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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Jayme VA30.1: It's in the cards: The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
For Never Let Me Go, I rolled Jack of Diamonds. It's written by a man and on the USA Today Best Seller's List: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/us....
For The Hand..., I rolled an 8 of hearts and it was published in 2010 (even year) and was published since 1/1/00.
Thank you!
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 4
Total Books: 5
Total Pages: 1416
GR Authors: 1 (Cleave)
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - Read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Hope 'games' is ok for this task! I'll reserve any real comment about this book as I seem to be in the very small minority that disliked it. 30.1- pjreads's task as suggested by Jen B: IT'S IN THE CARDS "
Book A - Read A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka. Drew a 3 of hearts. This book was published in March 2005.
Book B - Read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Drew a 6 of spades. this was published in 1926.
Points for above tasks: 35
Tasks above completed: 2
Total tasks completed: 8/53
Points completed: 135
Books read & claimed: 11
Books by Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 1 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
DIANE5.2 - The Play Must Go On - Read a play (minimum 70 pages)- Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
Total Points: 185/890
Tasks Completed: 15
Tasks in Progress: 7
Books Read: 23
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Laila Lalami)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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10.1 - Shorter DaysThe Girl Who Married a Lion by Alexander McCall Smith - A Goodreads Author
Total points to date 205
Casey TN20.6 – Seeing Yourself in a Title
I used my first name (Casey) and read Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards
Points This Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.3 – T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G - Blue Moon*Claiming a GOODREADS AUTHOR*
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Four to Score
Total Points: 180/870
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 16/64
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Jayme VA25.3: Daylight Savings
Option A: Historical Fiction: Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon. Takes place in AD 950, so it's a historical novel.
Option C: Short Book: The One Minute Manager Anniversary Ed: The World's Most Popular Management Method by Kenneth Blanchard. Was only 106 pages.
Thank you!
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 110
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 1730
GR Authors: 1 (Cleave)
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
I seem to have started all the two-book tasks at once, so I've read lots but no points! :)15.9 Coin Collector
Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
(I flipped 2 'Do It!' for a book or books totalling at least 300 pages)
I just don't get these - everyone loves them (and I usually like this sort of stuff too) but they don't do anything much for me at all....
Total points: 180
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 3
Books read: 16
Pages read: 7622
(I hope this all shows up OK because my DH has done something to the fonts and this site has been looking weird for a week now!)
Liz Vegas30.1 In the cards
10 hearts The Devil and Miss Prymby Paulo Coelho - published in 2000
4 spades
As I Lay Dying-William Faulkner- published 1930
New total: 160
20.1 Bookmarks MagazineFrom Jan/Feb
And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
I'm afraid I didn't like this one as much as I remember liking the original Hitchhiker books.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 270
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 23
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
I cannot believe that it is October 1st and I am only making my second report! Trust both that I have some tasks partly completed and that I intend to read more over the next month.I just completed:
5.9 Comfort Reads
by reading Mansfield Park
Jane Austen is comfort reading because of the following:
(1) the books are well written
(2) her protagonists always end up happy
(3) nothing more serious than mismatches and dishonor occurs (no death, no torture, no great wrongs, only social mis-steps).
ShayleneI just completed 5.9 - Comfort Read
Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich
This was a comfort read because I love curling up with a guilty pleasure book.
Total Books Read: 2
Total Points: 10
Coralie5.8 Freedom to Read
Of Mice and Men
10.10 Group Hug
War for the Oaks being read by SciFi and Fantasy Book Group
15.3 Continental divide – Europe
The Girl Who Played with Fire
15.6 One-hit Wonders
Black Beauty – only book by Anna Sewell
Total points 380
Stacey
20.3: Feminist Literature
Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives by Anna Fels
Points this task: 20
Total points: 220
Completed tasks: 15
Books read: 22
20.3: Feminist Literature
Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives by Anna Fels
Points this task: 20
Total points: 220
Completed tasks: 15
Books read: 22
5.10 Name that CarRosemary's Baby (Named the car Baby)
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 8
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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LIZZIE JANE 10.7 - City Lights
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (4.5*)
Tasks: 7
Books: 8
Goodreads authors: 0
Pages: 2,239
TOTAL POINTS: 105
Liz Vegas30.1 In the cards
10 hearts The Devil and Miss Prymby Paulo Coelho - published in 2000
4 spades - As I Lay Dying published 1930
New total: 160
30.5 Ms Anderson & Tanja's Task: Life LessonsI rolled a 2 & a 3.
2 - Misspelled word. I picked the word Through from the list.
The Whole Day Through
3 - Author with P or Q in their name. I chose Peter de Jonge.
Shadows Still Remain
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 11
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson, Chris Cleave)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Barbara VAI read 2 books this week
5.7 Circle Of Life
They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie. She was born Sept 15, 1890.
20.5 Liz's Vegas Task Oprah's On
Toll Call by Stephen Greenleaf
Published in 1987.
New Points Claimed - 25
Tasks Completed - 13
Books Read - 16
Pages Read - 4505
Points/Goal - 135/400
15.7 - Solve The Mystery For this challenge I chose: A. She fell off the ladder reaching for the classic leather bound books on the top shelf.
I selected my book from the list of modern classics. I chose #68. Fun Home, Alison Bechdel (2006).
I totally copied from someone else's idea but I am glad I did. I really enjoyed this book and I am not a typical graphic novel reader. So thanks, mystery person from whom I copied!
New Points claimed: 15
Tasks Completed: 8
total books read: 14
pages read:3685
Points: 155 (I messed up my last post total. I think)
Task 20.5 Oprah's On!It by Stephen King
book published in 1986.
Claiming 3 Big books tickets for IT-pages 1120
Points this task:20
Total Points:120
Tasks Completed:10
Books Read:12
Total Goodreads Authors:3
Total Big Books Tickets:3
LeslieVA5.7 Circle of Life
by Anne Perry birthday 10/28Points this task: 5
Total Points: 50
Total Tasks: 7
Total Books: 7
Total Pages: 2718
GR Authors: 1
25.2 As Her DebutThe Pigman by Paul Zindel
(Part A- Debut Novel- 1968)
www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/z/paul-zindel
The Owl Keeper by Christine Brodien-Jones
(Part B- Debut Novel 2010)
***Goodreads Author***
Total Points- 80
Total Tasks- 6
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 0
10.3 Freedom!
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 2206
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 2206
20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - Seeing Yourself in a Title The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark
I used my first name Sheila for this task. Inventive task LDB.
30.8 - BETH NC's task: FALL BACK INTO READING
# 35 in Sept. 2009 was The Quickie by James Patterson
AND
# 25 in Sept. 2000 was Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper
Total Points = 685 Points
15.9 COIN COLLECTORI got 2 Do It! so I had to read a book or combination of books totaling at least 300 pages
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Pages This Task: 503.
Total Pages: 973
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.10 - Second ChancesA. First book was a second chance for 5.2 (The Play Must Go On). I read Ghost World: A Screenplay
B. Second book was from the Most Wanted of 2010: Savor the Moment
Total pages in book(s): 648
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 12
Total Pages Read: 3642
Total Points: 120
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 1
Read a play (minimum 70 pages). Since this is a reading challenge, we would prefer that you read a play. However, if your only option is to see or listen to a play, theatre, radio, and audio productions must be at least 2 hours in length to count for this task. Listopia Help: Best Plays Ever, Best American Plays, Best British Plays, Best Non-American and Non-British PlaysOPTIONAL: What did you think of the play? Write a short review.
I read Our Town by Thornton WIlder. It was 102 pages
New Points claimed: 5
Tasks Completed: 9
total books read: 15
pages read:3785
Points: 145
Carly15.8 - Is That an Eye Underneath That Nose
I read The Art Thief by Noah Charney.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 7
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 2183
20.8 - Pirate TalkHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
This book has 608 pages so I'm claiming a Big Book Ticket
Total points to date 225
Christine USTask 20.3 Feminist Literature
Woman At Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
book approved in Help Thread
Task 25.3 Daylight savings
option A) A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick. Book is set in 1907 & 1908
Option c) Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan. Book is 160 pages
Total Points: 210
GoodReads author: 3
Big Books: 1
MG10.7 CITY LIGHTS
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
**GOODREADS AUTHOR**
15.2 - RECOMMENDED BOOKS
The Girl Who Played with Fire
I added Tom Jones to the list and voted for many in the list.
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR!
I got two heads and read Night Watch which was over 300 pages.
Points This Task: 40
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 14
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 4791
Task 5.9 Freedom to ReadFor this task I picked a book from the Best Bannedor Censored Books List. I picked Holes by Louis Sachar. This is one of my favorite books of all time.
Task Points: 5
Task 20.3 Femenist Literature
For this task I read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author). This was a really good book about women only being worthy for viable ovaries and the ability to produce healthy children. I really liked this book.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 19
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Books: 1
BJ Rose2 new tasks
#15.1 New Horizons: a shelf outside my comfort zone
Graphics Novels: Annihilation: Book One by Keith Giffen
I am very unlikely to read another book like this one
#15.2 Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
I voted on The Forgotten Garden - it's a wonderful book!
Sarah Addison Allen is a GoodReads Author
Total Points = 305
Tasks Completed = 23
Total Pages = 8,815
GR Authors = 7
For 15.4 I read The Last Talk with Lola Faye by Thomas H. Cook and I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson.For 20.1 I chose Strip by Thomas Perry (hilarious by the way) which is in the Sep/Oct 2010 issue.
And for 20.6 I chose My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses by Steven Adler for ADRIENNE
Total points: 75
ShayleneI finished Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella today for the following task: 20.9 Lindsey KY’s Task (Lucky Me) – Babies!
Total Books Read: 3
Total Points: 30
KristineTask Completed:
30.1- pjreads's task as suggested by Jen B: IT'S IN THE CARDS
Jack Hearts – Written by a man published since 2000 – The Food of Love (2004) – Anthony Capella
5 Hearts – odd year published since 2000 – Comfort Me with Apples – Ruth Reichel (2001)
Total: 45
10.4 Leaving civilization behindThe Hobbit: Or There and Back Again by
J.R.R. Tolkien
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
I finally finished another task!For Task 25.2 (For her Debut), I read Still Alice by Lisa Genova (Goodreads Author) for Part A (first published work) and The Wives of Henry Oades by Johanna Moran (Goodreads Author)(published Feb. 2010) for Part B (debut novel published in 2010).
I really enjoyed Still Alice but did not enjoy The Wives of Henry Oades. My reviews are under the Review Forum.
Total points: 130
Completed Taske #25.3 - Daylight Savings (10/02/10)A) HF or NF about a time period before you were born:
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (853 pages = 2 Big Book Tickets)
C) Read a short book:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (274 pages)
Task Points: 25
GR Author: 0
Big Book Tickets: 2
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Total Challenge Points as of 10/02/10 = 140
15.9 - Coin Flip (books totaling at least 500 pages)
336 pages
320 pages
30.4 - Mysteries & Animals
A. Book with animal as one of main characters
B. Book with animal in title (other than dog or cat)
25.3 - Daylight Savings (Choose 2 of 4 options)
A. Historical fiction
B. Book between 100-300 pages
288 pages
Points for these tasks: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 2,111
Total Overall Points for Challenge: 85
Coralie5.4 I’m glad my mother didn’t name me Fire. Apart from it being a terrible name in itself, it would go really badly with both my maiden name and my married name.
Fire
15.1 New Horizons
from the paranormal shelf The Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #4)
It was like a cross between Chick-lit and Horror and I don’t like either.
30.8 Fall back into reading
from Sept 2009 The Lightning Thief
from Oct 2000 To Kill a Mockingbird
Total points 430
Jenny L15.1 New Horizons
I chose The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins from the sci-fi shelf.
I don't like sci-fi but decided to try this because it was one of the Group Reads for summer. This book was very good so I'll definitely read the other two and I'll have to try some other sci-fi book.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 374
This week finished20.2 Music tells the story
option C from musical Wicked
Witch Child by Celia Rees*
20.3 Feminist literature
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood*
30.2 Ins and outs
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve out
In the Kitchen by Monica Ali in
* Celia Rees and Margaret Atwood are GR authors
Tasks points: 70
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 10
Books Read:15
Gr authors:7
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5.7 - Circle of Life - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, who was born November 8, 1954
15.4 - Fall Equinox - Knit Two by Kate Jacobs and Ireland: A Novel by Frank Delaney - both books have 7 characters in their titles (I ignored the subtitle)
20.6 - Seeing Yourself in a Title - Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo - My first name is Jennifer and there is a J, E & N in Jane, an N in Austen, an I, F & E in Life and an R in Ruined
Claiming Big Book Ticket (500+) for Ireland: A Novel, which was 560 pages
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS = 115