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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
Kimber20.1 Check...and Mate!
Option 2: #2 in Sloane Monroe series
Sinnerman by Cheryl Bradshaw
pb - 322 pages
20.5 Out With the Old and in with the New!
Option E: major character plays college football
Clash by Nicole Williams
pb - 273 pages
Cheryl Bradshaw is a GRA
Nicole Williams is a GRA
Total above tasks: 40
# tasks complete to date: 6
GRA: 6
Total points: 140
Ana20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 5
by Jim Butcher. I added this book to my TBR pile Feb. 27, 2013.***He is a GoodReads author.
Points this Post 20
Total Points 140
Tasks Completed 7
Books Read 7
Total Pages 2816
GoodReads Author 5
Big Book Tickets 0
Delicious Dee5.4 -- In the Conservatory
- approved in the THTPoints this Post: 5
Total Points: 330
Goodreads Authors: 15
BEKKA - 20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!B: For this option, I read “
” by Anne Rice, since she is a great escape for me - an “old Favorite.” This book has 388 pages. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 105
Pages Read this Challenge: 388
Total Pages Read to Date: 2023
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 7
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Mai30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
I rolled 4 & 6
Option 4: A non-fiction book about a skill I'd like to improve
The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English by Roy Peter Clark
Option 6: Book with genre "Romance"
Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas * Goodreads author *
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 315
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
25.11 Showtime for DogsOption 2: This book has a predominantly blue cover and was approved in the help thread.
Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong by Joyce Carol OatesOption 4: This book has a dog on the cover.
The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs by Nick Trout.Nick Trout is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 110
Tasks: 6
Books: 8
Goodreads authors: 2
5.3 -- In the BallroomDance with Me by Heidi Cullinan has DANCE in the title.
10.3 - Donors Wanted
Undead Have Bunnies, Too by Scarlet Hyacinth has Vampires as a genre on the main page and "vampires" is mentioned in the GR description.
[E-book verification at 3075]
25.11 - Lois's Task: Showtime for Dogs
Option 2: Between Sinners and Saints by Marie Sexton has a predominantly blue cover.
[Task verification at 34]
Option 3: Family Man by Heidi Cullinan is written by HEIDI whose name is 46 on the list.
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author *** (Task 5.3)
*** Scarlet Hyacinth is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Marie Sexton is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author *** (Task 25.11)
Points this Post: 40
Goodreads Author(s): 4
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 595
Total Tasks Completed: 37
Total Goodreads Authors: 40
5.2 -- In the LibraryThe Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett
Charlie Lovett is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 220
GR authors: 14
Sheila20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
Option 2-B. The knight - B. Since the Knight moves 2 and 1 space combination, read #1 or #2 in a series
Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood (Corinna Chapman #2)I listened to the audiobook but the link to the paperback version for book length is
here Heavenly Pleasures
25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014 - Hot. Cool. Yours.
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny - Canada/North AmericaAND
The Torment Of Others by Val McDermid - Great Britain/EuropeI live in the United States
Total Points = 520
5.10 -- In the LoungeOrange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
15.4 - Whodunit?
Option 2: Mystery and Eileen Brennan
Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan
***Allison Brennan is a Goodreads Author.***
20.10 - Group Reads
Secrets of a Summer Night Discussion Post 18
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
***Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads Author.***
30.3 - Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book A:
Split Second by Catherine Coulter
***Catherine Coulter is a Goodreads author.***
Book B: Found on 1-2-14
If I Should Die by Allison Brennan
***Allison Brennan is a Goodreads Author.***
Points this post: 70
Total points: 390
Tasks completed: 20
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 18
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.9 - White Sale!
Priced to Move by Ginny Aiken
The woman on the cover is wearing a white shirt:
20.8 - Famous December Birthdays!
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Option 3 - "Classics" is a genre on the main page (shelved by 407 people) and is over 250 pages (617 pages)
25.8 - Children Make Christmas Fun!
Book 1 - Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Option 2 -My native language is English and this was originally published in Swedish. It was also approved in the Task Help Thread (Message #2)
"Childrens" genre on the main page (shelved by 698 users)
Book 2 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Option 3 - This book was the 2009 winner of the Newberry Award.
"Childrens" genre on the main page (shelved by 667 users
This post: 55 points
Total points to date: 95 points
Tasks completed: 7
** Electing to not track GR authors and Big Books this season **
MB20.5 bigger is better - option D start a series that is new to you The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson pages 448
total points 180
total pages 4535
tasks completed 11
books read 13
Suzannesea5.10 - In the Lounge
Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
Book Club is a genre on its main page. It was approved in the help thread, post 11.
20.8 - It's My Birthday! Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
Option 3
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott has 449 pages. Classics appears as a genre on its main page.
This post: 25 points
Total to date: 285 points
Nick KY5.9 The Cellar. I read All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare, 3/4ths set in France, the #1 wine consumption country per capita.
10.1. Get a C L U E I read a book with the letters C L U and E in the title: Colour Scheme by Ngaio Marsh -- lucky that "Colour" is spelled the British way.
10.8 Take the Plunge! I read a book set in Alaska, Werewolf in Alaska by Vicki Lewis Thompson.
25.6 Elizabeth B's Sochi 2014. I live in the USA and did not read a book set there.
Book 1. I read Here's to You, Jesusa! by Elena Poniatowska, set in Mexico (N Am).
Book 2. I read The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe, set in Italy (Europe).
Both Mexico and Italy have teams in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Mysteries of Udolpho, 693 pp.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 460
Total Big Books So Far: 500+ (1)
15.5 Mystery Can be realBitter Harvestby Ann Rule , true crime
25.11 Showtime for dogs
While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax -option 1 , down in title
Dangerous Curves Ahead by Sugar Jamison - option 3, my dog name is Sugar
Tasks points 40
Total points230
BB Tickets 2
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
➥ Option 2. One of my daughter’s favorites is Nightmare Before Christmas since she is a big Tim Burton fan. And loves to collect things with Jack Skellington on them.
For this option
A. Read a book with the genre Horror listed on its Goodreads page.
American PsychoBy Brett Easton Ellis
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 20
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥ Option 2. One of my daughter’s favorites is Nightmare Before Christmas since she is a big Tim Burton fan. And loves to collect things with Jack Skellington on them.
For this option
A. Read a book with the genre Horror listed on its Goodreads page.
American PsychoBy Brett Easton Ellis Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 20
Total points: 245
Tasks completed: 26
Books read: 26
Goodreads authors: 3
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 15.8 - No Time to Waste.
Read one of the 10 shortest book on your TBR pile
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (165 p.)
Task #30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
I rolled a 1 & 6
Option 1. A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey by Chrissie Wellington. This book is the second on the list of triathlon books link https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Option 6.Romance
ROMANCE as a listed genre on the main page
Jump the Gun by Zoe Burke
verification for genre is https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 45
Total points: 400
25.9 - Alison's Task: All Things NewOption 2 - The Apprentices by Maile Meloy December 17 (published June 2013)
AND
Option 4 - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley January 2
Alan Bradley is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks Completed: 7
Total Books Read: 10
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
25.7 - Janet F's Task: Don't Be CluelessClue 2 - Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers January 4
AND
Clue 4 - The Apothecary by Maile Meloy December 9 (It’s 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London.)
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 185
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total Books Read: 12
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Stacey
5.10 In the Lounge
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which has "book club" as a genre on its front page.
New points: 5
Total points: 175
5.10 In the Lounge
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which has "book club" as a genre on its front page.
New points: 5
Total points: 175
Lacy Stewart20.2 - Mystery Sub-genres
In Deep Voodoo
Author is new to me - Help thread approved #31
25.9 - All Things New
Option 1: October Baby
New to me author and goodreads author
Option 4: Revealed
30.1 Riddle me This
Rolled 1 & 3
Option 1: Making Promises
- carOption 3: Rock Chick Reckoning #6 - Singing
30.3 - Readers also enjoyed
Seduction and Snacks
-----> Checkmate - 11/24/13
Points this Post: 105
Total Points: 150
20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to JoyOption 1
Sight Reading: A Novel
by Daphne Kalotay
Points this task: 20
Total points: 85
Task completed: 6
Goodread authors: 1
Big Books: 500(0), 750(0), 1000(0)
15.2 - The Old and the NewBook 1 - The Arrangement by Mary Balogh January 6
AND
Book 2 - Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone January 3
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 200
Total Tasks Completed: 9
Total Books Read: 14
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
10.8 - Take the PlungeRead a book set in a location where real polar bears plunge: Canada
Short stories by Canadian author, set in Canada
Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
Task total=10
Grand total=260
10.6 - SWLATFrogged by Vivian Vande Velde
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 210
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total Books Read: 15
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!Option 4) GRIFFITH JOYNER. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (a GR Author)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Total GR Authors: 3
30.5 - I LOVE MY TBROPTION 2 - I ROLLED A 6 - The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs which fell into column 6 when the designated parameters were applied.
OPTION 3 - The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman which had a rating of 4.22 when I selected it on 12/27.
Alyson Richman and Susan Wiggs are both Goodreads Authors.
TOTAL POINTS - 300
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 18
BIG BOOKS - 3
15. 9 First or Last?Virals by Kathy Reichs is the 1st book in the Virals series.
**Kathy Reichs is a Goodreads author**
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs has mystery nested subgenre crime
Kathy Reichs is a new-to-me author (read it before Virals and
**she is a Goodreads author**
**Claiming 2 GR author tickets**
Points this post: 35
Goodreads Author tickets this post: 2
Total points: 200
Goodreads author tickets: 12
5.6 -- In the Billiards Room
The Horse and His Boy
Book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
The Horse and His Boy
Book 5 in The Chronicles of Narnia
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 205
Tasks Completed: 13
Books Read: 16
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
Delicious Dee10.6 - SWLAT
Down and Out in Bugtussle: The Mad Fat Road to Happiness - 4ppl have it shelved as humor
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 340
Goodreads Authors: 15
Mod
For task 20.1, I am replacing Parasite (2B, #1 in series)with King and Maxwell, which fits option 5A - word "king" in title of book. Book has 432 pages, so meets minimum page requirements.
New tasks:
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
I chose option 2 and read Parasite, with science fiction as a main page genre.
25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
For my first book, I chose option B, and read You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning - there are recipes at the end of most of the essays. Book has 256 pages.
For my second book, I chose option E, free choice, and read The Sixth Man, 417 pages.
Total page count for both books is 673.
25.11 - Lois's Task: Showtime for Dogs
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read Dead Line by Stella Rimington. Stella is name #32 on the list of most popular female dog names.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read
, with an awfully cute dog on the cover.New points this post: 70
Total points: 410
Suzannesea30.2 Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Option A
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has both fantasy and science fiction as genres on its main page.
Option B - Celsius (C) Scale
Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen has 305 pages.
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 315 points
Task: 10.3 - Donors WantedRead: Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris
Task: 15.2 - The Old and the New
Read:
Old Favorite Author: Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong
New Author: When in Doubt, Add Butter by Beth Harbison
Beth Harbison is a Goodreads author.
Kelley Armstrong is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 75
GR Authors: 3
Big Books: 0
Oma12295.2 -- In the Library
Read a book with the genre "books about books" on its main page.
Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett
Claiming Lorna Barrett as GR author
25.5 Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Option A Read a book by an author whose initials are found in any order in DECORATIONS.
A Place Beyond Courage by Elizabeth Chadwick
Claiming Elizabeth Chadwick as GR author
Claiming A Place Beyond Courage as Big Book
Option C Read a book written by an author named James, Stewart, George, Bailey, Donna, Reed or Mary.
Scribbler of Dreams by Mary E. Pearson
Claiming Mary Pearson as GR author
Points:280/1035
Tasks: 20/59
GR Authors: 11
Big Books:(2)500 pages; ()750 + pages
15.2 - The Old and the NewBook 1 - i read Sycamore Row by John Grisham, who is an old favorite author and a *******Goodreads Author****
Book 2 - I read Never Tell a Lie by an author I have never before read, so she is new to me, ***********Goodreads Author******Hallie Ephron
Points: 115
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 8
GR authors: 6
Big Books: 1
pages read: 3926
BEKKA - 5.5 -- In the Dining RoomFor this task, I read “
” by Laurie Halse Anderson, since it has the name of an eating utensil in its title. Also, Laurie Halse Anderson is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 110
Pages Read this Challenge: 371
Total Pages Read to Date: 2394
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 8
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and EnsembleEnsemble Option 1: Runaway by Alice Munro
A collection of 6 short stories
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
Animal Magnetism by Jill Shalvis
I did not complete task 15.5 in the Fall 2013 Challenge. All of the words in the title of this book begin with letters (AM) found in AUTUMN. And, at 295 pages, it fulfills the requirement of being over 250 pages.
25.8 - OMA1229's task: Children Make Christmas Fun!
Option 1- Novelty Christmas Songs:
by Lewis CarrollYou could find a rabbit in a petting zoo.
Option 2 - International spirit: Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Translated from Swedish. My native language is English.
Points this post: 65
Season Total: 260
15.10 CelebrateRead Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Book Meets SRC Guidelines
Gillian Flynn is a GR Author
Task Completed this Post:1
Total points this task:15
Total Tasks Completed:4
GR Authors:4
Big Books:0
Total Points: 55
Task 10.9 - White Sale! Read a book with something white on the cover. Titles, author names and graphics may be used.
The white thing: the Title of the Book
The Ballad of Beta 2 (1965) by Samuel R. Delany (Mass Market Paperback, 2nd Edition, 124 pages)
150 + 10 = 160
Tasks Completed: 10
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 150 + 10 = 160
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3,646
Read but not claimed: 6
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pick a PairOption 1
1. To Live and Die in Dixie (Callahan Garrity Mystery #2) by Mary Kay Andrews
2. Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews
Points this post: 25
Total points: 245
Jayme(the ghostreader)15.The Murder Happened in the ___with the _____
I chose the words with the so I read Skipping Christmas: Christmas with The Kranks by John Grisham. John Grisham is a goodreads author.
Tasks: 6
Books Completed: 6
Big Books: 0
Goodreads authors: 3:Alex Flinn, Kevin Alan Milne, John Grisham
Total Points: 15
Grand Total: 65
Jen UT5.6 - In the Billiards Room
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Total Points: 45
Total Books Read: 3
Natalie CH25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Option B- FOOD, read a book with recipes:
Gluten Free and Vegan Holidays: Celebrating the Year with Simple, Satisfying Recipes and Menus by Jennifer Katzinger
165 pages
Option E- Gifts, read any book:
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
539 pages
Both books together have 704 pages, fulfilling the 600 page minimum for this task.
Susanna Kearsley is a Goodreads Author.
I'm claiming ONE Big Book ticket for "The Firebird".
I've also noticed that my name appears twice on the Big Book Ticket Readerboard.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 300
Big Book tickets: 5
GRA Tickets: 8
Tasks Completed: 18/59
Lindy-Lanetask 15.10 celebrate!
*read any book of your choice
Manhattans & Murder by Jessica Fletcher
Points this post: 15
Total points: 215
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 15
10.8 - Take the Plunge!Jurassic Heart by Anna Martin ***GRA***
takes place in Alberta, Canada; mentioned in GR plot description
15.1 - The Murder happened in the _____ with a __________.
Book 1: in the
Not In The Nfl
Book 2: with the
All in with the Duke by Ava March ***GRA***
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 96
Points this post: 10 + 15 = 25
Total Points: 510 + 25 = 535
GRA: 27 + 2 = 29
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!Option D: One Bad Apple by Sheila Connolly
*** Sheila Connolly is a Goodreads Author ***
Total points: 155
Total GRA: 6
Total big book tickets: 0
Jessica PDX30.5 - Susan A's Task - I Love My TBR
Option 3 - average rating of 4.13 when I selected it.
by Susanna KearsleyOption 5 - added on 9/17/13
by Laurie R. KingPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 505
BEKKA - 15.2 - The Old and the NewBook 1: For this task, I read “
” by E.L. Konigsburg, since she is an old favorite author of mine. Book 2: For this task, I read “
” by John W. Pilley, since this is an author that is new to me. Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 125
Pages Read this Challenge: 473
Total Pages Read to Date: 2867
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 10
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Task 25.2 Bamaace83's Task: Christmas Memories!Option 2: word "merry"
Merry and Bright by Jill Shalvis
Option 4: food on the cover
by Louisa EdwardsLouisa Edwards and Jill Shalvis are both Goodreads Authors
Points this post: 25
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 15
Goodreads Author: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (2); 1000(0)
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5.7 In the Hall
Alan has 4 letters
Elidor by Alan Garner
10.6 SWAT
Humor on main page
Good Omens
15.9 First or Last?
The last book in the Chronicles of Prydain
The High King
This post 30 points
Total to date 195 points