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WINTER CHALLENGE 2012
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Winter Challenge 2012-2013: Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
BEKKA - 5.10 A Claus for CelebrationThis challenge set during winter or a winter holiday, so I read A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
, which is set during Christmastime.Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 55
Pages Read this Challenge: 104
Total Pages Read to Date: 1309
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Coralie10.1 Happy New Years!
Perdido Street Station, first in the New Crobuzon series
big book 867 pages
15.8 Red Rover, Red Rover
The Princess Bride (approved in the help thread although we didn’t see any piratical action)
Total points 55
Finished20.9 Screen sisters
by Vanessa Gebbie - option 4/ orange cover25.8 Spreading the love
Happy Ever Afterby Nora Roberts - option3/romance
Born in Fire by Nora Roberts - option 6/any choice
Tasks points 45
Total points 215
Total tasks 11
<5.3>Plain Brown WrapperPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
I was initially embarrassed about wanting to read such a children's book, but then I went to the library to check it out. Imagine this - children's library, bottom shelf, 60+ year old woman on hands and knees peering a spines trying to read the label. The whole thing was embarrassing; but, when I am after a book, nothing deters me. :)
Points: 5
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<5.4>Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson Levine is a GR Author.
This book was #21 on the list and approved in the thread. There are all kinds of fairies in this book - fairy godmother and evil fairy (cursed Ella at birth) are the two most prominent.
Points: 5
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<5.10>A Clause for Celebration
Morality Play by Barry Unsworth
This book's story occurs in the week before Christmas in medieval England and even mentions snow falling.
Points: 5
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 6
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total GR Authors Claimed: 1
Total Big Books Claimed: 0
5.1 Find a Good BookGood Housekeeping Christmas Joys: Great Holiday Recipes & Decorating Ideas by Good Housekeeping
5.2 Phil's Prediction - 2 consecutive words start with same letter
Real Simple Celebrations: Easy Entertaining for Every Occasion by Real Simple - Easy Entertaining
5.5 Raise a Glass
The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
10.3. They All Look Good to Me.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
10.4. Where DO Those Letters Go?
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper – Alaska
10.8. Short and Sweet.
Pichi Pichi Pitch: Mermaid Melody, vol. 1by Pink Hanamori – 192 pgs
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 45
Delicious Dee15.5 - We Got the Beat
To Wed a Wild Lord - Sabrina Jeffries (GR Author) - the title has 5 syllables as does my first and last names combined
Total Points: 220/1170
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Ticket: 500+(1)
Janice CA30.9 Schoolhouse Rock...
Option 3: conjunction in title - "and"
My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber
and
Option 5: Author named Bill
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson
+30
total: 90
tasks: 4
books: 5
GR Authors: 1
20.4 - Author!Author! - Janice CA's Task: Renaissance AuthorsAn Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter
I admire Jimmy Carter's work in human rights, among his many other accomplishments.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 219
Mod
15.3 -- Out with the Old, In with the New
option 2- old & new in title:
The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old Land by Ferenc Máté
15.9 -- Fly South for the Winter
set in Nauru
Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature by Carl N. McDaniel and John M. Gowdy
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Janet F's Task: Rookie It’s Snow Joke, “Winter’s Cool”!
option 6- mountains on cover- Mt Scenery
Saba Sā-bə by Mary Janetotal = 155
Jayme(theghostreader)5.8 End of Days
by Sarah CrossanThis book is post apocyleptic.
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GRA: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Task Points: 5
Grand Total: 5
Andy P25.2 - Stacie MI’s Task - Chain of Names
Book 1Chelsea Mansions by Barry Maitland The main female protagonist in this book is named Kathy Kolla
so:
Book 2 Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs The author's first name is Kathy like the protagonist in Book 1
5.3 Plain Brown WrapperI've never read anything by Albert Camus and last year I was embarrassed because my high school library TA read it before I did, so I decided to remedy the situation!
The Stranger by Albert Camus
+5 Points
Grand Total: 65
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.2-Let's Get Something Started!...read a non-fiction book that relates to something you would like to do in 2013:
I have joined a Scrabble Group and want to continue improving my "word nerd" skills so I read
Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions by Barbara Ann Kipfer 300 pages (12.18)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 160
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 0
500+ = (0)
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1000+ (0)
Delicious Dee5.2 Phil's Prediction
The Ruby Ring: A Novel
Total Points: 225/1170
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Ticket: 500+(1)
15.2 Two plus TwoTogether the Author's Initials spells: CHEF
Conspiracy Game by Christine Feehan 12/15/12 5♥
A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter 12/13/12 4♥
Elizabeth Hunter is a Goodreads Author
15.5 We got the Beat
There are 6 syllables in my name
I'll Be Your Drill, Soldier 12/1/12 4♥
Crystal Rose is a Goodreads Author
15.10 A Bird in the Hand
Already had on my book shelf prior to 11/15/12
Playing to Win 12/4/12 3♥
Jaci Burton is a Goodreads Author
Points this post:45
Total Points: 45
Total books read:4
Goodread Authors:3
Tasks Completed:3
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+(0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 10.2-Let's Get Something Started!...read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION: this is for task 10.6
I read
I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron *N.E. initials 160 pages (12.19)Points earned for this task: 10
Points Achieved to date: 170
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 0
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
15.6 -- The Year of the Snake Shadow Woman by Linda Howard (ARC - to be published in Jan 1st, 2013)
Link to Publisher's Website with Pub Date:
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/83433...
Points for this post: 15
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Task # 5.1 Find a good book Good Horses, Fast Cars and Real Men by Kaliana Cole
GR Author
Task # 5.2 Phil's Prediction
Black Diamond Death by Cheryl Bradshaw
GR Author
Diamond and Death
Task # 5.10 A Claus for Celebration
All I Want for Christmas is You by Lisa Mondello
GR author
Christmas
Task # 15.4 Naming Names
Option 1: two books
Shelby's Saviors by Becca Van
Accepting Eva by Becca Van
Ebook approved in line 39
Task # 15.5 We Got the Beat
Her Double Delight by Dixie Lynn Dwyer
5 syllables in Deanna
Ebook approved in line 337
Task # 15.6 The Year of the Snake
Stuck with You by Trish Jensen
Published 9/1/2001
Task # 15.10 A Bird in the Hand
Task Force Three and The Irish Jewel by Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Task # 20.3 Deck the Halls
by Sharon IhleOption 1, wreath on cover
Task # 20.5 Beatle Mania!
Because You Love Me by Mari Carr
GR author
Song: Love Me Do, love and me both in book title
Task # 20.6 Punctuation, is? fun!
Task Force One: Dani's Got a Gun by Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Colon:
Task # 20.8 Double Trouble
Rugged Fire by Edith DuBois
Option 1, fraternal, 2 word title
Task # 20.9 Screen Sisters
Reckless Magic by Rachel Higginson
GR author
Option 3, Community, takes place in a school
Task # 25.1 Tribute to the Women in my Life
Beauty and the Beasts by Reece Butler
GR author
Option 1, Grammy Dot, Sarah is a baker
Ebook approved in line 94
Chloe's Double Draw by Fiona Archer
Option 2, Gram Marian, Chloe is a school teacher
Ebook approved in line 151
This post: 200 points
Total to date: 200 points
Goodread authors this post: 6
Goodread authors to date: 6
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (0)
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
MANDY Y.25.3 - Coralie's Task - Let's be Different
Title Only:
A. Blankets by Craig Thompson, 592 pages
B. For Everything There Is a Season: The Sequence of Natural Events in the Grand Teton-Yellowstone Area by Frank C. Craighead Jr., 208 pages
Letter Count: 3, 10, 5, 2, 1, 6
Task Points: 25
Grand Total: 260
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 16
Pages Read: 5,359
Goodreads Author Books: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
STACIE MITask 25.6 - Fire and Ice
I decided to do options 1 and 5.
For option 1, I read a book with "fire" in the title:
Alias Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine
For option 5, a book with snow or ice on the cover, I decided to read several children's books:
by Roy McKie - 72 pg
by Laura Joffe Numeroff - 40 pg
by Anna Dewdney - 40 pg
by Lisa Tawn Bergren - 40 pg
by Laura Rader - 40 pg
by Ludwig Bemelmans - 32 pg
by Chris Van Allsburg - 32 pg
by Jan Brett - 32 pg
by Jonathan London - 32 pg
by Steven Kroll - 32 pg
by Martin Waddell - 32 pg
by Anu Stohner - 32 pg
by Diana Hendry - 32 pg
by Jane O'Connor - 32 pgAll of the previous were approved in the task help thread, and unless I made a mistake in counting or linked to the wrong edition, that should be 520 pages.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 73
Pages read: 5594
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.2Book A
option 2: Buying a Piece of Paris by Ellie Nielsen
Book B
Option 1: Wicked Jealous: A Love Story
Previous points: 20
New total: 50
total tasks:2
Total books:3
Kristi CO 20.9 Screen Sisters
Option 4:
by Jami AttenbergJami Attenberg is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Kristi CO 20.8 Double Trouble
Fraternal: American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar
Ayad Akhtar is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Kristi CO 30.1 Itoushii Anime no Tame ni
#5: Legend by Marie Lu
#6: Fantasy genre: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
Marie Lu is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deedee's Task: All in the Family
Option "Girl" 2 - Read a book that has the genre “Humor” on the book's main page.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Goodreads author ticket claimed: David Levithan
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Option "Girl" 2 - Read a book that has the genre “Humor” on the book's main page.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
Goodreads author ticket claimed: David Levithan
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Sandy MN30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
Option 4 - Mystery
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn Goodreads Author
Option 6 - Author initials found in LIME MELTAWAYS
Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean
Goodreads Author
Total Points: 140
Total GR Authors: 6
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 5.1 Find a "Good" Book
Read a book with the word “good” found intact in a word in the title, subtitle, or author's name.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Points this Task: 5
Total Points: 60
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 5
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Sheila10.6. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books!
Weeping by Shelly ReubenNEWYEARSRESOLUTION
15.2 -- Two Plus Two
Last to Die by Tess GerritsenAND
Cat's Claw by Susan Wittig AlbertThe authors initials are TG and SA that spell the word STAG
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
Sharp Objects by Gillian FlynnTotal Points = 355
5.1 Find a Good BookThe Last Goodbye by Sarah Mayberry, Goodreads author
10.8. Short and Sweet
Double Dare by Rhonda Nelson
MMPB is at 176 pages
Points this post: 15
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read: 15
GR Authors: 11
Big books: 500+ (1)
Delicious Dee10.1. Happy New Years!
Crocodile on the Sandbank - book 1 in the Amelia Peabody series
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
Option 3 - Call Me Princess - Sara Blaedel
Total Points: 255/1170
GR Authors: 10
Big Book Ticket: 500+(1)
15.3 Out with the old, In with the NewOption 2Old New York: Four Novellas
Points this post: 15
Total Point: 60
GR Authors: 2
Jennifer KS5.9 Shhh!
I read Shock Wave by John Sandford
Points this task 5
Total Points 40
pages read 1748
Task 20.8 - It's My Birthday!Option 3. Names
The Professor & the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity & the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
The author's first name begins with an S
Points this post: 20
Total Points to date: 60
20.7 All in The FamilyThere are an equal number of boys and girls in my family, so I read a book with the genre "Time Travel" listed on its main page.
All Clear (All Clear, #2) by Connie Willis
**This is a Big Book at 643 pages**
25.1 Women in My Life
Option 5 (science fiction genre): In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination by Margaret Atwood
(This was pre-approved in the task help thread.)
**Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author**
Option 6 (mystery genre): The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
**This is a Big Book at 512 pages**
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books: 4
Pages Read: 1,553
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Meghanly's Task: Beatle Mania!"Do You Want to Know a SECRET"
Le secret de Moïse by Alexandre Malafaye
This post: 20 points
Total to Date = 60 points
30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot SpinI rolled a 3
The Bell Jar
The Golden Compass
This task 30 points
Total points 85
Rudy5.2 Phil's Prediction Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
5.9 Shhh! Sharp Objects byGillian Flynn
Points this post:10
Total points:90
Books read: 9
Task completed:8
Mod
I read But They Didn't Read Me My Rights!: Myths, Oddities, And Lies About Our Legal System - consecutive words "me" and "my," both beginning with "m."
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Deck the Halls
I chose option 1 and read
- Christmas stockings on the cover of the book.25.6 - Nick KY’s Task: Fire and Ice
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read
- lit candles (fire) on the cover.For my second book, I chose option 3 and read The Tiger's Wife - 2011 Orange Prize winner.
New total: 235
30.5 - Dlmrose/Cindy F's Task - Author Train!The first name of the author of the first book must be found intact in the last name of the author of the second book.
Author 1:
by Steven Erikson940 pages
Author 2:
by E.J. Stevens (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 30
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 7
Books Read: 14
GR Authors: 10
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX30.4 - Cindy AL's Task - Jackpot Spin
I rolled a 2.
by Denise Mina
by Dorothy L. SayersPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 300
Andy P.20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Patricia's Task: "“Punctuation, is? fun!”
Read a book with a punctuation mark in the title
Isn't it Romantic? by Ron Hansen. This title has two, a apostrophe and a question mark
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 5.10-Claus for Celebration!...read a book set during a winter holiday:
I read
The New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini 223 pages (12.21)Points earned for this task: 5
Points Achieved to date: 175
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 0
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.6 - Patricia's Task: "“Punctuation, is? fun!” Cat’s Cradle
Apostrophe
This task 20 points
Total points 105
BRIAN10.8. Short and Sweet
Batman: Noel by Lee Bermejo
112 pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 65
Books read: 6
Jenifer10.8 Short and Sweet
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
104 pages
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
Total books read: 3
Good reads authors: 2
Big book tickets:
Jenifer30.4 Jackpot Spin
I rolled a 5.
1st book (4, 5, or 6 words): Sealed with a Curse by Cecy Robson Cecy Robson is a goodreads author
2nd book (1-6 words): Crossing on the Paris by Dana Gynther Dana Gynther is a goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 75
Total books read: 5
Good reads authors: 4
Big book tickets:
Keltie Lee5.5 Raise a Glass
by Emily Brightwell
*It is hard to see because the picture is small but there are wine glasses and bottles on the dining room table*
10.2. Let’s Get Something Started.
Improv Sewing: A Freeform Approach to Creative Techniques; 101 Fast, Fun, and Fearless Projects: Dresses, Tunics, Scarves, Skirts, Ac
by Nicole Blum
*I would like to start sewing some of my own clothes in the new year*
20.9 Screen Sisters
Option 4:
by Michael E. Uslan
*has a red cover*
Points this post: 35
Total points: 225/1170
Tasks: 15
Books: 16
MariyaTask 15.6 -- The Year of the Snake
I read The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
This book was first published in 1905
Task 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters
OPTION 4: I read a book with a RED cover. The book I read was
by Kevin WilsonTask25.14 - Kate S's Task - New Year, New Authors!
My favorite author is Lisa See. Similar authors to her whose books I read for this task are:
1.) The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran
2.) How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway
Points this Post: 60
Total points: 145
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