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Task 25.4 - Local FlavorOption A - My First Summer in the SierraJohn Muir
I live 25 miles from Yosemite National Park in area that John Muir visited, lived in and wrote about
Option B - Shattered Air: A True Account of Catastrophe and Courage on Yosemite's Half Domeby Bob Madgic
This book took place on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park only 25 miles from where I live
Points this task: 25
Points to date: 320
Jennifer OH20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Patricia's Task: "“Punctuation, is? fun!” Apostrophe
Knight's Fork Rowena Cherry read 2-18-13
total points 470
CHRISTINABRemoving task 20.7 (post 2449) based on Kristi's message on the problem's board.
30.1 Ms. Anderson's Task
#2 Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. I would wish for being a published author like one of the characters.
#6 The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. This book is listed as Fantasy.
**Maggie Stiefvater is a Goodreads Author.**
Points claimed in this post: 30
Total points claimed: 245
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 15
Pages this task: 744
Total pages: 4286
Big books total: 0
Goodreads Authors: 6
Chaitra15.3 OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
I chose the one book option, read a book with both words old and new in the title.
I read Old New York by Edith Wharton.
Points: 15
30.6 DONNA JO'S TASK - HAVING THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
Choosing options,
C. Read a book with the word life in the title.
I read Life Mask by Emma Donoghue.
and,
D. Read a book first published in the decade of your birth.
I read Shame by Salman Rushdie. Shame was first published in 1983, the year I was born.
Points: 30
Life Mask is a big book. My copy had 672 pages.
Emma Donoghue is a Goodreads Author.
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Points This Post: 45
Total Points for the Season: 1170
Big Books: 500 (5), 750 (2), 1000 ( )
Goodreads Authors: 26
Tasks Completed: 64/64
Books Claimed: 91/91
Pages Read: 31,025
Phew. Done, if I didn't make any mistakes while posting. Congratulations everyone, thanks to the wonderful mods and task creators, and see you in the Spring Challenge thread! :)
Sheila wrote: "ahh, yet another multiple book at the same time reader! For some reason this season I ended up with having read 1 book for each 2 book task. I didn't plan it that way, it was just how they became..."Sheila, I keep telling myself that, but it never seems to work out that way when I rely on the library for my books.
15.4 -- Naming NamesBook 1: Lady Fortescue Steps Out: Being the First Vol. of the Poor Relation by Marion Chesney
Book 2: Jack of Fables, Vol. 2: Jack of Hearts by Bill Willingham
** Goodreads Author **
30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot Spin
Rolled a 4:
Book 1 with four words in title (Pre-approved)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape by Bill Willingham
** Goodreads Author **
Book 2: 1-6 words in title
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach
** Goodreads Author **
Post Total: 45
Challenge (and final) Total: 425
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 11 (+3 this post)
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Thanks so much for a great challenge --- this was my first, but won't be my last!!
Boston KateLast Post of Winter Challenge
15.2 Two Plus Two
Book 1: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Book 2: Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
"LL" plus "HA" spells out "HALL"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 17
CathyG20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the Group Reads selections, and make at least one post in the discussion thread for the book.
For the category "First Book in a Mystery Series by a Female Author" -
Maisie Dobbs By Jacqueline Winspear
Goodreads Author
Post 69 http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
30.1. Ms. Anderson's Task - Itoushii Anime no Tame ni
Rolled 2/4
2. What would you wish for? Read a book related to your wish. Required: state the connection when you post.
Catch of the Day by Whitney Lyles etal
I Wish that my daughter’s wedding (planned for Aug 2014) goes off without a hitch, unlike the stories in this anthology.
4. Read a book in which you wouldn't mind being the main character. REQUIRED: Explain why you wouldn't mind being the main character in your chosen book.
The Truth about Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani
I would love to be Elizabet Bennett, the love interest of Mr. Darcy.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1005
Tasks completed: 49
Books read: 68
Goodreads Authors: 38
Big Books: 500= 1,750=0, 1000=0
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #10.4. Where DO Those Letters Go?
Read a book set in one of the closest land areas to the North Pole: Canada
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Pre-approved in the Help thread for this task: message 19: by Sandy
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Points This Post: 10 points
Total Points: 425 points
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Goodreads Authors Tickets: 7
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
Books Read: 35
Tasks Completed: 25
10.3 They All Look Good to Me I thought I was done with the challenge and then my book finally came in at the library!
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan who is a GR Author.
This book was nominated for the "Book About Books" category. I read Maisie Dobbs - First in a Mystery Series by a Woman for 20.10
Post Total: 10
Grand Total: 445
25.8Option 5: I read
by Frances Mayes which has flowers in the picture in the top left (red geraniums).Option 6: I read
by Roman Espejo20.9 I read
by Melanie Benjamin (Claiming GRA ticket). Anne Lindbergh is a strong female character because she is one of the first women to fly in particular circumstances and because she is able to put up up with the death of a child, and a life in the spotlight along with a diffuclt marraige.Previous points: 240
New total: 285
Jen UT15.2 - Two Plus Two
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare and
The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison = CHIC
Total Points: 105
Total Books Read: 11
congrats everyone!! T-2hrs 40 minus until we can start spring books ;)
DEANA10.9. The Fall Finishers' Five-Star Favorites.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (rated 5 stars by Peebee)
30.6. Donna Jo's Task - Having the Time of Their Lives
A. Bossypants (Autobiography, Biography AND Memoir are on this book's page!)
C. A Stolen Life ("Life" in title)
50.1 - Jessica PDX's Task: Triple Threat
A. Rules of Civility (3 I's)
B. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (3 N's in author's name)
C. Worth Dying For (published in 2010 / 3 = 670)
** At 514 pages, this is a BIG BOOK **
Status
Points this post: 90
GRA this post: 0
Big Books this post: 1 - 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Total Points: 230/1170
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 15
Total GRA: 2
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard name: EvanaRepost of message 2385 - with task numbers this time
25.1 A Tribute to the Women in My Life
Option 4: Read a book that has Romance listed on its main genre page
Ransomed Bride by Jane Peart
Option 5: Read a book that has science fiction or fantasy as a genre on its main page
Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein
25.8 Spreading the Love
Option 1: Read a book whose author's initials are found in Valentine's Day
Djibouti by Elmore Leonard
Option 6: Free choice
The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco by Marilyn Chase
Points this post: 50
Points to date: 935
GR authors to date: 14
Big book tickets to date: 3
Readerboard Name: Tallulah A.Task #10.10. Lucky 13
Read a book with the word "Success" in the title.
Kick Start Your Success: Four Powerful Steps to Get What You Want Out of Your Life, Career, and Business by Romanus Wolter
Task #25.9 - JennRenee's Task - A Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Option B: Pick a book with any of these Christmas objects on the cover: wreath
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53...)
Option C: Pick a book with any of the following words in the title: family
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Points This Post: 35 points
Total Points: 460 points
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Goodreads Authors Tickets: 7
Big books (500+) Tickets: 0
Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 27
Thanks to the moderators and task creators! This was my first season on this challenge. I started in January. I have never worked harder on a reading challenge. Looking forward to the next one.
15.6 -- The Year of the Snakenumber9dream by David Mitchell
First published in 2001.
20.3 - Deck the Halls
Option 5: Likeable Business: Why Today's Consumers Demand More and How Leaders Can Deliver by Dave Kerpen
Published in 2012.
Dave Kerpen is a Goodreads author.
20.5 - Beatle Mania!
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
Shares the word "why" with the song title, "Ask Me Why"
30.1. Itoushii Anime no Tame ni
I rolled a two and a six.
2: My wish is a simple one. To be happy. The book I read was The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor
6: Solaris by Stanisław Lem
"Fantasy" is listed as a genre on the main page.
30.5 - Author Train!
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
and
The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
30.8 - A Reading Tribute to Those We Love
Book 1: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
My grandpa made the biggest impact on my life. He fought in WWII which affected the rest of his life, and all of the characters in this book were also affected by WWII in some way.
Book 2: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
My boyfriend rated this five stars.
At 1,276 pages, this is a big book.
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Points this post: 145
Total points: 470
Total Goodreads authors: 6
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (1)
Total tasks completed: 19
Total pages: 8,644
Total books: 13
PUTTERPAL10.2- let's get something started
This year I would love to focus on getting my house organized and de-junking. This book has a lot of tips on how to accomplish this.
The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple by Donna Smallin
15.4- Naming Names
Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
15.9- Fly south for the winter
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
This book takes place in Botswana
20.6- Punctuation is fun
Sean Griswold's Head by Lindsey Leavitt
I chose the apostrophe
25.11- Time to Explore
Book 1-
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
In darkness by Nick Lake, Heart shaped bruise by Tanya Byrne, Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt, Last Summer by Rebecca A Rogers
Book 2-
Falling for the Ghost of You by Nicole Christie
Approved for length in the ebook thread, page 43, message 2148
Points this Post: 85
Total Points: 435
Kristi CO 20.6 "“Punctuation, is? fun!”
Apostrophe
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Points this post: 20
Total points: 375
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 23
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
50.1 - Jessica PDX's Task: Triple ThreatOption A: I read Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative
The title (not including the subtitle) has three copies of the letter "T". Also three copies of the letter "A". Overkill. :-)
Option B: I read Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James. Aaron James has three instances of the letter "A" in his name.
Option C: I read Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland. This book was published in 2013. 2 + 0 + 1 + 3 = 6, which is evenly divisible by 3.
30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
For option 1 (Gingerbread Cutouts), I read How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants. This book has a punctuation mark in the title (the colon).
For Option 6 (Lime Meltaways), I read Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 1 - Priestess. The author is Yu Watase, and Y and W both appear in LIMEMELTAWAYS.
30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot Spin
I rolled a six for this task. For the first book (6 words in the title), I read Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version. There are 6 words in the title.
For the second book, I read Encyclopedia Paranoiaca. This book has two words in the title.
Total Points this post: 110
Totals Points Overall: 230
This will be my last post. Thanks for a great challenge! 15.2
The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stachniak (GR Author)
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (GR Author)
Authors' initials spell SAKE
30.2
Book A, Option 2: After Dark by Emi Gayle (GR Author)
Book B, Option 1: Sins of the Demon by Diana Rowland (GR Author)
30.3
Option 3:
by Susan Vreeland (GR Author)Option 6: Covet by Tara Moss (GR Author)
30.7
Option 1: 12 letters in title
You Against Me
Option 2: Published in December
Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland (GR Author)
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Total this post: 105
Total points: 605
GR authors this post: 7
30.3 Option 4: Jam Thumbprints: In Too Deepoption 6: Lime Meltways The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Goodreads Author), Carson Ellis (Illustrator)
Points this Post: 30
Total points: 215
Tasks Completed: 9
Books read: 13
GR Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(1), 1000+(0)
20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Deck the Halls I chose option 4 (musical instrument on the cover) and read The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Music History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy
. There is a piano (albeit a small piano) on the cover.20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Patricia's Task: "“Punctuation, is? fun!”
For this book, I chose I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats, which has a colon in the title.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
For this task, I read American Pickers Guide to Picking. The lead author is Libby Callaway. This is her first (and only) stand-alone book.
Points this post: 60
Total Points to date: 290
5.3 Plain Brown WrapperFor this task I read The Best American Comics 2012, which is a guilty pleasure (as comics are still not accepted in the U.S. as they are in Japan).
10.1. Happy New Years!
For this task, I read Digger, which is the first in the "Digger" series by Ursula Vernon, identified on Goodreads as (Digger #1).
10.8. Short and Sweet.
For this task I read Mortality, which clocks in at under 200 pages (104 pages to be precise).
Points this post: 25
Total Points to date: 315
5.8 End of DaysBook approved in the help thread
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
Points this post -5
Total points - 1170
Total GR authors 12
Reposting: 30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
For option 1 (Gingerbread Cutouts), I read How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants. This book has a compound word in the title (anglesmiths).
For Option 6 (Lime Meltaways), I read Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play, Vol. 1 - Priestess. The author is Yu Watase, and Y and W both appear in LIMEMELTAWAYS.
Lindsey IL5.3 - Plain Brown Paper
Temptation & Twilight by Charlotte Featherstone
***Charlotte Featherstone is a GoodReads author***
Harlequin romance - guilty pleasure book
20.6 - "Punctuation, Is? Fun!"
Fit Quickies: 5-Minute, Targeted Body-Shaping Workouts by Lani Muelrath
***Lani Muelrath is a GoodReads author
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30.3 - Cookie Exchange
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
option 4 - mystery
The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness: A Physical Basis for Immaterialism by Samuel Avery
option 6 - S,A in lime meltaways
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 495
GoodReads Authors: 14
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 23
Books Read: 31
The Winter Challenge has now ended. Congratulations to everyone who finished this one. It was monstrous! Everyone who made their goals should get a pat on the back, too. ;-) I hope you found some great books.Also, thank you to everyone who attempted to stay out of the ?/problem thread. It's appreciated even it you aren't always successful. ;-) And, finally, thanks to our cheerleaders who have kept everyone's spirits up the last few days.
See you in the Spring Challenge thread!!
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10.8. Short and Sweet
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
It is 160 pages long.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Putterpal's Task: There's a 1st Time for Everything
Vixen by Jillian Larkin
30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
Option 4: Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
The novel has "Mystery" listed as one of its genres on its GoodReads page.
Lisa Lutz is a GoodReads Author.
Option 6: The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty
The author's initials are within the words, "Lime Meltaways".
Points This Task: 60
Total Points: 275
Tasks Completed: 13
Tasks in Progress: 1
Books Read: 12
GoodReads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 5017