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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
BRIAN15.10 -- Free for Fall
Candide by Voltaire
Points this post: 15
Total points: 200
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 4-0-1 (7)
Susan A15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
Read a book that appears on the September 2012, October 2012, or November 2012 Most Popular Books.
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
November 2012, #4
Alice Clayton is a goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 785 + 15 = 800
Goodreads authors: 48 + 1 = 49
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Nick KY5.7 Sixty Minutes. I read The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector, “Hour” in the title. At 89 pages, this is my one 5-pointer between 80 and 100 pages.
25.3 Kate S’s American Authors Born in the Fall.
Option 2. Sept 25. William Faulkner. I read The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty, the 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner.
Option 4. October 27 Sylvia Plath. Read a collection of poetry, this can be a collection by a single author or a collaboration by several authors. General SRC rules allow more than one poetry book to be used to reach the required 100 page minimum. I read The Glass Crib by Amanda Auchter, 88 pps, and The Weave Room by Michael Chitwood, 92 pps. Together they add up to 180 pps.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 520
Big Books: 500+ (3)
Oma122930.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled 3 and 4
Option 3: Read a book by an author whose first or last name has only three letters.
18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Option 4: Read a book with the genre "Humor" on the main page.
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast by Bill Richardson
Totals:
Total Points:390/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:11
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:21
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-8351
5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
➥Read a book with a living thing that can fly on the cover
Required: Please include the cover when you post
by John Fowles
15.5 - 35 years ago - All Fall Down
➥Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN and/or FALL.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
20.5- Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
➥ 3)In preparation for winter, read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort read. OPTIONAL: Read your book at night in front of a fire or some candles with the window or door cracked, weather permitting, to let some of that wonderful fall air in. Make yourself a lovely fall-themed beverage.
by Peter Haining (689 pages) ***Claiming big book ticket***
30.1-Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
➥Roll two dice. If you get doubles, roll again until you get two different numbers. Dice Roller. REQUIRED: State what numbers you rolled.
Option 1: Read a book by an author you've discovered since January 2013.
the wide window by Lemony Snicket
Option 5: Read a book with at least five words in the TITLE (subtitles and series titles don't count).
the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other tales of terror by Robert Louis Stevenson
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 70
Total points: 510
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 37
Goodreads authors:5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥Read a book with a living thing that can fly on the cover
Required: Please include the cover when you post
by John Fowles15.5 - 35 years ago - All Fall Down
➥Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN and/or FALL.
Animal Farm by George Orwell
20.5- Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
➥ 3)In preparation for winter, read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort read. OPTIONAL: Read your book at night in front of a fire or some candles with the window or door cracked, weather permitting, to let some of that wonderful fall air in. Make yourself a lovely fall-themed beverage.
by Peter Haining (689 pages) ***Claiming big book ticket***30.1-Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
➥Roll two dice. If you get doubles, roll again until you get two different numbers. Dice Roller. REQUIRED: State what numbers you rolled.
Option 1: Read a book by an author you've discovered since January 2013.
the wide window by Lemony Snicket
Option 5: Read a book with at least five words in the TITLE (subtitles and series titles don't count).
the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other tales of terror by Robert Louis Stevenson
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 70
Total points: 510
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 37
Goodreads authors:5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.1 A Cozy ReadOption 1: Cozy Mystery Genre on book's main page
Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
***Lorna Barrett is a GR Author***
25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option B: One Book Option
The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy
RST found in title and author's name
***At 912 pages, this is a big book***
30.5 Lessons in Defenestration
Option B: Word ends in -tion (notion)
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey (640 pages)
***At 640 pages, this is a big book***
Option C: Spring 2012 Favorites Message #5
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (406 pages)
Post Total: 75
Season Total: 735
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.6 The Far East
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
This book takes place in Korea.
Task Complete: 4
Books Completed: 5
Big Books 500+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 0
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 60
Congrats to Ms. Anderson, Ty, and Sassafrass!
15.5 -- All Fall DownThe Arrivals by Meg Mitchell Moore
T and A from the title found in the word AUTUMN
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" ItOption 1: Home Safe: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg
Author's initials E and B found in LIQUIDAMBER
Option 2: Heat Wave by Nancy Thayer
Added to my to-read list June 5, 2011
Points this post: 30
Total points: 530
Delicious Dee25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1 - I Know You're There- Susan Allison-Dean (GR Author) - authors debut book
Option 5 -
- J.A. Konrath (GR Author) - there is a glass with a drink on the cover, most likely a Whiskey Sour (name of the book)Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 635
Goodreads Authors: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Susan A5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Read a book identified as #2
Love, Hypothetically by Anne Tenino
Book 2 in the Theta Alpha Gamma Series
approved for length in post 2904
Anne Tenino ia a goodreads author
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
you’re going to read three books that are a part of three different series, with consecutive numbers.
Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James
#1 in Rough Riders series
not a re-read
Collusion by Eden Winters
#2 in Diversion series
not a re-read
Ethan in Gold by Amy Lane
#3 in Johnnies series
not a re-read
Eden Winters is a goodreads author
Amy Lane is a goodreads author
Points this post: 5 + 50 = 55
Total points: 800 + 55 = 855
Goodreads authors: 49 + 3 = 52
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Candace5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Book has 841 ratings.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Patience; Pearl by unknown author
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option B - books on the cover
by Diane SetterfieldThis author is new to me.
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option A - Two-book option
Book 1 - Title contains three sequential letters of the alphabet - R, S, T
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Book 2 - Author's name has three sequential letters of the alphabet - H, I, J
Chasing The Night by Iris Johansen
25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
Option 2 - The Past; autobiography/memoir
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin
Option 4 - The World of Thought; philosophy/religion
The Philosophy of Religion: An Historical Introduction by Linda T. Zagzebski
This post: 75
Total to date: 245 points
5.6 - LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE - The Millionaire Boss's Reluctant Mistress by Kate Hardy which is set in England.Kate Hardy is a Goodreads Author.
15.2 - DAY AND NIGHT
DAY -
NIGHT -
by Kristin HannahKristin Hannah is a Goodreads Author.
25.8 - A QUARTER OF BAKING CAKES
OPTION 1 -
by Erica Bauermeister which has flowers in front of the window on the cover and is 304 pages.OPTION 4 -
which has Chick Lit on the home page and is 375 pages.Erica Bauermeister is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 625
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 22
BIG BOOKS - 2
Oma122915.9 -- Off to College
Browse through UC Berkeley's Summer Reading Lists and choose a book from one of the lists to read.
Required: Identify the list you used when you post.
Five Stages of Greek Religion by Gilbert Murray
The list that I chose was 2010-Education Matters.
Totals:
Total Points:405/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:11
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:22
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-8591
Elizabeth BIn post 950, I claimed Tamed by a Highlander for Task 10.8 -- Fall Back. I would like to replace this with
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (fulfills the requirements of 10.8, as it is historical fiction, set in England at 1831, over 100 years before I was born)
New tasks
Task 5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Drop Shot (Myron Bolitair #2)
Task 5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
(bird on the cover)Task 10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day
Taming Charlotte by Linda Lael Miller (Miller is accepted in the help thread)
Task 15.1 -- Bookends
Holding The Cards (Nature of desire #1)
Redneck Romeo (Rough Riders #15), e-book, approved for length at line#875
Task 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
opt 3: I read Rock Chick Revolution the 8th and final book of a favorite series (530 pg)
Task 25.7 - Bamaace83’s task: Football Kick-off Fun!
Opt 3: Hot Item - #44 of the list Touchdown:…)
opt 4:
(tomatos on the cover)Task 30.2 -Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
Book 1: Predatory Game (a,t,m,e)
Book 2: After the Funeral
Points this post:110
Total points:525+110=635,
Tasks:36+7=43
Sandy MN30.4 Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A. Blue
#340 on the list Not So Happily Ever After
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein Goodreads Author
B. Purple
The Boleyn King by Laura Andersen Goodreads Author
Total Points: 435
Total GR Authors: 14
Jen UT10.6 - What's Your Sign?
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Shared Zodiac Sign: Dragon
Author's Birth Date: June 5, 1964
Total Points: 30
Total Books Read: 4
20.1-Bigger is better-option 1-Pumpkins in ParadisePumpkins in Paradise Kathy Daily goodread author Points 25 total points-75
Mod
25.4. Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!
option A, 7th in series, Ella Clah #7:
Changing Woman by Aimee Thurlo
option C, kiss on cover- lower half
The Breaking Wave by Nevil Shute25.7 – Bamaace83’s task: Football Kick-off Fun!
option 1 bulldog in title:
Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris Akunin, 273 pages
option 2 NFL team in title- New Orleans Saints
City of Saints by Andrew Hunt, 336 pg
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
These books were all new to me- no rereads
Penryn & the End of Days #1: Angelfall by Susan Ee
Earthsea Cycle #2: The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
Charlie Fox Thriller #3: Hard Knocks by Zoë Sharp
total = 865
AlexisTask #20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 2 - Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card (Initials OC in COZY)
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 340 points
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 1000+(1)
Tasks completed: 20
Sassafrass wrote: "Sheila wrote: "Congratulations to Ms. Anderson, Ty and Sassafrass for finishing. Nice going."thanks Sheila! And I managed to stay off the wall of shame, so I'm extra happy about that. :)"
Congratulations on staying off the wall. Poor Kristi has had to deal with me hanging out on the wall all season. I've decided the only way for me to stay off the wall this season is to stop posting for the season. I'll try again in the winter.
Congratulations Ms. Anderson, Ty, and Ms. Sassafrass for finishing! And Sassafrass - no wall of shame, WTG!
I unfortunately made it...loving your 50 point task, since I love serials too ;-}
Repost!25.4 Elizabeth B's Task: Celebration!
Option B:
Delicious by Susan Mallery
Susan Mallery is a Goodreads Author.
Option C:
by Piper ShellyPiper Shelly is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 80
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 43
Goodreads Author: 30
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
10.8 Fall BackThis book was set during the Great Chicago Fire in the 1871. I was born in 1983.
The Firebrand by Susan Wiggs
Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads Author.
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or Leave it
Option 1: Liquidamber Leaf
Moving Forward by Erika Ashby
Erika Ashby is a Goodreads Author.
Option 4: Aspen Leaf - Snow
by Melissa FosterMelissa Foster is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 46
Goodreads Author: 33
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Susan A15.9 -- Off to College
Browse through UC Berkeley's Summer Reading Lists and choose a book from one of the lists to read.
The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas
From the 2009 Best Books about Science list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 855 + 15 = 870
Goodreads authors: 52
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Katie M20.3 -- Best Review - Stefu's Task: Most Read Authors
Rolled: 2 and 3
Friend: Shannon P
Author: Mary Calmes
Crucible of Fate by Mary Calmes
This Post: 20 points
Total to Date: 285 points
JOLIE25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 2: Read a book with Horror on its main page:
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
Option 4: Read a book with Science Fiction on its main page:
Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Points this post: 25
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 4
Big books this post: 0
Big books (total): 1 (500+)
Mai5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Book with fewer than 1,000 ratings
Keep It Pithy: Useful Observations in a Tough World by Bill O'Reilly
255 ratings as of October 31, 2013
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
BEKKA - 30.6. Beth NC's Task: AncestryOption 1: For this task, I read “
” by Rebecca Eaton, since she shares my first name (although my spelling is Scandinavian: Rebekka). Option 2: For this task, I read “
” by Charlie Lovett, since it is primarily set in the UK, a country where one of my ancestors came from.Also, Charlie Lovett is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 235
Pages Read this Challenge: 653
Total Pages Read to Date: 6616
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Oma1229Repost and correction for Post# 1454-Replacing 1st book-Code Name Verity
15.1 -- Bookends
1.Read a book that is the first book in a series.
Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff
2. Read a book that is the last book in a series that contains at least 3 books.
The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Totals:
Total Points:310/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:10
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:19
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-6651
Mai20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
I'd never read either of these authors before these two books
Option A: Book with a skyline on the cover
Divergent by Veronica Roth *Goodreads author* Option B: Book with more books on the cover
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. JacobsPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 305
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 26
GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Jayme VA10.3. The Waiting is Over
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
This was included on the "Most Anticipated Books of 2013" in the month of March.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 390
GR Authors: Melanie Benjamin, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Kwan, Janet Edwards, Elizabeth L. Silver, Susan Elia MacNeal, Curtis Sittenfeld, Ellen Hopkins, Michelle Moran, James Dashner*, Jonathan Evison, J.M. Sidorova, Laura Nowlin, Kathleen Kent
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(1),1000+(0)
Kimber25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option B:
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
abc - The Husband's Secret by
lmn - Liane Moriarty
416 pages long
_____________
30.3 Take It or Leave It
Option 4:
by Amber Jaeger*snow ok per post 26 in help thread
*ebook length verif post 2889
Option 5:
by Jeffrey Archerexcellent mystery series!!
Liane Moriarty is a GRA
Amber Jaeger is a GRA
Above tasks: 55 points
# tasks completed to date: 26
GRA: 24
Grand Total Points: 455
KimberREPOST 20.6 Only In New York
Option C:
by Piper Shelley***Piper Shelly is a new to me Author
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson… and Ellen HopkinsI rolled 4 and 5
4. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
My GR friend Susan MO rated it 5 stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2...
5. young adult genre by new-to-me author
Flirting in Italian by Lauren Henderson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 330
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Goodreads Author: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
STACIE MITask 25.7 - Football Kick-Off Fun!
I did options 2 and 4.
For option 2, I read a book with a the word "lion" in the title, for my local NFL team, the Detroit Lions:
Don't Look Behind You!: A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos by Peter Allison
For option 4, I read a book with an egg on the cover:
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
**Megan McCafferty is a Goodreads author!!**
Both of these books were approved in the task help thread.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 38
Pages read: 10194
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 30.3 - Take It or "Leave" It
I did options 2 and 5.
For option 2, I read a book that has been on my TBR list since January of 2012:
The Storyteller's Daughter by Cameron Dokey
For option 5, I read:
The Face by Dean Koontz
This book has been shelved as "Mystery" and I am always itching to read Dean Koontz's books!
**At 688 pages, The Face qualifies for a Big Book Ticket!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 535
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 40
Pages read: 11103
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One! I chose Southern Literature and read my nominee:
**The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
**Big Book: The Prince of Tides is 704 Pages**
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 2 - Persian: set in Iran
**Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam by Mark Bowden
**Big Book: Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam is 704 Pages**
25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
1. The Sciences and Mathematics.
Science 72 Users
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe 368 Pages
2. The Past.
Biography 37 Users
Autobiography > Memoir 19 Users
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O'Reilly 256 Pages
Points in This Task: 55
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 2
Pages Read in This Post: 2032
Totals:
Total Points: 530
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 28/58
Total Books Read: 37
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 13, 782
Task 25.3 Happy Birthday American Authors1. Read a book off this list: Best Horror Novels
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of the book on the list.
On October 31, 2013 it was #170
The Hungry Moon (1986) by Ramsey Campbell (Hardcover, 293 pages)
Winner: British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1988)
2. September 25 William Faulkner, one of only three authors to have won two Pulitzer Prizes for Fiction. Read any Pulitzer Prize Winner, in any category. Pulitzer Winners and Finalist While the Pulitzer site lists finalists as well as winners, only the winners may be used for this task.
1973 winner FICTION
The Optimist's Daughter (1972) by Eudora Welty (Paperback, 180 pages)
210 + 25 = 235
Tasks Completed: 13
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 210 + 25 = 235
Books read: 18
Pages read: 6,256
Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.5. Found in Translation. Help Thread
The Azure dragon is known by different names in different Asian countries. Read a book that was translated from the language in which it was originally published. REQUIRED: State the language in which the book was originally published and the language in which you read it.
I read The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism This book was originally published in Japanese (I read it in English) , and was approved on the help thread. I won it through Firstreads, for which I am very grateful.
Points: 155
Books read: 12
Tasks completed: 12
GR authors: 2
Big Books: 1
Pages read: 4147
BEKKA - 5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer LimitsFor this task, I read “
” by Neil Gaiman, since it has Science Fiction as a genre on its main page. Also, Neil Gaiman 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: 240
Pages Read this Challenge: 114
Total Pages Read to Date: 6730
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
Rolled: 1 & 6
Friend: Diana S (6) https://www.goodreads.com/user/most_r...
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (1)
Points this post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 325
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Rolled: 1 & 6
Friend: Diana S (6) https://www.goodreads.com/user/most_r...
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (1)
Points this post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 325
Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 23
GR Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Susan A10.3. The Waiting is Over
Read a book from the 2013 lists:
Most Anticipated Books of 2013 or from Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2013
Elect H. Mouse State Judge: A Novel by Nelly Reifler
From August on Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2013
Points this post: 10
Total points: 870 + 10 = 880
Goodreads authors: 52
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
removing a problem post
15.10 - Free for FallErnest Hemingway on Writing by Ernest Hemingway
30.2 - DLMRose's task: What a Team!
Book 1: The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
The Best Man
Book 2: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
"fun" found intact in fundamentalist
30.6 - Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1: Hidden Currents by Christine Feehan
I was christened Christine. I changed the spelling in high school.
Option 2: Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
My ancestors came from England. This book is set in London.
Points this post: 75
Season Total: 460
30.7- Delicious Dee's Task: I Blame Ms Anderson ... and Ellen HopkinsOption 4- Read book from a "friend" that you have not met and they gave it 4 stars-
My friend- BJ Rose
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
I read
Ricochet by Sandra Brown
Link to Paperback
Ricochet
****Claiming Goodreads Author- Sandra Brown***
Option 6- Use Literature map and got Markus Zusak
http://www.literature-map.com/ellen+h...
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
***Claiming Goodreads Author for Markus Zusak***
***Big Book Ticket- Book over 500 pages***
Total Points- 95
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 1
Eepa15.2 Day and Night
Read a book with obvious day time and night time cover.
Daytime
An Unsettled Range,
by Andrew GreyAndrew Grey is GR author.
Night time
Good Bones,
by Kim Fielding
Kim Fielding is GR author.
15.8 Same Time Last Year
Read a book from September 2012 list, number 117.
Finnish edition Aarnikotkan vuosi, (Year of the Griffin) by Diana Wynne Jones
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Dice roll gave 3 and 4.
Option 3: Read a book from author whose name has only 3 letters.
Worthy by Lia Black
Approved for length in post #2865.
Lia Black is GR author.
Option 4: Read a book with genre Humor on the main page.
Down Under by Tam Ames
Approved for length in post #2880.
Tam Ames is GR author.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 355
GR author tickets: 24
Delicious Dee25.5. Coralie's Task: One or More.
hour/hours - approved in msg 66
Hour of the Lion - Cherise Sinclair (GR Author)
After Hours - Cara McKenna (GR Author) - ebook only approved #74 of the spreadsheet
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Indemnity Only - Sara Paretsky (GR Author) - #1 in the V.I. Warshawski series
Autumn Bones - Jacqueline Carey (GR Author) - #2 in the Agents of Hel series
Fatal Descent - Beth Groundwater (GR Author) - #3 in the RM Outdoor Adventures Mystery series
Points this Post: 75
Total Points: 710
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
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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.
Afterlife by Douglas Clegg
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option #3 - read a book with double letters in a word in the title
For Whom The Spell Tolls by H.P. Mallory
Points This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 25/1010
Total Pages Read: 580 Pages
Total Books Read: 2/80
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()