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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Mai10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Read a self-help book
Get Off Your "But": How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself by Sean Stephenson
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 560
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 46
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in DefenestrationOption A. The Art Forger by Barbara Shapiro
Option B. The Invitation by Anne Cherian
Points this post: 30
Total points: 735
Kathy G.35.9- Stacie MI's Task: The Cornetto Trilogy
Option 3- Best Twists List #97
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Option 4- read a science fiction book
Sleeper Agenda by Thomas E. Sniegoski
Total Points- 140
Total Tasks- 7
Goodreads Authors- 4
Big Books- (500+)- 1
ANGELASUNSHINE5.5 - 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
The Butterfly Clues by Kate EllisonTotal Points: 305
5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer WineWise Child (set in medieval Scotland)
10.1 - Early to Bed, Early to Rise.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
15.3 - Half and Half
Option 2 (one book that fits both criteria) - The Dragon Scroll by Ingrid J. Parker
15.4 - Inside Out
Option A - What's Worth Fighting for in Education? and The Sittaford Mystery (the word 'for' is found in 'Sittaford')
15.6 - Far East
Set in Japan - The Diving Pool: Three Novellas
15.7 - Spookfest!
Friends with Boys (paranormal & supernatural both listed)
15.10 - Free for Fall
Connecting Leadership with Learning: A Framework for Reflection, Planning, and Action
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 4 - The Magus by John Fowles (656 pages; claiming one big book ticket)
Total points claimed: 110
Total # of big book tickets: 1
Rudy5.5 35 Years ago- WKRP in Cincinnati
by Jan-Philipp Sendker5.7- 45 Years Ago- 60 Minutes
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
10.2 Far, Far Away
The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure the book is set in France and I live in the USA
10.4 Back by Request- Labor Day
Where She Went by Gayle Forman job is foreman
10.8- Fall Back
Al Capone Does My Homework Gennifer Choldenko story set in 1930s and born in the 60s
20.8 It's My Birthday
Option 3
by Danielle Steel double noption 4
byJamie Ford25.2 Andy P.'s task: Love that Alphabet
Book 1: Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand the title contains def
book 2 : Sycamore Row byJohn Grisham author's name contains ghi
25.8 Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
option 2: The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley fantasy
Option 4 Ladies' Night byMary Kay Andrews chick lit
Post this post:110
Total points:210
Books read:20
Tasks:15
Theresa~OctoberLaceTask 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 11/13/13
Option 5 - Cat's Cradle is #45 on the list of Best Experimental Books Ever
Villette by Charlotte Brontë 11/9/13
Option 6 - Villette was published in 1853
This post: 25 points
Total to Date = 515 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 9
Theresa~OctoberLace15.10 -- Free for Fall
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 11/16/13
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 530 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 9
Theresa~OctoberLace10.5. Found in Translation.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 11/10/13
Madame Bovary was written in French and I read the English translation
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 540 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 9
Theresa~OctoberLace5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki 11/16/13
This is a short story anthology.
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 545 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 9
Cindy FTask 15.9 Off to College
From "2012 Revolutions" list I read The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Points this post:15
Total points:160
Books read:11
Tasks completed:9
Goodreads Authors:3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Jessica PDX25.6 - Sandy's Task - General Education
Option 1 - Science genre
by Amy StewartOption 3 - Economics genre
by Dan ArielyPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 680
Nick KY30.2 DlmRose’s TEAM. Book 1: The letters T,E,A,M are in the title and there is no letter I – I read A Dark Matter, A dark MatTEr, by Peter Straub.
Book 2: A book with “FUN” in the title – I read Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham.
30.6 Beth NC’s Ancestry. Book 1: Option 1 – author’s first name is my given first name. I read The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks. I used "Nicholas."
Book 2: Option 2 – My ancestors come from England. I read a book set in England, Derby Day: A Novel by D.J. Taylor.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 700
Big Books: 500+ (4)
This is a repost for task 30.4 with the correct edition of Bridget Jone's Diary.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 Lahiri
20.1 Most Improved Player--Andrea's Task--A Cozy Read:2. Authors initials in Cozy: Used C and Y
2. An Embarrassment of Riches by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
20. Bigger Is Better--Lindsey IL's Task--The Pumpkin State:
2. Nonfiction about holiday decorating, etc.
Halloween Program SourcebookMary Ann Stavros-Lanning 332pp
25.3 Kate S's Task--Happy Birthday American Authors:
2. Pulitzer prize Winner: 1995 Pulitzer Prize.
The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
6. Written between 1832-1888: First published 1865.
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Today's Total 65
Grand Total 910
Dee wrote: "Delicious Dee30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1 - Forever Innocent- Deanna Roy (GR Author) - Deanna is my real name, although I only get called that when i'm..."
Congrats, Dee! You've got winter task 30.7
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 5.1: A new season: Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes. There are 62 ratings as of 11/17/2013.
Task 10.9: Put on your hat: Crime Brûlée
by Nancy Fairbanks. There is a chef's hat on the head of the alligator. Task 25.2: Love that alphabet:
Option A: Book 1 - 3 sequential letters in title: In High Places by Arthur Hailey, 429 pages. The letters are ghi in In high places.
Option A: Book 2 - 3 sequential letters in author's name: Tempest in the Tea Leaves by Kari Lee Townsend, 294 pages. The letters are rst in Kari Lee Townsend. Kari Lee Townsend is a GoodReads author.
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 13
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (0);
Mai50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Read 3 books from 3 different series with consecutive numbers in their series
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich * Goodreads author *
(Stephanie Plum #1)
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson * Goodreads author *
(Alex Cross #2)
True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole by Sue Townsend
(Adrian Mole #3)
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 49
GR Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Katie M5.8 -- 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Lost Star by Morgan Hawke
This Post: 5 points
Total to Date: 295 points
Andy P.Task #10.6. What’s Your Sign?
Read a book by an author who shares your animal sign
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Sharon Creech is a rooster as am I. Her birth date is July 29, 1945, as per her Good Reads home page.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1000
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary ArtA2 (yellow): Every Crooked Nanny by Mary Kay Andrews
paperback 320 p. Every Crooked Nanny
B2 (green): Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
paperback 342 p. Love the One You're With
Emily Giffin is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 765
GR authors: 26
Congratulations Dee. Andy it looks like you are next.
Oma122910.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Read a book with some form of hat or head covering on the cover.
The Thrill of the Grass by W.P. Kinsella'Baseball cap on player's head'
Totals:
Total Points: 580/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:16
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:31
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-12587
Natalie CH10.3. The Waiting is Over
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, from Most anticipated the great second half 2013
770 pages, claiming two big book tickets
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Total Big Books: 3
Total GTA: 1
BEKKA - 15.7 -- Spookfest! For this task, I read “
” by John Searles, since it has the genre “Horror” listed on its main Goodreads page. Also, John Searles is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that as well.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 370
Pages Read this Challenge: 368
Total Pages Read to Date: 9522
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 16
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
25.3option 2
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Winner in 2011
Jennifer Egan
GOODREADS AUTHOR
Option 5
Life of Pi
number 26 on list
this task 25 points
total points 340
15.3 Half and HalfThe Bat by Jo Nesbø J is in the first half of the alphabet and N in the second half.
15.7 Spookfest
Horror on main page - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
20.7 What Would I Read if I had More Time
I chose 20.6 from Summer 2013 - They're Creepy and They're Kooky #3 The Children - Mystery on the Main Page Cadillac Jukebox by James Lee Burke
25.8 A Quarter of Baking Cakes
1) Butterscotch - The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio
6) Tiny Pumpkin Cupcakes - Author Published One Book
The Seamstress by Sara Tuvel Bernstein
Lauren Beukes and Sarah Jio are Goodreads Authors
Both books are over 300 pages.
Post Total: 75
Grand Total: 275
5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer WinePardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear - 11/5/13
Takes place in England
15.3 Half and Half
The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma - 9/12/13
Vanished by Kat Richardson - 11/14/13
Jacqueline Winspear, Kristopher Jansma and Kat Richardson are all Goodreads authors
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 200
Good Read Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
30.2 Dimrose's Task: What Team!Book 1 Cat & Mouse by James Patterson*GRA*
T, E, A, M found in title.
Book 2 The FUNhouse by Dean Koontz
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book tickets: 2
Task 15.2 -- Day and NightRead a book with an obvious daytime scene on the cover. Ex:
Brain Wave (1954) by Poul Anderson (Mass Market Paperback, 164 pages)
AND
Read a book with an obvious nighttime scene on the cover.
Starry Nights (2013) by Daisy Whitney (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 280 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Daisy Whitney
320 + 15 = 335
Tasks Completed: 19
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 320 + 15 = 335
Books read: 27
Pages read: 8,971
Read but not claimed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
(2) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
15.3 -- Half and Half
The Krishna Key by Ashwin Sanghi ( Claiming Goodreads Author)First Name : A (A-M)
Last Name : S (N-Z)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75 + 15 = 90
Goodreads authors: 6
Big Book Tickets to date: 0
Laurie ME15.8: Same Time Next Year: Sept 2012, #76
Low Pressure by Sandra Brown. Sandra Brown is a GRA.
50.1: Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
1. #1: Murder Spins a Tale by Veryl Ann Grace
2.. #2: Buried in Quilts by Sara Hoskinson Frommer
3. #3: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Points this Post: 65.
Total Points: 590.
1 GRA.
Suzannesea***Repost of Part of Post #1897***
50.1 Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
These books are all first reads for me:
- Cimarron Rose by James Lee Burke is the first book in the Billy Bob Holland series.
- A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny is the second book in the Inspector Gamache series.
- Shooting at Loons by Margaret Maron is the third book in the Deborah Knott Mysteries series.
This post: 50 points
Total to date: 435 points
Mai20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled 1 & 3
I chose the first author from the third friend in my list, dara
Her most-read author is Stephen King
I read Carrie by Stephen King
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 630
Tasks Completed: 37
Books Read: 50
GR Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
30.4 Elementary art Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma, option A3 BLUE, https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4..., number 20 on the list
by Catriona McPherson, option B1 ORANGE, fruit on the cover : an appleTask points 30
Total points 440
Eepa20.4. Author! Author! Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Select 1 option.
Option 2: Read a book from favorite series number 3 or higher.
Forever by Tinnean
Number 3 in the Spy vs. Spook series.
Tinnean is GR author.
Task 25.2 Love That Alphabet
Option B: Read a book whose title/subtitle and author name contains three sequential letters of the alphabet. Book has to be over 400 pages long.
Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling
Title has letters R-S-T
Author name has letters E-F-G
Paperback version has 522 pages.
Lynn Flewelling is GR author.
50.1 A Sucker for Series!
Read 3 books that are from different series and have consecutive series numbers. And all must be new books.
Book 1: Werewolf at the Zoo by Charlie Richards
Series Wolves of Stone Ridge, #1
Length approved in post #2908
Book 2: Not My Spook! by Tinnean
Series Spy vs. Spook, #2
Book 3: Life After Death by Andrea Speed
Series Infected, #3
Non of these 3 books was a re-read for me.
Charlie Richards, Tinnean and Andrea Speed are all GR authors.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 565
GR author tickets: 36
5.1 - A NEW SEASON - Shade which has 15 ratings.10.1 - EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE - The Secret. 95 people have shelved this as Self Help.
TOTAL POINTS - 915
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 31
BIG BOOKS - 2
Jayme VA30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1: Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
My first name is Jayme and the author's first name is Jamie.
Option 4: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
This book is tied for #60 on the Fiction Based on Author's Ancestor's List.
Jamie Ford is a goodreads author. Claiming two tickets.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 505
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, Jamie Ford*
Big Books: 500+(3),750+(1),1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 10.5. Found in Translation.
Read a book that was translated from the language in which it was originally published
Unseen by Mari Jungstedt
This book was originally written in Swedish, translated by Tiina Nunnally. I read the book in English, since I'd still be on the first page in the Swedish version.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1010
Assuming, I have completed this task properly, I have finished the challenge. Thanks to the moderators and task creators for a great challenge.
Congrats Andy - can't wait to see your task
Dee wrote: "Congrats Andy - can't wait to see your task"Thanks, I can't wait to see it either. As yet it is a bunch of half formed ideas in my head. Sigh!
Post #2625.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
1) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Using STARS
4)Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
University of Missouri TigersJohn Green and Colleen Houck are Goodreads authors
Points this post: 25
Total points: 490
GR authors: 22
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 26
Mod
I read The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, a collection of short stories.
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
For my first book, I chose Option A and read
, with windows on the cover. NOTE: book was specifically approved in post 2 of help thread. 368 pages, so meets length requirement.For my second book, I chose option B and read Bastion, with a title ending in "tion." 342 pages, so meets length requirement.
30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Make Your Brain Smarter: Increase Your Brain's Creativity, Energy, and Focus by Sandra Bond Chapman. My "real" first name is Sandra, matching the author's first name. (Coincidentally, in some dialogue she quotes in the book, another person is calling her "Sandy," so I guess we match up with our commonly used first name as well!)
For my second book, I chose option 2, and read a book set in England, where almost all my ancestors on my mother's side came from. I read Have His Carcase, set in England. The GR description doesn't specifically say it's set in England, but it's quite clear reading the book, and I think all but one of the Lord Peter Wimsey books are set in England (one is set in Scotland).
Points this post: 65
Total points: 755
Lauren Marie10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Read a book with some form of hat or head covering on the cover.
I read
by Beverly Jenkins. Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.7 Horror Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith (Goodreads Author)15.10 The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
20.3 Rolled a 6 and 1; Jennifer Sicurella Max by James Patterson
20.5 Option 3: Monsters Ilsa J. Bick (Goodreads Author) Hardcover, 688 pages claim big book ticket
20.8 Option 3: Steelheart Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
Points this post: 90
Total Points: 130/1010
Tasks Completed:7
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Oma122915.4 -- 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.
I used Option B
Hardboiled and Hard Luck by Banana Yoshimoto
The words used are (Hardboiled, Hard)
15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
Read a book that appears on the September 2012, October 2012, or November 2012 Most Popular Books.
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks
This book is #59 on the September 2012 List.
Totals:
Total Points: 610/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:16
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:33
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-13119
20.5. Bigger is Better – Lindsey IL’s Task: The Pumpkin State3) Fall is an amazing time to really start settling in with some good books, 756 pages:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
+20 Points
25.9. Stacie MI’s Task:Stacie MI’s Task – The Cornetto Trilogy
1. Spaced: Taub's first and only book so far:
Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub
2. Shaun of the Dead – Horror on main page - approved in genre thread:
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
+25 Points
50 – Sassafrass’s Task: A Sucker for Series!
Three books in a series that I have never read before:
# 1 in a Series, Cheri#1
Chéri by Colette
# 2 in a Series, The Montmoray Journals #2
The FitzOsbornes in Exile by Michelle Cooper
#3 in a Series, Divergent #3
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
+50 Points
Points this Post: 95
Grand Total: 550
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2) The Past: The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Martin Booth BIOGRAPHY
Points this post: 25
Total points: 465
GR authors: 20
Books read: 38
Tasks completed: 25