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FALL CHALLENGE 2010
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Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)
Stephanie Anne 30.1 REPOST - my apologies...
Let the Right One In - here is one link to a best seller list, although it has been on more
http://us.macmillan.com/smp/categorie...
Nineteen Minutes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen...
Total Points = 425
Stephanie AnneMy final post:
20.4 The Plot Line Thickens
I am not usually a fan of light "chick" movies, but I do enjoy movies about very different friends coming together for an event, activity, etc. This book was not even good, but it had that premise.
The Friday Night Knitting ClubTotal Points = 445
Total Number of Tasks Completed = 26
Total Number of Books Read = 33
Total Number of Pages Read = 10,631
Readerboard Name: Gina NY
Task 15.8 Is That An Eye Under That Nose
Two main characters are filmmakers
Total Points: 665 Points
Task 15.8 Is That An Eye Under That Nose
Two main characters are filmmakers
Total Points: 665 Points
JESSICA BPV25.3 - Daylight Savings
C) Read a short book (100-300 pages)
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
This book has 128 pages.
D) Read a "dark" book - select from Most Depressing Book of All Time
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
I don't think this is a depressing book. Sure, it has it's down moments, but I think it is a beautiful love story. Love is not depressing. It's inspiring.
Total to date: 130 points
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: SHIPWRECKED!I read The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova and The Luxe by Anna Godbersen.
I am going to claim one big book ticket for the Swan Thieves which is 565 pages long
Barbara VAI am so sorry to b posting so much so late in the game bt I have been unable to get into Goodreads for well over a week and before that I was sick!
5.3 T.H.A.N.K.S.G.I.V.I.N.G
Cold Comfort Farm byStella Gibbons
10.7 City Lights
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
10.9 Under The Covers
Hey Women! Chick Lot Before There Was... Books that the women of Mad Men read
The Best of Everything byRona Jaffe.
Was it Under the Covers worthy? While this book dealt with premarital sex, adultery and abortion I felt that it was very dated and not nearly as shocking as The Group by Mary McCarthy was many years earlier. None of the men were even likeable, let alone worth keepng. This is about the only book where I like the movie better! And that must be because of the cast - Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Hope Lange, Louis Jourdan and Suzy Parker. They bring New York City to life and show off the clothes to perfection! So, no, not under the covers worthy.
15.6 One Hit Wonders
For a first book - perfection!
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Ms Simonson is a Goodreads Author
20.4 Mrs Soule- -The Plot Line Thickens
Movie Scenarios that I like - the small stories of life. Action is fun and exciting but I prefer the small, and seemingly mundane everyday, common folk stories such as all of the series by one of my favorite authors.
Love Over Scotland by Alexander McCall Smith in the 44 Scotland Street series fits this beautifully!
AM Smith is a Goodreads author.
20.7 The Melting Pot
Mama's Bank Account by Kathryn Forbes is about a Norwegian family and their experiences adapting to America. Small stories but wonderful.
20.10 Group Reads
I read Little Bee by Chris Cleave and posted on the discussion, message 47
25.1 And The Story Continues...
I am enthralled with the John Marshall Tanner Series of mysteries by Stephen Greenleaf that I found during the Summer Challenge. For this I read 9 and 10.
Southern Cross and False Conception both by Stephen Greenleaf.
New Points Claimed - 125
Tasks Completed - 28
Books Read - 37
Points/Goal - 390/400
Goodreads Author Books - 3
Ellen Crosby, Helen Simonson, Alexander McCall Smith
15.1 New HorizonsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Shelf: Science-fiction
Points this task: 15
5.6 She's a Beauty
Points this task: 5
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 14
Goodreads author: 2
Pages: 5465/25,919
5.5 - Take Me Out to the Ball GameThe World Series takes place in October. Read a book awith a baseball related word in the title.
CATCHING FIRE by SUZANNE COLLINS
5.8 - Freedom to Read
September 25 - October 2 is Banned Book Week. Read a banned or challenged book.
THE HUNGER GAMES by SUZANNE COLLINS
5.10- Name That Car
October 2nd is Name Your Car Day. Read a book with a title that contains a word or words that someone might name their car.
CLOCKWORK ANGEL by CASSANDRA CLARE (Goodreads Author)
Angle seems to be a popular car name.
10.6 IN THE PINK-- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Read a book with a pink cover.
THE CAT WHO WENT BANANAS (Audio CD) by LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN and narrated by GEORGE GUIDALL
10.8 WHAT A WAY TO MAKE A LIVING- Vacation is over and it is back to work- Read a work memoir (Non-Fiction).
NEON ANGEL: THE CHERIE CURRIE STORY by CHERIE CURRIE
(About her years as a rockstar/actor only.)
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR!
If you get 2 The Hell With It! (or tails), read a book or books totalling at least 700 pages.
THE DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE UGLY TRUTH by JEFF KINNEY 218
THE CITY OF GLASS by CASSANDRA CLARE (Good Reads Author & Big Book) 541
=759 pages
20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - Seeing Yourself in a Title.
THE SHORT SECOND LIFE OF BREE TANNER by STEPHENIE MEYER
Has theres letters: OLCAESN
20.8 Nancy’s Task (It’s My Birthday) – Pirate Talk Read a book that has a word that contains the consecutive letters arr in the title.
PARROTFISH by ELLEN WITTLINGER
20.10 Group Reads
THE PASSAGE by JUSTIN CRONIN (Big Book 769)
25.3 - Sandy’s Task As Suggested by Katy: Daylight Savings
B) Read a book that features time travel.
C) Since the days will be shorter, read a short book (100-300 pages).
B. WHEN YOU REACH ME by REBECCA STEAD
C. SOMEONE LIKE YOU by SARAH DESSEN (Goodreads Author) 272 pages
135 points + 110 previous= 245 points
10.9 Under the CoversMystic River
chosen from the 21 Great Books with Just-As-Great Movie Versions list.
http://www.flashlightworthybooks.com/...
I am claiming a Big Book Ticket - 528 pgs.
Total Points: 335
Tasks Completed: 21
Books Read: 25
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Lisa Lane, James Patterson, Chris Cleave, Isabel Wolff)
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.6 Seeing Yourself in a Title: Read a book whose title includes all of the letters of your first, middle OR last name.I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which contains all six letters of my first name (Hannah):
HArry Potter ANd the Half-Blood PriNce
I loved this task! Thank you!
This was also a Big Book (652 pages)
Total Points: 355
Total Tasks: 18
Total Books: 26
Goodreads Author: 7
Big Book 500+: 3 (latest addition is Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Big Book 750+: 2
Big Book 1000+: 0
Mod
I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which contains all s..."
Wow - one more "n" and you could have gotten the whole "Hannah the Blonde"!
Reader Name: JordanTask 10.1 Shorter Days (Read a bk of shorts stories) Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Verde
Task 10.7 City Lights (Bk w/ a city or word city in title) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Task 10.10 Group Hug (Read bk on other grp listing) Rome's Greatest Defeat by Adrian Murdoch The History Club bk for Oct/Nov
Task 15.3 Continental Divide - I got Africa - Tomb of the Golden Bird by Elizabeth Peters Book takes place in Egypt
Task 15.8 Is that an Eye Under the Nose? (Bk about art/main chara is artist) A Blue So Dark by Holly Schindler Both mother and daughter are artists. Grandmother is artist/photographer.
Task 15.9 Coin Challenge - 2 Do It! coins=bk/bks w/ 300 pgs minimum Lost Souls Dean Koontz's Frankenstein 4 by Dean Koontz 368pgs
Task 20.1 Bookmarks Magazine - Jan/Feb 2010 issue - 13 1 2 by Nevada Barr
Task 25.2 As Her Debut
A: Debut Novel Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
B: 2010 Debut Novel Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Task 25.4 Stay Tuned for Regularly Scheduled Program
4-TVD(Paranormal Chara) The Vampre Diaries Stefan's Diaries Vol 1 by LJ Smith
5-77 Sunset Strip (Bk w/ # in Title) Twenty-seven Bones by Jonathan Nasaw
POINTS THIS POST: 145
POINTS PREVIOUS POSTS: 220
POINTS TOTAL: 365
30.1- pjreads's task as suggested by Jen B: IT'S IN THE CARDS9 Clubs (Published in odd year by GR author): The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. by Sandra Gulland pub. 1995 **GR Authors Ticket**
8 Clubs (published in even year by GR author): Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian pub. 2008 **GR Authors Ticket**
Total Points = 255
Amy W5.2 The Play Must Go On
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Total Points This Post: 5
Total Points in Challenge: 300
GR Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2); 750+(0); 1000+(0)
Mod
I read Artists in Crime
The victim is an artists' model, who's murdered at an art school, and all the suspects are artists.
Total points: 725
30.3 Shipwreck!Faithful Place by Tana French and Guys Read: Funny Business edited by Jon Scieszka
The first would keep me guessing, the second would keep me laughing.
NEW TOTAL: 280 pts
Carly30.1- pjreads's task as suggested by Jen B: IT'S IN THE CARDS
My first card was the 3 of Hearts. So I had to read a book published after January 1, 2000 and it had to be published in an odd year.
I read Splendor by Anna Godbersen. It was first published on September 16, 2009.
My second card was the 4 of Diamonds. So I had to read a book that was published in an even year and was at some point on a bestseller list.
I read Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. It was first published on October 1, 2006. It was on the New York Times Best Sellers List for Children's Series for the week of August 29, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-b...
Sara Shepard is a Goodreads Author.
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 15
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 20
GoodReads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(2), 1000+(0)
Pages Read: 8412
This will be my final post. I got 430 points during the summer challenge so I'm quite pleased to have increased my final score this time around. :)5.1 - fall colors
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig (Goodreads author)
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15.4 - fall equinox
Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Each title has 21 letters/characters.
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Points Claiming: 20
Total Points: 555
Goodreads authors: 13+1=14 (adding Lauren Willig)
Diane15.6 - ONE-HIT WONDERS
Read a book that was the only book of its type by the author (or the only book the author has published to date). -
The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
Total Points: 695/890
Tasks Completed: 41/53
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 53/71
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay, Cathleen Schine)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
My last task!! I'm done - Yay!30.4 - Cheryl TX's task: MYSTERIES AND ANIMALS
For Part A I read The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads author). For part B I read Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews.
Total Points This Post: 30
Total Tasks This Post: 1
Goodreads Authors This Post: 1
Grand Total Points: 890/890
Total Books Read: 71
Tasks Completed: 53/53
Total Goodreads Authors: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Total Big Books: 2
For Task 15.9 - Coin Collector, I rolled 2 doits.I read Frenchman's Creek with 288 pages and Finders Keepers, also with 288 pages.
New Points: 15
Total (Final) Points: 170
Total Task Completed: 12
Total Pages Read: 5566
10.5 THE FIRST ESTATE - The Soldier And The Baby by Ann Stuart – heroine is a nun (re-read) - ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Points this post: 10 pts.
Total Points: 565 pts.
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Diane5.10- Name That Car
Read a book with a title that contains a word or words that someone might name their car if they were so inclined - Silver Bullet by Stephen King. I chose this book because my car actually looks a lot like a silver bullet. Not as fast as a bullet, however...
Total Points: 700/890
Tasks Completed: 42/53
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 54/71
GoodReads Authors: 4 (Garth Stein, Laila Lalami, Tatiana de Rosnay, Cathleen Schine)
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
Joy Marie20.1 Stephanie Anne's Task - Bookmarks Magazine
I read The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman.
It was from the Sept/Oct. 2010 issue and they gave it 4 stars. I think I would give it 3 1/2 starts. I didn't like how it jumped around from character to character, but the overall story was enjoyable.
Total Points: 85
10.6 - In the PinkOnly the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
25.1 - The story continues
Anita Blake #9: Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton*
Anita Blake #10: Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton**
*Big book (500+) 608 pages
**Big book (500+) 656 pages
25.3 - Daylight savings
C) Monster High: Freaks and Shrieks by Lisi Harrison (272 pages)
D) Twilight #1: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
295+60=355 points
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
10.10 GROUP HUG (A GR group "currently reading shelf) - "Busy As A Bee Book Group"
*Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger (336pp) GOODREADS AUTHOR - READ 11.16.10
15.5 LITERATURE MAP (Entered Sara Waters)
*Room by Emma Donoghue (321pp) GOODREADS AUTHOR - READ 11.20.10
20.1 Stephanie Anne’s Task (Most Improved Player) - Bookmarks Magazine [Sept/Oct 2010 issue]
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (pp288) READ 11.23.10
20.4 Mrs. Soule’s Task (Author! Author!) - The Plot Line Thickens (favorite storyline)
Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel by Isabel Allende READ 11.29.10
I love epic historical films.
25.4 -Lisa MD's Task: Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program
A. Roll 3 - "Blue Bloods" (police officer)
*The Reversal by Michael Connelly (416pp) - READ 10.23.10
B. Roll 5 - "77 Sunset Strip" (number title)
*One Day by David Nicholls (437pp) READ 11.29.10
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: SHIPWRECKED!
A. *Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel by Tom Franklin (320pp) GOODREADS AUTHOR - READ 11.11.10
B. *The Associate by John Grisham (384pp) READ 11.27.10
TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 23/53
TOTAL POINTS: 395/890
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 29/69
BIG BOOKS CLAIMED: [ 2 ]500+ [ ]750+ [ ]1000+
GOODREAD AUTHORS CLAIMED: 8
*Books I Own: 18
Previous Messages Posted: #465, #807, #1336, #1803, #2136
Completed Task:30.7 Good Spirits
Book 1 - published before 3/9/1950 - it was published in 1933:
Appointment in Samarraby John O'Hara by
Book 2 - a smile on the front cover - The front cover has Robin McGraw, the author,on it with a smile on her face
Inside My Heart: Choosing to Live With Passion and PurposeRobin McGraw
Points This Task: 30
Pages This task: 493
Pages to date: 8,415
Points to date:325
Readerboard Name: StacyCT20.6 - Seeing Yourself in a Title
This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All by Marilyn Johnson
I used my first name - Stacy - for this task.
Task Points: 20
15.9 - Coin Collector
I got 1 heads & 1 tails (read books totaling at least 500 pages)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (226 pages)
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs (369 pages)
Task Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 24
Total Points Earned: 385
Total Books Read: 29
Pages Read: 11082
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)
10.10 - Group HugThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
This was on the Currently Reading Shelf Of Reading With Style
A very long audio book which took me a long time to listen to, but beautifully read so I enjoyed it.
Total Points for this challenge 710
Last post. Thanks to the mods for running a great challenge again :)20.5 Liz Vegas’s Task - Oprah's On!
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
(Published in 1987)
Total points: 320
Big Book tickets: 500+ (5), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Goodread authors: 6
Books read: 26
Pages read: 11089
Elizabeth NC15.6 (one hit wonders) The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
15.9 (coin toss--one heads, one tails) Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane, 324 pages
The Reversal by Michael Connelly, 386 pages
25.3
A. (historical book set before I was born) Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
C. (shorter book) How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, 214 pages
That gives me:
Points: 335
Books Read: 27
Challenges Completed: 21
Pages Read: 7928
15:7 Solve The MysteryI selected solution B and from the Best crime and Mystery Books list I read
Whose Body? Dorothy L. Sayers
Total For Task - 15
Total For Fall Challenge - 75
congrats Valorie!! can't wait to see your task!
Heather in KSTask 30.3 Shipwrecked-2 books I would want to find:
Between Sundays-because it would make me feel connected to people through emotion and it would be a link to my faith and how not to give up
Unlocked: A Love Story-because it is about how music can open up a whole new world. I am a music teacher and a firm believer in this!
FINAL total: 100 points
Heather in KS
20.6 - "Seeing Yourself in a Title" - Read NEVERMORE: A Graphic Novel Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories (Classical Eye): A Graphic Novel Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Letters in my name underlined - NEVERMORE: A Graphic Novel Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories.25.4 - "Stay Tuned For Your Regularly Scheduled Program" -
Book A: Read Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Wood Middlebrook. I had rolled a 5. 90% of this book takes place in the 50's & 60's as Anne Sexton developed into a prominant poet. Only the very first and last couple chapters dealt with her early life and the last few years before she took her own life in 1974.
Book B: Read All Creatures Great and Small/All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot.
I rolled a 2 for my second roll. It might be hard to see on here, but on my cover there is a little kitty with her kitten on the bottom right corner. This was a maddeningly 498 pages long! Just 2 shy to get another big books ticket! :(50.1 - "Emily ID’s task: Semper Fi " -
Book A: Read Peter's War: A New England Slave Boy and the American Revolution by Joyce Lee Malcolm. Rolled a 1.
Book B: Read Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes. Rolled a 6. All about marines in Vietnam.
Book C: Read Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker. Rolled a 2. Not easy to find a book with the word 'bullet' in the title!
* Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War was 690 pages so I claim 1 big book ticket.
This will probably be my last post!
Points for above tasks: 95
Tasks above completed: 3
Total tasks completed: 20/53
Points completed: 385
Books read & claimed: 28
Books by Goodreads authors: 4
Big Books: 3 (500+), 0 (750+), 0 (1000+)
Kate C.Finished 15.5 - Literature Map
I entered Nick Hornby and got as a result T.C. Boyle, so I read Talk Talk. The map did a pretty good job. I liked this book.
Total Points: 265
STACIE MITask 25.2 - As Her Debut
For Part A, I read The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie, her debut novel.
For Part B, I read Tweet Heart by Elizabeth Rudnick, her debut novel, which was published in 2010.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 570
Tasks completed: 40
Books read: 49
Pages read: 13440
Goodreads authors: 10
Big Books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
15.2 Recommended books
good reads author15.9 coin collector (1) do it (1) to hell with it 500+ pgs The Rainbow
15.6 One Hit wonders The Bell Jar
10.1 Shorter days Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger
10.9 Flashlight worthy - The 7 best novels about WASPS - yes it was worth staying up all night, great page turner very quick read. The Age of Innocence
20.10 group reads The PassageI couldn't put it down.
25.1 and the story continues -
Bones to Ashes Temp Brennan #10
The Last PrecinctKay Scarpetta #11 (big book)
Challenges 12
Pages 4930
Points 270
Points 270
Readerboard Name: LeoraTask: 15-3 Fall Equinox
I read: In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson and Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer.
Both titles have 19 letters!
500 points.
Valorie wrote: "My last task!! I'm done - Yay!30.4 - Cheryl TX's task: MYSTERIES AND ANIMALS
For Part A I read The Tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads author). For part B I read [bo..."
Congrats Valorie!
15.6: One Hit Wonders: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde20.5: Booked published in 1986/7: Redwall by Brian Jacques (published in 1987)
Points this task: 35
Total Points: 385
Total Tasks: 17
Total Books: 26
Total Pages: 8685
GR Authors: 5 (Cleave, Ebershoff, Patterson, Stevens, Lippman)
Big Books: 500+(1); 750+(1); 1000+(0)
Jennifer OH15.1 - NEW HORIZONS
Go to
Top Shelves and pick a book from a shelf that is outside or on the edge of your comfort zone.
REQUIRED:Please tell us which shelf you picked from.
OPTIONAL: Tell us whether you'd be interested in reading more books like this one.
classics - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin read 11-20-10
i have been trying to make my way through the classics, not because i like them but because i feel like i should. some, like jane eyre, have been easy and enjoyable but others, like wuthering heights, have been like pulling teeth so i dont read them very often.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: SHIPWRECKED!
Your Summer vacation cruise ship has sunk and you are now alone on a deserted island. You have managed to find survival supplies, but THE HORROR! you have found only TWO books. You may be on the island for a very long time.
Read the two books that you would wish to find.
Optional: Tell us why you chose your books
The Host by Stephenie Meyer re-read 10-25-10 *I picked this book because no matter how many times I read it I always cry at the same spot because it is so beautiful and sad and wonderful. I never get bored of it.
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie re-read 10-30-10 *I picked this because no matter how many times I read it it never fails to make me laugh!
Challenges Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 13
Total Points: 150
Kelly G. 15.7 - SOLVE THE MYSTERY
Choose one book based on your solution to the mystery.
A) Modern Classic. Possession by: A.S. Byatt (big ticket book 555 pages).
Task Points: 15
Completed Tasks: 11
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 16
Big Ticket Books: 500+(3) 750+(1) 1000+(1)
That's as far as I am going to get this challenge - beat my score for the summer challenge so that makes me happy.
Delicious Dee Challenge Addict wrote: "congrats Valorie!! can't wait to see your task!"Thanks Dee & Meghan! I have an idea in my head I'm working out. Hope it will be fun!
ColleeEeEEeEn!One last post, some of these were intended for other tasks that I never finished, but I *think* I made it all work...
5.7 - Circle of Life - The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates - Wes Moore (born October 15, 1978)
10.4 - Leaving Civilzation Behind - The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
20.8 - Pirate Talk -
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling (H-ARR-Y Potter)
20.10 - Group Read - Little Bee - Chris Cleave (post #47 in Little Bee discussion thread)
25.3 - Daylight Savings -
A) Read a work of hisorical fiction: The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom - set in the late 1700's.
C) Read a short book:
Love Is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield (224 pages)
30.5 - Life Lessons
4) Read a book with a high (4.1+) rating on Goodreads: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins (rated 4.48)
6) Read a book of non-fiction about something you don't know - The Nonrunner's Marathon Guide for Women: Get Off Your Butt and On with Your Training - Dawn Dais
That's 80 points, bringing my total (I believe) to 310.
That's all for me this round, see you guys in the Winter Challenge!
:o)
5.4 - I'm Glad My Mother Didn't Name Me...I read Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging by Louise Rennison and I would have hated to be named Georgia. I'm not sure why, but I've never really liked this name...
Total : 35 points
5.6 - She's a BeautyI read Rumours by Anna Godbersen which has a beautiful red dress on the cover! :)
Total: 40 points
DeeDeeLast post of the challenge
15.9 - COIN COLLECTOR!
I got 2 heads; so:
-If you get 2 Do It! (or heads), read a book or books totalling at least 300 pages
I read:
Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature is at Odds with Economics--and Why it Matters (2009) by Peter A. Ubel (Hardcover, 224 pages)
and
Day of the Minotaur (1966) by Thomas Burnett Swann (Paperback, 164 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1967)
224 + 164 = 388 pages
490 + 15 = 505
Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 505/890
Books read: 38
Pages Read: 13,256 + 388 = 13,644
Overall average number of pages per book: 350.05
Average pages per day: 149.93
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:
500 + (3)
750 + (1)
1000 + (0)
Congratulations to all the finishers!
See ya in the Winter Challenge!
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20.7 THE MELTING POT
The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
This book is a kaleidescope of Haitian lives - of how various Haitians ended up in the US (namely NY) and how their pasts in Haiti continue to haunt them in their new country as well as the connections they keep with their home land.
Total Points: 70
Tasks completed: 4
I am desperately trying to finish one more book before the end of tomorrow!