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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Ok, this is my first post since I joined late. I hope I got all the info. Here is everything I've read since Sept.5 Point Tasks
5.10 Name That Car: Homer's Odyssey: a Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat by Gwen Cooper - I chose this since I drive a Honda Odyssey and I liked the play on words.
10 Point Tasks
10.4 Leaving Civilization: A False Dawn by Tom Lowe - set in the Florida Everglades
15 Point Tasks
15.1 New Horizons (shelf: treasure-hunting:) The Last Ember by Daniel Levin - didn't like the book at all but have read one or two similar ones I have liked so I may try another.
15.2 Recommended Books: Darkborn by Alison Sinclair
15.3 Continental Divide (Asia): Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling
15.6 One Hit Wonders: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
20 Point Tasks
20.1 Bookmarks: (Jan/Feb issue) The Help by Kathryn Stockett
20.3 Feminist: Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs by Elissa Wall
20.4 Plot Line: The Rivers Run Dry by Sibella Giorello
20.6 Title/Name: (name used-Lahni) Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter by Lisa Patton
20.10 Group Read: The Passage by Justin Cronin
30 Point Tasks
30.1 Cards: (Q heart): The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
(9 clubs): Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 12
Total Pages:
Total Books: 13
GR Authors: 4 - Helen Simonson, Kathryn Stockett, Sibella Giorello, Tatiana de Rosnay
Big Book: 500+:
750+: The Passage
30.5 Life LessonsI rolled a 3 and a 6:
#3-Mind Your P's and Q's - The Widows of Eastwickby John Updike
#6-The Most Important Sex Organ is the Brain -
Fear of Wine: An Introductory Guide to the Grape by Leslie Brenner
Points this Task 30 points
Pages read this task - 628 pages
Points earned to date - 170
Pages read to date - 4,703
10.10 Group HugTwenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Name of the group: Chick Lit Book Club
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 5
Total Books: 6
Total Pages: 2323
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Janice CA15.5 Literature Map....
I felt like reading something dark and intense, so I entered Irvine Welsh. From the results I read:
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
5 stars
This was an awesome match. The book was one of the most atmospheric I have ever read. I felt like all five of my senses were engaged while reading about the characters' American dreams turning into nightmares due to drug dependency, loneliness, and apathy. Amazing movie too.
+15
total: 140
tasks: 9
books: 10
GR Authors: 1
25.4 - Stay TunedI rolled a 2 - a book where a mother is a main character, and a 3 - a book with the word son in the title
2: Black Ship: A Daisy Dalrymple Murder Mystery by Carola Dunn
Daisy Dalrymple interferes in her detective husband's investigations. In this book she has recently become the mother of twins.
3: Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens *Big Book x 3* 1004 pages.
Total points to date 455
Task 20.10 Group reads I read C Suspense The Passage
posted comment on discussion board post 17
Total points 80
Big Book points to claim as book was 766 pages
Stacey
5.4 I'm Glad My Mother didn't name me...
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel, a big book at 656 pages, with a main character named Ayla, a name I would not want.
New points: 5
Total points: 465
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 39
5.4 I'm Glad My Mother didn't name me...
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel, a big book at 656 pages, with a main character named Ayla, a name I would not want.
New points: 5
Total points: 465
Tasks Completed: 29
Books Read: 39
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5.10- Name That Car
Goddess of the Sea - PC Cast - I would name a car Goddess because it can be gorgeous and yet tempremental at the same time
10.9 UNDER THE COVERS
Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict - Laurie Viera Rigler (GR Author)
This book came off the books for serious Jane Austen fans list - not my normal thing, but it is a book that i've had sitting on my shelf for a while. It was good, but I wouldn't necessarily call it flashlight worthy. I was intrigued enough to consider getting the second one by the same author though
15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
The Story of Danny Dunn (Australia) (Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages - book is 616)
15.6 - ONE-HIT WONDERS
The School of Essential Ingredients - Erica Bauermeister (GR Author)
15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Big Fat Books Worth Reading List #169 as of 22 Oct) - (Big Book Ticket - 750+ pages - book is 980 pages)
20.2 Karen GHHS’s Task (Rookie on Top) – Music Tells the Story
Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of The Phantom of The Opera - Colette Gale (GR Author)
I have lots of favorite musicals, one of which is the Phantom of the Opera - this is a re-telling of it in an erotic romance form.
20.5 Liz Vegas’s Task (Bigger is Better) - OPRAH'S ON!
Years - 1986
Total Points This Post: 100
Total Points in Challenge: 790
Books Read: 62
Tasks Completed: 48
GR Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets: 500+(5); 750+(2); 1000+(0)
Previous Tasks Completed:
5.1; 5.2; 5.4; 5.5; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.10
15.1; 15.2; 15.4; 15.5; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.3; 20.4; 20.6; 20.8; 20.9
25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.4
30.1; 30.2; 30.3; 30.4; 30.5; 30.6; 30.7; 30.8
BJ Rose2 new tasks
#10.1 - Read a book of Short Stories:
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
if you like stories about magic and the Fae, this is a good book for you!
#30.8 - Fall Back into Reading
Bestsellers list from Sept. 2009: All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
Bestsellers list from Sept. 2000: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Big Book (500+) at 734 pp: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Total Points = 580
Tasks Completed = 37
Total Pages = 15,746
GoodReads Authors = 12
Big Books: (500+)=1
20.8 - Pirate Talk
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 3798
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 3798
I'm LindseyMA and I finished a few tasks I've been working on for a while. 30.8 (USA Today's Top 150) - For November 2009, I read Push by Sapphire AND for September 2000, I read The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Both books were really hard to read, not for the level of wrting, but for the content.
30.5 (Roll the dice) - I got a 1 and a 3, so for 1(read a fantasy novel), I read Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris and for 3(Ps and Qs), I read The White Queen by Phillipa Gregory.
5.4 (Horrible names) - ]I read What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire. The main female character is Dinah, which just sounds like how I say "diner" and just seems like a stupid name and the tooth fairy's name is "What the Dickens".
New total: 170
Kate C.Finished 20.1 - Bookmarks Magazine
Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls which was reviewed in the Jan/Feb issue
Total Points: 175
I would like to move Shiver from task 5.7 to task 25.225.2 - Leigh Ann's task
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater - This is
Maggie Stiefvater's first novel. She is a Goodreads Author but this book is being transfered from 5.7 so no change to that needs to be made.
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting. This is Kimberly Derting's first book and it was published in 2010. Kimberly Derting is a Goodreads Author and I would like to claim a ticket for her.
Total Points To Date: 505
(was 485 - 5 + 25)
15.10 Second ChancesPart A: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void - also fit task 30.5 part 6
Part B: One Day
Points this task: 15
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 6
Goodreads author: 1
Pages: 2,337/25,487
25.4 - Lisa MD's Task4 - Paranormal Character - Kiss Of Death by Rachel Caine
3 - Male Name - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. This book was 554 pages so I would like to claim a Big Book Ticket.
Total Points To Date: 530
15.4-Fall EquinoxMy two books with the same number of characters in their titles were:
Life Is a Dream by Calderon
and
A Doll's House by Ibsen
Total pages in book(s): 245
Total Challenges Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 11
Total Pages Read: 3112
Big Book Tickets: 2
GoodReads Authors: 0
Total Points: 90
Finished:10.10 Group Hug:
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, which was the September pick for The Next Best Book Club--I had to wait for it to come in from the library. A very entertaining read.
Today's Total: 10
Grand Total: 720
Carly30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTS
A. Exterior -- I read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.
B. Interior -- I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 11
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 13
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 4285
CHRISTINE USTask 10.2 Drink
Whiskey Sour by J.A. Konrath
Task 15.4 Fall Equinox
Star Island by Carl Hiassen
Hokus Pokus (Sisterhood, #9) by Fern Michaels
Both titles have 10 letters
Task 15.5 Literature Map
The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie
I entered Nora Roberts, and I'd read something by her again
***J.A. Konrath is a GoodReads author***
Total Points:515
GoodReads author: 11
Big Books: 2
Readerboard Name: StacyCT10.2 - We Need a Drink
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Greg Mortenson is a Goodreads author.
Task Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 14
Total Points Earned: 200
Total Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 6204
GoodReads Authors: 7 (John Elder Robison; Margaret Atwood; Matt Beynon Rees; Heidi Durrow; Kevin Roose; Richard Dawkins; Greg Mortenson)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()
Stacey
10.8: What a way to make a living
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
New points: 10
Total points: 475
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 40
10.8: What a way to make a living
The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food by Judith Jones
New points: 10
Total points: 475
Tasks Completed: 30
Books Read: 40
Mod
I read Mapping the World of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Exploration of the Bestselling Fantasy Series of All Time.
Interesting group of essays by various fantasy/sci fi writers about a whole range of topics involving the HP books. I think the one that surprised the most was the one about the large amount of erotic fan fiction about Snape!
Total points: 370
5.7 - Circle of LifeV for Vendetta - Alan Moore 11/18/53
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tasks complete - 3
total books - 3
total points - 15
30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTSA. A Window to the World
B. The Summer Kitchen
**Lisa Wingate is a Goodreads author**
Points: 30
Total Points: 490
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 40
Pages: 12,900
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.9 - BABIES!Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
Doom with a View by Victoria Laurie
and
L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
both have 13 characters in the title
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 270
15.5 Literature map Artemis Fowl (put in J.K. Rowling and got Eoin Coffer)
30.3 Shipwrecked
A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory
and
Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books: 16
GR Authors: 4 - Helen Simonson, Kathryn Stockett, Sibella Giorello, Tatiana de Rosnay
Big Book: 500+:
750+: The Passage
25.2 Leigh Ann's task - AS HER DEBUT... A.Chloe Does Yale – Natalie Krinsky
B.Simply from Scratch: Alicia Bassette
Total:115
Mod
15.5 Lit Map
I used the Lit Map last year with CJ Box to find Craig Johnson. This time I used Craig Johnson to find P.J. Tracy. Box to Johnson was a great suggestion, Johnson to Tracy was a bit of a stretch
Monkeewrench by P.J. Tracy
25.1 The Story Continues
A. Cold in Hand by John Harvey Charles Resnick #11
B. Turn Coat by Jim Butcher The Dresden Files #11
Total 785
20.6 Seeing Yourself in a Title Using "Rachel"
Marcelo In The Real World
Points this task: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 7
Goodreads author: 1
Pages: 2,657/25,487
Kate C.Finished 30.8 - Fall Back into Reading
October and November 2000 Lists: The Lost Boy: A Foster Child's Search for the Love of a Family by Dave Pelzer
September 2009 List: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Total Points: 205
Joy MarieFinished 10.9 - Under the Covers
From the Flashlight Worthy List - Vampire Novels to Sink Your Teeth Into
Read: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson
This book was definitely Flashlight Worthy! I stayed up all night reading just so I could find out what happened next.
Total Points: 55
Elizabeth NC5.4 (glad my mom didn't name me) The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate byJacqueline Kelly I really liked the book, but I'm glad I'm not named Calpurnia or Jacqueline.
25.2 (debuts) Hello Kitty Must Die by Angela S. Choi and The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom both are debut books and both were first published in 2010. Very different books. I liked both of them, but would highly recommend Kitchen House.
That gives me:
Points: 160
Books Read: 14
Challenges Completed: 12
Pages Read: 4707
5.1 - Fall ColorsThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender - 293 pages
20.3 - Feminist Literature
Both of these are from the suggested list.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (read from The Works of Henrik Ibsen) - 50 pages (based on a paperback version of the book)
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Claire Perkins Gilman - 70 pages
Total pages in book(s): 413
Total Tasks Completed: 16
Total Books Read: 21
Total Pages Read: 6268
Total Points: 230
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 5
I completed Task 20.2 (Music Tells The Story) by reading Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak for the musical Fiddler On The Roof. I used Option C for this task as both stories take place in Revolutionary Russia.
I loved this book. It wasn't always easy to read and certainly wasn't the love story I expected to find between the pages. It was a greater love story than that: the love of a man for his country. Brilliantly told. Pasternak was way ahead of his time and I can understand why the Regime of his time did not want the book published.
BIG BOOK Ticket, please. This book has 592 pages.
New points: 230
wendyma30.6 - KIRI's task: KIRI's task: Exploration & High Adventure
It's Fall, time to return from our summer travels and lazy days, but we don't have to give it all up. In honor of GIS Day (the 3rd Wednesday of November!) Read two books of non-fiction that travel the world exploring the boundaries of existence. This page might help you. Explorers
A. Read one book focusing on an unexplored destination with the potential of a life-threatening situation -- Ex. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Books for task A should have an element of a life-threatening situation. In other words, you are on own your own and if you can't figure out how to survive, you won't.
A. A Long Way Gone by Beah Beah is a teen who must travel 350 miles to safety in Africa traveling through forests where he has never been before. Soldiers try to kill him.
B. Read about an explorer, navigator, discoverer, adventurer, or journeyer you've never heard of (or read) of before.
While people may think these are extreme (i.e. they'd never want to do it), they lack the life and death situations the books in A do.
B. Escape from the Deep by Kershaw (WWII submarine Captain and crew)
30 points
615 total
25.4 - Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program2010 Fall Line-Up – rolled a six (Glee). Read a book set in High School or w/a musical main character. I read:
Good Things I Wish You: A Novel by: A. Manette Ansay.
1960 Fall Line-Up - rolled a five (Hawaii Five-O). Read a book w/a number in the title. Read:
Lean Mean Thirteen by: Janet Evanovich
Task Points: 25
Completed Tasks: 5
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 8
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
5.9 - Comfort ReadRead: Twelve Sharp by: Janet Evanovich.
I've been slowly making my way through this series for about two years now. It's always fun to revisit the characters, so for me it is an ultimate comfort read.
Task Points: 5
Completed Tasks: 6
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
25.2 - As Her DebutDebut Novel - The Help by Kathryn Stockett (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
2010 Debut Novel - Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (GOODREADS AUTHOR)
Total Points: 135
5.8 FREEDOM TO READ - Beach Music by Pat Conroy**BIG BOOK - 784 pages**
15.4 FALL EQUINOX - - 2 Books with same number of characters in title (9 letters)
a. Moon Women by Pamela Duncan
b.Blood Sins (Blood, #2) by Kay Hooper
20.2 MUSIC TELLS THE STORY -
Phantom by Susan Kay
**Big Book Ticket - 544 pages**
20.3 FEMINIST LITERATURE - Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
20.5 OPRAH'S ON - The Devils Punchbowl by Greg Iles Originally published in 1986
**Big Book Ticket - 550 pages**
20.8 PIRATE TALK - The Warrior by Sharon Sala
**Goodreads Author**
20.9 BABIES! - Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
**Big Book Ticket 512 pages**
30.2 INS AND OUTS -
a.Exterior of house - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
b.Interior of house - Kitchen Coach Family Meals: Stress-Free Recipes to Cook For and With Your Family by Jennifer Bushman
Points: 150
Tasks: 8
Books: 10
Pages: 4437
GR Authors: 4
Big Books:
500+: 3
750+ 1
Total Points: 590
Total Tasks: 37
Total Books: 48
Total Pages: 19088
GR Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets:
500+: 9
750+: 1
5.7 - Circle of LifeThe Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderley by Alan Garner
Alan Garner was born October 17, my own birthday!
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 125
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 9
Pages Read: 3038
ILOVEBAKEDGOODSTask #20.10 Group Reads
Book Title: Mockingjay , by Suzanne Collins
Points this Task: 20
Total Points to Date: 80
Coralie15.4 Fall Equinox
Gilgamesh and Strangers – both have 9 characters
20.3 Feminist Literature
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Total points 665
Elizabeth NC20.9 (baby in title) One for My Baby: A Novel by Tony Parsons
That gives me:
Points: 180
Books Read: 15
Challenges Completed: 13
Pages Read: 4052
Kate.x. I finished task 5.3 Thanksgiving, I read "The Logic of Life" by Tim Harford (TH).
Total points = 230
I finished task 20.3 El’s Task (Best Review Contest) – Feminist Literature.The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Total points = 170
DeeDee
30.5 - Ms. Anderson and Tanja's Task: LIFE LESSONS
Roll a die twice, once for each book: I rolled a 1 and a 3.
1. Don’t Feed the Trolls: Read a fantasy novel or a book featuring a mythical or supernatural creature.
Discord's Apple (2010) by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 299 pages) 2*
Characters in this book include the Greek gods Apollo and Hera.
3. Mind Your P’s and Q’s: Read a book where the author has a P or Q in his or her name.
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Big Horn (2010) by Nathaniel Philbrick (Hardcover, 496 pages) 3*
Author's last name starts with P.
Carrie Vaughn is a Goodreads Author
150 + 30 = 180
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 180/890
Books read: 13
Pages Read: 4926
Read but not claimed: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4
(Goodreads Author) Chris Cleave (#20.10)
(Goodreads Author) Jamie Ford (#20.8)
(Goodreads Author) John Joseph Adams (#20.6)
(Goodreads Author) Carrie Vaughn (#30.5)
Big Books:
500 +
688 pages: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010) by Gardner R. Dozois (#10.1)
Judith NY15.4 - Fall Equinox - Two books with the same number of characters in the titles. I used these two books because they have 16 characters in their titles.
The Diamond Throne
The Graveyard Book
Total for this task - 15
Total for the challenge - 55
10.9 The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner shelf-books that make you rethink happiness15.4 Message from Nam by Danielle Steel and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle both have 14 characters
15.9 The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson 304 pages I rolled two heads
20.4 The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White I love the "Camelot", dragin, wizard theme
25.3 C-Godmother:The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon pages 273
d-Bridge to Terabithia by katherine Paterson not that depressing, but sad that a child dies
30.1 rolled a 3 of diamonds-The Amber Room by Steve Berry published in 2003 The Book Sense Beach Book Best Seller list
rolled an Ace of hearts-Fablehaven by Brandon Mull first of the 5 book series and published in 2006
30.8 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins-Oct.2009 #92 on list
Journey by Danielle Steel-Nov 2000 #6 on the list
Total points- 235
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