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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
LDB10.1 - SHORTER DAYS
I read The Land Without Shadows by Abdourahman Waberi.
This was a book of short stories from Djibouti and the Horn of Africa. While each little vignette was beautifully, even poetically, written, the content was always dark or tinged with sadness. I can't say I was fully satisfied with it.
First posting for the Fall Challenge! So, this gives me a total of 10 points so far.
Jennifer D.Task 20.10 ~ Group Read : Little Bee by Chris Cleave
I have posted in the group-read thread, post #2.
New Task Points = 20
Total # of Points to Date: 45
Total # of Tasks Completed: 3
Total # of Pages Read: 1082
Total # of Books Read: 3
Taken me awhile to get on the board, but finally have!5.7 - CIRCLE OF LIFE- The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie was born Sept. 15, 1890.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball GameThe World Series takes place in October. Read a book about baseball OR a book with a baseball related word in the title (hit, run, out, safe, home, base, player, single, double, triple, play, ball, game, etc.). (EXAMPLES: The Boys of Summer, Home Safe: A Novel, Hit and Run, etc.)
Hit and Run Finished 9/5/10
5.7 - Circle of Life
Read any book by an author that was born or died in September, October, or November. (EXAMPLES: Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anne Tyler, Agatha Christie, Neil Gaiman)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Born September 13, 1916 Finished 9/6/10
Total Point Earned: 65/990
Total Pages Read: 1435/22820
Total Books Read: 7/64
Good Read Authours:
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
I completed Task 10.1 (short stories) by reading Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (240 pgs).Oscar Wilde has an interesting mind. These tales are enchanting, yet each tale (except for one) had a dark twist to it. I quite enjoyed these.
Total points: 35
Ashley FLFor Task 10.6 (In the Pink), I read
by Heather Webber (approved as pink in the Task thread). **Heather Webber is a Goodreads Author**For Task 20.4 (Plot Line Thickens), I read Savor the Moment by Nora Roberts. My favorite kinds of movies are those that are funny and happy and generally put me in a good mood. And that's what these books do (this series): while I read them, and afterwards, I tend to think that life is pretty good! Though, I have to admit, I really wish there had been an actual "Vows" in Greenwich back when I got married -- it would have made life a lot easier!!
This brings me to 80 points.
Goodreads Authors: 2
Lisa wrote: I have Crais slated for this task also, except I have #10 and #11 of the series to read. I love Cole and Pike!Me too!! I was happy that I just happened to have read up to #9.
20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine - I chose from the July/August edition and read Blockade BillyTotal Points: 55/870
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Books by Goodreads authors: 0
Big Books: 0 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Kathryn NC15.8 - IS THAT AN EYE UNDERNEATH THAT NOSE?
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Total Points: 20
Total Tasks Complete: 2
Total Tasks in Progress: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 974
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20.10 Group Reads - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
my review can be found on the board.
Points this task: 20
Tasks Completed 1
Books read: 1
Total points: 20
Reader Board Name: LeslieVATask 5.5 Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Moorland Hanging by Michael JecksA Moorland Hanging
Baseball Reference is to a hanging curveball which many batters hit over the fences at Camden Yards against my beloved Orioles:(
Yay for my first challenge finish!
Points this task: 5
Total Points: 5
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Total Pages: 375
GR Authors:
5.2 The Play Must Go On:Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
5.6 She's a Beauty - Read a book with a cover you consider beautiful.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
30.5 LIFE LESSONS - I ROLLED 2 AND 4.
2. Read a book where the title contains a word from this list of commonly misspelled words.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
{Because is on the commonly misspelled words list}
4. Ignore the hype and judge for yourself! Read a highly rated book (4.1+ average rating)
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
{book currently rated 4.14}
**Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author!**
Points: 40
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Total Points: 40
Completed Tasks: 3
10.8 WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVINGMe, the Mob, and the Music: One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells by Tommy James and Martin Fitzpatrick
This was a memoir as told by Tommy James (of the Shondells), focusing on his challenges working for a record company run by the mob.
Total pages in book: 240 pages
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 240
Total Points: 10
Task 10.1 Shorter Days: Stories: All-New Tales - edited by Neil Gaiman and Al SarrantonioTotal Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 1
Pages Read: 780
Books Read: 2
GR Authors: 0
Big Books: 0
Task 5.9: COMFORT READMorality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith
Task points: 5
Total points: 15
DeeDeeFirst Post of the Fall Challenge!
20.10 Group Reads -
Little Bee (2008) by Chris Cleave (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 288 pages)
I've posted over in the Little Bee thread.
(Goodreads Author) Chris Cleave
0 + 20 = 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 20/890
Books read: 1
Pages Read: 288
Read but not claimed: 0
Goodreads Authors: 1
(Goodreads Author) Chris Cleave
Kandie5.1 - Fall Colors
Blood Knot
5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
Blood Memory by Greg Iles
5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me...
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - the main character is named Precious.
5.9 - Comfort Read
The Fearful
10.4 Leaving Civilisation Behind
Witches' Forest - book takes place in a forest.
20.5 Liz Vegas’s Task (Bigger is Better) - OPRAH'S ON!
Sacred Sins - original publication date: 1987.
Total Points: 50
15.3 - CONTINENTAL DIVIDE The list randomizer selected Europe for me
The Red Queen- Takes place during the Wars of the Roses and is written by an English author and is about Henry VII (the father of Henry VIII and the grandfather of Elizabeth I) obtaining the crown of England.
Points this task: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Total Books: 1
Total Pages: 382
GR Authors:
20.9 (Lucky Me) Babies!- Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.Points: 75/890
Books Read: 5/66
Good Read Authours: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Task 10.6 In The PinkBlood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Points this task:10
Total Points:40
Tasks Completed:5
Books Read:5
Total Goodreads Authors:1
Total Big Book Tickets:0
30.1 IT'S IN THE CARDS(QUEEN of HEARTS)
Been Here a Thousand Years by Mariolina Venezia
Translated by Marina Harss
Picador, 2010 (2006 - Italian; 2009 - English)
264 pg.
Read - 9/4/10
3 Stars
(JACK of CLUBS)
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall*
Canongate, 2007
428 pg.
Read - 9/6/10
1 Star
* Goodreads Author Ticket: Steven Hall
TOTAL POINTS: 50
5.4. I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me...Vanish by Tess Gerritsen
One of the main characters is named Maura.
Goodreads Author: Tess Gerritsen
Total points: 10
5.4 I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me ThatThe Englisher by Beverly Lewis
(We have too many Beverlys among family and friends)
Total Points- 5
Total Tasks- 1
Goodreads Authors- 0
Big Books- 0
20.5 Oprah's On!Maus I by Art Spiegelman (pub. 1986)
Task points: 20
Total points: 35
5.5. Take Me Out To The Ball GameBody Double by Tess Gerritsen
15.2. Recommended Books
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (#165 on the list)
I recommended The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
Goodreads Author: Tess Gerritsen
Total points: 30
5.8 Freedom to Read-I read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouPoints This Task: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
15.7 Solve the Mystery Option B, Book # 36I read In the Woods by Tana French.
20.4 Mrs. Soule's Task - The Plot Line Thickens
I used the plot line "Characters follow clues to solve the mystery" and read The Likeness: A Novel by Tana French
20.10 Group Reads
I read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins and posted a comment in the group reads forum.
Total to date: 60 Points
Carly10.8 - WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING
I read Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart.
It is about the author, Marjorie, and her best friend, Marty's summer in New York where they worked at Tiffany's. It was 1945 and the two Iowa girls decided to spend their summer working in New York. They got a job at Tiffany's and they were the first girls to work on the Tiffany's sales floor. They were pages. The story was really sweet and full of anecdotes like when Judy Garland came into the shop with her new husband, Vincente Minnelli during their honeymoon. It was also interesting, because World War II ended when Marjorie was in New York City, so she got to witness all the festivities in Times Square.
Points This Task: 10
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 3
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 1000
Jennifer D.Repost re: message #205
Task 20.10 ~ Group Read : Little Bee by Chris Cleave
I have posted in the group-read thread, post #2.
Chris Cleave is a GR author (I omitted this point in the initial post).
New Task Points = 20
Total # of Points to Date: 45
Total # of Tasks Completed: 3
Total # of Pages Read: 1082
Total # of Books Read: 3
GR Authors: 1
5.1 - Fall ColoursThe Golden Mean - Annabel Lyon
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed:2
Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: SHIPWRECKED!Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
The Truth about Forever
Task Points: 30
Total Points: 30
5.2 The Play Must Go OnThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Task points: 5
Total points: 40
(I really enjoyed this play! It was funnier than I expected and I would like to see it performed live at some point. :D)
I think I'll try to do weekly updates instead of as I read them. HOpefully this will help keep track of them better. New books:
5.3 THANKSGIVING - Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
10.4 - LEAVE CIVILIZATION BEHIND - The Mermaids Singing - it takes place on a desolate, sparsely populated island off the coast of Ireland, isolated from the rest of the country.
15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY - B Vanish - Tess Gerritson (GOODREADS AUTHOR
15.9 COIN COLLECTOR - 2 DO IT - 327 Pages - Faefever Karen Marie Moning
20.7 - MELTING POT - Learning to Die in Miami: Further Confessions of a Cuban Boy - Carlos Eire
20.8 - McKettricks of Texas: Garrett
Total Points: 105
Tasks Complete: 7
Books Read: 7
Pages Read: 2584
Tasks In Progress: 2
GOODREADS AUTHOR 1
BIG BOOK (500) x
BIG BOOK (750) x
BIG BOOK (1000) x
Percent Complete: 11%
Time Elapsed: 8%
25.3 Daylight Savings
C) Short book: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (139 pages)
and
D) "Dark" book: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (128 pages)
This book was #2 on the Most Depressing Book of All Time list and while I do agree that it belongs on the list, I don't think I would rank it quite so high.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 406
C) Short book: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (139 pages)
and
D) "Dark" book: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (128 pages)
This book was #2 on the Most Depressing Book of All Time list and while I do agree that it belongs on the list, I don't think I would rank it quite so high.
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 406
5.9 Comfort ReadThe Keepsake by Tess Gerritsen
10.4 Leaving Civilization Behind
Subterranean by James Rollins
Entire story takes place in caverns under Antarctica.
15.7 Solve the Mystery
I chose solution B and read:
The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen (it was #195 on the list)
James Rollins and Tess Gerritsen are both Goodreads Authors.
Total points: 60
5.6 She's a Beauty
I like the colors and the layers and the art style and the back cover is amazing, too: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I...
20.3 Feminist Literature
The Female Man
25.1 The Story Continues
Ranma 1/2, Volume 10 and Ranma 1/2, Volume 11
30.1 It's in the Cards
Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness (10 of Hearts) and Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (7 of Diamonds)
Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness was published in 2006.
Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together was published in 2007 and is on the New York Times Paperback Graphic Novel Best-Seller List (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/boo... <--scroll down to the second list on the link).
Total: 80 + 20 (from earlier) = 100 pts
15.1- New HorizonsI read The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. This book is shelved as a thriller. I don't read thrillers and this is a book way out of my comfort zone. I have to say I won't be reading any more of them.
*Tess Gerritsen is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this task-15
Total Points- 40
Books Read- 4
Goodreads Authors-3
Total Pages Read- 1295
10.6-In The PinkConfessions from the Heart of a Teenage GirlBy Alexa Rivadeneira
Welcome To Camden FallsBy Ann M. Martin
Tasks Completed:1
Books Read:2
Total Points:21.2
Michelle-Marie wrote: "5.2 The Play Must Go OnThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Task points: 5
Total points: 40
(I really enjoyed this play! It was funnier than I expected and I would like to see it perfo..."
Michelle-Marie - It's fantastic live but there's also a great movie version starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Judi Dench. Very funny!
20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task - The Plot Line Thickens Mischief by Amanda Quick
This was such a fun task and read! I like all sorts of movies, but if I'm picking something just for me on a rainy Sunday afternoon I'll probably choose a Jane Austen type costume drama, or a treasure/adventure film (like The Mummy series or Indiana Jones) or something that doesn't take itself too seriously (like Enchanted or Stardust). So the book I read was a historical romance that poked fun at gothic horror novels and involved treasure from a lost island called Zamar. Really silly and fun :)
Total points: 40
Big Book tickets: 2 (1 x 750+)
Goodread authors: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Pages read: 1174
20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task-The Plot Line ThickensMy favorite movie scenario is in a classic romance when at the end of the movie the guy or girl leaves and just as the one left thinks it's over and how will I go on with my life, the partner comes back unexpectantly and says I Love you and they kiss and live happily ever after!
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella shares the same ending.
Total Points 40
Lauren CTFinally getting on the readerboard for this challenge!!
5.2 The Play Must Go On: Eurydiceby Sarah Ruhl. Great play, and it just snuck in at 71 pages.
10.7 City Lights: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare *GOODREADS AUTHOR*
15.9 Coin Collector: I got 2 The Hell With It! so I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (435 pages) and Practical Magicby Alice Hoffman(317 pages) for a total of 752 pages.
Total Tasks: 3
Total Points: 30
Total Books: 4
Total Pages: 1308
Total Goodreads Authors: 1 (Cassandra Clare)
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR! I got 1 Do It! and 1 The Hell With It! -If you get 1 Do It! (or heads) and 1 The Hell With It! (or tails), read a book or books totalling at least 500 pages.
Principles of Economics by N. Gregory Mankiw.I read it in this greek edition: Αρχές της Οικονομικής This book has 639 pages.Points This Task: 15
Total Points: 30
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Pages Read: 1020
GoodReads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
wendyma5.2 - The Play Must Go On
Read a play (minimum 70 pages). Since this is a reading challenge, we would prefer that you read a play. However, if your only option is to see or listen to a play, theatre, radio, and audio productions must be at least 2 hours in length to count for this task. Listopia Help: Best Plays Ever, Best American Plays, Best British Plays, Best Non-American and Non-British Plays
OPTIONAL: What did you think of the play? Write a short review.
Galileo by Berthold Brecht
I loved the irony in the juxtaposition between the Church and science as heresy. I loved that Brecht rewrote the play during WWII in Germany. It was very different from the play by Goodwin that I saw last year emphasizing different times in Galileo’s life. I also loved the Goodwin play.
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
The World Series takes place in October. Read a book about baseball OR a book with a baseball related word in the title (hit, run, out, safe, home, base, player, single, double, triple, play, ball, game, etc.). (EXAMPLES: The Boys of Summer, Home Safe: A Novel, Hit and Run, etc.)
Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena GOODREAD AUTHOR
5.9 - Comfort Read
The weather is turning colder. It's time to snuggle up with your hot beverage of choice and a good book. For this task, you should reread an old favorite, revisit a beloved author, or pick up your favorite genre. OPTIONAL: Tell why you consider this a comfort read.
The Cat who Saw Stars by Braun (beloved author)
20.10 Group Reads -
Read one of the following Group Read Selections and make at least one post in the discussion thread.
A. Recent TBR Additions -Little Bee
NOTE: This book was published under the titleThe Other Hand in the UK.
B. Most Wanted of 2010 - Mockingjay
C. Suspense - The Passage
Mockingjay by Collins
“She finally figures it out- all government is corrupt. The absolute government is absolutely corrupt”
35 points total and 1 Goodreads author
20.10: Group ReadI read Mockingjay for this task. My comment is in the discussion thread.
Tasks Complete: 1
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Pages Read: 398
Task 20.10 - group reads Mockingjay
I posted on the discussion for Mockingjay in the Group Reads - post 51
Total Challenges Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 1
Total Pages Read: 455
Total Points: 20
Completed Task #15.2 - Recommended Reads (09/07/10)Read a book from the list that someone else recommended:
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Points: 15
GR Author: 0
Total Points: 15
Total Challenge Points as of 09/07/10 = 31
Task 15.9 Coin CollectorI flipped 2 the hell with its requiring me to read over 700 pages. For this task I read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory with 661 pages and The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan with 310 pages. For a total of 971 pages.
I would like to claim a big book ticket for The Other Boleyn Girl and I would like to claim a Goodreads Author ticket or Carrie Ryan.
Task Points: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 5
Goodreads Author Tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 1
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Read New Patches for Old
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