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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Stacey
25.3 Daylight Savings:
Part A (historical period before I was born - I'm thinking prehistory counts!)
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel, a Big Book at 512 pages
Part D (most depressing)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
New points: 25
Total points: 430
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 36
25.3 Daylight Savings:
Part A (historical period before I was born - I'm thinking prehistory counts!)
The Valley of Horses by Jean M. Auel, a Big Book at 512 pages
Part D (most depressing)
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
New points: 25
Total points: 430
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 36
30.8 Fall Back Into Reading Read one book from the Top 150 Bestsellers list from Fall of 2009 and one from the Fall of 2000: Animal Farm by George Orwell (September 2000, #141)
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (a GR author) (September 2009, #123)
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 8
Total Books: 11
Goodreads Author: 3 (Alan Bradley, LeAnn Neal Reilly, and Cassandra Clare)
Big Book 500+: 1 (The Mermaid's Pendant)
Big Book 750+: 1 (Passage)
Big Book 1000+: 0
I'm LindseyMA and I completed:Task 20.2 (musicals) - I read The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.
Tasl 5.10 (an old favorite) - I read the latest Sookie Stackhouse novel Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris.
Task 10.4 (natural setting) - I read Peter Pan by JM Barrie.
New total: 105
5.7- Circle of LifeI read Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) by Richelle Mead. Richelle Mead was born in November.
Points for this task-5
Total Points- 500
Books Read- 39
Goodreads Authors-12
Total Pages Read- 12719
CHRISTINE UStask 30.8
2009: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
September
2000:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rawling
October
Big Book ticket for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Total Points:475
GoodReads author: 10
Big Books: 2
Readerboard name: LeoraTask: 30-5 Life Lessons
I rolled 3 and 6
3: Mind Your P's and Q's I read: Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner and Buzz Parker.
6: The Most Important Sex Organ is Your Brain:
Bosnia: Hope in the Ashes by David Manuel. I didn't reaqlly know very much about the war in Bosnia so I took this opportunity to read about it.
230 points
Task: 30.1 It's In The CardsI drew a 2 of Hearts and a 5 of Hearts, so I need two books published since 2000, one in an even year and one in an odd year.
I read A Novel Bookstore, which was published in 2010 and
Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall which was first published in 2007
New Points: 30
Total Points: 80
Readerboard Name: DIANE15.2 - RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Add one or more books that you recommend to the Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books, or vote for your favorites already listed, AND read a book from that list that someone else recommended.
I added The Poisonwood Bible and voted for a bunch of books added by other members. From this list I read
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. Garth Stein is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.
Total Points: 365/890
Tasks Completed: 24
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 32
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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Jennifer L.15.2 - Recommended Books - The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen which was #90 on the list when I chose it earlier in the month
I voted on quite a few (I've read 54 of the top 100 on the list) and my favourite would have to be To Kill a Mockingbird
Claming Goodreads Author ticket for Sarah Addison Allen
Total Challenge Points = 150
Readerboard Name: StacyCT15.10 - Second Chances
A.) Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies by Laura Esquivel
(fits task 10.2 - We Need a Drink)
B.) The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
Task Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 13
Total Points Earned: 190
Total Books Read: 17
Pages Read: 5866
GoodReads Authors: 6 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow; Kevin Roose; Richard Dawkins)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()
Tani10.5 - The First Estate
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle - The character I'm looking at here is David Hardy, a Catholic priest who is present throughout the book, a significant enough character to warrant a few sections from his POV.
My copy of this book has 560 pages, so that should give me one Big Books ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
wendy ma5.1 - Fall Colors
The leaves, they are a-changin'... Read a book with a title that includes a fall leaf color (yellows, oranges, browns, reds). (EXAMPLES: The Red Tent, The Scarlet Letter, The Gold Coast, A Clockwork Orange, Tangerine, etc.)
The Red Blazer Girls by Biel
5 points 480 total
wendy ma5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
Read a book by an author whose initials are found sequentially in the word THANKSGIVING (TH, HA, AN, NK, KS, SG, GI, IV, VI, IN, NG, GT).
Examples
TH - Thomas Harris
HA - Hans Christian Andersen
AN - Audrey Niffenegger
NK - Nicole Krauss
KS - Kathryn Stockett
SG - Sara Gruen
GI - Greg Iles
IV - Ian Vasquez
VI - Virginia Ironside
IN - Irene Nemirovsky
NG - Neil Gaiman
GT - Gayle Trent
Tony Hillerman The Skeleton Man
5 points
485 total
wendyma 15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY
Choose one book based on your solution to 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. What happened?
A) She fell off the ladder reaching for the classic leather bound books on the top shelf - Read a book from the Classics Library List
OR from Modern Classics
OR
B) Someone broke in, knocked her over and ran out the open door when they heard you come in. - Read a book from Best Crime and Mystery Books
OR
C) A heavy book fell off the shelf and hit her in the head. - Read a book from Big Fat Books Worth the Effort.
C. Quicksilver by Stephenson
15 Points
500 total
wendy ma25.4 - Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program
You are all settled in the recliner, remote in hand, for a night of television watching. It’s that much anticipated time of year, when old favorites return and new shows premiere. You scroll through the menu on your big, flat-screen HDTV, then press the remote to tune in to your show; but wait, the t.v. goes static, develops rabbit ears, and your rocker fully reclines and you flip over backwards in time until you reach 1960.
For this task, roll The Random Dice Generator to determine which t.v. channel you have tuned into. The first number represents the 2010 Fall T.V. Line-up and the second number represents the 1960 Fall T.V. Line-up. You must read the two books, which correspond to your television shows OR if your regularly scheduled show is interrupted, you may CHOOSE to read the exceptions to your programming.
2010 Fall T.V. Line-up
1. Hawaii Five-O
Read a book set in Hawaii.
2. How I Met Your Mother
Read a book where a mother is a main character.
3. Blue Bloods
Read a book with a police officer as a main character.
*****I read Naked in Death by Robb (Eve Dallas is a police officer in the year 2058)
4. The Vampire Diaries
Read a book with a paranormal character.
5. Mad Men
Read a book primarily set in the 1950’s or 60’s.
6. Glee
Read a book with a high school setting or musical main character.
1. The Flintstones
Read a book with bare feet or a dinosaur on the cover.
2. Gunsmoke
Read a book with a western cover or a kitty (cat) on the cover.
3. My Three Sons
Read a book with the word “son(s)” in the title or subtitle or a male name in the title.
4. The Andy Griffith Show
Read a book with any of the following on the cover: police car, police badge, fishing gear, bee, barbershop, gas station or jail cell.
5. 77 Sunset Strip
Read a book with a number in the title (actual #, written form or ordinal number).
6. The Bugs Bunny Show
Read a book with an animal in the title.
***** I read A Bull in China by Rogers
25 points
525 total
5.4 I'm glad my mother didn't name me...Help Yourself Move Out of Depression and Anxiety by Helga Rowe (author's name, Helga)
5.6 She's a Beauty
Fallen
by Lauren Kate**Lauren Kate is a Goodreads Author
5.8 Freedom to read
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling*
*Big book (500+)
5.10 Name that car
Leviathan #2: Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (Behemoth is a great name for a car)
10.9 Under the Covers
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
List: The Complete Harry Potter Series
15.6 One Hit Wonders
Crash into Me by Albert Borris
The only book to date by this author
25.2 As Her Debut
A) Darke Academy #1: Secret Lives by Gabriella Poole
B) Fallen #2: Torment by Lauren Kate*
Lauren Kate is a Goodreads Author
Points 250 + 70 = 320
5.5 Take Me Out to the Ball Game - Knock Out
by Catherine Coulter20.3 Feminist Literature -
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
I chose this book from the list of suggested feminist literature...it was excellent!
Points this post: 25
Totals to Date:
150/890 points
Tasks Completed: 10/53
Books Read: 16
Books by Goodreads authors: 1
Big Books: 0(500+), 1(750+), 0(1000+)
10.2 We Need a Drink I read Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
It was a really good book had me laughing out loud a few times :)
Points for this task :10
Total points: 210
I completed task 15.8 - IS THAT AN EYE UNDERNEATH THAT NOSE? by reading:The Women by T.C. Boyle
(Frank Lloyd Wright - architect)
Total points = 105
20.9 Lindsey KY’s Task (Lucky Me) – Babies!The Baby Trail
Points: 20
Total Points: 440
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 36
Pages: 11,584
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Kate.x.I have just finished task 20.6 See yourself in the title. My name is Kate and I read "a KEpT womAn" by Louise Bagshawe.
I actually found this task really hard and i'm so glad I finally found a book to complete it. I bet I see lots of books now i've finished it!
Total points = 220.
Task 15.2 Recommended BooksFrom the recommended list I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
I added/voted 5 books to the list including:
Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding
Favourite book I added was
It by Stephen King
Points this task:15
Total Points:360
Tasks Completed:22
Books Read:29
Total Goodreads Authors:3
Total Big Book Tickets:3
Readerboard name: LeoraTask: 5:1 Fall Colors
I read: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanetter Winterson
235 points total.
5.10- Name That CarAnnie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, A Pregnant Teenager
Points: 5
Total Points: 445
Tasks Completed: 26
Books Read: 37
Pages: 11,815
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I completed Task 15.6 (One Hit Wonder) by reading Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell. This is his debut novel and only published work so far. This book kind of took me by surprise. I wasn't expecting a can't-wait-to-see-what-happens-next book. It's humerous, grisly, detailed, sad, suspenseful, hopeful.
A medical suspense story, told in 2 paralled story lines (past & present), about a Hit Man for the Mob turned Dr through the Witness Protection Program.
New points: 210
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 10.7 City of Lights
Task 30.4 I got a 1 and a 4
#1 Read a Fantasy Book. I read
#4 Read a book with an average rating of at least 4.1 I read
It's average rating is 4.46
Total Points: 265 Points
Task 10.7 City of Lights
Task 30.4 I got a 1 and a 4
#1 Read a Fantasy Book. I read
#4 Read a book with an average rating of at least 4.1 I read
It's average rating is 4.46
Total Points: 265 Points
BJ Rose2 new tasks
#10.4 Leaving Civilization Behind: takes place in the wilderness/mountains
Only His by Elizabeth Lowell
#20.6 Seeing Yourself in a Title - middle name is Joan
The unknOwN AJax by Georgette Heyer
Total Points = 540
Tasks Completed = 35
Total Pages = 14,454
GoodReads Authors = 12
Stacey
10.6: In the Pink
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
New points: 10
Total points: 440
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 37
10.6: In the Pink
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
New points: 10
Total points: 440
Tasks Completed: 27
Books Read: 37
Laura FL15.6 - ONE-HIT WONDERS
One-hit Wonder Day is Sept. 25 – Read a book that was the only book of its type by the author (a foray into science fiction by a mystery writer, an adult book by someone who normally writes children's books, a fiction book by someone whose other books are nonfiction, etc.), or the only book the author has published to date.
I read
by Mira Bartok - it is the first book she has published for adults. Mira Bartok is also a "Goodreads Author."Task Total: 15 points
Challenge Total: 115 points
Paul aka Metshaft.I haven’t posted in a while. Seems most of the books I’ve been ready have been part of a multiple book task.
Task 20.1 Invisible by Paul Auster was reviewed in the Jan/Feb 2010 edition. I agree with the review in that I also gave the book 4 stars and I agree that the author’s literary style did detract from the story in the early sections of the book. Personally speaking I think it got increasingly better for the last two thirds of the book and I genuinely enjoyed reading it.
New points claimed: 20
Points to date: 85
5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.GRead Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger who is also a goodreads author. Not that it matters but I also read Three Incestuous Sisters and The Night Book Mobile by her. They're both "visual novels" and sort of like picture books so I didn't want to claim them somewhere else but just thought I'd mention it on here.
Pages for this task:404 (not counting the other 2)
Total Pages read:3629
GR Authors:2
Points for this task:5
Total Points:125
30.1 Card Draw (read 2)8 of diamonds (best seller published in an even numbered year)
J is for Judgment from the USA 1994 best seller list
8 of clubs (Goodreads author published in an even numbered year)
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
Points for this post - 30
Total points - 135
Total Goodreads authors - 2
10.9 Under the CoversMy Life in France from the Flashlight Worthy list "The Best Books about Love...that Your Book Club Probably Hasn't Read
Definitely flashlight worthy! I'm so glad I read it. Without the challenge it would have just gathered dust for another year before I read it.
30.8 Top 150 for 2009 and 2000
September 2009 - The Princess and the Pea
November 2000 - O is for Outlaw
10.2 We Need a Drink
Silenced by Syrah - Goodreads author
Points this post - 50
Total points - 185
Goodreads authors this post - 1
Total Goodreads authors - 3
10.6 IN THE PINK
by Sarah Strohmeyer20.6 SEEING YOURSELF IN A TITLE
Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict: A Novel by Laurie Viera Rigler
The name spelled using letters in the title - Jenger
20.5 OPRAH'S ON! (book published in 1986 or 1987)
Death on Demand by Carolyn G. Hart, published in 1987
Points this post - 50
Total points - 235
Tani20.1 - Bookmarks Magazine
I read Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron by Jasper Fforde, which was reviewed in the March/April 2010 edition of Bookmarks.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 8
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Books:
The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami .
, JK Rowling.Task: 25.4 - Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program
I rolled a 4, and read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for a book with a paranormal character. Rolled a 2, and read The Wind Up Bird Chronicle for a book with a kitty on the cover.
Points for this task: 25
Total Points: 60
Tasks completed: 5
Big Book Ticket Claim: The Wind Up Bird Chronicle for 500+ pages
GR Authors: (0)
Big Books: 500+ (1),750+(0), 1000+(0)
Mod
I read Reading Lolita in Tehran
25.2 - Leigh Ann's task - AS HER DEBUT...
A. Pick any author and read (or reread) their debut novel
I read Maid Marian, the first published novel by Elsa Watson
AND
B. Pick an author who published their debut novel (fiction) in 2010 and read it.
I read The Insider by Reece Hirsch. His debut novel, published in 2010. I won this from Goodreads right around the beginning of the fall challenge, so it was great to have a task that it fit!
Total to date: 340
10.1 Shorter DaysI read Just After Sunset by Stephen King
My strategy with this one was to read a short story between each book I read, I didn't always do it but now I've finally gotten through all the short stories!
20.6 Seeing Yourself in a Title
For this task I read The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
I went the easy route and read a book with my last name in it "Bridges"
Points this post: 30
Total points: 240
Stacey
20.4 The Plotline Thickens
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
New points: 20
Total points: 460
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 38
20.4 The Plotline Thickens
Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
New points: 20
Total points: 460
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 38
30.2 Ins and OutsA) Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
B) The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar by Robert Alexander
Total points: 140
Points this task: 30
10.1 Shorter DaysListening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project by Dave Isay
A collection of stories from various people.
Task Points = 10
Grand Total = 240
30.5 Life Lessons3. Mind your P's and Q's
Wizard and Glass by StePhen King
6. The Most Important Sex Organ is the Brain
Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health
I thought I knew about fertility before reading this book, but since my soon-to-be-husband and I will be trying to start a family soon I thought I should brush up, and I thought I should learn how to chart since that's something I had never attempted to do at all. I learned so much about a topic it turns out I didn't know much about.
***I'd like to claim a Big Books ticket for Wizard and Glass, which in my edition was 718 pages***
Total pages in book(s): 1,192
Total Challenges Completed: 6
Total Books Read: 9
Total Pages Read: 2867
Big Book Tickets: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Points: 75
ERIN C.15.6 One Hit Wonders
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
This was Oscar Wilde's only novel.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 28
Pages Read: 10,376
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Coralie5.9 Comfort Read
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
10.8 What a Way to Make a Living
My Turn to Make the Tea
Total points 630
10.2 (beverage in title) Breathing Water: A Bangkok Thriller by Timothy Hallinan. I liked this one a lot and will be reading more by him.10.5 (religious figure) The Devil's Disciples by Susanna Gregory. The main character is a monk who solves mysteries in the 1400s (or thereabouts--a long time ago). This is the 14th in the series and they are pretty good if someone is looking to read the 9th and 10th--I can't specifically recommend those becasue I've now read the 1st and the 14th (what my library had on hand), but at some point, I'll probably go back and read the rest of the series as well.
That gives me:
Points: 130
Books Read: 11
Challenges Completed: 10
Pages Read: 3733
5.9 - Comfort ReadThe Charming Quirks of Others: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel by Alexander McCall Smith *Goodreads Author*
Total points to date 430
I find Alexander McCall Smith a perfect Comfort Read author. His books are beautifully written, kind and amusing. His characters are engaging, and, through their thoughts, conversations and actions, we are encouraged to reflect on human nature and relationships. I was reluctant to reach the end of this book because I was so involved in it(involved with the characters rather than the story) but I finished it with a great sense of satisfaction, and much comforted!
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I completed task 10.10 Group Hug by reading "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan. The YA Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Club is reading this book for the September/October read.
Tasks Completed 7/53
Books Read 8/71
Goodread Authors: 2 Rachel Simmons, Cassandra Clare
Big Books 500+ 1
Grand Total: 85/980