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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Elizabeth BTask 10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
Sisterland(nominee in the "Contemporary Women's Fiction/Chick Lit" category)
Task 30.6 - Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Opt 1: Wait For Me by Elisabeth Naughton (my name is Elizabeth)
Opt 4:Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (#62 on the Fiction Based on Author’s Ancestors list)
Points this post:40
Total points:970+40=1010
Tasks:56+2=58
Laurie ME10.5: Lost in Translation: German to English
Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
25.5: Coralie's Task: One or More - Veil/Veils
Veil of Night by Linda Howard
Tall Tales and Wedding Veils by Jane Graves. Jane Graves is a GRA.
25.7: Bamaace83's Task: Football Kick-off Fun!
1. Aggie: Miss Aggie's Gone Missing (Misadventure of Miss Aggie Mystery Series #1) by Frances Devine
2. Cowboy: The Cajun Cowboy by Sandra Hill
25.8: Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cake:
3. CATherine Coulter: Pendragon by Catherine Coulter
4. historical fiction: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
30.3: Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or 'Leave' It:
3. set in Canada: The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery by Steven Sora
4. mystery: Vintage Murder by William S. Shepard
Points this Post: 115
Total Points: 760
Eepa25.5 One or More
Read 2 books where the same noun is in singular and in plural form.
Life, Over Easy by K.A. Mitchell
Public Lives, Private Pleasures by Adrianna Dane
Approved for length in post #2916
life - lives
Adrianna Dane is GR author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 695
GR author tickets: 43
FANDURY25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 1: Read any book from one of the following listopias: Land of Ice and Snow
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
This book is on position 52 on the Land of Ice and Snow listopia.
I read the Kindle Version, but the paperback is 256 pages Dark Matter
Option 2: Read any graphic novel.
Once Upon a Time Machine by Andrew Carl
This book has Graphic Novel as Genre on its main page.
The book has 426 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 750
Books Read: 48
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Tea25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
Option 2
Daisy's Back in Town by Rachel Gibson
- there is word back in title
(similar title was approved here)
Option 5
Warrior's Cross by Madeline Urban and Abigail Roux
- book is set in Chicago, home of the Chicago Bears
*** Abigail Roux is GR author ***
Points This Post: 25
Total points: 785
Tasks Completed: 43
Total Books Read: 61
Goodreads Authors: 42
Big Books: 500 (1), 750 (1), 1000 (1)
Task 5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits Read a book with the genre "Science Fiction" on its main book page
Project Pope (1981) by Clifford D. Simak (Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1982)
445 + 05 = 450
Tasks Completed: 25
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 445 + 05 = 450
Books read: 37
Pages read: 12,618
Read but not claimed: 2
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jenn IL15.3 Half and Half
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
20.4 Author! Author! Karen F's Task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2. Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas
***Goodreads Author***
Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed:18
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000(0)
FANDURY 15.10 -- Free for Fall
Read any book you choose as long as it complies with standard SRC rules.
Poison by Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Pinborough is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 765
Books Read: 49
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
20.5 The Pumpkin State - (REPOST for big book credit)Option 3: This book was 625pp and a mystery (my favorite genre and comfort read)
The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader
BIG BOOK
Points: 20
Total Points: 215
Natalie CH30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's task: Take it or 'leave' it
Option 3 - Maple Leaf (read a book by a Canadian author or a book set in Canada)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Canadian Author Alice Munro
Option 3 - Ivy Leaf (read a mystery)
The Sign Of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
points this task: 30
total points: 230
Big Book Tickets: 4
Goodreads Authors: 2
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"I never did Summer 2013 task, 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Ana's task: Something New, option 3: read a book by an author that is new to you. I read Bitter is the New Black
Points: 275
Books read: 20
Tasks complete: 17
CR authors: 7
Big books: 2
Pages read: 7364
This is it for me! Thanks to moderators for all their hard work! Happy Thanksgiving, all!!
Eepa25.4 Celebration!
Pick two options, read a book for both.
Option B: Read a book that was first published in 2006.
On Fire by Drew Zachary
Option C: Read a book that shows an adult or teenaged couple engaged in what is obviously a romantic kiss or embrace on the cover.
Blokes in Love,
by A.B. Gayle, N.J. Nielsen, Pelaam, Jess Buffett, Meredith Shayne and Susan BeckApproved for length in post #2908
All anthology authors are GR authors.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 720
GR author tickets: 44
Jessica PDX30.4 - Donna Jo's Task - Elementary Art
Option A2 - "Y" in author's name
by Ben MacintyreOption B1 - Peaches on the cover
by Philip KazanPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 935
Lindy-Lanetask 15.9 off to college!
*i chose a book from the 1999 [selected by faculty involved in residence hall activities] UC Berkeley Summer Reading list:
The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Points this post: 15
Total points: 290
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 15
10.8 Fall BackRough Passage to London: A Sea Captain's Tale by Robin Lloyd
This book is labeled historical fiction and it is set in the early 1800s which is obviously well before I was born. :-)
***Robin Lloyd is a Goodreads author.***
Total Books Read:7
Total Challenges Completed:7
Total Pages Read:2275
Big Book Tickets:0
GoodReads Author Tickets:3
Total Points:105
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsay IL's Task - The Pumpkin StateOption 3 - Watership Down by Richard Adams November 28 (476 pages)
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 410
Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 25
Goodreads Author: 14
Big Books:500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series! The Hostage Prince by Jane Yolen (The Seelie Wars, #1) November 18
How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn (Agents of the Crown, #2) November 3
Till Death Do Us Bark by Kate Klise (43 Old Cemetary Road, #3) November 25
None of these books are rereads
Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 460
Books Read: 37
Tasks Completed: 26
Goodreads Author: 15
Big Books:500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary ArtOption A2: Yellow
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Option B2: Green
by Charles Dickens=30 points
Points this Post: 30 points
Total Points: 980 points
Tasks Complete: 56
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 26
Big Book Tickets: (9)500+(3)750+(1)1000 = 18 tickets
Michelle WI15.10 Free For All
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
***** Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author *****
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 275
Books Read: 15
Tasks Completed: 12
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 1
Thanks to all for the congratulations. Congrats to all the other finishers!!! And for those of you that are close call in sick tomorrow and READ! READ! READ!
BEKKA - 20.5. Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin StateFor this task, I read “
” by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, since its about entertaining and cooking. This book is over 250 pages. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 560
Pages Read this Challenge: 288
Total Pages Read to Date: 13148
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 46
Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500( 1 ), 750(), 1000()
Congrats, Elizabeth B! You have Winter task 25.6
Kimber15.5 All Fall Down
Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman
15.8 Same Time Last Year
The Devil's Grin by Annelie Wendeberg
#176 Sept 2012 list
Annelie Wendeberg is a GRA
Beth Hoffman is a GRA
Above tasks: 30
# tasks completed to date: 37
GRA: 32
Total: 640
BRIAN5.9 - 55 years ago - The Rifleman
Law of the Desert Born (Graphic Novel): A Graphic Novel by Louis L'Amour and Charles Santino
Points this post: 5
Total points: 305
Books read: 21
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 4-0-1 (7)
Oma122920.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
REQUIRED: Please state in your post that the author is new to you
Option A: Read a book set in New York State OR a book that has a skyline on the cover.
by Andy LaneAndy Lane is a new author for me
Totals:
Total Points: 975/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:25
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:54
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-21697
JeniferTask 50.1 A Sucker for Series
Hexed by Kevin Hearne (#2 in the Iron Druid Chronicles series)
No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole (#3 in the Immortals After Dark series)
Broken Harbour by Tana French (#4 in the Dublin Murder Squad series)
Total Points this post: 50
Grand Total= 280 pts
FANDURY10.6. What’s Your Sign?
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
I'm a Rabbit and Brandon Sanderson was born on 19.12.75 according to Wikipedia, so he is a Rabbit, too.
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is a Goodreads Author!
This will be my last post for this challenge, as I'm away over the weekend and will have no internet.
Thanks to the moderators for their hard work and great final reading days for all other participants.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 775
Books Read: 50
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 50.1 Sucker For Series:
Book 1: #1 in series: Hooked on Murder by Betty Hechtman is the first in the Crochet Mysteries series.
Book 2: #2 in series: The Koala of Death by Betty Webb is the second in the Gun Zoo Mysteries series.
Book 3: #3 in series: Death by Diamonds by Annette Blair is the third in the Vintage Magic Mysteries series. Annette Blair is a GoodReads author.
I think this is it for this challenge. Not as many books, tasks or points as in my summer challenge, but it's been a "challenging" semester, fun as always! :)
Totals this posting:
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 18
GoodReads Authors: 10
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1); 750+ (0);
oma1229Correction to post #2383
The total points should be 970 not 975.
Sorry!
Oma122915.6 -- Far East
Read a book that is set in a country that is conventionally included under the term Far East.
Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan
The setting of this book is the People's Republic of China.
Totals:
Total Points: 985/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:25
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:54
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-21937
Repost of post 2221 - Task 20.720.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A - Summer 2013 - Task 20.4: Author! Author! - Ann A's task: Initial Fun
I chose Option 2, Kristi Passion for the Page, and read Inside by Alix Ohlin. The author is new-to-me.
Total points claimed: 150 (20 in this post)
Total # of big book tickets: 1
10.8 - Fall Back.Parade's End - 691 pages, 1 big book ticket - this book is marked 'historical fiction' and set in WWI, definitely more than 50 years before I was born.
Total points claimed: 160 (10 in this post)
Total # of big book tickets: 2 (1 in this post)
Laurie ME25.8: Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cake:
3. CATherine Coulter: Pendragon by Catherine Coulter
4. Chick lit: The Red Hot Cajun by Sandra Hill
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 760
20.5 The Pumpkin State - (REPOST for big book credit) - added linksOption 3: This book was 625pp and a mystery (my favorite genre and comfort read)
The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader
BIG BOOK
Points: 20
Total Points: 215
Ashley FLTask 15.10 Free For All I read Does This Church Make Me Look Fat?: A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, and Solves Her Lady Problems by Rhoda Janzen.
Task 20.1 A Cozy Read I read Death Perception by Victoria Laurie, which has the genre "cozy mystery" on the main page, and satisfies Option 1.
**Victoria Laurie is a GOODREADS AUTHOR**
35 Points (490 Total)
1 Goodreads Author (19 Total)
3 Big Books Tickets
Emmalita20.5 Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond
This book is about cooking for the holidays
25.2 Andy P.'s task: Love That Alphabet
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Option B: Title has E-F-G in it. Author has L-M-N in his name. The book is over 400 pages long.
William Landay is a Goodreads author; claiming ticket
This post: 45
Total points to date: 125
Goodread authors: 2
Big book tickets: 2
Total tasks completed: 6
Jayme VA15.5 -- All Fall Down
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pessl is a goodreads author. Night Film is a big book with 602 pages.
Repost of Post 2060: 20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option B: I decided to do a task over again. I chose Spring Challenge Task 20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around and chose an option that I didn't do for the Spring Challenge. Option 3 requires something yellow on the cover so I read
by Jennifer DuboisI chose Option 4 for the spring Challenge. This is the link to my post.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 570
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*, Marisha Pessl
Big Books: 500+(4),750+(1),1000+(0)
Eepa10.8. Fall Back
read a novel with the genre historical fiction or history on its main page. The book you read must be set in/about a time period before you were born.
Angel's Evolution by T.A. Chase
The book is set in the Regency England.
T.A. Chase is GR author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 730
GR author tickets: 45
5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer LimitsHelp Thread (book of collected essays).
I read Pure Drivel, which is a collection of short pieces by Steve Martin.
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
I went to the Summer 2013 Challenge and selected task 20.6 - Seasoned Reader - CASSELM's task: They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky…, which I had not claimed in the Summer challenge.
To satisfy that task, I read We Have Always Lived in the Castle, satifying option 3 for 20.6 from the summer challenge (the book has to have "Mystery" as a genre).
Total points this post: 25
Total points this challenge: 165
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Task 30.4 - Elementary Art
I did options A2 and B2.
For A2, Yellow, I read a book by an author with a "Y" in their name:
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan
**Amy Kathleen Ryan is a Goodreads author!!**
For B2, Green, I read a book with a cover that is mostly green:
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
**Alex Flinn is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 970
Tasks completed: 55
Books read: 73
Pages read: 19068
Goodreads authors: 35
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)