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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
And I'm finally on the board.20.4 - Author, Author - Janice CA's Task: Renaissance Authors
Zero Day by David Baldacci who has a foundation that supports literacy. 592 pages = Big Book.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20/1170
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
GoodReads Authors:
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.3 Plain Brown Wrapper
Soulless
Gail Carriger GRA
A lot of my GR friends have already read this book and can't believe I haven't LOL.
15.5 -- We Got the Beat
3 syllables (Ignored subtitle):Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Deedee's Task: All in the Family
Option Girl #1: genre “Romance > Paranormal Romance”
Kiss of Midnight
Lara Adrian is a GRA
25.5 Keltie Lee's Task - CLUE
1. Miss Scarlet-Romance genre
Midnight Awakening
6. Mrs. Peacock/Color-Crimson
Kiss of Crimson
Lara Adrian is a GRA
✔30.2 Sheila/Kathy G's Task - It's Winter...Or is It?
Book A Option 2:Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Book B Option 3/Humor: Flush
Neil Gaiman is a GRA
Points Earned This Task:95
Points Achieved to Date: 95/1170
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
KAREN OZ5.2 – Phil’s Prediction
The Seventh Scroll (Ancient Egypt #2) by Wilbur A. Smith
Two consecutive words in the title that begin with the same first letter: Seventh Scroll
614 pages (Big Books >500p)
+5
Total (this post): 5 points
Grand Total: 110 points
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Liora10.7 Hail to the Chief
George Washington and the Founding of a Nation by Albert Marrin15.10 Bird in Hand
Secure Forever! God's Promise or Our Perseverance? by Thomas Cucuzza20.8 Double Trouble
Option 4 (Siblings)
Mind Over Murder by Allison Kingsley, 262 pagesTotal Points: 45
Number of Books Read: 3
Task 25.5 - CLUE
1. Miss Scarlet (romance genre): The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness ***Big Book 536 pages***
2. Mrs. White (title in white): Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Total Big Book Tickets = 1
Challenge total = 135
25.3 Let's be differentBook 1.A. all letter different, read One Day by David Nicholls
Book 1.B different numbers of letter ( 1, 5, 2, 10 ) read A Place of Forgetting by Carolyn J. Rose *good reads author*
Points this task. 25
Total points 35
Good read authors 2
Big book tickets 0
Task Completed30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!
Option 4 : mostly black cover The Cold Moon by Jeffrey Deaver
Option 5: Romance Genre Dangerous Ladies by Christina Dodd
Both ok'd in the Help Thread Message 62
I would like to claim a Goodreads Author for Jeffery Deaver
and a Big Book for Dangerous Ladies at 608 pages
This Post: 30
Total Points: 60
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Task #10.1 - Happy New Years!Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
-...or a book with the word or numeral "one" in the title/subtitle.
Ernest Cline is a Goodreads Author
This post: 10 points
Total Points: 70/1170 (6%)
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 6
Pages Read: 1525
GR Authors: 5
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
OMA122920.3- Deck the Halls
Option 1-
byAugusten BurroughsBook cover must have a Christmas decoration and can be a person wearing a Santa Suit
Points this post- 20
Total Points -65
Task Completed - see Message 265 above
- used the wrong link
Jennifer KS5.5 Raise a Glass I read
by Joe Konrath who is a Goodreads Author.I would like to claim a Goodreads author for this task
Points this task 5
Total Points 30
Goodreads Authors 4
Pages 1360
STACIE MITask 15.6 - The Year of the Snake
I read a book first published in 2001:
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
**Megan McCafferty is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 15
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 32
Pages read: 3109
Goodreads authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.6 The Year of the SnakeFirst published in 1905
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
***At 540 pages, this is a big book***
15.8 Red Rover, Red Rover
Pirate character
Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
30.8 A Reading Tribute to Those We Love
Book 1: I think my mom had the biggest impact in my life when I was growing up, she and I bought this book together on our annual trip to the National Bookfest.
The Time in Between by María Dueñas
***At 624 pages, this is a big book***
Book 2: Rated 4 stars by friend Rebekah http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
***At 509 pages, this is a big book***
Points this Post: 60
Season Total: 90
Edit to post 235Please add goodreads author ticket for
Erin Hart
for book Haunted Ground
Please and thank you
Task 20.7 - Shorter is SweeterOption "Boy":2
Dreams of My Russian Summersby Andreï Makine
Translated from French
Points this task: 20
Points to date: 35
5.6 You Have Bewitched MeMr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo
Points this post: 5
Total points: 90
10.1. Happy New Years! Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
The word 'one' is in the title/subtitle.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 235
Delicious Dee10.6. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books!
Pledge Slave - Evangeline Anderson - EA appears sequentially in New Years Resolution, ebook only approved in 1863
Total Points: 130/1170
GR Authors: 7
Big Book Ticket: 500+(1)
Sheila20.3 - Best Review - Chris MD's Task: Deck the Halls
5. The Old Year Passes – Read a book published in 2012.
Zoo by James Patterson20.5 - Bigger is Better - Meghanly's Task: Beatle Mania!
Song - Ask Me Why
Book -
Ask The Parrot by Richard StarkTotal - 235
**Note - I still have that Beatles album. I don't have a turntable but I have the record!
Rudy15.5 We Got the Beat
I have 4 syllables in my name. I read Oceans ApartbyKaren Kingsbury
15.10 A Bird in Hand
Gone GirlbyGillian Flynn
Points this post- 30
Total Points- 40
Books read- 3
Task Completed- 3
Jessica PDX20.4 - Janice CA's Task - Renaissance Authors
Albright is the former Secretary of State under President Clinton and the first woman to hold that post. Not bad for someone forced to flee her native country as a child!
by Madeleine AlbrightPoints This Post: 20
Total Points: 155
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
Option 4: "Firefly" (book with a red cover):
by Courtney Milan (Cover Approved in Help Thread)*Courtney Milan is a Goodreads Author*
Points for this post: 20
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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5.3 Plain Brown Wrapper - Read a book you are embarrassed you have NOT read yet (like a book that 'everyone' has read) OR a book you are embarrassed you WANT to read (a guilty pleasure book...)The Notebook
by Nicholas Sparks** - This is a GoodReads author (ticket please)This Post: 5
Total Points: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
JeniR10.2. Let’s Get Something Started: In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
I’d like to stop eating a western diet including all processed foods, and eat only whole/real foods. This book defends whole foods & gives direction on rules to live by when changing to a real food diet.
10 points
205 pages
10.8. Short and Sweet: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
10 points
120 pages
10.9. The Fall Finishers’ Five-star Favorites: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
This was under Cindy AL’s list.
10 points
451 pages
Total Points: 30
Total Books: 3
Total pages: 776
30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
1. Compound word in title
The Moonstone
Big book ticket claimed - 528 pages
4. Mystery as a genre
In the Woods
Big book ticket claimed - 592 pages
Points for this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
1. Compound word in title
The Moonstone
Big book ticket claimed - 528 pages
4. Mystery as a genre
In the Woods
Big book ticket claimed - 592 pages
Points for this post: 30
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 0
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
10.8 Short and sweet Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - 160 pages
Task points 10
Total points 120
Total tasks 7
5.4 Faith, Trust, and Pixie DustFaefever by Karen Marie Moning
30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
#1 - Gingerbread Cutouts
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (*GR author*)
#4 - Jam Thumbprints
Speak No Evil by Allison Brennan (*GR author*)
Total points: 35
Points for this post: 35
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 3
Pages read: 1136
GR authors: 2
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
5.10 A Claus for Celebration A Christmas CarolTotal Points Earned:60 /1170
Total Pages Read: 1633/33364
Total Books Read: 5/90
Good Read Authors:1
Big Book Tickets: 500(1), 750(), 1000()
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I completed: 5.4 Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust
By reading: The Iron King by Julie Kagawa. (Julie is a Goodreads author)
Tasks Complete: 2
Total Points: 15
Big Book 500+ (0), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
GR Authors: 1
15.5 -- We Got the Beat I have 5 syllables in my first and last name.
I read Enthusiasm by: Polly Shulman
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Deedee's Task: All in the Family
I have two sisters, no brothers, so I picked "Girl" Option 1 - "Romance > Paranormal Romance"
Read: Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
Total Points: 35
Total points so far: 35
15.8 Red Rover, Red Rover Pirates! by Celia Rees *Goodreads author*
Main character flees her home and becomes a pirate.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 125/1170
Total books read: 9/91
Good reads authors: 7
Big book tickets: 2
OMA122910.8-Short & Sweet- a book of 200 pages or less
Bedknob and Broomstick by Mary Norton-
189 Pages
Points this Post- 10
Total Points- 55
20.10 Group ReadI read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore and posted on the Group discussion.
Total points: 25
Books read: 3
Books posted: 2
Tasks completed: 2
total pages: 1008
30.4 - Cindy AL's Task: Jackpot SpinI rolled a 6
Book 1, with 6 words in the title:
How to Bake a Perfect Life by Barbara O'Neal
Barbara O'Neal is a Goodreads author.
Book 2, with any number of words in the title, between 1 and 6, disregarding subtitle:
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, And Hope In A Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
Points this post: 30
Total points: 120
GR authors: 2
BEKKA - 10.6. I Resolve to Read Lots of Books!The task was to read a book whose author's initials can be found sequentially in NEWYEARSRESOLUTION -
I read "Roller Skates"
by Ruth Sawyer- so her initials fall: NEWYEARSRESOLUTION
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 10
Total Points Earned to Date: 40
Pages Read this Challenge:186
Total Pages Read to Date: 951
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 3
Goodreads Authors: 1
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
10.8 shot and sweetRead Dreaming Of You by Marie Higgins *good reads author* 150 pages
Points this task: 10
Total points: 35
Good read authors:2
Big book tickets :0
5.1 Find a Good BookWhat Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 3
GR Authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Mariya5.9 Shhh!
I read When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
The word "she" in the title of this book starts with SH
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Janet F's Task: Rookie It’s Snow Joke, “Winter’s Cool”!
OPTION 2: I read Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky because the setting of this book is in Russia
20.8 - It's My Birthday! - Lahni's Task: Double Trouble
OPTION 4: I read Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in their Struggle for Self by Elan Golomb
There are 272 pages in this book.
Points this Post: 45
Total points: 85
10. let's Get Something Started;I am planning to walk an easy, short portion of the Appalachian Trail this summer as part of my vacation so I read
Backpacker Magazine's Guide to the Appalachian Trail: 2nd Edition by Jim Chase.
20.9 Moderator's Pet--Carly's Task--Screen Sisters:
5. Scandal--Strong female character:
Honolulu by Alan Brennert. The main character, Jin, asserts herself and takes chances that were very unusual for a Korean female during the first half of the 20th century, from learning to read to picking her own marriage partner to divorce and remarriage. Aside from a few infodumps, this was a good book.
25.1 Laurie ME's Task--A Tribute to the Women in my Life:
4. jill: Romance:
The Sandalwood Princess by Loretta Chase
5. Diana; Fantasy or SciFi;
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 200
30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!:4. Read a book that has a mostly black or gold cover.
by Danielle Blanchard Benson (Goodreads Author) 5. Read a book with the genre “Romance” listed on the book's main page.
by Jason Z. Christie (Goodreads Author) Post# 1879
Points this post: 30
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 5
Books Read: 10
GR Authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.7 — Opposites AttractI'm a Capricorn and a female, so I read a book by a male Cancer born June 21 - I had a hard time finding one and lucked out on Ian McEwan, right on the starting date!
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
+15 Points
Grand Total: 45
SOELO15.4 Naming Names
I read The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon which was approved in the Help thread. The subtitle is (I Mean Noel).
20.7 All in the Family
Most of my family is female, so for option Girl part 1, I read Torn which has Romance > Paranormal Romance listed on its main page. Also claiming a GR author ticket for Amanda Hocking.
Points this post: 35
Total so far: 60
Big Book Tickets: 1
GR Authors: 2
Results; Megan L5.1 Find a Good Book
Good Girls Don't/Victoria Dahl
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books read: 1
Pages Read: 376
GR Authors:
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
15.1 - One Man's TrashThe highest rated book on my To Read shelf:
Winter of the World by Ken Follett *Big Book x2* 960 pages
The lowest rated book on my To Read shelf:
They Also Raise Chickens by Martin G. Parker
25.2 - Chain of Names
Book 1 - The main character's first name is Alexander:
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
Book 2 - The author's first name is Alexander:
Trains and Lovers by Alexander McCall Smith *Goodreads Author*
Total points 40
Jessica PDX30.3 - Butterflycager's Task - Cookie Exchange
Option 4 - Jam Thumbprints
by Elly Griffiths (Goodreads Author)Option 5 - Checkerboard Cookies
by Ken BruenPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 185
Goodreads Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Sandy MN30.7 - Sassafras's Task - It's My Anniversary!
4. College Setting
Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
5. Genre Romance
Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord by Sarah MacLean Goodreads Author
Total Points:110
Goodreads Authors:4
Andy P.Task # 15.7 Opposites Attract
I am a female Libra so my opposite is a male Aries (March 21-April 19
James Patterson (birthdate 3/22/47) fufills these critera
I read Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson
Souce for birthdate info is http://www.authdir.net/dir-march.shtml
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20.10 Group Reads:
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Review posted as Message 15 in the Group read Discussion Thread.