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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Oma12295.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
by Gloria WhelanRead a book with a living thing that can fly on the cover- i.e. a bird, insect, animal, or person with wings or magical abilities.
Book approved in message 27 on Help Thread
10.6. What’s Your Sign?
Read a book by an author who shares your animal sign.
I'm Not Who You Think I Am by Peg Kehret
REQUIRED: The author and I share the sign of the Rat. The author's birthdate is November 11,1936
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 chose Option B
I claimed points for Task 20.5- Option 1-Spring
Link to Spring Challenge http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
For this task I will use
Task 20.5-Option 3 A book with "Historical Fiction" on its main genre page
The Discovery by Dan Walsh
Claiming Dan Walsh as a Goodreads Author
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
B. One Book Option
Read one book that fulfills both the title and author requirements and is at least 400 pages long
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Book Title- G-H-I
Author- G-H-I
The book has 455 pages
Totals:
Total Points:60/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:4
Total Books Read:
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 1175
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise. I read Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: "No Retreat, No Surrender!". This book was approved on the help thread.
Points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
GR Authors: 1
Pages Read: 800
15.3 Half and HalfHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling J and R approved in help thread.
Total points: 15
Angela IL10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself by David McRaney
Listed as self-help by 23 users on the main page
Points this Task:10
Total Points: 25/1010
Tasks Completed: 3/
Books Read: 3/
Pages Read: 1064
Goodreads Authors*: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.7 Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson...and Ellen HopkinsI rolled double 6's!!!
Book 1: I used the literature map and found Jennifer Brown.
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Book 2: I used the Goodreads - Authors Like Ellen Hopkins list and found Jo Knowles.
See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
Jo Knowles is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Task #5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in CincinnatiAngels' Flight by Nalini Singh (GR Author) person with wings on cover
Points this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 5/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Lacy Stewart5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Points this post - 5
Total Points = 15
15.3 -- Half and HalfLe miroir de Cassandre by Bernard Werber
640 pgs claiming Big Book ticket
One book that fits both criteria - Author's first name begins with A-M and last name begins with N-Z
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 15 points
KAREN F15.8 Same Time Last Year
Trapped by Kevin Hearne
#36 on the November 2012 list
**Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author**
20.8 We Love Scrabble
Option 4: Venom by Jennifer Estep
J in author's name.
**Jennifer Estep is a Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Jessica PDX30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task - I'm Sorry Dee!
I rolled a 5 and a 4.
5 - Title longer than five words
by Agatha Christie4 - Humor genre
by Terry PratchettPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 75
15.4 - Inside OutI chose the one book option.
A word in the series title - 'ANNE of Green Gables' - is found intact in a word in the title - 'ANNE'S'
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery
Total points 30
15.1 -- Bookends Omens Cainsville #1 by Kelley Armstrong
Magic Rises Kate Daniels #6 by Ilona Andrews
Ilona Andrews is a GR Author
Kelley Armstrong is a GR Author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 20
GR authors: 2
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 2
JACKIE NC20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1:
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
7-letter word: Library
Chris Grabenstein is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets:
10.3. The Waiting is OverOn both lists:
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
+10 Points
Grand Total: 50
Lacy Stewart5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Faking It by Cora Carmack
Points this post - 5
Total Points = 15
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise. My Brother Sam Is Dead Main Character fought in the revolutionary war15.1 – Bookends Sprinkle with Murder (1st in series) and Going, Going, Ganache (most Recent published book #5)
Jenn McKinlay is a goodreads author so claim 2 more goodreads author tickets
15.5 -- All Fall Down Apple Turnover Murder (Letters ATM from Autumn)
Total Points Earned: 50/1010
Total Pages Read: 1796/27225
Total Books Read: 6/80
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Task #30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!Dice Rolled: 4 & 6
Option 4
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton (GR Author) Humor on main page
Option 6 → Option 1
Breaking Point by Pamela Clare (GR Author) discovered author in April 2013
Points this post = 30
Total Points: 35/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: Summer Challenge - I didn't take part in this challenge
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 1: New to you author who's initials are in your readerboard name - Pigletto
The Little Village School by Gervase Phinn
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Option A: Summer Challenge - I didn't take part in this challenge
20.4 - Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
Option 1: New to you author who's initials are in your readerboard name - Pigletto
The Little Village School by Gervase Phinn
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to RiseRead a book with self-help listed as a genre on the book’s main page.
Team Clean: The Ultimate Family Clean-Up-The-House Formula by Carol Paul
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10/1010
Total books: 1/79
Jenn IL5.6 40 years ago-Last of the Summer Wine
Bookends by Jane Green
This book is set in England.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
FANDURY20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
Having only 3 friends added on Goodreads I had to roll 3 times, as my first two rolls (4/6 and 5/5) could not be used. I ended with a 2/2 roll and stuck with this.
So I read a book by the second most read author of my friend Gregor Xane, Stephen King.
The Long Walk by Stephen King
My choice of Stephen King was approved in the help thread in post 35
25.4. Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!
Option A: Read a book with the number seven in the title
The Seven Whistlers by Amber Benson
Amber Benson is a Goodreads Author
Option B: Read a book that was first published in 2006
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
This book was first published in 2006.
The paperback version of this book has 719 pages, so I claim a big book ticket.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.1 - I'M SORRY DEE!I rolled a 1 and a 3.
OPTION 1 - Victoria Rebels by Carolyn Meyer. I just became acquainted with this author last month.
OPTION 3 - Voyage of the Sea Wolf by Eve Bunting whose first name has 3 letters.
Carolyn Meyer is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 50
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 2
BIG BOOKS - 2
Task 10.10 - VeteransMrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Main character Mrs Palfrey is well over 60 (she considers somebody of 60 to be young)
Task 15.7 - Spookfest
Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart
Paranormal listed as a genre
Task 15.8 - Same Time Last Year
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
#51 on September 2012 list
Task 20.8 - We Love Scrabble
Option 6: Out In The Army: My Life As A Gay Soldier by James Wharton
Two letter word "in" in title
Points this post = 60
Total points = 170
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 2
Repost # 123 I am taking the 10 point task and subing it for the 5 point task5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy My Brother Sam Is Dead Brother in title
15.1 – Bookends Sprinkle with Murder (1st in series) and Going, Going, Ganache (most Recent published book #5)
Jenn McKinlay is a goodreads author so claim 2 more goodreads author tickets
15.5 -- All Fall Down Apple Turnover Murder (Letters ATM from Autumn)
Total Points Earned: 45/1010
Total Pages Read: 1796/27262
Total Books Read: 6/80
Good Read Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
5.1 A New SeasonWalk Your Butt Off!: Go from Sedentary to Slim in 12 Weeks with This Breakthrough Walking Plan by Sarah Lorge Butler
There are only 8 ratings so far!
15.7 Spookfest!
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman*GRA*
(Horror)
15.9 Off to College
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
It's on the 1997 Summer Reading list.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
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I read Give Me Everything You Have: On Being Stalked. This appeared in the February section of the Most Anticipated Books of 2013.
10.5. Found in Translation.
I read Hardboiled and Hard Luck, written in Japanese and translated into English, the language in which I read it.
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
I read Major Pettigrew's Last Stand. Major Pettigrew qualifies on both criteria - he was a British army veteran and was 68 years old.
Total points: 30
20.8 We Love ScrabbleI chose Option 5 and read
by Laurent BinetThe book was approved in the help thread.
Post Total: 20
Grand Total: 20
20.3 - Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read AuthorsLight Thickens by Ngaio Marsh
I rolled a 6 and a 5. 6th friend: Laurie Martin, her 5th most read author as of 9/3/13: Ngaio Marsh
20.10 - Group Read
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
commented in the discussion thread - message 9
25.2 - Andy P's task: Love That Alphabet
Option B: The Judas Strain (R-S-T-U) by James Rollins (L-M-N-O) ~ 543 pages
one book that fulfills both the title and author requirements and is at least 400 pages long
Points this post: 65
Season Total: 65
15.8 - Same Time Last YearThis book was #65 on the September 2012 list
Frozen Heat by Richard Castle
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
LAUREL CATASK: 5.3 Frasier
Pulitzer Prize Winner 1961, listed on main page
To Kill a Mockingbird
5 points
0 Big Books
Total Points: 5
5.3 - 20 years ago - FrasierA Long Way From Chicago: A Novel in Stories by Richard Peck, Newbery Honor book 1999
15.7 -- Spookfest!
The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Delicious Dee10.5. Found in Translation
Eva's Eye: An Inspector Sejer Mystery - originally written in Norweigen, I read it in english
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 35
Goodreads Authors: 1
Tea5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
by J.R. Ward- cover approved here
20.4. - Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2 - The Series
Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris
Book is part (6th) in one of mine favorite series Sebastian St. Cyr
*** C.S. Harris is GR author ***
Points This Post: 25
Total points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: /
Task 5.3 - FrasierStormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2004), South Carolina Book Award for Junior Book Award (2005), Iowa Teen Award (2005)
Task 15.4 - Inside Out
Option B: Raven's Gate by Anthony Horowitz
(Gate in title and Gatekeepers in series name)
Points this post = 20
Total points = 190
Big Books = 0
Goodreads Authors = 2
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1: cosy mystery
Fudge Cupcake Murder
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Option 1: cosy mystery
Fudge Cupcake Murder
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Task #5.1 - 2013 - A New Season The Unexpected Millionaire by Susan Mallery (GR Author) 622 rating as of today
Task #5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
What Happens in London by Julia Quinn (GR Author) #2 in a series
Points this Post: 10
Totals:
Total Points: 45/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 5
Jennifer KS10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside
I read
by Dan BrownTotal Points this Post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 30
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Nick KY10.4 Labor Day. I read Space Viking by H. Beam Piper. A “Piper” is/was a professional player of woodwind instruments.
15.3 Half & Half. I chose the one book option and read a book which has an author with a first name initial which falls between A – M, and a last name initial which falls between N-Z, The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates.
15.7 Spookfest. I read In the Night Room by Peter Straub, which has “horror” as a genre on its GR homepage.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Accursed, 688 pages.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 55
Big Books: 500+ (1)
Sandy MN20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option B
From the Spring 2013 Challenge
Task 20.2
Option #3 Romance is listed as a main genre
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Link to my post:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Total Points: 80
Sheila5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley by M.C. Beaton(birds in the sky)
5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
A Dedicated Man by Peter Robinson Series set in the UK
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
First Thrills: High-Octane Stories from the Hottest Thriller Authors by Lee Child - anthologyTotal Points = 105
Hana C.
15.8 Same Time Last Year
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen
Book #15 on the September 2012 Most Popular Books List
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 65
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
15.8 Same Time Last Year
No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen
Book #15 on the September 2012 Most Popular Books List
points this post: 15
Total Points Earned: 65
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Cindy FTask 20.4 Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 1: Read a book by Elizabeth Peters I read Crocodile on the Sandbank
Points this post:20
Total points:20
Books read:1
Tasks completed:1
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jayme VA5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman has "fantasy" on its main page.
Neil Gaiman is a goodreads author.
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
by Melanie BenjaminMelanie Benjamin is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
GR Authors: Melanie Benjamin, Neil Gaiman
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes (Contemporary Women's Fiction/Chick Lit poll)
10.8 Fall Back:Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin historical fiction set before the founding of Rome.
15.4 Inside Out:
1. Freud's Mistress by Karen Mack Word: Mistress
2. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake word: Postmistress
15.5 All Fall Down:
The Arrangement by Mary Balogh Title has the T and A in Autumn.
Today's total: 40
Grand total: 70
Suzanne5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Fall means television series premiere season. Some of the expected US series premieres for Fall 2013 are: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (September 24), Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (October 10) and The Michael J. Fox Show (September 26). These shows will only succeed if they get the ratings.
Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page.
Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds - ***** - 9/9/2013
390 Ratings as of 9/9/2013
Total Points Earned: 25/1010
Total Pages Read: 1,995 Pages
Total Books Read: 5/80
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"Option A // Spring 2013 Challenge - Task 20.5 Option 6 Contemporary
Confidences by Sara Shepard
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 35 points
//Big Book Tickets: 1
//GR Authors: 1
AlexisTask 15.5 -- All Fall Down
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 40 points
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Total Big Books: 0
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