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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
15.8 - No Time to Waste.Slay Bells and Satchels by Dorothy Howell
Total points: 135
Total GRA: 5
Total big book tickets: 0
MB5.6 Billiards room - read a book in a series - A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz pages 256
total points 150
total pages 3735
tasks completed 9
books read 11
20.7 - IS THERE A CONSPIRACY TO BE FOUND HERE?OPTION 2 - The Boleyn Deceit by Laura Andersen which has Science Fiction > Alternate History on the main page.
Laura Andersen is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 200
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 12
BIG BOOKS - 3
Task: 20.10 - Group ReadsRead: Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
Post #12 on Groups Reads discussion board
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author
Task: 25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014
Read: High Seas To High Society by Sophia James / Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
I live in the United States, and the books I read are set in England and Japan.
Points this post: 45
Total points: 50
GR Authors: 1
Big Books: 0
Natalie CH10.6 - SWLAT
read a book with humor listed as a genre on the main page
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
points this post: 10
total points: 235
Big Book tickets: 4
GRA Tickets: 5
Task #5.6 -- In the Billiards RoomMagic in the Shadows(Allie Beckstrom, #3) by Devon Monk (Goodreads Author)
Points This Post: 5
Total Points Earned: 15
Total Books Read: 2
GoodReads Authors: 1
Delicious Dee5.8 -- In the Study
Burned - main character is a journalist
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 310
Goodreads Authors: 14
5.10 -- In the LoungeThe Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
"book club" listed as genre on GR main page
15.8 - No Time to Waste.
Read one of the 10 shortest books on TBR
Grown Men by Damon Suede ***GRA***
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 541
100 pages, shortest eligible on my TBR
25.9 - Alison's Task: All Things New
Option #1: New Authors
Bullet by Garrett Leigh ***GRA***
Garrett Leigh is a new author for me
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 235
Option #2: New Books
read a book that is no more than 6 months old
Stormhaven by Jordan L. Hawk ***GRA***
First pub Dec 2013. I read this in Jan 2014.
Points this post: 5 + 15 + 25 = 45
Total Points: 420 + 45 = 465
GRA: 23 + 3 = 26
FANDURY20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
Option 2: Read a book with exactly 3 words in the title where each word must be 1 syllable.
Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
This book has three words in its title, each with one syllable.
Max Gladstone is a Goodreads Author!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 265
Books Read: 15
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
STEFU20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
Option 2B
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga *GRA
This book is over 225 pages (361).
First time reading, #1 in series (Jasper Dent).
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option D
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
This book is over 250 pages (292).
This is #1 in a series that is new to me (Sookie Stackhouse).
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
I did not complete the Summer task 10.8, which requires you to read a book from this list:
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/25/1536975...
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Goodreads authors: 1
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Natalie CH5.8 -- In the Study
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer is a Goodreads Author.
points this post: 5
total points: 240
Big book tickets:4
GRA tickets: 6
tasks completed: 15/59
Post #1125.4 - Donna Jo's Task: Snow Is a Four Letter Word
2)UnSouled by Neal Shusterman (SN)
3)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling Title has 6 words
Neal Shusterman is a GR author
Points this task: 25
Total: 170
GR authors: 8
Books read:14
Tasks Done: 11
10.6 SWLAT Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
#5 on Listopia’s Funniest Novels of All Time
**Goodreads Author**
10.9 White Sale
by Anne BernaysThe white thing is the author's name
15.9 - First or Last?
Reached by Ally Condie
Last book in the series
**Goodreads Author**
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Sub genre is mystery > crime
Ms. Flynn is a new author to me
**Goodreads Author**
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
Option D. Series is new to me Anne Bernays
**Goodreads Author**
Points This Post: 75
Totals for challenge: 75
Points this task:75
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Goodreads authors:4
10.7 - Flip the PageRead a book with a day of the week:
Memoir of the Sunday Brunch by Julia Pandl
Task total=10
Grand total=195
30.3 Readers Also EnjoyedBook A: Beyond Complicated by Mercy Celeste
***Mercy Celeste is a Goodreads Author***
***At 530 pages this is a BIG BOOK***
Book B: Who's Your Daddy? by Lauren Gallagher which is on the "readers also enjoyed" section second from the bottom as of the time of this posting on 1/3/14.
***Lauren Gallagher is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 30
Total Points in Challenge: 450
Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 29
GR Authors: 31
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(1)
Task #15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?Their Virgin's Secret by Shayla Black (GR Author)
Read a book whose author’s name contains the name of a color - Shayla Black
Points this Post: 15
Totals:
Total Points: 115
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 12
Cindy FTask 15.9 First or Last
Number 1 in a series, I read The WreathbySigrid Undset
Points this post:15
Total points:55
Books read:3
Goodreads Authors:0
Tasks completed:3
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
AprilDT30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
2) It's Popular: read a book that has more than 50,000 ratings
Year of Wonders 67,930
4) It Can Be Frustrating: read a book with all the letters A-R-G-H found in the title and/or subtitle in any order
Northanger Abbey Northanger Abbey
Points this task: 30
Challenge total: 50
Sandy MN15.10 Celebrate
Lord of Darkness by Elizabeth Hoyt Goodreads Author
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
Option 2 - Science Fiction
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Big Book 835 pages
25.9 Alison's Task - All Things New
Option 3: New Series
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Goodreads Author
Option 4: New Book by Old Favorite
Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt (published October 2013) Goodreads Author
Total Points: 245
Total GR Authors: 9
Total Big Books (4)500; (1) 750
15.1 - The Murder happened in the _____ with a __________.IN THE: Love in the Afternoon - Lisa Kleypas
WITH THE: Lady with the Devil's Scar - Sophie James
15.2 - The Old and the New
old fave: The Obedient Bride - Mary Balogh
new to me: Pleasure Bound - Opal Carew
15.3 - Happy Valentine’s Day!
Option 2: Intentional Abduction - Eve Langlais
IA & EL found in VALENTINES
15.4 - Whodunit?
mystery: Tempting Danger - Eileen Wilks
for Eileen Brennan as Mrs. Peacock
15.5 - Mysteries Can Be Real
The I-5 Killer - Ann Rule
Points this post: 75
Total points: 225
15.4 Whodunit? Option 2 - genre mystery - Jeffery Kramer as the Motorist
by Jeffery Deaver +15 task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 25
Sheila15.3 - Happy Valentine’s Day!
Option 2:One book option
Infernal Angels by Loren D. Estleman15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?
Evidence of Murder by Lisa Black20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 3. B (3rd book in series)
Judas Kiss by J.T. Ellison (Taylor Jackson #3)I read the kindle version but for book length the mass market ppb version is here Judas Kiss
Total Points = 435
15.2 - The Old and the NewRead two books:
Book 1 –
by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author) Book 2 –
by Maurice Broaddus (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 15
Total points: 95
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.8 - No Time to Waste.Read one of the 10 shortest books that meet general SRC guidelines (at least 100 pages, etc.) on your TBR.
by Frank Tayell (Goodreads Author) Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
15.9 - First or Last?Read a book that is either the first book in a series.
by Joan Frances Turner Points this post: 15
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
Goodreads authors: 9
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
The Mangle Street Murders
Genre: historical mystery
Author M.R.C. Kasasian is new to me.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option C: at least 400 pages
Bleak House
1,017 pages - Big Book tickets claimed
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
The Mangle Street Murders
Genre: historical mystery
Author M.R.C. Kasasian is new to me.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option C: at least 400 pages
Bleak House
1,017 pages - Big Book tickets claimed
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
25.2 - CHRISTMAS MEMORIES OPTION 1 - Bloody Mary by J.A. Konrath with 384 pages.
OPTION 2 - A Plain & Fancy Christmas with the word Christmas from We Wish You a Merry Christmas. (323 pages)
J.A. Konrath is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 225
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 13
BIG BOOKS - 3
20.8 - It's My BirthdayOption 4: Read a book in which ALL the words in the title AND subtitle begin with the letters found in the name GRIFFITH JOYNER.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
GriffiTh Joyner
771 pages
Task total=20
Grand total=215
Nick KYFirst, I need to remove a book from Task 30.1. Ms. Anderson's Riddle. I am taking off Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn, and replacing it with a fiction book whose protagonist is a blues musician, still satisfying the requirement for the protagonist doing something I like to do:
I read Twelve Bar Blues by Patrick Neate.
Together with The Algiers Motel Incident (ARGH in title), already counted, this satisfies the requirements for the 30.1 Task and...
There is no change in my total score.
Nick KYNext, I would like to add...
15.4 Whodunit? I chose the 2-book option.
Book 1 is a mystery: I read The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens.
Book 2's author has the last name of "Kahn," the same as Madeleine Kahn, one of the stars of CLUE, I read Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn (moved from 30.1).
15.6 Happy Birthday Jim! From the song "Back Door Man," I took the word "Back" and read Buy Back by Brian M. Wiprud.
15.8 No Time to Waste I have listed The Lords and the New Creatures by Jim Morrison on my tbr since 4/4/2011, and it has 144 pp, making it the 7th shortest book on my tbr. (It's nice that I get to count it in the same posting with a specifically Jim Morrison themed task!)
25.4 Donna Jo's Snow
Book One: Option 1, "Snow" in the title -- I read Snow by Ronald Malfi.
Book Two: Option 4, Set in Minnesota -- I read Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich.
Points This Post: 70
Total Points So Far: 410
Elizabeth B10.3 - Donors Wanted
Frost Burned (genre Vampires, 4rth - 317 users)
20.5 -Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Opt 3: A Discovery of Witches (579 pg)
25.4 - Donna Jo's Task:Snow Is a Four Letter Word
Opt 1: Own the Wind (wind on the title)
Opt 3: 6-word title Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
25.10 -Stacie MI's Task:Nutcracker tradition
Opt 2:author's initials (C,V) in TCHAIKOVSKY Kitty Takes a Holiday by Carrie Vaughn
Opt 5:
Points this post:80
Total points:245+80=325
Tasks: 16+4=20
DEANA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
The Keeper of Lost Causes
mystery>crime is listed on the front page (approval just in case)
Jussi Adler-Olsen is a new author for me.
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THIS POST:
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points: 20
Totals:
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Points: 75
5.10 — In the LoungeBook Club: 10 users on the main page:
The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
+5 Points
25.11 – Lois’s Task: Showtime for Dogs
1. Read a book with any one or more of these words intact in the title or subtitle of the book: Come
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
4. Read a book with a dog on the cover:
Thurber's Dogs: A Collection of the Master's Dogs, Written and Drawn, Real and Imaginary, Legends All by James Thurber+25 Points
Points this Post: 30
Grand Total: 245
Rudy10.9 White Sale
byJ.A. Redmerski white shirt on the cover 30.4 Dimrose's Task: Beyond Comparison
Book A:
by Heather Gudenkauf used SRC member Julie- was on my to read shelfBook B
byLaurell K. HamiltonSRC member Julie, was listed under "what other books you have in common"points this post:40
Total points: 195
Books Read: 13
Tasks: 10
MARIA LTask #5.7: In the Hall
Christmas Bliss by: Mary Kay Andrews
Total points: 5
no tickets
thanks! :-)
Stacey
5.8 In the Study
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Author Nellie Bly was a journalist. (Also, please note that this is 92 pages - this will be my one book under 100 pages, as allowed by the rules if I've understood them properly. Let me know if I've misunderstood and this won't work!)
New points: 5
Total points: 170
5.8 In the Study
Ten Days in a Mad-House
Author Nellie Bly was a journalist. (Also, please note that this is 92 pages - this will be my one book under 100 pages, as allowed by the rules if I've understood them properly. Let me know if I've misunderstood and this won't work!)
New points: 5
Total points: 170
5.8 -- In the StudyA Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert, a novel about Rose Wilder Lane, who partnered with her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, to write the Little House books.
Susan Wittig Albert is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
GR authors: 13
Delicious Dee15.4 - Whodunit?
Option 2 - 1 book option
A Spy in the House - Y.S. Lee (GR Author) - 542ppl have it shelved as mystery, Lee for Lee Ving as Mr. Boddy
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 325
Goodreads Authors: 15
ALICIA T20.5 Out with the Old and in with the New!
I chose Option B and read Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, who is a favorite author of mine.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 30
Jessica PDX15.4 - Whodunit?
I chose the 1-book option.
by Martin Cruz SmithPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 450
10.5 - SpeakeasyBright Young Things by Anna Godbersen
Points this post: 10
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 13
Goodreads Author: 12
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (2); 1000(0)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas FilmsOption 5. Choose any book that has been added to your TBR list since December 2012.
Faithless: Tales of Transgression by Joyce Carol Oates (386 pages)
Added to my TBR list Sept.15, 2013
Task total=20
Grand total=235
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me ThisI rolled a 2 and a 6:
2) It's Popular: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (a GR Author), has 405,332 ratings
6) Book of my choice: The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
Points this post: 30
Total points: 45
Total GR Authors: 2
LAUREL CATASK 5.6. In the Billiards Room
Read a book in a series, numbered 1 through 9.
Sanibel Flats
, the first book in the Doc Ford series of 20 books.0 Goodreads Authors, 0 Big Books
Total points: 5
5.4 In the Conservatory Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber (Good reads Author)
There are flowers on the cover.
5.6 In the Billiards Room
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen (Brian's Saga # 3)
10.4 A Really Big Show
Unlikely LOVES: 43 Heartwarming True Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland "She LOVES You"
10.6 SWLAT
The Tower, The Zoo, and The Tortoise by Julia Stuart
Humor is listed as a genre.
20.4 Ode to Joy
Heart and Soul by Maeve Binchy
The Title has three words that each have one syllable.
50 total points
1 GR Author
Post #1220.10 - Group Reads
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Post 37 in Discussion thread
Rainbow Rowell is a GR author
Points this task: 20
Total: 190
GR authors: 9
Books read:15
Tasks Done: 12
Kimber25.4 Snow is a four letter word
Option 2: Crash by Nicole Williams
(initials N & W in SNOW)
Option 3: Vampire Games by J.R. Rain
(#6 in Vampire For Hire series)
*ebook length verify post 1475
Nicole Williams is a GRA
This post: 25
# tasks completed: 4
GRA: 4
Total points: 100
15.8 - No Time to Waste.The Pillowman - at 104 pages, one of the 10 shortest books on my TBR list.
30.5 - Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 3 - How It Ends (rating 4.18)
Option 4 - The House of the Spirits (added Jul 10, 2011)
Total points accumulated: 100 (45 in this post)
Total # of big book tickets: 1
Theresa~OctoberLace 10.7 - Flip the Page Read a book with ...the name of a month: January, February, March, etc in the title..
Red April by Santiago Roncagliolo 1/5/14
April is the month in the title.
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 280 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 7
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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I chose option #1-read a book by an author new to you.
I read The Butterfly Sister by Amy Gail Hansen. This is her first novel and she is a GR author.
My send option was #2-a book that was originally published no more than 6 months by the time of reading the book.
I read The Theory of Opposites by Allison Winn Scotch. The book was originally published in November 2013. She is also a GR author.
Task Points: 25
Total Points: 100
Good Read Authors: 6
Tasks Completed: 6