The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sandra Dee's Task - Oh The Horror!

D. Freddy Krueger - Dream in Title
I Still Dream About You by Fannie Flagg


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

From My TBR List:
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers 163 Pages

Task Points in This Post: 40
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 515

Total Points: 315
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(2),750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 20
Total Pages Read in the Fall 2011 SRC: 8625

Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) 2011 Challenge Reviews

25.8 - Mrs. soule's task: Genre Studies


My favorite genre is Mystery Fiction.

I read a Culinary Mystery

The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery #7)

AND

I read a police procedural

The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (Harry Bosch #2)

Michael Connelly is a Goodreads Author

Total Points = 850
New Goodreads Author = Michael Connelly

JACKIE NC

5.6 - Labor Day
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is a Goodreads author

Points this task: 5
Total Points: 110
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:

30.8 Head of the Class

Part A- I read science/non-fiction book (B). It was Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science by Atul Gawande.

Part B- I read a book that had the word "school" in the title. It was The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (a GoodReads Author).

Points this post: 30
Total points: 200
Tasks completed:15
Books read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

KAREN OZ

Task 30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young
Option A x2
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (5 letters title)
Big Book Ticket – 500+ pages
Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood (5 letters title)

Task 15.10. Roaming Wild
Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler

Task 5.8 - S.O.N.
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett

Task 25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time
Option A – 2008
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
Big Book Ticket – 500+ pages

Option B -Time Travel
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers

Task 30.8 Jenn Renee's task: Head of the Class
Book A - Option B:
Command Decision: Vatta’s War 4 by Elizabeth Moon

Book B
Vampire Academy: Vampire Academy 1 by Richelle Mead*
*GoodReads Author

Total this post:105 opints
Total to date: 210 points

20.7 Refreshingly Short

Eric by Terry Pratchett

This book has been on my to-read shelf since I joined Goodreads in August 2008 and has 160 pages.

This Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2 (Laurie Halse Anderson, Stephen Booth)
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Erin B.

15.10. Roaming Wild
I read A History of Psychiatry: From the Era of the Asylum to the Age of Prozac by Edward Shorter (sorry about the earlier mixup!)

20.2 Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
I read The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by Erin Gruwell.
Diary was a word from 9/17/2011.

Points this post: 35
Total Points: 65

30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young
A) by Mary E. Pearson ***Goodreads Author***

B) by Rachel Vincent Main character is a werecat which I have dressed up as before. ***Goodreads Author***


Points for this Task: 30
Total Points: 160
Goal Total Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 20.9, 20.10, 30.6, 30.7, 30.9, 30.10
Tasks in Progress: 5.9, 25.1, 25.2, 30.3
Pages Read: 2029
Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 7 (Cassandra Clare, Sarah Dessen, Amanda Howells, Mary E. Pearson, Tatiana de Rosnay, Rachel Vincent (x2))
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()

20.6- Oh, the horror!

B. The Wolfman: I read Blacque/Bleu by Belinda McBride. The main character Blacque is a werewolf.

*Belinda McBride is a GR Author*


Points For Post- 20
Total Points- 265
GR Authors- 13
Total Tasks- 18

20.9 Vegas Vacation

Treasure Island
I read Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane.

Total points: 125

20.2 Word of the Day
word is devil's from devil's advocate on the list
read The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

20.4 Series Lover read
Virals by Kathy Reichs which is the first book in the series Virals and the second one Seizure is coming out October 18th 2011


Points this Post: 40
Total points- 515
Tasks Completed: 26
Books read: 35
Pages Read : 11,104
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

25.7 Hockey Night Party

read (blue cover by Linda Gerber (Linda Gerber is a goodreads author)

and

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke (I would bring chocolate chip cookies)

Points this Post: 25
Total points- 540
Tasks Completed: 27
Books read: 36
Pages Read : 11,618
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Finished:

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

My word wasPrescience from 8/8/2011.

Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged by Carrie Bebris. One of the most enjoyable pseudo-Austens I have read.

20.4 Author Author--Erin NY's Task: Series Lover:

Snuff by Terry Pratchett. This was just published on Tuesday and is number 39 in the Discworld series.


Today's total 40
Grand total: 695

Randi

10.6 Big Game Hunter

Shift (441 pages) by Rachel Vincent who is a GoodReads author ***claiming 1 GR Author ticket***,

15.7 Beginnings & Endings

Alpha by Rachel Vincent who is a GoodReads Author ***claiming 1 GR Author ticket***

***claiming 2 GR Author tickets this post***

Points this post: 25
Total Points Earned: 135
Total Pages Read: 4371
Total Books Read: 11
GoodRead Authors: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0

JACKIE NC

10.6 - Big Game Hunter
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

435 pages


Points this task: 10
Total Points: 120
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:

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

Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Jon Stewart

4 o's in the title, 1 in the author's name = 5-o's

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 165

Stacey

5.8 S.O.N.
The Dewey Decimal System: A Novel by Nathan Larson

10.3 Headless Horseman


10.6 Big Game Hunter


10.8 Readers Also Enjoyed

(I used as my book)

15.10


20.8 Big 5-0
by Joe Hill
(5 Os in the full title, plus a bonus O in the author name and another in the illustrator's name)

25.1 Happiness is a Big Library
A. (borrowed from my favoritel library branch)
B. (Alexandria letters: A, E, N, D.)

25.10 Fall Back In Time
A. (I joined May 2010)
E. Bucket List:

30.1
A:
B: by Jeff Smith (any one of several generals on that list named Smith would do)

New points: 150
Total points: 330

5.9 Back to School

I read The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (224 pgs; Newbery winner - 1959)

Points this post: 5
Total Point Earned: 135
Total Pages Read: 2431
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 9
Good Read Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0

RACHEL CA: 225 pts total

15.04 IT'S NOT TOO LATE, BUT DON'T WAIT

A. The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis (Summer 2011 20.01—my birthday is on the fourth)

B. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall (added July 13, 2011)

Points: 15
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 20
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.4 - Moniker Math


The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

Wendy UK = 7 letters. le Carre was approved as a 7 letter last name, posts 17 & 18 in the help thread.


Total points 185

Jen UT

5.4 - 54

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Completed: 3

Nickboy.

10.9 Virtual Fortune Cookie My fortune read, “He who knows he has enough is rich.”
I read Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller, 246 pages

20.5 Falling
Why did I fall? Option E. I was staring up at a strange thing in the sky and lost my balance! – a sci fi book The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder, 384 pages

Task Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 450
Pages Read: 10,075
Big Books: 1000+ (1)

Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX

20.4 Author! Author! Erin NY's Task: Series Lover
The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore
Sequesl to I Am Number Four which was published in October 2010 which I read for a Group Read.


Total points this post: 20

BUTTERFLYCAGER

15.7. Beginnings and endings - The Bowl of Night by Rosemary Edghill


Points this post: 15
Total challenge points: 825
Tasks completed: 47
Books read: 64
Goodreads Authors: 38
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

ANGIE CA

10.4 Monkier Math
Book: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
Notes: 7 letters in my reader board name and in Perkins.
*GoodReads Author*

This Post: 10
Total to Date: 425
GRA Tickets: 17
BB Tickets: 4
Books Read: 28

20.1. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley
I posted message #28
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads author

total points so far 100

Kelly G.

20.9 "Lucky Me" Rolled a 5 - Excalibur. Read:

The Night Circus by: Erin Morgenstern.


Points this task: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Goodreads Author: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0

Christie Guatemala

5.4 - 54

Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn

The edition I read has 374 pages.

Julia Quinn is a Goodreads author.

Points this post: 5
Total Points: 110
Total Goodreads Authors: 4

Kelly G.

25.2 - Math Class.

300 x 2.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by: Rebecca Skloot (goodreads author). 362 pages.

AND

Forever by: Maggie Stiefvater (goodreads author). 390 pages

Points this task: 25
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Completed: 3
Goodreads Author: 2 (Stiefvater) (Skloot)
Big Ticket Books: 0

KIM NY

20.4 Author! Author! - Erin NY's task Series Lover

I read Lover Unleashed by JR Ward. This is the 9th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood Series. It was released in March 2011. It has 512 pages and is identified as part of the BDB series on GR.

Points for this post: 20
Total points: 400

JACKIE NC

15.7. Beginnings and endings

[email protected] by Joan Hess


Points this task: 15
Total Points: 135
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:

15.9 Get out the winter clothes
Read a book with a picture of a hat, scarf or gloves/mittens on the cover. They don't have to be "winter" hats, scarves or gloves

I read:
Bless the Bride (Molly Murphy Mysteries #10) (2011) by Rhys Bowen (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 261 pages)
Look at the hands -- the woman has very lacy white gloves on:


Additionally,

***Goodreads Author*** Rhys Bowen


130 + 15 = 145


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Tasks Completed: 8
Points for this task: 15
Points thus far: 130 + 15 = 145
Books read: 10
Pages Read: 2865
Read but not claimed: 8

Goodreads Authors: 4

Laurie ME

15.7: Beginnings and Endings:

Ngaio Marsh - A Wreath for RiverA

Points this post: 15
Total Points: 460

20.5Bigger is Better - Katy's Task: Falling

B. I tripped over my own feet. Cover has feet on it

by Christina Baker Kline

Task Points in This Post: 20
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 0
Big Ticket Books in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 285

Total Points: 335
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Ticket Books: 500=(2),750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Completed Tasks: 21
Total Pages Read in the Fall 2011 SRC: 8910

Review Available. Anne (Booklady) 2011 Challenge Reviews

15.3. Dead or alive

I flipped two tails.

If you flip 2 heads, read 2 books written by authors who are still alive. If you flip 2 tails, read 2 books written by authors who are deceased. If you flip one of each, read one of each.

Emma by Jane Austen

Jane Austen died in 1817.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens died in 1870.

This Post: 15
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 20/61
Books Read: 31/87

15.6 Brrrr... read The City of Ember by
by Jeanne DuPrau

25.3 Game Night

option E. Mrs. Peacock read by Don Calame(blue cover) Don Calame is a goodreads author
and

4. Rope in the Conservatory – read by Mary Jane Beaufrand (murder mystery)


Points this Post: 40
Total points- 580
Tasks Completed: 29
Books read: 39
Pages Read : 12,480
GR Authors: 10
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Task 10.6 - Big Game Hunter

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick ***Big Book 533 pages = 1 ticket***

Total Big Book Tickets = 8

Total Challenge points = 140

25.9 A. gone in title Gone for Good, 417 pages and B. life in title Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Season total: 375 points

Jessiebee

Task #20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Angie CA's task: Word of the Day
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Daily Buzzword date: 09/18/11
Word chosen: Diary

Points this post: 20
Total points: 35

25.1 A Big Library:
Part A: I read Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas which I borrowed from Alachua County Library District Digital Collection

Part B: (ALEXANDRIA) I read Silent Night, Sinful Night an anthology by Sharon Page, Melissa MacNeal, and Chloe Harris. It contains letters L, E, N,I
***Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author***
***Chloe Harris is a Goodreads author***



25.3 Game Night: For my game of clue I ended up with Mrs. Peacock with a Knife in the dining room and read by Cherise Sinclair (blue cover) and (knife on the cover) by Gayle Trent
***Cherise Sinclair is a Goodreads author***
***Gayle Trent is a Goodreads author***


25.4 Blood Diamonds:
Book 1: I read T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. Sue Grafton won the Diamond Dagger award in 2008.

Book 2: I read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. The book is set in Nigeria.



Total Points this Post: 75
Total Points in Challenge: 655
Books Read: 49
Tasks Completed: 29
GR Authors: 36
Big Book Tickets: 500+(0); 750+(0); 1000+(0)

25.6 Fall Days and Nights

A: Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
predominantly red cover

** Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author **

B: Les Miserables vol 1 by Victor Hugo
predominantly black cover

Points this post: 25
Total points: 470
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 38
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

TANYAPT

20.2 - Word of the Day - academy (10/4/11)
Book: Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Mead
*** Goodreads Author ***

Points this post: 20
Total Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

BUTTERFLYCAGER

30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!

The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie


Laura Lippman is a Goodreads Author.


Points this post: 30
Total challenge points: 855
Tasks completed: 48
Books read: 66
Goodreads Authors: 39
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane

Task 5.1 Boo!...read a book with a pumpkin, black domestic cat, witch's hat, cand, skull or skeleton on the cover:

I read (there is a skull in place of the head on the body on the far right)Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris 263 pages (10.11)

My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 160
Updated last on: 10.15.11
Total # of books read: 12
Total # of pages read: 4053
Total # of tasks completed: 9
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 3
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)

20.2 Word of the Day

Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
'detail' is the word for 01/08/2011

** Big Book - 627 pages **

Points this post: 20
Total points: 490
Tasks completed: 29
Books read: 39
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0

15.4 - It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!

Caddy's World (Task 5.4 from Summer Challenge 2011 - S U M M M M M M E R) (* * * *) and Birds, Beasts, and Relatives (Added to tbr in July 2011) (* * * *)

15.8 - Stormy Weather

The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea (* * *)
*Sebastian Junger is a Goodreads author.

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

The Red Umbrella (Chosen word: 'umbrella', July 8 2011; approved in task help thread) (* *)
*Christina Gonzalez is a Goodreads author.

Points in this post: 50
Total points: 385
Goodreads authors: 9
Big Book tickets: 500+ (1), 750+ (2) = 3
Books read: 33/87

25.3 Beth NC's Task - Game Night

For my character, I chose Mr. Green and read:
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley


For my weapon and room, I chose a knife in the dining room and read:
Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child


Total points: 245

TANYAPT

30.6 Option C. Eye Color - black
Book: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
(black is the predominant color of the book)

E.Height - 70 inches - choose a non-series book.
Book: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives: A Novel by Lola Shoneyin
*** Goodreads Author ***

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 250
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

10.3 Headless Horseman read

Points this Post: 10
Total points- 590
Tasks Completed: 30
Books read: 40
Pages Read : 11933
GR Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

30.4 Trusty Shellback

Shellback: The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. The letters CSL all appear in SheLlbaCk.

Emerald Shellback: The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby. Ruby is a gem.

Total points: 155