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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!
15.2. Back to school – English classI chose option B and read
No One You Know by Michelle Richmond
No and Know are homophones.
Michelle Richmond is a goodreads author
Points this post: 15
Total challenge points: 355
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Robert Liparulo, Tamora Pierce, Sarah Addison Allen, James Patterson, Joyce Maynard, Jennifer Haigh, Libba Bray, Ruta Sepetys, Lilith Saintcrow, Michelle Richmond
Big Books
15.9 Get Out The Winter Clothes
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe man on the cover is holding a hat in his right hand.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 500
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 39
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
15.2 English ClassI read No One You Know by Michelle Richmond(a GoodReads Author).
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Tasks completed:16
Books read: 17
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
STACIE MITask 25.3 - Game Night
I chose Mr. Green as my character and read a book with a green cover:
Stoneheart by Charlie FletcherI also chose The Candlestick in the Library as my weapon/room and read a book with a librarian as a main character:
Reader's Advisory: An Unshelved Collection by Gene Ambaum
Points this task: 25
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 23
Pages read: 5953
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
25.2 Sandy's Math-over 600 pages The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins752 pages is a ***Double Big Book***
Season Total: 440
CHRISTINE USFirst, I'd like to delete the post I made in post #764 for Task 30.1. Points deleted from the total.
Task 5.8 SON
Me, Myself and Why? by Mary Janice Davidson
Task 10.8 readers also enjoyed
I put in book Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie is Not the Answerand got:
Scot on the Rocks by Brenda Janowitz
***Brenda Janowitz is a GR author
Task 15.10 Roaming Wild
The Mercy by Beverly Lewis
Task 20.4 Series Lover
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
This is #2 in the series, and published in 2011
***This book is over 500 pages - BB ticket
Task 20.10 group reads
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Task 30.7 when I was Young
Book #1: Conspiracy in Death
Main character is a cop. I'd put a white blouse with black trousers, black jacket, and a little toy badge & gun.
Book #2: Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Main character is a baker. I'd get an apron, and then walk around with a mixing bowl, whisk, wooden spoon and measuring spoons. Then, if the kid gets tired of holding things -- the items are small enough that they will fit in the bowl for easy carrying.
TOTAL: 280
Jen UT5.3 - It's Elemental
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Total Points: 20
Total Books Read: 5
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Mod
chose 10.6 Gay Pride read Wicked by Sara Shepard (goodreads author)
and Thirteen Days to Midnight by Patrick Carman which was added to my TBR August 17 2011
Points this Post: 15
Total points- 680
Tasks Completed: 35
Books read: 48
Pages Read : 15,090
GR Authors: 13
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jenny Chicago (if this appears twice I apoligize. I was checking my link and accidentally closed the screen)
Task 5.4-54: read a book with a 5 or a 4 in the number of pages. I read Country Driving by Peter Hessler. It has 448 Pages.
Points this post 5
Total Points 45
Big Books
Good Read Authors
10.7 - Hot Off The Presses Read a book first published in 2011. I read Heat Rises
It was published in September 2011.Points: 150
books read: 13
tasks completed: 10
GR authors: 5
Big Books: 1
pages read 4496
30.3 E-Ticket RideF. Fantasyland - I read The Lost Hero (Big Book: 553 p) by Rick Riordan.
G. Tomorrowland - I read Pretties by Scott Westerfeld.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 125
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Cindy FTask 25.1 Happiness Is A Big Library
I read for A) Carved in Boneby Jefferson Bass I borrowed this book from the local library.
B) The Secret Life of Bees bySue Monk Kidd (E,R,L,I)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
I finished a few more tasks:20.8 It's My Birthday - The Big 5-oh!
I read
by Kyung Sook Sin. Using both the title and author's name, there are 5 o's in total. 4 stars.20.10 Group Read
I read
by Sarah Addison Allen. I made my comment is post #30 to this thread. 4 stars.SARAH ADDISON ALLEN IS A GR AUTHOR.
30.7 Jennifer N's Task: When I Was Young
I chose one book from A and one from B.
A - 5 words in the title -
by Jean Thompson. 3 stars.B - I would dress up as Catherine the Great for Halloween so I read
by Robert Massie. 5 stars.CATHERINE THE GREAT IS A BB READ AT OVER 500 PAGES
30.10 Christina's Task - Shopping at the School Store
I rolled a 3 and a 6.
3 - Read a book between 300-399 pages. I read
by Rosamund Lupton. 4 stars.6 - Read a book of essays, etc. I read
edited by Jennifer O'Connell. 3 stars.ROSAMUND LUPTON IS A GR AUTHOR
Total Points: 80 + 20 + 20 + 30+ 30 = 180
Total GR Authors: 3
Total Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (1), 1000+ (0)
Chris MD
30.8 Head of the Class
Math Class: The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
514 pages: Claiming 1 Big Book ticket
Education related: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Ebershoff and Stewart are both Goodreads authors: Claiming 2 Author tickets
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
5.8 - S.O.N. Read a book where the letters S, O, and N (September, October, November) are found consecutively in the title, subtitle, or author’s name. Series titles are EXCLUDED. Examples: James Patterson, Flight LessonsStarting over - Tony Parsons
15.6 Brrrrrrrrrrrr............The Bernini Bust by Iain Pears
This Post: 15
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Laurie Halse Anderson, Stephen Booth)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
CHRISTINE USTask 30.4 Shellback
Book 1: The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
initials AH
Book 2: Gypsy in Amber by Martin Cruz Smith
Gem: Amber
TOTAL: 310
25.6 Fall Days and NightsA:
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghuepredominantly red cover
** Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author **
B: I read two books with silver covers to make up the page requirement:
The Victorian Chaise-longue by Marghanita Laski and The Sack of Bath by Adam Fergusson
Points this post: 25
Total points: 525
Tasks completed: 31
Books read: 41
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
JODI TX20.1 Missing Books
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory MaguireWicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 90 The readerboard has me 15 points more than I show having on my paper.
25.6 Denise NC’s Task: Fall Days and Nights A. Days/ Cover: Yellow
by Louise ErdrichB. Nights/ Word: Moon
by Sherman Alexie+25 Task
30.7 – Jennifer N’s task: When I Was Young
Labor Day:
A.Five Words and White Cover
by Ernest HemingwayHalloween:
B. Costume: one my son actually wore!
by Joss Whedon+30 Task
Points This Post: 55
Grand Total: 385
Leslie KChallenge 20.4 - Series Lover
61 Hours by Lee Child This is Jack Reacher #14 in the series.
This was released in 2010, The Affair was published in September 2011, 61 Hours was 383 pages long and is identified on the Goodreads posting as a series.
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 165
GR Author: No Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book: No Total Big Books 2
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3! I chose to use option B: 2. 300 X 2 = FINISHED
Read 2 books, each with 300 or more pages.
I read Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan **Goodreads author**
480 pages
AND
Kiss Me, Kill Me by Allison Brennan **Goodreads author**
416 pages
Total Points = 965
New Goodreads Authors = Allison Brennan X 2
Leslie KChallenge 20.5 Falling
The Affair by Lee Child
This is the most recent Jack Reacher in Child's series, #16, and was published in September 2011.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 185
GR Author: No, Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book: No, Total big books: 2
Leslie KChallenge 20.10 Group Read
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
Posting # 34 on the discussion page
Points this task: 20
Total Points: 205
GR Author: Yes, Total GR Authors: 3
Big Book: No, Total big books: 2
hpaddict15.3 Dead or Alive
I flipped 2 tails = 2 dead authors
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 1849-1924
Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery 1874-1942
this post = 15pts
total challenge = 110pts
completed tasks = 9
Task 50.1 - Let's build a haunted house!
E. Monster in the closet: Magician's Gambit by David Eddings Lots of fantasy monsters in this one. #3 - This author has published 102 books
F. Mad Scientist's Laboratory in the Basement: Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose Meriwether Lewis was a botanist who discovered, catalogued, and gathered samples of newly discovered plants and animals during the Lewis and Clark Expedition. #4 - ***Big Book 596 pages***
H. Put it all together: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling Setting of a haunted castle. #4 - ***Big Book 652 pages***
Big Book Tickets this post = 2
Total Big Book Tickets for the Challenge = 10
Challenge total = 215
Leslie KChallenge: 25.7 Hockey Night Party
Book A, Option 1: Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues by Michael Brandman
Book B: Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Option 1 : Appitizer. Since I don't cook, I found a recipe for Tortilla Pinwheels with tortillas, cream cheese, olives and ham. Putting it together might be a different story, though.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 230
GR Author: No, Total GR Authors: 3
Big Book: No, total BB:
Tortilla Flat
30.8. Jenn Renee's task - Head of the ClassFor Part A, I chose E-Gym Class and read:
Open by Andre Agassi
For Part B, I read
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Dave Cullen is a Goodreads Author.
Total points: 275
Laurie ME25.4: Nick-boy''s Task: Blood Diamonds!
1. author chosen: P.D. James who won in 1987.
2. countries in Africa - South Africa and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
P.D. James - Unnatural Causes
Agatha Christie - The Man in the Brown Suit
Points this post: 25.
Total Points: 580.
Jenny ChicagoTask 10.6 Big Game Hunter: I listened to The Iliadby Homer. Since there are a number of mass market paperbacks editions... i picked the penguin classic to link to. It listed at 704.
Claiming ONE big book ticket
Points this Post 10
Total Points 55
Goodreads Author
Big Books 500+ (1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
5.1 Boo! I read
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost (black cat on the cover)***Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads author***
20.1 Missing Books: I read Death Cloud by Andy Lane which is a prequel to the Sherlock Holmes books.
20.5 Falling: I chose option C- It was icy outside and I slipped and I read Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater which is book #28 on the ice and snow list.
***Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads author***
20.9 Vegas Vacation: I rolled a 5 for Excalibur and read Their Lady Gloriana by Starla Kaye.
50.1 Let's Build a Haunted House:
book 1: I chose options A & 1 and read The Guy Next Door by Lori Foster (meeting requirements "door" in the title and a goodreads author)
***Lori Foster is a Goodreads author***
book 2: I chose options E & 5 and read
A Little Harmless Submission by Melissa Schroeder (meeting requirements: a monster--the book is about trying to catch a serial killer--and part of a series which is the Harmless series--this is book #6 of the series)
***Melissa Schroeder is a Goodreads author***
book 3: I chose options D & 2 and read Give It To Me by Sean Wolfe (meeting requirements: an anthology and an author I've never read before
Total Points this Post: 115
Total Points in Challenge: 810
Books Read: 58
Tasks Completed: 36
GR Authors: 42
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(1)
30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket RideB) Cinderella's Castle-
by Robin PalmerG) Tomorrowland-
by Lauren Oliver ***Goodreads Author***Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 190
Goal Total Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 20.9, 20.10, 30.3, 30.6, 30.7, 30.9, 30.10
Tasks in Progress: 5.9, 25.1, 25.2, 50.1
Pages Read: 2586
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 8 (Cassandra Clare, Sarah Dessen, Amanda Howells, Lauren Oliver, Mary E. Pearson, Tatiana de Rosnay, Rachel Vincent (x2))
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
Boston Kate20.2 Word of the Day
used "genius" from 10/3/2010
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
"genius" is in the subtitle
(This was approved by Sandy in the help thread - although the link is back to showing the full title now, so it looks like I'm okay.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Mod
I read The Dragon Man. I live in the US and the book is set in Australia.
5.6 - Labor Day
I read You Think That's Bad by Jim Shepard
10.2 - Queen of Denial
I read My Answer Is No ... If That's Okay with You
Total: 415
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3!1. Read 1 book with 600 or more pages:
I read Cutting for Stone
by Abraham VergheseCutting for Stone qualifies as a Big Book at 667 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 14
Number of pages: 667/4656
Goodreads Authors to date: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Kathy G.10.2- Queen of Denial
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
***word "not" in title***
Total Points- 140
Total Tasks- 9
Goodreads Authors- 3
Big Books (500+)- 2
KIM NY15.7. Beginnings and endings
Through a Dark Mist by Marsha Cahnam.
Total points this post: 15
Total points for challenge: 465
Readerboard Name - Denise NCTask 5.4 - 54
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Pages - 541
Big Book Ticket
Points - 5
Task 10.9 - Words of Wisdom
Fortune Cookie Saying - "Do Not Fall Into the Trap of Being Compacent"
The Ghost Trap by K. Stephens
K. Stephens is a Goodreads Author
Pages - 280
Points - 10
Task 15.10 - Roaming Wild
First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
Pages - 363
Points - 15
Task 20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's Task: Refreshingly Short
Used my own TBR Shelf
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pages - 180
Points - 20
Task 30.1 - Sheila's Task: My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois
Book A - Option 1 - Island in Title
Island of the Swans by Ciji Ware
Pages - 592
Big Book Ticket
Book B - Option 2 - Henry Lawrence Burnett - Union
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Pages - 331
Points - 30
Task 30.8 - Jenn Renee's Task: Head of the Class
Book A - Option B - Science
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Pages - 385
Book B - Main Character Student or Teacher
Frostbite by Richelle Mead
Pages - 327
Points - 30
Points This Post - 110
Total Points - 530
Tasks Completed This Post - 6
Total Tasks Completed - 31
Total Goodreads Authors - 8
Total Big Book Tickets - 3(500) / 0(750) / 4(1000)
20.5 - Bigger is Better- Katy's task: FallingShadowfever (* * *) (Option D - This is the last book in the Fever series and I really stayed up till 2a.m. to finish it...)
*I'd like to claim a big book ticket as this book is 671 pages long.
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 425
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 35/87
5.9 Back To SchoolHoles by Louis Sachar
Newbery Medal 1999
Points this post: 25
Total points: 530
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 42
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
5.8 - S.O.N.
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 1 x750
The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
Points for this task: 5
Total Points: 105
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 1 x750
Kimber30.2 Unique Fall Holidays
4)Dictionary Day-The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
The Amaranth is a grain often used in health foods. It has distinctly colored red-purple flowers - the color is referred to as amaranth.
Julie Berry is a goodreads author.
5)National Adoption Day-Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
This book is about a mother in India who is forced to give up her baby girl because her culture views a girl child as a hinderance.
Shilpi Somaya Gowda is a Goodreads Author. She is also a first time author.
This task: 30
# tasks completed: 14
Total points: 275
GR Authors: 12
Big Book: 1/500+, 1/750+
KimberThis is a repost to correct post # 1203.
Rolled a 6. The Bellagio, Choose any of the options 1-5.
I visited the Mirage & read Beastly by Alex Flinn. The book is about a witch putting a spell on a mean cute boy to teach him a lesson.
This task : 20
15.1 Retired hurricane Dean '07. Read The Darkest Evening of the Year
by Dean Koontz, which was published in '07.+15 task
Season total=455
5.1 - Boo!Witches' Bane by Susan Wittig Albert (Goodreads author)
10.5 - Blood Moon
Blood and Destiny by Kaye Chambers
15.9. Get out the winter clothes
Dearly Depotted by Kate Collins (Goodreads author)
Woman on cover has scarf around her neck
25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!
Book A, Option 1: The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves.
Blue cover
Book B, Dessert: Peppermint Twisted by Sammi Carter.
I'm bringing Peppermint Brownie Bites
25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
Book A, The Service: Kitty Goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn (Goodreads author)
"Goes" approved in help thread
Book B, The Party: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Chairs on the cover
Total Points This Post: 80
Total Tasks This Post: 5
Goodreads Authors This Post: 3
Grand Total Points: 365/1100
Total Books Read: 30
Tasks Completed: 23/61
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
10.3 - Headless HorsemanSold to the Highest Bidder by Donna Alward
Donna Alward is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 50 points
Hettie20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
A Wizard Abroad by Diane Duane (Goodreads author)
Using the word wizard from 07 / 31 / 2011
25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
B. The party: A chair on the cover
AND
C. The gifts: Read a book with life in the title
Life From Scratch by Melissa Ford (Goodreads author)
30.6 Donna Jo's task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.
C. Eye Color - my eye colour is blue
Born on a Blue Day
AND
E. Height - I am 68 inches in height
I read book 6 in the Daisy Dalrymple series
Dead in the Water
Points this post: 75
Previous points: 105
Total points: 180
Goodread Authors 2
Mod
15.3 Dead or Alive Flipped heads and a tails. read
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
and
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie died January 12, 1976
Points this Post: 30
Total points- 710
Tasks Completed: 37
Books read: 51
Pages Read : 15,832
GR Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
5.9 - Back to School 
by Paolo Bacigalupi (Printz Award 2011)Points for this Task: 5
Total Points: 195
Goal Total Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 5.9, 20.9, 20.10, 30.3, 30.6, 30.7, 30.9, 30.10
Tasks in Progress: 25.1, 25.2, 30.2, 50.1
Pages Read: 2586
Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 8 (Cassandra Clare, Sarah Dessen, Amanda Howells, Lauren Oliver, Mary E. Pearson, Tatiana de Rosnay, Rachel Vincent (x2))
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.2: Back to School-English Class
Book A: The Knight by Steven James**GR Author**
Book B: A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare**GR Author**
15.3: Dead or Alive
2 Alive:
Murder on Black Friday by P.B. Ryan
Pleasure for Pleasure by Eloisa James **GR Author**
20.3: Amanda VA's task: Music around the fire
20.8Lisa MD's task: the BIG 5-oh!
Baby, Come Home (Southern Roads, 2) by Stephanie Bond-20's in title, 2 in series, 1 in author's name
20.10: Group Read
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen**GR Author**
30.4: Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty Shellback
Book A: Baby, Drive South by Stephanie Bond
Book B: The Emerald Staff by Alison Pensy**GR Author**
Points this Post 105
Total Points 730/1100
Tasks Completed 41/61
Books Read 63/87
Total Pages Read 22066
Goodreads Author 32
Big Books 1