Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS) Showing 1,801-1,850 of 2,481

[Bekka]

BEKKA 10.8. Fall Back.

For this task, I read “ ” by Elizabeth Wein, since it was set in World War II, long before I was born (I was born in the late 1960s).

Also, Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 350
Pages Read this Challenge: 346
Total Pages Read to Date: 8992
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

[Ty]

woohoo Kate S!

[Laurie]

Laurie ME

30.5: Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration

B. Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi

C. from Least Favorite Books of Summer 2013 Challenge

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble by H.P. Mallory. HP Mallory is a GRA.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Points this Task: 30.
Total Points: 525.

1 GRA.
1 BB.

[Eepa *mm loving bookworm*]

Eepa

10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day

Read a book in which the author’s surname is also a profession.

Learning Curve by Kaje Harper

Kaje Harper is GR author.


25.8 A Quarter of Baking Cakes

Choose 2 options, books needs to be over 300 pages.


Option 2: Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on the main page.

Irregulars by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon, Ginn Hale and Astrid Amara

Paperback version has 476 pages.

All are Goodreads authors


Option 6: Read a book by an author who has published only one book.

The Trap by Indigo Wren

Paperback version has 304 pages.


Points this post: 35
Total points: 470
GR author tickets: 31

[Marscha]

15.9 -- Off to College

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
list: 2002 banned books

*** Margaret Atwood is a goodreads author ***

Total points: 145
Total GRA: 11
Total big book tickets: 0

[Dana]

Another try to get this one right!

Task 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 the books listed here are re-reads for me:
Mainspring book 1 in the Clockwork Earth series
Termination Dust book 2 in the Jessie Arnold series
The Last Straw book 3 in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

right? right!

[Jen]

Jen UT

5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Total Points: 35
Total Books Read: 5

[Bluemoon]

5.10 - MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY - Brides For Brothers by Debbie Macomber.





Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author






10.2 - FAR AWAY - What World is Left which takes place in The Netherlands and Czechoslovakia. I live in the USA.





10.7 - BUT I REALLY WANTED TO READ THAT ONE! - The Awakening.






TOTAL POINTS - 860
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 31
BIG BOOKS - 2

[Suzanne]

Suzanne

10.6. What’s Your Sign?

SHEEP
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov - *** - 11/12/2013



Total Points Earned: 440/1010
Total Pages Read: 13,406 Pages
Total Books Read: 37/80
Good Read Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(1), 1000()

[Jessica]

Jessica PDX

20.4 - Karen F's Task - Tribute to Two Mystery Greats

Option 4 - Christie was named a Grand Master in 1955.

by Agatha Christie

Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 595

[Sheila]

Congratulations Kate S. I look forward to your task

[Danie]

Repost to claim GR authors.

- - - - -

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 - Claiming Goodreads author

5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men - Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons - Claiming Goodreads author

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 - Claiming Goodreads author

10.2 Far, Far Away - Dear Killer by Katherine Ewell - I live in the United States, it takes place in London - Claiming Goodreads author

10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day - Killer by Sara Shepard - Claiming Goodreads author

15.1 -- Bookends
The Program by Suzanne Young (1st in a series) - Claiming Goodreads author
Crash into You by Katie McGarry (most recent book in the series) - Claiming Goodreads author

15.2 -- Day and Night -
by Tamara Ireland Stone - Claiming Goodreads author
by CJ Daugherty - Claiming Goodreads author

15.3 -- Half and Half - Panic by Lauren Oliver (Lauren is in the first half of the alphabet, Oliver is in the second) - Claiming Goodreads author

15.4 -- Inside Out - Option 1 - The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes AND Then You Were Gone by Lauren Strasnick - Claiming Goodreads author
(the/then)

15.5 -- All Fall Down - Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz - Claiming Goodreads author

20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats - Option 2 - Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Claiming Goodreads author

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) - Claiming Goodreads author

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) - Claiming Goodreads author
Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts (Has the letters R, S, and T in her name) - Claiming Goodreads author

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. - Claiming Goodreads author
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. - Claiming Goodreads author

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 - Claiming Goodreads author

Total Points Earned : 240
Goodreads Authors : 19
Big Book : 1 (The Enchantress Returns is 517 pages)

[Fandury]

FANDURY

15.3 -- Half and Half

Read a book written by an author whose first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet and whose last name is in the second half (N-Z) of the alphabet.

The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar

Lavie is in the first half, Tidhar is in the second half.


Point this post: 15
Total Points: 570
Books Read: 35
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

[April]

AprilDT

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It

Opt 1- The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer Liquidamber

Brad Meltzer is a GRA

Opt 2- The Witch's Daughter added TBR list July 2011

Points this post- 30
Challenge total- 100
GRA total tickets- 2

[Lois]

20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"

Option A — A task from Summer 2013 that I did not have time to complete: 20.9, Option 2, a book by one of my favorite authors.
This is not a re-read.

The Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini

Points this post: 20
Total points: 650

[Emma]

Task 25.2 Love That Alphabet
Book Read: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson (Option B, one book: consecutive letters CDE, GHI, and RST all found in title and RST found in author’s name; 563 pgs)
 
Task 30.3 Take It or Leave It
Books Read: Worlds Apart by Barbara Elsborg (Option 1: Both “B” and “E” found in liquidamber; 296 pgs)
and
The Daughters of Juarez: A True Story of Serial Murder South of the Border by Teresa Rodriguez (Option 2: this has been sitting on the bookshelf next to my bed (my TBR pile) since 2009; 316 pgs)
 
Task 30.4 Elementary Art
Books Read: Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Option 1: first read in Fall 1999; 348 pgs)
and
The Gift by Richard Paul Evans (Option 2: green cover; 335 pgs)

 
Task 30.7 I Blame Ms Anderson…and Ellen Hopkins
Books Read: Crank by Ellen Hopkins (Rolled 2: book by Ellen Hopkins; 537 pgs)
and
I don't want to be crazy by Samantha Schutz (Rolled 5: poetry; 280 pgs)
 
Points This Post: 115
Total Points: 210
Total Pages Read: 4,053
Total Books Read: 13
Total Good Reads Authors: 4
Big Book Titles: 500(2), 750(0), 1000(0)

[Ann A]

10.5 - Found in Translation

The Master and Margarita
This book was originally published in Russian, and I read it in English.

15.1 - Bookends
The Secret of Chimneys (1st in the series)

Poppy Done to Death (8th and last in the series)

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read if I Had More Time"
Option A. I chose the following task which I did not complete during the Summer 2013 challenge:

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New
Option 3- Read an author new to you.

My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

*** Lisa Scottoline is new to me, and is a Goodreads author

25.3 - Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 2 (Pulitzer winner):
Olive Kitteridge won the Fiction Pulitzer in 2009

Option 6 (published between 1832-1888):
The Woman in White - published in 1860

*** 1 Big Book ticket claimed (672 pages)

25.9 - Stacie MI's Task: The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 3 - Hot Fuzz
Holes is #29 on the Best Twists list (children's genre ok for this task)

Option 4 - Paul (science fiction genre)
Slaughterhouse-Five

Points this post: 95
Tasks completed this post: 5
Big Book tickets, GR authors this post: 1,1

Total challenge points: 295
Total tasks completed: 25
Total number Big Books: 500(2) 750(0) 1000(1)
Total Goodreads authors: 7

[[deleted user]]

25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!

Option 1: Hercule Poirot's Christmas

No 36 on the Ice and Snow list

Option 6: Gone Girl

Gillian Flynn is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 25

Total Points in Challenge: 385
Books Read: 31
Tasks Completed: 26
GR Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

[Athira]

Task #10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.

The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before (136 pages of 1088) by Robert Kirkman

The edition I read is this: The Walking Dead, Compendium 1

This book contains character, Dale, who is presented as an old man, with his age being a major theme in this book, especially. Even though his age is not mentioned anywhere, he definitely sounds as if he could be 65-70. The character who portrays him in the TV show in 64 years old.

Approval link here.

Points this post: 10
Total to date: 335
GR author tickets to date: 5
Big Book tickets to date: 3

[SandyC]

Sandy MN

Task 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors

Option 2 - Pulitzer Prize 2013
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

Option 6 - Published in 1850
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Total Points: 510

[Kristina Simon]

Congrats, Kate S! Winter task 30.6 is yours.

[bamaace83]

20.5 Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State

Option 3:

Summer At Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs

Susan Wiggs is a Goodreads Author
Claiming big book ticker for +500 pages


25.7 Bamaace83's Task: Football Kick-off Fun!

Option 3: Touchdown: Romance and American Football #1 on the list

It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Susan Elizabeth Phillips is a Goodreads Author>

Option 4: Apples!

by Debbie Macomber

Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author


25.10 Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South

Option 1: Star

Hidden Star by Nora Roberts

Option 2: Back

When Somebody Loves You Back by Mary B. Morrison


30.6 Beth NC's Task: Ancestry

Option 1: Anna

A French Girl in New York by Anna Adams

E-book Verification: Post 2922

Anna Adams is a Goodreads Author

Option 2: Dickey: Ireland Book set or near Dublin

Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

Claiming Big Book Ticket for +500 pages


Points this post: 100
Total points: 820
Tasks completed: 46
Books read: 66
Goodreads Author: 42
Big Book Tickets: 500 (3); 750 (0); 1000(0)

[Bekka]

BEKKA - 5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier

For this task, I read “ ” by E.L. Konigsburg, since it won the Newbery Medal in 1968.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 355
Pages Read this Challenge: 162
Total Pages Read to Date: 9154
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

[Jessica]

Jessica PDX

30.3 - Sheila/Kathy G's Task - Take It or Leave It

Option 2 - Been on my TBR list since 5/23/09 (over 4 years!)

by John Kenneth Galbraith

Option 5 - Mystery genre

by Spencer Quinn

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 625

[Jolie]

JOLIE
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
A book with "self help" on its main page.
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey
Points this post: 10
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 5
Big books this post: 0
Big books (total): 1 (500+)

[Lorna]

15.4 Inside Out

Option B THEre's a Saying for That: Proverbs from Around THE World by Bob Blaisdell (The is found within there's)

25.2 Andy P's task: Love That Alphabet

B. One book option
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (516 pages)

G-H-I & R-S-T found in title; M-N-O found in author

One Big Book Ticket claimed

Points this post: 40
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 21
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Book tickets: 2

[Deborah]

Post #24

25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!

2) Graphic novel:Angel Diary, Vol. 04 by Kara Sequential Art main page

5)non-human animal on the cover: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Black cat

Rachel Hawkins is a Goodreads author

Points this post: 25
Total points: 440
GR authors: 20
Books read: 36
Tasks completed: 23

[Fandury]

FANDURY

20.9. Moderator's Pet: Bucket's Task: Expanding the Classic Canon

Read an eastern classic title or author from this list: Great Books - Non-Western Literature.

Rashomon: And Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa is in the 20th Century Japanese authors section of the list.


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 590
Books Read: 36
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

[Valorie]

25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1: Shameless by Cheryl Douglas (Goodreads author)
1st book published by Cheryl Douglas
Option 4: Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair (Goodreads author)
BIG BOOK TICKET: 525 pgs
"Science Fiction" listed on main page

30.2. Dlmrose's Task: What a Team!
Book 1: My Way to Hell by Dakota Cassidy
Title contains T,E,A,M but no I
Book2: Fundraising the Dead by Sheila Connolly (Goodreads author)
Title contains "Fun"

30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
Option A3: Wild Man by Kristen Ashley (Goodreads author)
BIG BOOK TICKET: 528 pgs
Listed as #79 on the Cry, Tearjerker Romances list
Option B2: Ghost Town by Rachel Caine (Goodreads author) 338 pgs.
Book cover is mostly green


Total Points This Post: 85
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 5
Grand Total Points: 705/1010
Total Books Read: 43
Tasks Completed: 31/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets This Post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets: 3

[Nick]

Nick KY

25.4 Elizabeth B’s Celebration!

Option A. Read a book that is 7th in a series. I read The Chocolate Jewel Case by JoAnna Carl, 7th in the Chocoholic Mystery Series.
Option B. Read a book that was first published in 2006. I read Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn by William J. Mann.

CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Kate the Woman Who Was Hepburn, 656 pages.



Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 640
Big Books: 500+(4)

[Samantha McNulty]

SAMJAYMC

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season

The Summer I Found You by Jolene Perry**

62 Ratings (as of November 14)

** Claiming Goodreads Author

5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men

Model Misfit by Holly Smale**

Model Misfit is #2 in the series

** Claiming Goodreads Author


Points: 10
Total Points: 10
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 0

[Cindy]

Cindy F

Task 30.6 Ancestry

Option 2: My great grandparents came from the U.K.(England) so I read Fingersmithby Sarah Waters Claiming 1 BB ticket 582 pages.

OPTION 4: From list of Fiction Based on Author's Ancestors #24 on list I read Sarah's Quiltby Nancy E. Turner


Points this post:30
Total points:145
Books read:10
Tasks completed:8
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

[Bluemoon]

5.4 - DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS - City Of The Dead





15.9 - OFF TO COLLEGE - Things Fall Apart found on the 1990 Selected by Berkley Librarians list.





TOTAL POINTS - 880
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 31
BIG BOOKS - 2

[Chris]

Chris MD


10.6 What's Your Sign?

Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, who is a GR author.

According to his Wikipedia page, Gaiman was born November 10, 1960, about four and a half months after me, making us both rats.

10.9 Put on Your Hat

by Richard Peck

The man driving the car is wearing a cap.


15.6 - Far East

The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley

This book is set in China. (If there's a question about this being set in the westernmost part of China, I had the book approved in the help thread.)


20.3 - Most Read Authors

I rolled a 3 and 5. My third friend was Susan Thau and her fifth most read author was Sharyn McCrumb.

King's Mountain: A Ballad Novel by Sharyn McCrumb

I listened to the audio version, which isn't even listed yet in GR versions--maybe because it was only published in September. The hardback has 336 pages.

I have been less than enthusiastic about this author before, but ended up liking this book very much. Thanks SRC!


25.4 - Celebration

Option 1: "Seven" in the title

The Seven-Percent Solution by Nicholas Meyer

Option 3: Cover shows couple in romantic embrace



by Jared Diamond


25.8 - A Quarter of Baking Cakes

Option 2 - Black Forest: "Black" in title

The Black Tower by Louis Bayard

I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback version has 384 pages.

Option 4 - Strawberry Cheesecake: Historical romance listed as genre

Sometimes a Rogue by Mary Jo Putney

This book is 432 pages.


30.6 - Ancestry

Option 1. Author has same first or last name as the one you were born with

My maiden name, and the name I still work under, is Copeland.

Elin's Island by Cynthia L. Copeland, who is a GR author.

Option 2. Set in a country your ancestors come from.

Both of my grandmothers were born in Canada.

Still Life by Louise Penny

I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 293 pages.




Points for this post: 10 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 25 + 30 = 135
Total points: 135 + 335 = 470
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 32
Goodreads authors: 2 + 10 = 12
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 30.6 - Ancestry

I did options 1 and 4.

For option 1, my first name is Stacie, and I read a book by an author who shares my first name, although spelled differently:

The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

**Stacey Kade is a Goodreads author!!**

For option 4, I read #24 on the Fiction Based on the Author's Ancestors list:

Sarah's Quilt by Nancy E. Turner

Points this task: 30
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 56
Pages read: 14948
Goodreads authors: 26
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Alison]

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season

Lost at School: Why Our Kids with Behavioral Challenges are Falling Through the Cracks and How We Can Help Them by Ross W. Greene has 422 ratings as of November 14th

=5 points


5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men

Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich (goodreads author)

This is book #2 in the Stephanie Plum series

=5 points + 1 goodreads author ticket


10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise.

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (goodreads author)

=10 points + 1 goodreads author ticket



Points this Post: 20 points
Total Points: 150 points
Tasks Complete: 10
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: (0)500+(2)750+(0)1000 = 4 tickets

[Alison]

10.2 Far, Far Away.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

This is set in a fantasy world (Middle Earth) which was OKd in the task help thread post #9

=10 points


10.5. Found in Translation.

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

This book was originally published in French and I read it in English

=10 points


10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

This book was nominated by not chosen for the Fall 2013 category "Southern Literature".

It is also 1037 pages long so I am claiming 3 big book tickets.

=10 points + 3 big book tickets



Points this Post: 30 points
Total Points: 180 points
Tasks Complete: 13
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 4
Big Book Tickets: (0)500+(2)750+(1)1000 = 7 tickets

[Samantha McNulty]

SAMJAYMC

5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Genre - Science Fiction

Points: 5
Total Points: 15
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 0

[Alison]

10.8. Fall Back.

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

This book has Historical Fiction as a genre on its first page and it is set in the first half of the 1800's. I was born more than 100 years later ;-)

=10 points


10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.

The Summer Book by Tove Jansson

One of the main characters is the grandmother and she is described as an elderly woman though no exact age is given.

=10 points


20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time! Option #2

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (goodreads author)

Much of this book is set in Afghanistan and it was approved in the Help Thread on post #80.

=20 points + 1 goodreads author ticket



Points this Post: 40 points
Total Points: 220 points
Tasks Complete: 16
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: (0)500+(2)750+(1)1000 = 7 tickets

[Janet F]

update from msg 1127

(25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 1. First author published - approved help thread msg 41
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

Option 2. Horror as a main genre
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn is audiobook
paperback is Dark Places with 345 pages.
*Gillian Flynn is a GR author , claiming ticket.)

Removing
The Black Stallion from 25.9 Option 1.
swapping to
Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again After Being Blinded by a Bear by Dan Bigley for 25.9 Option 1

my version is ebook. Hardback version is Beyond the Bear: How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a Bear with 224 pages.

This is the first book by Dan Bigley and also 1st book by his co-author Debra McKinney. Approved msg 45 in help thread for first book.

*Dan Bigley is a GR author

Points this post: 0 (replacement book)
Points to date: 745
GR Authors this post: 1
GR Authors to date: 14
Big Book this post: 0
Big Books to date: 1

[Samantha McNulty]

SAMJAYMC

10.8. Fall Back

Witchstruck by Victoria Lamb**

Witchstruck is set in Tudor England.

** Claiming Goodreads Author

Points: 10
Total Points: 25
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 0

[Alison]

20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors

I rolled a 6 which gave me Alison from my friends list and then I rolled a 5 which gave me Diana Gabaldon as her 5th most read author.

I read Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (goodreads author) which is 768 pages long.

=20 points + 1 goodreads author ticket + 2 big books tickets


20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"

I chose Spring 20.2 Option #1

"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 of pi (i.e. you can read a book with 411 pages but not 441 pages)."

I read The Time in Between by María Dueñas

It has 615 pages

=20 points + 1 big book ticket


20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!

Option #1 - book with a 7 letter word in title and it is over 250 pages long

Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard

=20 points


Points this Post: 60 points
Total Points: 280 points
Tasks Complete: 19
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 6
Big Book Tickets: (1)500+(3)750+(1)1000 = 10 tickets

[Lois]

25.4. Elizabeth B's task: Celebration!


Option B. Digging to America by Anne Tyler, first published in 2006

Option C. One Day by David Nicholls


Points this post: 25
Total points: 675

[Jen]

Jen UT

10.2 - Far, Far Away

Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
I live in the United States, this book takes place in Wales

Total Points: 45
Total Books Read: 6

[Andy]

Andy P.
Task # 15.9 Off to College
From Berkeley's Summer reading list I chose the 1997 Freshman Sophomore Seminar Students List http://reading.berkeley.edu/1997.html
I read
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
This book is the fifth from the bottom of the list.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 960

[Fandury]

15.8 -- Same Time Last Year

Read a book that appears on the September 2012, October 2012, or November 2012 Most Popular Books.

The Lazarus Machine by Paul Crilley

This book is on the November 2012 list at position 152

Paul Crilley is a Goodreads Author!


Points this post: 15
Total Points: 605
Books Read: 37
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)

[Janet F]

5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Science fiction is main genre for

The Humans by Matt Haig

*Matt Haig is a GR author, claiming ticket



5.9 - 55 years ago - The Rifleman
horse on the cover


by Walter Farley
book swapped out from previous task in msg 1885



10.2 Far, Far Away.
The main setting of this book is in 'Arabia'. I live in the USA.

The Black Stallion Returns
by Walter Farley


20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors

I rolled a 6 & 1 on September 1. My friend Amanda Rodgers was my number 1 at time of my dice roll) Roald Dahl was the author I got to use.

Matilda by Roald Dahl has 240 pages.


25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South

Option 1 - stripes


by Meg Wolitzer

with 468 pages
approved in help thread msg 83

Option 5 - Seahawks are NFL team in Seattle WA

Fifty Shades Darker
by E.L. James is ebook

paperback is
Fifty Shades Darker with 394 pages

*E.L. James is a GR Author, claiming ticket

Both books have > 250 pages

30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art

Option A-2 YELLOW 'y' in author name Kelly Long

An Amish Wedding
by Kelly Long, Beth Wiseman & Kathleen Fuller

used ebook so paperback is
An Amish Wedding
with 364 pages
Book approved in help thread msg 68 regarding multiple authors

*Kelly Long is a GR author as are the other two authors, claiming one ticket.

Option B-3 VIOLET or PURPLE 'princess' in title

The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg

is audiobook. paperback is The Ice Princess with 416 pages.

Both books have >300 pages


50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!

Book 1 - 1st in series

Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima

This book is #1 in series 'Sea of Fertility'

Book 2 -2nd

One False Note by Gordon Korman is audiobook-
hardcover is One False Note with 174 pages
2nd in series of 'The 39 Clues'

Book 3 - 3rd

Peaches for Father Francis by Joanne Harris is audiobook

Hardcover (same English version Peaches for Father Francis is 453 pages

Book is #3 in 'Chocolat' series

None of the books in 50.1 are rereads for me.


Points this post: 145
Points to date: 890
GR Authors this post: 3
GR Authors to date: 17
Big Book this post: 0
Big Books to date: 1

[Karen Michele]

10.4. Back by Request – Labor Day.

Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

A carter is someone who drives a horse and cart, usually moving hay or a similar crop.

+10 Points

15.9 — Off to College

From 2012 Revolutions List:

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

+15 Points

Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 455

[Dee]

Delicious Dee

10.2 Far, Far Away
The Bride Box - set in Egypt, I live in the US

15.6 -- Far East
The Dragon and the Pearl - Jeannie Lin (GR Author) - set in China

Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 925
Goodreads Authors: 47
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)

[Deedee]

Task 25.5 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.

Bird / Birds

Bird
Bird of Another Heaven (2007) by James D. Houston (Hardcover, 337 pages)


Birds
Birds of America (1965) by Mary McCarthy (Paperback, 348 pages)



295 + 25 = 320


Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 295 + 25 = 320
Books read: 25
Pages read: 8,527

Read but not claimed: 7
Goodreads Authors: 6

Big Books:
(2) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+