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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
10.5 Found in TranslationThe Stonecutter by Camilla Läckberg Originally published in Swedish.
This is a Big Book at 565 pages.
20.10 Group Reads
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
My comments are in post 62.
Maria Semple is a GR author.
Post Total: 30
Grand Total: 360
STACIE MITask 10.10 - In Honor of Veterans, Military or Otherwise
I read a book in which the male protagonist is a veteran of the United States Army:
Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr
Points this task: 10
Total points: 980
Tasks completed: 56
Books read: 74
Pages read: 19484
Goodreads author: 35
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Kathy G. wrote: "Stacie- You're almost there! :-)"Three books to go!
KimberSorry to lay all of these on you at the end but - I had several half complete tasks I have to find other places for. I was reallllly hoping to finish this challenge completely! Oh well, I tried.
10.8 Fall Back!
The White Princess by Philippa Gregory
set in 15th Century, well before my time! :)
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15.7 Spookfest
Afraid by Jack Kilborn
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15.10 Free For Fall
Dolphin Girl by Shel Delisle
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20.7 "What Would I Read..."
Option B:
From Summer 2013, 20.6. I completed this task using option 3. Now I would like to use Option 2:
Fifty Shades Freed by EL James (listed as romance/erotica)
hopefully this link will be what you need...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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25.4 Celebration!
Option A:The Devil In Pew Number Seven by Rebecca Nichols Alonzo
&
Option C:
by Meg Cabot___________
30.1 I'm Sorry Dee!
I rolled a #3 and a #5
Option 3:
The Key Inheritance
(ebook verification for length post 2611)
&
Option 5:
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
GRA's incl in this post...
Shel Delisle, Jen McConnel, Stephanie Perkins, Meg Cabot, Philippa Gregory, E.L. James (total - 6)
Above tasks: 115 points
# tasks complete to date: 44
GRA: 37
Grand total points this season!!!: 755
Thanks for another fun season!
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews
Chef hat on the cover
Task 25.3. Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
Option 1: The Killing Dance by Laurell K Hamilton
#271 on the Best Horror Novels list
Option 5: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
#92 on the Best Experimental Books Ever list
Total Points This Post: 35
Total Tasks This Post: 2
Goodreads Authors This Post: 0
Grand Total Points: 825/1010
Total Books Read: 53
Tasks Completed: 37/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 27
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Cindy F - We Love Scrabble!Option 4 - Z in author's Name
Heaven's Fire by ***Goodreads Author Sandra Balzo
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170/1010
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (1), 1000+ ()
That's it for me this round. Thanks to the mods and task creators for another great challenge.
Unless I messed up one of my last three task postings this is it for me for this challenge. SO MUCH FUN!!! Thanks for welcoming me in everyone and encouraging me along. I am so glad I found this group and I am happy to have completed my first challenge and looking forward to the Winter challenge and many more ahead after that :D5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
Letters from Across the Country by Marsha Boulton (goodreads author)
From the awards list in the task I chose the Stephen Leacock Award which was awarded to this book in 1996.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_...
=5 points + 1 goodreads author ticket
25.7 – Bamaace83’s task: Football Kick-off Fun!
Option #1:
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
Option #4:
by Darya Pino RoseA tomato is on the cover
=25 points
Points this Post: 30 points
Total Points: 1010 points
Tasks Complete: 58
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 27
Big Book Tickets: (9)500+(3)750+(1)1000 = 18 tickets
Tea15.8. - Same Time Last Year
Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks
- 59th on Most Popular Books Published In September 2012
20.1. - Most Improved Player - Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1
Golden Malicious by Sheila Connolly
- cozy mystery on the main book page (verified)
*** Sheila Connolly is GR author ***
Points This Post: 35
Total points: 815
Tasks Completed: 45
Total Books Read: 63
Goodreads Authors: 43
Big Books: 500 (1), 750 (1), 1000 (1)
That's it for me. Thank you for fun challenge.
Now to search for books for next round...
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For DaddySon of the Black Stallion by Walter Farley
10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
a main character, the grandmother, is a senior citizen. she is quite elderly but doesn't identify age.
15.4 -- Inside Out
Option A with words 'man' and 'woman'
Book 1-
Man Alive!: A Novel by Mary Kay Zuravleff
*Mary Kay Zuravleff is a GR author, claiming ticket
Book 2-
An Ordinary Woman: A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey by Cecelia Holland
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1 initials I & B are in Liquidamber
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird
Option 5 I've been itching to read this Stephen King Mystery novel since several friends rate it highly.
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
is audiobook I used. The paperback version is
Bag of Bones with 736 pages,
**claiming Big Book ticket
Mystery genre is on main page.
30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 1. My Maiden name is 'Wood'
Lottery by Patricia Wood
is ebook. Paperback version is
Lottery with 336 pages.
* Patricia Wood is a GR author, claiming ticket
Option 3.
It Happened in Washington, 2nd by James A. Crutchfield
non-fiction book about the State of Washington History events. I live in Washington State.
Points this post: 90
Points to date: 1010
GR Authors this post: 2
GR Authors to date: 21
Big Book this post: 1
Big Books to date: 3
5.5 WKRP in Cincinnati
by John Corey Whaley Woodpecker5.6 Last of Summer Wine
Macbeth by William Shakespeare set in Scotland
10.2 Far, Far Away
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad Set in Africa and England. I live in America.
10.8 Fall Back
The Caged Graves by Dianne K. Salerni goodreads' author Set just after the American Revolution, much older than me!
15.10 Free for Fall
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice by Terry Tempest Williams
20.8 We Love Scrabble
Option 1 7 letter word (Running) The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
30.1 I'm Sorry Dee!
I rolled a 5 and a 6 and chose to use option 3 for my roll of 6.
Option 3: Feynman by Jim Ottaviani Jim is 3 letters long. He is also a goodreads' author
Option 5: Last Night I Sang to the Monster, more than 5 words, by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
New points: 95
Total points: 170
Alright- Alison and Janet F.Whoohooo!
Thanks to the 'bookworm boosters' for their congrats and for cheering us all on!
Oma1229With this posting, I have completed this challenge.
25.10. Oma1229's Task: Autumn in the South
Option 2. Read a book that has in its title the name of a team position.
Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie
Option 4- For this option read a book whose cover includes a picture of one of the mascots of the teams of the SEC. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Maximum Bob by Elmore LeonardTotals:
Total Points: 1010/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:25
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:58
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013-22577
Suzannesea5.6 - 40 Years Ago - Last of the Summer Wine
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory is set in England.
This post: 5 points
Total for Fall Challenge: 550 points
5.1 - 2013 - A New Season (less than 1,000 ratings)Constitutional Journal: A Correspondent's Report from the Convention of 1787 by Jeffrey St. John
Link to Paperback: (Is this necessary if there's no page count requirement? Don't want to chance it, so I'm including it anyway.) Constitutional Journal
Total Points: 5
This will probably be my only post this challenge - sorry for taking down the averages, but I also don't want to fall off the Readerboard. Been a crazy three months!
Hana C.
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Rolled a 2: Read a book with the genre GLBT on its main page.
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
**David Levithan is a GRA
Rolled a 3: Read a book by an author whose first or last name has only three letters
Inferno by Dan Brown
points this post: 30
Total Points Earned: 765
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 43
Last one for me for Fall :-( Congrats to everyone that has (or will) finish!
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Rolled a 2: Read a book with the genre GLBT on its main page.
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
**David Levithan is a GRA
Rolled a 3: Read a book by an author whose first or last name has only three letters
Inferno by Dan Brown
points this post: 30
Total Points Earned: 765
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Book Tickets: 3
Tasks Completed: 43
Last one for me for Fall :-( Congrats to everyone that has (or will) finish!
You did it Wanda! (Happy Dance!!!)
15.1 -- Bookends Knit One, Kill Two (A Knitting Mystery #1) A Knitting Mystery Series by Maggie Sefton
Midnight Guardians (Max Freeman #6) Max Freeman Series by *Jonathon King
*Jonathon King is a Goodreads Author*
15.3 -- Half and Half
1 Book Option
Author: *Erica Spindler
1st Name: Erica (A-M)
Last Name: Spindler (N-Z)
Dead Run by *Erica Spindler
*Erica Spindler is a Goodreads Author*
15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
#49 on October 2012 List
A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy
Points in This Task: 45
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1441
Totals:
Total Points: 830
Total Goodreads Authors: 22
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(7), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 44/58
Total Books Read: 61
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 23,960
Last Post for this Season and my personal best of 830 Points! I really tried hard to finish, but I did have one of my Kitty cats to die during the Challenge...maybe another time I can finish. -)
Congratulations to all of the Finishers! Looking forward to your tasks.
Moderators: A Job Very Well Done! =)
congrats Janet, congrats Wanda, congrats Alison!!
15.1 -- Bookends The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
and
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Books #1 and #3 in the Hunger Games trilogy.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 370
Yeah to all the finishers so far.26 hrs. or so to go!!!
:-)
not that we are counting right Kathy... ;)
5.8 - The Outer LimitsRead an anthology or book of collected short stories, poetry, essays, novellas or other literary works.
For the Relief of Unbearable Urges: Stories by Nathan Englander
Task total=5
Grand total=370
SOELO10.2 Far, Far Away
How I Live Now
I live in the US and this book takes place in the UK.
Rosoff is a GR author.
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Previous points: 265
Points this post: 10
Total so far: 275
GR author tickets: 9
Congratulations, Janet F! You get to create Winter task 25.7
5.8 50 years ago - The Outer LimitsI Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano (poetry)
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry Dee!
I rolled a 3 and a 4
#3 Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea (Rob has 3 letters)
#4 Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich*GRA* (humor)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 430
Tasks completed: 23
books read: 28
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big book tickets: 2
Congrats, Wanda (OMA1229)! Winter task 25.8 is yours.
whee!! was starting to wonder if next season was going to have less points than this one!
JACKIE NC30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
Rolled a 3 & 5
Option 3:
Some Buried Caesar by Rex Stout
Author's initials in MS ANDERSON
Option 5:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Young adult genre
Neither book is a re-read.
Madeleine L'Engle is a new to me author.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 465
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Book Tickets:
BRIAN20.10. Group Reads
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
I have message #25 in the thread.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 325
Books read: 22
Goodreads authors: 8
Big Books: 4-0-1 (7)
15.8 - Same Time Last YearWallbanger by Alice Clayton
~~ #4 on November 2012 list ~~
Points this post: 15
Season Total: 605
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin StateOption 3 - 400+page comfort read
Testimony of Two Men
This book had been on my shelf for years (and years). My original copy had water damage, so I bought a new one and it gives me a "cozy" feeling of "comfort" to have finally read it! At 624 pages, it meets the page requirement.
*** 1 Big Book ticket claimed (624 pages)
Points this post: 20
Final points total: 385
Total tasks completed: 30
Total number Big Books: 500(4), 750(0), 1000(1)
Total Big Book tickets: 7
Total Goodreads authors: 8
That's it for me this challenge. Thank you once again to our fabulous moderators, and congratulations to the finishers. Hope the rest of you met your goals!
Task 50 - Series!Read three books that are a part of three different series.
I read these 3 – none of them are re-reads:
#5 - A Mommy-Track Mystery
Murder Plays House (A Mommy-Track Mystery #5) (2004) by Ayelet Waldman (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 312 pages)
**** Goodreads Author ****Ayelet Waldman
#6 - Reykjavík Murder Mystery
The Draining Lake (Reykjavík Murder Mystery #6) (2004) by Arnaldur Indriðason (translated from Icelandic by Bernard Scudder) (Hardcover, 312 pages)
#7 - A Jaine Austen Mystery
Killing Bridezilla (A Jaine Austen Mystery #7) (2008) by Laura Levine (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 248 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Laura Levine
450 + 50 = 500
Tasks Completed: 26
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 450 + 50 = 500
Books read: 40
Pages read: 13,490
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books:
(4) 500+
(1) 750+
(0) 1,000+
RANDY12S20.6 - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Thanks for approving, in the help thread, The 19th Element by John L. Betcher as a cover with a skyline.
John L. Betcher is a new author to me and is a GR Author.20.7- Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option B: I chose to redo option 20.7 from the summer challenge and chose option #3 (read a book by an author new to me) and I readSilent Encroachment by Evan Joseph Law who is a GR Author and new to me.
20.8 - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 6: I read
Never Go Back by Lee Child, which has the 2-letter word "go" in the title. Lee Child is a GR Author
30.7 Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
For this task I rolled a 3 and a 4.
My book for the roll 3 task was The English Girl by Daniel Silva, whose initials "DS" are in MS ANDERSON.
My book for the roll 4 task was The Highway by C.J. Box. The friend that I used is Mary Miller, https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3..., whom I have never met. She rated the book 4 stars.
Total points this post = 90
GR Authors = 3
Congratulations to all the finishers. (Sorry I've been remiss about keeping up-to-date on you all as we've gone along.)It's been grand having so many enthusiastic participants.
And, as always, thanks to our tireless moderators who try to keep us all in line. It must be akin to herding cats sometimes.
Alison*REPOST*
Task 5.3 - 20 years ago - Frasier
All That I Am by Anna Funder
Winner of the 2012 Miles Franklin literary award (listed on main page)
=5 points
TOTAL: 1010 points
Coralie30.2 What a Team!
Book 1
T, A and M in quAnTuM, E in rosE
The Quantum Rose
Book 2
FUN in fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
30.7 I blame Ms Anderson…and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled 4 and 6.
Option 4 A book rated 4 stars by my friend https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2... whom I have never met
We
Option 6 book by an author ‘similar’ to Ellen Hopkins – from the Literature Map –
Goliath by Scott Westerfeld
Total points 675
That's it for me for this challenge.
Thank you to the wonderful moderators for all their hard work.
Congratulations to all those who finished and all those who achieved their personal goals.
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!None of the books are re-reads.
1. Stephanie Plum #3 À la une, à la deux, à la mort by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
2. Kay Scarpetta #4 Une Peine D'Exception by Patricia Cornwell
Patricia Cornwell is a Goodreads Author
3. Sookie Stackhouse #5 La morsure de la panthère by Charlaine Harris
This post: 50 points
Total to Date = 235 points
//Big Book Tickets: 3
//GR Authors: 9
50.1 - Sassafrass's Task: A Sucker for Series!All these books are new-to-me (no re-reads):
#2 in Sugawara Akitada - Rashomon Gate
#3 in All Creatures Great and Small - All Things Wise and Wonderful
#4 in Origami Yoda - The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett: An Origami Yoda Book
Total points claimed: 210 (50 in this post)
Total # of big book tickets: 2
25.5 One or MoreSecond Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
and
Shallow Graves by Jeffery Deaver
Grave - Graves
Both Darynda Jones are GR Authors - 2 tickets.
Points: 25
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30.2 What a Team!
T, E, A, M, but not the letter "I" found in any order in the title.
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
and
"Fun" found intact in a word in the title.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
Allison Hoover Bartlett is a GR Author.
Points: 30
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30.6 Ancestry
1. Carolyn (my first name) in author name
The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute
2. Set in Germany (suspected origin of father's side of family)
Rain by Karen Duve
Points: 30
Total Points: 435
Total GR Authors: 13
Total Big Books: 500+ (2)
That does it for me, folks. Thanks for all the hard work moderators. Congrats to all the finishers.
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20.1- Andrea's Task: A Cozy Read
Option 1: Murder Carries a Torch by Anne George is listed as a cozy mystery
20.2 Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option #3 I read AuthorsInferno by Dan Brown. Robert Langdon's nemesis is a genetic engineer who could be creating a new black plauge.
20.3 - Stefu's task: Most Read
on September 4th I rolled a 4 & a 3 on the dice roller. My 4th friend was Lahni and her 3rd most read author was J. K. Rowling. Stefu approved the reading of The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith, which is a pen name of Ms. Rowling.
20.4 - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option #2 for this option I read Gone by James Patterson& Michael Ledwidge. James Patterson is a GR Author. This book is listed on GR as Michael Bennett #6.
20.5- Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option #3 I love to curl up with a comfortable James Patterson mystery and read for a long time. I read
Mistress by James Patterson & David Ellis, which is listed on GR at 448 pages. James Patterson is a GR Author.
Points this post = 100
GR Authors = 2