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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
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters Option 4: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Science fiction genre on book page
*** Jennifer L. Armentrout is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 275
Total GRA: 10
Total big book tickets: 0
PENN 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters
Option 2 : "Castle" Mystery>Cozy Mystery genre on page
Killer in High Heels by Gemma Halliday
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
Kimber20.10 Group Reads
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
posted msg 54 in Mr Penumbra group reads
Robin Sloan is a GRA
This task: 20
Tasks completed: 19
Total points: 410
GRA: 17
Big Book: 2/500+, 1/750+
Kimber30.4 Jackpot Spin
Die Roll=2; 2 books, 2 word titles
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Passage by Justin Cronin
The Passage is a big book at 879 pages
This task: 30
tasks complete: 20
total 440
GRA: 17
Big Book: 2/500+, 2/750+
25.13 - Sandy/Kristi's Task - Author InfluencesBook 1 - James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing by ***Goodreads Author*** G. Norman Lippert.
E-book approved line 385.
In this interview http://www.walruspublishing.com/featu... Lippert lists C. S. Lewis as an influence.
Book 2 - Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 225/1170
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 19
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
5.7 BirdcallsBlue Jay
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
*Jay Asher is a GR Author
10.2. Let’s Get Something Started.
I'd really like to resume painting regularly and would like to try watercolor medium. This book provides much technical info, project suggestions and inspiration.
Drawing from the Mind Painting from the Heart: 12 Essential Lessons to Becoming a Better Artist by Annette Carroll Compton
25.8 - Spreading the Love
Option 2- red cover
by Jon GordonOption 6-any book
The Brave: A Novel by Nicholas Evans
25.10 - Thank You Neil Gaiman!
Option 1- Hugo Award 1960 for short fiction
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Option 5- book from list of GR Funniest Books on page 1 book #5
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
25.14 - New Year, New Authors!
I picked Annie Dillard and read books from "similar authors" #1 Frederick Buechner and #2 Gretel Ehrlich
The Sacred Journey by Frederick Buechner
*Frederick Buechner is a GR author
The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich
30.1. Itoushii Anime no Tame ni
I rolled 3 & 6
3. book set in culture prior to 500AD
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
6. Fantasy genre
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
30.8 - A Reading Tribute to Those We Love
Book 1. a tribute to my dad who kept running into his 80's. This is a classic 'runner's' novel and it I'm glad I finally got around to reading it as a tribute to him for his ~75+ years of reading and 30+ years of running.
Once a Runner by John L. Parker Jr.
Book 2. a 5 star book from my GR friends Bari. I recruited her to GR! http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/14...
Bari rated this 5 star:
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
30.9 - Schoolhouse Rock
#3: Grammar Rock: Conjunction Junction. picked 'and'
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
#5: America Rock: I’m Just a Bill
author William
The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by William Langewiesche
*claiming 2 GR authors this post
Points this post- 180
Total points to date-1130
GR authors this post- 2
Total GR authors to date - 11
25.5 - Keltie Lee's Task - CLUE1. woman in a red dress on cover: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
Tatiana de Rosnay is a Goodreads author.
4. fruit on cover: Away by Amy Bloom
Points this post: 25
Total points: 1050
GR authors: 35
BJ Rose5 new tasks
5.9 Shhh! - the "sh" is in Devilish
Rules to Catch a Devilish Duke by Suzanne Enoch
15.8 -- Red Rover, Red Rover
The hero is the pirate Pagan: The Gift by Julie Garwood
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Carly's Task: Screen Sisters
Option 2: mystery>cozy mystery is listed as genre on home page
Mum's the Word by Kate Collins
25.5 - Keltie Lee's Task - CLUE
2. Mrs. White-the title is printed in white ink on the cover
The Secret Mistress -
by Mary Balogh5. Mr. Green- book is listed as mystery on its main page
Conspiracy Game by Christine Feehan
25.10 - Chaitra's Task - Thank You Neil Gaiman!
#1: American Gods by Neil Gaiman won the Hugo & Nebula Awards in 2002/2003 (as noted in task description)
#6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: anticipated book is Thankless in Death which GR shows has a publishing date of September 2013
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb
Points This Post = 90
Total Points = 570
Tasks Completed = 30
Pages Read = 15,118
15.10 -- A Bird in the Hand....The Naked Truth: About Sex, Love and Relationships by Lakita Garth
Points this post: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Points: 130
Andy P.Task #25.11 Vi's Task- Time to Explore
Book 1 Book from Good Reads Recommendations for mystery genre I chose A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller
I rolled a 1 so
I picked from the similar books The Survivor: A Novel by Gregg Hurwitz
Amy C20.10 Group Read
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Posted comment #67.
Task Completed: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Lindsey IL15.5 - We Got the Beat
Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot
***Meg Cabot is a GoodReads Author***
My first and last name combined has 4 syllables.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 270
GoodReads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 11
Books Read: 16
50.1 - Jessica PDX's Task: Triple ThreatA. The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
3 of the letter S in the title
Chris Bohjalian is a Goodreads author.
B. Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
3 of the letter E in the author's name
C. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
published in 2007, which is evenly divisible by 3
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1100
GR authors: 36
Jennifer KS20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Deedee's Task: All in the Family
Option Girl #2 I read Body Moversby Stephanie Bond
Points This Task 20
20.1 Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
I read Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz who is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 31
GoodReads Authors: 17
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
50.1 - Jessica PDX's Task: Triple ThreatA: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Letter E
Elizabeth Wein is a Goodreads author.
B: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Letter A
Melina Marchetta is a Goodreads author.
C: The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
Published in 2013.
Maureen Johnson is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Total books read: 3
Good reads authors: 3
Big book tickets: 0
20.10 - Group Reads
by Robin SloanComment 55.
Robin Sloan is a Goodreads author.
30.9 - Peebee’s Task - Schoolhouse Rock
Option 1:
by Ally CondieOption 4:
by Janet EvanovichJanet Evanovich is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks: 3
Total books read: 6
Good reads authors: 5
Big book tickets: 0
Jenifer5.5 Raise a Glass
The Very First Bite by Cynthia Langston
beverage on cover:
5.8 End of Days
by Veronica Roth10.6 I Resolve to Read Lots of Books
by Alecia Stone* All three of these authors are Goodreads Authors so I claim three tickets, please.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
Total books read: 14
Good reads authors: 10
Big book tickets:
20.5 Beatle Maniasong: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Lauren Willig is a Goodreads author so I'm claiming one ticket, please.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 200
Total books read: 15
Good reads authors: 11
Big book tickets:
30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange1. Gingerbread:
by Ann AguirreAnn Aguirre is a Goodreads author.
4. Jam Thumbprints:
by Alan BradleyAlan Bradley is a Goodreads author.
30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot Spin
I rolled a 5.
by Courtney SummersCourtney Summers is a Goodreads author.
by Kenneth OppelKenneth Oppel is a Goodreads author.
30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!
Option 2:
by Jackson Pearce291 pages
Jackson Pearce is a Goodreads author.
Option 4:
by Lish McBridePoints this post: 90
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 6
Total books read: 12
Good reads authors: 10
Big book tickets: 0
Lois wrote: "50.1 - Jessica PDX's Task: Triple ThreatA. The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
3 of the letter S in the title
Chris Bohjalian is a Goodreads author.
B. Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
..."
C'mon Lois you can do it - only 70 points to go!!
50.1 Triple ThreatBook A: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (3 e's in title)
Book B: Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout (3 e's in author's name)
Book C: The Blood Gospel by James Rollins (published in 2013: divisible by 3)
*all three authors are goodreads authors so I am claiming 3 GR tickets
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 250
Total books read: 18
Good reads authors: 14
Big book tickets:
JACKIE NC10.7. Hail to the Chief.
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
Biography of George Washington
Book has 928 pages - 2 Big Book Tickets
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Deck the Halls
Option 3:
by Shirley Damsgaard20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
Option 1:
Hallowed Bones by Carolyn Haines
Shirley Damsgaard and Carolyn Haines are Goodreads authors.
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 2
BEKKA - 5.3 Plain Brown WrapperFor this task, I read “Glow”
by Amy Kathleen Ryan. I’m a tad embarrassed to be a Sci-Fi Geek (yes, I love Star Trek as well!) and don’t usually advertise this aspect of my personality. This book for me was guilty pleasure, and one I thoroughly enjoyed! Also, Amy Kathleen Ryan is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Tasks Completed to Date: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 640
Pages Read this Challenge: 307
Total Pages Read to Date: 15431
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 48
Goodreads Authors: 28
Big Book Tickets: 500(2), 750(), 1000()
30.2 - Sheila/Kathy G's Task - It's Winter...Or is It?Book A, Option 2
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum's initials are in LONG UNDERWEAR
This is a big book (566 pages)
Book B, Option 1
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
This was first published in 2012.
Jenny Lawson is a Goodreads author.
30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!
Option 1
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
"At First Sight" has 12 letters in it.
Nicholas Sparks is a Goodreads Author.
Option 6
Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card
This book was first published in December 2000.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BRIAN 10.6. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books!
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
The author's initials, ES, are found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
Points this post: 10
Total points: 310
Books read: 24
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.2 -- Two Plus Two
Word: Mess
It's a Little Haywire by Elle Strauss
Happy Ever After by Matt Shaw
Elle Strauss GRA
Matt Shaw GRA
25.3Coralie's Task - Let's be Different
Book A Every letter in title different: Wake
Book B Every word has different number of letters: Mr. Churchill's Secretary: A Novel 2,10,9,1,5
Approval Post for Book B
Points Earned This Post: 40
Points Achieved to Date: 690/1170
Goodreads Authors: 21
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (1)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #15.10 -- A Bird in the Hand....
Read any book in your possession as of November 15, 2012.
Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
Points This Post: 15 points
Total Points: 260 points
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Goodreads Authors: 5
Big books (500+): 0
Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 17
SAMJAYMC10.2. Let’s Get Something Started
This year I’m determined to be more positive. So I read a book on positive thinking. (Posts #26 & #27 on Help thread)
What to Say When You Talk to Yourself by Shad Helmstetter
This Task: 10
Total Points: 50
Jayme VA15.4 -- Naming Names
I chose Option 2 and read Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Meghanly's Task: Beatle Mania!
I chose the song "Please Please Me" and read Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Haley Tanner and A.S. King are goodreads authors.
Total points this post: 35
Grand Total: 655
Goodreads authors: John Grisham, Carol Rifka Brunt, Siobhan Fallon, Beth Harbison, Jenny Milchman, Francesca Segal, Chris Bohjalian, Jeffrey Stepakoff, Christopher S. Stewart, Libba Bray, Michael Grant, Laurie Halse Anderson, Dustin Thomason, Haley Tanner, A.S. King
Big Books: 500+ (2); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 15.1 One Man's Trash....
Sort your Goodreads TBR list by average rating. Read one book from the 10 highest rated books on your shelf AND one book from the 10 lowest rated books
Lowest Rated:
The Girl Who Would Speak for the Dead by Paul Elwork
Highest Rated:
American Tabloid by James Ellroy
Points this Task: 15
Total Points: 235
Books Read this Task: 2
Total Books Read: 20
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(2), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 5.4 Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust
Read a book with fairy characters
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
The main character Tristan Thorn is a half fairy. In addition this book is listed (#18) on the books about fairies link given in the task description.
SOELO20.6 - "“Punctuation, is? fun!”
I read Quick Shots of False Hope: A Rejection Collection which has a colon in the title.
20.10 - Group Reads
I read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and commented in the thread on January 30th. Sloan is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 40
Total so far: 190
Big Book Tickets: 1
GR Authors: 5
STACIE MITask 5.6 - You Have Bewitched Me
I read:
Austenland by Shannon Hale
**Shannon Hale is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 5
Total points: 1050
Tasks completed: 59
Books read: 169
Pages read: 22094
Goodreads authors: 25
Big books: 500+ (3); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5 books left!!
CathyG30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
For this task, please select two different cookies from the list below, and read one book for each. REQUIRED: When posting, please state which options you chose. Happy holidays!
1. Gingerbread Cutouts: read a book with a compound word in the title or subtitle.
Seduction of a Proper Gentleman by Victoria Alexander
6. Lime Meltaways: read a book whose author's initials can be found, in any order, within the words LIME MELTAWAYS. Middle names and initials can be ignored.
Fire Study by Maria Snyder
Goodreads Author
30.6. Donna Jo's Task - Having the Time of Their Lives
Pick two different options of the following and read one book from each. Be sure to state which two options you picked when posting.
B. Read a Time travel book (genre must be listed as time travel on book's main GR page);
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
Goodreads Author
Big Book
C. Read a book with the word "Time" or "Life" in title or subtitle --only exceptions are the words Times or Lives;
Changing Times by Marilu Mann
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 60
Total points: 910
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 61
Goodreads Authors: 35
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0
Jayme(the ghostreader)Task 15.1 One Man's Trash
I read
by Donna Van Liere which was 4.25 on my tBR list.For book two I read
by Susan Beth Pfeffer. This book was 3.23 on my TBR list.Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
GRA: 1 Sheila Roberts
Big Book Tickets: 0
Task Points: 15
Grand Total: 70
Jessica PDX25.3 - Coralie's Task - Let's Be Different
Book A - All letters different
by Sara ParetskyBook B - All word lengths different
by Don WinslowPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 1020
BRIAN25.1 - Laurie ME's Task - A Tribute to the Women in my Life
Option 1 - Poetry
Power Politics: Poems by Margaret Atwood
&
The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Option 6 - Mystery
The Devil's Company by David Liss
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335
Books read: 27
Nick KY30.5 Dlmrose/Cindy F's Author Train
I read two books, the first name of the author of the first book is the same name as the author of the second book, which means that it is contained within the last name of the second author.
I read Vintage Baker by Nicholson Baker, 208 pages, and
The Society of Others by William Nicholson , 240 pages.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 1050
Pages Read: 24,340
Big Books: 500+ (6)
lots of people getting close! c'mon Stacie; Jessica; Nick; Lois (and i'm sure someone else I'm missing!) my 25 point task is really lonely right now
Readerboard ID: JENBENT50.1 - Jessica PDX's Task: Triple Threat
A - three of same letter in title (using letter I)
Travels in the Scriptorium by Paul Auster
Travels in the Scriptorium
B - three of same letter in author's name (using letter A)
The Fall of Rome: A Novel by Martha Southgate
Martha Southgate
Martha Southgate is a Goodreads author.
C - pub in year divisible by 3 (2013/3 = 671)
News from Heaven: The Bakerton Stories by Jennifer Haigh
Jennifer Haigh is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 770
Total Goodreads authors: 19
Total Big books: 500+ (1)
Jessica PDX10.10 - Lucky 13
by Michael EnnisPoints this Post: 10
Total Points: 1030
Dee, I'm afraid to say I don't think I'll make it - 17 books in 5 days is just too many!
Dee wrote: "lots of people getting close! c'mon Stacie; Jessica; Nick; Lois (and i'm sure someone else I'm missing!) my 25 point task is really lonely right now"I know, I'm rooting for everyone so we can get more tasks! haha.
Jessica wrote: "Dee, I'm afraid to say I don't think I'll make it - 17 books in 5 days is just too many!"I have the same amount of books to go. Many books for the spring challenge are already sitting on my shelf, that makes finishing these last 17 even harder. :) But, go everyone who's close! I would love more tasks for Spring too!!
Kimber30.2 It's Winter...Or is it?
Book A; Option 2: Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
*L,G in the word 'long underwear'
Book B; Option 3 Moon Dance by J.R. Rain
*Romance
This task: 30
tasks complete: 21
GRA: 17
Total points: 470
Big Book: 2/500+, 2/750+
20.6 Punctuation is? Fun The Half-life of Hannah by Nick Alexander / punctuation mark hyphen -
Task points 20
Total points 700
Total tasks 31
Total books 48
Coralie30.5 Author Train!
Ha'penny by Jo Walton
JO in BuJOld
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Total points 700
Task # 25.12 I <3 the Goodreads on SRC Seven Exes Are Eight Too Many by Heather Wardell
GR author
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7... , Post #2
Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp
GR author
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7... , Post #37
Task # 30.1 Itoushii Anime no Tame ni
I rolled a 3 and a 6.
Mystery Of The Egyptian Scroll by Scott Peters
GR author
Option 3, set in Egypt 1700 - 1600 BC
Zylan Captive by Ravyn Wilde
Option 6, Fantasy genre
Ebook approved in msg 2134
Task # 30.5 Author Train!
The Lonely Mile by Allan Leverone
GR author
Antiques Bizarre by Barbara Allan
This post: 85 points
Total to date: 1040 points
Goodread authors this post: 4
Goodread authors to date: 53
Big Books claimed this post: 0
Total Big Books claimed: 500+ (2)
Tasks Completed: 52
Books Read: 81
10.1 - HAPPY NEW YEAR - Dakota Born by Debbie Macomber which is the first in the Dakota series.Debbie Macomber is a Goodreads author.
20.4 - RENAISSANCE AUTHORS - The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell who does alot of human rights work in Africa. http://henningmankell.com/theater/
25.5 - CLUE
OPTION 2 - MRS. WHITE - TITLE IN WHITE -
by Nicola Cornick.OPTION 4 - PROF. PLUM - FRUIT ON COVER -
which has a apple on the cover.Nicola Cornick is a Goodreads author.
TOTAL POINTS - 770
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 22
BIG BOOKS - 2
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10.9 Finishers Five-* Favorites
I read
I thought it was a 5* history book also. 286 pages
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 1020
Pages read: 23,892
Big Books: 500+ (6)