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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
NICOLE VA10.1 Shorter Days
Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love
The book's editor is not a GoodReads author, but most of the contributors are, including:
Maggie Stiefvater; Becca Fitzpatrick;Rachel Vincent;Karen Mahoney. There are others but I figured it would just count for one GoodReads author ticket since it is just one book, so I won't link them all here.
Total Points: 15
Readerboard Name: StacyCT10.3 Freedom!
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins
Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points Earned: 20
Total Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 679
Good Read Authors:
Big Book Tickets: 500+(), 750+(), 1000+()
LIZZIE JANE10.8 - What a Way to Make a Living
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell (4.5*)
Tasks: 1
Books: 1
Goodreads authors: 0
Pages: 390
TOTAL POINTS: 10
25.2 AS HER DEBUTSilent in the Grave and Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
20.7 THE MELTING POT
Girl in Translation
TOTAL POINTS: 45
ERIN MN5.1 - Fall Colors
Peach Cobbler Murder - Joanne Fluke
5.9 - Comfort Read
Sweet Revenge - Diane Mott Davidson
I consider this a comfort read because it is categorized as a "cozy mystery"
Total Points = 10
10.3 FREEDOM! -
I absolutely loved this series. I never would have even picked up Hunger Games if it wasn't for the Summer Challenge! THAT is why I love this challenge so much. It makes me read things I wouldn't normally think about.
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Task 5.1 Fall ColoursRed-Headed Stepchild
Claiming Good reads Author ticket for Jaye Wells
Points this task:5
Total Points:5
Tasks Completed:1
Books Read:1
Total Goodreads Authors:1
Total Big Book Tickets:0
Pages Read:325
Highly recommend this excellent UF book!
15.9 Coin Collector - 1 DO IT! 1 The Hell With It! (500 pgs)Twelve Times Blessedby Jacquelyn Mitchard
Points this task: 15
Tasks Complete: 1 (first one)
Total Pages Read: 624
For Lauren Marie (Readerboard)
Total Points: 15
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball GameThe Third Circle by Amanda Quick (permission from Kristi msg. 6)
5.6 - She's a Beauty
Hide Yourself Away by Mary Jane Clark
Total Points = 20 Points
20.10 Group Read. I read Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsI commented in the discussion, but I'm not sure what number it was.
20 points total
15.6 - One Hit WondersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Points for this Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
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Book: The Bell Jar, Sylvia PlathTask: 15.6 - ONE-HIT WONDERS
Points for this task: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Book: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinTask: 5.8 - Freedom to Read
Books: Life on the Refrigerator Door AND A Light in the Attic
Task: 30.2 - Sheila's Tasks: IN & OUTS
Points for these tasks: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Readerboard Name: LeoraFinished 5-7 The Circle of Life.
I read The Vigilantes by W.E.B. Griffin. His Birthday is November 10.
This puts me on the board with 5 points.
Task 5.8 Freedom to Read - Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
JESSICA BPV5.2 - The Play Must Go On
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Total to date = 5 points
It's hillarious, O.Wilde is an absolute genious!
10.2 We Need A DrinkMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
Points this task:10
Total Points:15
Tasks Completed:2
Books Read:2
Total Goodreads Authors:1
Total Big Book Tickets:0
Pages Read:559
Laura FL20.10 Group Reads -
Read one of the following Group Read Selections and make at least one post in the discussion thread.
Most Wanted of 2010 - Mockingjay
I posted in the group discussion as well.
task points:20
Total Points: 20
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings A) In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
C) A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie (180 pages)
Points: 25
Tasks: 1
Books: 2
Pages 523
10.2 - We Need A DrinkShades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Milk is my favorite beverage!
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 506
30.7 - Donna Jo's task A. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret Published January 1st, 1970.
B.
Points: 30
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Pages: 1,065
Completed 5.5-Take Me Out to the BallgameRead-Blockade Billy by Stephen King which is about a baseball player-specifically a catcher.
Tasks Completed:1
Books Read:1
Pages Read:132
Points:5
Cindy AL15.5 Literature map: The Kingdom Beyond the Waves, Stephen Hunt.
I entered Raymond Feist into Literature map. Read 9/3/2010, 556 pgs.
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
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Is this the correct final tally of points???
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That's what I came up with, but I never guarantee the correctness of any answers I give involving math........
Jennifer KS20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - SEEING YOURSELF IN A TITLE
Read Bobbie Faye's (kinda, sorta, not exactly) Family Jewels by Toni Mcgee Causey. I needed a long title to get enough N's for Jennifer.
Total Points 20
Books 1
pages 316
15.5 Literature MapRead Letters to a Secret Lover by Toni Blake
*Toni Blake is a Goodreads Author*
I put in Robyn Carr in the Map and Toni Blake was a name that was given as similar in style. They both have written books with the midwest/outdoors as a backdrop. I felt this was an accurate match. I have never read anything by Toni Blake before and enjoyed it.
Points for this task-15
Total Points- 20
Books Read- 2
Goodreads Authors-1
Total Pages Read- 839
15.6 ONE HIT WONDERS: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte> Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Total Pages: 326
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10.7 - City LightsThe City of Ember-Jeanne DuPrau
Points for this Task: 10
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 2
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20.7 The Melting PotMr. Rosenblum's List: Or Friendly Guidance for the Aspiring Englishman
Total points = 20
Mod
Silent in the Grave and Saving CeeCee Honeycutt
20.7 THE MELTING POT
Girl in Translation
TOTAL POINTS: 45"
When you post multiple tasks in one post (which is not a problem), please post them in numerical order, so 20.7 first, then 25.2. That makes it easier to check and make sure everything is included.
No need to repost.
Thanks!
15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY Libby Librarian was lying on the floor unconscious. There was a ladder across from her, an open door across the room and a very heavy book lying next to her. She fell off the ladder reaching for the classic leather bound books on the top shelf.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert I read it in this greek edition: Μαντάμ ΜποβαρύPoints This Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 381
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 5.8 Freedom to ReadWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Points this task:5
Total Points:20
Tasks Completed:3
Books Read:3
Total Goodreads Authors:1
Total Big Book Tickets:0
Pages Read:707
Mod
Please include your total points in each post, just a little note at the bottom will do. This allows me to check the totals each time I enter a new completed task in the spreadsheet, so that I can find anything I've missed or try to immediately resolve any problems.
This will help keep everything straight, and everyone's point totals correct.
No need to repost.
Thanks!
Finished:15.5 Literature Map
King Davids Space Ship by Jerry Pournelle.
I typed in Elizabeth Moon as my starting author. Pournelle was almost the only suggestion I'd not read at least one of--the suggestion was a good one.
Today's Score: 15
Total Score: 40
Total pages Read: 895
DIANE5.6 - She's a Beauty - Read a book with a cover you consider beautiful -
Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez. I love all the color and vibrancy of the book's cover.10.7 CITY LIGHTS-- Read a book with the name of a specific city (town, village, etc.) OR the word "City" in the title - Singapore Transfer by Wayne Warga.
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
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20.10 Group Reads
Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsGroup Discussion post #19
I really loved this book. The entire trilogy is amazing. I am truly impressed with the way that Suzanne Collins writes. I will be reading these books again and again.
My first 20 points for this challenge.
Cindy AL15.6 One-Hit Wonders: The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister, she is a Goodreads author, 255pp read 9/3/201015.
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
10.9 UNDER THE COVERSList: Young Adult Fiction Nominees for the 2009 Cybils Awards
Book: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 10
Brenda WI10.4 Leaving Civilization Behind Dove This is a story of a 16 year old who sails around the world solo (back in 1968). Quite an adventure and a love story too!
total challenges completed: 2
total books read: 2
total points 25
5.1 Fall ColoursPauper's Gold by Margaret Dickinson
This book has 500 pages so can I claim a Big Book Ticket please.
(This is my very first task completed and posted so please let me know if I'm not doing it correctly!)
Total challenges completed: 1
Points this challenge: 5
Total Points: 5
Big Book Tickets 500 (1)
STACIE MI20.10 - Group Reads
Just finished Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and have posted on the discussion thread.
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 390
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Finished15.7 SOLVE THE MYSTERY
choosed C
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
This task :15
Total points: 15
Task completed:1
25.1 - And the Story Continues...Gossip Girl #9: Only In Your Dreams by Cecily Von Zeigesar
Gossip Girl #10: Would I Lie to You by Cecily Von Zeigesar
Total Pages in Book(s): 480
Points This Task: 25
Total Points:30
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 814
Tasks Completed: 2
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)
Barbara VAMy first post of the Challenge!
5.5 Take Me Out To The Ball Game
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson By Bette Bao Lord
This was a GREAT book about a young Chinese immigrant girl to Brooklyn in 1947, the year that Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers went to the World Series against the New York Yankees.
5.9 Comfort Read
Grave Error by Stephen Greenleaf.
I loved revisiting this author. I had read one of his books for the Summer Challenge (I needed a book with the word Strawberry and there were very few to choose from!) and it was #13 in his John Marshall Tanner series. I HATE skipping to the end of a series so knowing where Tanner came from and beginning to learn how he became the man he was so many years later was thrilling for me. I will be reading a few other Tanner books for this challenge!!
5.10 Name That Car
Heat Wave by Richard Castle.
This was an easy pick for me. I met my husband back when we were in college, living in different states and during the mid 70's it was the era of CB's. Heat Wave was his "handle" as well as the name of his car, a candy apple red 66 Dodge Charger. We spent many hours driving and chatting on the CB, he loved to drive fast and listening to the chatter of truckers telling us where all the speed traps were!
10.2 We Need A Drink
The Riesling Retribution by Ellen Crosby.
This was book 4 in her Wine Country Series, sadly, only 1 more to go.
Ellen is a Goodreads author
New Points Being Claimed - 25
Tasks Completed - 4
Books Read - 5
Pages Read - 1242
Points/Goal - 25/400
Goodreads Author - 1
Goodreads Authors Books - 1
Kristina UK30.8 - Bestseller from Fall 2009 & Fall 2010
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
I used September 2009 & September 2000
Points to date: 30
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5.1: Fall Colors
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Total Pages in Book(s): 336
Points This Task: 5
Total Points:5
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 336
Tasks Completed: 1
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500(0); 750(0); 1000(0)