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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!
Joanna T15.9 Get Out the Winter Clothes
- 40 pgs
- 32 pgs
- 32 pgs
- 32 pgs
- 32 pgs
(hard to see, but wearing mittens) - 40 pgs
- 32 pgs
- 57 pgs
- 64 pgs
- 48 pgs
- 72 pgs
- 26 pgs15.10 Roaming Wild
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Points this post: 30
Grand total: 420
25.5 SRC Virtual SafariI choose:
2-read a book over 400 pages. I read
The Intern Blues: The Timeless Classic About the Making of a Doctor by Robert Marion. It was 492 pages.
And
6:Zebra-Black and White Cover. I read
by Augusten Burroughs.Points this post:25
Total points: 390
Tasks completed:23
Books read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
15.9. Get out the winter clothesA Woman's Europe: True Stories edited by Marybeth bond
30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket Ride
Book A: E - Liberty Square
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
Book B: F - Fantasyland
Eric by Terry Pratchett
New Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 1100
Mod
I read Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives by Thomas French. The book was published in 2010, the year the name Tomas was retired.
25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
A. A nonfiction travel book - I read The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America.
C. I read Dave Barry Does Japan, with 18 letters in the title
30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket Ride
I first went to Main Street and read The Moviegoer, from the Hungry Mind's booklist.
I then went to Fantasyland, and read Intrigues by Mercedes Lackey.
Total points: 1100 - finished!
PaulTask #20.5 Katy's task: Falling (Option E, Science Fiction)
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline is a Goodreads author
Task #20.9 Lucky Me! - Jayme VA's task: Vegas Vacation (I rolled a 2 --> Circus Circus!)
Kraken
In this book, the Kraken (an animal) is central to the plot/book's focus.
The book is 509 pages, I am claiming 1 big book ticket for The Kraken
China Miéville is a Goodreads Author
Task #25.2 Sandy's Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
I read a single book for this task:
ReamdeReamde is 1044 pages.
I am claiming 3 big book tickets for Reamde
Neal Stephenson is a Goodreads Author
Total for this post:
65 points
4 big book tickets
3 goodreads authors
15.10 Wild CardI read State of Wonder by Ann Patchett.
Points this post:15
Total points: 405
Tasks completed:24
Books read: 33
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
There you go Mrs. Soule and Sandy are officially done! Get to working on those winter task ladies :) Congratulations!We have several others getting really close.
CHRISTINE USTask 25.3 Game Night
Book 1: Col Mustard:
by Janet EvanovichBook 2: Rope in the Conservatory (murder mystery):
by Krista Davis***Both Krista Davis and Janet Evanovichare GR authors
TASK 25.8 genre Studies
I picked "romance" for the genre
Book 1: Historical Romance
A Man to Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey
Book 2: Contemporary Romance
Without A Trace by Nora Roberts
TOTAL: 870
CHRISTINE USTask 20.8 5="OH"
The Diva Cooks a Goose by Krista Davis
The title has 4 O's, the series "Domestic Diva" has 1 for a total of 5.
***Krista davis is a GR author
TOTAL: 890
15.4. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer! 1. I read a book that would fit 5.1- takes place on an island. Also 5.8- borrowed from the library - Deserted Island, Dreamy Ex! by Nicola Marsh.
2.. I read a book that I added to my tbr in June 2011 - Between Sinners and Saints by Marie Sexton.
Both authors are GR authors
Points for this task- 15
Total points- 445
RebekahTask 30.1 Sheila's Task - hometown
Book A The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Book B Soul Identity by Dennis Batchelder(Good reads Author)
Gen Richard Napoleon Batchelder, USA Army
+30 pts - This Task
125 pts - Grand Total
RebekahTask 20.3 Singing around the fire
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
+20 pts - This Task
145 pts - Grand Total
30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange LandA - Milkweed (* *) (Spinelli is born in the US but the book is set in Poland); C - The Shadow of the Wind (* * * - I was rather underwhelmed in the second half) (Zafon is born in Spain but has moved to the US; the book is set in Spain)
Points in this post: 30
Total points: 1080
Goodreads authors: 19
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 84/86
yay Sandy, yay Mrs. Soule!! can't wait to see your tasks!!
snort, giggle at Sheila!! way to be a cheerleader there!
30.9 BookfestCity of Glass by Cassandra Clare (GR author and BB ticket -549 pgs)
The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
50.1 Haunted House
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (Option F-6 Scientists working in the Amazon/title has 3 words)
Smokin' Seventeenby Janet Evanovich (GR author) (Option B-3 Funny book by author who has written over 10 books)
Prodigal Son by Dean Koontz(Option E-2 Book is a modern day Frankenstein (monster) story by author that I have never read before.
Total points this post: 80
Total points this challenge: 450
GR author this post: 2 (Cassandra Clare/Janet Evanovich)
BB tickets claimed: 1 (City of Glass)
Stacey
5.10 Women and Cats, Men and dogs
Reserved for the CatReserved for the Cat
10.1 In Their Own Words
State of Wonder
10.7 Hot off the Presses
FreakAngels, Vol. 6
15.1 Bye, bye!
Thunderer
("Felix" was retired in 2007, when this book was published)
20.5 Falling (Option E)
Unnatural Issue
20.9 (Rolled a 1 - Luxor)
Shadow on the stones
25.1 (Reposting due to error in last post)
A. FreakAngels, Vol. 2 (from the library)
B. Solaris (L, A, R, I)
25.6 Fall Days and Nights (book cover options)
A:
B:
25.8 Genre Studies
Genre: Fantasy
The Unwritten Vol. 4: Leviathan (sub-genre, graphic novels)
Tall Stones (sub-genre, historical fantasy - or you could make a case for celtic fantasy)
30.6 I'd Like To See Your ID
E. Height The Wizard of London, fifth book in series, I'm 5'8"
B. DOB Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1970s)
30.7 When I Was Young
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (five words)
Mr. Fox (five letters)
30.8 Head of the Class
Book A: (option C, history) Mudbound
Book B: The Temple of the Sun, which actually focuses heavily on Kyra's education as a student learning to be a priestess, though you'd never know it from the GR description.
50.1 Haunted House
1. The Fall E, 4
2. The Phantom Tollbooth B, 6
3. Flood F, 2
New points: 295
Total points: 550
5.10 Women and Cats, Men and dogs
Reserved for the CatReserved for the Cat
10.1 In Their Own Words
State of Wonder
10.7 Hot off the Presses
FreakAngels, Vol. 6
15.1 Bye, bye!
Thunderer
("Felix" was retired in 2007, when this book was published)
20.5 Falling (Option E)
Unnatural Issue
20.9 (Rolled a 1 - Luxor)
Shadow on the stones
25.1 (Reposting due to error in last post)
A. FreakAngels, Vol. 2 (from the library)
B. Solaris (L, A, R, I)
25.6 Fall Days and Nights (book cover options)
A:
B:
25.8 Genre Studies
Genre: Fantasy
The Unwritten Vol. 4: Leviathan (sub-genre, graphic novels)
Tall Stones (sub-genre, historical fantasy - or you could make a case for celtic fantasy)
30.6 I'd Like To See Your ID
E. Height The Wizard of London, fifth book in series, I'm 5'8"
B. DOB Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1970s)
30.7 When I Was Young
Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (five words)
Mr. Fox (five letters)
30.8 Head of the Class
Book A: (option C, history) Mudbound
Book B: The Temple of the Sun, which actually focuses heavily on Kyra's education as a student learning to be a priestess, though you'd never know it from the GR description.
50.1 Haunted House
1. The Fall E, 4
2. The Phantom Tollbooth B, 6
3. Flood F, 2
New points: 295
Total points: 550
10.5. Blood MoonRead a book with the word “Blood” or a variation/compound word (bled, bleeding, bloody, bloodhound etc) in the title/subtitle.
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
This Post: 10
Total Points: 10000
Tasks Completed: 58/61
Books Read: 83/87
STACIE MITask 5.5 - Birth of a Nation
I read a book published on July 6th, 2010:
Artichoke Tales by Megan Kelso
Points this task: 5
Total points: 955
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 67
Pages read: 17597
Goodreads authors: 17
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: StacyCT15.5 - I Can See My House From Here
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
Task Points: 15
15.10 - Roaming Wild
Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu by J. Maarten Troost
Task Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 15
Total Points Earned: 300
Total Books Read: 21
Pages Read: 6447
GoodReads Authors: 2 (J.A. Konrath, Michael Parker)
Big Book Tickets: 500+(2), 750+(), 1000+()
Emmalita30.3 Dlmrose's task: E-ticket Ride
G. - Science Fiction
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
F. - Fantasy
A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin
Ernest Cline is a Goodreads author
A Feast for Crows is a big book with 784 pages
This post: 30 points
Total points to Date: 120 points
Goodread authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 5
Total tasks completed: 4
Boston Kate5.9 Back to School
The Midwife's Apprentice
Newbery Medal Winner in 1996
Points this post: 5
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 13
Congrats Mrs Soule and Sandy, can't wait to see what tasks you come up with! You can do it mstan!
Janice CA5.2 Longitude and Latitude....
I live in the US, and the book I read is set in Italy.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton
5 stars
This is one of the most unique books I have ever had the pleasure to read. It is out of print, but worth the search. I found my copy at a library sale for 25 cents. The movie is also amazing.
+5
total: 235
tasks: 14
books: 18
GR authors: 3
Heather KS Finished task 30.10 School Store
I rolled a 6 and a 3.
For my "6" I read Town House: A Novel which, though 6 was a wildcard, had 384 pages.
For my "3" I read The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth which was a non-fiction book on one of my interests...the book of Revelation and also deepening my understanding of the Mass.
New point total: 150
RACHEL CA: 485 pts total15.07 BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
Straight Talk about Psychological Testing for Kids by Ellen Braaten and Gretchen Felopulos
Points: 15
Total points: 485
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 43
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
RACHEL CA: 495 pts total10.09 WORDS OF WISDOM
The Math Chef: Over 60 Math Activities and Recipes for Kids by Joan D'Amico (here, "for" is a preposition, as it is in the fortune, "Your romantic life will take a turn for the better")
Points: 10
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 44
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jayme(the ghostreader)I completed task 5.5 Birth of A Nation. I read "The Sleeping Beauty" by Mercedes Lackey published in July 2010.
This is my last post for the challenge.
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 16
Big Books 500+ (1) 750+, 1000+
Goodreads Authors: 10,
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 235/1100
Laurie ME5.8: S.O.N.
Suzanne MacpherSON - In the Mood
Points this Post: 5.
Total Points: 1070.
5.1 Boo I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
5.5 Birth of a Nation
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
10.3 Headless Horseman
10.9 Words of Wisdom
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see shadows"
Operation Sunshine by Jenny Colgan
20.2 Word of the Day
2/4/2011 blizzard
Blizzard of Souls by Michael McBride
20.3 Music around the fire
I chose option A and read The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
25.8 Genre Studies
My favorite genre is thriller. The subgenres I chose are "Archaeological thriller" for which I read The Hidden by Tobias Hill and "Mystery Thriller" for which I read The Taking by Dean Koontz
30.5 Stranger in a strange land
For option C I read Ein Jahr in New York: Reise in den Alltag. The author spent a year in New York and decided to stay there longer, but eventually moved back to Germany, where she was born.
For option A I read Der Ruf des Kiwis by Sarah Lark who was born and lives in Germany, the book is set in New Zealand.
Tasks completed: 16
Points total: 335
25.6 Denise NC's Task: Fall Days & Night
Book A. Crow in Title
Four Crows by Andrea Peters
Book B. Moon in Title
The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Sarah Addison Allen is a Goodreads Author.
30.2 Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL Task: Unique Fall Holidays
1,A. November is National Novel Writing Month - Thriller - Killer Instinct by Joseph Finder
Joseph Finder is a Goodreads Author.
2,B. Book Lover’s Day (11/5) and Read a Book Day (9/6)—Name your favorite book and read the same author. The Old Man and the Sea
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Task Points in This Post: 55
Goodreads Authors in this Post: 2
Big Ticket Books in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1259
Total Points: 675
Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Ticket Books: 500=(4), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 36
Total Pages Read in the Fall 2011 SRC: 17,133
Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) 2011 Challenge Reviews
25.1 Rosemary's task: Happiness Is...A Big Library A) Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson - from readitswapit B) One Day by David Nicholls
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Pages: 3105
Books Read: 9
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0 750=0 1000=0
25.9 Gayle's Task: Rite of Passagea. I read Don't Let's go to the Dogs tonight
b. I read a book with a chair on the cover
Youngest brother on cover is sitting on a chair.points: 335
books read: 26
tasks completed: 17
pages read: 9234
GR authors: 6
big books: 1 (500) 2 (750+)
15.5. I Can See My House From Here The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan has a pyramid on the cover and is about Egypt.
30.2 Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL’s task: Unique Fall Holidays
Option 1A: Raising Stony Mayhall by Daryl Gregory Daryl Gregory is a goodreads author.
For National Novel Writing Month, I would write a horror novel- especially with all the zombie books I've read lately!
Option 6 A and F: Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times by Suzan Colon The book contains the word cherries, has recipes (F) and (a) Suzan Colon is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 45
Total challenge points: 715
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, Rachel Simon, Josh Berk, Daryl Gregory, Suzan Colon
Big Books: 500+: Rebel Angels
30.5 - mstan's task: Stranger in a Strange LandA: Reimaginings - My Life in France by Julia Child
Julia Child was born in the USA, the book is mostly set in France
C: Estrangement - Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
David Mitchell was born in England. He lived in Japan for eight years. He then relocated to England. The book is partly set in Japan.
Total points: 185
Tasks Completed: 8
Books read: 10
FINCALIAN15.3 Dead or Alive
I flipped and got 2 heads
Beyond the Deepwoods
The Lightning Thief
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 165
10.2 - Queen of Denial:Never After 11/25/11
10.3 - Headless Horseman:
11/14/11by Goodreads author Katie MacAlister
15.2. Back to school – English class
A. Read two books that have homophones of the same words in their titles
One Good Knight 11/27/11
Night's Cold Kiss 10/24/11
by Goodreads author Tracey O'Hara
15.9. Get out the winter clothes
9/24/11Wearing gloves
20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
Fangs for the Memories 11/22/11
(Young Brothers #1) by Kathy Love
5 o's (2 in title, 2 in series title, 1 in author's name)
25.8 - Mrs. soule's task: Genre Studies
Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Sub-genre 1: Urban Fantasy
Moon Sworn11/8/11
by Goodreads author Keri Arthur
Sub-genre 2: Steampunk
Heart of Steel 11/29/11
by Goodreads author Meljean Brook
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Points this post: 95
Total Points: 690
Tasks Completed: 36 (6 in this post)
Books Read: 53 (8 in this post)
GoodReads Authors: 29 (4 in this post)
Big Books: 500+ (2), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Sandy MN25.2 - Sandy's Task: Math Class – It’s as Easy as 1, 2, 3!
+600 pages
Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati 912 pages
**Goodreads Author**
**Claiming Big Book Ticket**
25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night
E. Mrs. Peacock/Blue Cover
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Knife in the Dining Room
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
**Goodreads Author**
Total Points: 655
Total GR Authors:21
Total Big Book Tickets: (3)500; (1)750; (2)1000
FINALLY!Thanks Sheila for that final prod in the ribs! I am now updating this in the airport. I wanted to finish my last book before I left for my three-week long vacation, so I didn't have to bring it along with me!
Thank you to the moderators for another wonderful season.
*I am a bit disappointed that the egg on my ticker hasn't hatched...
5.1 - Boo!
(approved in task help thread - the horse's skull is shown) (* * *)15.6 - Brrrrrrrrrrrr...........
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (* * *)
Points in this post: 20
Total points: 1100
Goodreads authors: 19
Big Book tickets: 500+ (2), 750+ (2) = 4
Books read: 86/86
30.8 Head of the Class A C. History
Historical fiction - The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick
(Goodreads Author)
B
The Devil's Bones by Jefferson Bass
The main character is a professor at UT.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 25
Goodreads Author: 5
Big Books: 500(3) 750 (1)
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton - 48 pgs
Harriet the Helicopter by Grandreams Books Limited - 14 pgs
Trevor the Steam Train by Unknown - 14 pgs
Pat the Cat by Colin Hawkins - 24 pgs
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. - 24 pgs
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey - 64 pgs
Monkey Steam Train by William O'Brien - 14 pgs
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter - 57 pgs
Fuzzy Bee and Friends by Roger Priddy - 14 pgs
Supposing by Alastair Reid - 56 pgs
The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss - 48 pgs
Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day - 40 pgs
Roar!: A Story from Disney's the Lion King by Patricia Grossman - 24 pgs
Everything I Know About Cars: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures about Cars, Trucks, and Other Zoomy Things by Tom Lichtenheld - 40 pgs
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina - 48 pgs
Doggies by Sandra Boynton - 14 pgs
10.4 Moniker Math
Joanna T has 7 letters
By Sandra Boynton:
Rhinoceros Tap: 15 Seriously Silly Songs - 64 pgs
One, Two, Three! - 24 pgs
Fifteen Animals! - 24 pgs
Snuggle Puppy! - 24 pgs
Perfect Piggies! - 24 pgs
What's Wrong, Little Pookie? - 18 pgs
Little Pookie - 18 pgs
Horns to Toes - 14 pgs
One Cow Moo Moo! by David Bennett - 32 pgs
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman - 6 pgs
Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman - 72 pgs
University of Missouri 101: My First Text-Board-Book by Brad M. Epstein - 20 pgs
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems - 40 pgs
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion - 48 pgs
Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty - 40 pgs
Playgrounds by Gail Gibbons - 32 pgs
Total new points: 15
Grand total: 390