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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
15.5 - LITERATURE MAP Hunger Games (Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
Task points : 15
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Complete: 12
Total Tasks in Progress:1
Total Books Read: 16
Total Big Book Tickets 500+(7), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Goodreads Authors 1
Michelle WI15.2 Recommended Books
Catching Fire (Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins - 5 stars
I also voted on 9 books from the list... most of which are favorites of mine so I can't pick just one!
Points This Task 15
Total Points 305
Tasks Completed 17
Total Big Book Tickets 0
Total Goodreads Authors 7
20.10Little Bee - Chris Cleave (GR Author)
I posted on the discussion thread, msg 41
Total Points: 890
10.2 - We Need a DrinkSkim - 142 pages
30.2 - Ins and Outs
Out: The Doorbell Rang - 192 pages
In: Back to the Bedroom - 272 pages
Total pages in book(s): 606
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 33
Total Pages Read: 9673
Total Points: 365
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 6
20.4 Mrs. Soule - Movie plotI love a movie where the main characters are from vastly different backgrounds, but eventually find common ground and love.
Nora Roberts is an expert at this format, so I read Happy Ever After.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 600
Tasks Completed: 40
Books Read: 49
GoodReads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (4), 750+ (2), 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 15.5 Literature Map: I entered the author Jennifer Crusie and picked Julia Quinn since I had never read any of her books before.
Total Points: 520 Points
Task 15.5 Literature Map: I entered the author Jennifer Crusie and picked Julia Quinn since I had never read any of her books before.
Total Points: 520 Points
Emily KateFinally finished the challenge with task 50.1. I hated that task. Except one book all of the choices were AWFUL!
A. Rolled 3 Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (this one was actually good)
B. Rolled 1 Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
C. Rolled 4 Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
Total: 890
Ok that's it. I am done for this challenge, ladies and gentelmen. See you next challenge!
Congrats emily kate! I finished yp the challenge with little bee today as well
Readerboard Name: LeoraTask: 30-2 Sheila's Task Ins and Outs
I read: A. Lights Out Tonight by Mary Jane Clark and:
B. The Kitchen Cat and Other Tales by Mary Walton.
I could not find the edition I read for the Kitchen Cat, the one on Goodreads has only 47 pages. However, my edition had several other stories included in the collection and was 196 pages.
360 points
I would like to move the book Mockingjay (Hunger Games, #3) from 20.10 to task 10.3I would like to move the book Little Bee from task 15.2 to 20.10.
10.3 - Freedom!
Mockingjay (Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
20.10 - Group Reads
Little Bee by Chris Cleave - I have left a comment in the discussion group
Total Points To Date: 720
(725 - 20 + 10 - 15 + 20)
5.6 "She's A Beauty"I read
by Michael Baron. I thought the cover was a stunning fall scene, and very appropriate for the Fall Challenge!Total Points: 240
Total Tasks: 15
Total Pages: 8457
Total Books Read: 22
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
1 over 500 page book
10.6 In the PinkStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
15.9 Coin Collector - The Hell with it
Dead Witch Walking 416 pages and Grave Sight 320 pages.
25.3 Daylight Savings
C. Elsewhere 271 pages and D. Thirteen Reasons Why - It is not the most depressing book that I have read but it is still very sad.
30.1 It's in the Cards
2 of Clubs - Witch Child and Angelology
Gabriella Zevin and Celia Rees are both Goodreads Authors.
Challenges completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Pages Read: 3397
Points: 125
Mod
I rolled a 1 and a 3.
1. Don’t Feed the Trolls: Read a fantasy novel
I read Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey
3. Mind Your P’s and Q’s: Read a book where the author has a P or Q in his or her name.
I read Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
total points: 470
DeeDee
30.1- pjreads's task as suggested by Jen B: IT'S IN THE CARDS
Card #1: 4 of spades : Your book must have been published in a year ending in an EVEN number AND Your book must be a classic (published in 1960 or earlier) I read a book published in 1958:
The King Must Die (1958) Mary Renault (Paperback, 352 pages)
Card #2: 10 of diamonds : Your book must have been published in a year ending in an EVEN number AND Your book must have at some point been on a bestseller list
I read a book published in 2010:
Ape House (2010) by Sara Gruen (Hardcover, 306 pages)
I used the site (from 30.8) http://content.usatoday.com/life/book... to determine whether "Ape House" had made it to the bestseller list.
When I type in "Ape House" under title, it responds with:
Weeks in Top 150: 4
Entered Top 150: 9/16/2010
Peak Position: 65
Last appeared: 10/7/2010
300 + 30 = 330
Tasks Completed: 18
Points for this task: 30
Points thus far: 330/890
Books read: 24
Pages Read: 8402
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 7
1. (Goodreads Author) John Joseph Adams (#20.6)
2. (Goodreads Author) Sarah Addison Allen (#15.2)
3. (Goodreads Author) Carol Berg (#25.4)
4. (Goodreads Author) Chris Cleave (#20.10)
5. (Goodreads Author) Jamie Ford (#20.8)
6. (Goodreads Author) Mary Robinette Kowal (#25.2)
7. (Goodreads Author) Carrie Vaughn (#30.5)
Big Books:
500 +
(1) 688 pages: The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection (2010) by Gardner R. Dozois (#10.1)
Jenny ChicagoTask 5.4 I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me.
I read Salt Dancers by Ursula Hegi. Ursula is a hard name for me. It doesn't even roll off the tounge well, and I feel as though I choke on it. The book on the other hand was good.
Points this task 5
Total Points 125
Finished5.4 I`m glad my mum didn`t name me
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
name Pippa (in Poland is bad word;))
5.10 Name the car The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak
name Bastard
Tasks points 10
Total points 370
Total tasks 19
Total books 27
GR authors 9
20.5 Oprah's On: Read a book that was published in 1986 or 1987.Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, which was originally published in 1987.
25.4 Stay Tuned for Your Regularly Scheduled Program: I rolled 4 and 6.
A. Read a book with a paranormal character.
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (a GR author). (Werewolves, vampires, etc.)
B. Read a book with an animal in the title.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks: 12
Total Books: 18
Goodreads Author: 6 (Juliet Marillier, Alan Bradley, LeAnn Neal Reilly, and Cassandra Clare x 3)
Big Book 500+: 2 (The Mermaid's Pendant and City of Glass)
Big Book 750+: 2 (Passage and The Passage)
Big Book 1000+: 0
Task 10.9 - Under the covers
List: Literary thrillers for the book lover
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Definitely flashlight worthy - 5 stars!
Task points = 10
Total challenge points = 505
10.1 SHORTER DAYS –Classic Ghost Stories by Dickens, Stoker, O Henry, Mark Twain, etc.
Great Stories!
10 Points
10.3 FREEDOM!:
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson Goodreads Author
Slavery during the Revolutionary War period is the focus of this sequel to Chains.
10 Points
Points this Post: 20
Goodreads Authors: 1
Grand Total so Far: 400
Congratulations, Delicious Dee and Emily Kate! Good job.
Carly15.7 - Solve the Mystery
I chose Option C.
I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling.
The Book was number 6 on The Big Fat Books Worth the Effort List.
I am also claiming a Big Books Ticket. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is 652 pages long.
Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 185
Tasks Completed: 13
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 16
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 6242
Emily Kate wrote: "Emily KateFinally finished the challenge with task 50.1. I hated that task. Except one book all of the choices were AWFUL!
A. Rolled 3 Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (this one..."
Congrats Emily Kate!
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "20.10Little Bee - Chris Cleave (GR Author)
I posted on the discussion thread, msg 41
Total Points: 890"
Congrats Dee!
wendyma30.8 - 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.
Go to USA Today's Top 150 Bestsellers
Click on By Date (picture of a calendar)
Change the year to 2009
Change month to Sept, Oct or Nov
Click on the 15th (no substitutions, please)
Hit Go
Pick a book from list
Repeat for the year 2000
Olive Kitteridge by Strout (Oct. 2009)
The Lion’s Game by DeMille (November 2000)
Required: Tell us the month you used.
30 points
805 total
Mod
I read The Unit from the list Best Book Club Reads of 2009. I'd say it was flashlight worthy - I didn't want to put it down until I was finished.
Total points: 480
15.5 -- Literature MapI put in Christine Feehan and Jim Butcher came up. So, I read:
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The 1st in a series about a wizard for hire. The Literature Map did a great job. I'll be reading more in this series, for sure ;o).
Total Points: 410/890
Tasks Completed: 22/53
Tasks in Progress: none ;o)
Books Read: 30
Books by Goodreads authors: 2 (Kathy Carmichael, Rebecca Skloot)
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Woohoo! Delicious Dee and Emily Kate! Congratulations.
15.4 Fall Equinox[Book:ttfn] by Lauren Myracle and Room by Emma Donoghue-Emma Donoghue is a goodreads author.
Task Completed: 17
Pages for this task:250/321=571
Total pages:5870
GR Authors:4
Points for this task:15
Total Points:220
Congratulations, Delicious Dee and Emily Kate! DeeDee
5.2 - The Play Must Go On
Read a play (minimum 70 pages).
Lysistrata (400 B. C) by Aristophanes Douglass Parker (Translator) (Paperback, 128 pages)
330 + 5 = 335
For 5.1 - Fall Colors, I read Mieses Karma by David Safier (my edition is this one)Books read: 10
Challenges accomplished: 9
Points : 115
Task 10.10 Group HugI chose my book on September 6th(message 13 on task help) when this book was still the 'currently reading' book for the Adult Vampire/Paranormal Romance/UF group.
Friday Night Bites
I would like to claim a goodreads author ticket for Chloe Neill
Points this task:10
Total Points:480
Tasks Completed:30
Books Read:37
Total Goodreads Authors:8
Total Big Book Tickets:3
CHRISTINE USTask 10.4 leaving Civilization behind
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
Task 10.6 In the Pink
by Joanne FlukeTask 20.8 Pirate
I'm switching books to use
instead. I'm not claiming new points for this, points claimed earlier.Task 25.4 Scheduled Programming
Rolled two 1's.
I selected: "The Vampire Diairies" and "Blue Bloods"
by Patricia Briggs has supernatural characters.
by Tess Gerritsen has a main character that is a cop.***Tess Gerritsen is a GR author.
There was an error with my total on the ReaderBoard last time (I was given more points than earned). This is the correct total.
Total Points:635
GoodReads author: 15
Big Books: 3
NICOLE AR-15.4-"Fall Equinox"
I read "Anne Frank" by Anne Frank and "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink (both have 9 letters in their titles)
Total Points: 145
Points for this task:15
Finished task 10.2 WE NEED A DRINK.Book Chosen:
Task 10.2
Points 10
CathyNJ
Alice GTask: 30.5 Life Lessons
Dice 1 Number: 4
Dice 2 Number: 4
4: Don't eat Yellow Snow: Read a highly rated book (4.1+ average rating)
Book 1: Moab Is My Washpot average rating 4.12
Book 2: >Alone in Berlin average rating 4.13
I enjoyed both of these books and gave Moab is my Washpot 5 stars and Alone in Berlin 4 stars.
Big Book Ticket: Alone in Berlin has 615 pages
Total Points: 310
PREVIOUS READS
5.2 The Play Must Go On - Jonah and Otto by Robert Holman
5.7 Circle of Life - Jonah's Compass by Anne Tyler
5.9 Comfort Read - The L Shaped Room by Lynne Reid Banks
10.6 In the Pink - A Rabbit's Eyes
10.9 Under the Covers - The Prestige by Christopher Priest
15.1 New Horizons - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
15.3 Continental Divide - The Cat Sanctuary by Patrick Gale
15.5 Literature Map - Run by Ann Patchett
15.6 One-hit wonders - The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison
15.7 Solve the Mystery - The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
20.1 Bookmarks Magazine - Solar by Ian McEwan
20.6 Seeing Yourself in the Title - The Devil's Acre by Matthew Plampin
20.7 The Melting Pot - Small Island by Andrea Levy
25.3 Daylight Savings - The Backward Shadow by Lynne Reid Banks and My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
25.4 Stay Tuned for Your Regularly Scheduled Program - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe and The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
30.1 It's in the Cards - Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith and Men from Boys by Tony Parsons
30.3 Shipwrecked - A Whole Day Through by Patrick Gale and The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertas
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Jayme VA25.2: Debut and Debut 2010
Pictures at an Exhibition is Sara Houghteling's debut novel. I thought it was quite boring. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens was her debut novel in 2010. I loved this book. ***Stevens is a goodreads author.***
30.8: USA Best Sellers in 2000/2009
The Hunger Games was on the list for September 2009 and The Breaker was on the list for September 2000.
Points this task: 55
Total Points: 305
Total Tasks: 13
Total Books: 20
Total Pages: 6799
GR Authors: 4 (Cleave, Ebershoff, Patterson, Stevens)
Big Books: 500+(1); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
congrats delicious dee and emily kate! :)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneMy Goal Reading Points: 150
Points for this Task: 30
Total Points to Date: 110
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read: 1,928
I finished Task 30.4 Mysteries & Animals:
a) read a mystery involving any animal
b) read a mystery involving any animal other than a dog or cat.
For a) I read A Nose for Murder by Lee Charles Kelley 288 pages
finished 11.11
(dog)For b) I read Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews 306 pages
finished 9.21
(swan)
Sara VA5.4: I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me...
I read Murder at Midnight featuring Eleanor Roosevelt. I'm glad my name isn't Eleanor.
5.9: Comfort Read
I read The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, because it is my favorite, favorite history novel. While not warm and fuzzy, it is intriguing, (mostly) true story that brings the historical action to life... not just a factual history book, but a story with dialogue and discussion and real choices made by the characters. I have read it so many times that my copy is dog-earred and falling apart, and will soon need to be replaced.
10.7: City Lights
I read Roma: The Novel of Ancient Rome
Big Book ticket = 555 pages
15.9: Coin Collector
I got 2 The Hell with It! so I had to read 700 pages.
I read Memorial Day at 574 pages and
Executive Power at 482 pages for a total of 1056 pages total
Big Book ticket = Memorial Day at 574 pages
20.3: Feminist Literature
I read Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists featuring biographies of five of the leaders of the Suffrage movement.
25.2: Debut and Debut
A. Debut fiction novel: I read Term Limits, Vince Flynn's first book
B. Debut in 2010: I read Undertow - A Crime's Story by Henry Granger (ebook only for now, read on my Kindle)
Points for this post: 80
Total Points so far: 80
Tasks completed: 6
Big Books(500pgs.):2
15.5 - LITERATURE MAPI read Plum Island by Nelson DeMille.
I typed in James Patterson, an author I really like, and the Literature Map did a great job. DeMille's book was fast paced, thrilling and a really, really good read.
Tasks Complete: 7
Total Points: 105
I'm LindseyMA and I completed 1 more task.Task 20.6 (Read a book whose title contains all the letters of your name) My name is LINDSEY and I read The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe.
New total: 205pts
30.8 BETH NC's task: FALL BACK INTO READINGA.
by Suzanne Collins (Sept 2009)B.
by Janet Evanovich (Nov 2000)Points this post: 30
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 1 (Kelly Creagh)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
Casey TN15.4 - Fall Equinox
I read the Comfort Trap by Judith Sills and The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven. Both have 14 letters in their titles. (For some reason the link doesn't show the word "The" for The Comfort Trap.)
The Black Tattoo edition I read had 504 pages, so I'm claiming a Big Book ticket.
30.8 - Fall Back into Reading
My 2009 book was
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, which has 528 pages for another Big Book ticket.
My 2000 book was Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom.
I used September for both books.
Total Points This Post: 45
Total Points to Date: 325
Tasks Completed: 19
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 15.1 New HorizonsVampire Knight, Volume 1 by Matsuri Hino (樋野 まつり)
*Picked my book from the manga shelf as this is a genre that doesn't generally appeal to me! Good use for a book sent to me through bookcrossing though!*
Points this task:15
Total Points:495
Tasks Completed:31
Books Read:38
Total Goodreads authors:8
Total Big Book Tickets:3
CHRISTINE USTASK 25.2 DEBUT
I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling as her debut novel
I read The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting as a published debut in 2010.
***Kimberly Derting is a GR author
Total Points:660
GoodReads author: 16
Big Books: 3
BJ Rose1 new task
#50.1 Emily ID’s task: Semper Fi
A: I rolled #1: American Revolution, so I read
The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson Octavian is a soldier in the Revolutionary War
B: I rolled #5: Women in the Military, so I read
They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War by De Anne Blanton
C: I rolled #1: Danger(ous) in the Title (previously unread), so I read
Dangerous by Amanda Quick
GoodReads Author: Jayne Ann Krentz is listed as a GR author, but Amanda Quick is not, although it's the same person
Big Book Ticket for The Kingdom on the Waves - 561 pages
Total Points = 760
Tasks Completed = 45
Total Pages = 21,050
GoodReads Authors = 14 or 15?
Big Books: 500+ pp (4)
30.3 - SHIPWRECKED!I read P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
and
Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
I chose these 2 books because these were the next in the Kinsey Millhone mysteries which I have been inhaling since I started reading the series a few months ago.
5.9 - COMFORT READ
My choice of a comfort read is a cozy mystery so I read Extracurricular Activities by Maggie Barbieri.
Points for tasks posted = 35
Total points posted = 405
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I think this list a really useful resource - I voted on several books which I have loved, some which I've read recently and some long ago. I'm looking forward to using the list to read other people's favourites. This time I read:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson *Big Book* 533 pages
Total points to date 615