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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
JeniferTask 20.5 The Pumpkin State
option 3: a cozy read that is more than 400 pages
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
This book is 487 pages and was the perfect read to cozy up to on these chilly autumn days.
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 175
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
GR Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(1)(less)
Janice CA5.6 Last of the Summer Wine....
setting: England
One Pair Of Hands by Monica Dickens
+5
total: 205
tasks: 13
books: 16
GR authors: 2
20.6 Only in NYOption B (approved in help thread post 60 as books on the cover)
by Robin Sloan goodreads' author and a new author for me.Total points: 75
5.3-20 Years Ago-FrasierThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
This book has several literary awards listed on its Goodreads page, including the Indies Choice Book Award for Young Adult and the Odyssey Award
***John Green is a Goodreads Author***
20.10-Group Reads
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
I commented in post 58 of the discussion
***Maria Semple is a Goodreads Author***
Total Books Read:6
Total Challenges Completed:6
Total Pages Read:1899
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:2
Total Points:95
BEKKA - 30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!On my dice rolls, I got a 1 and a 3.
Option 1: For this task, I read “
” by Rosalind Kerven, since I’ve just discovered this author since January of 2013. Option 3: For this task, I read “
” by Liz Kessler, since the author’s first name has three letters. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 315
Pages Read this Challenge: 504
Total Pages Read to Date: 8006
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 27
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
15.7 SpookfestThis book has "Horror" as a genre on its main page.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess.
25.9 The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1: First published book by author.
The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan
Charlotte Rogan is a Goodreads author.
Option 3: This book is #59 on the "Best Twists" list.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 325
Tasks: 21
Books: 24
Goodreads authors: 7
FANDURY15.7 -- Spookfest!
Read a book that has "Horror," "Paranormal," or "Supernatural" listed as a genre on its main page.
After the End: Recent Apocalyses by Paula Guran
This book has Horror as one of its Genres on the main page.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 555
Books Read: 34
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Laurie ME20.2: Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-Time!
1. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman
20.4: Author! Author!: Karen F's Task: Tribute to Two Mystery Guests: Agatha Christie won award in 1955 (also #12 in series):
Nemesis by Agatha Christie
25.2: Andy P's Task: Love That Alphabet:
1. LMNO: I'm In No Mood For Love by Rachel Gibson
2. ABC and GHI: Nothing But Trouble by Rachel Gibson
30.5: Ty;s Task: Lessons in Defenestration:
B. Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi
C. Least Favorite Books of the Summer 2013 Challenge:
Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory. HP Mallory is a GRA.
Points this Post: 95.
Total Points: 525.
1 GRA
1 BB
I would like to replace a few books.20.1 - A COZY READ - OPTION 1 - Death is a Cabaret.
20.8 - WE LOVE SCRABBLE - OPTION 6 - TWO LETTER WORD - Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini.
TOTAL POINTS - 760
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 30
BIG BOOKS - 2
10.5 - FOUND IN TRANSLATION - The Year of the Hare which was originally published in Finnish. I read it in English.10.9 - PUT ON YOUR HAT, IT'S GETTING COLD OUTSIDE -
by Amy Clipston.Amy Clipston is a Goodreads Author.
15.5 - ALL FALL DOWN - Frost
15.8 - SAME TIME LAST YEAR - Winter of the World which was #9 on the September list.
25.5 - ONE OR MORE - HEART/HEARTS
BOOK 1 - Heart of Stone
BOOK 2 - Hearts Evergreen by Robin Lee Hatcher.
Robin Lee Hatcher is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 835
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 32
BIG BOOKS - 2
Delicious Dee10.8. Fall Back
Gideon - Beth Williamson (GR Author) - set post Civil War (1860's) - I was born 1980's
20.1. Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Buffalo West Wing - Julie Hyzy (GR Author) - 28 ppl have it shelved as cozy mystery
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 895
Goodreads Authors: 46
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Nick KY5.3 Frazier. Read a book which has won a literary award. I read War Dances by Sherman Alexie, the 2010 PEN/Faulkner award winner: https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...
10.3 The Waiting is Over. I read Umbrella by Will Self, which is the third book down in the “January or Already Out” column on the list of Most Anticipated Books of 2013.
10.7 But I really wanted to read THAT one! I read Murder at Longbourn by Tracy Kiely, nominated in the Chick Lit category.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 615
Big Books: 500+ (3)
Suzanne30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 2: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - *** - 11/5/2013 - Added March 9, 2011
Option 5: Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale - ***** - 11/11/2013
Total Points Earned: 430/1010
Total Pages Read: 12,942 Pages
Total Books Read: 36/80
Good Read Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(1), 1000()
Oma122915.2 -- Day and Night
Book 1-Daytime
by Marjory Stoneman DouglasBook 2-Nightime
by Annamaria AlfieriClaiming Annamaria ALfieri as Goodreads Author
20.4 Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats- The Authors:
Option 4-
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1-
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
Option 4-
The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer
Totals:
Total Points:495/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:14
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:27
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-11064
Andy P.Task # 15.1 -- Bookends
Read a book that is the first in a series AND a book that is the last in a series.
Book 1.
Mrs. Malory Investigates by Hazel Holt (Mrs. Malory Mysteries # 1)
Book 2. Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End by Hazel Holt (Mrs Malory Mysteries # 20)
Both book approved in message 33 of help thread.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 910
BEKKA - Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That AlphabetBoth of these books are over 250 pages.
Book 1: For this task, I read “
” by Hannah Kent, since it has three sequential letters of the alphabet in the title (R-S-T). Book 2: For this option, I read “
” by Jamie Ford, since the authors name has three sequential letters of the alphabet (D-E-F). Also, both Hannah Kent and Jamie Ford are Goodreads Authors, so I’m claiming two tickets for them.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 340
Pages Read this Challenge: 640
Total Pages Read to Date: 8646
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Oma122950.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Book 1- The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
(#1 in the Colonel Race Series)
Book 2- Sycamore Row by John Grisham
(#2 in the Jake Brigance Series)
Claiming John Grisham as Goodreads Author
Book 3 In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle
(#3 in The Hollow Kingdom Series)
Totals:
Total Points: 545/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:15
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:2
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-12043
Oma1229Correction to Post # 1812
None of the books are Re-Reads
10.8. Fall Back
The Mist in the Mirror
Historical Fiction - set in the 1800s
Points this post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 360
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 25
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
The Mist in the Mirror
Historical Fiction - set in the 1800s
Points this post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 360
Books Read: 29
Tasks Completed: 25
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Delicious Dee5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
Three Weeks To Say Goodbye
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 900
Goodreads Authors: 46
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)
Kimber15.6 Far East
His First, Her Last: The Incredible True Story of an American Lost in the Philippines by Jonathan Sturak
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30.4 Elementary Art
A. Primary Colors
Option #3 - on tear jerker list #70
Fifty Shades Darker by EL James
(pb 394 pages)
B. Secondary Colors
Option #1 -
by Tessa Afshargrapes on cover (pb 372 pages)
Jonathan Sturak is a GRA
EL James is a GRA
Above tasks: 45
# tasks complete to date: 32
GRA: 27
Grand total: 555 points
Ana20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled a 2 and 6
2nd friend Jennifer Eisemann and 6th author James Patterson
by James Patterson.***He is a GoodReads author
Points this Post 20
Total Points 385
Tasks Completed 18
Books Read 25
Total Pages 8996
GoodReads Author 17
Big Book Tickets 2
Hana C.
Task 25.6 Sandy's Task: General Education
option 2: The Past
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
432 pages; Non-Fiction and History on it's main page
option 6: The Performing Arts
Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger
384 pages; Non-Fiction and Music on it's main page (as it's a very new book I had Music verified as being listed in post 21 of The Fall 2013 Genre Verification Help thread)
Task 50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
None of the following 3 books was a re-read for me.
Reached (Matched #3) by Ally Condie
**Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author
** claiming a Big Book ticket as this novel has 512 pages
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom #4) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Thread on Arrival (Embroidery Mystery #5) by Amanda Lee
points this post: 75
Total Points Earned: 550
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 32
Task 25.6 Sandy's Task: General Education
option 2: The Past
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
432 pages; Non-Fiction and History on it's main page
option 6: The Performing Arts
Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History by Glen Berger
384 pages; Non-Fiction and Music on it's main page (as it's a very new book I had Music verified as being listed in post 21 of The Fall 2013 Genre Verification Help thread)
Task 50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
None of the following 3 books was a re-read for me.
Reached (Matched #3) by Ally Condie
**Ally Condie is a Goodreads Author
** claiming a Big Book ticket as this novel has 512 pages
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (Barsoom #4) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Thread on Arrival (Embroidery Mystery #5) by Amanda Lee
points this post: 75
Total Points Earned: 550
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 32
Task #5.2 -- 10 years ago - Two and a Half MenThe Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us (136 pages of 1088) by Robert Kirkman
The edition I read is this: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1
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Task #5.7 -- 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye (144 pages of 1088) by Robert Kirkman
The edition I read is this: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1
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Task #5.8 -- 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire (136 pages of 1088) by Robert Kirkman
The edition I read is this: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1
Approval link here.
Points this post: 15
Total to date: 300
GR author tickets to date: 5
Big Book tickets to date: 3
Repost - 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
*Verified by Kristi #327 in the Problem posts
Both GOODREADS AUTHORS
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 17
Big Books: 1
Jayme VA50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Book 1: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
(#1 in the Foundation Series)
Book 2: The Elite by Kiera Cass
(#2 in the Selection Series)
Book 3: The Death Cure by James Dashner
(#3 in the Maze Runner Series)
James Dashner and Kiera Cass are goodreads authors.
None of these books were re-reads.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 455
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, Kiera Cass
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(1),1000+(0)
Lindy-Lanetask 20.4 Tribute to Two Mystery Greats!
*pick an option & read 1 book:
option #1= read a book by Elizabeth Peters
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth PetersPoints this post: 20
Total points: 210
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 12
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!book 1 Three Girls and a Baby (Three Girls #1) by Rachel Schurig
book 2 Time After Time (Time Between Us #2) by Tamara Ireland Stone
book 3 Immortal in Death (In Death #3) by J.D. Robb
None of those books are re-reads.
Rachel Schurig and Tamara Ireland Stone are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 50
Total points: 405
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 26
Goodreads Author: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)
Alison15.3 -- Half and Half
The Flowers of War by Geling Yan
= 15 points
15.4 -- Inside Out Option B
The Everything Car Care Book: How to Maintain Your Car and Keep It Running Smoothly
One word repeated in same title car/care
=15 points
Points this Post: 30 points
Total Points: 30 points
Tasks Complete: 2
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: (0)500+(0)750+(0)1000
Task #25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto TrilogyI chose Options 2 and 4 for this.
For Option 2,
The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer (136 pages of 1088) by Robert Kirkman
The edition I read is this: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1
For Option 4,
The Walking Dead, Vol. 6: This Sorrowful Life (144 pages of 1088) by Robert Kirkman
The edition I read is this: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1
Approval link here.
Points this post: 25
Total to date: 325
GR author tickets to date: 5
Big Book tickets to date: 3
Sandy MN30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 2 - Added to shelf April 2011
The Corset Diaries by Katie MacAlister Goodreads Author
Option 5 - Mystery
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline WinspearGoodreads Author
Total points: 485
Total GR Authors: 19
Alison15.5 -- All Fall Down
My Antonia by Willa Cather
=15 points
15.6 -- Far East
The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bảo Ninh
Set in Vietnam
=15 points
20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State Option #3
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
This book has 870 pages and I consider it to be a comfort read.
=20 points + 2 big book tickets (750) + 1 goodreads author ticket
Points this Post: 50 points
Total Points: 80 points
Tasks Complete: 5
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: (0)500+(1)750+(0)1000 = 2 tickets
Andy P.Task # 20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 4. Grand Master Winners. Read a book by one of the other winners
Hit Man by Lawrence Block
Block won the award in 1996.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 930
Reposts of incorrect tasks -20.10. Group Reads
Read one of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I choose Where'd You Go, Bernadette Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, and have posted in the group discussion. This adds 1 to my GR Author total, making 3.
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. None of these are re-reads for me (nor will they be, sorry to say)
Mainspring (Clockwork Earth #1) book 1 in the Clockwork Earth series
Termination Dust (Alex Jensen / Jessie Arnold, #2) book 2 in the Jessie Arnold series
The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #3) book 3 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
whew! 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)(less)
Alison25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option #5: Horse is on cover
by Timothy FindleyOption #6:
by Gillian Flynn (goodreads author)=25 points + 1 goodreads author ticket
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Schroder by Amity Gaige (letters CDE in the title)
and
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (letters TUV in the author name)
=25 points + 2 big reads tickets for Don Quixote (940 pages)
Points this Post: 50 points
Total Points: 130 points
Tasks Complete: 7
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 2
Big Book Tickets: (0)500+(2)750+(0)1000 = 4 tickets
Jessica PDX10.4 - Back by Request - Labor Day
by Martin Cruz SmithPoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 575
Elizabeth BTask 10.3. The Waiting is Over
Most anticipated books for the second half of 2013 list: MaddAddam (September)
Task 25.3 - Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Opt 2: Interpreter of Maladies Winner for fiction at 2000
Opt 5:Fight Club (#2 on the list Best experimental books)
Points this post:35
Total points:880+35=915
Tasks:52+2=54
Andy P.Task # 15.6 -- Far East
Read a book that is set in a country that is conventionally included under the term Far East.
The Ruined Map by Kōbō Abe
This book is set in Tokyo, Japan.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 945
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!#2 in Her Royal Spyness Mysteries series: A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen
#3 in China Bayles series: Hangman's Root by Susan Wittig Albert
#4 in The Darling Dahlias series: The Darling Dahlias and the Texas Star by Susan Wittig Albert
Rhys Bowen, Susan Wittig Albert, and Susan Wittig Albert (same author, two different series for this task) are all Goodreads authors.
None of these books are re-reads for me.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 630
GR authors 25
Katie M5.6 -- 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
This book takes place in England.
Pressure Head by J.L. Merrow
This Post: 5 points
Total to Date: 290 points
Hana C.
Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader- Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A: A book set in New York-
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
This book is set nearly entirely in New York City. Jonathan Safran Foer is a new to me author.
points this post: 20
Total Points Earned: 570
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 33
Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader- Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A: A book set in New York-
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
This book is set nearly entirely in New York City. Jonathan Safran Foer is a new to me author.
points this post: 20
Total Points Earned: 570
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 33
REPOST: Cringe, grovel, repeat.20.6 Seasoned Reader--Jen UT's Task--Only in New York:
B. Main Character Librarian
Librarians of Alexandria: A Tale of Two Sisters by Alessandra Lavagnino I had never read this author before--enjoyed enough to try some more.
50.1 Sassafrass's Task--A Sucker for Series:
1. A Lady of Resources by Shelley Adina #5 Magnificent Devices
2. Owls Well That Ends Well by Donna Andrews #6 Meg Landslow
3. And Eternity by Piers Anthony #7 Incarnations of Imortality
All three books were new to me.
My point total remains the same.
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.7: I blame Ms Anderson and Ellen Hopkins: I rolled a 1 and a 3. Both books I read are new reads for me (no re-reads).
Option 1: Rate 4 or 5 stars by Ms Anderson -- I choose Green Angel by Alice Hoffman from Ms. Anderson's "read" shelf. I could not put it down and read it in one setting. Loved it!
Option 3: Author's initials appear in Ms Anderson -- Code Blue by Richard Mabry, whose initials are in Ms Anderson. This is a new author for me, as required by the task. Richard Mabry is a GoodReads author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 10
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (0);
Danie (just coming back to the challenge, so these are the tasks I've inadvertently completed so far, lol)5.1 - 2013 - A New Season -
The Treatment by Suzanne Young - 26 ratings as of 11/12/2013
5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men - Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons - The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati - Hereafter by Kate Brian
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits -Once We Were by Kat Zhang - science fiction
10.2 Far, Far Away - Dear Killer by Katherine Ewell - I live in the United States, it takes place in London
10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day - Killer by Sara Shepard
15.1 -- Bookends
The Program by Suzanne Young (1st in a series)
Crash into You by Katie McGarry (most recent book in the series)
15.2 -- Day and Night -
by Tamara Ireland Stone 
by CJ Daugherty15.3 -- Half and Half - Panic by Lauren Oliver (Lauren is in the first half of the alphabet, Oliver is in the second)
15.4 -- Inside Out - Option 1 - The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes AND Then You Were Gone by Lauren Strasnick (the/then)
15.5 -- All Fall Down - Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats - Option 2 - Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble! - Option One : Another Little Piece by Kate Kasyrus Quinn (Another has 7 letters)
Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet - Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Has the letters G, H, and I in the title)
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts (Has the letters R, S, and T in her name)
25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes - Option 2 - Let the Storms Break by Shannon Messenger, has fantasy listed as a genre on the main page.
Option 6 - If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch. GR has another book listed, with no publication date, but in the review section, Emily Murdoch has said it won’t come out until 2014.
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee! - Rolled a 5 & 6.
Option 5 : The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle
Option 6: Chose option 5 again. Not A Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis
Total Points Earned : 240
Goodreads Authors : 19
Big Book : 1 (The Enchantress Returns is 517 pages)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 30.1: I'm sorry Dee!: I rolled a 1 and a 6. Both books I read are new reads for me (no re-reads).
Option 1: Author discovered since Jan. 2013 -- I choose In High Places by Arthur Hailey. This challenge is the first time I have read a book by this author.
Option 6: Choose any option 1 through 5! -- I choose Option 1 again. Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes. This challenge is the first time I have read a book by this author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 235
Books Read: 14
Tasks Completed: 11
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (0);
Coralie10.9 Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
The Boy is wearing a cap.
10.10 In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise
The main character, Ofelia is an elderly woman.
Remnant Population
25.10 Autumn in the South
Option 1 ‘star’ in title
The Star Of Kazan
Option 2 ‘end’ in title
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Total points 505
20.2 - Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-timeI chose Option 4, read a book that has a butterfly on its cover.
by Jean-Dominique BaubyTask total=20
Grand total=290
10.3 The Waiting is OverCase Histories by Kate Atkinson
This book was mentioned in the April section of the Most Anticipated books of 2013
25.10 Autumn in the South
Option 1: "star" in title
The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon (448 pages)
Option 2: "guard" in title
The Guards by Ken Bruen (304 pages)
50.1 A Sucker for Series
Book 1: #1 in Trash 'n' Treasures Series
Antiques Roadkill by Barbara Allan
Book 2: #2 in Hannibal Lecter Series
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Book 3: #3 in Lineage of Grace Series
Unshaken: Ruth by Francine Rivers
This was the first time I had read each of these books
Post Total: 85
Season Total: 1010
Mod
I read Strong Poison, set in England.
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
I read
- hat on the monkey's head.25.9. Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read
- horror listed as genre. (note - books under 300 pages with children listed as genre specifically allowed for this task)For my second book, I chose option 4 and read I, Robot, with "science fiction" listed as its top genre.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 640
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1. Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
20.6 Seasoned Reader--Jen UT's Task--only in New York:
B. Main character a librarian:
Librarians of Alexandria: A Tale of Two Sisters by Alessandra Lavagnino
25.4 Elizabeth B's Task--Celebration:
A. Number 7 in Title:
The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
B. First published in 2006
A Coventry Christmas by Becky Cochrane
30.6 Beth NC's Task--Ancestry:
1. Author has the same first name:
Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews Our names are Donna
2. Set in Country one of your ancestors came from:
The Dark Monk by Oliver Pötzsch Country was Germany
30.7 Delicious Dee's Task--I Blame Ms Anderson and Ellen Hopkins:
I rolled 1 and 5
1. On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
2. Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina, who was a new author to me.
50 Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series:
1. A Lady of Resources by Shelley Adina #5 Magnificent Devices
2. Owls Well That Ends WellDonna Andrews #6 Meg Landslow
3. And Eternity by Piers Anthony #7 Incarnations of Immortality
Today's Total: 175
Grand Total; 780