The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

CONGRATS, mstan!!!

Yay, Sheila, for all of your cheerleading! :)

congrats mstan! can't wait to see your task

10.2 - Queen of Denial

It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken by Seth - 176 pages

Don't approved in Task Help.

15.4 - It's Not Too Late But....

A. This Will Be Difficult To Explain by Johanna Skibsrud - 198 pages

Task 5.4: Letter n in author's name repeated.

B. Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington - 273 pages

Downloaded to Kindle in July 2011.

Points this post: 25
Total Points: 605

Total Tasks Completed: 34
Total Books Read: 48
Total Pages Read: 14274
Total GR Authors: 11
Total Big Books 500+: 2
Total Big Books 750+: 0
Total Big Books 1000+: 0

Congratulations to all those who have managed to finish. I look forward to seeing what task you create for us all.

Hettie

30.10 – Christina's task: Shopping at the School Store:
Rolled a 6
Chose to read a book between 100-199 pages
The Tennis Term at Trebizon with 128 pages
AND
Rolled a 1
1. Pencil – read a biography of an author or a book in which a significant character is an author.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid biography of Bill Bryson


Points this post 30
Total points 530

Jodi2
30.9 – Bookfest!

Dead End in Norvelt (Jack Gantos)
The Juvie Three (Gordon Korman)

Total Tasks Completed: 26
Total Books Read: 37
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 445

Yay mstan! I knew you could do it!

Repost

My apologies. The following tasks had problems due to transcription from my records to the post.

10.6 - Big Game Hunter

I linked to the wrong edition. The edition I read is:

The Calling by Inger Ash Wolf - 400 pages


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".

I used the wrong option for the second book. It should have been 6A

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

6A: Book contains a dessert - cake. Martin is a Goodreads Author.

Corrected total should be 580 points (before my last post.)

There you go mstan. Now you are all done and ready for that big VACATION except for one little item like perhaps a nice task for winter?

Congrats to all the finishers. This will be my last post for Fall.


30.4 - TRUSTY SHELLBACK - A. Eye of the Red Tsar: A Novel of Suspense and B. Diamonds for the Dead.


30.5 - STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for option B. It was also published at Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. For option A I read Brigid of Kildare. The author of this book was born in the US and the book takes place in Ireland.


Alan Orloff is a goodreads author.




TOTAL POINTS - 785
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 12
BIG BOOKS - 4

10.10 Back to our roots



15.7 Ending is Beginning



Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 7
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 100

15.10 Roaming Wild

Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman goodreads author

Total points: 270

Congrats mstan! Looking forward to your winter task.

15.9 GET OUT THE WINTER CLOTHES
Read The House at Sugar Beach by Helene Cooper.

It is hard to see due to the coloring, but the girl in the picture is wearing a hat.

That should bring me to 80 points.

50.1. Butterflycager's Task - Let's Build A Haunted House!

D. Secret Passageway Behind the Library - read a collection or anthology of short stories or essays by a single or multiple authors.

fulfills criterion 6: Book title is made up of one, three, or ten words

The Outlaw Album: Stories by Daniel Woodrell

E. The Monster in the Closet - read a book with "monster" or "closet" in the title OR a book where a monster is a central character.

fulfills criterion 3: Author or Editor has published more than ten books

Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin

This book features Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde; it was approved in task thread.

Valerie Martin has written 13 books.

H. Put It All Together - read a book that takes place mostly in a haunted place: house, castle, town, etc.

fulfills criterion 2: Author or Editor is one you've never read before.

The Woman in Black: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill

This Post: 50
Total Points: 1050
Tasks Completed: 59/61
Books Read: 85/87

Come on Gayla!!! You can do it!!

u can do it Gayla!! Gimme a G, gimme a A...lol!

Total Point Earned: 25/395
Tasks Completed: 13/21
Total Books Read: 27/35
Good Read Authors: 1/13
Big Book Tickets: 500(0/3), 750(0), 1000(0)

25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage
A. The service: read a book with the word "Go" in the title.
Before I Go to Sleep, read 9/7
Goodreads author by S.J. Watson

B. The party: read a book with a chair on the cover
Miss Seeton Sings 11/28/11

Boston Kate

25.1 Happiness Is... A Big Library

A. Paper Towns

borrowed from my local public library in Maine

B. One Day

N,E,D,A

Points this post: 25
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15

This is my last post of the season. Thanks to all the moderators for their hard work and congratulations to everyone who finished!

Tammy AZ
15.1 Bye Bye - I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother by Allison Pearson.

Allison was retired in 2001 and this book was published in 2001.

Post Total: 15
Grand Total:430

This is my last post of the season. Thanks to the moderators and see you in a few days!

Kathy G.

50.1- Let’s Build a Haunted House!

Aspect A.- Door in title
The Farmer Next Door by Patricia Davids
***Category 1, 2, and 3- Published 12 works***

Aspect C- Spider in title
By a Spider's Thread by Laura Lippman
***Category 1, 2, and 3- Published 17 works***

Aspect D- Collection or anthology of short stories or essays
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories by Virginia Woolf
***Category 2- Published 31 works***

Claiming Goodreads authors for Patricia Davids and Laura Lippman

Total Points- 210
Total Tasks- 11
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books (500+)- 2

Readerboard Name - Denise NC

Task 5.6 - Labor Day

Legacy by Jeanette Baker

Jeanette Baker is a Goodreads Author

Pages - 384

Points - 5


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

Daily Buzzword - Cherish 8/25/11

To Love and to Cherish by Patricia Gaffney

Pages - 384

Points - 20


Task 25.9 - Gayla's Task: Rite of Passage

Book A - Option A - Go in Title

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Pages - 288

Book B - Option C - Book with 18 Letters in Title

A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie

Pages - 288

Points - 25


Points This Post - 50

Total Points - 1025

Tasks Completed This Post - 3

Total Tasks Completed - 57

Total Goodreads Authors - 24

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

JACKIE NC

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

A. Labor Day - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray - 5 words in title

B. Halloween - The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library by Alice Kimberly - ghost is main character

Libba Bray is a Goodreads author.

Points this task: 30
Total Points: 390
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets:

20.9 Lucky me! - Jayme VA's Task: Vegas Vacation

1. Luxor --The Scarlet Pimpenel takes place quite a bit before its date of publication.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy

20.10 Group Read

by Sarah Addison Allen

post #44 in The Peach Keeper group thread.

Sarah Addison is a Goodreads Author.

Task Points in this Task: 40
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Pages Read in This Task: 555

Total Points: 710
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Ticket Books: 500=(4), 750=(1), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 38
Total Pages Read in the Fall 2011 SRC: 17,688

Reviews Available. Anne (Booklady) 2011 Challenge Reviews

This is my last post for the Fall Challenge. I don't have time to read and review another book. I have no way to listen to an Audio even if I had any. I like the written page. CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO FINISHED! I hope to do a little better next challenge, but this isn't so bad for a rookie ;

RACHEL CA: 515 pts total

20.01 MISSING BOOKS

Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson (prequel to Anne of Green Gables)

Points: 20
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 34
Books read: 45
Goodreads authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(3), 750+(0), 1000+(0)

BJ Rose

1 new task

10.3 - Headless Horseman: Read a book with an image of a headless torso on the cover.

The Man Must Marry - by Janet Chapman


New points this post = 10

Total Points = 1025

Tasks Completed = 55
Total Pages = 27,168
Goodreads Authors = 17
Big Books = (500+) = 3

This is also my last post. Many thanks to the moderators for all they do to make these challenges work. Congratulations to all those who finished.

30.2 Cheryl TX/Lori BNPL’s task: Unique Fall Holidays

Option 2 - Book Lover’s Day: Some of my favorite books are the "In Death" series by J.D. Robb. I'm slowly making my way through the series. Before this challenge, Judgment in Death (book #11) was my favorite. For this challenge, I read Imitation in Death (book #17) which has become my new favorite ;-). The book fits criteria E because the author uses initials.

Option 5 - National Adoption Day: I read Beaglemania by Linda O. Johnston which is about a no-kill animal shelter that rescues all kinds of animals (in this first book of the series, animals are specifically rescued from puppy mills and dog fighting rings). fits criteria I (animal on the cover) since there are several beagles on the cover.

Points this post: 30
Total Points: 275




That's it for me this Fall. I'm off to get a head start on a 1000+ pager for the Winter challenge!

25.10 Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time

B. Read a time travel book.
Doctor Who: Night of the Humans (2010) by David Llewellyn (Hardcover, 256 pages) (from early in Season Five of the Doctor Who New Series) Dr. Who and his companion travel to the year 250,339 A. D.

D. Read a Historical Fiction novel
The Midsummer Crown (Roger the chapman #20) (2011) by Kate Sedley (Hardcover, 252 pages) Set in London, England during the summer of 1483 A. D.

610 + 25 = 635




Tasks Completed: 29
Points for this task: 25
Points thus far: 610 + 25 = 635
Books read: 45
Pages Read: 14,152
Read but not claimed: 0

Goodreads Authors: 11

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

10.2 Queen Of Denial *****Changes*****
Please remove: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Replace with: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

15.10 Roaming Wild
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

25.2 Math Class
600x1: East of Eden by John Steinbeck ****Big Book Ticket****
This book has 601 pages.

25.6 Fall Days and Nights
A: orange cover - The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon

B: black cover - Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King - moved from 10.2 above

30.8 Head of the Class
Book A: option C - The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
This book was first published in 1903 and takes place during French Revolution's Reign of Terror

Book B: The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta

Points This Post: 105
Total Points: 440
GR Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)

Heatso

5.8 - S.O.N.

Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna SwendSON

15.10. Roaming Wild

The Giver by Lois Lowry

This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10
Books Read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 0 (5)
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Laurie ME

10.5: Blood Moon:

Sharon Sala - Blood Ties

Points this Post: 10.
Total Points: 1080.



Sharon Sala is a Goodreads Author

c'mon laurie you can do it!! 20 more points!!

Dee wrote: "c'mon laurie you can do it!! 20 more points!!"

I have 1/2 of a book to finish then I'm done! Thanks for the encouragement!

25.10. Amanda A's task: Fall Back in Time

For this task, read two books choosing two different options from the following:

B. Read a time travel book.

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu

D. Read a Historical Fiction novel or Historical Nonfiction book. Historical Romance will also be accepted for this option.

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman

This Post: 25
Total Points: 1075
Tasks Completed: 60/61
Books Read: 86/87

Thanks for cheering me on, everybody! I only have part of one book left.

30.4 Delicious Dee's Task: Trusty Shellback

1. Sans Foi Ni Loi by Karin Slaughter

Read a book by an author whose initials are in the word SHELLBACK - KS

Claiming a Big Book Ticket _ 601 pages

2. Je ne suis pas Julia Roberts by Laura Ruby

Read a book that has a gemstone in either the title/subtitle or the author's name - RUBY

This post: 30 points
Total to Date = 105 points
Big Book Tickets (500+ Page Books) /2
Good Reads Authors /2

You can do it, everyone!! More tasks please! :D

Last post for me!

15.7 Title begins and ends with same letter
See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers - either with or without the subtitle, starts and ends with S

15.10 Free spot
Thirteen Hours

20.10 Group Read
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - discussion thread post 41

25.2 Math -- 300 x 2
Jellicoe Road - 419 pages
Crossed - 367 pages

30.8 Back to School
A. Subject - Science:
I read a science fiction book - Matched

B. Book about teacher/school:
I read In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: Confessions of an Accidental Academic

Final Total: 385

Just realized I could include books I read during the challenge period (even if I wasn't doing the challenge yet!). Not a lot, but a few!

20.5 Falling
Option B: I tripped over my own feet! (picture of feet in shoes as girl is running)
Red Riding Hood MTI by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright

20.9 Lucky Me! Option 1: The Luxor (Historical Fiction)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (set in 1962, published in 2009)
*claiming GR Author Ticket*

30.8 Head of the Class
Book A (History): The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory
Book B (Main Character is a Student): Beastly by Alex Flinn ("The Beast" is a student who has to start homeschool/tutoring after he turns into the beast)

Total Points this Post: 70
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 6
GR Authors: 1

Kelly G.

25.5 Virtual Safari

I saw an..

Elephant: Fingersmith by: Sarah Waters. 548 pages (big ticket book).

and a...

Zebra: by: Amor Towles (black and white cover).


Points this task: 25
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 7
Goodreads Author: 5 (Stiefvater) (Skloot) (Evanovich) (Stevens)
Big Ticket Books: 500+ (1) 750+ (0) 1000+ (1)

Michelle WI

20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - I used my own TBR shelf and read

Night by Elie Weisel

Points this Task: 20
Final Points for Challenge: 160

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

I read the 128 page The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy.

It's been on my TBR since June 2009! Thanks for helping me knock one out!

Points this post: 20
Total challenge points: 735
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

Laurie ME

20.1: Most Improved Player: Hettie's Task: Missing Books: Sherlock Holmes:

Bernard Schaffer - Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes

Points this Post: 20.
Total Points: 1100!

Bernard Schaffer is a goodreads author.

Amanda A


5.3 - It's Elemental
Mercury by Hope Larson (Goodreads Author)

5.8 - S.O.N.
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson (Goodreads Author)

10.3 - Headless Horseman
by Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author)

15.2. Back to school – English class
Too Wild To Wed by Jayne Ann Krentz (Goodreads Author)
Too and To

15.4 - It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!
A. Dragon Prime by Lora Leigh
Task 10.10 - Gimme S'more

B. The Power and the Glory by Kimberly Lang (Goodreads Author)

50.1 Butterflycager's Task - Let's Build A Haunted House!
A. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)
Category 1 - Goodreads Author

D. Small Town Christmas by Jill Shalvis, Hope Ramsay & Katie Lane (Goodreads Author)
Category 6 - Three words in title

E. Skinwalker by Faith Hunter (Goodreads Author)
Category 5 - Book 1 of Jane Yellowrock series

Points this post: 100
Total Points: 1100
Goodreads Authors: 57 (8 this post)

Chris MD

10.4 Moniker Math

Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen

My reader name has 7 letters; so does Paulsen.

15.10 Roaming Wild

I Got a D in Salami #2 by Henry Winkler and Lin Olen

20.2 Buzzword

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

"Manifest" was the word of the day on 12/4/10

20.6 Oh, the Horror

Jamaica Inn by Daphne DuMaurier

Option E: Norman Bates - title includes the word "Inn"

20.8 The Big 5-O

Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska's WWII Invasion by Samantha Seiple

Title and subtitle have a total of 6 Os.

20.9 Lucky Me


Doc: A Novel by Maria Doria Russell

Rolled a 1: Historical Fiction. Doc is the story of Doc Holliday.

Points for this Post: 10 + 15 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 105
Total points: 550 + 105 = 655
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 41
Goodreads Authors: 5 (note, I have deducted one that was determined not to be a GR author from post 1991)
Big Books: 500=3 750=0 1000=0

That's all for me!

15.10 Roaming Wild

The Family Fang: A Novel (2011) by Kevin Wilson (Hardcover, 309 pages)

635 + 15 = 650

20.3 Best Review - Amanda VA's task: Music Around the Fire
Option B. Read a book with a musical instrument or an image of musical performance (playing an instrument, singing, musical conducting, etc.) on the cover.
The troll in the cover is playing a small-ish fiddle


Troll Bridge: A Rock'n' Roll Fairy Tale (2006) by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 240 pages)

***Goodread Author*** Adam Stemple

650 + 20 = 670





Tasks Completed: 31
Points for this task: 15 + 20
Points thus far: 635 + 15 + 20 = 670
Books read: 47
Pages Read: 14,701
Read but not claimed: 0

Goodreads Authors: 12

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


This is my last post for the Fall Challenge. Congratulations to all the winners! And a big thanks to the moderators, whose hard work makes this challenge possible for all of us.

AprilDT

15.9 Book with picture of hat on cover

Though it's dark, Gulliver is holding his hat. Approved in task help.

Points this post: 15
Total points: 420
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

5.4 - 54
by Jennifer Brown (264 pages)

15.10. Roaming Wild
by Erin Morgenstern

20.6 Seasoned Reader: Sarah Dee's task: Oh, the horror!
Option E- by Sherryl Woods


Points for this Task: 50
Total Points: 295
Goal Total Points: 240
Completed Tasks: 5.4, 5.9, 10.1, 15.10, 20.6, 20.9, 20.10, 30.3, 30.6, 30.7, 30.9, 30.10, 50.1
Tasks in Progress: 25.2
Pages Read: 2840
Books Read: 20
Goodreads Authors: 10 (Cassandra Clare, Sarah Dessen, Amanda Howells, Lauren Oliver, Mary E. Pearson, Stephanie Perkins, Tatiana de Rosnay, Rachel Vincent (x2), Jennifer Weiner)
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()



I am trying to finish at least one more book before this is over.

15.10 Roaming Wild - Read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

25.10 Fall Back in Time

Book A - Option C. Read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. This was on the 2000 Banned books list

Book 2 - Option D. Read Medicus by Ruth Downie. This was set in Roman Britain.

Points for above tasks: 40
Tasks above completed: 2
Total tasks completed: 15/87
Points completed: 340/1100
Books read & claimed: 24
Books by Goodreads authors: 3
Big Books: 2 (500+), 1 (750+), 0 (1000+)]

5.6 - Labor Day Read a book in which a profession can be found in the author’s name. The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion LJ SMITH read 9-11-11

5.10 - Women and Cats, Men and Dogs Read a book written by a woman in which a cat plays a major role. OR Read a book written by a man in which a dog plays a major role. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging Louise Rennison *Angus is the cat read 10-21-11

10.4 - Moniker Math: Read a book by an author whose LAST name has the same number of letters as your Readerboard name It Chicks Tia Williams Jennifer=8 Williams=8 read 10-13-11

10.10 - Back to Our Roots: Read any book by an author whose book appears on TNBBC's to-read/read/currently reading Shelves Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith read 11-12-11

15.4. It’s Not Too Late, but Don’t Wait Any Longer!
September 5 is Be Late for Something Day and September 6 is Fight Procrastination Day. Read 2 books:
A. It’s not too late – read a book that fits one of the Summer 2011 5, 10, 15 or 20 point tasks. REQUIRED: When you post, please indicate which Summer 2011 task you're using.
AND
B. Don’t procrastinate – read a book that you added to your TBR, purchased, were given, added to your e-reader, etc., during June, July, or August 2011.

A- 5.4. S U M M M M M M E R. Read a book whose title or author has the same letter repeated consecutively in one word of the title or in one of the author's names. Dead and Alive Dean Koontz read 9-7-11
B- Highlander in Her Dreams Allie MacKay read 9-19-11 *bought in August 2011

15.6. Brrrrrrrrrrrr...........
Since September, October and November all have “ber” in their names, read a book with “ber” in its title. Hot Number Carly Phillips re-read 10-6-11

15.7. Beginnings and endings
Africa begins and ends with the same letter. Read a book with a title that begins and ends with the same letter. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers Mary Roach read 10-10-11

20.1 Most Improved Player - Hettie's task: Missing books
For this task, read a continuation of a book or series written by someone OTHER than the original author. Continuations stay true to the characters, settings, and themes of the original work; they may be sequels, prequels or fill-in stories. Dracula the Un-Dead Dacre Stoker *this is a sequel to the original Dracula written by Bram Stoker Dacre is his great-nephew read 10-24-11

20.4 Author! Author! - Erin NY's task Series Lover
Read one book that is a part of a series that meets ALL of the following conditions:
1) A book in the series came out or is scheduled to be released in 2011.
2) There was at least one book in the series published before the latest 2011 release or scheduled release.
3) Your book must be 350+ pages.
4) Your book must be identified as a series on Goodreads (series, #)

You don't necessarily have to read the book coming out this year but you can if you want to.
Required: If you read a book other than the 2011 book in the series, identify the 2011 series book when you post. Lost Souls Dean Koontz read 10-16-11 *book 5 The Dead Town got released in 2011

20.5 Bigger is Better- Katy's task: Falling
B. I tripped over my own feet! - Read a book with human feet on the cover. Bare feet, stocking feet, and feet in shoes all work; empty footwear does not. Tangled Up In You (Writer Friends, #3), Rachel Gibson raed 10-23-11

20.8 It's My Birthday - Lisa MD's task:The BIG 5-oh!
You can do this by reading any book whose title, subtitle, series name and/or author contains 5 - "o's".

Please include in your post the necessary info and links to show how you reached the 5 - "oh's".
Required: State the number of "o's" and where they are located (title, subtitle, series, author combination) California Demon: The Secret Life of a Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom Julie Kenner read 10-20-11 *6 o's in the title and subtitle

25.3 Beth NC'S task: Game Night
For your first book:
Pick your character
E. Mrs. Peacock – read a book with a blue cover

For your second book:
Pick your weapon/room

2. Knife in the Dining Room – read a book in which food or cooking is an integral part of the plot or non-fiction subject
E. Beauty Nancy Butcher read 10-23-11
2.How to Knit a Wild Bikini Christie Ridgway re-read 9-2-11 *the main character is a chef and she ends up meeting her fiance because of her cooking

25.6 Denise NC’s Task: Fall Days and Nights
Book A – Fall Days
Read a book with a cover that is predominantly fall day colors – red, orange, or yellow.

Book B – Fall Nights
Read a book with a cover that is predominantly fall night colors – black, dark blue, silver, or white.
A- Strange Neighbors Ashlyn Chase read 10-24-11
B- Thirst No. 4: The Shadow of Death Christopher Pike read 9-1-11

25.8 - Mrs. soule's task: Genre Studies
My favorite fiction genre is romance
For this task, pick YOUR favorite fiction genre then read 2 books from 2 DIFFERENT sub-genres within that genre.
Romantic Suspense- Agnes and the Hitman Jennifer Crusie re-read 10-28-11
Paranormal Romance- Covet JR Ward read 11-29-11

30.6 Donna Jo's task: I'd Like to See Your ID, Please.
A. Name--Read a book by an author with the initials of your first and last name. Use whatever first and last name you use for official business. If different from your SRC name, please indicate the initials. You need not reveal your complete name, only initials. Your first and last initial should match the author's first and last name initials, but they may be in either orderRequired: Please include the initials used when you post

E. Height-- Measure your height in inches or centimenters. Using any of the resulting digits, read a corresponding book from a series. Round your measurement to the nearest whole number and isolate a single digit number from your measurement. Required: Be sure to include your height measurement when posting.

Required: Please state which options you are choosing, and submit any other information requested in the relevant options.
A- My Initials are J.C Dogs and Goddesses Jennifer Crusie re-read 11-5-11
E- I am 5'1 so 61" and I picked a 1st in the series book Hot Stuff Carly Phillips re-read 10-4-11

30.7 - Jennifer N's task: When I Was Young
A. Labor Day (September 5th) - Labor Day is celebrated by most Americans as the symbolic end of summer and the last day of the year when it is fashionable for women to wear white. The word labor has 5 letters in it and Labor Day falls on the 5th this year so...
Read a book that has only 5 letters in the title OR 5 words in the title OR read a book with a primarily white cover.

B. Halloween (October 31st) - Get your costume ready!
Read a book that has a main character that you could dress up as for Halloween.
Required: Please state the character and costume you could wear when you post.
A- Jamie Lori Foster read 11-20-11
B- Robin Hood and His Merrie Men Derick Brown read 10-22-11 *could dress up as Robin Hood

Total Points: 290

congrats Amanda!!! can't wait to see your task

hpaddict

20.1 Missing Book


March by Geraldine Brooks

this is a fill-in story, it is about the father who is at the war for the duration of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

this post = 20pts
challenge total = 380pts

this has been a blast! thanks to the moderators for all their hard work