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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Emmalita10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise.
Heart Rate Training by Roy T. Benson
This book has Self-Help listed on it's main page.
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Faithful Place by Tana French
Option 1: Rolled a 6. picked option 1 as Tana French is a new author to me since January 2013.
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Option 5: Rolled a 5. This book has at least 5 words in the title
Colum McCann is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
This post: 40
Total points to date: 90
Goodread authors: 1
Big book tickets: 2
Total tasks completed: 5
Jayme VA15.9 -- Off to College
Pompeii by Robert Harris
I used the 2005 List: Great Discoveries, Voyages, and Adventures!
Points this post: 15
Total points: 405
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)
Chris MDI need to do some rearranging. (Thought I could finish this challenge but life got in the way.)
Please delete my points for the following tasks:
5.2 - Fool Moon (delete 1 GRA ticket - will use later but not in this post)
10.2 - The Vine Basket
10.4 - The Grey King (delete 1 GRA ticket - will use later but not in this post)
10.8 - Here Lies the Librarian
New points
15.3 Half and Half
One book option - Author's initials D-W
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell
I listened to the audio version. This is still only in hardback, and it has 164 pages.
15.7 - Spookfest
The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill
Horror is listed as the main genre.
15.10 - Free for Fall
The Partly-Cloudy PatriotLand of Marvels by Sarah Vowell
I listened to the audio version. The paperback has 196 pages.
20.2 - School Time
Option 2: Set in a country where Arabic or Persian is the main language
Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth
Set in 1914 Mesopotamia, which would become Iraq.
25.6 - General Education
Option 2: The Past
Patriot Reign: Bill Belichick, the Coaches, and the Players Who Built a Champion by Michael Holley
Four people have this shelved as biography
Option 3: Practical World
An Atheist in the FOXhole: A Liberal's Eight-Year Odyssey Inside the Heart of the Right-Wing Media by Joe Muto
Twelve people have this shelved as politics.
30.3 - Take It or "Leave" It
Option 1. Author's initials in LIQUIDAMBER
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag
by Alan Bradley, who is a GR author.
Option 4. Snow on cover
by Ruta Sepetys, who is a GR author.30.7 - I Blame Ms. Anderson
I rolled a 3 and a 5.
Option 3. Author's initials appear in MS ANDERSON
The Chili Queen by Sandra Dallas
Option 5. Young Adult
Wintergirls by
Laurie Halse Anderson, who is a GR author.
Laurie Halse Anderson is a new-to-me author.
Points for this post: 15 + 15 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 30 + 30 = 150 - 35 (for deleted task) = 115
Total points: 115 + 220 = 335
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: (3 - 2) = 1 + 9 = 10
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0
Kimber20.3 Most Read Authors
Rolled a 1 & 4
1st friend: Karen K Miller
Friend's 4th favorite author: Sue Grafton
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
This Task: 20
# tasks completed: 27
GRA: 24
Total: 475
Mod
Sheila wrote: "Congratulations Dlmrose. I look forward to your winter task."
Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Congratulations, Dlmrose! =)"
Thanks!
Susan A10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
read a book from the Fall Group Reads nominations that was not selected as the Fall Group Reads in its category.
My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland
Nomineee for the Fall 2013 category "Southern Literature"
Diana Rowland is a goodreads author
Points this post: 10
Total points: 905 + 10 = 915
Goodreads authors: 56 + 1 = 57
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
5.7 - 60 MINUTES -
15.3 - HALF AND HALF -
by Ann Rinaldi.20.5 - THE PUMPKIN STATE - I would like to replace the book previously claimed for this task(
) with
by Leslie Meier which fits option 1.Leslie Meier is a Goodreads Author.
25.1 - THE REVIEWS ARE IN
OPTION 1 -
by Laurie Halse Anderson which is currently #247 on the Ice and Snow list.OPTION 6 -
by Elmore LeonardLaurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
50.1 - SUCKER FOR A SERIES
#3 -
by J.A. Konrath - which is #3 in the Jack Daniels Series.#4 -
by Dan Brown - which is #4 in the Robert Langdon Series.#5 -
by Leslie Meier - #5 in the Lucy Stone Series.This is the first time I have read all of these books.
Leslie Meier and J.A. Konrath are Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 760
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 30
BIG BOOKS - 2
Task #20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!Option 4
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Read a book that has a butterfly on its cover
Task #25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
Option 4: The World of Thought
Introduction to Logic by Irving M. Copi (Big Book Ticket - 704 pages)
"philosophy" as a genre on main page
Option 5:The Social Sciences
Being Sociological by Bruce Curtis
"sociology" as a genre on main page
Points this Post: 45
Totals:
Total Points: 780/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 42
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 45
Total Books Read: 63
25.1 - THE REVIEWS ARE INOPTION 1 - Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson which is #247 on the Snow and Ice list.
OPTION 6 - Djibouti - by Elmore Leonard.
Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 760
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 30
BIG BOOKS - 2
Task 10.5 Found in Translation. Read a book that was translated from the language in which it was originally published.
Voices (Reykjavík Murder Mystery #5) (2002) by Arnaldur Indriðason; translated by Bernard Scudder (Hardcover, 313 pages)
State the language in which the book was originally published.
Icelandic
State the language in which you read it.
English
280 + 10 = 290
Tasks Completed: 16
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 280 + 10 = 290
Books read: 22
Pages read: 7,646
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Delicious Dee5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Four Summoner's Tales - all 4 authors are GR authors
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 805
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
STACIE MITask 5.4 - Dungeons & Dragons
I read a book shelved as Fantasy:
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Points this task: 5
Total points: 610
Tasks completed: 38
Books read: 47
Pages read: 12723
Goodreads authors: 21
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.10 - Group Reads
I read:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
**Maria Semple is a Goodreads author!!**
I also posted in the discussion thread.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 48
Pages read: 13053
Goodreads authors: 22
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.8 We love Scrabble - substitutionRemove: The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (GR Author)
Replace it with: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (GR author)
Opt 3 - double o's in title (274 pgs)
No change in points or GR author tickets
5.4 Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy is the first genre listed on this book's main page
The Girl With Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
***Ali Shaw is a GR Author***
25.1 The Reviews Are In!
Option 1: #17 on Land of Ice and Snow List when chosen (and when posted)
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø (521 pages)
***At 521 pages, this is a big book***
Option 5: Animal (non-human) on cover
by Michael Blake25.9 The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 2: Horror listed on book's main page
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
Option 3: #95 on list when chosen (#98 when posted)
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Post Total: 55
Season Total: 820
10.3. The Waiting is Over I chose from the 2013 list Most Anticipated Books for the Second Half of 2013
Identical by Scott Turow
15.9 -- Off to College
I chose the last book from the list 2002 Banned Books
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Since I didn't participate in the Spring 2013 Challenge, I have decided to do task 20.8 Option 3: A CROSS on COVER
, **Roadside Crosses by *Jeffery Deaver*Jeffery Deaver is a Goodreads Author*
**Big Book: Roadside Crosses is 576 Pages**
Points in This Task: 45
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1235
Totals:
Total Points: 615
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 33/58
Total Books Read: 43
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 16,062
Task #30.6. Beth NC's Task: AncestryOption 1
Cajun Hot by Nikita Black
(ebook only, approved line 216 of the spreadsheet)
Book where the author has the same first or last name - Author's and my first name is Nikita
Option 2
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (GR Author)
My ancestor's came from India which is where the book is set
Points this Post: 30
Totals:
Total Points: 810/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 43
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 46
Total Books Read: 65
BEKKA - 15.9 -- Off to CollegeFor this task, I read “
” by William Golding, since its on one of the UC Berkeley’s Summer Reading lists (the 2007 “Survival” list). Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 255
Pages Read this Challenge: 208
Total Pages Read to Date: 6938
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
15.10 Free For FallI read The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch. She is a GR author
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 185
Good Read Authors: 10
Tasks Completed: 10
Correction on comment 412:I failed to mention that The Secret Lives of Dresses author Erin McKean was a new author to me. This was originally mentioned in comment #59 in the Questions/Problems thread.
This was for task 30.7.
I apologize for taking so long to correct my error. This should bring me current.
FANDURY20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 2: Read a book set in a country where Arabic or Persian is one of the official languages.
Juggernaut by Adam Baker
This book is set in Iraq. Iraq can be found on the list of Arab League countries.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 525
Books Read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
50.1 A sucker for seriesThe Thirteen Problemsby Agatha Christie, #2 in Miss Marple series
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie,#3 in Poirot series
Babycakes by Armistead Maupin, #4 in Tales of the city series
Task points 50
Total points 375
30.2 - What a Team!Book 1: Read a book with all the letters T, E, A, M, but not the letter "I" found in any order in the title.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman; no "I"
Book 2: Read a book with the word "fun" found intact in a word in the title and/or subtitle
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Fundamentalist
Task total=30
Grand total=220
Cindy FTask 30.3 Take It Or "Leave" It
Option 3 Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre who resides in Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_A...
Option 5 A Lesson in Secretsby Jacqueline Winspear Who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR! Mystery Genre.
Points this post:30
Total points:115
Books read:8
Tasks completed:7
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 15.10 -- Free for Fall
Read a book of your choice
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Task #20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 3. . Read a book with a main character who is either working in or studying a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field.
In Cold Pursuit: A Mystery From The Last Continent by Sarah Andrews. This book is #7 on https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...
as of 11/6/13
Points this post: 35
Total points: 830
***Repost to count towards different challenge***Task 20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: I chose to complete this 20-point task that I didn’t undertake from the summer src:
Task 20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
Option 1: 331 page numbers; page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653)
*W Bruce Cameron is a Goodreads Author*
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 1132
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ ( ), 1000+ ( )
Lindy-Lanetask 20.5 Pumpkin State!
*pick an option & read 1 book:
=option #3 read any long (400+ pages) you consider cozy/comfort read
The Witness by Nora Roberts (488 pages)Points this post: 20
Total points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 11
15.10 -- Free for FallBared to You by Sylvia Day
**Sylvia Day is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 4
Total Pages Read: 1490
Total GoodReads Authors: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ ( ), 1000+ ( )
5.6 40 years ago--Last of the Summer Wine:A Spoonful of Sugar: A Nanny's Story by Brenda Ashford, set primarily in England from just before WWII to present.
5.8 50 years ago--The Outer Limits:
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most Collection of essays.
5.9 55 yeas ago--The Rifleman:
TEXAS COMBACKER by John S. McCord has Western as genre on main page
10.3 The Waiting is over:
Benediction by Kent Haruf Benediction was on the Most Anticipated List February list
10.5 Found in Translation:
The Infatuations by Javier Marías published in Spanish, read in English.
10.6 What's Your Sign?
House Rules by Jodi Picoult My sign is the horse and Jody pecoult was born on May 19, 1966, also a horse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_Pic...
10.10 In Honor of Veterans
Getting Dunn by Tom Schreck Heroine and many others in book are US veterans mostly serving in Afghanistan and their service directly ties to the plot.
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 430
Tea30.2. - Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
TEAM
The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
- there is T/E/A/M in title but no I
*** Kristan Higgins is GR author ***
FUN
After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
- there is fun in funeral
Points This Post: 30
Total points: 510
Tasks Completed: 32
Total Books Read: 42
Goodreads Authors: 29
Big Books: 500 (1), 750 (1), 1000 (1)
Mai5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Read a book of collected short stories
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 360
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 30
GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Mai25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
Option 1: The Sciences and Mathematics
Book with genre environment on its main page
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Option 2: The Past
Book with genre history on its main page
Thinking the Twentieth Century: Intellectuals and Politics in the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 385
Tasks Completed: 24
Books Read: 32
GR Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Nick KY5.1 A New Season. I read The Paris Diary & The New York Diary 1951-1961 by Ned Rorem which has less than 1000 reviews. Mine was review #35.
10.6 Chinese Astrology. I was born in1958, the year of the Dog. Tim O'Brien was born in 1946, also the Year of the Dog. I read The Things They Carried.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 590
Big Books: 500+ (3)
10.2 Far, Far Away Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (setting Denmark) November 3
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 27
Tasks Completed: 19
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Books:500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.10 -- Free for Fall Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin November 5
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 320
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 20
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Books:500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
LeslieW**Goodreads Author Alert**
15.1: Bookends: Read a book that is the first book in a series. AND Read a book that is the last book in a series that contains at least 3 books. Stormwalker10.13.13 (1st in Series)
Sin Undone10.29.13 (last one in series)
GR Author: Yes to both
Points: 15
15.2: 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
Lucky in Love10.5.13(Daytime)
Wait For Me11.4.13(nighttime)
GR Author: Yes to both
Points: 15
15.10: "Free for Fall: Read any book you choose as long as it complies with standard SRC rules.
Highland Scoundrel10.26.13
GR Author: Yes
Points: 15
20.8:Option 1: Read a book with a 7 letter word in the title. Subtitles and series titles cannot be used. AND Option 4: Some letters are worth more points, so read a book whose author's name has an J,Q,X or Z in it.
Any Duchess Will Do11.6.13 (DUCHESS is a 7 letter word)
Obsidian10.12.13(Author name starts with letter J)
GR Author: Yes to both
Points: 20
25.2: Option 1: Choose a book whose title/subtitle contains three sequential letters of the alphabet. AND Book 2 Choose a book that has three sequential letters of the alphabet in the author's name
Third Grave Dead Ahead10.8.13 (letters GHI in title)
Silver Borneby Patricia Briggs 10.6.13 (letters ABC in Author's name)
GR Author: Yes to Option 1 book
Points: 25
Points this Post: 90
Gr Authors this Post: 8
Total Points: 295
GR Author: 38
Hana C.
Task 25.7 Bamaace83's task: Football Kick-off Fun!
Option 1: Rebel by Kristina Douglas
384 pages
Option 3: Game for Anything by Bella Andre
296 pages
Currently book #7 on the Touchdown: Romance and American Football list.
**Bella Andre is a Goodreads Author
points this post: 25
Total Points Earned: 475
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 30
Task 25.7 Bamaace83's task: Football Kick-off Fun!
Option 1: Rebel by Kristina Douglas
384 pages
Option 3: Game for Anything by Bella Andre
296 pages
Currently book #7 on the Touchdown: Romance and American Football list.
**Bella Andre is a Goodreads Author
points this post: 25
Total Points Earned: 475
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 2
Tasks Completed: 30
Ana25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
Help Thread
Option 1
by Jeannette Walls.Option 2
by Melissa de la Cruz.***She is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 25
Total Points 365
Tasks Completed 17
Books Read 24
Total Pages 8686
GoodReads Author 16
Big Book Tickets 2
LAUREL CATask 25.7 Football Kick-off Fun! All books must have 250 pages+.
Option #1: Choose a book with an animal in the title, associated with one of the teams. Several examples we re listed, including elephant. I chose "elephant". I read The Elephants of Norwich.
The Elephants of Norwich
paperback, 288 pages.Option#2: Choose a title with an NFL team name in the title. I chose "Eagles", from the Philadelphia Eagles. I read Under the Eagles Under the Eagle
, with 434 pages in the paperback edition.Total points of the task: 25
Previous points: 100
Total points to date: 125
Goodreqds authors: 1
Big Book tickets: 500 (1) 750 (0) 1000 (0)
Mod
New tasks:
10.6. What’s Your Sign?
I was born in the year of the Snake. I read The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers. She was born June 13, 1893, so also born in the year of the Snake.
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
I read The Kitchen House, which was a nominee for the Group Read in the category of Southern Literature.
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
For my first book, I chose Black Forest Cake, option 2, and read American Gods. Fantasy is the first genre listed, and the book has 656 pages, so meets the page requirement.
For my second book, I chose Strawberry Cheesecake, option 4, and read Sisterland. Women's Fiction > Chick Lit is the first genre listed, and the book has 400 pages, so meets the page requirement.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 600.
Susan A5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
Read a book with one of these units of time measurement in the title or subtitle: second, minute, hour, day, week, month, season, year, decade, generation, century, millennium. Plurals, possessives, variations (seasonal, daily, etc) and compound words that preserve the meaning (weekend, year-long, etc) work.
A Casual Weekend Thing by A.J. Thomas
Week(end) is a unit of time measurement.
AJ Thomas is a goodreads author
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
300 pages required
Option A: Read a book with an actual window on the cover
Glen & Tyler's Honeymoon Adventure by J.B. Sanders
Window on cover approved in post 108
402 paperback pages
Option B: Read a book whose title or subtitle includes a word that ends in the letters "-TION".
To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt
TemptaTION
362 paperback pages
JB Sanders and Elizabeth Hoyt are goodreads authors
Points this post: 5 + 30 = 35
Total points: 915 + 35 = 950
Goodreads authors: 57 + 3 = 60
Big Book Tickets to date: 1
STACIE MITask 15.1 - Bookends
For the first book in a series, I read:
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn
This is the first book in The Empress of Rome series.
**Kate Quinn is a Goodreads author!!**
For the last book in a series, I read:
Chew, Vol. 7: Bad Apples by John Layman
This is the most current book, #7, in the Chew series.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 645
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 49
Pages read: 13181
Goodreads authors: 23
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 Stefu's task: Most Read AuthorsI rolled 1 & 3. No. 1 friend is Emily and her #3 author is Jude Watson
In Too Deep by Jude Watson
20.8 Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option #3 Stuff Your Face or Face Your Stuff: Lose Weight by Decluttering Your Life by Dorothy K Breininger (Double ff's)
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1- Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick*GRA*
M and Q found in liquidamber.
Option 2- The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
Added to my TBR shelf in 2011.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 295
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book tickets: 1
JOLIE15.3 -- Half and Half
One book that meets both criteria: first name in the first half of the alphabet and last name in the last half of the alphabet.
Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
Adriana Trigiani is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!!!!!
Points this post: 15
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors (total): 5
Big books this post: 0
Big books (total): 1 (500+)
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer LimitsThe Slave Girl and Other Stories by Ivo Andrić , 540 pages- 10/26/13
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
4. Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear - 11/5/13
6. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - 11/6/13
25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MIÕs Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
2. Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake - 10/29/13
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, #75 on the list - 11/2/13
Kendare Blake, Jacqueline Winspear, and Susan Cain are Goodreads Authors
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 205
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Mai20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: Finish a 20-point task from the Summer Challenge
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New (Read a book first published in 2013, 250+ pages)
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1: Spaced - Read any author’s first published book
Divergent by Veronica Roth * Goodreads author *
Option 5: The World’s End - Read a book with a beverage of some sort on the cover
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 36
GR Authors: 9
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
10.2 Far, Far AwayI live in the United States, and this book is set in Haiti.
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat
15.3 Half and Half
One book option: The author's first name starts with a M, and his last name starts with a Z.
Lotería by Mario Alberto Zambrano.
He is a Goodreads author.
20.7 What Would I Read If I Had More Time?
Option 1: I did not do Task 20.3 from Summer (Nick KY's task--The Blank Blank)
The Maid's Version by Daniel Woodrell.
20.8 We Love Scrabble!
Option 5: This book has a red cover, and is over 250 pages. It is 328 pages long.
Mudbound by Hillary JordanHillary Jordan is a Goodreads author.
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 285
Tasks: 19
Books: 21
Goodreads Authors: 6
15.3 -- Half and HalfOne Book Option: Wishful Thinking by Gabi Stevens (Goodreads author)
15.10 -- Free for Fall
Dog Collar Crime by Adrienne Giordano (Goodreads author)
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 3: The Helium Murder by Camille Minichino (Goodreads author)
Main character is a Physicist/Chemist
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Jared by Sarah McCarty
Book #2 in the Shadow Wranglers series
Charmed & Deadly by Candace Havens (Goodreads author)
Book #3 in the Bronwyn the Witch series
Ice Storm by Anne Stuart
Book #4 in the Ice series
**None of these books are re-reads**
Total Points This Post: 100
Total Tasks This Post: 4
Goodreads Authors This Post: 4
Grand Total Points: 620/1010
Total Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 28/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Kathy G.20.8- It's My Birthday- Cindy F's task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 3- Double letters in the title
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
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Little Bee
****Claiming Goodreads Author for Chris Cleave***
Total Points- 115
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- (500+)- 1
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Book 1: Read a book with all the letters T, E, A, M, but not the letter "I" found in any order in the title. Subtitles may be used or ignored.
A Maze of Stars (1991) by John Brunner (Hardcover, 393 pages)
T: stars
E: maze
A: maze
M: maze
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Book 2: Read a book with the word "fun" found intact in a word in the title and/or subtitle
Fundraising the Dead (A Museum Mystery #1) (2010) by Sheila Connolly (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 324 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Sheila Connolly
250 + 30 = 280
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 250 + 30 = 280
Books read: 21
Pages read: 7,333
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+