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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.2 Far, Far Away Catalyst by Anne McCaffrey
This book takes place in space
Task Complete: 5
Books Completed: 6
Big Books 500+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 0
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 70
Theresa~OctoberLace30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Rolled #3 and #6
Option 3: Our readerboard names may be long, but both Dee and I go by names that have three letters. Read a book by an author whose first or last name has only three letters. Jio has only 3 letters.
The Violets of March by Sarah Jio 10/11/13
Option 6: I like to create die-roll tasks because they're more interesting and challenging...but there's a time and place for a little choice, too. Choose any of the options 1-5 for your second book. You may choose the same option you used for your first book. Required: state which option you chose.
I chose to repeat Option 3. Day has only 3 letters.
Bared to You by Sylvia Day 10/25/13
***CLAIMING 2 GOODREADS AUTHOR TICKETS***
Both Sarah Jio and Sylvia Day are Goodreads Authors
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 470 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 9
Theresa~OctoberLace20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A - If you have not finished the 20-point tasks, try one you didn't get the chance to do from Spring or Summer. I only started with Fall 2013, so I had not done any of the tasks from Spring or Summer 2013.
Spring 2013 20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013 Please enjoy a book which shares one of the following attributes with the finalists: Option 3. A book with "Historical Fiction" on its main genre page.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 11/5/13
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 490 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 9
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery GreatsOption 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.
United We Spy by Ally Carter
Book 6 in the Gallagher Girls series.
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 2 - read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on the main page.
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Option 4 - read a book with the genre "Chick Lit" on the main page.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A. The Primary Colors:
1. Red: Choose a book you’ve red/read before and reread it.
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
I first read this book 3 years ago while travelling.
B. The Secondary Colors:
2. Green: Read a book with a green cover (at least 1/3).
by Jhumpa LahiriPoints this post: 75
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 11
15.6 Far East:Don't Cry, Tai Lake by Qiu Xiaolong Set in China
15.9 Off to College:
Used 2012 Revolutions list #8
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy I'd never read this, but I spent the entire time I was reading thinking of Bugs Bunny as the Scarlet Pumpernickel.
15.10 Free for Fall:
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico by Amy S. Greenberg
20.3 Best Review--Stefu's Task--Most Read Authors:
I rolled 4 and 5; my fifth friend down was Alicia and her fourth author was Iris Johansen.
Blue Velvet by Iris Johansen
25.6 Sandy's Task--General Education:
2. History, Bio, Memoir
The Most Famous Man In America: The Biography Of Henry Ward Beecher by Debby Applegate 529pp
4. Philosophy or Religion:
The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus by John Dominic Crossan 272pp
25.10 Oma1229's Task--Autumn in the South:
1. Stars in Title
From Jars to the Stars: How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine by Todd Neff 327pp
2. Football position in title
Dead Center by Joanna Higgins 272pp
30.1 Ms Anderson's Task--I'm Sorry, Dee!:
Rolled 1 and 6
1. Author discovered since January 2013
Once Upon a Winter's Eve by Tessa Dare Approved line 811. I first read Tessa Dare this summer.
6. I chose to read 2. Genre GLBT
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
30.2 Dlmrose's Task--What a Team!:
1. All the letters T,E,A,M in title:
Steampunk by Jeff VanderMeer Steampunk
2.Fun intact in Title or Subtitle:
Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s by Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s
Today's Total: 175
Grand total: 605
5.7 - 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 Christmas carol by Charles Dickens
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
➥Read an anthology or book of collected short stories, poetry, essays, novellas or other literary works. Your book may be by a single author or multiple contributors. OR Read a book with the genre "Science Fiction" on its main book page
The time Machine by H.G. Wells (Science Fiction)
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. REQUIRED: If the book is set in a country other than the one in which you live, indicate both the country where the book is set and the country in which you live.
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (set in Austria- I am in Canada)
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day
➥Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession.
(Miller- State when posting)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
10.8. Fall Back
➥Read a novel with the genre historical fiction on its main page or a nonfiction book with the genre history on its main page. The book you read must be set in/about a time period before you were born.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is Set in 1925 (i was not born in 1925!)
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 40
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 42
Goodreads authors:5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥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 Christmas carol by Charles Dickens
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
➥Read an anthology or book of collected short stories, poetry, essays, novellas or other literary works. Your book may be by a single author or multiple contributors. OR Read a book with the genre "Science Fiction" on its main book page
The time Machine by H.G. Wells (Science Fiction)
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. REQUIRED: If the book is set in a country other than the one in which you live, indicate both the country where the book is set and the country in which you live.
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (set in Austria- I am in Canada)
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day
➥Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession.
(Miller- State when posting)
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
10.8. Fall Back
➥Read a novel with the genre historical fiction on its main page or a nonfiction book with the genre history on its main page. The book you read must be set in/about a time period before you were born.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is Set in 1925 (i was not born in 1925!)
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 40
Total points: 550
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 42
Goodreads authors:5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Read a book set in the United Kingdom: England,(the Peak District)
The Devil's Edge by Stephen Booth
Points this post: 5
Total points:885
25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
1. The Sciences and Mathematics
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Genre: Science
Rebecca Skloot is a Goodreads Author.
2. The Past
The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811
Genre: History
Points this post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 350
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 24
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
1. The Sciences and Mathematics
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Genre: Science
Rebecca Skloot is a Goodreads Author.
2. The Past
The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders, 1811
Genre: History
Points this post: 25
Total Points in Challenge: 350
Books Read: 28
Tasks Completed: 24
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
SpantalianJoanneTask 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Option A
1. Beauty's Daughter by Carolyn Meyer, 10/13/13: Letters RST
2. The Lost Sun by Tessa Gratton, 9/2/13: Letters RST
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15.10 -- Free for Fall
~ 10/24/13___________________________________________________
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
~ 10/8/13Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books read: 9
Pages Read: 2073
20.9 - Expanding the Classic CanonWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Murakami is on the Great Books - Non-Western Literature list under 20th Century Japanese.
Task total=20
Grand total=255
Kat Y5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and Half Men
Read a book that is #2 in a series
Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2)
by Lois Lowry
Total Points Earned: 5
Total Points for Fall 2013:10
Total Books Read: 2
Delicious Dee15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
One Night with a Hero -Laura Kaye (GR Author) - #89 from October 2012
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A -
- Gay Hendricks (GR Author) - cover approved in the THT, both of the authors were new to me authors25.7 – Bamaace83’s task: Football Kick-off Fun!
Option 2 - A Cowboy's Redemption- Jeannie Watt (GR Author) - Cowboy's for the Dallas Cowboys; book squeeked by with 251 pages
Option 3 - Taming Mad Max- Theresa Ragan (GR Author) - #21 on the Touchdown: Romance and American Football Listopia
Points this Post: 60
Total Points: 865
Goodreads Authors: 44
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Kimber5.6 Last of the Summer Wine
Bold by Becca St John
(takes place in Scotland)
___________
15.2 Day and Night
Day Scene:
by Becca St JohnNight Scene:
by Charlotte Rogan___________
15.3 Half and Half
Tangled by Becca St. John
Charlotte Rogan is a GRA
Above Tasks: 35 points
# tasks completed total: 30
GRA: 25
Total Points to Date: 510
5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer WineThe Lighthouse by P.D. James is set in England.
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
I chose FATHER as my male relative.
The Sins of the Fathers by *Lawrence Block
*Lawrence Block is a Goodreads Author*
25.5. Coralie's Task: One or More.
Noun and its plural I chose: road/roads
Red Hook Road by *Ayelet Waldman
Cross Roads by *Fern Michaels
*Ayelet Waldman is a Goodreads Author*
*Fern Michaels is a Goodreads Author
Points in This Task: 35
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1319
Totals:
Total Points: 650
Total Goodreads Authors: 17
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 36/58
Total Books Read: 47
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 17,381
CathyG10.6. What’s Your Sign?
Read a book by an author who shares your animal sign.
REQUIRED: Include in your post the zodiac sign that you and the author share and the author's date of birth.
Share rat 12/22/48
Catherine Anderson
Coming Up Roses
30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
There’s no “I” in 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.
Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
and
We have to have fun-
Book 2: Read a book with the word "fun" found intact in a word in the title and/or subtitle
The Funniest Cop Stories Ever by Tom Philbin
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Choose two different "leafy" tasks and "leave" plenty of time for reading them! :-)
Required: State which options you are using.
Option 2 - Lily Pad Leaf
Read a book that's been "sitting" on your TBR list for over a year.
Haunted by Your Touch by Jeaniene Frost, etal
Added to my shelf March 2011
Goodreads Author
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf
Some Ivy leaves are poison or make you itch- Mystery must be listed as a genre on the book's main page.
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Each book must be 300 pages
2. Yellow: Read a book by an author with a "y" in his/her name. The y may be anywhere within the name.
Exposed to You by Beth Kery
Goodreads Author
2. Green: In the United States paper money is sometimes referred to as “green” or “The long green . Read a book with a green cover (at least 1/3).
Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 100
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500= 0,750=0, 1000=0
Jessica PDX25.8 - Chaitra's Task - A Season of Baking Cakes
Option 2 - "Black" in author's name
by Benjamin BlackOption 5 - "Sugar" in title
by Michael MossPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 565
Congrats, Susan A! Winter task 30.5 is yours.
Task 5.3 literary award.Read a book that has won a literary award. The book must have received the award, not the author for a body of work.
http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2...
The Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Fiction of $10,000 has been awarded annually since 1957 to a young novelist for a book published during the previous year that is a considerable literary achievement.
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (1961)
A Separate Peace (1959) by John Knowles (Paperback, 196 pages)
290 + 05 = 295
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 290 + 05 = 295
Books read: 23
Pages read: 7,842
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Congrats, Susan A! Winter task 30.5 is yours."Yeah! Thanks! Any chance I can get a mentor to advise me with task writing?
Mai -- Repost #171920.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 4: Read a book by one of the other winners of this prestigious award.
The Gunslinger by Stephen King
Stephen King won this award in 2007
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 515
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 41
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Susan A wrote: "Kristi (Passion for the Page) wrote: "Congrats, Susan A! Winter task 30.5 is yours."Yeah! Thanks! Any chance I can get a mentor to advise me with task writing?"
LOL. You'll receive detailed instructions from DLMRose shortly. ;-)
20.2 Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!Option 4: Butterfly Cover
by Gina HolmesGina Holmes is a Goodreads Author.
25.3 Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 2: 2009 Fiction
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Option 5: Number 30
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Markus Zusak is a Goodreads Author.
25.9 Stacie MI's Task: The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 3: 105 on the list
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author.
Option 5:
by Debbie MacomberDebbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author
30.5 Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option A:
by Sherryl WoodsOption B:
by Sherryl WoodsPoints this post: 100
Total points: 720
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 59
Goodreads Author: 38
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (0); 1000(0)
This is another attempt to make a correction on task 30.7. Hopefully this will fix my original error that was on post 92 in the correction thread pointing out I didn't indicate which author was new to me, and it also corrects the next post #300, where I didn't repost the whole task. So below is how 30.7 should have looked like at the time I originally posted it. 30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 3 and a 4.
#4 I used my friend Charlotte's read shelves. Link to her profile: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/65. I have never met her, I just follow her blog and her books posted here.
I read
The Lost Husband. By Katherine Center. Charlotte gave it a 5, I ranked it a 4. The author is a GRA.
#3. The author's initials are in Ms. Anderson's name (E &M). She was also a new author to me. I read The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin .McKean.
These were my stats at the time I first posted the completed task back in September
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 70
GoodReads Authors: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
25.8-a Quarter Of Baking Cakes.I chose:
#1-Butterscotch Cakes. I read
by Beth Hoffman. I chose the option of having flowers on the cover. It had 354 pages. The author is a GoodReads Author.#4-Strawberry Cheesecake and have Chick-lit Genre on front page. I read Simply from Scratch by Alicia Bessette. The book had 304 pages, and the author is a GoodRead Author.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 210
Good Read Authors: 12
Tasks Completed: 11
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessGenre : Science Fiction
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70 + 5 = 75
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Book Tickets to date: 0
FANDURY15.9 -- Off to College
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
This is from the 2005 Berkley Summer Reading list "Great Discoveries, Voyages, and Adventures!"
Mary Roach is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"Option B - I chose:
Summer 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
I had done Option 3 in the summer challenge and I hope I correctly posted the link:
href="http://www.goodreads.com">/to...
So in honor of the "new to me" author I this time used option 1 and read the book she published in 2013
Bound by Night by Larissa Ione
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
One book option
The Mighty Storm by Samantha Towle
Book is 446 pages and the title has G-H-I and author has M-N-O
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Task 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
#2
2011 winner
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
and #5 - the book is 86th on the list
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Jennifer Egan is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
25.4. Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!
Option A:
Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Midnight Breed #7
and
Option C: embrace
by Lara AdrianGOODREADS AUTHOR X 2
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
2. Black Forest Cake – Fantasy
Gideon by Jacquelyn Frank
and
4. Strawberry Cheesecake – Chick lit
Surrender Your Love by J.C. Reed
Both GOODREADS AUTHORS
Points This Post: 120
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 1
15.3 - Half and HalfRead a book written by an author whose first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet AND a book written by an author whose last name is in the second half (N-Z) of the alphabet OR one book that fits both criteria.
I chose the one book option.
(A-M) J
(N-Z) O
We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
Task total=15
Grand total=270
Mai5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Book with genre "Fantasy" on its main page:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 520
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 42
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Mai15.1 -- Bookends
First book in a series:
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham * Goodreads author *
Last book in a series:
Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie
15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B: Read a book in which a word of at least 3 letters can be found intact within another word in the title
Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 45
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
ANGELASUNSHINE20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A: Kristen Simmons is a new author to me
Article 5 by Kristen Simmons
Total Points: 295
Andy P.Task # 10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Read a book with a hat on the cover
The Good Cop: A Mystery by Brad Parks Approved message 63 of help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 895
Shawn H.20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: I did not Complete 20.2 in the Spring 2013 Challenge.
20.2 from Spring 2013 is: 20.2: Rookie At the Top- Ty's task: Pi Day
Option A requires: Option 1 - Pi Day: Read a book whose page count include digits from the first 10 digits of pi (3.141592653). The digits can only be repeated as many times as it is repeated in the first ten digits
by Junot Díaz***The book is 335 pages***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 195
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket Books: 1
Jenn IL30.1 Ms Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 1 and a 6.
Option 1: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
The first book I read by this author was Cinder which I read in May 2013.
****Goodreads Author***
Option 6: Free choice of Options..I chose Option 4
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Humor is listed on the main page of this book
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 12
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 15.4 Inside Out
Option B: Read ONE book in which a word of at least 3 letters can be found intact within another word in the title, subtitle, or series name.
Started Early, Took My Dog
Start/Started
Points this Task: 15
Total Points this Challenge: 115
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read this Challenge: 11
GR Authors: 3
10.2 Far, Far AwayI read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The majority of this book is set on space stations.
15.4 Inside Out
I chose option B and read The New Rules of Marketing & PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, News Releases, & Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly by David Meerman Scott.
The word new is contained in the word news. Both of these words are in the title.
25.1 Nick KY's Task: The Reviews are In!
Option 4: I read The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. This book is 15th on the list of what "readers also enjoyed" on the Cloud Atlas page.
Option 5: I read The Good Muslim by Tahmima Anam. This book has birds on the cover:
Points this post: 50
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Goodreads Authors: -
Big Book Tickets: (1) - (2) A Crown of Swords (3) -
20.10. Group ReadsRead one of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I choose Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, and have posted in the group discussion.
25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Read two books from TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERED OPTIONS.
Opt. 1 - Ice and Snow, #76 -
Opt. 2 - Graphic Novel
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
In honor of my serial reading addiction, you’re going to read three books that are a part of three different series.
book 1 in the Clockwork Earth series
book 2 in the Jessie Arnold series
book 3 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid serieswhew! all caught up!
5.1
10.4
15.2, 15.3, 15.10
20.1, 20.6, 20.8, 20.10
25.1, 25.3, 25.4, 25.8, 25.9
30.3, 30.6
50.1
Total: 375
Big books: 2
GR Authors: 3(less)
STACIE MITask 5.9 - 55 Years Ago - The Rifleman
I read a book with horses on the cover:
The Journal Of Joshua Loper, A Black Cowboy by Walter Dean Myers
The horses flank the central picture.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 695
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 53
Pages read: 14121
Goodreads authors: 24
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.9 - Put On Your Hat - It's Getting Cold Outside!
I read:
The Unwritten, Vol. 5: On to Genesis by Mike Carey
**Mike Carey is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 705
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 54
Pages read: 14265
Goodreads authors: 25
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
MB 10.10 In honor of veterans The Hard Way by Lee Child - 384 pgs - Jack Reacher is a former Military MP.
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages: 5552
15.8 - Same Time Last Year - Book from "Most Popular" lists from Sept., Oct., or Nov., of 2012Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett, #9 on the Sept. list.
I listened to the audiobook. The paperback (Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy) has 890 pp so I'm claiming 2 Big Book Tickets.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75/1010
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
KAREN F20.4 Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
Book #5 in the Flavia de Luce series.
**Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author**
25.2 Love that Alphabet
Option 2: Omens by Kelley Armstrong
M-N-O found in both Title and Author - 486 Pages
**Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 45
Total Challenge Points: 400
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(1),1000+(0)
BEKKA - 30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen HopkinsI rolled a 1 and a 5, and none of these books are re-reads:
Option 1: For this task, I read “
” by F. Scott Fitzgerald since Ms Anderson has rated it 4 stars. Option 5: For this task, I read “
” by Alexandra Coutts, since its listed as Young Adult on its main Goodreads page. Also, this is a new author for me. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 285
Pages Read this Challenge: 564
Total Pages Read to Date: 7502
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Readerboard ID: JENBENT10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day.
The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain
Chamberlain - an official charged with the management of the living quarters of a sovereign or member of the nobility.
Diane Chamberlain is a Goodreads author.
15.7 -- Spookfest!
paranormal genre
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled a 4 & 2
My 4th friend: KELLY
Her 2nd most read author: Stephen King
I read:
Joyland by Stephen King
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2: (book #23 in a favourite series)
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3: comfort read by a favourite author (500 pages)
A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A: by a new-to-me author, set in New York State
Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
Carol Goodman is a Goodreads author.
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 1
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Sara Shepard
371 pages
Seven letter word in title: M I N U T E S
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 125
Total points: 125
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1)
30.3 Take It or "Leave" It Option 2, Lily Pad Leaf: This book was added to my To-Read List in July, 2011.
River Secrets by Shannon Hale
Option 5, Ivy Leaf: I have been "itching" to read this mystery ever since I read "The Bourne Identity."
The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum (688 pages: Big Book)
30 points this post.
150 total points
1 total Big Book
Coralie5.4 Dungeons & Dragons
Fantasy genre on main page
Zoo City
50.1 A Sucker for Series
The Hidden Goddess (Veneficas Americana #2)
Iron Councill (Bas-Lag #3)
Broken Homes (Peter Grant #4)
None of these books are rereads.
Total points 460
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5.3: Frasier
Zero at the Bone - award is on book main page - DABWAHA Romance Tournament for Best GLBT Romance (2010)
30.4: Elementary Art
A.2. - Rock Chick Revenge by Kristen Ashley
B.1. - True Confessions
Points this post: 35
Total points: 350