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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 VA15.5 Literature Map
I typed in Sarah Dessen and Kate Brian was one of the authors who came up.
I read Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys.
Total points= 180
STACIE MITask 10.7 - City Lights
I read Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Dexter is a city in Michigan, just outside of Ann Arbor.
Points this Task: 10
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 15
Pages Read: 4436
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.5 THE FIRST ESTATENovena for Murder
Points: 10
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 24
Pages: 7,739
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I completed Task 10.3 (Freedom!) by reading The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (Goodread Author & BIG BOOK with 510 pages). This books describes part of the history of the attempt to end polygamy in the United States.I really enjoyed this book. A review is in the Review Forum, if you'd like to read it.
Total Points: 140
NICOLE VA5.6 She's a beauty
I read
by GoodReads author Nancy Werlin. The picture is pretty but it's much nicer IRL- it has a metallic sheen!Total Points= 185
Stephanie Anne 10.1 Shorter Days
How Did You Get This Number10.6 In the Pink
Valley of the Dolls15.10 Second Chances
101 Places Not to See Before You Die fits task 20.6 letters e, y, n
20.6 Seeing Yourself in a Title
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian letters e, y, n 20.9 Babies!
Shopaholic and Baby20.10 Group Reads
Mockingjaycomment in discussion thread
Total Points = 95
Julie McVey25.4 - Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program - I got a 3 and 1
1. (Police Officer main character ) Trail of Secrets by Eileen Goudge
2. (Barefeet on Cover) - Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
* Trail of Secrets - 528 pages Big Book *
** Sarah Dessen Goodreads author**
Total Points = 60 points
Completed Task 10.4: Leaving Civilization Behind - Action takes place outside/frontier. I read To the End of the Land by David Grossman, which takes place almost entirely during a backpack trip across Northern Israel. Total Pages: 592
Points this task: 10
Big Book credit - 1 (592 pp)
Total Challenge Points: 80
Completed Task 15.9: Coin Collector. I flipped two Heads: "If you get 2 Do It! (or heads), read a book or books totaling at least 300 pages". I read A Fatal Grace, by Louise Penny, which was 311 pages.Points this task: 15
Total Challenge points: 95
15.8 - IS THAT AN EYE UNDERNEATH THAT NOSE?Diary
Points: 15
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 25
Pages: 8,001
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Finished30.1 It`s in the cards
8 heart - Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
ace diamond - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson is on Amazon Bestseller List http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestseller...
Task points 30
Total points 260
Total tasks 11
Read books 17
Gr authors 7
Readerboard Name: StacyCT30.1 - It's In The Cards
7 of spades - The Road by Cormac McCarthy (published in 2006)
2 of hearts - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (published in 1905)
Task Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 9
Total Points Earned: 125
Total Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 4324
GoodReads Authors: 4 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()
25.2 - Leigh Ann's task - AS HER DEBUT...A. The Virgin Suicides
B. The Sky Is Everywhere **Jandy Nelson is a GoodReads Author**
Points: 25
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 27
Pages: 8,519
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.5 - Life LessonsI rolled two 2s and from the commonly misspelled words list I chose knew and people:
The Man Who Knew Too Much by G.K. Chesterton
The People on Privilege Hill by Jane Gardam
Total points to date335
Just finished task 10.8: WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING. I read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony BourdainTotal Books Read: 4
Total Points: 40
Jenny ChicagoTask 20.2 Karen GHHS's Task (Rookie on Top)-- Music Tells the Story--
I chose the Opera La Boheme, which is set in Paris.
The book I read in association with this opera is
. It's a nonfiction book about French culture. It was a fascinating book, and since La Boheme is set in Paris, a book about French Culture seemed appropriate. Points this task 20
Total Points 95
Task 30.1- It's in the Cards4 of hearts (published in even year, published since Jan 2000)- Middlesex big ticket book: 529 pgs
10 of spades (published in an even year, classic)- The Maltese Falcon
30 points
Task 30.5- Life Lessons
#1- supernatural creature (in this case, vampires)- The Strain big ticket book: 585 pgs
#4- rating of 4.1 or higher- The Chronicles of Chrestomanci: Volume I rating of 4.12 big ticket book 598pgs
30 points
Total points: 60
ILOVEBAKEDGOODSTask #15.5 - Literature Map. I typed in Kathy Reichs and chose Tess Gerritsen from the results. I think the map did a great job of matching me up with a similar author and I'd definitely read another Tess Gerritsen book.
Book Title: The Surgeon, by Tess Gerritsen
Points this Task: 15
Total Points to Date: 55
LeslieVA10.2 We need a drink
I read The Chardonnay Charadeby Ellen Crosby who is a GoodReads author.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 65
Total Tasks: 9
Total Books: 9
Total Pages: 3372
GR Authors: 2
15.9 Coin CollectorI flipped 1 Do It! and 1 The Hell With It!, so had to read at least 500 pages.
Mr Toppit Export Ed 352 pages
Wonderland 228 pages
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson, Chris Cleave)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.7 CITY LIGHTS
Breastless in the City: A Young Woman's Story of Love, Loss, and Breast Cancer by Cathy Bueti
Cleveland Clinic Press, 2007
160 pg.
Read - 10/10/10
3 Stars
TOTAL POINTS: 140
15.1 New HorizonsLeviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Shelf: steampunk
15.7 Solve the Mystery
C) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (870 pages)*
*Big book (750+)
15.10 Second Chances
A) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (652 pages)
Fits task 20.8
*Big book (500+)
B) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Most Wanted of 2010
*Rebecca Skloot is a goodreads author
25.4 Stay Tuned
A) 4 - Morganville Vampires #7: Fade Out by Rachel Caine
B) 5 - I Am Number Four by Pitticus Lore
30.1 It's in the cards
A) Queen of Hearts (written by a woman, published since Jan. 1, 2000)
Insatiable by Meg Cabot (published 2010)
B) 2 of Hearts (published in an even year, published since Jan. 1, 2000)
Raising Witches: Teaching the Wiccan Faith to Children by Ashleen O'Gaea (published 2002)
Points: 150+100=250
mikiwilla5.1 A Peach of a Murder by Livia J. Washburn
5.3 U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
5.9 The Cat Who Went Into the Closet by Lilian Jackson Braun - Coming back to these books is like visit family and friends for a while. Everything and everyone is so familiar and comfortable.
5.10 The Quick and the Thread by Amanda Lee - Who wouldn't want a car named "The Quick!"
10.2 Gin and Daggers by Donald Bain (Jessica Fletcher)
10.5 A Simple Shaker Murder by Deborah Woodworth.
Points this Task: 40
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 6
Pages Read:
Goodreads Authors:
Big Books:
25.3 Daylight Savings: Martyr (historical fiction set in Elizabethan England) and The Man Who Was Thursday (120 pages)Total Points: 90
Total Tasks: 6
Total Books: 7
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Book 500+: 0
Big Book 750+: 1 (Passage)
Big Book 1000+: 0
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS
10.4 LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHIND (natural setting)
A Pearl In the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean by Tori Murden Mcclure (304pp) - READ 10.7.10
My Rating: 4 stars
10.7 CITY LIGHTS-("city" or city in title)
Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman (336pp) GOODREADS AUTHOR - READ 10.9.10
My Rating: 4 stars
20.5 Liz Vegas’s Task (Bigger is Better) - OPRAH'S ON! (pub 1986/87)
*Wideacre by Philippa Gregory (656pp) BIG BOOK TICKET - pub.1987 - READ 9.26.10
My Rating: 3 stars
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings
A) Historical fiction novel or NF
*Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom (501pp) BIG BOOK TICKET - READ 10.10.10
My Rating: 4 stars
B) Short book (100-300 pages)
*Have a Little Faith: The Story of a Last Request by Mitch Albom (249pp) - READ 9.5.10
My Rating: 4 stars
TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 11/53
TOTAL POINTS: 180/890
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 14/69
BIG BOOKS CLAIMED: [ 2 ]500+ [ ]750+ [ ]1000+
GOODREAD AUTHORS CLAIMED: 3
*Books I Own: 7
Previous Messages Posted: #465, #807
20.8 - Pirate TalkMarried By Morning
30.1 - It's in the Cards
8 of diamond - bestseller published in an even year
J is for Judgment
8 of clubs - Goodreads author published in an even year
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
Total Points: 50/135
Total Tasks: 2/7
Goodreads Author: 2
BJ Rose2 new tasks
#10.8 Work Memoir:
Books: A Memoir by Larry McMurtry
#10.9 Flashlight Worthy: from the shelf "What God Hath Wrought"
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
This book was definitely 'flashlight worthy' - David McCullough certainly did his research and then wrote a very wrenching account of this disaster, much of it based on statements and remembrances of survivors.
Total Points = 415
Tasks Completed = 29
Total Pages = 11,263
GR Authors = 9
Sue T2 new tasks
10.8 - Work Memoir All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
20.5 Oprah's On The Raven in the Foregate: The Twelfth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters published in 1986
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 26
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
ERIN C.15.2 Recommended Books
I voted for Cry, the Beloved Country.
I read The Cider House Rules by John Irving
I am claiming 1 Big Book Ticket, since this book was 570pp.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 8,488
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0
wendyma20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens
Choose your favorite movie scenario then read a book with a similar plot line.
EXAMPLE: my favorite movie scenario is the fair maiden escaping through the jungle with the Indiana Jones-style hero a la Romancing the Stone, so I could read
Out of Control by Suzanne Brockmann or Midnight Rainbow by Linda Hamilton (both involve a hero & heroine at some point fighting their way through the jungle).
Conspiracy Theory movie 1997
I read Night Fall by Demille about the conspiracy to hide the cause of the downing of the TWA plane on Long Island in 1997.
20 points
310 total
Fat book 740 pages in paperback
Laura FL5.7 - Circle of Life
Read any book by an author that was born or died in September, October, or November.
I read
by Martha Beck, born November 29, 1962.Task Total: 5
Challenge Total: 85
Stacey
5.7 Circle of Life
5 points
The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson, who died in November 2009. It's a Big Book at 503 pages.
10.10 Group Hug
10 points
Fauna by Alissa York
Found it on the currently reading shelf of the Goodreads group Oh Canada.
15.10 Second Chances
15 points
Angels in America, part 2: Perestroika, by Tony Kushner, which could instead have been read for 5.2, The Play Must Go On
and
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson, a group read nominee not chosen.
25.1 And the Story Continues...
Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace, the 9th and 10th books in the Betsy/Tacy series.
New points this post: 55
Total points: 275
Completed tasks: 19
Books read: 28
5.7 Circle of Life
5 points
The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson, who died in November 2009. It's a Big Book at 503 pages.
10.10 Group Hug
10 points
Fauna by Alissa York
Found it on the currently reading shelf of the Goodreads group Oh Canada.
15.10 Second Chances
15 points
Angels in America, part 2: Perestroika, by Tony Kushner, which could instead have been read for 5.2, The Play Must Go On
and
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson, a group read nominee not chosen.
25.1 And the Story Continues...
Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding by Maud Hart Lovelace, the 9th and 10th books in the Betsy/Tacy series.
New points this post: 55
Total points: 275
Completed tasks: 19
Books read: 28
Tani5.9 - Comfort Read
Foundation by Mercedes Lackey - Mercedes Lackey was one of my favorite authors growing up, and I'm a huge fantasy geek, so this was a double whammy for me.
15.9 - Coin Collector!
I got 2 Do It!, so I read Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon, which is 307 pages long.
20.6 - LDB's Task - Seeing Yourself in a Title
Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
My last name is Sweet, which is what I used for this task.
Total Points: 40
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
25.1 - Wendy MA's Task - And the Story Continues...To the Nines
Ten Big Ones
Points: 25
Total Points: 340
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 29
Pages: 9,158
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.7 Donna Jo's taskA. a book published before I was born read A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie Bantam book edition published 1962 (I was born in 1965)
B. A book with a person smiling on the cover read
by Ally Carterpoints 30
total points 125
I completed task 30.8 - BETH NC's task: FALL BACK INTO READING by reading:**Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving** (Nov. '09 list)
-and-
Night by Elie Wiesel (Sept. '00 list)
**Big Book Ticket (554 pages)**
Total points = 85
10.9 Flashlight Worthy Books:The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
From the list What God Hath Wrought 6 Great Books About Natural Disaster
Total Points: 80
20.9 Babies! - Read a book with the word baby or babies in the title.
Under the Duvet: Shoes, Reviews, Having the Blues, Builders, Babies, Families and Other Calamities by Marian KeyesBrings my totals to:
125/890 points
Tasks Completed: 8/53
Books Read: 11
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0(500+), 1(750+), 0(1000+)
Emily KateRepost for 30.2
Interior: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Exterior: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Total: 890 points
15.5 Literature MapI chose the author Lisa Scottoline, and then picked Laura Lippman ( A GoodReads Author) from the map. I read "I'd Know You Anywhere". I thought it was a good match.
Total Points: 155
Total Tasks: 9
Total Pages: 5983
Total Books Read: 17
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens: Lies by Michael Grant
Favorite Movie Scenario: Teenagers getting mysterious but powerful powers from an unknown source, while the “normal” humans turn against them. And if that doesn’t work: Evil twin that was unknown until a crucial and stressful time in the “good twin’s” life.
Points: 140
Tasks: 7
Books: 10
Pages: 3219
5.7 - Circle of LifeNoah's Compass by Anne Tyler who was born October 25th 1941.
Total points to date 340
30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTSBook A. The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Book B. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (650 pages = 1 Big Book ticket)
Task points : 30
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks Complete: 8
Total Tasks in Progress:1
Total Books Read: 10
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(6), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Goodreads Authors 0
10.6-In The PinkI read
by Anne Rainey*Anne Rainey is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this task-10
Total Points- 340
Books Read- 28
Goodreads Authors-11
Total Pages Read- 9305
10.4 - LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHIND In the Forest by Edna O'Brien
10.10 - GROUP HUG
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis. This book is being read by the group Books and Brew.
30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTS
A: Exterior - Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
B: Interior - Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
30.4 - Cheryl TX's task: MYSTERIES AND ANIMALS
A: The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
B: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Claiming Big Book Ticket for The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. It was 613 pages.
Total Points To Date: 375
Readerboard name: LeoraTask: 25-3 Daylight Savings
I picked: A and read: Plain Jane by Lauren Gardner and;
C and read: Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith. My edition had 198 pages.
Total points: 135
Jayme VA20.6: Name in Title: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
I used my middle name, Louise, for this task. Highly recommend this book!
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 130
Total Tasks: 6
Total Books: 8
Total Pages: 2065
GR Authors: 1 (Cleave)
Big Books: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
30.8 - 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:
- Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich (September 2000 list)
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay (November 2009 list). Tatiana de Rosnay is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Total Points: 280/890
Tasks Completed: 20
Tasks in Progress: 6
Books Read: 28
GoodReads Authors: 1 (Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay)
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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Task 5.9 - Comfort Read
I read Runaway by Meg Cabot. I consider this a comfort read because Meg Cabot is one of my favorite authors and it is also one of my favorite genres of literature.
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 165
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 14
Pages Read: 4148
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)