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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Shelby5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Set in UK : Oxford Blood, by Georgiana Derwent
Set at Oxford University in England
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
10.2 Far, Far Away
Set in Country other than own : Three Wrong Turns in the Desert, by Neil Plakcy
I'm American this book is set in Tunisia
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
10.8. Fall Back
Genre historical fiction : Kindred Hearts, by Rowan Speedwell
Takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. :D
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: Book from a favorite series #3 or higher : Broken Bonds, by Sandrine Gasq-Dion Ebook approved for length in post 2885.
Assassin/Shifters #20
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
25.4. Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!
Option 3: Book first published in 2006 : 911, by Chris Owen
Option 4: Couple engaged in romantic kiss on cover : His For The Holidays, by Josh Lanyon Ebook approved for length in post 2885.
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Points this post: 70
Total points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 0
Elizabeth BTask 10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (genre: self-help)
Task 30.3 -Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Opt 1:Mary Balogh (M, B can be found in Liquidamber) A Secret Affair
Opt 5:The Cuckoo's Calling (genre Mystery)
Task 30.5 - Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration (>300 pg)
Opt A:
(388 pg, approved in msg 101 of the help thread)Opt C: Fallen (msg 13, http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...)
Task 30.7 - Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled 4 and 5.
For 4 I read: Dracula (My GR friend Marina rated it 5*)
For 5 I read: Heaven and Hell (genre:sociology), e-book approved for length at line#517
Points this post:100
Total points:635+100=735
Tasks:43+4=47
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & DragonsRead a book with the genre "Fantasy" on its main book page.Between the Lines
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GR Authors: 1
Big books: 0
SuzanneTask 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Read a book with some form of hat or head covering on the cover.
Book 1: One Good Earl Deserves a Lover (The Rules of Scoundrels #2) by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 10/26/2013 - R-S-T in Title
Book 2: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - ***** - 10/31/2013 - R-S-T in the Author
Total Points Earned: 345/1010
Total Pages Read: 10,426 Pages
Total Books Read: 30/80
Good Read Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
Oma1229Contemporary Women's Fiction/Chick Lit: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Comment posted in Discussion thread message #48
Posted Comment
Claiming Maria Semple as a Goodreads Author
Totals:
Total Points:425/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:12
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:23
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-8921
15.3 -- Half and HalfBeautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
The author's first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet and last name is in the second half (N-Z).
Total Points = 140
Mod
I read Blood Rites by Jim Butcher. A butcher is a profession.
15.2 -- Day and Night
For my first book, daytime scene, I read
.For my second book, night scene, I read
.Both book covers were approved in the help thread - posts 84 and 116.
20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I chose my book for this task on September 5. I rolled a 4 and a 5. At the time I chose, Laurie Martin was my #4 friend, and Ngaio Marsh was her #5 author listed.
I read Black As He's Painted by Ngaio Marsh
Points this post: 45
Total points: 555
Sheila30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option B: (Tion) -
Angels of Destruction by Keith DonohueAND
Option C: Least Favorite Books of the Spring 2013 Challenge -
The Husband List by Janet Evanovichhttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total Points = 910
Mod
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
hat on cover
Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures by Robert K. Wittman15.10 -- Free for Fall
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Task 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
option 1, Best Horror, #25 on list:
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
option 3 Speculative fiction, 7th genre on list, 162 users:
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
total = 915
15.1 - BOOKENDSFIRST IN SERIES - Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier which is the first in the Lucy Stone Series. There are 20 books in this series.
LAST IN SERIES - 12th of Never by James Patterson which is the 12th installment in this series but it is a cliffhanger.
James Patterson and Leslie Meier are Goodreads Authors.
25.4 - CELEBRATION!
OPTION A - SEVEN IN THE TITLE - The Magnificent Seven by Cheryl St.John.
OPTION C -
by Jane Porter.Cheryl St.John and Jane Porter are Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 665
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 26
BIG BOOKS - 2
FANDURY30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option A: Read a book with an actual window on the cover
by Gary McMahonThere are a lot of windows in the skyscraper on the cover.
I read the kindle version, but the paperback is 382 pages The Concrete Grove
Option B: Read a book whose title or subtitle includes a word that ends in the letters "-TION".
Incarnation by Emma Cornwall
The word incarnaTION ends on -TION.
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback is 352 pages Incarnation
Emma Cornwall is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 505
Books Read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Angela IL25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 2:Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Fantasy is on the main page and book was 312 pages.
Option 4:Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis
Chick-lit is on the main page and book was 328 pages
**Jill Shalvis is a GR AUTHOR**
Task Total: 25
Total Points: 355/1010
Tasks Completed: 23/
Books Read: 32/
Goodreads Authors*: 19/ Claimed: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Coralie15.9 Off to College
From 2004
The Third Policeman
25.5 One or More
Way/Ways
Swann's Way
Four Ways To Forgiveness Uk
30.6 Ancestry
Option 2 My ancestors came from England.
Another World
Option 3 Non-fiction book set in my home town of Melbourne
Flying with Paper Wings: Recollections on Living with Madness
Total points 375
5.1 - A New Season Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page.
Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir by Mark Vonnegut
890 ratings as of 11-1-2013
Task total=5
Grand total=185
Theresa~OctoberLace50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Read three books that are a part of three different series. Their number in their series must be in consecutive order.
Book 1. Divergent (#1 in the Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth 10/27/13
Book 2. Seduction of a Highland Lass (#2 in the McCabe Trilogy) by Maya Banks 10/27/13
Book 3. The Shadow of the Pomegranate (#3 in the Tudor Saga series) by Jean Plaidy 10/30/13
Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 50 points, 1 Goodreads Author Ticket
Total to Date = 410 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 7
Theresa~OctoberLace5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
Read a book with a word for a male relative ex. father, dad, brother, son, uncle, grandfather, etc in the title or subtitle.
Fatherland by Robert Harris 10/23/13
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 415 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 7
LAUREL CATask: 15-10 Fall Back- Free choice
I read Gold Digger
, the ebook version. The only other edition available is a paperback edition with 304 pages.Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Points to date: 85
Total points, as of today: 100
AprilDT15.3 -- Half and Half
One book that fits both written by an author whose first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet AND written by an author whose last name is in the second half (N-Z) of the alphabet
M.J. Rose Seduction: A Novel of Suspense
Rose is a GRA
Points this post: 15
Challenge total: 70
GRA: 1
Ana25.5. Coralie's Task: One or More.
by Cassandra Clare.***She is a GoodReads author
by Jeffery Deaver.***He is a GoodReads author
Points this Post 25
Total Points 320
Tasks Completed 15
Books Read 21
Total Pages 7843
GoodReads Author 15
Big Book Tickets 2
Post #2120.10. Group Reads
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Post 15 in discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 355
GR authors: 17
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 21
Jenn IL15.6 Far East
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
***Goodreads Author***
This book is set in Malaya...today part of Malaysia.
Total Points: 140
Task Completed: 11
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
SOELO15.3 - Half and Half
Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Vol. 5
by Bill Willingham. His first name starts with B and his last name starts with W, so he fulfills both requirements. Willingham is a GR author.
20.1 - A Cozy Read
Crewel World
Using Option 1, it has the genre Cozy Mystery on its main page.
20.8 - We Love Scrabble!
Chasing Vermeer
Using option 1, "chasing" has seven letters in it. This book has 304 pages.
30.1 - I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 3 and 4.
Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
For option 3, the author's first name is Tim and that has 3 letters.
I Love Everybody
For option 4, it has humor on the main page.
Notaro is a GR author.
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Previous points: 65
Points this post: 85
Total so far: 150
GR author tickets: 4
Jessica PDX20.1 - Andrea's Task - A Cozy Read
Option 1 - Cozy mystery
by Georgette HeyerPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 440
Suzannesea15.1 - Bookends
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman is the first of the Mrs. Pollifax series.
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear is the tenth and the most recently published of the Maisie Dobbs series.
15.8 - Same Time Last Year
Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King appears on the September 2012 Most Popular Books list in position #118.
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 305 points
25.10 Autumn in the SouthOption 3 - The Cheerleaders
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
Option 5 - The NFL City
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. This book takes place in Dallas at a Dallas Cowboys game.
*Megan Abbott is a GR author
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 200
Sandy MN5.3 20 Years Ago - Fraser
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Goodreads Choice Award 2012
Goodreads Author
Big Book 525 pages
5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
Set in England
Goodreads Author
10.10 In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
Maisie's assistant, Billy Beale, is a veteran of WWI
Goodreads Author
Total Points:455
Total GR authors: 17
Total Big Books: (5)500; (1) 750
10.8. Fall BackI read Blackmoore: A Proper Romance by Julianne Donaldson. This book is set in the year 1820.
JULIANNE DONALDSON IS A GOODREADS AUTHOR
15.10 -- Free for Fall
I read L’étranger by Albert Camus
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Goodreads Authors: 1
Andy P.Task # 25.5 Coralie's Task: One or More.
Read two books. The books should both have the same noun in the title or sub-title, but the noun must be in the singular for one book and the plural for the other.
Book 1 Dog Tags by David Rosenfelt
Book 2. Let Loose the Dogs by Maureen Jennings
Dog is used in the singular form in the first book, plural in Book 2.
Task # 50.1 Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Book 1. In the Shadow of the Glacier by Vicki Delany (!st in the Molly Smith Series
Book 2. Bitter River by Julia Keller (2nd in Bell Elkins series)
Book 3 Let the Devil Sleep by John Verdon(3rd in theDave Gurney series)
None of these books are rereads.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 770
25.2 Love That Alphabet1 Book option
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
G-H-I in Zhivago and R-S-T in Pasternak and the book is 592 pages which makes it a big book
Total points: 55
20.10 Group ReadI read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. She is a Good Reads Author.
I commented on the group read -post #50.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 140
GoodReads Authors: 7
Tasks Completed: 7
5.3 20 years agoI read a book that been awarded the Edgar Award in 2011.
I read The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton. He is a Good Reads author.
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 145
GoodReads Authors:8
Tasks Completed:8
10.6. What’s Your Sign? I am a Rooster and chose Pat Conroy born: 10/26/1945.
The Water Is Wide: A Memoir by Pat Conroy
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1 - Liquidamber Leaf = DB Dave Barry
Big Trouble by Dave Barry
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
Points in This Task: 40
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1055
Totals:
Total Points: 570
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 30/58
Total Books Read: 40
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 14,827
25.6 General EducationI chose #2-The Past. I read This Lovely Life by Vicki Forman. It is a biography.
I chose #4-The World of Thought. I read Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult by Jayanti Tamm. It had the genre of Religion.
Tamm is a GoodReads Author.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 170
Good Read Authors: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
STACIE MITask 5.5 - WKRP in Cincinnati
I read a book with two cardinals on the cover:
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists by Chris Duffy
Points this task: 5
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 41
Pages read: 11231
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.2 Bigger is bETTER-Pumpkins in Paradise
-Kaly Daley-goodread author points-20 former points-50 total points-70
STACIE MITask 30.2 - What a Team!
For Book 1, I read:
Sex, Murder And A Double Latte by Kyra Davis
**Kyra Davis is a Goodreads author!!**
For Book 2, I read:
Adventures in Funeral Crashing by Milda Harris
"Fun" is found in "Funeral."
**Milda Harris is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 43
Pages read: 11771
Goodreads authors: 20
big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.7 60 Minutes'Day' in title
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathy Marie Buchanan
***Cathy Marie Buchanan is a GR Author***
25.5 One or More
Girl/Girls
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Dancing Girls by Margaret Atwood
***Margaret Atwood is GR Author***
30.5 Lessons in Defenestration
Option B: Notion ends in -tion
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey (640 pages)
***At 640 pages, this is a big book***
Option C: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (406 pages)
Post Total: 60
Season Total: 765
Mod
15.2 -- Day and Night
A. day scene:
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanb. night scene:
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
A. Team/no I- T in The, EAM in James
The James Deans by Reed Farrel Coleman
B. Fun- funny
An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age by John Bingham
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
option 2- on shelf more than 2 years, since August 13, 2011
The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
option 3- set in Canada- Prince Edward Island
A Body Surrounded by Water by Eric Wright
total = 990
Susan A5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on its main book page.
Crucible of Fate by Mary Calmes
The genre "Fantasy" is on the book's main book page.
Mary Calmes is a goodreads author
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
Read a book with a word for a male relative in the title.
Daddio by Mickie B. Ashling
Dad or the entire word Daddio for father.
Mickie B Ashling is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 5 + 5 = 10
Total points: 880 + 10 = 890
Goodreads authors: 52 + 2 = 54
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
Delicious Dee20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2 - Series - Imitation in Death - #17 in the In Death series, I love the audiobooks and she (the author) always keeps me guessing
20.9. Moderator's Pet: Bucket's Task: Expanding the Classic Canon
After the Quake - the author, Haruki Murakami appears Japanese authors in the 20th century list (and on the task creators, pre-approved authors list)
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 750
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
15.6 -- Far EastAll the Flowers in Shanghai by Duncan Jepson
Duncan Jepson is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
GR authors: 21
5.3 - 20 years ago - FrasierRead a book that has won a literary award.
The Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction, 1959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Task total=5
Grand total=190
15.5 -- All Fall Down autuMn
March by John Robert Lewis
+15 Points
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
My Roll: 1 & 6
Option 1: Read a book by an author you've discovered since January 2013: The Road Home, May 2013
The Way I Found Her by Rose Tremain
Option 6: Choose any of the options 1-5 for your second book. Choice:
Option 5: Read a book with more than five words in the TITLE (6)
Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff
+ 30 Points
Points this Post: 45
Grand Total: 410
BRIAN10.8. Fall Back.
Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation by John Ferling
A Nonfiction account of two founding fathers, obviously from before any of us were born.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 4-0-1 (7)
MaiRepost #1522
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
I'd never read either of these authors before these two books
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: 25
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Delicious Dee15.2 -- Day and Night
Day Scene -
- Beth Ciotta (GR Author)Night Scene -
- Chloe Neill (GR Author)Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 765
Goodreads Authors: 37
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
10.2 Far, Far Away.A Grosvenor Square Christmas by Anna Campbell
Four stories set in London, England. I live in Estonia.
Book approved for length at eBook verification thread msg#2910
Anna Campbell is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 340
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 22
Goodreads Author: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Oma1229Repost of #1545
Oma1229
20.10. Group Reads
Contemporary Women's Fiction/Chick Lit:
Where'd You Go, BernadetteMaria Semple
Comment posted in Discussion thread message #48
Posted Comment
Claiming Maria Semple as a Goodreads Author
Totals:
Total Points:425/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:12
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:23
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-8921
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Points this post: 5
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Books Read: 18
GR Authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)