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WINTER CHALLENGE 2012
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Sandy MN30.8 - Delicious Dee/Christine US's Task - A Reading Tribute to Those We Love
Book 1 - Main character is a strong, independent woman, just like my Grandma who left this world last month.
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Book 2 - My GR friend Jane PS gave this book 4 stars
The Season by Sarah MacLean
Link to Jane PS's shelves: http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Goodreads Author
Total Points:215
Total GR Authors: 9
15.7 ~ Opposite's AttractI'm Capricorn ~ readable book by a Cancer Male author
E B White Birthdate:July 11, 1899 Stuart Little 1/4/13
Points this post:15
Total Points: 125
Total books read:9
Goodread Authors:7
Tasks Completed:7
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX20.5 - Meghanly's Task - Beatlemania!
I chose "Love Me Do"
by Ian FlemingPoints this Post: 20
Total Points: 430
Andy P.Task # 20.5 Bigger is Better- Meghanly's Task: Beatle Mania !
The song title is There is a Place
The book title isThere Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff
The common words in both titles are there and is
Task # 25.6 Nick KY's Task: Fire and Ice
I chose Option 1: Any book with fire in the title
Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts
and Option 6:Any book set in Iceland or Ireland. This book is set in Iceland Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
BEKKA - 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters Option 4: "Firefly" - For this task, I read “Hold me Closer, Necromancer”
by Lish McBride, as the cover is mostly red, with primarily yellow lettering.Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Tasks Completed to Date: 7
Total Points Earned to Date: 130
Pages Read this Challenge: 343
Total Pages Read to Date: 2916
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Cindy FTask 10.2 Let's Get Something Started
I read The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Designed for Rapid Results by Mike Moreno
To help kickstart getting in shape for 2 planned vacations coming up!
Points this post:10
Total points:165
Tasks completed:11
Books read:14
Goodreads Authors:7
Big Books:500+(1)750+(1)1000+(0)
5.1 Find a Good BookWhere Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson
+5 Points
20.8 – It’s My Birthday! – Lahni’s Task: Double Trouble
3. Names: author's name with the letter "S"
The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
+20 Points
Points this Post: 25
Grand Total: 160
Completed:10.10 Lucky 13
Read Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
30.7 It's My Anniversary
Option 1: Read Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
and
Option 5: Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
Points this Post: 40
Total Point: 40
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ 15.2 - Two Plus Two
Book 1 - Compromising Positions by Susan Isaacs **Goodreads Author**
Book 2 - Fire Me by Libby Malin
Susan Isaacs and Libby Malin = SLIM
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Tasks completed: 11
GR Authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jennifer KS10.3. They All Look Good to Me.
I read State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy who is a Good reads author.
For task 20.10 I read Lost Recipe for Happiness.
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 110 points
Tasks completed: 10
GR Authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Deck the Halls
5. The Old Year Passes I read Enchanting Lily by Anjali Banerjee who is a Goodreads Author.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 130 points
Tasks completed: 11
GR Authors: 9
Books read 12
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.9 Fly South For the WinterCocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness This book takes place in Kenya and Rhodesia (which is now Zimbabwe)
25.5 CLUE
Option 2 Mrs. White:
by Jim Lynch** (Letters are in White)Option 3 Colonel Mustard:
by Elizabeth Wein**. This is listed as History>> WWII25.8 Spreading the Love
Option 1 Author's Initials in VALENTINE'S DAY - The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
Option 6 Book of Your Choice - A Wanted Man by Lee Child
**Jim Lynch and Elizabeth Wein are Goodreads Authors.
Post Total: 65
Grand Total: 110
Readerboard ID: JENBENT20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters
Option 4:
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Sci-fi genre
Points this post: 20
Total points: 285
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 500+ ()
Sheila30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
1. Gingerbread Cutouts: read a book with a compound word in the title or subtitle.
Standoff by Sandra Brown - approved in help thread #6AND
4. Jam Thumbprints: read a book with "Mystery" listed as a genre on its main GR page.
The Surgeon by Tess GerritsenTotal Points = 630
Delicious Dee10.10. Lucky 13
I read 2 books to fulfill the page count for this task
Lucky - ebook only - 24 pages - to be used in conjuntion with another to read 100 pages - msg 1963 in the ebook verification thread
Thank My Lucky Scars - Tia Fielding (GR Author) - ebook only - 86 pages - to be used in conjuntion with another to read 100 pages - msg 1963 in the ebook verification thread
Total Points: 480/1170
GR Authors: 20
Big Book Ticket: 500+(2)
20.3 Deck the HallsOption 5, read book published in 2012
Read Tidal
by Emily Snow *good reads author* published Dec 12, 2012Points this task: 20
Total points : 135
GR authors : 7
Big books: 0
20.5 Beatle Mania Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake goodreads' author
The song is "Anna (Go to Him)"
Total points: 45
30.2 Sheila/Kathy G's Task - It's Winter...Or is It?Book A - Winter in the Northern Hemisphere
Option 2: Got your undies on? - I read
The Mind-Body Problem by Rebecca Goldstein. Her initials are in the words long underwear.
Book B - Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Option 1 -- I read
Winter of the World, which was first published in January 2012. WInter of the World is a **** Big book* with 940 pages.
points: 140
GR authors: 3
Big Books: 1
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 10
PAges read: 3593
REPOSTAprilDT
25.3- Let's be Different
A- Courtesan
Big Book
B- The World Without Us 3,5,7,2
Points this turn: 25
Points this challenge: 65
GRA: 0
Big Books: 1-500+
AprilDT20.5- Beatles
Wild About You
Do YOU want to Know a Secret
Points this turn: 20
Points this challenge: 85
GRA: 0
Big Books: 1-500+
15.1 -- One Man's Trash....highest rated: On Dublin Street by Samantha Young, GR author
lowest rated: Gifts of the Blood by Vicki Keire, GR author
ebook approved @line 319
Points this post: 15
Total points: 345
GR Authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (1)
Task 20.9 - Screen sisters
Option 5: "Scandal" (strong female character): Divine Evil by Nora Roberts ***Big Book 501 pages***
The main character, Clare, is a sculptor - welding large metal sculptures - and survives a viscious kidnapping and attack.
Total Big Book Tickets = 2
Challenge total = 295
Chal
Kimber25.7 Read My Nightstand!
Option A: Follow the Dog Home: How a Simple Walk Unleashed an Incredible Family Journey By Kevin Walsh
Kevin Walsh has a blog at followthedoghome.blogspot.com
Kevin Walsh encourages donating bone marrow
Option B: Return Of The Runaway Bride
by Donna Fasano ebook approved for length post #1254
chick lit romance with a predictably romantic ending.
Kevin Walsh & Donna Fasano are both GRA's. He is
This task: 25
# tasks complete: 6
GRA: 6
Total points: 125
5.5 Raise a GlassThe Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Books: 8
Pages Read: 2,698
GoodReads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Shannon South Africa20.1 There's a First Time for Everything
Elizabeth Street: A Novel Based On True Events by Laurie Fabiano
Task points: 20
Total points: 95
Shannon South Africa5.5 Raise a Glass
Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations by Alexander McCall Smith
Task points: 5
Total points: 100
Jayme VA20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
You Know When the Men Are Gone is Siobhan Fallon's first book.
Siobhan Fallon is a goodreads author.
30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot Spin
I rolled a 5. First book: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce has 6 letters.
Second Book: choose any number of words from 1-6: Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt has 5 letters.
Carol Rifka Brunt is a goodreads author.
Total points this post: 50
Grand Total: 145
Goodreads authors: John Grisham, Carol Rifka Brunt, Siobhan Fallon
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Repost:Results; Megan L
5.5 Raise a Glass
/Kristen AshleyPoints this Post: 5
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 4
Books read: 4
Pages Read: 1,335
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Jessica PDX10.4 - Where DO Those Letters Go?
This book is primarily set in Iceland.
by Karen MaitlandPoints this Post: 10
Total Points: 440
SUZANNE VN20.6 Punctuation is Fun
Julia's Chocolates
Cathy Lamb is a GoodReads Author
25.5 CLUE
Option 2: Mrs. White (Service in House)
Nanny Returns
Emma McLaughlin is a GoodReads Author
Option 5: Mr. Green (Mystery)
The Cold Moon; genre = mystery
Jeffery Deaver is a GoodReads Author
25.8 Spreading the Love
Option 1: Author initials in VALENTINE'S DAY
The List
Siobhan Vivian is a GoodReads Author.
Option 2: Cover is primarily pink/white/red
Points this post: 70
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 11
Books Read: 13
GR Authors: 7
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 20.10 - Group Reads
The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 140
Books Read this Task: 1
Total Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000(0)
Readerboard Name= Lindy-LaneTask 20.5-Beatle Mania!...read a book with a word from one of the album's ("Please Please Me")song titles in the book title:
I chose the song title Do you want to know a secret? and I read
*(word from song title being DO)Where Do I Go?: A Yada Yada House of Hope Novel by Neta Jackson 386 pages (1.3)Points earned for this task: 20
Points Achieved to date: 225
Total # of Goodreads Authors: 4
Total # of Big Books: 0
500+ = (0)
700+ (0)
1000+ (0)
20.2 Option 2: Takes Place in RussiaCity of Thieves by David Benioff
Total Points: 190
Tasks Completed: 9
Tasks in Progress: 9
Books Read: 21
Pages Read: 7456
30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie ExchangeOption 2. Italian Spumoni Slices:
Pasta Imperfect by Maddy Hunter
Option 4. Jam Thumbprints:
Elvis and the Dearly Departed by Peggy Webb
*** Peggy Webb is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 125
Total GRA: 5
Total big book tickets: 0
Lori TX15.2 Two Plus Two
DESK
The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting
and
Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott
20.6 "Punctuation, is ? fun!"
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and Daniel Levithan
25.8 Spreading the Love
#2 White Cover
After by Amy Efaw
#6 Free
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Total Points = 65
MANDY Y.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear, 294 pages
Task Points: 20
Grand Total: 330
Tasks Completed: 14
Books Read: 21
Pages Read: 6,707
Goodreads Author Books: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
SAMMY5.10 - A Clause for Celebration
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
10.3 - They All Look Good to Me
Enclave - Ann Aguirre
(will be reading Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore for 20.10)
**Goodreads Author**
20.5 - Beatle Mania!
This Is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper
Song: PS I Love You
20.8 - Double Trouble
Option #1 - Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
20.9 - Screen Sisters
Option #4 - The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells (science fiction)
Post Total: 75
Grand Total: 75
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Pages Read: 1,192
Goodreads Author Books: 1
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
JACKIE NC25.2 - Stacie MI’s Task - Chain of Names
First book:
The Runaway Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini
One of the main characters is named Sarah.
Second book:
Lost by Sarah Prineas
Sarah Prineas is a Goodreads author.
Points this task: 25
Total Points: 95
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets:
Readerboard ID: JENBENT10.7. Hail to the Chief.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
10.8. Short and Sweet.
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King
184 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
Total Goodreads authors: 7
Total Big books: 500+ ()
25.1 - Laurie ME's Task - A Tribute to the Women in my Life
5. Read a book listed as fantasy as a genre on its main page.
A Monster Calls
6. Read a book with mystery listed as a genre on its main page.
Towards Zero
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5. Read a book listed as fantasy as a genre on its main page.
A Monster Calls
6. Read a book with mystery listed as a genre on its main page.
Towards Zero
Points for this post: 25
Total points: 205
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jennifer KS20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
I read Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 150
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors:9
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Kimber20.7 All In The Family
Option "Boy"
#1: Hist > WWII genre
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
ELIZABETH WEIN IS A GRA
This task: 20
# completed: 7
gra: 7
Total: 145
big book: 1/500+
BRIAN15.10 -- A Bird in the Hand...
Altar of Bones by Philip Carter
I checked this out from the library on October 29th, but kept reading other books until this past week.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Books read: 8
MANDY Y.15.6 -- The Year of the Snake
First published in July 2001:
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi, 187 pages
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 345
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 22
Pages Read: 6,894
Goodreads Author Books: 6
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
20.6 "Punctuation is? Fun!"Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer
There is a colon after the title.
20.8 Double Trouble
The Locket by Richard Paul Evans
This book qualifies under
#1 with a two-word title and also for
#3 for the author's name (Richard) beginning with "R".
40 points this post
40 total points
KAREN OZ5.6 You Have Bewitched Me
Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
A spin-off of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
+5
10.9. The Fall Finishers' Five-Star Favorites
The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Rated 5 stars by Ms. Anderson
+10
Total this post: 15 points
Grand Total: 280 points
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 25
Goodreads authors: 12
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Chaitra10.7 HAIL TO THE CHIEF
Read an autobiography/biography of a U.S. President.
I read Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. A biography of George Washington, first US President.
Points: 10
Washington: A Life is a big book. My copy had 928 pages.
30.2 SHEILA/KATHY G'S TASK - IT'S WINTER... OR IS IT?
Choosing,
A. From the Northern Hemisphere, Option 2. Read a book by an author whose initials appear in the words LONG UNDERWEAR.
I read Astray by Emma Donoghue. E & D are in unDErwear.
and
B. From the Southern Hemisphere, Option 1. Read a book published after Jan 1, 2012.
I read Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver. Published in Oct 2012.
Points: 30
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author.
30.9 PEEBEE'S TASK - SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK
Choosing,
2. Grammar Rock: Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here - Read a book with a word in the title from the list of common adverbs.
I read The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier. Last is an adverb of time on the list.
and
5. America Rock: I'm Just a Bill - Read a book set in a capital city.
I read The Gourmet Detective by Peter King. Set in London, capital of U.K. (The setting is not in the Goodreads description, but some reviews mention it).
Points: 30
Tracy Chevalier is a Goodreads Author.
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Points This Post: 70
Total Points for the Season: 275
Big Books: 500 ( ), 750 (1), 1000 ( )
Goodreads Authors: 4
Tasks Completed: 16/64
Books Claimed: 21/88
Pages Read: 6,788
25.3 Let's be different The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas / all different letters
Thursdays in the Parkby Hillary Boyd / 4 words, different numbers 9,2,3,4
Task points 25
Total points 335
Total tasks 16
10.4. Where DO Those Letters Go? Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs
The book is set entirely in Montreal, Canada.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 300
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Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen
5.9 Shhh!
Shut Up and Kiss Me by Christie Craig
10.1 Happy New Years!
Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker
First book in the Black Knights Inc. series.
**Julie Ann Walker is a Goodreads Author**
10.9 5 Star Favorites
Hot Under Pressure by Louisa Edwards
Sassafrass rated this 5 stars
**Louisa Edwards is a Goodreads Author**
20.2 It's Snow Joke, Winter's Cool
Option 5 - "Snow" in title: Let It Snow...: The Prince Who Stole Christmas\My True Love Gave to Me... by Leslie Kelly & Jennifer LaBrecque
**Leslie Kelly is a Goodreads Author**
25.5 CLUE
Option 1 - Miss Scarlet: Living the Fantasy by Kathy Lyons
Romance on the main book page
Option 5 - Mr. Green: Murder by the Glass by Michele Scott
Mystery on the main book page
**Michele Scott is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 75
Total Challenge Points: 220
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1),750+(0),1000+(0)