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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Sue T5.7 Circle of Life
Vision in White by Nora Roberts who was born in Oct.
10.9 Under the covers - from the list Punny Mysteries
Sticks and Scones by Diane Mott Davidson
A good read, but I wouldn't call it flashlight worthy.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 370
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 30
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
15.6 One Hit Wonders
Lost in Austen: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
This is the only book by Emma Campbell Webster.
TOTALS:
POINTS= 40
BOOKS= 3 [Big Books:0 ;GoodReads author books:0]
TASKS= 3
BJ Rose1 new task
#20.9 Lindsey KY's Task: Babies
Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays by Stephen W. Hawking
I was pleasantly surprised to see that this book was mostly easy to read and comprehend. Hawking did a wonderful job of explaining things that are often incomprehensible to non-physicists like me.
Total Points = 465
Tasks Completed = 31
Total Pages = 12,214
GoodReads Authors = 10
This is a re-post as I realized I didn't specify which Nicole I am. Nicole AR
20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - Seeing Yourself in a Title
I read "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers"
By Mary Roach
My name is Nicole and all six letters are found within the title and subtitle.
Points Earned: 20
15.10 -- Second ChancesA. Fits another task from this challenge -- I read The Search by Nora Roberts which also fits task 5.7. Nora Roberts was born in October.
B. A book from the Fall Group Reads nominations that was not selected in its category. -- I read Relic by Douglas Preston & Lee Childs. It was nominated but not selected for the Suspense category.
20.8 -- Pirate Talk
Consecutive letters ARR -- When Did We Lose hARRiet? by Patricia Sprinkle
Total Points: 195/890
Tasks Completed: 12/53
Tasks in Progress: 25.3; 30.1; 30.7
Books Read: 18
Books by Goodreads authors:
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
5.3 - ThanksgivingRead The Help by Kathryn Stockett, a GoodReads author
Total pages in book(s): 451
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 13
Total Pages Read: 4093
Total Points: 125
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 2
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I read Animal Farm by George Orwell, which is on pretty much every list of banned and censored books.
It was an interesting "re-read" - in quotes, because the last time I read it was in high school, so it was pretty new to me 40 years later! I liked it then, but I think I appreciate it more now.
20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine
I read Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, which was reviewed in the July/August issue. I thought this was fascinating!
Total points: 250
Kristina UK30.3 – DESERT ISLAND BOOKS
The Devil and Miss Prym
Half of a Yellow Sun
I chose these books because they were both on the "1001 books to read before you die" list and because I wanted books that would stimulate me and make me think about how life would be after I was rescued.
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 380
Total Tasks: 16
Total Books: 22
Total Pages: 7913
GR Authors: Margaret Atwood, Chris Cleave, Rebecca Skloot
Big Books: 500 (0), 750 (1), 1000(0)
Vanessa S.5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
(K.S) The Help
I'm so Happy that I read this book. It was absolutely amazing!
Jennifer KS10.3 FREEDOM! For this I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett. GOOD READS AUTHOR
I enjoyed the book but it had a totally unsatisfying ending, real life no justice.
Points this task 10
Total Points 180
Total Books Read 17
Good reads authors 6
Tasks completed 14
Jennifer KS30.4 - Cheryl TX's task: MYSTERIES AND ANIMALS
A) Even Cat Sitters get the Blues by Blaize Clement about an iguana used for genetic experiments
B) The Serpents Trail by Sue Henry
Points this task 30
Total Points 210
Total Books read 19
Tasks complete 15
Jennifer KS20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine
For this I read 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr it was in the Bookmarks Jan/Feb 2010
Not one of my favorites of hers
Points this tas 20
Total Points 230
Total Books read 20
Michelle WI20.9 Babies!
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore - Absolutely loved the book and can't believe I had never heard of this author before. I'm definitely going to read more by him!
Points This Task 20
Total Points 210
Tasks Completed 12
Total Big Book Tickets 0
Total Goodreads Authors 4
CHRISTINE USTask 20.5 Oprah
C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
book was originally published in 1986
Task 25.1 The story continues
Waking The Witch by Kelley Armstrong Book #11
Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong book #9
Task 30.2 Ins & Outs
Out:Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
In: The Kitchen Witch (Accidental Witch Trilogy, #1) by Annette Blair
**GoodReads author: Kelley Armstrong (times 2)
***GoodReads author: Sarah Dessen
Total Points:350
GoodReads author: 8
Big Books: 1
I have completed task 15.4 Fall Equinox by reading Forever and Od Magic, which clearly both have 7 characters in their names.I am also claiming a Big Book ticket for Forever, which is 600 pgs long.
TOTALS
Points: 55
Books: 5
Tasks: 4
Big Book Task Tickets = 6
5.2 The Play Must Go On. Read a play.I read "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare.
15.9 Coin Collector. I flipped 2 Do Its = Total of 300 pages.
I read "Somewhere Inside North Korea" by Lisa and Laura Ling. The book was 317 pages.
Total Challenges Completed: 4
Total Points: 45
Total books read: 4
Total pages: 1345
10.10 Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert which is being read by the group GoodReviews. It's a really fun group built for review contests. You should go check it out. 110 points
5.9 Comfort Read. I read You're a Good Mom by Jen Singer. Isn't the title self-explanatory? This was a very comforting book for me. Singer used humor to comfort us guilt-ridden mothers of toddlers. :) 115 points
I completed task 5.8 - Freedom to Read by readingLady Chatterley's Lover by by D.H. Lawrence
Total points = 90
Finished 20.6 "Seeing Yourself in the Title"- Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That and Go There by Mark Di Vincenzo. I used my middle name Nichole (not a lot of books have Js in their titles!) Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Finished 20.6 "Seeing Yourself in the Title"- Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon: A Guide to the Best Time to Buy This, Do That and Go There by Mark Di Vincenzo. I used my middle name Nichole (not a lot of books have Js in their titles!) Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Finished 10.1 - Short Stories - Winter's Desire: Winter Awakening\Midnight Whispers\Lover's DawnPoints: 320
Task 25.3 - Daylight SavingsA. "Falling Back"
Private Lifeby Jane Smiley
C. Short book (paperback has 285 pages)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Pages read this task: 605
Total Pages read to date:3,455
Points this task: 25
Points to date: 110
Task 30.7 - Good Spirits
Book older than me: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Published 1920
Book with a person smiling on the cover: Visits from the Afterlife by Sylvia Browne She's tiny up there in the left-hand corner, but she's definitely smiling.
Task points = 30
Total Challenge points = 315
Coralie25.3 Daylight savings
B – Book that features time travel Time Storm
C – Short book The Fountains of Paradise 247 pages
Total points 575
JASON10.1 SHORTER DAYS – Read a book of short stories, novellas, or essays.
Metatropolis by John Scalzi
** Goodreads Author John Scalzi
This task = 10 points
Total to Date = 30 points
RACHEL CA—Total pts, 170 (points since last post, 60)5.02 THE PLAY MUST GO ON
A Doll's House and Other Plays, Henrik Ibsen
5.10 NAME THAT CAR
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Fannie Flagg (BABY)
20.05 OPRAH’S ON!
Seven Viking Romances, Hermann Palsson, Paul Geoffrey Edwards (published 1986)
30.07 GOOD SPIRITS
A) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume (published 1972)
B) Dancing Shoes, Noel Streatfeild (Both Hilary and Rachel are smiling on the cover)
30.8 - Fall Back Into ReadingThe Lost Symbol by Dan Brown which was number 5 on the list in November 2009.
*Big Book - 508 pages*
Lord of the Flies by William Golding which was number 100 on the list in September 2000.
Total points to date 375
MASANOBU5.2 The Play Must Go On
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.
I got to see this on stage and it is so much better. It isn't as funny when you read it, but still a great play.
5.6 She's a Beauty
The Forger by Cioma Schönhaus. I actually read this edition:
5.7 Circle of Life
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin, who was born September 20, 1948.
5.8 Freedom to Read
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, #45 here.
5.9 Comfort Read
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
A children classic, maybe naïf, but it's nice to read something you know it's going to have a happy end from time to time. Quite comforting, I enjoyed it.
TOTAL POINTS: 5 * 5 = 25
Lauren CT15.5 Literature Map: I typed Stephenie Meyer and chose P.C. Cast. I read Goddess of the Rose, and will definitely be reading more!
20.2 Music Tells the Story: Beastly by Alex Flinn (304 pages). Very simple retelling of my absolute favorite muscial Beauty and the Beast!
20.9 Babies!: Baby Bonanza by Maureen Child
30.4 Mysteries and Animals:
A) The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts by Lilian Jackson Braun I have to say, I am glad I gave this series another chance. I liked this book a lot better than the last one!
B) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I have to say, I was slightly disappointed. I have to stop listening to all the hype before I read a book - it lets me down a lot.
TOTALS:
Total Points: 325
Total Tasks: 20
Total Pages: 9420
Total Books: 26
Total GR Authors: 7
Total Big Books: (4) 500+, (1) 750+
Joanne30.8 - 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.
I chose September for both 2009 and 2000.
For 2009 I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
For 2000 I read Holes by Louis Sachar
Points this Task: 30
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 6
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Stacey
25.2: As Her Debut
Part A: Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali.
Part B: This is Just Exactly Like You by Goodreads Author Drew Perry
New points: 25
Total points: 310
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 31
25.2: As Her Debut
Part A: Brick Lane: A Novel by Monica Ali.
Part B: This is Just Exactly Like You by Goodreads Author Drew Perry
New points: 25
Total points: 310
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 31
20.8- Pirate TalkI read The Millionaire She Marriedby Christine Rimmer.
Points for this task-20
Total Points- 410
Books Read- 32
Goodreads Authors-11
Total Pages Read- 10551
15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDEI got Europe- I read Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Jules Verne was born in France.
15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY
C- Read a book from Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
I read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
New Grand Total = 195
StesseTask 20.8 Nancy's Task (It's my birthday) - Pirate Talk
I read Whom Not to Marry: Time-Tested Advice from a Higher Authority by Father Pat Connor (229 pages).
Cute book, some good advice, especially since I got married this past summer. Structured around the well known Bible verse, "Love is Patient, Love is Kind...".
Points this Post: 20
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 1
Pages Read this Post: 229
Total Points: 275
Total Tasks Completed: 18
Total Books Read: 23
Total Pages Read: 8150
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
And, arrrr, ye be havin' a joyful belated birthday to Nancy!
TaniTask 30.4 - Cheryl TX's task - Mysteries and Animals
A. I read Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce, wherein the main character has significant interactions with a dog and many pigeons. (Tamora Pierce is also a Goodreads author.)
B. I read Monkey Man by Steve Brewer.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
5.7 - Author born in October - Nora Roberts - Savor the Moment20.1 - Find your self in the title - My middle name is Marie - The Angel Experiment
25.1 - Books 10 and 11 in a series: Ten Big Ones and Eleven on Top
Nicki STL
Task Points: 5,20,25
Total Points: 85
5.6 She's a beauty
by Nora RobertsPoints this task: 5
Total Points: 375
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 31
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
10.1 Shorter DaysSex in the City Paris
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson, Chris Cleave)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.4 Television taskI rolled a 6 and a 5
I read Crank by Ellen Hopkins because it is a story of a high school girl's downward spiral into drugs. Channel 6 was Glee.
I read My First Five Husbands..And the Ones Who Got Away by Rue McClanahan. Channel 5 was 77 Sunset Strip and so it needed a number in the title.
Total points: 110
Points this task: 25
Task 20.2 - Music tells the story
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden for the opera Madame Butterfly.
Task points = 20
Total challenge points = 335
15.9: Coin Collector!I flipped 1 Do It!, and 1 The Hell With It!
I read: The Passage which was a total of 769 pages!
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 35
MG15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
I got Europe. I read The Man Who Smiled from Sweden
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
The Time Machine
What Maisie Knew
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 285
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 22
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 10.8 - What A Way To Make A Living
I read 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching by Phillip Done, which is about a year out of his teaching career. (Great book, by the way. Highly recommended!)
Points this task: 10
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 16
Pages read: 4724
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 25.3 - Daylight Savings
I choose to do options A (read a historical fiction book) and B (read a book that features time travel). I read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore, which takes place in 1898 London, for part A. For part B, I read A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, which features tessering (or time travel).
Points this task: 25
Total point: 210
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5127
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Julie TN5.9 Comfort Read
The Organic Food Shopper's Guide
Total points to date: 95
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
total books read: 7
total tasks completed: 6
15.8 Is that an Eye..? Read Bill Peet: An Autobiography by Bill Peet about a cartoonist/illustrator for Disney.20.6 LDB's task - Read The Malacca Conspiracy by Don Brown. My name The MAlacca conspIracy... Tami
these tasks 35
Total Points 160
one more...15.2 Recommended...
I recommended The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins on the recommended list and liked it enough to add a vote for it as well.
points 15
total points 175
NICOLE VA5.5 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
I read Safe Haven (baseball term = safe).
Total points = 190
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10.9 Under the Covers - Flashlight Worthy
Stitches
Requirements: From the 10 Best Books of 2009 for Book Clubs list
Total points to date: 90
GR Author: 0
Big Books: 0
total books read: 6
total tasks completed: 5