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

15.6 -- Far East

Set in Japan
15.7 -- Spookfest!

Total Points = 275

Fall Hard by J.L. Merrow
ebook approved for length in post #2766
Has 10 ratings at the time I'm posting this
J.L. Merrow is a Goodreads author
Points this post = 5
Total points = 265
Big Books = 1
Goodreads Authors = 4

10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine by Monica Wood

+10
total: 35
tasks: 3
books: 3

The Parrot Talks in Chocolate

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 20/1010
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

OPTION 2 - THE SERIES - 1022 Evergreen Place by Debbie Macomber which is #10 in the Cedar Cove series.
Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 210
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 8
BIG BOOKS - 2


15.9 Off To College
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
*found on Berkley's 2002 Banned Books list
Margaret Atwood is a GRA
This task: 15
Tasks complete: 1
GRA: 1
Total points: 15

15.5 -- All Fall Down
Midsummer Moon - Laura Kinsale (GR Author) - both words in the title begin with M which is found in Autumn
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 150
Goodreads Authors: 4

15.9- Off to College
***My book was on the 2003- War & Peace List***
http://reading.berkeley.edu/2003.html
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy
Total Points- 15
Total Tasks- 1
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0

15.5 -- All Fall Down - Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN and/or FALL. Letters may be in any order and may be used more than once. Subtitles may be ignored.
Love at First Flight by Marie Force (383 pgs) - L, A, and F are in the word "FALL"
*** Marie Force is a GRA ***

THIS POST
Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 1
Good Read Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 120
Completed Tasks: 7
Good Read Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
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Pages read this season: 2,450
Books read this season: 8
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Personal Best: 380 (Fall 12)

I read one book that fit both criteria
I read In the Land of the Living by Austin Ratner. A is in the first half of the alphabet; R is the last half.
Points: 35
books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
GR authors: 1
pages: 1376

Task # 5.2 - 10 years ago - Two and a Half Men
Read a book identified as #2 in a series
The Koala of Death by Betty Webb
This book is #2 in the Gunn Zoo Mystery Series
Points this task: 5
Total points: 150

5.1 A New Season - Never Smile at Strangers 853 ratings, pages 328
5.6 Last of the summer wine, The Girl with the Iron Touch takes place in London, England, pages 384
10.2 far, far away, The Girl in the Steel Corset takes place in England and I live in the US pages 473
10.8 - fall back, The Girl in the Clockwork Collar takes place in 1890s New York City, pages 416
15.3 half and half - one book option, The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen pages 331
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages: 1932

5.1-2013-A New Season
Angels Cried by Stephen L. Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Meghan Arcuri, Michael Bailey (Goodreads Author), Jen Baker, Ency Bearis, Julian Brooklyn, Allison Bruning (Goodreads Author), Elizabeth E. Castillo (Goodreads Author) , George S. Geisinger, Marianne Halbert (Goodreads Author), Reyna Hawk (Goodreads Author), Zrinka Jelic (Goodreads Author), Cyma Rizwaan Khan (Goodreads Author), John Kovacich (Goodreads Author), Rachel E. Kovacs, Catherine Mahoney, Tami Kidd Masincupp, Paul Morrison, Melisha N. Murray, Eri Nelson (Goodreads Author), Matthew Christopher Nelson, Roseville Nidea, Linda Bonney Olin (Goodreads Author), Moses Opara (Goodreads Author), Alan Place (Goodreads Author), Katherine Rochholz (Goodreads Author), Kit Roe (Goodreads Author), L.K. Russ, Sara St. Claire, Crystal Schall (Goodreads Author), Zantippy Skiphop (Goodreads Author), Daron Chosen Smith, Gretchen Steen, Christena Antonia Valire Williams, Lisa Williamson (Goodreads Author), T.J. Edison, Guy Anthony De Marco (Goodreads Author), Don Martin
34 Ratings as of 9/18/13
*CLAIMING GOODREADS AUTHOR TICKET***
Task Points: 5
Total Points: 100
GR Authors: 4

10.8. Fall Back.
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier 9/18/13
Go back in time, and read a novel with the genre historical fiction or history on its main page or a nonfiction book with the genre history on its main page. The book you read must be set in/about a time period before you were born.
This novel has the genre Historical Fiction on its main page. The story is set in 1670 and the book was published in 1941, when my parents were both 13 years old and had not yet met. Hence, it is definitely set before I was born!
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 135 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 2
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 1

10.3 The Waiting Is Over
Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat appeared on Th Millions' Most Anticipated Books of 2013.
20.3 Best Review - Stefu's Task: Most Read Authors
The 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

Vote by Gary Paulsen (35 ratings)
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Goodreads Author: 2
Big Books:500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Mystery > Cozy Mystery 5 users
The Body in the Bookcase by Katherine Hall Page
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A - Skyline on Cover is underneath the burning Dauntless symbol and is one of the examples of the cover option and *Veronica Roth is new to me.

*Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 40
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 878

Totals:
Total Points: 190
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 10/58
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read in Fall 2013 SRC: 4578

10.2 Far, Far Away.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
This book is set in Ravka, an imaginary country, and I live in the US.
Total Points: 120

The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck
The story takes place at Buckingham Palace in England. I live in the U.S.A.
15.3 Half and Half
Playing Through Arthritis: How to Conquer Pain and Enjoy Your Favorite Sports and Activities by David S. Silver
David (A-M) Silver (N-Z)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Goodreads authors: 2

Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas (GR Author) Has word for a male relative, daddy on title
Points this Post: 5
Totals:
Total Points: 165/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 16

I rolled 1 and 5
Option 1:Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
I read my first book by Colleen Hoover in August this year.
Colleen Hoover is a Goodreads Author
Option 5: Read a book with at least five words in the TITLE
Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison
Beth Harbison is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Goodreads Author: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500 (0); 750 (0); 1000(0)

30.3- Sheila/Kathy G's Task: Take it or "Leave" It
Option 1: Author's first and last initials are found in Liquidamber
Rush by Maya Banks
Option 4: Snow on the cover

This book has 513 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

The Pale Horse

There is a horse on the cover.
5.10 - 60 years ago - Make Room For Daddy
Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
The word 'brother' is in the title.
Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 145

20.6 Only in New York
Option A – skyline on cover, author new to me

30.3 Take it or ”Leave It”
Option 1 – Liquidqamber Leaf
Author’s whose first and last initials are in LIQUIDAMBER
Essays in Love by Alain de Botton
Option 3 Maple Leaf
Book set in Canada
The Shipping News
Total points 120

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. I commented in the thread at posts 23,25, and 27.
***Maria Semple is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 290
Books Read: 23
Tasks Completed: 18
GR Authors: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. I commented in the discussion thread - post #6.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
Rolled: 2 & 3
Breath of Scandal - Sandra Brown
Second friend on my list is Duchess Nicole and her third most read author is Sandra Brown.
*** Sandra Brown is GR author ***
20.7. - Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A
This is my first time playing so I chose from Spring 2013
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Alexandra's task: Messing around - Option 1
Starfish and Coffee - Kele Moon
My native language is Croatian and book is written in English.
*** Kele Moon is GR author ***
20.8. - It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble!
Option 2
Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb
Book is 7th in In Death series
Points This Post: 60
Total points: 185
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: /

Task 5.3 - 20 Years Ago - Fraiser
I read a book that has won a slew of awards, including the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album Original in 2012 and YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens award in 2012:
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
**Laura Lee Gulledge is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Pages read: 1194
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
In Spring 2013 for 20.6- Seasoned Reader- Alexandra's task: Messing around I chose option 4 and read
and I read

Here is the link to that post Post 1453 on April 20, 2013 at 7:23 am
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
This time I am choosing option 3 (something yellow on cover)

Total Points = 295

Task 20.5 - The Pumpkin State
I decided to do option 3 and read a comfort read with exactly 400 pages:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
This series is one of my favorite comfort reads (I've read and reread it several times!) and I definitely wanted to get it read again this season before the movie comes out!
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1594
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

15.5 -- All Fall Down
Tarnished and Torn by Juliet Blackwell
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
GR authors: 3
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7

15.3 -- Half and Half
Help Thread
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.
Doukakis's Apprentice by Sarah Morgan - *** - 9/18/2013

Total Points Earned: 80/1010
Total Pages Read: 4,092 Pages
Total Books Read: 11/80
Good Read Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()

Option A -
Spring Challenge 2013: 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Jessica PDX - Again! Again!:
Read a book that shares a title word in common with one of the following titles that she can't get enough of:
Say What?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Belly Button Book
Go, Dog. Go!
Big Little
Children Make Terrible Pets
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Total Points = 90

10.6 What's Your Sign?
Animal sign = Rooster
Author's DOB 7/29/45
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
20.6. Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A - Skyline on cover, new to me author

Total Points: 185
Total GR Authors: 3

Sandy MN
30.7.Delicious Dee's task: I blame Ms Anderson….and Ellen Hopkins
Rolled 4 and 5
4:

My Goodreads friend Diane S rated it 4 stars
Louise Erdrich is a new to me author
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/41...
5: Genre Young Adult

Total Points: 185

Task 20.8 We Love Scrabble!
option 1: 7 letter word in title
Inhuman by Kat Falls (this is an arc, exp pub 9/24)
"Inhuman" has 7 letters
I am claiming a GR Author ticket for Kat Falls.
Total Points this Post: 20
Total Points in Challenge: 45
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(1)
5.9 - 55 years ago - The Rifleman
➥Read a book with the genre “western” on the main book page OR with a cowboy hat or horse on the cover.
by Jack Schaefer
10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
➥Read a book from the Fall Group Reads nominations that was not selected as the Fall Group Reads in its category.
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
20.4- Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
➥ Option 3 - The Movies: read a book off of this list--> I Only Watched the Movie!
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
25.3- Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
➥ 1. September 21 The King of Horror, Stephen King’s Birthday. Read a book off this list: Best Horror Novels
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of the book on the list.
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris #11 on list
➥3. October 8 Frank Herbert of Dune Fame. Read a book with the genre Speculative Fiction on its main page.
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
25.9-Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto
➥ 2. Shaun of the Dead - The pair’s first movie together features a darkly comedic take on the classic zombie movie. Read a book with the genre “Horror” found on the book’s main page.
I Am Legend (horror) by Richard Matheson
4. Paul - This movie was not a member of The Cornetto Trilogy, but duo did appear together in this comedic take on the Alien movie genre. Read a book with the genre “Science Fiction” on the book’s main page.
The Lathe of Heaven (science fiction) by Ursula K le Guin
Totals for challenge:
Points this task:85
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors:2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥Read a book with the genre “western” on the main book page OR with a cowboy hat or horse on the cover.

10.7. But I Really Wanted to Read That One!
➥Read a book from the Fall Group Reads nominations that was not selected as the Fall Group Reads in its category.
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
20.4- Author! Author! - Karen F's task: Tribute to Two Mystery Greats
➥ Option 3 - The Movies: read a book off of this list--> I Only Watched the Movie!
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
25.3- Kate S's Task: Happy Birthday American Authors
➥ 1. September 21 The King of Horror, Stephen King’s Birthday. Read a book off this list: Best Horror Novels
REQUIRED: Include in your post the number of the book on the list.
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris #11 on list
➥3. October 8 Frank Herbert of Dune Fame. Read a book with the genre Speculative Fiction on its main page.
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick
25.9-Stacie MI's Task:Stacie MI’s Task - The Cornetto
➥ 2. Shaun of the Dead - The pair’s first movie together features a darkly comedic take on the classic zombie movie. Read a book with the genre “Horror” found on the book’s main page.
I Am Legend (horror) by Richard Matheson
4. Paul - This movie was not a member of The Cornetto Trilogy, but duo did appear together in this comedic take on the Alien movie genre. Read a book with the genre “Science Fiction” on the book’s main page.
The Lathe of Heaven (science fiction) by Ursula K le Guin
Totals for challenge:
Points this task:85
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors:2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

20.6 Seasoned Reader - Jen UT's Task: Only in New York!
Option A:

Points this Post 20
Total Points 50
Tasks Completed 3
Books Read 3
Total Pages 909
GoodReads Author 2
Big Books 0

Dice Rolled: 5 & 2
5th GR friend - Shell
2nd Most Read Author - Lora Leigh
Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh
Points this Post: 20
Totals:
Total Points: 185/1,010
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(0), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 17

Task # 20.3. Best Review - Stefu's task: Most Read Authors
I rolled a 2 and a 3
The name of my Second Good Reads friend is http://www.goodreads.com/user/most_re.... The third author on her list is Charlaine Harris so I read Real Murders by Charlaine Harris
Points this post: 20
Total points: 170

10.5. Found in Translation
The Lais of Marie de France, translated by Keith Busby and Glyn Burgess
Originally written in French; I read the English translation.
10.9. Put on Your Hat – It’s Getting Cold Outside!
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation, author unknown
Chain-mail hood on the cover.

20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Mstan's Task: "What I Would Read If I Had More Time"
Option A - Task 20.1 from Summer 2013 Challenge
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
330 pages.
This post: 40
Total to date: 40 points

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season.
Voices of Sag Harbor: A Village Remembered by Nina Tobier 9/18/13
Read a book that has less than 1,000 ratings (0-999) on the main book page.
Including my rating last night, this book has only 2 ratings!
This post: 5 points
Total to Date = 140 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 2
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 1

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
This book was set before and during WWII which happened several decades before I was born.
***The Winds of War is a Big Book at 896 pages***
15.1 Bookends
Book 1: Daughter of the Loom by Judith McCoy Miller Book 1 of Bells of Lowell Trilogy
Book 2: These Tangled Threads by Tracie Peterson Third and final book of Bells of Lowell Trilogy
15.8 Same Time Last Year
The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
#4 on the October 2012 list
***Matthew Quick is a GR Author***
20.3 Most Read Authors
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
I rolled a 2 and a 1. My second friend, Bill Tucker, had Neil Gaiman listed as his most read author.
***Neil Gaiman is a GR Author***
20.6 Only in New York
Option A: Book Set in New York State
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
I had not read anything by Betty Smith prior to this reading.
20.9 Expanding the Western Canon
Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz
Amos Oz is on the 20th Century Middle East List
Post Total: 100
Season Total: 180

5.1 - 2013 - A New Season
280 ratings as of this post
Port Eternity (Age of Exploration, #1) by C.J. Cherryh
C.J. Cherryh is a GoodReads author
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
GR authors: 4
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8

10.4 Back by Request - Labor Day
The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer
This Task: 10
Tasks complete: 2
GRA: 1
Total Points: 25

Book Read: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski (girl with a bonnet on the cover, 194 pgs)

15.3 Half and Half
Book Read: Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish a novel by David Rakoff (One book option: “David” is in A-M and “Rakoff” is in N-Z, 115 pgs)
15.7 Spookfest!
Book Read: I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga (“Horror” genre on GR main page, 361 pgs) Note: Barry Lyga is a Goodreads Author)
15.10 Free for Fall
Book Read: The 228 Legacy by Jennifer J. Chow (320 pgs) Note: Jennifer J. Chow is a Goodreads Author
20.7 What I Would Read If I Had More Time
Book Read: Starting Your Best Life Now: A Guide for New Adventures and Stages on Your Journey by Joel Osteen (Option A: Task 20.7 from Spring 2013, Have Passport Will Travel, option 6 – landmark on cover: Golden Gate Bridge, 128 pgs)

20.8 We Love Scrabble
Book Read: Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (Option 1: “Silence” is a 7-letter word, 367 pgs)
Points This Post: 95
Total Points: 95
Total Pages Read: 1,485
Total Books Read: 6
Total Good Reads Authors: 2
Big Book Titles: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)

Read a book written by an author whose first name is in the first half (A-M) of the alphabet and whose last name is in the second half (N-Z) of the alphabet.
Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan
Points this post: 15
Total points: 60/1010
Total books: 7/79

10.4 -- Back by Request - Labor Day
A Change of Tune by J.M. Cartwright
Approved in Msg. 2790.
This Post: 10 points
Total to Date: 75 points

15.5 -- All Fall Down
Depending on where you're from, you might call this season autumn or you might call it fall. Read a book in which ALL of the words in the title begin with the letters found in AUTUMN and/or FALL. Letters may be in any order and may be used more than once. Subtitles may be ignored.
Ex: The Last American Man, Life After Life, Up to Me, Face Time, Taken
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield - *** - 9/20/2013

Total Points Earned: 95/1010
Total Pages Read: 4,498 Pages
Total Books Read: 12/80
Good Read Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
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20.10 Group Reads
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Comment posted in the group reads discussion thread-message 29
***Maria Semple is a GOODREADS AUTHOR***
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 95
GR Author: 3