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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
15.3 Continental Divide, I got Europe on the list randomizer. The book I read takes place in England.
by Lisa Kleypas60/890 points
Tasks Completed: 4/53
Books Read: 6
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0(500+), 0(750+), 0(1000+)
5.1 Fall ColorsThe Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 20
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
10.4 Leaving Civilization BehindWinter's Bone-Daniel Woodrell
Points this Task: 15
Total Points Completed: 60
Tasks Completed: 5
Goodreads Author: 1
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Emily ID10.4 - Leaving Civilization Behind - reread Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.
10.5 - The First Estate - The Bhagavad Gita. Spiritual text of the Hindu religion, major characters in the poem are Hindu gods and goddesses.
Total completed: 39
Total points: 520
Total books: 44
Total pages: 15761
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (4); 750+ (); 1000+ ()
Task 5.7 Circle of LifeFor this task I read Where the Heart is by Nora Roberts. Nora Roberts was born in October.
Task Points: 5
Task 10.4 Leaving Civilization Behind
For this task I read Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel. This entire book is placed in the wilderness.
Task Points: 10
Task 5.9 Comfort Read
For this task I rea Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneby J.K. Rowling. This isoneof my favorite books of all times. I can read this everyday and not get tired of it.
Task points: 5
Total Points: 115
Total Books: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 1
Completed Task #5.7: Circle of Life. Blindness, by José Saramago. Saramago was born November 16, 1922.Points this task: 5
Total challenge points: 70
15.1 New HorizonsI chose the "Christian" shelf and read:
The Shack by William P. Young
Total points: 115
Amy W15.6 ONE HIT WONDERS
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (Goodreads Author)
Total Points This Post: 15
Total Points in Challenge: 15
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX - One for the Money AND Two for the Dough15.6 - ONE-HIT WONDERS - Ford County
Total Points: 155/870
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13/64
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
20.1 Bookmark MagazinePirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
(March/April 2010- Bookmark Magazine)
Total Points- 55
Total Tasks- 5
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books--- 0
5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me...Sula, Toni Morrison. I don't particularly care for the name Sula or Nel (the two main characters in the story).
20.4 - Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens
Fingersmith, Sarah Waters. (592 pp - BIG BOOK TICKET)
I especially like movies that involve some wild plot-twist, particularly in mysteries (similar to Fingersmith), thrillers or horror movies. I love being hit with something I didn't see coming.
30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTS
In: A Room with a View, E.M. Forster.
Out: The Glass-Blowers, Daphne du Maurier.
TOTAL POINTS: 160/890.
10.8 What a Way to Make a LivingAdventures in the Screen Trade
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Lisa Lane)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Amy W 30.1 IT'S IN THE CARDS
A. King of Hearts - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Big Book: 566 pages) by Stieg Larsson
This book is set in a country ruled by a king (Sweden) and was published after Jan. 1, 2000.
B. Seven of Hearts - Just Like Family: Inside the Lives of Nannies, the Parents They Work for, and the Children They Love by Tasha Blaine
This book was published in an odd numbered year (2007), and after Jan. 1, 2000.
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 45
GR Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
15.5 - LITERATURE MAP Retribution by Jilliane Hoffman
I entered Karin Slaughter (one of my favorite authors) in to the literature map and the name that came closest was Jilliane Hoffman (whom I had never even heard of before). I thought the style was very close to Karin Slaughter and I liked this book a lot and will definitely read more by this author. Thanks so much for pointing out literature map to me. It will be a resource I use frequently.
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR!
I Got 1 of each coin = 500 pages and I Read
Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux 320 pages
AND
Echoes by Danielle Steel 336 pages
30.4 - Cheryl TX's task: MYSTERIES AND ANIMALS
Dead and Doggone by Susan Conant
AND
Murder With Puffins by Donna Andrews
Total Points = 505 Points
Task 5.8 Freedom to Read book from banned list 
Points this task 5
Total Challenges Completed 3
Total Points 35
Big Book ticket 972 pages
20.5 Oprah's OnBlack Market first published in 1986.
James Patterson is a Goodreads Author.
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 2 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
For 5.10- Name That Car, I read The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall : I think someone that'd be inclined to name his car could name it "shark". Books read: 4
Challenges accomplished: 4
Points : 55
20.6 - Seeing Yourself in a TitlePeter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
Total points to date 185
I was struggling to find a title with my letters - then I remembered that the name Wendy actually came from this book! I have seen the play several times and read rewritten or abridged children's editions, but this is the first time I have read the complete original story. I found the language very old fashioned!
Michelle WI20.4 The Plot Line Thickens
The Surgeon: A Novel by Tess Gerritsen
One of my favorite movies are thrillers where cops track a killer. The cop team of this book reminded (loosely) of the movie "Copycat" which I love!
**Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads author**
Points This Task 20
Total Points 120
Tasks Completed 8
Books Read 7
Total Big Book Tickets 0
Total Goodreads Authors Tess Gerritsen
10.3 Freedom to ReadI read The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff.
Total points: 70
Points earned this task: 10
NICOLE VA5.7 Circle of Life
I read The Space Between Trees by GoodReads author Katie Williams, who was born Sept. 14, 1978.
Total points= 155
DIANE25.2 - Leigh Ann's task - AS HER DEBUT...
A. Pick any author and read (or reread) their debut novel (fiction) - Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih and Laila Lalami.
B. B. Pick an author who published their debut novel (fiction) in 2010 and read it - The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger.
Laila Lalami is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 11
Tasks in Progress: 8
Books Read: 18
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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Alice GTask: 25.4 Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Programme
Dice Roll: 5 & 1
5 - Mad Men, Read a book primarily set in the 50's or 60's: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1 - The Flintstones, Read a book with bare feet or a dinosaur on the cover: Noah's Compass
Total Points: 110
PREVIOUS READS
5.2 The Play Must Go On - Jonah and Otto by Robert Holman
5.9 Comfort Read - The L Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
10.6 In the Pink - A Rabbit's Eyes
10.9 Under the Covers - The Prestige by Christopher Priest
15.6 One-hit wonders - The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison
20.1 Bookmarks Magazine - Solar by Ian McEwan
20.7 The Melting Pot - Small Island by Andrea Levy
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Jennifer KS10.4 LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHIND
I read The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
Points this task 10
Total Points 130
Total Books Read 13
Task Complete 10
NICOLE VA5.10 Name That Car
I read Monster High. We sometimes referred to my first car as "the monster" or "the blue monster".
Total Points= 160
20.10 Group ReadsI read "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins. I left my review on post 92 in the discussion thread.
Total Points: 100
Total Tasks: 6
Total Pages: 4074
Total Books Read: 11
Total GoodReads Authors: 4
Kelly G. 30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTS
It’s Fall which around here means working on the house in preparation for a long winter. For this task you will need to read 2 books.
Book A. Exterior - Cutting for Stone by: Abraham Verghese (big ticket book 541 pgs).
Book B. Interior (breakfast room) - Breakfast at Tiffany's by: Truman Capote
Task Points: 30
Completed Tasks: 3
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
GR Authors:
Big Ticket Books: 1 (500+)
Readerboard Name: StacyCT25.5 - As Her Debut
A. The Collaborator of Bethlehem by Matt Beynon Rees
B. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Matt Beynon Rees and Heidi W. Durrow are both Goodreads authors.
Task Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points Earned: 75
Total Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 3012
GoodReads Authors: 4 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()
Readerboard name: LeoraTask 10-10 Group Hug
I read People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. This is also being read by the group 'Chicks on Lit"
55 points total
5.2 -- The Play Must Go OnThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde -- very funny ;o).
20.4 -- The Plot Line Thickens
I like romantic comedies, so I read Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich. Cute, but I like her Stephanie Plum series better.
20.10 -- Group Reads
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins -- I commented in the Mockingjay thread - post #93.
Total Points: 145/890
Tasks Completed: 9/53
Tasks in Progress: 15.9; 15.10; 25.3; 30.1; 30.7
Books Read: 15
Books by Goodreads authors:
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
STACIE MITask 10.6 - In The Pink
Read
by Katie Finn.Points this task: 10
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1813
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 10.10 - Group Hug
I read Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard,who is a Goodreads author. It is currently being read by the YA Book Club.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2099
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
10.7 City Lights-[book:Dark Tide:The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.Tasks completed:6
Points for this task:10
Total points:60
Lyn MTask 15.9 Coin Collector
My flip was 2 Do Its - read a book totaling at least 300 pages
Book: American Wife
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Goodreads Author: No
Big Books: Yes (555 pages)
Points for Task: 15
Total GR Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ = 1, 750+ = 0, 1000+ = 0
Total Point so far: 30
STACIE MITask 15.2 - Recommended Books
I read Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. I have also voted for my favorites on the list!
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
Pages Read: 2547
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 15.7 - Solve the Mystery
I needed to read a Modern Classic (A was my solution). I read Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 2707
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 20.8 - Pirate Talk
I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 140
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3142
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 5.10 - Name That Car
I read Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley, with Precious being a possible name for a car.
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 145
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 11
Pages Read: 3310
GR Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
20.2 Music Tells the Story: For this one, I chose the book "Memoirs of a Geisha" as well as Madame Butterfly for the musical portion. I can't wait to read more about the Japanese culture.30.1 PJReads: It's In The Cards - my cards are 3 of Hearts and Jack of Hearts
A. 3 of Hearts: odd # & published after 1/1/2000: The Wind Comes Sweeping by Marcia Preston published in April. 2009.
B. Jack of Hearts: published after 1/1/2000 and written by a man: "Brangelina" by Ian Halperin - published in Dec. 2009.
Total Challenges Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 1081
Total Points: 50
Erin B.5.9 - Comfort Read
I chose The Truth about Forever. It's my favorite Sarah Dessen book - and she's a Good Reads author!
Total Points: 5
Finished:25.2 As Her Debut
A. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold, was first published in 1986
B. My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Today's today: 25
Grand total: 375
Liz Vegas5.2 The Lion in Winter: A Play - James Goldman
Review: This play was a very quick read and quite intriguing. It was a fictionalized account of Henry II, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their 3 sons. Lots of sarcasm and family drama made it a fun read. I can see why this play is a classic and has been turned into a movie and a mini series.
New total: 130 points
Janice CA10.2 Drink in the title....
Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler 4 stars
I tried to read this book three times. I guess I wasn't in the mood. On the fourth try, I was laughing the entire time.
+10
total: 70
tasks: 4
books: 5
GR Authors: 1
Readerboard name: LeoraTask: 15-3 Continental Divide. I got Europe on the randomizer web site.
I read: The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith.
70 points total.
Southpaw285Completed Task #20.10 - Group Read (09/26/10)
Little Bee by Chris Cleave (Good Reads Author)
Message #14 in discussion thread
Task Points: 20
GR Author: 1
Big Book: 0
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Total Challenge Points as of 09/26/10 = 115
Total GR Author = 2
20.10 Group Reads: Mockingjay (post #95)Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 4
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Book 500+: 0
Big Book 750+: 1 (Passage)
Big Book 1000+: 0
ERIN B.5.9 - Comfort Read
I chose The Truth about Forever. It's my favorite Sarah Dessen book - and she's a Good Reads author!
Total Points: 5
DIANE20.8 Nancy’s Task (It’s My Birthday) – Pirate Talk. Read a book that has a word that contains the consecutive letters arr in the title - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling.
This book has over 750 pages, so I will claim it as a BIG BOOK.
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 12
Tasks in Progress: 7
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Laila Lalami)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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5.9 - Comfort ReadIf You Deceive by Kresley Cole – favorite author, last in a favorite trilogy - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
Finding the Lost by Shannon K. Butcher - ★ ★ ★ ★ AND Key of Knowledge by Nora Roberts - ★ ★ ★ ★
15.5 - LITERATURE MAP
Typed: Kresley Cole – One author who came up: Gena Showalter - Into the Dark by Gena Showalter - ★ ★ ★ – I remember discovering this website in 2004 (maybe 2005?) – the number of authors included has since increased exponentially! I think it was actually easier to pick a new author to try before, but now there are so many options you’re bound to find someone you like.
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR!
- 1 Do It! & 1 The Hell With It! - read a book or books totalling at least 500 pages
Desire Untamed by Pamela Palmer - ★ ★ ★ (363 pgs) & Midnight's Daughter by Karen Chance (373 pgs) - ★ ★ ★ ★
25.4 - Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program
REQUIRED: I rolled a 4 & a 2
2010 Fall T.V. Line-up
4. The Vampire Diaries
Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson - ★ ★ ★
1960 Fall T.V. Line-up
2. Gunsmoke
Texas! Lucky by Sandra Brown - ★ ★
Points this post: 75 pts.
Total Points: 155 pts.
Goodreads authors: 1
Sandra Brown – Texas! Lucky (25.4 B)
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15.2 - Recommended Books - Voted for The Hunger Games and read The Help by Katherine Stockett *(Goodreads Author)
15.1 - New Horizons - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, from Popular Contemporary Fiction. I generally stay away from that type of book, unless it's fantasy/sci-fi. I make exceptions, but for the most part, it's just not my thing. This book was no exception. didn't like it in the least.
15.3 - continental Divide - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I got South America on the list randomizer, and Mr. Marquez is from Columbia.
Total completed: 37
Total points: 500
Total books: 42
Total pages: 15210
Goodreads Authors: 11
Big Books: 500+ (4); 750+ (); 1000+ ()