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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!
30.2: Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL's task: Unique Fall Holidays:1. Book Lover's Day/Read a Book Day: Favorite Book: Georgette Heyer - No Wind of Blame, so I chose another by the same author. REQUIREMENT B. met.
Georgette Heyer - A Blunt Instrument
2. National Dessert Day and all the other food related Holidays: REQUIREMENT H. met.
Joanne Fluke - Cherry Cheesecake Murder
Points this post: 30.
Total Points: 620.
Readerboard name: Danielle Louise20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation
I rolled a 2 -- Circus, Circus (animal)
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
(Approved in the help thread.)
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 12
Pages Read: 3990
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!I chose B-The Wolfman and read
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
I don't want to give away too much, but werewolves are a large part of this book.
Christopher Buehlman is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 375
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, Christopher Buehlman
Big Books
5.7 - African Safari Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow
'Africa' list.
Points for this task: 5
30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store
I rolled a 1: This book has 180 pages
The Woman's Guide to Total Self Esteem by Stephanie Dillon
and a 3: pregnancy is definitely an interest to me now!
The Best Friend's Guide to Pregnancy by Vicki Iovine
Total points for this task: 30
Total points: 95
Task Completed: 7
Books Read: 9
Sandy MN10.4 - Moniker Math
The Five Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman 7 letters in Sandy MN and Chapman
10.9 Words of Wisdom
"A pleasant surprise is coming your way"
Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life : How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect and Happiness by Karen Rauch Carter
20.7Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's task: Refreshingly Short
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer178 pages
30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
Just Listen by Sarah Dessen
**Jennifer Egan and Sarah Dessen are Goodreads authors**
Total Points:440
Total GR Authors:11
30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was YoungOption A: 5 words in title
Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy
AND
Option B: Costume
Flashback by Nevada Barr
The main character of the Nevada Barr books is Anna Pigeon who is a Park Ranger. I would dress up in a Park Ranger uniform including the big Smokey the Bear hat! BTW whatever happened to Smokey? I haven't seen him on TV for years.
Total Points = 1020
**If you have never read any of the Nevada Barr books, I HIGHLY recommend her. She has a way of writing that you can almost feel like you are there at the park.
STACIE MITask 30.8 - Head of the Class
For Book A, I chose lunch as my favorite subject and read:
If We Kiss by Rachel VailFor Book B, I read a book with the word "school" in the title:
A Match Made in High School by Kristin Walker
**Kristin Walker is a Goodreads author!**
Points this task: 30
Total points: 440
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 31
Pages read: 8355
Goodreads author: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.4 54 Africa144 pages Escape by Gordon Korman
10.3 Headless Horseman
Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein
10.7 Hot Off the Presses
March 2011 River Marked by Patricia Briggs
Points this Post : 25
Total Points : 70
25.4 - Blood Diamonds!Book #1. A Diamond Dagger!
The Looking Glass War by John le Carré Diamond Dagger winner 1988
Book #2. A Red Diamond!
Climbing the Mango Trees by Madhur Jaffrey
The story of Madhur Jaffrey's childhood in India
Total points 240
Janice CA20.5 Falling.....
Option B. Feet
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin
5 stars
***Goodreads Author***
+20
total: 195
tasks: 10
books: 13
GR Authors: 3
25.7 Hockey Night PartyA. Option 1: blue cover.
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris WoodingB. Option 1: I would bring cheesecake containing the ingredient sugar.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: And Six More by Roald Dahl
Points this post: 25
Total points: 595
Tasks completed: 35
Books read: 47
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
10.2 Queen Of DenialNo Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Points this post: 10
Total points: 605
Tasks completed: 36
Books read: 48
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
KIM NY5.9 - Back to School - I read The Giver by Lois Lowry which was a Newberry Medal award winner in 1994.
Points this post: 5
Total points for challenge: 500
ERIN C.5.4 54
The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
532 pp.
At 532 pp., I'm claiming 1 Big Book Ticket!
Task Points: 5
Total points: 45
Goodreads authors: 0
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2)
20.9 Vegas Vacation-rolled 1. historical fiction Seventh Son, 256 pages.This is a repost so total still 515.
10.3 Headless Horseman
by Ann Brashares10.10 Back to Our Roots TNBBC current shelf - Oct. 2011
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
25.1 Happiness Is A Big Library
a. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
(Borrowed from our public library)
b. PLeAsE Look AfteR Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (ALER letters in Alexandria)
45 points this post
235 total points
15 Tasks Completed
16 books read
30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store:I rolled a 1 for the first book, so I read After the Auction
by Linda Frank (it is 170 pp)I rolled a 1 for the second die, so I read The Arrogant Years
Lucette Lagnudo, the author and a reporter, is both the author and has a major role on this memoir.total points: 180
books read: 15
tasks completed: 11
GR authors: 5
Big Books: 1 (500)
pages read: 5018
I'd like to claim Goodreads Author tickets for Task 20.5 The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (post #913)
Task 20.6 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (post #827)
Task 20.7 Bound by Donna Jo Napoli (post #1226)
Task 20.9 The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen (post #858)
Total of 4 Goodreads Author tickets
STACIE MITask 25.1 - Happiness is...A Big Library
For Book A, I read a book that I got out from my local library:
Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman
For Book B, I read:
Cul De Sac by Richard Thompson
This book has the letters L,D,E,A in common with Alexandria.
**Jody Gehrman is a Goodreads author!**
Points this task: 25
Total points: 465
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 33
Pages read: 8775
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.3 E-ticket RideOption A: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Option G: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Points this post: 30
Total points: 635
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 50
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Leslie KChallenge 25.1: Happiness is..a big library
Book A: The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen
I borrowed this book from the Public Library. Gerrotsen is a goodreads author
Book B: The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
Contains the letters A, L, E,and I from Alexandria.
Connelly is a goodreads author
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 255
GR Authors: Yes, 2 Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Big books: 0; total Big Books 2
10.2 Queen of DenialUntold Story by Monica Ali
10.7 Hot off the Presses-Published in February 2011
Minor Snobs by Daniel Amory
***Daniel Amory is a GR Author***
15.4 It's Not Too Late, But Don't Wait Any Longer
A. Chose Summer Task 5.8 and borrowed a book from the library
Mary, Called Magdalene by Margaret George
***Big Book at 600 pages***
B. Book added to my TBR list in August
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
***Sara Paretsky is a GR Author***
15.9 Get Out the Winter Clothing
by Sarah Blake***Sarah Blake is a GR Author***
15.10 Roaming Wild
The Devil's Labyrinth: A Novel by John Saul
Post Total: 65
Season Total: 275/1100
Tasks Completed: 24/61
15.3 Dead or aliveCoin toss was two heads. I read 2 books by living authors.
Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
and
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
20.5 Falling
option B Feet on cover
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsPoints this post: 35
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Goodreads Authors: 1
5.8 S.O.N.Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon by Carl Rollyson Susan Sontag.
25.9 Gayla's Task--Rite of Passage:
A. Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia by Janet Wallach. Gertrude Bell's biography details her many trips during the early 1900's, mostly to the Middle East.
B. The Most They Ever Had by Rick Bragg--18 letters in title.
30.2 Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL;s Task--Unique Fall Holidays:
A. 3E Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith My most recent ugly refrigerator resident was a bottle of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup lying in the back of the fridge oozing down the rack and into and under the vegetable bins. Blech! A waste of chocolate.
B. 1J The Main Corpse by Diane Mott Davidson A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #6
Today's Total: 60
Grand Total: 925
15.9. Get out the winter clothesBoy is wearing a hat: The Wheel on the School
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 17
Number of pages: 298/5527
Goodreads Authors to date: 2
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
15.2 Back to School--English classOption B. Read one book that has homophones of the same word in one title. The words are "no" and "know."
I am No One You Know by Joyce Carol OatesPoints this post: 15
Total points: 495
Tasks: 29
Books: 36
Goodread authors: 10
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Laurie ME25.10: Amanda's Task: Fall Back in Time:
1. Option A: joined in February 2011:
Darynda Jones - First Grave on the Right
2. Option C: 1990's list:
Stephan King - Carrie
Points this post: 25.
Total Points: 645.
Darybda Jones is a goodreads author
10.10 Back to our RootsLeft Neglected by Lisa Genova
Lisa Genova is a Goodreads Author.
Total points: 285
10.6 - Big Game HunterAn Uncertain Place (* * *) - 408 pages
Points in this post: 10
Total points: 480
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 40/87
hpaddictreposting with corrected 2nd book choice
30.7 When I Was Young
book 1 = option B - dress up like Dracula
Dracula by Bram Stoker
book 2 = option B - dress up like Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
from this post = 30pts
total challenge = 140pts
BJ Rose2 new tasks
15.3. Dead or alive
I rolled 2 heads, so I read 2 books written by authors who are still alive.
The Ugly Duckling by Iris Johansen
Unveiled by Courtney Milan
Courtney Milan is a Goodreads Author
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
The Daily Buzzword on 2.23.11 was 'companion', so I read
A Companion in Joy by Dorothy Mack
Points this post = 35
Total Points = 625
Tasks Completed = 35
Total Pages = 16,888
Goodreads Authors = 11
Big Books = (500+) = 2
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
The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks
This Post: 30
Total Points: 380
Tasks Completed: 27/61
Books Read: 41/87
10.3 Headless Horseman
So Hard to Say by Alex Sanchez15.2 Back To School - English Class
Option A: Two books that have homophones of the same word in their titles. The word is Inn/In.
Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Barging In by Josephine Myles
Approved on ebook verification thread
**Josephine Myles is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 25
Total points: 660
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 53
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name: Danielle Louise10.1 - In Their Own Words
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 13
Pages Read: 4315
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
RACHEL CA: 360 pts total5.06 LABOR DAY
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier (COLLIER)
Points: 5
Total points: 360
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 33
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Leslie KChallenge 30.1: My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois
Book A: Hell Island by Matthew Reilly
Book has the word Island in its title
Book B: Worth Dying For by Lee Child
Option 2: Lee Child for General Robert E. Lee, Confederate Army
Points this challenge: 30
Total Points: 285
Good Reads Author, no Total GR: 5
Big Book, no Total BB: 2
Leslie KWithout thinking, I edited post 1362 - jsut adding that the authors of both books were goodreads authors. I had added them in as goodreads authors, but hadn't specially mentioned it with each book. Sorry! It doesn't chanage any of the points I've posted.
15.9 Get out the winter clothes: Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South
by Ann Rinaldi. Mob caps on both ladies.Season total to date: 530 points
15.7 Beginnings and EndingsSome Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki
20.1 Missing Books
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys based on Jane Eyre- approved in help thread.
35 points
Total points: 190
I just joined last week, but I've managed to fit most of my September & October books into a task5.10 Women & Cats, Men & Dogs Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard Finished 9/2
10.4 Moniker Math VALIS by Philip K. Dick Finished 9/22
15.4 It's not too late, but don't procrastinate any more (Summer task 5.8 no shop lifting; book borrowed from the library) Man's Search for Meaning Finished 10/23 Don't procrastinate Fade Out Finished 10/3
15.7 Beginnings and Ending Strange Bedpersons Finished 10/9
15.10 Roaming Wild Northanger Abbey Finished 10/12
20.5 Falling I was too tired from staying up late reading Last Sacrifice 10/1
20.9 Lucky Me The Mirage Magic Bites Finished 10/23 Treasure Island Making Waves Finished 10/20
25.1 Happiness is a big library Borrowed from the library What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England Finished 9/10
Using only N D E R of ALEXANDRIA Underground Finished 9/26
25.2 It's as easy as 1, 2, 3 600 + pages A Game of Thrones Finished 10/15
25.3 Game Night (Colonel Mustard)
Finished 9/30 (wrench in lounge) Crake & Snowman are friends who fall for the same woman Oryx Oryx and Crake Finished 10/7 25.6 Fall Days and Nights Day
Finished 9/23 Nights
Finished 10/1925.10 Fall Back in Time D. Historical Romance Beyond the Highland Mist Finished 9/9 E. Bucket List Duma Key Finished 9/15
30.2 Unique Fall Holidays Novel Writing month I'd write a paranormal romance novel Undead and Unappreciated Finished 9/15Favorite Book = Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice; Similar book Wives and Daughters Finished 10/8
30.10 Shopping at the school store Between 200 & 299 pages (224 pages) The Horse and His Boy Finished 10/21 Pencil The Forty Rules of Love Finished 10/5
Total Points: 285
Jodi215.7 Beginnings and endings
A Home on the Field (with sub title)
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 19
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 260
A Home on the Field
10.9 Words of Wisdom:My Fortune read: Time is Prime for you to become something very intriguing. so I read
Dragon's Time: Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
15.10 Roaming Wild:
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
Today's total: 25
Grand total: 950
Mod
10.4 - Moniker Math
7 letters: The Black Path by Åsa Larsson
10.10 - Back to Our Roots
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
TNBBC read Shutter Island in March, 2010
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo by Birute M.F. Galdikas
WOD: orangutan 12/12/10
25.1 - Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library
A. Book from my public library: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
B. ALEXANDRIA: After Dark by Haruki Murakami
letters: AEDR
25.8 - Mrs. soule's task: Genre Studies
Genre: Mystery
A. Native American Mysteries: Shallow Grave by Lori G. Armstrong
B. Ecological/Environmental Mysteries: Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood
total 790
You did great Amy J. and welcome to the SRC
30.6 Donna Jo's task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please. For option A: My initials are SJ so I read a book by a JS
Eyes of Prey by John Sandford
For option C: My eye color is blue so I read
Once in a Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge
Total Points = 1050
Mod
read
by Sara Shepard (goodreads author) Published July of 2009
15.9 Get Out the Winter Clothes.... cover girl wearing a hat....
by Ally Carter 25.2 Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
2x 300
by Sophie Jordan (goodreads author) 323 Pages and
by Sarah Mlynowski (goodreads author ) 320 Pages Points this Post: 45
Total points- 755
Tasks Completed: 40
Books read: 55
Pages Read : 17,067
GR Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
I didn't realize when I originally posted that I need to keep track of my big books and good read authors.... Here are my tallies thus far
Big Books
Duma Key 609 pages
A Certain Justice 688 pages
Last Sacrifice 594 pages
Wives and Daughters 679 pages
A Game of Thrones 835 pages
Goodread Authors
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake
Kat Richardson's Underground
Richelle Mead's Last Sacrifice
Tawna Fenske's Making Waves
Ilona Andrews's Magic Bites
Jennifer Crusie's Strange Bedpersons
25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game NightE. Mrs. Peacock – J'aurais préféré vivre by Thierry Cohen
The cover is blue :
4. Rope in the Conservatory - Endless Night by Agatha Christie
This book is a murder mystery
20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Tokyo Sisters : Dans l'intimité des femmes japonaisesRaphaëlle Choël and Julie Rovéro-Carrez
There are 6 "o’s" (2 in the title, 1 in the subtitle and 3 in the authors' names)
Total points: 85
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 5
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15.7 Beginnings and endings
Africa begins and ends with the same letter. Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter.
I read:
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate #1) (2009) by Gail Carriger (Goodreads Author) (Mass Market Paperback, 357 pages)
***Goodreads Author*** Gail Carriger
155 + 15 = 170
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 155 + 15 = 170
Books read: 12
Pages Read: 3478
Read but not claimed: 11
Goodreads Authors: 5