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FALL CHALLENGE 2013
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Fall Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Theresa~OctoberLace15.4 -- Inside Out
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie 9/16/13
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.
the/Catherine
672 pages claiming Big Book ticket
No MMP, so used most rated PB with 672 pages.
I actually used Whispersync for voice, alternating between the Kindle eBook and the Audible versions, plus some immersion reading on the Kindle Fire.
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 125 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 2
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 1
15.3 -- Half and Half After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Boston Kate10.4 Back By Request - Labor Day
Captain's Fury by Jim Butcher
"Butcher" is an occupation
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
AprilDT20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 4: Some letters are worth more points, so read a book whose author's name has an J,Q,X or Z in it.
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 20
10.2 - Far, Far Away.I read Cut and Run by Matt Hilton. It is set in America and Colombia, and I live in Australia.
**Matt Hilton is a Goodreads Author**
20.4 - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
Option 2 - reading a book from one of your favourite series. I read Dead Men's Harvest by Matt Hilton, which is #6 in one of my favourite series.
**Matt Hilton is a Goodreads Author**
20.5 - Lindsey IL's Task: The Pumpkin State
Option 3 - Read a comfort read. The Abduction by Mark Gimenez. This book meets the page minimum as it has 512p. It is a comfort read for me as it is my favourite genres, thriller and crime.
***The Abduction is a big book at 512pgs***
20.6 - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
I chose to read a book set in New York State, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
F. Scott Fitzgerald is a new to me author
20.8 - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 2 - read a book that is #7 in a series. I read All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris. It is #7 in the Sookie Stackhouse series. It has more than 250p, at 323p.
Points this post: 90
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.7 I really wanted to read that one-
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
544pp
Task Complete: 1
Books Completed: 1
Big Books 500+ (1)
Goodreads Authors: 0
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 10
Ana15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B --
by Wanda E. Brunstetter. The series name is The Daughters of Lancaster County. I don't know why this edition doesn't say it.(Daughter/Daughters)Points this Post 15
Total Points 30
Tasks Completed 2
Books Read 2
Total Pages 605
GoodReads Author 1
Big Books 0
10.2 Far, Far AwayThe Paradise Guest House by Ellen Sussman, set in Bali. I live in the U.S.
Ellen Sussman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
GR authors: 4
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.2 - Two and a Half Men
A Dash of Magic by Kathryn Littlewood
This book is #2 in the Bliss Bakery series.
20.8 - We Love Scrabble!
School Spirits by Rachel Hawkins
Option 1 - "Spirits" is 7 letters. Book is 297 pages.
20.9 - Expanding the Classic Canon
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami is on the Great Books - Non-Western Literature list and is found under 20th C Japanese.
This post: 45 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task: I'm Sorry, Dee!I rolled a 3 and a 6.
Option 3: author's first or last name has only 3 letters
Absolument dé-bor-dée ! by Zoé Shepard
Option 6: choose any of the options 1-5 / option 1 new-to-me author in 2013
Rumeurs by Sara Shepard
I started the 'Pretty Litlle Liars' series in September 2013.
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author
This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 85 points
//Big Book Tickets: 1
//GR Authors: 3
Suzanne10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
November 11 is Veteran’s Day (and also my mom’s 80th birthday!) . We most typically think of a “veteran” as a former member of the armed forces, but it can also mean someone of long experience. To consider both meanings, read a book in which a main character is either a military veteran (a former member of the armed forces of any country) or a senior citizen (roughly age 60 or older).
REQUIRED: If it is not clear from the GR description, explain how your book fits the task.
Virgin River by Robyn Carr - **** - 9/16/2013 - Jack Sheridan is a Marine Vet
Total Points Earned: 60/1010
Total Pages Read: 3,484 Pages
Total Books Read: 9/80
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
Katie M5.5 -- 35 years ago - WKRP in Cincinnati
The Prince of Winds by Tali Spencer
Approved in Msg. 2778.
This Post: 5 points
Total to Date: 50 points
20.10.-Group ReadsCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Post #6 in the discussion thread for Cleopatra's Daughter.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Sarah M5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Master and Fool
Big Book - is 688 pages long
Points Earned this post: 5
Big Book tokens earned: 1x500
Totals so far:
Points: 50
Big Books: 500 (3)
GR Authors: 1
Angela IL10.9 Put on Your Hat- It's Getting Cold Outside
by Amy Hatvany(approved in Help Thread message 2)
***Amy Hatvany is a GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Task Total: 10
Total Points: 75
Sheila15.2 -- Day and Night
The Innocent by David BaldacciAND
Blues in the Night by Rochelle Krich15.3 -- Half and Half
One book:
Anatomy of Murder by Imogen RobertsonTotal Points = 210
5.3 20 Years Ago--Frasier:Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz won the Pen Faulkner Award for fiction in 2013.
15.2 Bookends:
1. Day
by Sally Koslow2. Night
by Denis O'ConnorToday's total: 20
Grand total: 115
Sheila20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 3: (double letter)
A Death in Summer by Benjamin BlackTotal Points - 230
Task 20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!Chose option 5. (This book has a predominately red cover)
by J.K. RowlingPoints this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks this post: 1
Total Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 503
Total GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
In my last post for task 20.8 I forgot to include that I am claiming a big book ticket as The Casual Vacancy is 503 pages, Thanks
Lacy Stewart5.9 - The Rifleman:
My Sunshine by Catherine Anderson
western genre - approved post #17
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Deyara➜ Task # 5.8 - 50 years ago - The Outer Limits
Enemy Games by Marcella Burnard
Science Fiction is listed on the main page.
Marcella Burnard is a Goodreads Author
➜ Task # 15.7 - Spookfest!
Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland
Fantasy > Paranormal and Fantasy > Supernatural are listed on the main page.
Lori Handeland is a Goodreads Author
➜ Task # 20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Option 3: KiLLers
Barry Lyga is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 40 points
Total to Date = 40 points
GR Authors: 3
20.10.-Group ReadsWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
My two cents' worth here (post 24)
Task total=20
Grand total=35
10.9 Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
by Mari Carr--a man is wearing a cowboy hat on the cover.***Mari Carr is a Goodreads Author***
15.1 Bookends:
Book 1: In Flight (ebook verification thread #1960)--first in the up in air series by R.K. Lilley
***R.K. Lilley is a Goodreads Author***
Book 2: Double Time--last in the Sinners on Tour series
***Olivia Cunning is a Goodreads Author***
15.8 Same Time Last Year: Run the Risk by Lori Foster which was #144 on the September 2012 list
***Lori Foster is a Goodreads Author***
20.4 Tribute to Two Mystery Greats: I chose option 2 and read Eastern Ambitions by Jane Rylon and Mari Carr which is book #3 in the Compass Brothers Series
***Mari Carr is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 60
Total Points in Challenge: 270
Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 17
GR Authors: 18
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Alexis Task 20.4. Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire # 4)
Read for Option 2 - The Series
***The mass market paperback is 1060 pages, see
***This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 60 points
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Goodreads authors: 0
Total Big Books: 500+(0), 700+(0), 1000+(1)
Task #5.9 - 55 years ago - The RiflemanCowboy Heat by Sable Hunter (GR Author) "Western" as a genre on main page
Points this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 160/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 15
30.4. Donna Jo's Task: Elementary ArtR - All About Passion by Stephanie Laurens (last read in 2008) 454 p.
V - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (Queen/Prince in GR description) 448 p.
Stephanie Laurens and Marissa Meyer are both Goodreads Authors
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Delicious Dee25.6. Sandy's Task: General Education
option 1 - The Paleo Diet for Athletes: The Ancient Nutritional Formula for Peak Athletic Performance - 350 pgs, 3 ppl have it shelved as science (as of Sept 17)
Option 2 - Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself - 288pgs, 20ppl have shelved as biography and 8 as memoir
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 3
Task #15.7 -- Spookfest!The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Listed under Horror and Paranormal on the main page.
** GR Ticket Claim: Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author **
Points this post: 15
Total to date: 15
GR author tickets: 1
I completed:10.10. In Honor of Veterans, Military and Otherwise.
by reading:
Tripwire by Lee Child
The main character, Jack Reacher, is a former Military Policeman in the Army.
Tasks Complete: 1
Total Points: 10
GR Authors:
Big Book Tix:
I completed:15.3 -- Half and Half
by reading:
Die Trying by Lee Child (Lee in first half of alphabet)
and
Calculated in Death by JD Robb (Robb in second half of alphabet.
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 25
GR Authors:
Big Book Tix:
BABBLING C15.3 -- Half and Half: Read a book written by an author whose first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet AND A book written by an author whose last name is in the second half (N-Z) of the alphabet OR One book that fits both criteria.
Ice Blue by Anne Stuart (378 pgs)
I chose to read one book that fits both criteria
THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 105
Completed Tasks: 6
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,067
Books read this season: 7
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)
15.10 free for fall-any book that meets group strandards. points-15 total points-35
20.3 - Stefu's task: Most Read AuthorsI rolled a 6 & 2, and my friend Heather was number 6 on my list of friends, and Charlaine Harris is her 2nd most read author. I read From Dead to Worse.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.1 - A COZY READ OPTION 1 - Ghost in the Polka Dot Bikini by Sue Ann Jaffarian.
Sue Ann Jaffarian is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 190
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 7
BIG BOOKS - 2
Nick KY15.4 Inside Out. I chose the two-book option and read:
Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports by Susan Ware, and
Amagansett by Mark Mills. The word “Set” from the title of the first book is imbedded within the one word title of the second book -- Amagansett.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 150
Big Books: 500+ (1)
15.10 FREE FOR ALL - Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane***GoodReads Author***
20.3 MOST READ AUTHORS - Savage Nature by Christine Feehan
Rolled a 6 and 2. Darcy was the 6th friend on my list and Christine Feehan was the 2nd author on her list
***GoodReads Author***
20.7 WHAT I WOULD READ - Amazon Ink by Lori Devoti
Used Spring 2013 Task 20.4 Option C Romance
***GoodReads Author***
30.6 ANCESTRY -
A. A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
Option 1 My first name is Elizabeth
B. Etched In Granite by Maxine McCall
Option 3 About my hometown Granite Falls NC
Points: 85
Tasks: 4
Books: 5
Pages: 1512
GR Authors: 3
Katie M15.5 -- All Fall Down
Love Means... No Fear by Andrew Grey
This Post: 15 points
Total to Date: 65 points
Jenn IL5.3 20 years ago-Frasier
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Won The National Book award for ficiton (2012) plus many other awards.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 35
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0);750+(0);1000+(0)
JOLIE5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
Book that has fewer than 1,000 ratings.
As of September 17, 2013, the book I read, The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction by Davíd Carrasco, had 13 total ratings.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 1
Big books: 0
Amanda (Pearl the Book Girl)15.8 -- Same Time Last Year
I read
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore is listed as #6 on the October 2012 list and is 288 pages.
Robin Sloan is a goodreads author.
Points in This Task: 15
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 288
Totals:
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 895
Hana C.
Task 5.7- 45 Years Ago- 60 Minutes: Read a book with a unit of time in the title
Year Zero by Rob Reid
Rob Reid is a Goodreads author
points this post: 5
Total Points Earned: 80
Goodread Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
Task 5.7- 45 Years Ago- 60 Minutes: Read a book with a unit of time in the title
Year Zero by Rob Reid
Rob Reid is a Goodreads author
points this post: 5
Total Points Earned: 80
Goodread Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen HopkinsI rolled a 3 and a 4.
#3 I read The Secret Lives of Dresses by Erin McKean. Her initials are in Ms. Anderson's name.
#4 I used my friend Charlotte's read shelves. Link to her profile: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/65.... I read The Lost Husband: A Novel by Katherine Center. She is a GRA. Charlotte gave this book a 5, I gave it a 4.
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 70
GoodReads Authors: 4
Tasks Completed: 4
Post #615.2 -- Day and Night
and
Mandy by Julie Andrews Edwards
Alchemystic by Anton Strout
Anton Strout is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
GR authors: 3
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 6
Task 10.1 Early to Bed, Early to Rise. Read a book with self-help listed as a genre on the book’s main page.
The Tao of Pooh (1982) by Benjamin Hoff (Paperback, 158 pages)
0 + 10 = 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 0 + 10 = 10
Books read: 1
Pages read: 158
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Suzanne5.4 - 30 years ago - Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons a fantasy animated television series based on TSR's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game made its debut on Saturday morning, September 17, 1983. Read a book with the genre "Fantasy" on its main book page.
Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts - ** - 9/17/2013
Total Points Earned: 65/1010
Total Pages Read: 3,900 Pages
Total Books Read: 10/80
Good Read Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
5.7 - 45 years ago - 60 MinutesI read After Hours by Cara McKenna. *GR Author* This ebook approved in line 68 of ebook spreadsheet. 'Hours' in title meets requirement.
20.8. It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
I read Hot Summer Nights by Jaci Burton *GR Author*. Book over 250 pages.
3. 'mm' in Summer in title - book also fits-
4. Jaci - 'J' in author's name
Points this post- 25
Total Points- 85
GR Authors- 5
Sheila15.4 -- Inside Out
Option B: Carnal Sin (Seven Deadly Sins #2) Sin/sins
Carnal Sin by Allison BrennanTotal Points = 245
10.3 The Waiting Is OverClaire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat appeared on The Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2013
20.3 Best Review - Stefu's Task: Most Read Authors
My dice roll gave me a 2 and a 4. My second friend's (Kristine Stevens) fourth most read author was Simon Winchester. I read Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 70 points
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5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men - Read a book identified as #2 in a series OR a novella, prequel or fill-in identified as a series number “X.5” on Goodreads. Regular page number rules apply.
A Touch of Midnight by Lara Adrian (166 pgs) - (Story ends on page 166)
This book is listed as "Midnight Breed 0.5" on GoodReads
*** Lara Adrian is a GRA ***
THIS POST
Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 90
Completed Tasks: 5
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 1,689
Books read this season: 6
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)