teammate Shelby
The Druid Stone by Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane
Shelby rated this book 4 stars https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
approved for length in post 2810
Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane are new to me authors.
Heidi Belleau and Violetta Vane are goodreads authors -- will claim one goodreads author for this book
Points this post: 10 + 30 = 40
Total points: 410
Books read: 32
Goodreads authors: 29
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 24
10.3-The Waiting is OverVampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell
This book was on the "Most Anticipated Books of 2013" list, under the month of February
20.7-What Would I Read If I Had More Time?
I chose Option A and completed a task I didn't complete in Spring 2013, 20.1-Again! Again! The task asked us to read a book that had a word in the title in common with a word in one of the listed books. One of the books was Say What? So I read
What Do Women Want? Adventures in the Science of Female Desire by Daniel Bergner
20.8-We Love Scrabble
Option 4: a book whose author's name has J, Q, Z, or Z in it
Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know by Alexandra Horowitz
Total Books Read:3
Total Challenges Completed:3
Total Pages Read:833
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points:50
30.3Option 2
Slammerkin
Added to my shelf Jan. 2011
Option 3
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
Author is from Canada
Big book ticket for Blind Assassin.....641 pages
2 Goodreads author tickets, one per book
This task 30 points
Total points 180
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15.10 -- Free for Fall
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
HOH is a Big Book at 594 pgs
Points this task: 15
Challenge total: 65
Big Book Tickets: 1