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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Janice CA10.8 Work Memoir.....
Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat by Caroline Burau 4 stars
Ever since I read Michael Perry's Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time, I have been addicted to the writings of emergency personnel. I am awed by the jobs they do, and the honesty most of them convey, when they admit they are scared or angered by the things they witness on a daily basis. Nonetheless, they perform their jobs, and many lives are saved. This book is a great example of this type of dedication. Very interesting.
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total: 90
tasks: 6
books: 7
GR Authors: 1
10.2- We Need A DrinkI read I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max.
Points for this task-10
Total Points- 285
Books Read- 24
Goodreads Authors-9
Total Pages Read- 7427
Laura FL15.10 - SECOND CHANCES
For those who get frustrated when they find “the perfect book” for a task, but they’ve already found another “perfect book” for that task…………
A. Read a book which fits another task from this challenge. The task must be one with some restrictions on the book chosen – for instance, you couldn’t use a task that only specifies a number of pages to be read. REQUIRED: When you post, please indicate which other task your book fits.
I read
, which would fit with 20.10AND
B. Read a book from the Fall Group Reads nominations that was not selected as the Fall Group Reads in its category.
For this part, I read
from the "Most Wanted of 2010" list.Task Total: 15 points
Challenge total: 80 points
ERIN C5.4 I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
...not sure why, but though I have to give Audrey Niffenegger a lot of credit for pulling off the unique style of writing a book that doesn't quite occur chronologically, I'm glad "Niffenegger" isn't my last name.
*I'm claiming a Big Book ticket, at 536pp.
*Audrey Niffenegger is also a Goodreads Author.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 6,888
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
For task 15.2 - Recommended Books - I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Great book, I loved it just as much as the first one. 5 stars.The book I voted for was The Hunger Games.
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Pages Read: 736
Total Points: 35
For Joy MarieCompleted 5.7 - Circle of Life
Read: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth Peters (Barbara Mertz) was born Sept. 29, 1927
Total Points: 5
Jennifer KS15.5 - LITERATURE MAP I put in Charlaine Harris and came up with Vicotria Laurie so I read Better Read Than Dead.
Points this task 15
Total Points 170
Total Books read 16
Total Tasks Complete 13
15.7 Solve the Mystery: I went with Option A and chose a book from the Modern Classics list: Watchmen (#13)Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 5
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Book 500+: 0
Big Book 750+: 1 (Passage)
Big Book 1000+: 0
Casey TN5.3 – T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
I read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger, who is a Goodreads author.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points to Date: 80
Tasks Completed: 6
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
ILOVEBAKEDGOODSTask #15.7 - Solve the Mystery: I chose Option B -- Best Crime & Mystery Books
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and its Consequences
Points this Task: 15
Total Challenges Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Points to Date: 40
15.8 Is that an eye underneath that nose?I read The Art Thief by Noah Charney.
Total Points: 85
Points this task: 15
10.4 - LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHINDKim, Rudyard Kipling.
Though Kim spends most of his childhood on the streets of Lahore, a large part of the story involves his adventures in the world with a Tibetan Lama on their quest to find the legendary River of the Arrow. They travel the Himalayas as well as the plains in order to find this river.
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
Two books with same number of characters (12):
The Day's Work, Rudyard Kipling.
Loveless Love, Luigi Pirandello.
TOTAL POINTS: 185/890.
ERIN C5.5 Take Me to the Ball Game
Prisoner's Base by Rex Stout
With the baseball word "BASE" in the title.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 7,112
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.5 - The First EstateMagdalen Rising: The Beginning by Elizabeth Cunningham
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2337
Task 15.1 New Horizons--I don't read mystery books. I chose from the mystery list The Girl Who Played with Fire.Total points: 15
Heather in KS
Task 5.2 The Play Must Go OnI read Bye-Bye-Birdie. I am directing this at my high school, so I've most certainly read it more than once!
Total points: 20
Heather in KS
Jennifer OH30.8 - BETH NC's task: FALL BACK INTO READING
Read one book from the Top 150 Bestsellers list from Fall of 2009 and one from the Fall of 2000.
Go to USA Today's Top 150 Bestsellers
Click on By Date (picture of a calendar)
Change the year to 2009
Change month to Sept, Oct or Nov
Click on the 15th (no substitutions, please)
Hit Go
Pick a book from list
Repeat for the year 2000
Required: Tell us the month you used.
2009- September Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins re-read 9-11-10
2000- September Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling re-read 10-3-10
Challenges Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9
Total Points: 95
10.10 Group Hug - I read I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura LippmanThis book is currently being read by three groups: Bound Together, Olathe Public Library and BTX & Friends Book Club
**Laura Lippman is a Goodreads author**
Points this task: 10
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 50
wendyma30.4 - Cheryl TX's task: MYSTERIES AND ANIMALS
A. Read a mystery where an animal plays a main part in the story i.e. as a detective sidekick/pet or appears in the book description as having caused the mystery- stolen animals, the apparent cause of a death, etc.
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief by Braun (Cat KOKO has ability to solve crimes)
B. Read a mystery with an animal besides a dog or cat in the title.
Ex. The Lions of the North, Border Prey, Blue Wolf in Green Fire: A Woods Cop Mystery, The Anteater of Death: A Zoo Mystery,Death by Dressage, The Boreal Owl Murder: A Bob White Birder Murder Mystery,
The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
30 points
275 total
Emily Kate5.10 A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
(moved from 20.6 where it didn't work)
15.3 my country was Africa: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
15.5 my author was Sarah Dessen: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
15.7 I chose option C - so big fat book: The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
15.10 other challenge - SRC book list: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
unselected group read: Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
20.1 House Rules by Jodi Picoult
20.6 Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
30.1 jack of hearts, jack of spades
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
30.5 two 1s
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
30.8 Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Total: 730
Shannon South AfricaTask 30.1 - pj reads - It's in the Cards
30.1A: Drew 5 of hearts
The Eternal City by Domenica de Rosa
(published in 2005)
30.1B: Drew the king of diamonds
The White Queen by Philippsa Gregory
(on the New York Times bestseller list in 2009)
Total points = 90
5.4 - I'M GLAD MY MOTHER DIDN'T NAME ME - Thicker Than Water. The main characters name is Victory. I am really glad my mother didn't name me that. 20.7 THE MELTING POT - The Joy Luck Club
25.1 - AND THE STORY CONTINUES
A. Dead Man Running this is the 9th in the series.
B. 1022 Evergreen Place which is the 10th in the series
25.2 - AS HER DEBUT
A. The Hydrogen Murder which was her debut novel.
B. Russian Winter which was a debut novel from 2010.
25.4 - REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING - I rolled a 6 and a 1 which equals 7. So I chose to read Snow Falling on Cedars which has a black and white cover and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for my colorful cover.
30.2 INS AND OUTS
A. To the Tower Born: A Novel of the Lost Princes
B. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Camille Minichino and Daphne Kalotay are Goodreads authors.
This brings my total to 235 points.
Completed Task 15.2 RECOMMENDED BOOKS The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
554 pages = 1 Big Book ticket
I voted for Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Task points : 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks Complete: 6
Total Tasks in Progress: 2
Total Books Read: 6
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Goodreads Authors 0
Inez10.4 Leaving civilization Behind---This book take place in the forest.
Moonlight
by Rachel Hawthorne10.5 The First Estate---One of the main characters is a Rabbi
Left Behind
by Tim LaHaye10.10 Group Hug--- The group The Infernal Devices is currently reading this book.
The Clockwork Angel
by Cassandra ClareGoodreads Author
25.1 And the Story Continues—read two books that are 9th, 10th or 11th
Desecration
By Tim LaHaye 9th in the series 432pgsThe Remnant
By Tim LaHaye 10th in the series 432pgsTask Points This Post: 55
GR Author This Post: 1 (Cassandra Claire)
Completed Tasks: 6
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 7
GR Author Total: 2
Readerboard name: LeoraTask-15-9 Coin Collector
I was soooo excited to flip 2 hell with it! I read:
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
Total points: 85
Readerboard name: LeoraTask: 10-5 The First Estate.
I read: The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark. The storyline centers around a nun who is being considered for beautifications descendants, a very tangled web!
Total points: 95
10.2 We Need A DrinkThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
This was such an inspiring book - I really recommend it.
*Greg Mortenson is a Goodreads author*
Total points: 190
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 4
Books read: 18
Pages read: 7990
Alice GTask: 30.1 It's in the Cards
Cards Drawn: King of Clubs and 10 of Hearts
Book 1: Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith set in London and written by a Good Reads author.
Book 2: Men from the Boys published in 2010.
Total Points: 155
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
15.1 New Horizons - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
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
25.4 Stay Tuned for Your Regularly Scheduled Program - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe and Noah's Compass by Anne Tyler
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DIANEI'm doing a little bit of switching around. Sorry for the confusion.
for 15.9 Coin Collector, I had previously listed Four to Score by Janet Evanovich (317 pgs). I would like to replace that with High Five, also by Janet Evanovich (352 pgs).
I would like to put Four to Score instead in:
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Read a book about baseball OR a book with a baseball related word in the title (score) - Four to Score by Janet Evanovich.
Total Points: 190/890
Tasks Completed: 16
Tasks in Progress: 7
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Laila Lalami)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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KRISTENMA5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G. - I read Bachelor Boys by Kate Saunders (KS).
5.6 SHE'S A BEAUTY - I read The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong.
. ***Also Kelley Armstrong is a goodreads author*** I would like to claim a goodreads author ticket. 10.10. GROUP HUG - I read Insatiableby Meg Cabot. It is currently being read by the group Bookaholics Anonymous.
25.3 SANDY'S TASK - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
A. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert. It takes place in the late 1890's through 1950's.
C. Nobody Does It Better by Cecily von Ziegesar. 240 pages.
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Complete: 9
Total Books Read: 12
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages: 4136
Total Goodreads Author: 4
20.9 Lindsey KY’s Task (Lucky Me) – Babies! Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
30.5 - Ms. Anderson and Tanja's Task: LIFE LESSONS
I rolled a 2 and a 3
2 is for mispelled words and the one I chose was friends so I read Best Friends Forever by Jennifer Weiner**Goodreads Author**
AND I rolled a 3 which was mind your P's and Q's so I read
Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams
Total Points = 735 Points
New Goodreads Author = Jennifer Weiner
Jennifer D.15.5 ~ Literature Map ~ Away: A Novel by Amy Bloom.
I entered the writer Nicole Krauss' name to receive Bloom's name.
New task points: 15
Total points: 120
Tasks Compeleted: 7
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3751
GR Authors: 2 - Kathleen Winter, Chris Cleave
Big Books: 500+ (1 ~ Freedom) 750+ ( ) 1000+ ( )
I failed to mention in message 1125 that I would like to use this book, The Girl Who Played with Fire for my 500+ big book ticket. Hope this is ok. Let me know if I need to post it in another place/way. Thanks!Heather in KS
5.8 Freedom to ReadHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
10.9 Under the Covers
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
I used the list Best Childrens Series: Harry Potter Series
15.1 New Horizons
I chose a book of the Fantasy shelf, which is not a genre I typically enjoy
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
15.4 Fall Equinox
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
15.9 Coin Collector
I rolled 1 Do It! and 1 The Hell With It! (Read at least 500 pages)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (734 pages)
Task Points: 60
Total Points: 175
Readerboard name: Rachel OHI completed...
20.6 See Yourself in a Title
ARistocrAts: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and SaraH LEnnox, 1740-1832
My name, Rachel, appears in the title, including the subtitle. I've capitalized all the letters in the title above.
TOTALS:
POINTS= 25
BOOKS= 2 [Big Books: 0; GoodReads Author books: 0]
TASKS= 2
DeeDee
20.7 Erin NY’s Task – The Melting Pot
Read a novel about an immigrant experience from another country into the US
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (2009) Jamie Ford (Hardcover, 304 pages) 4 *s
Jamie Ford is a (Goodreads Author)
45 + 20 = 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 65/890
Books read: 4
Pages Read: 1334
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
(Goodreads Author) Chris Cleave
(Goodreads Author) Jamie Ford
Southpaw285Completed Task #20.3: El's Task - Feminist Literature
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Task Points: 20
GR Author:0
Big Book: 0
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Total Challenge Points as of 10/04/10 = 160
A few more to add...5.6 She's a Beauty
The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly
5.9 Comfort Read
Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
I consider this a comfort read because it's easy, light, fairly predictable, and I don't have to think too hard, but still diverting!
10.8 What a Way to Make a Living
Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life by Maggie Callanan
An amazingly beautiful book about the experiences of a hospice nurse. I recently (9/17) lost my dad to a brain tumor - we cared for him at home, and in the end, this book was so helpful to me. I highly, highly recommend it.
10.10 Group Hug
The Last Child by John Hart
Currently being read by the group "Mysterious Corner"
15.4 Fall Equinox
The Other by David Guterson
The Women by T.C. Boyle
Total Points these tasks = 45
Total points to date = 85
BJ Rose2 new tasks
#20.1 Stephanie Anne: Bookmarks Magazine
House Rules by Jodi Picoult was in the May/June issue
#30.5 Ms Anderson & Tanya: Life Lessons - read 2 books
I rolled a 3 and a 2:
3: Mind Your P's & Q's: Pamela Clare: Ride the Fire
2: Misspelled Words: 'from' is on the list so I read From London With Love by Jenna Petersen
Jenna Petersen & Pamela Clare are both GR authors
Total Points = 355
Tasks Completed = 25
Total Pages = 10,078
GoodReads Authors = 9
Readerboard Name: CherylTX5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G.
A Killing Frost by Hannah Alexander
20.1 Bookmarks Magazine
July/August 2010 Issue
Spoken From the Heart by Laura Bush
I am claiming a 500+ page book here on the Laura Bush Book
30.8 Fall Back Into Reading
I picked the month of Ocotber for both years
2009 book - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2000 book - The Alibi by Sabdra Brown
This totals 55 points--I am just waiting on the 50 point midway challenge
OOOPS I hit the wrong number and I am fixing my ticker--so sorry
Congratulations Cheryl! How did you like the Hunger Games?
5.8 Freedom to Read The Chocolate War by Robert CormierTasks completed-7
Tasks in progress-4
Books read-7 (plus 2 that are part of multi-book tasks)
Pages for this task-272
Total pages-1528
Points for this task-5
Total points-65
Stesse5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
Tanya Huff, The Enchantment Emporium
(TH)
361 pages
5.10 Name That Car
My younger brother named my mom’s car “Bubbles” when we were teenagers. It actually fit, as it was a teal colored, two-door Saturn with a sunroof & had a bit of a carefree attitude (insomuch that a car has an attitude!). He was being a typical teenage dork – but it backfired; he ended up taking it to college & drove it until it died! So I read Bubbles Ablaze by Sarah Strohmeyer. 308 pages
15.5 Literature Map
I typed in Alice Hoffman, and found Elizabeth Berg, so I read The Last Time I Saw You: A Novel. I thought that the authors’ writing styles are very similar but Hoffman’s books always make me cry and this one didn’t. I’ll have to read another of Berg’s books to see if that was just due to the book or not. 241 pages
15.7 Solve the Mystery
I picked B. so I read a book from the Best Crime and Mystery Books: The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen. 370 pages. Tess Gerritsen is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 40
Tasks Completed this Post: 4
Books Read this Post: 4
Pages Read this Post: 1280
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 190
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 18
Total Pages Read: 6500
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Kristina UK30.6 – Exploration & Adventure
A. Read a book focusing on an unexplored destination with the potential of a life-threatening situation
B. Read about an explorer, navigator, discoverer, adventurer, or journey you've never read of before
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks: 13
Total Books: 16
Total Pages: 6169
GR Authors: Margaret Atwood, Chris Cleave, Rebecca Skloot
Big Books: 500 (0), 750 (1), 1000(0)
I've got three or four tasks "in progress," but it's been so long since I last posted, I figure I might as well claim what I've got now.---
5.1 Fall Colors
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
"Lemon" being my color...and lots of leaves around here turn lemon-yellow during the fall.
10.3 Freedom!
V for Vendetta
It was good, but I much prefer the movie. The protagonists were fighting to end the oppression of the fascist government that'd taken over Great Britain in the wake of a major nuclear war.
20.6 Seeing Myself in a Title
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin
My first name, "Megan," can be found in the title (thE dArk days of haMburGer halpiN). So can my middle name, but I loathe my middle name, so I won't use it :P
20.8 Pirate Talk
The Gospel According to Larry
An interesting book, and way more relevant today than when it was written almost ten years ago. Something I'd definitely keep on my classroom shelf.
30.5 Life Lessons
The Best and Hardest Thing by Pat Brisson (Rule 3: Ps and Qs) and Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder (Rule 6: Most Important Sex Organ is the Brain)
The first book was pretty good, though her poetry wasn't nearly as polished as I would've hoped (and the "haiku" at the end wasn't a haiku! Don't bill it as one if it's not! *grumpgrumpgrump*). I didn't know very much about the REAL Laura Ingalls Wilder, especially about her later life and why she wrote the books, etc., so this was an interesting biography about her. However, the majority of the second half of the book talks about her daughter, Rose, since most of what we know about Laura comes from Rose's perspective.
Total: 85 + 360 (from earlier) = 445 points
30.8 Beth NC's task -September 2009 - chose Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
September 2000 - chose The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
point this task: 30
Total Points: 95
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5.9 Comfort Read
No Lifeguard on Duty
It's Christian fiction, and Christian fiction always makes me feel good inside.