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FALL CHALLENGE 2011: AFRICA
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Janice CA30.3 E-ticket Ride....
Option D: Frontierland/Western
True Grit by Charles Portis
4 stars
and
Option E: Liberty Square/ Paranormal
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
2 stars
+30
total: 175
tasks: 9
books: 12
GR Authors: 2
Jayme(the ghosthunter)5.2 Lat and Long
I read "The Bookseller of Kabul"by Asne Seierstad which takes place in Afghanistan. The cordinates are 33 degrees 56' N/67 degrees 42' E and I live in the US.
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 10
Big Books 500+, 750+, 1000+
Goodreads Authors: 7
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 95/1100
Kimber 30.5 Stranger in a Strange Land
Option A: Cleopatra's Moon by Vicki Alvear Shecter. Takes place in ancient Egypt & Rome, Author lives in US.
Option C: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Takes place in Kabul Afghanastan which is where the author grew up. He now resides in the US.
Vicki Alvear Shecter is a Goodreads Author!
This task: 30
Tasks completed: 10
Total points: 180
GR Authors: 8
Big Book: 1/500+, 1/750+
15.5 I Can See My House From HereI read a book set in Egypt
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
25.9 Rite of Passage
B. I read a book with a chair on the cover.
The Violets of March by Sarah JioSarah Jio is a Goodreads author.
C. I read a book with the word "Eighteen" in the title.
Eighteen Acres by Nicolle Wallace.
Nicolle Wallace is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 380
Tasks: 24
Books: 29
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
30.5 Stranger in a Strange Land: A. Book set in Paris/Brussels, author lives in Boston. The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier who is a ***Goodreads Author***C. 2. Set in Dominican Republic, goes to New York City, returns to Dominican Republic. Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez.
Season total: 405 points
Alice GTask 25.7 Hockey Night Party!
A. Choice 1 Book with a yellow cover
Book: The End of Everything
B. Choice 1 An ingredient from your dish. My dish would be a cheese cake
Book: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Total Points: 135
BUTTERFLYCAGER25.7 Bluemoon's task: Hockey Night Party!
Book A - I chose option 3. I'm a first time participant, and I picked a book that I've passed over several times:
Broken by Kelley Armstrong
Book B - I'm bringing a beverage to the party. Since I like wine, I chose: The Sauvignon Secret by Ellen Crosby
Ellen Crosby and Kelley Armstrong are Goodreads Authors.
Points this post: 25
Total challenge points: 900
Tasks completed: 50
Books read: 69
Goodreads Authors: 42
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
5.3. it's ElementalRadium Halos: A Novel about the Radium Dial PaintersShelley Stout
Stout is a Goodreads author
Total point so far 105
AprilDT - repost of 1176 now with readerboard name5.7-African Safari
Africa listopia list
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
Points this post: 5
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
KimD10.10 - Back to Our Roots
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
25.2 - Sandy's Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3! I choose option #2-read 2 books with 300 or more pages.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. I read the hard back which has 448 pages
And
Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. I read the hardback which has 418 pages
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 125
10.7 - Hot off the PressesLuminarium by Alex Shakar - 449 pages
Published August 2011.
10.9 - Words of Wisdom
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink - 288 pages
My fortune: You are broad-minded and socially active.
15.5 - I Can See My House From Here
Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie - 288 pages
Set in Ancient Egypt.
25.6 - Fall Days and Nights
A. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Goodreads author Alexander McCall Smith - 240 pages
B. Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk - 408 pages
Points this Post:60
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 19
Total Books Read: 24
Total Pages Read: 7182
Total GR Authors: 4
Total Big Books 500+: 2
Total Big Books 750+: 0
Total Big Books 1000+: 0
25.8 - Mrs. soule's task: Genre StudiesLately, I've been loving horror. I guess it's the season. I chose horror and read
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks from the Zombie category and
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan from the Werewolf and other shapeshifters category.
Points this post: 25
Total challenge points: 315
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Robert Liparulo, Tamora Pierce, Sarah Addison Allen, James Patterson, Joyce Maynard, Jennifer Haigh, Libba Bray, Ruta Sepetys
Big Books
Readerboard Name: Cheryl TX10.9 Words of Wisdom
My Fortune: Your success in life mudt be earned with eearnest efforts.
Sins, Secrets, and Success by Carolyn Chambers Sanders
10.10 Back to Your Roots
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
20.2 Rookie st the Top-Agie CA's Task: Word of the Day
My Word is YOGA 06/04/2011
Fear and Yoga in New Jersey by Debra Galant
Total points this post: 40
Kimber30.8 Head Of The Class
Book A: Science - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Book B: Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Simone Elkeles is a Goodreads Author!
This Task: 30
# tasks completed to date: 11
Total points: 210
Big book: 1/500+, 1/750+
Goodreads Authors: 9
Kimber20.9 Lucky Me!
I chose to visit the Mirage, reading a book where a character is influenced by magic. In this book, a witch places a spell on the main character, turning him into an unsightly beast.
Beastly by Alex Flinn
This task: 20
# tasks complete to date: 12
Total points: 230
Goodreads authors: 9
Big book: 1/500+, 1/750+
Kimber 15.8 Stormy Weather
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Jessica Day George is a Goodreads Author!
This task: 15
# tasks completed: 13
Total points: 245
GR Authors: 10
Big book: 1/500+, 1/750+
Finished25.7 Hockey Night Party
Option A/a yellow or blue cover
by Joanne FlukeOption B/b food in title Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Task points 25
Total points 235
Total tasks 12
Total books 17
Cindy AL15.3 Dead or Alive:
Two heads, two live authors
Hounded by Kevin Hearne and
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron
Kevin Hearne is a Goodreads Author
15.9 Get Out the Winter Clothes:
Changes by Mercedes Lackey
There is a hood/hat on the kidnapper's head, he's pulling the boy off the horse.
25.9 Rite of Passage:
Option A, travel book approved in help thread -Frommer's Edinburgh & Glasgow by Barry Shelby and
Option C - 18 letters, disregard the apostrophe Kitty's Greatest Hits by Carrie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn is a Goodreads Author
30.1 Rock Island Illinois:
Book A, Option 1 "lines" Blood Lines by Tanya Huff and
Book B, Option 1 "gone" Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
30.5 Stranger in a Strange Land:
Option C - estrangement - The Blue Rose by Anthony Eglin
Author was born in England, lives in CA and writes mysteries set in England and
Option A - reimaginings - The Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn
The author was born in the US, writes historical mysteries set in England and other countries
Points in this post - 115
Total Points - 680/1100
Books - 51/84
Pages - 18040
Goodreads Authors: 22
Big Books:500+ - (1), 750+ - (0),1000+ - (0)
Read a book with a pumpkin, black cat (domesticated), bat (the animal), witch's hat, candy, skull, or skeleton on the cover. 
by Jared DiamondIt's a little hard to see, but there are five skeletons at the top of the cover.
This Post: 5
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 22/61
Books Read: 35/87
Nickboy.5.2 Lat and Long – Death of an Old Goat by Robert Barnard takes place in Australia. I live in the U S – Australia is on the other side of the equator and the prime meridian. 192 pages
25.4 Blood Diamonds!
Book 1. A Diamond Dagger At Death's Door by Robert Barnard (DD winner, 2003), 192 pages
Book 2. A Red DiamondTo the Heart of the Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa by Pat Shipman, central Africa in the 1800’s (mostly what is now South Sudan, Uganda, and Rwanda), 448 pages
Task Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 480
Pages Read: 10,907
Big Books: 1000+ (1)
RACHEL CA: 325 pts total10.03 HEADLESS HORSEMAN
My Name Is Mary Sutter: A Novel by Robin Oliveira (nothing above nose)30.07 WHEN I WAS YOUNG
A. Feast: Food to Celebrate Life by Nigella Lawson (5 words)
B. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis (title “character”)
Points: 40
Total points: 325
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.2. Back to school – English class A. Read two books that have homophones of the same words in their titles (including subtitles).
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett
The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
"Too" and "Two" are the homophones.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 23/61
Books Read: 36/87
Tammy AZ25.2 Happiness is a Big Library
Book 1 - Betrayal of Trust which I checked out of the Phoenix Public Library
Book 2 - Dreams of Joy AlExanDRia
25.8 Genre Studies - I chose the mystery genre
Book 1 - State Fair This is a quilting mystery
Book 2 - The Neon Rain This is a regional mystery from the U.S. South
Lisa See is a Goodreads Author.
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 150
30.8 Head of the ClassBook A-Option F. Lunch
I read a cookbook about making fancy cupcakes.
Special Cupcakes by Wendy SweetserBook B
I read a book where the main character is an educator, and the setting is a girls school.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Points this post: 30
Total points: 410
Tasks: 25
Books: 31
Goodread authors: 9
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
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10.8 - Readers Also Enjoyed
I used Lonely Hearts to choose
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's task: Refreshingly Short
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
On my TBR since May 2010, 192 pgs
25.6 Denise NC’s Task: Fall Days and Nights
Book A- autumn in title
Wicked Autumn: A Max Tudor Novel by G.M. Malliet
Book B- dark blue cover
Wild Indigo by Sandi Ault
25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
Option A- non-fiction travel
Four Corners: One Woman's Solo Journey Into the Heart of Papua New Guinea by Kira Salak
Option C- 18 letters in title
The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
30.2 Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL’s task: Unique Fall Holidays
Option 5 Adoption Day
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin
Rescued dogfighting bait dog, I. animal on cover
Option 6 dessert days
Cherry Bomb by J.A. Konrath
cherry in title, E. author uses initials
30.6 Donna Jo's task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.
C. eye color- blue
Jamaica Blue by Don Bruns
E. height- 5'9" 69 inches
The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #9
total = 700
Chris MD
30.9 National Book Festival
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
(640 pages – claiming 1 Big Book Ticket)
Everest: Contest by Gordon Korman
Both authors appeared at the National Book Festival
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
JessiebeeTask #10.6 - Big Game Hunter
The Strain by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan
401 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45
Laurie ME20.2: Rookie at the Top: Angie CA's task: Word of the Day: 8/29/11 = Clutch
Ngaio Marsh - Clutch of Constables
Points this post: 20.
Total Points: 525.
25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game NightA. Mr Green: Book with a green cover.
by Richard Matheson2. Knife in the Dining Room
has a scythe on the cover. Lilith Saintcrow is one of the authors listed on this book and is a goodreads authorPoints this post: 25
Total challenge points: 340
Goodreads Authors: Lauren Kate, Robert Liparulo, Tamora Pierce, Sarah Addison Allen, James Patterson, Joyce Maynard, Jennifer Haigh, Libba Bray, Ruta Sepetys, Lilith Saintcrow
Big Books
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by Alexandra Bullen 20.10 Group Read read
by Alan Bradley (goodreads author) My post is #35. 25.4 blood Diamonds read for option A
by Sue Grafton and option B.
by Esther M. Friesner which takes place in egypt. Points this Post: 55
Total points- 665
Tasks Completed: 34
Books read: 45
Pages Read : 13,966
GR Authors: 12
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Task 25.1 - Happiness is...A big library
A. Checked out from the library: Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings
B. (A,N,R,E) Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings
Challenge total = 165
AprilDT10.4-Moniker Math
Lord of the Flies
by William GoldingGolding and AprilDT = 7
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 13
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Chris MD
30.4 Trusty Shellback
Authors’ initials in the word SHELLBACK: Holes by Louis Sachar
Gemstone in the title: The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Points for this task: 30
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
ANGIE CA5.1 Boo!
Book:
by Rochelle StaabNotes: Black cat on cover. GR doesn't have a page count, but Amazon has 304 pages. I read an ARC.
This Post: 5
Total to Date: 430
GRA Tickets: 18
BB Tickets: 4
Books Read: 29
30.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty ShellbackBook 1 The Man in the White Sharkskin Suite by Lucette Lagnado (approved on the help thread)
Book 2 Pearl of China by Anchee Min
total: 140
books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books 1(500)
total pages 4496
Joy MarieCompleted 25.10 Fall Back in Time
Option A - Joined February 2009
Read Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
Option E
Read Hex and the City by Simon R. Green
Also Completed
15.4 It's Not Too Late, but Don't Wait Any Longer
Option A - Used 5.2 Sun, Sea, Pirates
Read Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Option B
Read Rituals by Robert Nordan
Total Points: 50
30.4 - Trusty Shellback
Book 1
The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories by Holly Black * (Goodreads Author) *
Book 2
Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear * (Goodreads Author) *
("bone" from the list)
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 1 x750
Book 1
The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories by Holly Black * (Goodreads Author) *
Book 2
Bone and Jewel Creatures by Elizabeth Bear * (Goodreads Author) *
("bone" from the list)
Points for this task: 30
Total Points: 100
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 1 x750
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Bea's Task: Refreshingly ShortBound by Donna Jo Napoli 192 pages.
Added to my TBR list June 11, 2011, shortly after I joined Good Reads.
15.7 Beginnings and Endings First and last letter 'S'
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Points this post: 35
Total Points : 205
Total tasks completed: 13
Total books read: 13
15.4. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer! Read 2 books:
A. Read a book that fits one of the Summer 2011 5, 10, 15 or 20 point tasks.
The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
This book fit task 10.3 -- a book set in a place I would not want to visit. It is set in Romania during the Ceaucescu years.
AND
B. Read a book that you added to your TBR, purchased, were given, added to your e-reader, etc., during June, July, or August 2011.
Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta
I added this book to my TBR list on 7/9/2011.
This Post: 15
Total Points: 330
Tasks Completed: 24/61
Books Read: 37/87
STACIE MI Task 10.4 - Moniker Math
My readerboard name - STACIE MI - has 8 letters so I read:
Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
Points this task: 10
Total points: 300
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 21
Pages read: 5361
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.9 - Bookfest!Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham
Total points 215
Laurie ME30.5: mstan's Task: Stranger in a Strange Land:
1. ReImgainings: Margaret George - born in Tennessee and book is set in England.
Margaret George - Elizabeth I
2.Culture Shock: Agatha Christie - Murder is Easy was also published as Easy to Kill
Agatha Christie - Murder Is Easy AKA Easy to Kill.
Points this post: 30.
Total Points: 555.
BUTTERFLYCAGER25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
A - (non-fiction travel book):
Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry
C - (18 letters in title): For Heaven's Eyes Only by Simon R. Green
Points this post: 25
Total challenge points: 925
Tasks completed: 51
Books read: 71
Goodreads Authors: 42
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 30.8 Jenn Renee's Head of the Class...read two books:
For Book A (pick your favorite subject) I chose the subject of history and read the historical mystery
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen (this is a GR Author). 336 pages (9.13)For Book B (read a book with the word student in the title) I read
The Student Body by J.S. Borthwick 293 pages (10.13)My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 30
Points Achieved to date: 190
Updated last on: 10.20.11
Total # of books read: 14
Total # of pages read: 4682
Total # of tasks completed: 10
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (0)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)
Cindy FTask 20.10 Group Read
I read The Forgotten Gardenby Kate Morton
I posted a cooment in the discussion thread #18
This is a big book ticket 500+ pages.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Goodreads Authors:5
Big Books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
RebekahTask 5.3 - It's Elemental
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Task 20.8 - The Big 5 - oh!
The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
a total of 6 "o's", 3 "o's" in title, 3 "o's" in author's name
Points This Post 5 + 20 = 25
Total Points = 25
The challenge is half over but I finally made it on the board!
30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket RideI chose to visit adventureland twice
Simple Genius by David Baldacci
AND
Tyrannosaur Canyon by Douglas Preston
Total Points = 940
10.2 - Queen of Denial: Read a book with the word “no” “not” or “never” in the title.
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011) by Steve Earle (Hardback, 256 pages)
145 + 10 = 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Points for this task: 10
Points thus far: 145 + 10 = 155
Books read: 11
Pages Read: 3121
Read but not claimed: 9
Goodreads Authors: 4
Cindy FTask 15.10 Roaming Wild
I read Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big books: 500+(2) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
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Task 30.10 - Shopping at the School Store
I rolled a 1 and a 2.
For my first die, I read a book with 144 pages:
Jack of Fables: Turning Pages by Bill Willingham
For my second die, I read a book with the word "brown" in the title:
The Man In The Brown Suit (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Bantam Blue Leatherette Edition by Agatha Christie
Points this task: 30
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5089
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)