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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)

Read a book with a word for a male relative ex. father, dad, brother, son, uncle, grandfather, etc in the title or subtitle.
Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45/1010
Total books: 6/79

***Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author***
5.9 - 55 years ago - The Rifleman:

***Mari Carr is a Goodreads Author***
15.3 -- Half and Half: I chose the one book option and read
Captive in the Dark by C.J. Roberts
C is in the first half of the alphabet and R is in the last half
***C.J. Roberts is a Goodreads Author***
15.5 -- All Fall Down: Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley. both letters in the title start with "M" as in autuMn
***Kristen Ashley is a Goodreads Author***
***At 528 pages, this is a BIG BOOK***
20.6. Only in New York! I read Unscrupulous (ebook verification thread #2654) by Avery Aster which is set in New York City.
***Avery Aster is a Goodreads Author*** AND she is a new author to me
20.7 "What I Would Read If I Had More Time": I didn't do the summer 2013 challenge so I chose option A and chose summer task 20.7 (Something New). I read Collide (395 pages) by Gail McHugh which fits option 1 because it was published in January 2013. it also fits option 3 because Gail McHugh is a new to me author.
***Gail McHugh is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 80
Total Points in Challenge: 105
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Option A: I read House Rules by Chloe Neill which is the 7th book in the Chicagoland Vampires Series
***Chloe Neill is a Goodreads Author***
Option C: I read

***Cherrie Lynn is a Goodreads Author***
25.5 One or More: I read Mercy by Annabel Joseph and Tender Mercies by Kitty Thomas (mercy/mercies)
***Annabel Joseph is a Goodreads Author***
***Kitty Thomas is a Goodreads Author***
25.6 General Education:
Option 2 (the past): I read Seriously...I'm Kidding (256 pages) which has "autobiography" on the main page
Option 3(the practical world): Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women (352 pages) which has "politics" on the main page
30.3 Take it or "Leave" It:
Option 1: Stars & Stripes by Abigail Roux who initials are found in liquidAmbeR
***Abigail Roux is a Goodreads Author***
Option 2: Hot Ticket by Olivia Cunning which has been on my TBR since December 2011
***Olivia Cunning is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 105
Total Points in Challenge: 210
Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 13
GR Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

5.10 Make Room for Daddy
Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
15.1 Bookends
Book 1: Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley
Book #1 of the Shifters Unbound series.
**Jennifer Ashley is a Goodreads Author**
Book 2: Always a Scoundrel by Suzanne Enoch
Third and final book of the Notorious Gentlemen series.
20.1 A Cozy Read
Option 1: Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
Cozy Mystery genre listed on main book page.
**Jenn McKinlay is a Goodreads Author**
30.6 Ancestry
Option 1: Scandal in Scotland by Karen Hawkins
My first name is Karen.
**Karen Hawkins is a Goodreads Author**
Option 2: Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters
My heritage on my mom's side is German & Polish. This book is set in Germany.
Points this Post: 70
Total Challenge Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
Hana C.
Task 5.2- 10 years ago- Two and a Half Men: Read a book identified as #2 in a series
Stitch Me Deadly (Embroidery Mystery #2) by Amanda Lee
points this post: 5
Total Points Earned: 75
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 9
Task 5.2- 10 years ago- Two and a Half Men: Read a book identified as #2 in a series
Stitch Me Deadly (Embroidery Mystery #2) by Amanda Lee
points this post: 5
Total Points Earned: 75
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 9

Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
#8 on november list
*** Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 15
Total GRA: 1
Total big book tickets: 0

20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A: Summer 20.6 #3: black & white cover
Hate List by Jennifer Brown

Total Points: 95

5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
1421: The Year China Discovered America
Has the word Year in the title
Big Book - Book is 656 pages long
--
10.2 Far, Far Away.
The Jungle Book
Set in India, I live in Scotland.
--
Points Earned this post: 15
Big Books earned: 1x500
Totals:
Points: 45
Big Books: 500 (2)
GR Authors: 1

Western on main page and horses on the cover:

+5 Points
Task 25.2. Andy P.’s task: Love That Alphabet
A. Two book option:
Title: MNO: MOmeNt, 288 pages
A Moment Comes by Jennifer Bradbury
Author: KLM: vLadiMir N, 272 pages
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
+25 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 95

5.9 - 55 years ago - The Rifleman
Western: I read As The Crow Flies by Craig Johnson
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 5
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

10.6. What’s Your Sign?
I am a Rat

**Neil Gaiman was born 11/10/60, making him a Rat**
***Neil Gaiman is a GR Author***
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Gr Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 1

BOOK 1 - T-E-A-M FOUND IN TITLE - The Last Romanov by Dora Levy Mossanen.
ThE lAst roManov.
BOOK 2 - FUN FOUND IN TITLE - The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison.
Jonathan Evison and Dora Levy Mossanen are both Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 170
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 6
BIG BOOKS - 2


25.5 Coralie’s One or More.
Book 1. I read On Fire by Carla Neggers. “Fire” is singular.
Book 2. I read Fires: Essays, Poems, Stories by Raymond Carver. “Fires” is the plural of “Fire.”
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 135
Big Books: 500+ (1)

15.3 -- Half and Half
My book fits both criteria
The Beet Fields: Memories of a Sixteenth Summer by Gary Paulsen
Total Points: 110

25.8. A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Option 1: yellow cover
pages: 352
Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir by Kambri Crews

***Kambri Crews is a Goodreads author***
and
Option 6: Author who has published only one book
pages: 304
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer by Irene Gut Opdyke
+25
total: 50
tasks: 3
books: 4
GR authors: 1
Dlmrose
5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
#2 in Charlie Fox series: Riot Act by Zoë Sharp
paperback Riot Act
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan
paperback The Crown Tower
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
From "Books Set in Roman Times": Pompeii by Robert Harris
total = 20
5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
#2 in Charlie Fox series: Riot Act by Zoë Sharp
paperback Riot Act
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan
paperback The Crown Tower
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
From "Books Set in Roman Times": Pompeii by Robert Harris
total = 20

Rolled a 4: Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones (Goodreads author)
This book has "Humor" listed on main page
Rolled a 5: Don't Talk Back To Your Vampire by Michele Bardsley (Goodreads author)
This book has 6 words in the title
30.5. Ty's Task: Lessons in Defenestration
Option A: Secrets of the Highlander by Janet Chapman
Book has a house with windows on the cover, and has 315 pgs, approved in help thread

Option B: Too Much Temptation by Lori Foster (Goodreads author)
Title has a word that ends in -tion, book has 320 pgs
30.6. Beth NC's Task: Ancestry
Option 2: The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan (Goodreads author)
My ancestors are from Italy, book is set in Italy
Option 3: The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
I live in Northern California, this book takes place off the coast of San Francisco, about 3 hours south of my home
Total Points This Post: 90
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 4
Grand Total Points: 90/1010
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 3/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0

Time Flies by Claire Cook
Claire Cook is a Goodreads author.
10.8. Fall Back
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen, which takes place in the 1930s, well before I was born.
Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 100
GR authors: 3

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
on the 2013 list
20.7 - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
I finished all of the 20 point tasks in the Spring and Summer challenges, so I'm doing option B.
From the Spring challenge, I chose to redo task 20.7.
In the spring challenge, I chose option 5: Spring 2013 post claiming task 20.7, option 5.
This time around, I'm doing option 3.
Option 3:

cover shows a form of transportation -- a sailboat -- not really sure why there's a sailboat on the cover since they never got on a sailboat, but it's there nonetheless!
20.8 - It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 6: Dead of Night by J.D. Robb ~ 394 pages
2 letter word in the title - "of"
Points this post: 55
Season Total: 120


Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood Set in the United Kingdom: England
Point this Post:5
Totals:
Total Points: 155/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 14
20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 4 - The Awards
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie won the Grand Master Award in 1955
Total points this post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 85
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Option 4 - The Awards
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie won the Grand Master Award in 1955
Total points this post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 85
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

I chose the one book option and read
Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke which has 494 pages.
Dixie City Jam (CDE)
James Lee Burke (JKL)
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 45

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page.
Dukes by Robert Newton Peck
Rating # is 1
5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragon
Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on its main book page.
The Book of Dragons by Michael Hague
30.3 Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 2 - Lily Pad Leaf
Read a book that's been "sitting" on your TBR list for over a year.
REQUIRED: Include in your post approximately when you added the book to your list, or the name of the GR friend whose shelf you used.
This book has been on my TBR shelf since November 2009
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Option 5 - Ivy Leaf
Mystery must be listed as a genre on the book's main page.
Louise's War by Sarah R. Shaber
Claiming Sarah Shaber as Goodreads Author
Totals:
Total Points:100/1010
Total Goodreads Authors:2
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed:7
Total Books Read:
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 2011

Romance Writers of America (RITA) Award 2011 - Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
Welcome to Harmony by Jodi Thomas
Jodi Thomas is a Goodreads Author
5.10 60 Years Ago - Make Room for Daddy
Word: Dad
Adopt-A-Dad by Bonnie K. Winn
Bonnie K. Winn is a Goodreads Author
E-Book approved message 2760
10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield
20.4 Author! Author! - Karen F's Task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
2. Series: Chesapeake Shores #3 (Loving this series)
Harbor Lights by Sherryl Woods
25.5 Coralie's Task: One or More
Book 1: Wife
The Rancher's Secret Wife by Barbara Minton
Barbara Minton is a Goodreads Author
Book 2: Wives
Capital Wives by Rochelle Alers
Points this post: 65
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Goodreads Author: 11
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

Tarnished Knight - Bec McMaster, GR Author
set in London, England; ebook approved @ 1028
5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 Minutes
After Hours - Cara McKenna, GR Author
ebook approved @ 68
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
Fatherhood Fever! - Emma Darcy
10.6. What’s Your Sign?
One Good Earl Deserves a Lover - Sarah MacLean, GR Author
author DOB: Dec 17, 1978, which makes her a horse, same as me
15.7 -- Spookfest!
Paranormal: Fate's Edge - Ilona Andrews, GR Author
25.1. Nick KY’s Tasks: The Reviews Are In!
Option 5 (animal):

Option 6: White Night - Jim Butcher, GR Author
Points this post: 70
Total points: 155
GR Authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (2)

Task 10.6 - What's Your Sign?
My zodiac animal sign is the Rat, so I read:
Sirena by Donna Jo Napoli
According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Jo...), her birthday is February 28th, 1948, making her a fellow Rat.
**Donna Jo Napoli is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 10
Total points: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Pages read: 866
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

For this task, I read “

Also, Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that as well.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 45
Pages Read this Challenge: 336
Total Pages Read to Date: 1043
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()


20.7 Option A: Spring 2013 task 20.5: Option 3: "Historical Fiction" on main genre page
20.5 Bigger is Better- Kate S's task: Tournament of Books 2013
Help Thread
This task is inspired by the Tournament of Books finalists for 2013.
Please enjoy a book which shares one of the following attributes with the finalists:
1. A book written by an author who shares their first and last initial with a finalist:
JG, MS, GF, BF, MM, LE, JW, AJ, HM, KP, LG, AM, CW, LB, AH, DA, SH, CB, MK-first and last initials must match exactly, but you can ignore any middle names/initials. If a book has a co-author or multiple contributors all authors must share their first and last initials with a finalist from the list.
2. A collection of short stories by a single author (Dear Life: Stories, Building Stories)
3. A book with "Historical Fiction" on its main genre page (HHhH: A Novel, The Orphan Master's Son, The Round House, The Song of Achilles, Bring Up the Bodies, Beautiful Ruins)
4. A book off the Afghanistan-Iraqi War list (The Yellow Birds, Fobbit, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk)
5. A book with "Family" on its main genre page (Where'd You Go, Bernadette, May We Be Forgiven)
6. A book with "Contemporary" on the main genre page (The Fault in Our Stars, Gone Girl, How Should a Person Be?, Arcadia)
Note: Genres "Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" may be used for this task
Required: Please identify the option when you post.
The Light Between Oceans by M L Stedman
M L Stedman is a Goodreads Author
Task points = 20
Challenge points = 40
GR authors = 2

10.8. Fall Back.

time setting is post WWII before I was born and has historical fiction as a genre on its main page.
15.1 -- Bookends

First in Maeve Kerrigan series
AND

Last in Shane Scully series
Total Points = 190

Short Story Collection:
The Color Master: Stories by Aimee Bender
+5 Points
Grand Total: 100

I read The Melody Thief by Shira Anthony. *GR Author* The letters T,M,T found in Autumn/Fall.
Points this post- 15
Total Points- 60
GR Authors- 3

15.6 -- Far East
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan is almost entirely set in Singapore.
Kevin Kwan is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
GR Authors: Melanie Benjamin, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Kwan
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

5.8 - 50 Years Ago - The Outer Limits

Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 135

Task 15.3 Half and Half
Chose 1 book option and read The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
whose first name starts with C(A-M)and last name starts with Z(N-Z)
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket 506 pages
Points this post:15
Total points:40
Books read:3
Tasks completed:3
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

15.1 -- Bookends
Read a book that is the first book in a series. There may be any number of books planned for the series, but the book you read must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads and be marked as book #1.
AND
Read a book that is the last book in a series that contains at least 3 books. This may be either the final book in the series or the most recently published book in the series. The book must be identified as part of a series on Goodreads. Short stories, novella, or other works within a series labeled #X.5 should be ignored.
Book #1: Chasing Perfect by Susan Mallery - *** - 9/11/2013
Book #2: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - ***** - 9/15/2013


Total Points Earned: 50/1010
Total Pages Read: 3,098 Pages
Total Books Read: 8/80
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
I rolled a:
One, read a book by an author I discovered since January 2013: In Search of King Solomon's Mines by Tahir Shah Tahir Shah is a GOODREADS AUTHOR
And a
Four, read a book with Humor listed on its main page: Zombie Spaceship Wasteland by Patton Oswalt
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Goodreads authors (total): 1
Big books: 0

cozy read
Option 1 Read a book with genre Cozy mystery
Checked on help for task that this book is okay to use.

This post 20 points
Total to date 20 points

15.3 -- Half and Half
An author whose first name is A-M and last name is N-Z
A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 0

Option 2 - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
(Persian - Afghanistan)
Total Points = 70

15.7 Spookfest!
Horror genre
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
20.6 Only in New York!
Option A: set in New York state
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (author is new to me)
Cassandra Clare is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

Task 15.7 - Spookfest!
I read a book shelved as Horror:
The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After by Robert Kirkman
Points this task: 15
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages read: 1002
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task #25.8. Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
1. Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on the main page.
Undead and Unwelcome by MaryJanice Davidson

** GR Ticket Claim: MaryJanice Davidson is a Goodreads Author **
4. Read a book with the genre "Chick Lit" on the main page.
Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson

** GR Ticket Claim: MaryJanice Davidson is a Goodreads Author **
Points This Post: 25 points
Total Points: 135 points
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
Goodreads Authors Tickets: 10
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0

Option B. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115

Task 25.8 Chaitra's Task: A Quarter of Baking Cakes
Opt 1 Yellow cover -

and
Opt 2 Fantasy - The Apocalypse Troll
25 points this post
20 previous post
total: 45

Task # 30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
I rolled a 3 and a 5
Roll 3 - Read a book whose author's initials appear in MS ANDERSON I read Corridors of Death by Ruth Dudley EdwardsAll 3 initials R,D, and E are in Ms. Anderson. Edwards is an author new to me.
Roll 5 - Read a book that has young adult as a genre listed on its Goodreads main page.
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks. This book has Young Adult listed as a genre on its main page (368 p.)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 145

The Entity Within by Cat Devon is book #2 of Entity series.
10.4 Back by Request--Labor Day:
Show Dog: The Charmed Life and Trying Times of a Near-Perfect Purebred by Josh Dean
20.2 Rookie at the Top--Bouchra's Task--School Time:
2. Chemistry: Gazelle by Rikki Ducornet This book is set in Egypt.
Today's Total: 35
Grand total: 95

Option 2 - COZY
Scars and Songs by Christine Zolendz (CZ)
Approved for length #2775
GOODREADS AUTHOR
20.2. Rookie at the Top: Bouchra's Task: School-time!
Option 4 - mathematics butterfly cover

30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!
Option 1
Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian
Discovered author in August 2013
Option 4 - humor on main page
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
BOTH GOODREADS AUTHORS
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary Art
A. The Primary Colors:
2. Yellow
Surrender by Melody Anne
*y in Melody
B. The Secondary Colors:
3. Violet or Purple
The King's Courtesan by Judith James
king in title
BOTH GOODREADS AUTHORS
Points This Post: 100
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 4
Total Books Read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 0
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