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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Task 10.8 What a way to...The Second Tower's Down by John McCole
Task 10.9 Under the covers
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
This was from the list: World War 2 and Holocaust Fiction and NF for your bookclub. Certainly flashlight worthy if you like this kind of book
My copy is 305 pages
20.2 Music tells the story
Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz by Olga Lengyel
The musical I chose was the sound of music and the link between them is that both are set in the second world war in countries invaded by the Nazis.
Points these tasks:40
Total Points:680
Ashley FLTask 5.3 (T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G) Guarding Jane Doe (The Avengers) by Harper Allen
Task 5.6 (She's a Beauty) Avalon High by Meg Cabot (I love the crown)
Task 5.9 (Comfort Read) Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship ed. Jack Canfield (by definition a comfort book!)
Task 15.6 (One Hit Wonders) The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister **GOODREADS AUTHOR**
Task 30.3 (Shipwrecked) I read:
Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Travel by Joshua Piven (so I would know how to handle all emergencies that would arise), and
Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain, because serial killers are perhaps the one emergency that would NEVER arise
660 Points
Goodreads Authors: 7
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
Erica Bauermeister (School of Essential Ingrediants)
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)
After being without power for a couple of days, I have some finished posts!5.1 – Fall Colors
Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde
+ 5 Points
15.9 – COIN COLLECTOR!
-I got 1 Do It! (or heads) and 1 The Hell With It! (or tails), read a book or books totalling at least 500 pages
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Both are Goodreads Authors
563 Pages
+ 15 Points
+ 2 Goodreads Authors
And I've been waiting for this book to do my own task!
20.2 Karen GHHS’s Task (Rookie on Top) – Music Tells the Story
My Musical: Les Miserables
My Book:
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly a 5 star book! (and I have a January 16 birthday if you are looking for a great YA Historical Fiction for the Winter Task.
+ 20 Points
20.7 Erin NY’s Task (Shorter is Sweeter) – The Melting Pot
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
+ 20 Points
Total This Post: 60 Points
Grand Total: 540
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 10.9 Under the COvers--Flashlight worthy list The Best Book Club Selections of 2009 (as chosen by Women Book Bloggers)
Total Points: 650 Points
Task 10.9 Under the COvers--Flashlight worthy list The Best Book Club Selections of 2009 (as chosen by Women Book Bloggers)
Total Points: 650 Points
Diane 15.5 - LITERATURE MAP - The Evolution of Jane by Cathleen Schine. Author was found when Henry James was entered.
*Cathleen Schine is a GOODREADS AUTHOR.*
Total Points: 580/890
Tasks Completed: 34/53
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 46/71
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay, Cathleen Schine)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
30.1 It's in the CardsI drew a Two of Hearts and read Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett. I needed to read a book published after 2000 and a book published on an even year and this was published in 2004.
The second card I drew was a Jack of diamonds. I read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer. I needed to read a book by a man and at one time was on a best seller list. This book was on the USA Today's best seller list in March and April of 2005.
Tasks Completed - 12
Books Read - 16
Total Points - 245
I am moving Little Bee by Chris Cleave from 25.3 to 20.10 from the Group Read. I have posted in the discussion thread for this book. For 25.3 I am now using A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer. This is on the Dark Book list and I agree it is a very depressing book to think that a child has to live this way, but an uplifting book, that he got help and love.
Total Points: 805
Total Tasks: 50
Total Books: 64
Total Pages: 26462
30.1 ITS IN THE CARDS a. I drew an Ace of Hearts - Black Dust Mambo by Adrian Phoenix
This is the first in a series and was published in 2010
***Goodreads Author***
b. I drew a Jack of Diamonds -Private by James Patterson
This is written by a man and is on the USA TODAY bestsellers list.
***Goodreads Author***
30.5 - LIFE LESSONS -
a. Rolled a 1 - Kitty and the Silver Bullet by Carrie Vaughn
This book is about werewolves
***Goodreads Author***
b. Rolled a 2 - Once Around the Track by Sharyn McCrumb
The word around is in the title
Points: 60
Tasks: 2
Books: 4
Pages: 1728
GR Authors: 3
Total Points: 865
Total Tasks: 52
Total Books: 68
Total Pages: 28190
GR Authors: 21
Big Books 500+: 10
Big Books 750+: 2
Big Books 1000+: 2
One more task to go!!!!!!
I completed Task 30.5 (Life Lessons). My dice roll was 3 (mind your p's and q's) and 6 (the most important sex organ is the brain). For 3, I read Practical Demonkeeping by ChristoPher Moore. His books are just plain, good fun. I enjoyed this book of a young priest-in-training who accidently conjures up a demon-from-hell and must find a way to send him back.
For 6, I read Coffee: A Dark History, which was alternated between being super-interesting and terribly dry. Still an interesting read, though. Coffee actually has a pretty fascinating history.
That's probably my last task for this Challenge.
My new (final?) points should be: 380.
Jenny ChicagoTask 10.4 Leaving Civilization Behind
I read Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods
A large part of the book takes place in the mountains of Appalacian America. Points this Post 10
Total Points 140
20.6 See yourself in the title:I read "The Dive From ClAUSeN'S Pier" by Ann Packer. I really loved this book.
(First name is Susan)
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks: 16
Total Pages: 8870
Total Books Read: 23
Total GoodReads Authors: 6
1 over 500 page book
ERIN C.30.2 Ins and Outs
The Stone Raft by José Saramago with "Stone" from the exterior of a house
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster with "Room" from the interior of a house
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 435
Tasks Completed: 34
Books Read: 40
Pages Read: 14,690
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Finished task 10.10-Group Hug by reading Fly Away Home. It is currently being read by the group Friday Night Book Club and Cocktail Society.New point total: 40
Heather in KS
15.2 Recommended books: I voted on the list and then I read The Maze Runner byJames Dashner 15.4 fall equinox: two books with same number of characters in titles I read Fade and Gone both are by Lisa McMann. Both have 4 letters in the titles.
**Lisa McMann is a Goodreads Author. So two more for me.
Total points this task 30
Total Points: 310
Tasks Done 18
Books Read: 25
Total Pages 7408
Goodreads authors 7
Big Books: 500 1
750 0
1000 0
DeeDee
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
Read two books that have the same number of characters in their titles.
I read 2 books with 10 characters in their titles:
Aftershock (2010) by Robert B. Reich (Hardcover, 192 pages) 4 *
AND
Petty Magic: Being the Memoirs and Confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, Temptress and Troublemaker (2010) by Camille Deangelis (Hardcover, 336 pages) 4 *
(The part before the : (Petty Magic) is 10 characters long.)
425 + 15 = 440
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 440/890
Books read: 32
Pages Read: 11,689
Read but not claimed: 3
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:
500 + = 2
750 + = 1
1000 + = 0
20.9 - BABIES - Family Tree which was an interesting look at how a family perceives itself and what happens when a secret that has been kept for years changes your perspective. (4*).Barbara Delinsky is a GoodReads author.
This will bring me to 655 points.
Diane 10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE-- Read a book with a a significant character who is a religious leader/has a religious vocation: Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot. The main character is the archbishop of Canterbury and many of the secondary characters are priests.
Total Points: 590/890
Tasks Completed: 35/53
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 47/71
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay, Cathleen Schine)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
15.5 - Literature MapThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver *Big Book* 500+
I entered Margaret Atwood and Barbara Kingsolver was the closest author that I hadn't read before. The Literature map did a good job - I loved this book and will certainly be reading more of her work. I'm delighted to have discovered a new author to read, and will use the literature map again.
Total points to date 700
ERIN C.Daylight Savings
1. Historical fiction pre-1985 The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
4. Book from "Most depressing books of all time" list The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Points This Task: 25
Total Points: 460
Tasks Completed: 35
Books Read: 42
Pages Read: 15,106
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(5), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
CHRISTINE USTASK 10.5 First Estate
The Preacher's Wife by Cheryl St.John
Task 20.1 Bookmarks
True Confections: A Novel by Katharine Weber
It was in the March/April issue
*** Both Katerine Weber & Cheryl St. John are GR authors
Task Points: 810
DIANE20.7 Erin NY’s Task (Shorter is Sweeter) – The Melting Pot
Read a novel about an immigrant experience from another country into the US:
Once on this River by Sharon Dennis Wyeth. It is a story of a girl who immigrated from Madagascar to the US as a free black during the time of slavery.
Total Points: 610/890
Tasks Completed: 36/53
Tasks in Progress: 5
Books Read: 48/71
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay, Cathleen Schine)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name: StacyCT20.7 - The Melting Pot
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Task Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 20
Total Points Earned: 300
Total Books Read: 26
Pages Read: 9508
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)
5.6 - She's a Beauty
Rococo by Adriana Trigiani - ★ ★ ★ ★BOOK SWITCH!! - 5.9 - Comfort Read
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett – favorite author & series - ★ ★ ★ ★ (formerly If You Deceive by Kresley Cole)
20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (May-June 2010 shelf) - ★ ★ ★
20.9 Lindsey KY’s Task (Lucky Me) – Babies!
Code Name: Baby by Christina Skye - ★ ★
25.1 - Wendy MA's Task - And the Story Continues...
Demon from the Dark by Kresley Cole (Immortals After Dark #10) &
To Catch A Thief (SEAL and Code Name, 10) by Christina Skye (Code Name & Draycott Abbey #10);
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: SHIPWRECKED!
Key of Valor by Nora Roberts & If You Deceive by Kresley Cole – both ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ - because both these books are about the will to survive and have exceptionally strong women as the protagonists whose determination, street smarts, work ethic, & ingenuity are inspiring.
Points this post: 105 pts.
Total Points: 555 pts.
Total Goodreads authors: 7
30.1 It's In The Cards
A) 3 Hearts: The Awakening (2009) by Kelley Armstrong (GoodReads Author)
B) 8 Clubs: The Summoning (2008) by Kelley Armstrong (GoodReads Author)
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 6585
A) 3 Hearts: The Awakening (2009) by Kelley Armstrong (GoodReads Author)
B) 8 Clubs: The Summoning (2008) by Kelley Armstrong (GoodReads Author)
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 225
Tasks Completed: 17
Books Read: 21
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Total Pages Read: 6585
JASON5.3 - T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
** Goodreads Author Neil Gaiman
** 672 pgs claiming Big Book Ticket
Points this Task = 5 points
Total to Date = 35 points
JASON15.4 - Fall Equinox
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Both book have 15 characters in the titles.
** Goodreads Author John Scalzi
Points this Task = 15
Total to Date = 50 points
10.6 In the Pink
Rescuing Rose
Isabel Wolff is a Goodreads Author
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 24
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson, Chris Cleave, Isabel Wolff)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Kathy G.20.4 The Plot Thickens
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Goodreads Author
*** I chose this book because I love a movie scenario that's a mystery and the main character is solving the clues. ***
Total Points- 245
Total Points- 15
Goodreads Authors- 2
Big Books 1-(500+)
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings Choose two books from the following options (books must be from two different categories):
A) Since we'll be "falling back" with our clocks, fall back in time and read a historical fiction novel or a nonfiction book about a historical time period before you were born.
A Play for Treachery by Margaret Frazer
C) Since the days will be shorter, read a short book (100-300 pages). REQUIRED: If you choose option C, include in your post the number of pages in your book.
No Prisoners - Karen Traviss 272 pages
TERRI DC
15.2 - RECOMMENDED BOOKS Add one or more books that you recommend to the Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books, or vote for your favorites already listed, AND
Read a book from that list that someone else recommended.
OPTIONAL: Tell us which was your favorite book that you added to the list/voted on.
Read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
Voted on Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
TERRI DC
REPOST:I was soooo trying not to wait until the last minute to post but at least I am able to do some now:
10.1 SHORTER DAYS – Read a book of short stories, novellas, or essays. The book may be by a single author or an anthology. Ex. Selected Stories of O. Henry, Essays of E. B. White, Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Extraordinary Engines: The Definitive Steampunk Anthology
TERRI DC
REPOST20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - Seeing Yourself in a Title
Read a book whose title includes all of the letters of your first, middle OR last name. Including sub-titles is fine, letters cannot be counted twice (i.e., if you have two of a certain letter in your name, the title must also have two of that letter), nick-names or shortened names are not accepted, and the letters in the title do not have to be in any particular order.
For example, my name is "Laura" so I could read "The GUeRnsey LiterAry And Potato Peel Pie Society," "The Book of LAUghteR And Forgetting," etc.
If you have questions about a name you want to use, please go to the help thread to get it approved.
REQUIRED: When posting your task, please include the name that you used for the task. If you do not wish to post your real name, you can use an anagram of the name in your post.
TERRI
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K Dick
TERRI DC
REPOST5.9 - 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.
Nancy Drew & The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene
It was a comfort read because it brought me back to my much younger days...
TERRI DC
REPOST10.3 FREEDOM!: The Emancipation Proclamation (Sept. 22, 1863) – Read a book related to any “emancipation” movement related to a social or legal condition – it could be American slavery, but it could also include South Africa, women’s rights, people rebelling against colonial powers, the Jedi knights trying to overthrow the empire, etc. Ex. Chains, On Account of Conspicuous Women: A Novel, The Long Song
I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced - Nujood Ali
TERRI DC
Emily IN wrote: "5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball GameA Safe Place for Dying
10.4 LEAVING CIVILIZATION BEHIND
The Mountain Between Us
**Charles Martin is a Goodreads Author**..."
Congrats Emily IN!
AngelaSunshineI'd like to shuffle a bit, and change my books for task 15.4. Please disregard original books posted! Here's my new completed task.
15.4 - FALL EQUINOX
a.Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples
b.Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Both books have 21 letters in their title
Newly completed tasks:
15.2 - RECOMMENDED BOOKS
a. Voted for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
b. Read The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Total Points: 325
Erin B.20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens
Day for Night
TOTAL POINTS: 130
Task 50.1 - Semper FiI rolled 2/1/2:
American Civil War - I read
Cold Mountainby Charles
Frazier
General is a main character - I read
The King's Generalby Daphne du Maurier
The word "Bullet" in the title - I read
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
Points this task: 50
Pages this task: - 1,099
Pages to date: 7,922
Points to date: 295
5.2 : read a playDeath of a Salesman
5.6 : book with a beautiful cover
The Choice
5.8 : banned or challenged book
Farenheit 451
5.9 : re-read an old favorite
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
10.4 : leave civilization behind
Into the Wild
10.7 : book with "city" in the title
City of Glass
15.3 : continental divide
south america :
Love in the Time of Cholera
15.4 : 2 books with same # of characters in title
11:
The Last Song
City of Ashes
15.5 : literature map
typed in jennifer weiner, chose jennifer cuise
Don't Look Down
15.8 : book about an artist
The Rembrandt Affair
20.6 : title with letters of my name
jill:
Jack & Jill
20.8 : title with "arr" in it
Chasing Harry Winston
30.7 : good sprits, 2 book task
1 : book published before year i was born (1980)
1984 (published in 1950)
2 : book with a person smiling on cover
Glitter Baby
30.8 : usa today's top 150
sept 2009 : That Old Cape Magic
oct 2000 : Tuesdays with Morrie
total points : 200
10.1 Shorter DaysThe Whore's Child by Richard Russo - 288 pages
25.1 The Story Continues
Numbers 9, 10, 11 from the Inspector Banks Series by Peter Robinson
Dead Right - 312 pages
In A Dry Season - 512 pages (Big Book)
Cold Is The Grave - 448 pages
Total pages in book(s): 1,560
Total Tasks Completed: 30
Total Books Read: 45
Total Pages Read: 13,036
Total Points: 490
Big Books: 500+(2)
Total GR Authors: 7
15.1 New Horizons-Read The Sunflower by Richard Paul Evans categorized as shelved as romance. I don't typically read romance novels and I have to say I don't think this one is enough to make me rush out and read more romance novels.Points for this task-15
Total points-240
5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me... Iphiginia Bright Mistress by Amanda Quick.5.6 - She's a Beauty... Slightly Shady by Amanda Quick.
10.6 In the pink- When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James Goodreads Author
10.8 WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING- Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain.
15.2 - RECOMMENDED BOOKS- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Big Book +500
Voted on: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Persuasion by Jane Austen, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
15.3 - Continental Divide- Europe Home for the Holidays by Johanna Lindsey.
15.5 - LITERATURE MAP- Julia Quinn, I used Sherry Thomas. The Duke And I by Julia Quinn. Goodreads Author
15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY- A Persuasion by Jane Austen.
20.2 Karen GHHS’s Task (Rookie on Top) – Music Tells the Story Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Big Book +1000
20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens:
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase.
20.7 Erin NY’s Task (Shorter is Sweeter) The Melting Pot- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri.
20.8 Nancy’s Task (It’s My Birthday) Pirate Talk- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. Big Book+750
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings-
A) Heartless by Kat Martin.
C) The Overcoat and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol.
25.4 - Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program-
A. Snake Eyes (Double Ones)
1960 Fall T.V. Line-up
5. 77 Sunset Strip: Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean. Goodreads Author
5. 77 Sunset Strip:Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean. Goodreads Author
30.2 Sheila's task: Ins & Outs
Book A. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
AND
Book B. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: SHIPWRECKED!-
Pride and Prejudice byJane Austen
AND
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.
30.5 - Ms. Anderson and Tanja's Task: LIFE LESSONS
3- The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn. Goodreads Author
4- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. Big Book +500
30.8 - BETH NC's task: FALL BACK INTO READING-
Fall 2000- November, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. Big Book +500
Fall 2009- October, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. Big Book +750
Point on this post: 340
Total Points: 545/940
Books Read: 41/66
Good Read Authours: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(5), 750(2), 1000(1)
Sorry to dump all this books at once, but I've been without a computer over a month and a half.
30.7 Good SpiritsA- How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
First published 1953, I was born in the 1970's
B- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
**Big Book 500+ pgs**
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 465
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Books: 30
GR Authors: 4 - Helen Simonson, Kathryn Stockett, Sibella Giorello, Tatiana de Rosnay, Lisa See
Big Book: 500+: Little Women
750+: The Passage
10.1 Shorter DaysDrown by Junot Díaz
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 475
Tasks Completed: 25
Total Books: 31
GR Authors: 4 - Helen Simonson, Kathryn Stockett, Sibella Giorello, Tatiana de Rosnay, Lisa See
Big Book: 500+: Little Women
750+: The Passage
BJ Rose1 new task
#30.7 Donna Jo/Meghan: Good Spirits
A. Read a book older than you: Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer was published in 1937, the year before I was born
B. Read a book with a smiling person on the cover: A Lady of Persuasion by Tessa Dare
Total Points = 840
Tasks Completed = 49
Total Pages = 22,966
GoodReads Authors = 15
Big Book: 500+ (4)
5.4- I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me... I read Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian. The main female character is named Dylan, after Bob Dylan. Not interested!Lara Adrian is a GR author so I would like to claim a ticket. Thanks!
Points This Task: 5
Total Points:230
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 17
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
10.9 Flashlight Worthy. The list I chose was the Best Tween Books of 2009. I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. 20.10 Group Reads. The group reads book I chose was Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
Total Challenges Completed: 9
Total Points: 120
Total books read: 9
Total pages: 3009
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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare.
Cassandra Clare is also a GoodReads Author.
15.9 Coin Flip
I read 2 books to get 500 pages.
The Reincarnationist Series by M.J. Rose and
The Wasp Factory by Iain M. Banks.
M.J. Rose is also a GoodReads Author.
15.10 Second Chances
I read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.
This book would have also qualified for 15.2 SRC Recommended Books list.
Total this post: 40
Total for challenge: 95
GR Authors: 2