The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!

I read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, which has 5 o’s in title and author name (combination)

Jamie Ford is a Goodreads Author.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Number of pages: 304/2201
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

BUTTERFLYCAGER

30.6 Donna Jo's task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.

D. Hair color - I read
Chocolat by Joanne Harris. The woman on the cover has dark brown hair, and so do I.



E. Height - I am 158 centimeters tall. So I read Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen. This is #5 in the Her Royal Spyness Mysteries series.

Rhys Bowen is a Goodreads Author.


30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store:

First die - I rolled a 3 (300-399 pages). I read The Dog Who Came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith, which has 368 pages.

Second die - I rolled a 6 (pocket folder, anthology). I read Home Improvement: Undead Edition edited by Charlaine Harris.

Alexander McCall Smith is a Goodreads Author.

Home Improvement: Undead Edition contains a story by Seanan McGuire, who is a Goodreads Author.


Points this post: 60
Total challenge points: 450
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 34
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

10.4 - Moniker Math:

Lose It!: The Personalized Weight Loss Revolution by Charles Teague


25.5 - Valorie's task: SRC's Virtual Safari


5. Flamingo: Read a book with a mainly pink cover, or has 'flamingo' in the title/subtitle, or has a picture of a flamingo on the cover.

Swapping Lives by Jane Green

AND

6. Zebra: Read a book with a mainly white and black cover, or has the word 'Zebra' in the title/subtitle, or has a picture of a zebra on the cover.

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (approved in help thread # 87 **Goodreads author**

Total Points = 370
New Goodreads author = Paula McLain

Laurie ME

10.7: Hot Off the Presses:

Julia Quinn - Just Like Heaven

Julia Quinn is a Goodreads Author

Points this post: 10.
Total Points: 305.

Nickboy

10.4 Moniker Math The Gathering by Anne Enright, My moniker has 7 letters and so does “Enright” -- 261 pages

10.5 Blood Moon Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite, 416 pages

15.9 Winter Clothes The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes is wearing a hat, 160 pages

Task Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 220
Pages Read: 5,333
Big Books: 1000+ (1)

Jodi2

30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young

A. Labor Day (September 5th) - Little Blog on the Prairie

B. Halloween (October 31st) – Which Witch? / The Secret of Platform 13

I would dress as Belladonna, the white witch in Which Witch?. As her character I would need a blonde wig, a sparkling pink gown, and although Belladonna didn’t use a wand, I would prefer to have a silver wand with a star on the end. In the book Belladonna’s familiar was a worm, and although I am fond of animals, I would prefer my familiar to be a small dog.

Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 9
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 105

STACIE MI

Task 5.10 - Women and Cats, Men and Dogs

I read Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Points this task: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 6
Pages read: 1804
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

NICOLE VA

5.6 Labor Day- The Hidden Coronet by Catherine Fisher

10.5 Blood Moon- Blood Red Road

10.6 Big Game Hunter- Divergent (489 pgs)

20.5 Bigger is Better Katy's Task: Falling- Shadowspell (Option D, Series: Faeriewalker #2)

25.1 Rosemary's Task Happiness is...A Big Library-

A)River Marked (borrowed from public library)
B)In Trouble (L,E,N,R,I)

Total points = 70

10.3 Headless Horseman

Read a book with an image of a headless torso on the cover.

by James Shapiro

This Post: 10
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 10/61
Books Read: 15/87

30.8 Jenn Renee's task: Head of the Class

Favourite Class: F. Lunch
Food in title

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn

Book 2:
About a vampire academy. Also has Academy in title.

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
*Richelle Mead is a goodreads author*

Points this post: 30
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

15.9 Get Out the Winter Clothes

I read by Shirley Jackson. The cover has two men in hats in the background.

15.10 Roaming Wild

I read Middlesex (Big Book) by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 65
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.6-Big Game Hunter

In Spite of Myself: A Memoir by Christopher Plummer

This book has 656 pages
***I would like to claim 1 Big Book Ticket for this book***

10.7-Hot Off the Presses

Shakespearean Educations: Power, Citizenship, and Performance edited by Coppélia Kahn

This book was published in February 2011

Total Books Read: 4
Total Challenges Completed: 4
Total Pages Read: 1378
Big Book Tickets:1
GoodReads Author Tickets:0
Total Points: 30

15.8 -- Stormy Weather
Stormy weather word in the title (storm, thunder, snow, rain, etc.) --
Deep Storm by Lincoln Child

15.10 -- Roaming Wild
The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir by Josh Kilmer-Purcell

20.6 -- Oh, the horror!
B. The Wolfman -- Stolen by Kelley Armstrong

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 105

20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling

Option B. I tripped over my own feet! - Read a book with human feet on the cover.
I read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath


Points this post: 20
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Number of pages: 266/2467
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

25.1 Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library

Read a book with an image of a headless torso on the cover.

A. Read a book borrowed from a lending library

Elizabeth I by Margaret George

I got this book from the West Bloomfield Public Library.

B. Read a book whose title contains exactly four different letters from the word ALEXANDRIA.

Assassin's Quest (A, I, N, E) by Robin Hobb

This Post: 25
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 11/61
Books Read: 16/87

25.3 Game Night
A) Mrs. Scarlet (red cover)
Spy Glass* by Maria V. Snyder*
*Maria V. Snyder is a goodreads author

3) Revolver in the Study (non fiction book)
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins*
*Richard Dawkins is a goodreads author

30.6 I'd like to see your ID please
A) Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Option C - I have blue eyes (blue cover)

B) River of Time #1: Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren*
*Lisa Twan Bergren is a goodreads author
Option D - Hair color


points=110

30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!


I thought since this is bookfest weekend that it would be a good time to post this completed task! Both authors are in the Fiction & Mystery category.


The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard

AND

The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry**Goodreads Author**


Total Points = 400
New Goodreads Author = Steve Berry

Delicious Dee

Last Post - 268

5.1 - Boo!


5.3 - It's Elemental
The Princess Bride - William Goldman

5.10 - Women and Cats, Men and Dogs
Cat on the Scent

15.5. I Can See My House From Here
Death on Tour - Janice Hamrick (GR Author)

20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Scorpio: The Heart To Help - Boys of the Zodiac series - 3 O's in Title, 3 O's in series name

20.10 Group Read
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley (GR Author) - post 15, 18, 19

30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
A. - Just Listen - Sarah Dessen (GR Author) (Teens category)
B. - Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick (Teens category) (Big Book Ticket - 500+ pages)


Total Points this Post: 100
Total Points in Challenge: 230
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 15
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+(1); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

Sandy MN

20.10 Group Read

The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Posted in Discussion Thread, post #6
549 pages
Claiming a big book ticket

Total Points:125
Total Big Book Tickets: (1) 500; (0)750; (0) 1000

JACKIE NC

15.1 Bye, bye!
Option A: Two books

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
Author's name, Cleo, retired in 1964

This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
First published in 1964

Points this task: 15
Total Points: 70
Goodreads Authors:
Big Book Tickets:

Jayme(the ghostreader)

Task Completed 25.1 Happiness is a Library.
For part A, I read "The Guersmey Literary and Potato Pie Society" by Ann Shaffer I borrowed it from my school's library.

For Part B, I read "Wizard of London" by Mercedes Lackey. From the word Alexandria I took the letters A from Wizard, L,N, and D from London.

Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 7
Big Books 500+, 750+, 1000+
Goodreads Authors: 4 Janet Evanovich
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 70/1100

10.1 In their own words


I read The Summer Guest by Justin Cronin.

10.8 Also enjoyed

I read Night Road by Kristin Hannah(A GoodReads Author). This was one of the books listed as another book I might enjoy when I read "The Midwives Confession" by Diane Chamberlain.

Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed:11
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

STACIE MI
Task 15.4-It's Not Too Late, But Don't Wait Any Longer!

For book A, I read:

My Boyfriends' Dogs by Dandi Daley Mackall

which fit task 5.3 of the Summer 2011 challenge

For book B, I read:

Fables: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham

which I added in July of 2011.

Points this task: 15
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Pages read: 2236
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Alice G

Task: 15.3 Dead or Alive

Coin Flip: 1 heads & 1 tails

Book 1: The Small Hand by Susan Hill who is still alive.

Book 2: Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald who died in 2000

Total Points: 60

5.5 Birth of a Nation
The Ice Limit by LINCOLN CHILD AND DOUGLAS PRESTON
Published July 18, 2000

15.7 Beginnings and Endings
Shit My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Title begins and ends with an 's'

Total points: 40

MG

20.4 Author! Author! - Erin NY's task Series Lover A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny


Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 4
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

20.4 Series Lover
The Devil Colony by James Rollins
Published June 21, 2011; seventh in the series; has 448 pages; identified as Sigma Force #7 by Goodreads.

20.6 Oh, the horror!
Fever Dream by Douglas Preston
I picked D - title with 'dream'

20.7 Refreshingly Short
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
This book has 160 pages (was #33 on my TBR added Sept 21,2009)

20.10 Group Read
The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
See post #22 in discussion thread

James Rollins and Sarah Addison Allen are Goodreads authors

Total points: 120

30.6 I'd like to see your ID: C. eye color brown cover: The Winner by David Baldacci ***528 page Big Book***

D. Hair color dark graying cover: Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou

book total: 30 points
Challenge total: 155 points

Randi

5.4 54

For this task, I read Rogue (which has 400 pages) by Rachel Vincent who is a GoodReads Author **claiming 1 GR Author ticket**

Points this post: 5
Total Points Earned: 90
Total Pages Read: 2618
Total Books Read: 7
GoodRead Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

Tineke

5.1 Boo!

Certifies for a Big Book Ticket (615 pages)

10.3 Headless horseman.


Points this post: 15
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

25.1 Happiness is a big library

A. I read Behind the Palace doors which I borrowed from the Indianapolis Public Library

and
B I read The Outer Banks House

which was approved on the help thread.

total points: 75
books read: 9
tasks completed: 6
pages read: 2690
Good reads authors: 4

Christie Guatemala

10.10: Back to Our Roots

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Lisa See is a Goodreads Author.

Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Total Goodreads Authors: 2

Sandy MN

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day

Word: Holiday 12/24/10

Visions of Sugar Plums(a Stephanie Plum Between the numbers/Holiday novel) byJanet Evanovich

**Goodreads Author**

Total Points: 145
Total GR Authors: 4

Jess Philly

5.9 - Back to School

I read Holes, which was a Newbery Medal Book.

Total Points: 15

RACHEL CA: 110 pts total

10.06 BIG GAME HUNTER

Devices And Desires by P.D. James (448 pages)

Points: 10
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

CHRISTINE US

Task 5.10 Woman & Cats

The Cat Who Went Up the Creek by Lillian Jackson Braun

Task 10.2 Queen of denial
Undead and Unpopular by Mary Janice Davidson

"undead"
"unpopular"


Task 25.9 Rite of Passage

Book 1: There is a chair on the cover

by Krista Davis

Book 2: 18 letters
Cold Case Connection by Kathleen Long

***Krista Davis is a GR author

TOTAL: 95

5.2 Lat & Long
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
I live in the US and this book takes place in Australia
***This is a big book at 515 pages***

5.3 It's Elemental
Iron House by John Hart

10.4 Moniker Math
Katherine by Anya Seton
Seton and Kate S both have 5 letters
***This is a big book at 500 pages***

30.9 Bookfest!! (Which was awesome today, by the way!)
1.1776 by David McCullough
2. The Amber Room by Steve Berry
***Steve Berry is a GR Author***

Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 115/1100
Tasks Completed: 10/61

TOTAL POINTS = 110

5.4: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs - 9/23/11 294 pages

15.3a: alive Pride Mates by Jennifer Ashley - 9/11/11
15.3b: alive Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs - 9/23/11

30.1 My Hometown
I read:
Book A
Option 1: Bulls Island by Dorthea Benton Frank
Island in the title
*Good Reads Author*

Book B
Option 2: Kindred by octavia Butler
Union General Benjamin Butler


Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
TJ

5.4 - 54 Twilight Finished 9/2/11



10.1 - In Their Own Words: Smokin' Seventeen Finished 9/3/11



10.9 - Words of Wisdom: Carrot Cake Murder (a carrot today keeps the cancer away tomorrow) Finished 9/5/11


Total Point Earned: 30/1050
Total Pages Read: 1542/29481
Total Books Read: 4/81
Good Read Authors:1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Finished
30.8 Head of the class

A/option F - by Joanne Fluke
B The Secret History by Donna Tart

Task points 30
Total points 145
Total tasks 7
Total books 10

Readerboard name: Danielle Louise

30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store

First Die -- Rolled a 5 (book between 500 and 599 pages)
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Deborah Harkness is a Goodreads author
Claiming a Big Book Ticket at 579 pages

Second Die -- Rolled a 1 (book about author)
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The main character is an author.
Claiming a Big Book Ticket at 531 pages

Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1718
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(-), 1000+(-)

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's task: Refreshingly Short

Shortest book (184 pages) on my TBR was Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 9
Number of pages: 184/2651
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0

Hettie


20.1 Most Improved Player - Hettie's task: Missing books
Before the Chalet School: The Bettanys of Taverton High prequel to The School at the Chalet by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer


20.4 Author! Author! - Erin NY's task Series Lover
Read
Owls Well That Ends Well 352 pages
Book 12 of this series The Real Macaw is due out in 2011



20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling
Option E a fantasy book
Arrow's Flight


Points so far: 45
Points this post: 60
Total points: 105

25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night

For your first book:
Pick your character
D. Mr. Green – read a book with a green cover. I read:
A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet #1) (2006) by Daniel Abraham (Mass Market Paperback, 364 pages)


For your second book:
Pick your weapon/room
1. Candlestick in the Library – read a book with a candle on the cover. I read:
A Marked Man (Abigail Adams Mystery #2) (2010) by Barbara Hamilton (Paperback, 322 pages)
See lower right corner:


30 + 25 = 55




Tasks Completed: 3
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 30 + 25 = 55
Books read: 4
Pages Read: 1182
Read but not claimed: 5

Goodreads Authors: 1

Laurie ME

10.4: Moniker Math: GR name = 8: (Johansen has 8 letters in it)

Iris Johansen - Firestorm

Points this post: 10.
Total points: 315.

ERIN B.

10.6 - Big Game Hunter

I read The Help by Kathryn Stockett, a Good Reads Author.

522 pages (paperback edition)

*Big Book*
*Good Reads Author*

Points this post: 10
Total points: 10

KAREN F

10.2 Queen of Denial

Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long

10.4 Moniker Math

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

KARENF = 6 letters = Gaiman

**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author**

15.7 Beginnings and Endings

Goddess of Spring by P.C. Cast

20.6 Oh, the Horror!

B. The Wolfman: Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

20.8 The BIG 5-oh!

Good Girls Don't (Series: Donovan Brothers Brewery) by Victoria Dahl

3 o's in title + 3 o's in series + 1 o in Author's Name = 7 O's


Points this Post: 75
Total Challenge Points: 215
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(1),1000+(0)

10.1 In Their Own Words
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
**Rebecca Skloot is a Goodreads Author**


15.4 It's Not Too Late, But Don't Wait Any Longer!
A) Waiting for Godot, which I meant to read last season for 15.2: Summer Stock
B) American Gods, which I received from Bookswap in August
**American Gods is a Big Book at 588 pages**
**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author**



Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books: 9
Pages Read: 3,677
GoodReads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

10.1 - In Their Own Words:


Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver**Goodreads Author**




30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange Land


A: Reimaginings -

Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier **Goodreads Author**

Author is from the USA and book takes place in England

AND

B: Culture Shock - Read a book which carries more than one title in a single language.

Love Overboard by Janet Evanovich was also published under the title of Ivan Takes a Wife (approved in help thread) **Goodreads Author**


Total Points = 440

New Goodreads Authors =
Jeffery Deaver
Janet Evanovich
Tracy Chevalier