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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
I completed task 5.8 Banned Books by reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingI am also claiming a 2 big book tickets as its 760 pgs
TOTALS
Points: 70
Books: 8
Tasks: 7
Big Book Task Tickets = 8
I completed task 10.8 Group Hug by reading Northanger Abbey, which was being read by The Classics group on Good Reads. I completed task 15.3 Continental Divide by reading Love in the Time of Cholera, which is set in Columbia (my roll was South America).
TOTALS
Points: 95
Books: 10
Tasks: 9
Big Book Task Tickets = 8
Task Completed:5.8 - Freedom to Read
Just Listen – Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
Total: 160
JordanTask 5.2 The Play Must Go On A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller
Task 5.4 I'm Glad Momma Didn't Name Me... Rampant by Diana Peterfreund Main Character named Astrid, I much prefer Jordan.
Task 5.6 She's a Beauty (book with beautiful cover) Darklight by Lesley Livingston
Task 5.8 Banned Book Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Task 5.9 Comfort Read - Favourite Genre:Paranormal/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dark Visions by LJ Smith
Task 10.6 In the Pink The Story of O by Pauline Reage This cover: http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/3...
Task 15.7 Solve the Mystery - Librarian fell while reaching for a classic Candide by Voltaire
Task 20.3 Feminist Lit Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Task 20.10 Group Reads Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Task 25.3 Sandy's Task Daylight Savings -
Most Depressing Book List Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I don't agree that this book is depressing. At least, it isn't depressing to me. I think it invites people to really think about how things affect us all, especially war.
Short book (100-300 pages) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 198pgs
Task 30.5 Life Lessons
Category 1 Mythical/Supernatural Creature: Hunting Julian by Jacquelyn Frank
Category 6 Nonfiction: Uncertain Roads Searching for the Gypsies by Yale Strom
Task 30.7 Good Spirits
Category A - Book published before my birth: The Bhagavad-Gita originally published 1st Century C.E.
Category B - Person Smiling on Cover: Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe *I have a really old edition with what I presume to Mephistopholes smirking on the cover.
Task 30.8 Fall Back into Reading
Oct 2009 - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Oct 2000 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling *reread*
TOTAL POINTS: 205
15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE I got Asia and read Lucky T. The majority of th book takes place in India.
Points: 15
Total Points: 735
Tasks Completed: 43
Books Read: 59
Pages: 18,443
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.4 - TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAMETo Catch A Thief (SEAL and Code Name, 10) by Christina Skye
15.5 - LITERATURE MAP
I chose M. C. Beaton as the author to use with the Literature Map. From the choices offered from that search, I chose to read a book by Carolyn Hart.
Death on Demand
Points this post = 20
Total challenge points = 425
5.9 Comfort Read
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
* Big Book: 607 pages *
I chose this one as a comfort read because it's my favorite in the series.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 5835
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
* Big Book: 607 pages *
I chose this one as a comfort read because it's my favorite in the series.
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 16
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 5835
5.9 Comfort Read - Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery I enjoyed this book as a child and I was able to read it aloud and share it with my own children.
20.7 The Melting Pot - Shanghai Girls by Lisa See *Goodreads author*
20.9 Babies - The Bad Beginning Book approved before hand
Total Points: 410
Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books: 26
GR Authors: 4 - Helen Simonson, Kathryn Stockett, Sibella Giorello, Tatiana de Rosnay, Lisa See
Big Book: 500+:
750+: The Passage
Completed task 5.4 by reading The Lake Shore Limited. I would NOT want my first name to be Wilhelmina and most certainly as a woman not want my nickname to be Billy as the main character of this book is called. New point total: 30
Heather in KS
30.7 Good SpiritsWhite Fang by Jack London
***Pub. May 1906 ***
by J. K. Rowling *** Smile on Cover ****
***Claiming Big Book--- 734 pages ****
Total Points- 200
Total Tasks- 13
Goodreads Authors- 1
Big Books- 1(500+)
20.2 - Music Tells the StoryI chose the opera Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten, which I saw recently.
A. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann - 70 pages of this book was actually the novella (it is a collection)
C. Death of an Obnoxious Tourist by Maria Hudgins - 275 pages (also set in Italy, with scenes in Venice)
Total pages in book(s): 345
Total Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books Read: 35
Total Pages Read: 10,018
Total Points: 385
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 6
Carla5.1 Fall Colours - I read Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Total Pages in book: 171
Challenges completed: 4
Books read: 5
Total pages: 1798
Total points: 65
Lauren CT5.1 Fall Colors: Red Leavesby Thomas H. Cook
5.8 Banned Books: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling ***Big Book at 734 pages***
20.7 The Melting Pot: Shanghai Girls by Lisa See ***Lisa See is a GR Authors***
30.7 Good Spirits: A. Older than Me: Dual Image by Nora Roberts(published in 1985- I was born in 1988)
B. Smiling on the Cover: Hopeless Virgins in Love by Kyle Herrman.
Totals
Total Points: 575
Total Tasks: 36
Total Pages: 16546
Total Books: 46
Total GR AUthors: 14
Total Big Books: (6) 500 Pages, (1) 750 Pages
25.4 - Stay TunedI rolled 5 and 3.
5. Mad Men - a book set mainly in 50s and 60s
Love and Summer by William Trevor - 240 pages
3. My Three Sons - a book with "son" or a male name in the title
Raymond and Hannah by Stephen Marche - 224 pages
Total pages in book(s): 464
Total Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books Read: 37
Total Pages Read: 10,482
Total Points: 410
Big Books: 500+(1)
Total GR Authors: 6
READERBOARD NAME: Rachel OHI completed...
15.3 Continental Divide
I got Europe, so I read Blameless, which is set in England and Italy.
Also, Gail Carriger is a GoodReads Author
15.7 Solve the Mystery
I chose option A. and I read The Prince and the Pauper which was on the Classics Library List.
5.2 The Play Must Go On
I read Timon of Athens in an edition that was over 70 pgs.
TOTALS
POINTS= 125
BOOKS= 10 [Big Books: 0; Good Reads Author books: 3]
TASKS= 9
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 20.4 The Plot Line Thickens: Favorite Movie Story Line: Family Dynamic--
The main character comes from a family of seven other children and they are constantly coming to help one another
Total points: 560 Points
Task 20.4 The Plot Line Thickens: Favorite Movie Story Line: Family Dynamic--
The main character comes from a family of seven other children and they are constantly coming to help one another
Total points: 560 Points
Stesse:Moving books around, Part 1.
Post 928 included Task 15.9 Coin Collector
I previously wrote: “I flipped the coins and got 1 Do It! & 1 The Hell with It!, which meant I needed to read a book or books totaling at least 500 pages. I read Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie (Pages: 342) and Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts (Pages: 339) for a total of 681 pages. After reading Crusie’s book, I felt like a little kid again, totally freaked out by every little bump in the night. Roberts’ book was light and breezy – a nice restful (and fast) read.”
I’d like to replace Savor the Moment with Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin (Pages: 393) for a total of 735 pages. Nancy Werlin is a GoodReads Author.
Points this Post: 15, but previously counted, so 0.
Tasks Completed this Post: 0
Books Read this Post: 0
Pages Read this Post: adding 54 pages
Total Points: 540 (no change)
Total Tasks Completed: 33
Total Books Read: 42
Total Pages Read: 15494+54=15548 (changed)
Total GoodReads Authors: 15+1=16 (changed)
Total Big Books: 500+ (5), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Stesse: Moving books around, Part 2.15.10 - SECOND CHANCES
For those who get frustrated when they find “the perfect book” for a task, but they’ve already found another “perfect book” for that task…………
A. I read City of Glass by Cassandra Clare, who is a Goodreads Author (Pages: 541). This is a Big Book.
This could have been used in Task 10.7, City Lights because the title has the name of a fictional city in it.
B. I moved Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts (Pages: 339) from Task 15.9 (Posted originally in post #928, change requested in post #2328)
Points this Post: 15
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 880
Total Points: 555
Total Tasks Completed: 34
Total Books Read: 44
Total Pages Read: 16428
Total GoodReads Authors: 17
Total Big Books: 500+ (6), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Kelly G.20.3 El’s Task (Best Review Contest) – Feminist Literature
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (b. November 1815, d. October 1902) was a leading figure in the early days of the women's movement in the US. In her honor read a book of feminist literature.
Read: The Handmaid's Tale by: Margaret Atwood who is a Goodreads Author.
Task Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 8
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 12
Big Ticket Books: 500+(2) 750+(0) 1000+(1)
Goodreads Author: 1 - Margaret Atwood.
Hi! For 10.1: Shorter Days, I read
, by Alice Munro, a collection of short stories largely taking place in Canada (with overlapping characters at times...)I returned it to the library and forgot to note how many pages.
I previously posted at post #1898, my completed 10.8 task (What a Way to Make A Living). I think this may have been overlooked, because I don't see myself on the Readerboard.
Here are my updated totals:
Points this Challenge: 10
Total Points: 20
Total Challenges Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
RACHEL CA—Total points, 305 (points since last post, 30)5.05 TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins (GAMES)
25.04 STAY TUNED
(3) Read a book with a police officer as a main character—The Brass Verdict (Mickey Haller, #2) by Michael Connelly--(Harry Bosch is a police officer in homicide, and is a major character)
(1) Book with bare feet or a dinosaur on the cover--
Dinotopia, by James Gurney
Apologies in advance for saving these up - have been out of town!15.5 - Literature Map (Kathryn Stockett = Tatiana de Rosnay)
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay**GR AUTHOR
15.7 - Solve the Mystery - Option A, Modern Classics
Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
15.10 - Second Chances
Part A - This book could have fit Task 20.10 (Group Reads), had I not already chosen Mockingjay!
Little Bee by Chris Cleave**GR AUTHOR
Part B - This book was not selected as a Recent TBR addition
One Day by David Nicholls
20.1 - Bookmarks Magazine - reviewed in the May/June issue
Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian**GR AUTHOR
20.3 - El's Task - Feminist Lit
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
20.6 - Seeing yourself in a name - used my last name, ROCKOW
The GiRl WhO KiCKed the HOrnet's Nest
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson BIG BOOK Ticket = 563 pages)
25.2 - As Her Debut
Part A - Debut Novel
Quality of Care by Elizabeth Letts**GR AUTHOR
Part B - Novel Published in 2010
Mistress of Rome by Kate Quinn**GR AUTHOR
25.4 - Stay Tuned - I rolled Snake Eyes, and chose to do option 1 for both decades.
Part A, 2010
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Part B, 1960
The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand
(Flintstones = Bare Feet)Total Points these tasks = 155
Total Points to date = 535
Total Goodreads Authors these tasks = 5
Total Big Book Tickets these tasks = 1, 500+, Task 20.6
20.10 Group ReadsThe Passage by Justin Cronin
I posted my review in message 20 in the Group Reads thread.
I would like to claim a Big Book ticket (769 pages)
Total points: 230
Coralie15.10 Second Chances
A. Beirut Blues by Hanan Al-Shaykh would fit 10.7 or 5.3
B. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest nominated for Suspense
Total points 790
Mod
I'm not a car namer, but if I were, I could see naming my car Wizard - I really like this car!
So, I read Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham.
total points: 515
STACIE MITask 5.2 - The Play Must Go On
I read The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. It definitely wasn't my favorite Shakespeare play.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 29
Pages read: 7977
Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 10.2 - We Need A Drink
I read Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer. Bloody Mary, obviously, is a name of an alcoholic drink.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 30
Pages read: 8204
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
I completed Task 15.9 (Coin Collector) by reading The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt. I tossed a "Do it" and a "Hell with it", so read a book of at least 500 pages. This one has 624 pgs. I really enjoyed this book. It's dense, with some history about Art Nouveau, the social climate of the times and the women's rights movement, but so worth it. It's a family saga over 2 generations and they have a ton of issues.
Total points: 300 (which is the goal I set for this Challenge!)
STACIE MITask 15.8 - Is That an Eye Underneath That Nose?
I read Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler, who is a Goodreads Author. In the story, one of the main characters, Frankie, fancies herself as a movie-maker.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 31
Pages read: 8494
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me
I read Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O'Malley. There are two main female characters I'm glad I don't share a name with Knives (seriously?) and Ramona.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 380
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 32
Pages read: 8686
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+(1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Erin B.15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE - the continent I got was Europe. I read A Room with a View.
TOTAL POINTS: 110
10.4 Leaving Civilization BehindI read The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy.
Total points: 180
Points this task: 10
wendyma10.4 LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHIND – Read a book where a large part of the story takes place in a natural setting ex. forest, desert, on or under the ocean, mountain, etc. It could be a book about a wilderness adventure or vacation, new world colonization, or planetary exploration. Ex. Into the Wild, High Country, The Stone Gods, A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Tyrannosaurus Canyon by Preston (In a Canyon)
10 points
10.8 WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING- Vacation is over and it is back to work- Read a work memoir (Non-Fiction) Work memoirs focus on the experiences of the author's career. Ex. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, All Creatures Great and Small, Stet: An Editor's Life, Teacher Man, On Thin Ice: Breakdowns, Whiteouts, and Survival on the World's Deadliest Roads
Banker to the Poor by Mohammed Yunus
10 points
860 total
10.6 IN THE PINK
Points: 10
Total Points: 745
Tasks Completed: 44
Books Read: 60
Pages: 18,791
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Coralie50.1 Semper Fi
5 – Book about the crusades – Pagan's Crusade: Book One of the Pagan Chronicles
4 – non-US force – French Foreign Legion – Beau Geste
3 – ‘veteran’ in title - Veteran
Total points 840
Three more tasks down!10.2 WE NEED A DRINK
For this task I read Bloody Mary by J.A. Konrath (Goodreads author).
15.8 - IS THAT AN EYE UNDERNEATH THAT NOSE?
For this task I read Sketch Me If You Can by Sharon Pape. The main character is a sketch artist for the police dept.
30.2 - Sheila's task: INS & OUTS
For Book A: Exterior, I read Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris. For Book B: Interior, I read The Kitchen Witch (Accidental Witch Trilogy, #1) by Annette Blair.
Total Points This Post: 55
Total Tasks This Post: 3
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 725/890
Total Books Read: 59
Tasks Completed: 46/53
Total Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets: 1
30.5 - LIFE LESSONS. I rolled a 1 and a 2. 1 - DON'T FEED THE TROLLS - fantasy book with mythical creatures I read Dragon Flight which features dragons prominantly in the story line (4*).
2 - LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES - From the list of misspelled words I chose AND. I read Of Bees and Mist. This book was weird for me. Too much going on at some points and I really did not understand the roll of the bees in the story (3*).
Erick Setiawan and Jessica Day George are Good reads authors.
This will bring me to 605 points.
NICOLE AR-20.3 (Best Review)
For this task, I read Leora Tanenbaum's "Slut:Growing up with a bad reputation"
It had great insight into how girls are easily targeted and labeled sluts. The double standard is so evident in today's society that Tanenbaum wishes to express to her readers that girls deserve equality.
Readerboard Name: StacyCT50.1 - Semper Fi
A. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (die rolled: 2)
B. The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (die rolled: 4)
C. Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church by John L. Allen Jr. (die rolled: 4)
I would like to claim a big book ticket for this task -- "Gone With the Wind" was 1037 pages.
Task Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 16
Total Points Earned: 265
Total Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 8495
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+(1)
ERIN C.10.1 Shorter Days
Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction by Sharyn November
The editor, Sharyn November is a Goodreads author, so I am claiming 1 Goodreads Author Ticket for her.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 405
Tasks Completed: 33
Books Read: 38
Pages Read: 14,418
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Task 30.7 Good Spiritsa)I was born in 1973 so I picked this book as being older than me-first published 1895.
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
b)I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley
Points this task:30
Total Points:555
Tasks Completed:33
Books Read:42
Total Goodreads Authors:9
Total Big Book Tickets:3
30.3 Shipwrecked!: For this task I reread Pride and Prejudice and To Say Nothing of the Dog because they are the two books that I can read over and over again without ever tiring of them. I guess from now on when I travel, I'll have to make sure those books (as well as Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead) are on my person in case of desert island scenarios!Total Points: 285
Total Tasks: 14
Total Books: 21
Goodreads Author: 6
Big Book 500+: 2
Big Book 750+: 2
Big Book 1000+: 0
30.2 - ins and outs - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane and The Library of Shadows by Mikkel BirkegaardWouldn't it be lovely to live in a house that had an actual library? :)
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Points Claiming: 30
Points Total: 415
I'm LindseyMA and I just completed two tasks:20.10 (Group Read) - I finished Little Bee by Chris Cleave
and
20.8 (arr) - I read Babyproofing Your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows
New total: 245
Chris Cleave is a Goodreads Author so I've got 1.
ColleeEEeeEEeenThree more tasks complete!
5.1 - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
10.1 - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary - David Sedaris
15.3 - I got Asia - The White Tiger - This book takes place in India and was written by an Indian, Aravind Adiga.
That's +30 points, bringing my total (I believe) to 230.
NICOLE AR-15.6- "One Hit Wonders"
For this challenge, I read "I Am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced" by Ali Nujood. This is the only book she has published and I strongly suggest that everyone read it. It was a fabulous book.
Total Points: 180
Points for this Task: 15
15.2 Recommended BooksThe Maze Runner
-- This also counts as a Goodreads Author book
Points this task: 15
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 11
Goodreads author: 2
Pages: 4,466/25,919
Task 15.2 Recommended BooksThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larson.
Points for this task: 15
Total Points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Tasks in Progress: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Eagan.
This book was in the September/October issue of Bookmarks Magazine.
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Tasks in Progress: 2