The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

25.7 Hockey Night
A - Option 3: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
B - Option 1: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
I would bring a fruit tray including orange segmants and dip that contains orange juice.

30.6 I'd Like to See Your ID
B: Dove by Robin Lee Graham
First published in 1972 - the year I was born
C: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
My eyes and the cover are both green.


Points this Post: 55
Total Points: 345
GR Authors: 5
Big Books 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(1)

Michelle WI

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

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly

(this is #2 in the Mickey Haller series and the most recent in the series #4 The Fifth Witness came out in April 2011)

Points this task: 20
Total Points: 140

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

C. Eye Color--Chose a book with either the word of your eye color in the title (brown, black, blue, hazel, green, etc.) or with mainly that color on the cover.

I have blue eyes.

by Christopher Benfey

E. Height-- Measure your height in inches or centimenters. Using any of the resulting digits, read a corresponding book from a series.

F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton

I am 65 inches tall, and this book is the 6th in the Kinsey Millhone series.

This Post: 30
Total Points: 950
Tasks Completed: 55/61
Books Read: 77/87

PUTTERPAL

15.10- Roaming Wild
The Last Promise by Richard Paul Evans

20.6- Oh the Horror
Option E- Norman Bates: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

20.9- Vegas Vacation
I rolled a 1 (the Luxor) These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner

25.3- Game Night
D- Mr. Green by Raina Telgemeier Green Cover
3- Revolver in Study- (Gun on cover- approved in help thread) by John D. Fitzgerald

30.4- Trusty Shellback
Book 1- Shelter by Harlan Coben
Book 2- The Bracelet, Vol. 4: The Rubyby Jennie Hansen

Points this post: 110 points
Total Points: 200 points

Laurie ME

30.1: Sheila's Task: My Hometown: Rock Island, Illinois:

1. Rock: Karen MacInerney - Murder on the Rocks

2. Gone: Charlaine Harris - Dead and Gone

Points this Task: 30.
Total Points: 1020.

Joy Marie

20.5 Bigger is Better-Katy's task: Falling

Option E
Read Interworld by Neil Gaiman

Total Points: 125

30.1-- Sheila’s Hometown - Rock Island, Illinois
Book A: Option 1: A book that has the word "island" in the title -- The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
Book B: Option 1: Read a book with the word "gone" in the title -- A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

50.1 - Let's Build A Haunted House!
B. Spooky Laughter in the Hallway - read a funny book -- Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - This book fits category 5: it's the first book in the Night Huntress series. Quite humorous. I enjoyed it.
G. Cemetery in the Backyard - read a book with "grave" in the title -- Grave Peril by Jim Butcher - This book also fits category 5: it is the third book in The Dresden File series.
H. Put It All Together - read a book that takes place mostly in a haunted house -- The Ghost Exterminator by Vivi Andrews - This book is by an author I've never read before, so it fits category 2.

Points this post: 80
Total Points: 245

10.7 - Hot Off The Presses

The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong * (Goodreads Author) *


15.3 - Dead Or Alive

Heads: The White Witch by Janet Graber

Tails: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1968)


15.10 - Roaming Wild

Go Ask Alice


25.6 - Fall Days And Nights

A)
by Peter Dickinson

B)
by Lisa McMann *(GoodReads Author) *




Points for this post: 65
Total Points: 170
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Books: 1x 750

5.4 - 54
The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure by James Redfield (247 pages).

10.1 - In Their Own Words
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, who is a ***Goodreads Author***

10.5 - Blood Moon
Ten Little Bloodhounds by Virginia Lanier

15.8 - Stormy Weather
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

20.5 - Falling
I chose C and read from the Ice and Snow List: East by Edith Pattou

20.8 - The Big 5-Oh!
Bones Would Rain from the Sky: Deepening Our Relationships with Dogs by Suzanne Clothier, which has 7 O's in the title, subtitle, and author's last name.

30.7 - When I Was Young
Book A: Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron (5 letters in title)
Book B: Dracula by Bram Stoker - There are several good costumes to choose from, but I think I'll go with Dracula himself and wear a vampire costume :)

30.10 - Shopping at the School Store
I rolled a 35, so I read:
3: Super Human by Michael Carroll, who is a ***Goodreads Author*** (336 pages)
5: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows


Points this Post: 140
Total Points: 220
GoodReads Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(1), 1000+(0)

30.6 - I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.


E.Height I'm 65" tall and this is the 5th book in the series:

The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill


F.Address I was born in the city of Leeds in the county of Yorkshire. This book is set in Leeds and the surrounding area:

Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody *Goodreads Author*


Total points 430

Laurie ME

20.9: Jayne VA's Task: Vegas Vacation: Rolled a 1:

Julia Quinn - Mr. Cavendish, I Presume

Points this Post: 20.
Total Points: 1040.



Julia Quinn is a Goodreads author

CHRISTINE US

Task 10.1 In their Own words

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

***Kristin Hannah is a GR author


Task 25.6 Falls Days & nights

Book 1: by Carly Phillips

The cover is yellow.
***GR author: Carly Phillips

Book 2: by Tate Hallaway

Total: 755

STACIE MI

Task 30.1 - My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois

For Book A, I chose to do Option 1, and using the word "rock," I read:

Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick

For Book B, I chose to do Option 2, and using Confederate General Alfred Jefferson Jr. Vaughan, I read:

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles by Brian K. Vaughan

**Matthew Quick is a Goodreads author!!**

Points this task: 30
Total points: 915
Tasks completed: 42
Books read: 64
Pages read: 16682
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

50.1
B. Spooky Laughter in the Hallway I Totally Meant to Do That by Jane Borden this fits option 2, Author I've never read before.

G. Cemetery in the Backyard Graveminder by Melissa Marr this fits option 6, one word title.
*Melissa Marr is a Goodreads Author*

E. Monster in the Closet Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson in this book Andy Evans is a monster, a person who delights in wicked or evil. This fits option 6, as well, one word title.
*Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author*

Points this post: 50
Total Points: 160
Goodreads Authors 2

5.2 - Lat and Long

Ethel and Ernest: A True Story by Raymond Briggs - 108 pages

Briggs lives in England. I live in Canada.

10.6 - Big Game Hunter

The Calling by Inger Ash Wolf - 400 pages

15.10 - Roaming Wild

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel - 232 pages

20.5 - Falling

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Living Each Day as If It Were Your Last by Lee Lipsenthal - 224 pages

A. This non-fiction work is about a physician diagnosed with terminal cancer and his advice to lay people and professionals about seizing every day.

25.7 - Hockey Night Party

A (2) Fauna by Alyssa York - 384 pages

This book is set in Canada.

B (1) Our Daily Bread by Lauren B. Davis, a Goodreads author - 257 pages

I would bring cheesy garlic bread to the party!

25.9 - Rite of Passage

B. Alice In Sunderland by Bryan Talbot - 328 pages

This book has a set of chairs (theatre seats) on the cover.


C. The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips - 368 pages

Title has 18 letters.

30.2 - Unique Fall Holidays

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 294 pages

1E: I would choose to write a mystery novel. Author goes by initials "JD".

Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too by Goodreads author Nancy Martin - 272 pages

1A: I would choose to write a mystery novel. Martin is a Goodreads Author.

30.9 - Bookfest!

To the Power of Three by Goodreads author Laura Lippman - 448 pages

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Goodreads author Jennifer Egan - 341 pages.

Both Lippman and Egan were scheduled to attend the National Book Festival.


Points this Post: 160
Total Points: 580

Total Tasks Completed: 32
Total Books Read: 45
Total Pages Read: 13627
Total GR Authors: 11
Total Big Books 500+: 2
Total Big Books 750+: 0
Total Big Books 1000+: 0

5.9 Back To School

Alex Award -- Room by Emma Donoghue


10.4 Moniker Math

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater


10.5 Blood Moon

Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton


15.10 Roaming Wild

Mastiff by Tamora Pierce


Total this post = 40
Total Points = 110

15.10. Roaming Wild
Book of my choice: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse


Points this post: 15
Total points: 400
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 25
Number of pages: 122/7981
Goodreads Authors to date: 4
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0

I would like to move a book. For task 25.7 I would like to remove Baltimore Blues and replace it with Blue Dahlia which has blue in the title and has a blue cover.



20.3 - MUSIC AROUND THE FIRE - The Painted Drum which has a musical instrument in the title.


25.1 - FALL BACK IN TIME - D. Historical fiction - Between Shades of Gray which takes place during WWII.
E. Bucket List - Lemon Meringue Pie Murder which has been lingering on my TBR since 2009.


30.9 - BOOKFEST - The Emperor's Tomb by Steve Berry and Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman both of who were scheduled to appear at Bookfest.



Steve Berry is a Goodreads author.



TOTAL POINTS - 690
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 10
BIG BOOKS - 4

5.2 - Lat & Long - BOOK CHANGE!! Formerly used The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
My country: USA
Goong, Palace Story, Volume 8 by Park So Hee - South Korea

25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night
E. Mrs. Peacock -
Dark Protector by Alexis Morgan


Book B:
2. Knife in the Dining Room -
Ani's Raw Food Kitchen: Easy, Delectable Living Foods Recipes by Any Phyo

30.8 Jenn Renee's task: Head of the Class
Book A - Math:
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick

Book B - Title:
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

New Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 1055

50.1 Let's Build a Haunted House

50.1 A1 (Door + GR Author) You Slay Me Finished 11/8 Katie MacAlister is a Good Reads Author
50.1 B2 (Spooky Laugh +New to me author) A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Finished 11/26
50.1 E5 ( Monster in form of shapeshifters + Series read = Psy Changeling series) Visions of Heat Finished 11/25Nalini Singh is a Good Reads author


Points to date: 560
Big Books 500+: 5
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 0
Good Read Authors: 13

20.6. Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!

D. Read a book with the word 'dream' in the title or subtitle.

The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe

This Post: 20
Total Points: 970
Tasks Completed: 56/61
Books Read: 78/87

Jodi2
25.10 - Fall Back in Time

Historical Fiction novel – A Step from Heaven
Bucket List – Eat, Pray, Love

Total Tasks Completed: 21
Total Books Read: 31
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 405

CHRISTINE US

Task 5.5 Birth of a Nation

Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep

***Jennifer Estep is a GR author

TOTAL: 760

Mrs Soule, Gayla, and Laurie ME, I hope you all have time to finish up at the 1100 mark. Good reading!

CHRISTINE US

Task 30.10 Shopping at the School Store

Book 1: 400-499 pages: Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie

***Jennifer Crusie is a GR author

Book 2: Pocket folder
Death's Excellent Vacation by multiple authors, including Katie MacAlister
***Katie MacAlister is a GR author

TOTAL: 790

Colleen MN

Completed Task 30.2

I read Three Bedrooms, One Corpse for 2-A.
My favorite books are the Sookie Stackhouse novels and Charlaine Harris is a Goodreads author.

and

Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption for 1-E.
I would write a book about a family member's addiction and call it "Hope", and the author has 3 names, William Cope Moyers.

30 points this post
190 points total

25.8 Genre Studies (children & teen fantasy) Prince Caspian Finished 11/26 & (urban fantasy) Vanished Finished 11/6 Kat Richardson is a good reads author

Points to date: 585
Big Books 500+: 5
Big Books 750+: 1
Big Books 1000+: 0
Good Read Authors: 14

ANGIE CA

I'd like to move Who Do, Voodoo? from task 5.1 to 15.10, with no replacement.

15.10 Roaming Wild
Book: Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab

25.10 Fall Back in Time
Book 1: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Notes: C) Banned Books 2000s
*1 BB Ticket* [652 pages]
Book 2: Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
Notes: D) Historical Fiction. Paperback is 389 pages.

This Post: 35 {+40, -5}
Total to Date: 660
GRA Tickets: 23
BB Tickets: 7
Books Read: 45

Finished 30.10
Book 1 dice 3 read Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd, 313 pages
Book 2 dice 2 read The Blue Tango by Eoin Mc Namee

That's 225 points and 14 books

Finished
25. 6 Falls days and nights

A - Apple Turnover Murder by Joanne Fluke apple in title

B - Deeper Water by Robert Whitlow - dark blue cover

Task points 25
total points 420
Total tasks 20
Total books 29

It`s my last post in fall challenge so big thanks to moderators for all their job

25.4 - Nickboy’s Task: Blood Diamonds!

I chose a 'pinch hitter' to replace Book #1 (A Diamond Dagger), and read The Fight (* * * *).

For Book #2 (A Red Diamond), I read Out of Africa, which is set in Kenya. (* * *)

Points in this post: 25
Total points: 1050
Goodreads authors: 19
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 82/86

We have soooo many people sooo close!!! I hope you all make it...I am looking forward to seeing your tasks.

Finally got some combinations completed. Couple more to go. This was fun.

Total Point Earned: 305/370
Tasks Completed: 12/20
Total Books Read: 25/33
Good Read Authors: 9/12

Big Book Tickets: 500(3), 750(0), 1000(0)
Wonderstruck 640 pages
100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories 559 pages
The Time Traveler's Wife 536 pages

15.2 A. Back to school – English class
(time and thyme)
Two Time Chris Knopf Goodreads Author 10/8/11
Killing Thyme Peter E. Abresch Goodreads author 11/7/11

15.3. Dead or alive
I flipped 2 coins of type US $1 - Susan B. Anthony
Hello, Darkness, Alive Author Sandra Brown Goodreads author 11/16/11

Sharp Objects, Alive Author Gillian Flynn 11/2/11

20.5 B. Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling
I tripped over my own feet! -
First Grave on the Right Darynda Jones Goodreads author

25.1 - Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library
A. Plymouth District Library
The Girls of Slender Means 11/26

B. The Memory of Running
- e,n,r,i 11/27

25.2 - Sandy's Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3! Read 3 books, each with 200 or more pages.
Fun and Games with 256 pages, 9/18
Duane Swierczynski, Goodreads author
Bless Me, Ultima with 290 pages 11/21
Disco for the Departed with 256 pages 11/20

25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night
A. Miss Scarlet – read a book with a red cover =
The Sword Thief Sep 20, 2011

2. Knife in the Dining Room –read a book in which food or cooking is an integral part of the plot or The Epicure's Lament read 9/25

25.4 Nickboy’s Task: Blood Diamonds!
Book #1 – A Diamond Dagger
Elmore Leonard winner 2006, A Coyote's in the House 11/27/11
Book #2 – A Red Diamond!
Mixed Blood: A Thriller, takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, read 9/27

25.5 - Valorie's task: SRC's Virtual Safari
4. Wildebeest: Read a book with the word 'Wild' or 'Beast' in the title/subtitle.
The Wild Hog Murders: A Dan Rhodes Mystery 10/13/11
Bill Crider, Goodreads author

6. Zebra: Read a book with a mainly white and black cover.
Good OmensTerry Pratchett
Goodreads authors 10/20/11

25.6 Denise NC’s Task: Fall Days and Nights
Book A – Fall Days
Red =
Kiss Me, Deadly by Mickey Spillane
This particular edition has 251 pages (reporting to a librarian) 10/7/11

Book B – Fall Nights -blue and black night scene
Wonderstruck 11/17/11
640 pages

25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time
A. Joined January 2011
The Cypress House by Michael Koryta 11/10/11

B. The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
is a Goodreads author 11/13/11

30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store:.
First Roll was a 6. Wildcard!
Fieldwork with 336 pages 11/24
Second Die was a 1: Pencil –
An Improper Bostonian: The Life and Career of Cleveland Amory by Marilyn Greenwald. 11/18

50.1 Butterflycager's Task - Let's Build A Haunted House! :
A. The Creaky Front Door - read a book with a door on the front cover.
The Between by Tananarive Due
2. Author is one you've never read before. 10/28/11

D. Secret Passageway Behind the Library - read a collection of short stories with multiple authors.
4. 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories Book is 561 pages long 11/14/11

F. Mad Scientist's Laboratory in the Basement - read a book in which a scientist is a central character Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain(And they are "mad" too.)

2. Author is one you've never read before.
and 1. Goodreads author. Kirsten Menger-Anderson 10/22/11

15x2=30
20x1=20
25x7=175
30x1=30
50x1=50
total=305

KAREN F

I would like to switch out a previously claimed book. I used Bayou Moon for task 10.6. I'm going to use that for a different task and will replace it with:

10.6 Big Game Hunter

The Devil Wears Plaid by Teresa Medeiros

406 pages

**Teresa Medeiros is a Goodreads Author**

NEW TASKS

15.10 Running Wild

Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie

20.1 Missing Books

A Letter of Mary by Laurie R. King

Part of the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series approved in the help thread as a continuation of Sherlock Holmes

**Laurie R. King is a Goodreads author**

25.1 Happiness is...a big library

A. Fool's Puzzle by Earlene Fowler

Borrowed from my town public library

B. Quicksilver by Amanda Quick

ALEXANDRIA - I, L, E, R

25.2 Math Class - It's as easy as 1, 2, 3

I did option 1 and read 1 book with more than 600 pages

Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher

656 pages

**Jim Butcher is a Goodreads author**

656 Pages - 1 Big Book Ticket**

25.6 Fall Days and Nights

A. Slightly Married by Mary Balogh

Red Cover:

B. Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews

Moon in title

30.6 I'd like to see your ID, please

D. Hair Color: Holy Smokes by Katie MacAlister

I have blond hair as does the character on the cover:

**Katie MacAlister is a Goodreads author**

E. Height: Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris

I'm 60 inches tall and this is book 6 in the Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries series.

Points this Post: 140
Total Challenge Points: 865
Goodreads Authors: 40
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(1),1000+(0)

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 25.10 Amanda's Task: Fall Back in Time

Book A - Option A - Joined Goodreads November 2010

Just Kids by Patti Smith

Pages - 304

Book B - Option D - Historical Fiction

Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden

Pages 592

Big Book

Points - 25


Task 30.5 MSTAN's Task: Stranger in a Strange Land

Book A - Option A - Book set in New York, Author born in Ireland

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Colum McCann is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 349

Book B - Option B ii - Two Titles in Same Language

Love You to Death & High Stakes by Meg Cabot

Shadowland by Meg Cabot - I read this edition.

The book was originally published in the UK as Love You to Death and published in the US as Shadowland. See Wikipedia link if you need more information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meg_Cabot.

Pages 287

Points - 30


Points This Post - 55

Total Points - 975

Tasks Completed This Post - 2

Total Tasks Completed - 54

Total Goodreads Authors - 23

Total Big Book Tickets - 6(500) / 1(750) / 4(1000)

5.2 Lat and Long
read Kisses and Lies by Lauren Henderson
takes place in england

5.3 Is Elemental The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney (goodreads author)

5.6 Labor Day read Dragon's Breath by E.D. Baker

5.9 Back to School read Soulless by Gail Carriger(goodreads author) Alex Award 2010

5.10 Women and Cats, Men and Dogs
read Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe



Points this Post: 25
Total points- 1100
Tasks Completed: 61
Books read: 85
Pages Read : 26,985
GR Authors: 36
Big Books: 500+(4), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

Jodi2

20.2 – Word of the Day

Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood

Daily Buzzword – 4/4/11 Devil’s Advocate

Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 32
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 425

Jodi2

25.7 – Hockey Night Party

A1 – A Step from Heaven

B2 – I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Total Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 32
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 425

10.4 - Moniker Math
I read How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense by Suzette Haden Elgin. Elgin has 5 letters, as does Sandy.

15.10. Roaming Wild
I read The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us

30.9 - Kate S's task: Bookfest!
I read Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman and Tension City: Inside the Presidential Debates, from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain by Jim Lehrer.

Both Lippman and Lehrer were scheduled to attend the National Book Festival in 2011.

Total points: 1030

20.1 Missing Books
I read The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian (GOODREADS AUTHOR) - this tells the continuation of characters from The Great Gatsby.

20.3 Music Around the Fire
I chose option B and read with a guitar on the cover by Jennifer Egan (GOODREADS AUTHOR)

25.1 Happiness Is...

Book 1 - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta which I borrowed from my local public library

Book 2 - Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach - letters are A, I, N, R (not using the subtitle)

25.6 Fall Days/Nights

A - Fall Day Colors - I read by Lisa Lutz and David Hayward (LISA LUTZ is a GOODREADS AUTHOR)

B - Fall Night Colors - I read by C.J. Box

25.8 Genre Studies

I picked mystery as my main genre and read...
LEGAL THRILLER - Neon Dragon by John F. Dobbyn

FORENSIC DETECTIVES - The Silent Girl by Tess Gerritsen (GOODREADS AUTHOR)

NEW TOTAL = 280 pts

Congrats Jenn Renee!

Congrats Jenn Renee!

25.1 - Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library
A. Read a book borrowed from a lending library
When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State (Serge Storms Mystery #14) (2011) by Tim Dorsey (Hardcover, 194 pages)


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

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia de Luce #4) (2011) by Alan Bradley (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 297 pages)
I A L D

*** Goodreads Author *** Alan Bradley

525 + 25 = 550


30.1 Sheila’s Task - My Hometown, Rock Island, Illinois
For Book A:
Option 1: A book that has the word "rock" or "island" or "lines" in the title/subtitle.

Pascali's Island (1980) by Barry Unsworth [Man Booker Prize Nominee - 1980](Paperback, 192 pages)

For Book B:
Option 2: Read a book whose author’s first or last name exactly matches either the first or last name of a Civil War general.
Union General: Commanding General of the Army William Tecumseh Sherman

Ten Little Indians (2003) by Sherman Alexie (Hardcover, 243 pages)

550 + 30 = 580





Tasks Completed: 27
Points for this task: 25 + 30
Points thus far: 525 + 25 + 30 = 580
Books read: 41
Pages Read: 12,807
Read but not claimed: 3

Goodreads Authors: 11

Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750 +
(1) 1000 +

Nickboy.

5.3 Elemental Oxygen by Andrew Miller, 320 pages

15.10 Roaming Wild Hemingway's Genders: Rereading the Hemingway Text by Nancy R. Comley and Robert Scholes, 168 pages

20.7 Refreshingly Short Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr., added to my tbr Apr 15, 2011, 111 pages

25.5 SRC’s Virtual Safari
Book 1. Option 2. Elephant on the cover -- African Silences by Peter Matthiessen, 240 pages
Book 2. Option 6. Zebra – black and white cover -- Wisdom Chaser: Finding My Father at 14,000 Feet by Nathan Foster, 180 pages

Task Points this Post: 65
Total Points: 875
Pages Read: 20,829
Big Books: 500+ (4) 1000+ (1)

This is my last post of the challenge, finishing all the 25 point and 30 point tasks as well as a few others. I am especially glad to finish the challenge with Task 25.5, because it afforded me the opportunity to read

1) a book that fits the “Africa” theme, bringing my total to 6 Africa books read for the challenge, and

2) a book by a friend of mine, Nathan Foster’s memoir Wisdom Chaser which I enjoyed re-reading.

I am in awe of those of you who continue to regularly finish these monumental challenges!

They read books no more than 300pps :)

Jayme(the ghost reader) wrote: "They read books no more than 300pps :)"

I am not sure about that I have seen some that read some monster books. I think some people are just amazing speed readers!

Readerboard Name= Lindy-Lane


Task 5.4 Africa has 54 countries!...read a book that has a 5 or 4 in the total number of pages:

I read Best Kept Secrets by Sandra Brown(this is a GRA) 422 pages (11.21)

My Goal Points for this Season: 550
Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 430
Updated last on: 11.27.11
Total # of books read: 34
Total # of pages read: 11,825
Total # of tasks completed: 23
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 12
Total # of Big Books:
500+ (3)
700+ (1)
1000+ (0)

15.2. Back to school – English class

A. Two Books: we / wee

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

+15 Points

25.1 – Rosemary’s task: Happiness Is…A Big Library

A. Pierce County Library

A Stolen Tongue by Sheri Holman

B. Alexandria AIRN

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel

+25 Points

Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 705

Hettie

25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time
A. Read one of the Most Popular books published when you joined Goodreads.
I joined in 2010 and read Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void

B. Read a time travel book.
The Time Machine



30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange Land
A: Reimaginings
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
AND
C: Estrangement
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi Goodreads author
Both approved in help thread



Previous points 445
Points this post 55
Total points 500

GR author total claim 4

STACIE MI

Task 20.4 - Series Lover

I read the second book in the Lorien Legacies, which was published in 2011:

The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore

Points this task: 20
Total points: 935
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 65
Pages read: 17088
Goodreads authors: 16
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)