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FALL CHALLENGE 2011: AFRICA
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Fall Challenge 2011 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
CHRISTINE USTask 10.3 Headless horeseman
by Libba brayTask 10.4 Moniker Math
by Becca FitzpatrickChristine US - 11 letters
Fitzpatrick - 11 letters
*** Becca Fitzpatrick is a GR author
TOTAL: 170
10.10) Back to our roots: I Capture the Castle
15.10) Roaming wild:A Game of Thrones
20.9)Lucky me! Chime Required: I rolled a 3
15.9) Get out the winter clothes The Ruby in the Smoke
120+10+15+20+15=180
15.10) Roaming wild:A Game of Thrones
20.9)Lucky me! Chime Required: I rolled a 3
15.9) Get out the winter clothes The Ruby in the Smoke
120+10+15+20+15=180
BUTTERFLYCAGER15.3. Dead or alive
I flipped two heads, and read two live authors.
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
Ilona Andrews and Shirley Damsgaard are Goodreads Authors.
25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night
F. Professor Plum (purple cover) - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
6. Wrench in the lounge (book about friendship) - At Home on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball
This is a story about three longtime friends who are attempting to restore an old house.
Alan Bradley and Donna Ball are Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 40
Total challenge points: 695
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 53
Goodreads Authors: 32
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3 - IT'S ELELMENTAL - The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.25.5 - VIRTUAL SAFARI - I first saw a crocodile and read In the Sea There Are Crocodiles then I saw an elephant and read Elephant Run.
Julie Kagawa is a Goodreads Author
TOTAL POINTS - 175 POINTS
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 4
BIG BOOKS - 1
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Points this Post: 20
Total points- 435
Tasks Completed: 22
Books read: 30
Pages Read : 9,172
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day The word Emperor was the word on 5/28/2011
I read The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry **Goodreads Author**
20.3 Best Review - Amanda VA's task: Music Around the Fire
The musical term I chose was "fifth" from option A so I read
Taking the Fifth by J.A. Jance
20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Moment of Truth (Rosato & Associates #5) by Lisa Scottoline **Goodreads Author**Total Points = 690
New Goodreads Authors = Steve Berry and Lisa Scottoline
20.9 - Vegas Vacation
Rolled a 5.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
* Big Book = 976 pages *
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1 x750
Rolled a 5.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
* Big Book = 976 pages *
Points for this task: 20
Total Points: 60
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 1 x750
5.9 - Back to SchoolStolen: A letter to my captor - Printz Honor (* *)
*Lucy Christopher is a Goodreads author.
Points in this post: 5
Total points: 270
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Book tickets: 500+ (1), 750+ (2) = 3
Books read: 23/87
15.10. Roaming Wild Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
Points this post: 15
Total points: 170
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
KIM NY25.5 - Valorie's task: SRC's Virtual Safari
book 1-option 2-African Elephant (book w/400+ pages)- Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park 400 pgs
book 2-option 6-Zebra (black & white cover)-
by Kathy BellTotal points this post: 25
Total points for challenge: 310
AprilDT20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!
C. Angela Baker (Sleepaway Camp) - Read a book where a character cross-dresses or is transgendered.
Pope Joan
by Donna Woolfolk Cross#%^Donna Woolfolk Cross is a goodreads author#%^
Points this post= 20
Challenge total= 125
This Post 10/6Total Point Earned: 55
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Pages Read: 1394
Total Books Read: 6
Good Read Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
5.2 - Lat & Long
I live in the United States and Thirty-Three Teeth takes place in Laos, read 9/13, 238 pages
5.3 - It's Elemental
The Helium Murder read 10/4, 256 pages
Goodreads Author Camille Minichino
5.5 - Birth of a Nation
Chihuahua of the Baskervilles published July 5, 2011, read 9/1, 288 pages
10.3 - Headless Horseman:
The Driver's Seat read 9/2, 128 pages
10.5 - Blood Moon: Moon
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution, read 9/4, 304 pages
GoodReads Author Holly Tucker
20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions has five os, all in the subtitle, read 9/10, 180pages
5.6 Labor DayI read Promises by Marie Sexton.
Sexton is on the list of occupational names given in the task thread.
*Marie Sexton is a GR Author*
Points For Post- 5
Total Points- 185
GR Authors- 8
Total Tasks- 13
Jenny Chicago 5.2 Lat and Long: I live in the United States and read Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes
20.8 Its My Birthday: Lisa MD's Task: The Big 5-Oh!: I read Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. The book has 7 "o"s in the title.
Total Points this Post 25
Total Points 25
Good Reads Authors
Big Books
20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling I used A: I was sick! and read
Contagion by Robin Cook
Total Points = 710
Sandy MN30.8 Jenn Renee's task: Head of the Class
Book A: (E)Gym (Main character owns a football team)
It Had to Be You by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
**Goodreads Author**
Book B: Main character is a student and book is set in a boarding school
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
**Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 295
Total GR Authors: 7
Readerboard name: Cheryl TX15.6 Brrrrrrrr
Blueberry Muffin Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery With Recipes
25.6 Denise NC's Task: Fall Days and Nights
Apple Turnover Murder: A Hannah Swensen Murder With Recipes by Joanne Fluke
All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
Total Points This Post: 40
20.6 Option B - The WolfmanBook: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
(werewolves are the main characters)
*** Goodreads Author ***
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 170
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!I chose option C and read Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce.
The main character is a girl who pretends to be a boy.
Total Points: 90
5.4- 54I read Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta. I read the ebook version which has 256 pages.
*Melina Marchetta is a GR Author*
Points For Post- 5
Total Points- 190
GR Authors- 9
Total Tasks- 14
20.6 Oh, the Horror!I chose option E (Norman Bates -- takes place at an inn) and read Howliday Inn by James Howe (195 pgs)
Points this post: 20
Total Point Earned: 120
Total Pages Read: 1999
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
STESSE30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young
A. Primarily white cover: Burned by Ellen Hopkins (532 p)
And oh my goodness – this book left me breathless and speechless. Yikes.
Ellen Hopkins is a GRA.
This is a Big Book.
B. Infernal Affairs by Jane Heller (320 p)
The main character makes a deal with the devil & becomes gorgeous (but also becomes the devil’s minion), so I could go as a diva devil!
Points this Post: 30
Tasks Completed this Post: 1
Books Read this Post: 2
Pages Read this Post: 852
GoodReads Authors this Post: 1
Big Books this Post: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 15
Total Pages Read: 5914
Total GoodReads Authors: 5
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Erin B.5.4 - 54
I read Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands by James Brooks.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
RACHEL CA: 205 pts total20.08 THE BIG 5-OH!
In the Company of Others: A Father Tim Novel by Jan Karon (title, subtitle, author's name)
25.03 GAME NIGHT
B. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet by M.C. Beaton(James Lacey, who investigates with Agatha Raisin, is a retired colonel)
3. Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate by Elizabeth Pantley (non-fiction)
Points: 45
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 17
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 25.10 - Fall Back In Time
I chose to do options A and C.
For A, I joined Goodreads way back in May of 2007, so using that year I read:
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
For C, I read a book challenged in the 2000's:
ttyl by Lauren Myracle
Points this task: 25
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Pages read: 3125
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.5 - Birth of a Nation As of July this year, South Sudan is Africa’s newest country. In celebration, read a book that was published in July (of any year). The book's main page must say it was published in July, but it does not need to be the original publication date. Example: The Distant Hours Here are some lists to get you started, too: July 2011, July 2010Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Published July 2003
Liora5.3 It's Elemental
Iron Lake: A Novel by William Kent Kreuger
30.1 My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois
Book A, Option 1: The Lumby Lines by Gail Fraser
Book B, Option 2: And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander
Civil War Confederate General Edward Porter Alexander
Tasha Alexander is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 175
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
20.5 Bigger is Better-Katy's task: FallingB. I tripped over my own feet - human feet on cover.
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerPosts this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 7
30.9 Book fest!I read the Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman who is a **Goodreads Author*** and Elizabeth I by Margaret George. Elizabeth I is **BIG BOOK**, weighing in at 671 pages. Both these authors are schedule to appear at the festival in 2011.
Please alot me 2 tickets -- one for another Goodreads author and one for a BIG Book!!
Total points: 115
task completed: 9
books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500 (1)
pages read: 3878
15.8. Stormy Weather Read a book involving meteorology, a meteorologist, a storm chaser or someone else whose work involves weather or a book that has a stormy weather word in the title (storm, thunder, snow, rain, etc.)
Red Rain by Bruce Murkoff
This Post: 15
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 15/61
Books Read: 25/87
Lisa MDCOMPLETED TASKS:
20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation
Rolled a 6 - (The Bellagio) - Choose any option - I chose option #1 - The Luxor - Historical Fiction
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The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly READ 10.4.11BIG BOOK TICKET (675pp)
30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
Read 2 books each by a different author who is scheduled to attend the National Book Festival in 2011
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In a Strange City by Laura Lippman READ 10.6.11GOODREAD AUTHOR
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee READ 9.27.11BIG BOOK TICKET (571pp)
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TOTAL TASKS COMPLETED: 4/61
TOTAL BOOKS READ: 7
TOTAL POINTS: 100/1100
TOTAL GOODREADS AUTHORS: 2
BIG BOOK TICKETS: 500+[ ✔✔✔ ] 750+[ ] 1000+[ ]
Readerboard Name: Kim L20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!
I chose option C and read Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce.
The main character is a girl who pretends to be a boy.
Total Points: 90
Laurie ME20.6: Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's Task: Oh, the Horror! E. Norman Bates (Psyco)
Agatha Christie - At Bertram's Hotel
Points this post: 20.
Total Points: 385.
5.6 Labor DayOperation Heartbreak by Duff Cooper
'Cooper' is on the list of occupational surnames.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 23
Books read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Cindy AL5.7 African Safari:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
This is from the "Africa" list.
Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author.
15.4 It's Not Too Late:
Spell Bound by [Author:Kelley Armstrong|7581]
5.4 from Summer Challenge - consecutive letters in the title or author's name 2 L's in both title and author and
Hexed by Kevin Hearne
Added to my To-Read list on August 13.
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads Author.
Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author.
30.4 Trusty Shellback:
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs and
"Bone" is the jewelry making substance.
Hounded by Kevin Hearne
"K" and "H" are the letters in Shellback.
Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author
30.7 When I Was Young:
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Five words in the title and
The Robin & the Kestrel by Mercedes Lackey
I would wear a gypsy costume for Halloween.
Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads Author.
Points in this post - 80
Total Points - 565/1100
Books - 35/84
Pages - 15839
Goodreads Authors: 20
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
ALICIA T10.6 Big Game Hunter
I read Rebel Angels by Libba Bray.
The book was 548 pages long.
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 40
5.5 Published in July:
Back on Murder by J. Mark Bertrand***J. Mark Bertrand is a Goodreads Author***
Total challenge points: 260 points
20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation
Lucky me, indeed, I rolled a 6:
6. The Bellagio: You get to sit back and relax in this fancy hotel. Choose any one of the options above.
So I chose option #1:
1. The Luxor: For this task you will read one work of Historical Fiction
And I read a book set in the 1480s:
By Fire, By Water (2010) by Mitchell James Kaplan (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 284 pages)
***Goodreads Author*** Mitchell James Kaplan
75 + 20 = 95
Tasks Completed: 5
Points for this task: 20
Points thus far: 75 + 20 = 95
Books read: 6
Pages Read: 1705
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Nickboy15.5 I Can See my House from Here Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby, winner of the Man Booker prize in 1969, is a murder mystery set in Egypt. 288 pages
25.3 Game Time – Mr Green with a Revolver in the Study
Book 1. Mr. Green green cover -- Discovering Saint Patrick by Thomas O'Loughlin
, 264 pagesBook 2. Revolver in the Study – a non-fiction book Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
, 256 pagesTask Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 370
Pages Read: 8,662
Big Books: 1000+ (1)
Chris MD
30.5 Stranger in a Strange Land
Reimaginings: The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell
O’Farrell was born in Northern Ireland and the book takes place in India and Scotland. According to the task rules all members of the UK may be considered separate countries.
Culture Shock: Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
This book was also published under the title Brinkley Manor, a Jeeves Novel. See this link. The other editions say "Right Ho, Jeeves,"
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
BUTTERFLYCAGER5.3 - It's Elemental - Iron Crowned by Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead is a Goodreads Author.
30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket Ride
B) Cinderella's Castle - The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey
G) Tomorrowland - All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post: 35
Total challenge points: 730
Tasks completed: 41
Books read: 56
Goodreads Authors: 34
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
BJ Rose2 new tasks
10.10 - Back to Our Roots: Read any book by an author whose book appears on TNBBC's to-read/read/currently reading Shelves
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Claiming a Big Book at 537 pages
20.3 Best Review - Amanda VA's task: Music Around the Fire
Option A. Read a book with a musical instrument or a musical term in the title and/or subtitle: I chose the musical term fourth
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Points this post = 30
Total Points = 455
Tasks Completed = 25
Total Pages = 11,664
Goodreads Authors = 8
Big Books = (500+) = 2
15.3 rolled 2 heads - authors still aliveRead Black: The Birth of Evil by Ted Dekker and
Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil by Nancy Atherton
25.1 A. Read Shaken by J.A.
Konrath from the library and
B. Read Worth Dying For by
Lee Child. RDIN in ALEXANDRIA
30.2 oPTION 2 - My favorite book - Anything in the
IN DEATH series by JD ROBB. I read
Missing in Death also by
J.D. Robb meets criteria E and J
option 6 - Read Murder Takes the Cake by Gayle Trent a GOODREADS AUTHOR meets criteria A.
point this post 70
total points 125
30.7 When I Was YoungI chose to read two books from option A. Both have five words in the title.
Back in the Jug Agane by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
***Mary E. Pearson is a Goodreads Author***
Points this post: 30
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
RACHEL CA: 210 pts total5.09 BACK TO SCHOOL
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (Newbery Medal, 1991)
Points: 5
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 18
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
CASSELM15.3 Dead or Alive
I flipped one of each.
Mint Julep Murder by Carolyn Hart (living)
The Tomb and Other Tales by H.P. Lovecraft (died: 1937)
25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!
Book A) option 2
The Plague by Albert Camus
(originally published in French)
Book B) option 1
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Schaffer
(I'm bring a sweet potato pie for dessert)
30.6 Donna Jo's Task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.
B. Date of Birth
The Vanderbilt Era: Profiles of a Gilded Age by Louis Auchincloss
(This book was first published in 1989--I was born in the 1980s)
C. Eye Color
(My eyes are blue)
Points: 70
Total Points: 185
LDB10.4 Moniker Math
Sudan: Race, Religion and Violence by Jok Madut JOK.
The author's last name "Jok" has the same number of letters as my readerboard name "LDB".
Total points: 25
Books read: 2
Tasks done: 2
Pages read: 567
Amanda A5.10 - Women and Cats, Men and Dogs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
20.4 Author! Author! - Erin NY's task Series Lover
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean (Goodreads author)
2011 book - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart
30.1 Sheila’s Task - My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois
Book A:
Option 1 - The Rocky Road to Romance by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads author)
Book B:
Option 2 - Need by Carrie Jones (Goodreads author)
Confederate General - David Rumph “Neighbor” Jones
30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket Ride
Liberty Square (Paranormal) - Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones (Goodreads author)
Fantasyland - The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (Goodreads author)
Points this post: 85
Total Points: 405
Goodreads authors: 20 (5 this post)
Christie Guatemala20.5 Bigger is Better - Katy's task: Falling
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
This book is for Option A: I was sick! A major character in the book is a psychiatrist.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Total Goodreads Authors: 3
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James Patterson is a Goodreads author.
30.4 Trusty Shellback
Book 1
Open House by Elizabeth Berg. The author's initials are in the word SHELLBACK.
Book 2
The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank. The word "pearl" is in the gemstone link.
Dorothea Benton Frank is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 245
Tasks: 17
Books: 19
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0