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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
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#10.6 Read a book with a pink cover:
The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
**Heather Gudenkauf is a GoodReads Author**
#30.4 Cheryl's Task: Mysteries and Animals
A. Animal plays a main part as a detective sidekick/pet - Jessica Popper is a veterinarian who does amateur sleuthing with her two canine sidekicks Lou & Max
Dead Canaries Don't Sing by Cynthia Baxter
B. Animal besides a dog or cat in title:
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters
Total Points = 680
Tasks Completed = 43
Total Pages = 19,166
GoodReads Authors = 13
Big Books: {500+) = 3
10.7 City LightsCity of Bones by *Goodreads author Cassandra Clare*
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 550
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 46
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
10.1 -- Shorter Days Out of this World by J.D. Robb and others
Total Points: 365/890
Tasks Completed: 20/53
Tasks in Progress: 30.6
Books Read: 28
Books by Goodreads authors: 2 (Kathy Carmichael, Rebecca Skloot)
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
15.4 -- Fall EquinoxTwo titles with the same number of letters:
Still Life by Louise Penny and
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Tasks Complete: 5
Total Points: 65
25.3 -- Sandy's Task as suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings2 Books from 2 Different Categories.
I chose:
[A] Historical Fiction by reading Scandal's Bride by Stephanie Laurens which takes place in the 1800s.
and
[D] Most Depressing: In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote. This book was depressing, for sure, but I certainly don't think is was the MOST depressing book of all time. Truman's matter of fact delivery of the story keeps it from bogging down into depression. Also, he writes the end as a kind of vengeant hope.
Tasks Complete: 6
Total Points: 90
Michelle WI10.9 Flashlight Worthy - I read a book from the list All in the Family: 8 Families in Fiction and Memoir
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - 4 stars and yes, I do consider it flashlight worthy as I found myself staying up way too late to see what would happen next to this crazy family
25.4 Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program - I rolled 2 and 2
2010 Fall T.V. Line Up
2. How I Met Your Mother - read a book with a mother as the main character
The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow - 3 stars
1960 Fall T.V. Line Up
2. Gunsmoke - read a book with a western cover or kitty cat
The Gunslinger by Stephen King (this book was accepted on the tasks help thread as a western cover) - 4 stars
***Sally Koslow is a Goodreads author***
Points This Task 35
Total Points 290
Tasks Completed 16
Total Big Book Tickets 0
Total Goodreads Authors 7
50.1 Emily ID’s task: Semper Fi A. I rolled a 4 (World War II) and read A Distant Melody
** Sarah Sundin is a Goodreads Author**
B. I rolled a 6 (Marine) and read The Marine's Baby
C. I rolled a 1 (Danger) and read Up Close and Dangerous
Points: 50
Total Points: 670
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 54
Pages: 17,085
Goodreads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Amy W10.1 Shorter Days
I read a book of essays: The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs by Denise Brodey.
Total Points This Post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 205
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Chris FL20.10 Little Bee
30.8
Sept 2009
Catching Fire
Oct 2000
On Writing: Stephen King
BLUEMOON10.3 - FREEDOM - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which was approved in the help thread. (5*)
10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE - The Christmas Night Murder. This book is about an ex nun. In this book she goes back to the convent to celebrate Christmas and ends up staying to solve a mystery about a missing priest. There are also several nuns who play a major role in the story (4*).
10.6 - IN THE PINK -
(3*)10.10 - GROUP HUG - The Confessions of Catherine de Medici which was being read by A History of Royals group for Sept/Oct. (4*)
15.9 - COIN FLIP - I flipped 2 DO IT so read a book with 300 pages The Queen's Handmaiden with 336 pages. (4*)
25.3 - DAYLIGHT SAVINGS - For historical fiction I read The Red Queen which I did not like as much as The White Queen. (3*). And for a short book I chose Ghost Of A Chance (4*).
30.6 - EXPLORATION - Across the Plains in the Donner Party this was written using first hand accounts of 2 members of The Donner Party. The description of the book is not correct on goodreads. It is about coming across the plains and that winter in the pass. There is not alot of gory details about the cannabalism but the girl in the story was only 12 years old. (3*) For the second part I read A Life on the Road by Charles Kuralt. It started with his youth and how he used to travel around with his father. Then about his journalism career and his travels around the world for CBS. It was approved in the help thread (4*).
GOODREADS AUTHORS - C.W. Gortner, Jennifer Ashley, Jayne Ann Krentz.
BIG BOOKS - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 870 pages.
This will bring my total to 470 points.
Kelly G.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.
Read: Her Fearful Symmetry by: Audrey Niffenegger from October 15 2009 bestseller list. AND Shopgirl by: Steve Martin from October 2000 bestseller list.
Total Points this task: 30
Completed Tasks: 7
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 11
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)
Stacey
5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G.
The Elvenbane by Andre Norton, a Big Book at 576 pages.
New points: 5
Total points: 555
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G.
The Elvenbane by Andre Norton, a Big Book at 576 pages.
New points: 5
Total points: 555
Tasks Completed: 36
Books Read: 46
ReaderBoard Name: LeoraTask: 10-2 We Need A Drink.
I read: Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott
Total Points: 265
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 25.2 As Her Debut
A) Debut Novel
B) Debut Novel in 2010
Total Points: 450 Points
Task 25.2 As Her Debut
A) Debut Novel
B) Debut Novel in 2010
Total Points: 450 Points
OOps, sorry! London Fields was written by Martin Amis
20.10 - Group ReadsThe Other Hand by Chris Cleave *Goodreads Author*
Post 40 in the discussion thread.
Total points to date 560
15.6 - One-hit WondersI read Saving Ceecee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. This is the only book she has written so far.
Also, Beth Hoffman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 160
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
20.4 The love movies and TV shows that explore relationships between parents and their children. Some of my favorite movies are Terms of Endearment and Prince of Tides. Some of my favorite current TV shows are Parenthood (I also loved the movie) and Brothers and Sisters. For this challenge I read Father of the Rain by Lily King which explores the relationship between a father and daughter. **Lily King is a Goodreads author**Tasks completed - 9
Books Read - 12
Total Points - 180 Points
15.8 - Is that an Eye Underneath that NoseThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Total points to date 575
I may yet finish! Yay! Completed a bunch of the two-book tasks I'd started, plus read a few singles at work this past week (gogo study hall).---
15.5 Literature Map
24 Hours
I put in "Jay Asher" and came up with Margaret Mahy, who I had never heard of. Not a bad book, but not as good as Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why.
20.4 The Plot Line Thickens
Ellen Foster
I like all sorts of movies, but one type I like is where the protagonist has to deal with situations that get worse and worse, but in the end everything turns out okay--which is what happens in this book.
20.5 Oprah's On!
Izzy, Willy-Nilly
This book was first published in 1986.
25.2 As Her Debut...
A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend (debut novel) Nevermore (debut novel, 2010)
Actually, these books could be switched--they're both debuts that were published this year. However, Nevermore is the better of the two. I'm so glad Creagh is writing a sequel!
30.3 Shipwrecked!
Ender's Game and The Positronic Man
Since I doubt I'd actually last long if I were shipwrecked on a deserted island (being pyrophobic means I'd probably be eaten and/or freeze to death the first night), I'd want to have two of the three books I read every year with me. Each time I read them, I pick up on something new, and my understanding of the books has changed in the fifteen or so years since I first read them.
50.1 Semper Fi
Chains (rolled 1: Revolutionary War), Casino Royale (rolled 3: Special Forces), and Above All, Honor (rolled 6: Honor)
Chains takes place during the Revolutionary War, and the protagonist is a slave who spies on her Tory owners for the Patriot cause. James Bond was allowed for special forces in the help thread (posts 3 and 24), but I didn't like Casino Royale as much as I liked the Bond short stories I've read. Above All, Honor was just boring...even the "steamy bits" didn't steam as much as dribble lukewarmly.
Total: 160 + 620 (from earlier) = 780 points
ERIN C.20.8 Pirate Talk
The Five Greatest Warriors by Matthew Reilly
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 31
Books Read: 35
Pages Read: 13,166
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Ashley FLTask 10.2 (We need a drink) I read Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain. The drink "Sweetheart" is coconut rum, Triple Sec, and Peach Schnapps.
Task 10.5 (The First Estate) I read The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mystery by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple's host is a Vicar)
Task 10.10 (Group Hug) The JD Robb Group is reading Indulgence in Death (In Death, #31) by JD Robb, and so did I!
600 Points
Goodreads Authors: 6
Julia Quinn (10 Things I Love About You) Post 133
(The Lost Duke of Wyndham) Post 1262
(Mr. Cavendish, I Presume) Post 1387
Heather Webber (deeply, desperately) Post 209
Kristin Walker (A Match Made in High School) Post 1687
Chloe Neill (Twice Bitten) Post 1914
Big Book Tickets: 5 (4 books)
750+: The Terror (Post 645)
500+: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Post 1166)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Post 1914)
Battle Royale (Post 1914)
Readerboard Name: LeoraTask: 10-6 In the Pink
I read:
by Emily Griffen285 points!
(I LOVE Sundays! I get to finish all of the books I have started during the week!) :)
Readerboard Name: DIANE10.6 IN THE PINK-- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Read a book with a pink cover.
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich.
Total Points: 460/890
Tasks Completed: 28/53
Tasks in Progress: 4
Books Read: 39/71
GoodReads Authors: 3 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
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30.7 - Donna Jo's task as suggested by Meghan: GOOD SPIRITSBook A:
Original publication - 1905
Book B:
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Pages This Task: 312
Total Pages: 2296
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.5 Life Lessons I rolled 1 and 2.
A. Read a fantasy novel or a book featuring a mythical or supernatural creature: Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier (a GR author). This is from Marillier's YA fantasy series. Fair folk, goddesses, enchantments, genies, etc.
B. Read a book where the title contains a word from this list of commonly misspelled words: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, <b>and</b> Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson. Sadly, and is included in the list of commonly misspelled words.
Total Points: 205
Total Tasks: 10
Total Books: 15
Goodreads Author: 5 (Juliet Marillier, Alan Bradley, LeAnn Neal Reilly, and Cassandra Clare x 2)
Big Book 500+: 2 (The Mermaid's Pendant and City of Glass)
Big Book 750+: 2 (Passage and The Passage)
Big Book 1000+: 0
Readerboard Name: LeoraTask: 20-3 Feminist Literature
I read: A Practical Illustration of Woman's Right to Labor Or A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia By: E. Marie Zakrzewska
The use of the term 'Letter' in the title is a bit misleading although the book is short at 120 pages, it does just make the page requirement. It was fascinating!
Total Points: 305
Thanks, Sue T, Sheila and Kiki. Now I have to tackle a pile of library books that I couldn't fit in anywhere.
wendyma20.8 Nancy’s Task (It’s My Birthday) – Pirate Talk
My birthday is in September and…
September 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day – Read a book that has a word that contains the consecutive letters arr in the title (ex. marriage, arrange, carry).
The Narrows by Connelly
20 points
675 points total
Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, JK RowlingTask: 10.9 UNDER THE COVERS. Shelf--The Complete Harry Potter Series
Points for this task: 10
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 6
GR Authors: (0)
Big Books: 500+ (1),750+(0), 1000+(0)
Casey TN10.6 - In the Pink
I read Brilliant by Marne Davis Kellogg. The small picture doesn't really show it well, but the cover of the book is quite pink (I read the hardcover edition).
20.4 - Mrs. Soule's Task - The Plot Line Thickens
For this task I chose the movie scenario where two characters are forced together by some circumstance; at the beginning they hate each other, but by the end have fallen in love (think of The Ugly Truth or Catch and Release). I read The Royal Treatment by MaryJanice Davidson.
30.1 - PJ Reads' Task - It's In the Cards
I drew the five of hearts and the jack of diamonds.
5 of Hearts (published in an odd year since 2000) - The Ark by Boyd Morrison, which was published in 2009
Jack of Diamonds (bestseller written by a man) - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, which has been on the NY Times bestseller list for quite some time.
I am also claiming a Big Book ticket for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I read the mass market paperback edition, with 644 pages.
30.5 – Ms. Anderson and Tanja’s Task – Life Lessons
I rolled a 26, so I read a book with a misspelled word in the title, and a non-fiction book about a topic I know very little about.
2 - Playing with Fire by Gena Showalter ("with" is the misspelled word)
6 - From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible by Eric Cline
Total Points This Post: 90
Total Points to Date: 260
Tasks Completed: 16
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.9 - Coin CollectorRolled "To Hell with it" and "Do it" meaning two books of >500 pages
A. The High Road - 336 pages (GR Author)
B. Stitches - 329 pages
Total pages in book(s): 665
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 27
Total Pages Read: 8114
Total Points: 295
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 6
Task 15.7 Solve the Mystery option B: I read Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierTask 20.3 Feminist Literature: I read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood GOODREAD author.
Total points this task 35
Total Points: 240
Tasks Done 13
Books Read: 20
Total Pages 6040
Goodreads authors 4
Big Books: 500 1
I am one of those people who decided to just read whatever and then check to see how many fit the challenge and I have a decent amount so far!Task 5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G: I read Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Task 5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game: I read
Blockade Billy by Stephen King
Task 10.7 - City Lights: I read Salvation City by Sigrid Nunez
Task 15.4 - FALL EQUINOX: Both of these titles have ten letters in them: The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You and The Sandman Vol. 7: Brief Lives
Task 15.6 - ONE-HIT WONDERS: I read
The Neurology of Angels by Krista Tibbs. This is her only published work.
Task 15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY: I chose option a (classics) and read
Brave New World.
Task 15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR!: My coin flip was 2 heads and I read
After by Amy Efaw which was 350 pages.
Task 20.6 - SEEING YOURSELF IN A TITLE: My name is Ryan and I found myself in the fantastic title of this book: Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles
Task 20.10 Group Reads - I read Mockingjay and posted in the forum (message #122).
Task 25.3 Daylight Savings - I chose time travel (b) and read The Illustrated Man and short books (c) and read It's a Baby Boy!: The Unique Wonders and Special Nature of Your Son from Pregnancy to Two Years which has 142 pages in it.
Task 30.1 It's In the Cards - My cards were:
Nine Diamonds (published odd year, best seller): A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut ((published in 2005 - bestseller http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/boo...))
Ace Hearts (first in series, published after 2000): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
After all of that, I'm up to 175 points if my math is right.
Total Points: 175
15.5 LITERATURE MAP - I entered "Dorothy Sayers". Patricia Wentworth was on the map. I read:Latter End +15
15.9 COIN COLLECTOR - I got 2 "Do It!" coins (read a book or books totaling at least 300 pages). I read:
Chosen {307 pages} +15
30.1 JEN B. IT'S IN THE CARDS - I drew 7♥ & 9♥. (ODD NUMBER (3, 5, 7, 9): Your book must have been published in a year ending in an ODD number (1999, 2001, 2003, etc). HEART: Your book must have been published since Jan 1, 2000.) I read:
Marked {pub. 07}
Betrayed {pub. 07} +30
Points: 60
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Total Points: 305
Completed Tasks: 18
GR Authors Tickets: 5
Big Book Tickets: 1
A few more done...15.10 - SECOND CHANCES
For part A I read Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich. She is one of my favorite authors so this book also fits task 5.9 Comfort Read. For part B I read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads author).
20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine
For this task I read Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton, which was reviewed in the Mar-Apr 2010 issue.
25.4 - Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program
My first roll was a 4, so I read Fangs For The Memories by Kathy Love. My second roll was 3, so I read Damien by Jacquelyn Frank (Goodreads author).
Total Points This Post: 60
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 2
Grand Total Points: 595/890
Total Books Read: 50
Tasks Completed: 39/53
Total Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
10.8 - WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVINGOn Writing by Stephen King
Task points : 10
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks Complete: 11
Total Tasks in Progress:1
Total Books Read: 15
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(7), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Goodreads Authors 1
Task completed:15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Australia – Hating Valentine’s Day – Allison Rushby
Total: 140
Task 5.7 Circle of LifeAnother One Bites the Dust by Jennifer Rardin
Jennifer Rardin sadly died at the end of September 2010
Points this task:5
Total Points:445
Tasks Completed:27
Books Read:35
Total Goodreads Authors:5
Total Big Book Tickets:3
ColleeEeEEeenLatest Update!
10.10 Group Hug - Fingersmith – Sarah Waters (The Next Best Book Club – September read)
Big Book ticket (500+ pages)
15.8 – Is that an Eye Underneath that Nose?
The Swan Thieves – Elizabeth Kostova
20.7 – The Melting Pot
Girl in Translation – Jean Kwok (Goodreads Author)
25.2 - AS HER DEBUT...
A. A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True – Brigid Pasulka
B. Secret Daughter – Shilpi Somaya Gowda (GoodReads Author)
25.4 - Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program
Testimony – Anita Shreve (6 - Glee)
Ape House – Sara Gruen (6 - Bugs Bunny)
30.1- IT'S IN THE CARDS
Room – Emma Donoghue (published September, 2010) 2 of Hearts
The Magicians – Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author) Jack of Clubs
Total Added: 125
Total Overall: 200
Readerboard name: LeoraTask: 25-1 And the Story Continues....
I read: Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews. It is number 11 in the Meg Langslow series.
and I read;
Six Geese A-Slaying also by Donna Andrews, this is # 10.
330 points.
Tammy AZ10.6 In the Pink -
15.3 Continental Divide - I got Australia & read
The Slap which takes place in Melbourne.
30.3 Shipwrecked - Faceless Killers and On Mystic Lake
I picked both books because they are set in colder climates and thus would take me away from the island.
This brings my new total to 175.
KRISTA KY25.4 Stay Tuned
2010-rolled a 1-Hawaii 5-0
Moloka'i by Alan Breenert
1960-rolled a 6-The Bugs Bunny Show
The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
Points this task: 25
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 10
Total points: 135
STACIE MITask 15.6 - One-Hit Wonders
I read Everything Is Wrong with Me: A Memoir of an American Childhood Gone, Well, Wrong by Jason Mulgrew which is Mulgrew's only published book.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 320
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 26
Pages read: 7348
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 25.4 - Stay Tuned for Your Regularly Scheduled Program
I rolled double 3's. For the 2010 Line-up I read Fables: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham. One of the main characters, Bigby is a police detective.
For the 1960 Line-up, I read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 345
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 28
Pages read: 7786
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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5.9 - Comfort Read
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. I have read everything by her. She is always reliable to tell a good story.
10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters. The main character is a monk/priest.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)