Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS) Showing 2,251-2,300 of 2,481

[Jessica]

Jessica PDX

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season

by Libby Fischer Hellmann

10.3 - The Waiting is Over

In the "April" section of the Most Anticipated Books of 2013 list

by Kate Atkinson

Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 905

[Megan W]

5.4 Dungeons and Dragons

Avatar The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures by Bryan Konietzko
(fantasy genre)

10.2 Far, Far Away

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
(set in Canada; I live in the United States)

10.8 Fall Back

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
(nonfiction history genre; about the author's life in the 1700s)

15.3 Half and Half
**One Book Option**

Blood Red Road by Moira Young
(author's first initial is in first half of alphabet; author's last initial is in second half of alphabet)

15.5 All Fall Down

Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, from Madison to Wall Street by John Nichols
(ignoring subtitles; "u" of "Uprising" found in "AUTUMN")

15.7 Spookfest!

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
(horror genre)

15.10 Free for All

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

***GOODREADS AUTHOR***

20.2 School Time

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
(Option 3: main character Dr. Frankenstein is a scientist; number 6 on linked Lab Lit List)

20.7 What I Would Read

The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
(Option A: using task 20.3 The Blank Blank from the Summer 2013 challenge)

***ONE BIG BOOK TICKET***
(I read the Kindle edition, but the Mass Market paperback is 560 pages - The Federalist Papers)

20.8 We Love Scrabble

Down These Strange Streets by George R.R. Martin
(Option 1: "strange" has seven letters; Over 250 pages: I read the Kindle edition and there is no Mass Market edition, but the paperback has 496 pages - Down These Strange Streets)

***GOODREADS AUTHOR***
(multiple authors contributing to this anthology are GR authors; one of them is Carrie Vaughn)

25.2 Love that Alphabet

Ritual Sins by Anne Stuart
(Option B/One book option: R-S-T in title, R-S-T in author name; I read the Kindle edition but the paperback has exactly 400 pages - Ritual Sins)

50.1 Sucker for Series
***None of these are rereads***

Vision in White by Nora Roberts
(#1 in Bride Quartet series)

Rebel Heart by Moira Young
(#2 in Dust Lands series)

I Only Have Fangs For You by Kathy Love
(#3 in Young Brothers series)


This Post:
Points: 220
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)

Total:
Points: 220
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1)

[Deana]

DEANA

20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats

Option 4, The Awards.
Daddy's Gone A Hunting by Mary Higgins Clark - she won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award in the year 2000.

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This Post:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 20

Totals:
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 325

[Connie]

15.10 Free for Fall

The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 460
Tasks: 27
Books: 34
Goodreads authors: 10

[Brian]

BRIAN

10.4. Back by Request - Labor Day.
On Writing by Stephen King

Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 4-0-1 (7)

[Kristina Simon]

Congrats, Donna Jo! You have Winter task 25.4

[Bekka]

BEKKA - 10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.

For this task, I read “ ” by Michael Morpurgo, since it’s main character is an old man telling the story of his father and grandfather, both veterans.

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 540
Pages Read this Challenge: 144
Total Pages Read to Date: 12860
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 45
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()

[Skandia]

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

Option 1: seven letter word in title - unbound

Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione

Larissa Ione is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 20
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 32
Goodreads Author: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

[Bluemoon]

5.8 - THE OUTER LIMITS - Just So Stories which is a collection of short stories.




10.4 - LABOR DAY - Billy the Kid: A Novel by Theodore Taylor.





15.10 - FREE FOR FALL - A Winter Dream





Barring a trip to the naughty list that does it for me. Thanks to all the task creators for making this challenge fun. Also thanks to the Mods for all the work you do!!!





TOTAL POINTS - 1010
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 32
BIG BOOKS - 2

[Kirsty]

20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats

Option 3: Book number 8 on the 'I only saw the movie' list & does not list 'Non fiction' as a genre

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

** Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads author**

Points this post: 20
Total points: 90
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 6
Total Pages Read: 2055
Total GoodReads Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ ( ), 1000+ ( )

[Deborah]

Post #30

10.5. Found in Translation.

I Am David by Anne Holm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_David originally published in Danish under the title North to Freedom

I read it in English

Points this post: 10
Total points: 530
GR authors: 25
Books read: 44
Tasks completed: 30

[Wendy UK]

15.10 - Free for Fall


I chose to read:

The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens edited by Jenny Hartley


It has taken me six weeks to read! I enjoyed it very much but I seem to have been distracted by doing things other than reading, which is not like me. I've only read nine books in three months!

So - I've done very badly on this challenge! I'm going to start planning the winter challenge now and see if I can do better.


Total points 155

[Shawn]

Shawn H.

10.8. Fall Back.

by Tina Cassidy

Book is Set in 1975, I was born in the mid 80's

**Approved in message 20 of the help thread**



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

Option #1

by Stephen Hawking

***Approved in message 81 of the help thread***



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

Option 3 - Longer than 400 pages

by Bill Bryson

***Book is 528 pages - claiming Big Ticket Book***



20.10. Group Reads

by John Berendt

****Message 19 in the discussion thread****


Points this Post: 70
Total Points: 265
GR Authors: 3
Big Ticket Books: 2

[Bea]

25.1 The Reviews Are In!

1. Used list Ice and Snow #56

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson

Greg Mortenson is a GR Author.

3. "Hunter" in title

Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White

Points: 25
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25.4 Celebration!

A. Series #7 book

All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris

B. Published in 2006

Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

Points: 25
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25.7 Football Kick-Off Fun!

1. SEC College Football Team Mascot - Auburn Tigers

Tiger's Curse (403pp) by Colleen Houck

Colleen Houck is a GR Author.

2. NFL Football Team - New Orleans Saints

Saint's Gate 400pp) by Carla Neggers

Carla Neggers is a GR Author.

Points: 25

Total Points: 290

[Kathy G.]

Yeah! Bluemoon!

[Bea]

30.1 I'm Sorry, Dee!

I rolled a 2 and a 3.

2. Genre = GLBT

Stay by Nicola Griffith

Nicola Griffith is a GR Author.

3. Author whose first or last name has only three letters

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

Points: 30
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30.7 I Blame Ms Anderson...And Ellen Hopkins

I rolled a 3 and 5.

No re-reads.

3. Author's initials appear in MS ANDERSON

by Nancy Atherton - a new to me author

5. Genre = poetry

by Peter Washington

Points = 30

Total Points: 350

[Angela Sunshine]

ANGELASUNSHINE

5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
Son by Lois Lowry

Total Points: 310

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Hana C.

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

Option 1: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

currently #12 on Best Horror Novels

Option 4: A Night Without Armor by Jewel

Task 25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South

Option 1: The Silent Stars Go By by Dan Abnett

279 pages

**Dan Abnett is a GRA

Option 3:
I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader by Kieran Scott

256 pages

**Kieran Scott is a GRA

points this post: 50

Total Points Earned: 735
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 42

[Sue]

25.4 - Elizabeth B - Celebration!

Option A - 7th book in series or with 7 in title - Free Fall by ***Goodreads Author Fern Michaels

Option B - book first published in 2006 - The Templar Legacy by ***Goodreads Author Steve Berry

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 150/1010
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()

[Pepperypepper]

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

Read one book from one option

Option 3) Read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort read.
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones is 800 pages and is any great epic like this is definitely a comfort read for me!

50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Book 1
The Edge of Reasonby Helen Fielding
(#2 in the Bridget Jones series)
Book 2
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
(#3 in the Divergent series)
Book 3
The House of Hadesby Rick Riordan
(#4 in the Heroes of Olympus series)

None of the books are re-reads

Points this post: 70
Total Points: 240
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 15

[Wanda]

Oma1229

30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration

I chose Options A and B.

Option A: Read a book with an actual window on the cover OR the word "window" or "windows" in the title or subtitle.

Dissolution by C.J. Sansom


Option B: Defenestrating can be quite liberating Read a book whose title or subtitle includes a word that ends in the letters "-TION".


The Extraordinary EDUCATION of Nicholas Benedict by Trenton Lee Stewart

The qualifying word in the title is Education

Claiming Trenton Steward as Goodreads Author

Totals:
Total Points: 870/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:24
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:49
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-19606

[Athira]

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

I chose Option A since this is the first time I am participating in this challenge.

I chose the Spring 20.2 Option 3 for this: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Romance is on the main page.

** GR Ticket Claim: Rainbow Rowell is a Goodreads Author **

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

I chose options 1 and 5 for this.

Option 1: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

#8 on the list


Option 5: Life of Pi by Yann Martel

#26 on the list

I listened to the audiobook. MMP version has 401 pages.

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Points this post: 45
Total to date: 425
GR author tickets to date: 6
Big Book tickets to date: 3

[Sarah]

SARAH THE LIBRARIAN

Sorry again for the long postings - trying to break them up a bit!

15.4 -- Inside Out
A. Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star by Rachel Renée Russell
Rachel Renee Russell is a GRA.

Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl by Rachel Renée Russell
Pop/popular
Rachel Renee Russell is a GRA.

15.5 -- All Fall Down
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick is a GRA.

15.6 -- Far East
Saints by Gene Luen Yang
Set in China.

15.7 -- Spookfest!
The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After by Robert Kirkman

15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann
This book was number 127 on the September 2012 list.
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: The Peculiar
Stefan Bachmann is a GRA.

15.9 -- Off to College
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller, Jr.
I used the 2007 list.
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: A Canticle for Liebowitz

15.10 -- Free for Fall
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell is a GRA.

20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled a 1 and 2.
I chose my 2nd friend, Kate, and used her most read author.
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a GRA.

20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
2: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess by Rachel Renée Russell
Rachel Renee Russell is a GRA.

20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
3: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
I consider this a comfort read because I know and love the characters.
With 583 pages, this is a Big Book.

20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
C: Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner
Two of the main characters, Quentin and Sarah, are athletes.
Kate Messner is a new to me author.
Kate Messner is a GRA.

20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
A. Summer Task 20.8, option 2: Black Helicopters by Blythe Woolston

20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
1: Hideous Love: The Story of the Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein by Stephanie Hemphill
"Hideous" has 7 letters

25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
2: Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
5: by Gareth P. Jones
There is a ghost dog on the right side of the cover (you may have to enlarge it to see).

Task 25.2. Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
A. All the Truth That's In Me by Julie Berry
RST in title
Julie Berry is a GRA.
The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
RST in author

25.5. Coralie's Task: One or More.
A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine is a GRA.
Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All by Rachel Renée Russell
Rachel Renee Russell is a GRA.
Word is tale/tales.

25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
2: The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
"Fantasy" on the main page.
Sherry Thomas is a GRA.
6: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
This is the author's only book (so far).
Caroline Carlson is a GRA.

25.9. Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto Trilogy
2: Eat, Brains, Love by Jeff Hart
"Horror" on the main page (zombies even!).
Jeff Hart is a GRA.
4: Allegiant by Veronica Roth
"Science fiction" on the main page.
Veronica Roth is a GRA.
With 526 pages, this is a Big Book.

25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
1: The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
Kiersten White is a GRA.
4: by Chris Grabenstein
There is a white tiger on the upper portion of the cover, to represent the Tigers of University of Missouri.
Chris Grabenstein is a GRA.

Points this post: 375
Total points: 505
Tasks completed: 34
GRA: 27
Big Books 500+(4), 750+ (), 1000+()

[Carla]

hpaddict

15.3 Half & Half

Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion by Janet Reitman

Janet = A-M
Reitman = N-Z

Goodreads Author

15.7 Spookfest

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Horror genre

20.1 A Cozy Read

Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer

option 2 - CoZy

Goodreads Author

20.3 Most Read Authors

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

rolled a 1 & 6 - AprilDT is first on my friends list, and her 6th most read author is Rick Riordan

Big Book = 597 pages

20.7 What I Would Read If I Had More Time

I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941 by Victor Klemperer

option B - revisited the Spring 2013 Challenge, task #20.6, Messing Around - I originally did option 4, now doing option 1 "originally in a different language" - this book was originally written in German

Big Book = 544 pages

20.8 We Love Scrabble!

Madness: A Brief History by Roy Porter

option 1 - seven letters in "madness"

20.10 Group Read

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

post #24 in discussion board

25.1 The Reviews Are In

Black Hole by Charles Burns

option 2 - graphic novel

Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini

option 3 - "Lincoln"

30.3 Take It or "Leave" It

The King Must Die by Mary Renault

option 1 - LIQUIDAMBER

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick

option 2 - on my to read list since March 2011

this post = 185
challenge total = 185
Big Books = (2) 500+, (0) 750+, (0) 1000+
Goodreads Authors = 2

[Jackie]

JACKIE NC

5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco
#2 in Connor Grey series

5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Opal Fire by Barbra Annino
Fantasy genre

5.6 - 40 years ago - Last of the Summer Wine
Kissed A Sad Goodbye by Deborah Crombie
Set in England

10.8. Fall Back.
Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz
History genre - Ancient Egypt

25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 5:
by Carole Nelson Douglas
384 pages

Option 6:
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
352 pages

30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Rolled 1 & 4
Option 1:
The Second Summoning by Tanya Huff
Read first book by this author in January 2013

Option 4:
Bubba and the Dead Woman by C.L. Bevill
Humor genre

Mark Del Franco, Barbra Annino, Carole Nelson Douglas, Jim Butcher, and C. L. Bevill are Goodreads authors.

Points this post: 80
Total Points: 435
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets:

[❀Tea❀]

Tea


10.2. - Far, Far Away

Dex in Blue by Amy Lane
- book takes place in USA and I live in Europe

*** Amy Lane is GR author ***


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

Option 3
Dead Guilty by Beverly Connor
- main character is forensic anthropologist (works by this post)


Points This Post: 30
Total points: 755
Tasks Completed: 42
Total Books Read: 59
Goodreads Authors: 41
Big Books: 500 (1), 750 (1), 1000 (1)

[Janice]

Janice CA

5.1 A New Season

ratings: 2 including mine

All creatures great and small by Daniel P. Mannix

+5
total: 235
tasks: 15
books: 19
GR authors: 3

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 25.4 - Celebration!

I did options B and C.

For option B, I read a book first published in 2006:

Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins

For option C, I read a book with a couple engaged in an romantic embrace on the cover:


Slow Hands by Leslie Kelly

**Leslie Kelly is a Goodreads author!!**

Points this task: 25
Total points: 915
Tasks completed: 53
Books read: 69
Pages read: 18069
Goodreads authors: 33
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Eepa *mm loving bookworm*]

Eepa

15.9 Off to College

Read a book from UC Berkeley's summer reading lists.

From The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

UC Berkeley's summer reading list of 1997 Selected by Freshman & Sophomore Seminar students


Points this post: 15
Total points: 670
GR author tickets: 42

[Sarah]

SARAH THE LIBRARIAN

30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a 3 and 5.
3: Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun
5: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Karen Russell is a GRA.

30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
1: The Train of Small Mercies by David Rowell
Author's initials in liquiDambeR.
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: The Train of Small Mercies
5: The Waking Dark by Robin Wasserman
"Mystery" on the main page.
Robin Wasserman is a GRA.

30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A2: The Book of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt
B2: by Dia Calhoun

30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
A: by Andy Lane
Windows are visible on the building in the lower left.
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: Death Cloud
C: Vixen by Jillian Larkin
This book was mentioned here.
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: Vixen

30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
1: Untold by Sarah Rees Brennan
My first name is Sarah.
Sarah Rees Brennan is a GRA.
2: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Some of my ancestors come from Germany, where this book takes place.
Elizabeth Wein is a GRA.

30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 1 and 3.
1: Sold by Patricia McCormick
Ms Anderson rated this 5 stars (as did I).
I listened to the audio. Here is the paperback for length: Sold
3: The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski
Author's initials found in msandErsOn.
Emil Ostrovski is a new to me author.
Emil Ostrovski is a GRA.

50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell
Dork Diaries #1
Rachel Renee Russell is a GRA.
Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
For Darkness Shows the Stars, #2
Diana Peterfreund is a GRA.
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party by Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, #3
Nathan Hale is a GRA.

Points this post: 230
Total points: 735
Tasks completed: 41
GRA: 35
Big Books 500+(4), 750+ (), 1000+()

[Karen Michele]

15.7 — Spookfest!

Approved in Genre Thread:

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

+15 Points

20.4. Author! Author! – Karen F’s task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats

2 – The Series: #5:

Out of Sight, Out of Time by Ally Carter

+20 Points

Points this Post: 35
Grand Total: 620

[Anne (Booklady)]

Yay, Bluemoon! =)

[Emily]

Boston Kate

5.1 2013 - A New Season

UnSouled

book had 98 ratings as of 8/17 (approved in help thread, message 12)


5.4 30 Years Ago - Dungeons and Dragons

The Taste of Night

"fantasy" on main page


15.7 Spookfest!

The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before

"horror" on main page


20.7 "What I Would Read if I Had More Time"

Option A - I did not finish the Summer Challenge and am using task 20.6 (They're Creepy and They're Kooky...), Option 3, which required a mostly black and white cover




Points this post: 45
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 18

[Lois]

15.8 -- Same Time Last Year


In Need of a Good Wife by Kelly O'Connor McNees, #194 on the October 2012 Most Popular list

Kelly O'Connor McNees is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 950
GR authors: 32

[Jolie]

JOLIE

20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
I chose Option 3: read any long (400+ page) book that you would consider to be a cozy/comfort read. My book is
Double Down: Game Change 2012 by Mark Halperin and I consider it to be a cozy/comfort read because I'm such a news/politics junky and the tone of this is very breezy/People Magazine style--not wonky, stern, preachy, or dull. It is 512 pages, so it also counts as a Big Book

Mostly about the personality and the gossip of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 18
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 6
Big books this post: 1
Big books (total): 2 (500+)

[Lorna]

<30.7>Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson...and Ellen Hopkins

I rolled 1 & 4
#1 Absent by Katie Williams*GRA*
Ms Anderson rated this book 4 stars.
This author is new to me.

#4Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys*GRA*
My friend, Mary, from Illinois, whom I have never met gave this book 4 stars. Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...

Points this post: 30
Total points: 395
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 25
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Book tickets: 2

[Tammy AZ]

15.1 Bookends
1st Book in a Series: Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse #1)

Last Book in a Series: Compound Fractures (Alan Gregory #20). I've been reading this series from the beginning and am sorry to see it over.

Post Total: 15
Grand Total: 330

[Kristi]

Kristi CO

20.4 Tribute to Two Mystery Greats

Option 3: I Only Watched the Movie!
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming is #197 on the list as of right now

Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

[Wanda]

Oma1229

25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education

I chose 2 and 4.

2. The Past.
The genre I chose was History.

Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone

4. The World of Thought.
The genre I chose was Religion.

Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths by Bruce Feiler


30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins

I Rolled a 1 and a 4

Roll 1 –
Rread a book that Ms Anderson has rated 4 or 5 stars. Ms Anderson's "read" shelf

I read The Stranger by Albert Camus from Ms. Anderson's "read" shelf. She had rated it with 4 stars.

This author is new to me


Roll 4 -
Read a book that was rated 4 or 5 stars by a Goodreads friend who you have never met. REQUIRED: state the friend whose rating you used and provide a link to his or her profile.

The friend's rating that I used was Kristi,
Kristi's profile

The book that I selected was-

Half of a Yellow SunChimamanda Ngozi Adichie It had a 5 star rating.

Totals:
Total Points: 925/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:24
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:51
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-20810

[Kristina Simon]

Congratulations, Bluemoon! Winter task 25.5 is yours.

[Kathy G.]

Go Wanda Go!!!
:-)

[Anne (Booklady)]

Go Wanda!

Congrats Bluemoon and Donna Jo!!! =)

[Ashley FL]

Ashley FL

REPOST of Task 25.2 (Love that Alphabet)
Book 1: Remains On Strike for Christmas by Sheila Roberts (MNO in title)
Book 2: Please replace with Head Over Heels by Jill Shalvis (HIJ in author's name)

This is the same author, so Goodreads Author numbers remain the same.

Task 30.5 Defenestration
Option A Book with a Window on Cover: I read by Jill Shalvis

**Jill Shalvis is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**

Option B: Book with word in title ending in "-TION": I read by Heather Blake. Potion ends in TION.

Points: 30 (Total Points 460)
Goodreads Authors: 1 (18 Total)
Big Book Tickets: 3 Total

[Deedee]

Task 25.8 A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Each book needs to be at least 300 pages!

2. Black Forest Cake for my dear husband: Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on the main page.

The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1) (Merlin, #1) (Arthurian Saga #1) (1970) by Mary Stewart (Paperback, 544 pages)
(winner Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (1971))

**** Big Books**** The Crystal Cave (Merlin, #1) (544 pages)


3. Suitably Reeking Fishy Un-cake for furbaby: Read a book with the word "CAT" found intact in the title/subtitle/author's name.

Catastrophes
A Choice of Catastrophes (Star Trek: The Original Series) (2011) by Michael Schuster (Mass Market Paperback, 344 pages)


420 + 25 = 445


Tasks Completed: 24
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 420 + 25 = 445
Books read: 36
Pages read: 12,298

Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 9

Big Books:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+

[Dee]

Congrats Donna Jo and Bluemoon!!!

[Wanda]

Oma1229

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

I chose Options 2 and 3


Option 2. Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore! reviewed for Fall 2012 by Paul.

Read any book by Dennis O'Neil OR read any graphic novel.

The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman

Claiming Neil Gaiman as Goodreads Author


Option 3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Reviewed for Winter 2012 by Chris MD.

Read any book by Seth Grahame-Smith OR…read any book with one of the following words in the title or author’s name: “Abraham,” “Lincoln,” “Vampire,” or “Hunter.”


Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Ultimate Collection by Laurell K. Hamilton

Totals:
Total Points: 950/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:25
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:53
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-21386

[Stacie]

STACIE MI

Task 25.9 - The Cornetto Trilogy

Yes...it has taken me this long to complete my own task!!

I did options 4 and 5.

For option 4, I read a book shelved as Science Fiction:

Runaways vol. 9: Dead Wrong by Terry Moore

For option 5, I read a book with a drink on the cover:

Chew, Vol. 6: Space Cakes by John Layman

Points this task: 25
Total points: 940
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 71
Pages read: 18361
Goodreads authors: 33
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

[Amy]

Amy FL

15.3 -- Half and Half
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper (author's name fits criteria for both first and last name)

15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B: Can't Get There from Here (here and there approved in message 37 for this task)

15.5 -- All Fall Down
Angels Flight

15.6 -- Far East
The Orphan Master's Son (North Korea)

15.7 -- Spookfest!
Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks (Horror)

15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
Days of Blood & Starlight (November 2012 list, book #6)

15.10 -- Free for Fall
The Gospel According to Larry

Points this post: 105
Total points: 455

[Dee]

C'mon Wanda; c'mon Stacie!!

[Anne (Booklady)]

Oh! Forgive me my friend, Dee - Congratulations on finishing and your task! =)