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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
10.4 - A Really Big Show Till There Was YOU
by Jojo MoyesPoints this task: 10
Total: 10
GR authors: 0
Books read: 1
Tasks Done: 1
LAUREL CATASK 15.10 CELEBRATE!
Read any book that meets SRC guidelines, to celebrate National Book month.
The Joshua Stone
I read the paperback edition, 416 pages.Claiming James Barney as a GR author.
Big Book Tickets: 0
Points this task: 15
Total points: 30
Andy P.30.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Option A.read a book with BOTH fantasy and science fiction as genres on the main page.
Between Planets by Robert A. Heinlein
Option C. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
, read any book with a title that contains a 5-or-more-letter word in the 2013 winning entry.
"little palatable meat there was to sweat" Word is "Sweat"
Blood, Sweat & Tea: Real-Life Adventures in an Inner-City Ambulance by Tom Reynolds
Points this post: 30
Total points: 430
First time poster!! ((Hope I do this right))So far,
5.4 In the Conservatory
----It has a flowering tree branch on the cover
10.3 Donors Wanted
Stoker's Manuscript
--has Castle Bran on the cover and the entire plot is about vampires and it is set in Romania for the most part.
10.9 White Sale
--the title is in white
Points this task: 25
Points total : 25
Books Read : 3
Tasks Done : 3
Hope I did this correctly and looking forward to getting a few more this weekend at the library. So excited for in sunburned country by Bill Bryson about Australia!
Task 25.7 - Janet F's Task: Don't Be CluelessClue 2- What is happening? Read a book with at least one word each starting with W & S in the title, subtitle and/or author first and last names.
Walker & Shadows
The Walker in Shadows (1979) by Barbara Michaels (Paperback, 308 pages)
Clue 3- Where did it happen? Read a book that has a primary setting on a named real or fictional island or archipelago (excluding continental islands/land masses like Australia or Antarctica).
Set on the Caribbean Island of Martinique
The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives (2002) by Ernest Zebrowski Jr. (Hardcover, 292 pages)
160 + 25 = 185
Tasks Completed: 11
Points for this post: 25
Points thus far: 160 + 25 = 185
Books read: 14
Pages read: 4,246
Read but not claimed: 5
Goodreads Authors: 3
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Sandy MN30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
Rolled 2, 4
Option 2: Popular
Cujo by Stephen King
(106,807 ratings)
Option 4: A-R-G-H
Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith Goodreads author
Total Points: 275
Total GR Authors: 10
Kristi CO30.1 Riddle Me This
I rolled 4 + 6
Option 4: A-R-G-H
Floating in My Mother's Palm by Ursula Hegi
Option 6: reader's choice
Orphan Train: A Novel by Christina Baker Kline
Christina Baker Kline is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0
Task #10.5 - SpeakeasyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
first published in 1925
Task #15.3 - Happy Valentine’s Day!
Option 2:
Nauti Nights by Lora Leigh
Task #15.9 - First or Last?
Nauti Boy by Lora Leigh
#1 book in the Nauti series
Task #20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
Option 4
Hunted by Rebecca Zanetti (GR Author)
ALL the words in the title begin with the letters found in the name GRIFFITH JOYNER - Hunted
Task #30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Beyond Comparison
Book A: Knight by Kristen Ashley (GR Author)
SRC Member: Fran
Book B: When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James (GR Author)
SRC Member: Ty
Points this Post: 90
Totals:
Total Points: 205
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Tasks Completed: 17
Total Books Read: 18
10.4 - A Really Big ShowBeatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show. Read a book with a word from one of the songs they performed on that show in the title or subtitle.
Song:I Want to Hold Your Hand
Word: to
Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer by C.S. Lewis
Task total=10
Grand total=270
25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite ThingsOption A - DECORATIONS
by Carol O'Connell - 384 pgsOption E - THE GIFTS
by Margaret Maron - 272 pgsTotal page count 656
+25 task
Task total: 25
Grand total: 50
Post #1430.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
2)The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
6)The Warrior by Margaret Mallory Romance on main page
Neil Gaiman and Margaret Mallory are both GR authors
Points this task: 30
Total: 240
GR authors: 12
Books read:18
Tasks Done: 14
Shannon South Africa30.1 Riddle me This
Rolled 1, 4
1) It's big: large object on cover
by Jeffrey ArcherBig objects: ship, buildings
4) It can be frustrating: letters ARGH in title
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
nortHAnGeR
Task points: 30
Challenge points: 30
Natalie CH10.3 - Donors Wanted
Vampires as a genre on the main page
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
points this post: 10
total points: 310
Big Book tickets: 5
GRA Tickets: 8
tasks completed: 19/59
15.10 Celebrate Tea at the Grand Tazi Alexandra Singer - book of your choice
Task points 15
Total points 245
BBTicket 2
Laurie ME10.8: Take the Plunge: set in Quebec, Canada:
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
15.4: Whodunnit? both a mystery and Jeffrey Kramer the motorist:
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
20.10: Group Read: #17:
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas. Lisa Kleypas is a GRA.
25.11: Lois's Task: Showtime for Dogs:
1. Down: Don't Look Down by Jennifer Crusie. Jennifer Crusie is a GRA.
2. green: Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier.
Points this Post: 70.
Total Points: 235.
2 GRA this post.
SOELO5.7 - In the Hall
The Sea of Monsters: The Graphic Novel
Rick Riordan has 4 letters in his first name and is a GR author.
10.1 - Get a Clue
Don't Know Much About Anything: Everything You Need to Know but Never Learned About People, Places, Events, and More!
The subtitle has the words You and Places
20.2 - Mystery Sub-genres
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
This has the subgenre of Mystery > Crime.
Alan Bradley is new to me and a GR author.
previous points: 85
Points this post: 35
Total: 120
GR authors: 7
15.2 - The Old and the NewBook 1: Drawn Together by Z.A. Maxfield who is an "old favorite" of mine.
Book 2: Redemption by Olivia Duncan Craig who is a new author to me.
[E-book verification at line 978]
25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 2: Nowhere Ranch by Heidi Cullinan which has the initials H and C for TCHAIKOVSKY.
Option 5: Tooth & Nail by Mary Calmes has a man wearing a suit and tie on the cover.
[Task verification at line 20]
[E-book verification at line 1459]
*** Z.A. Maxfield is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Olivia Duncan Craig is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Heidi Cullinan is a Goodreads Author ***
*** Mary Calmes is a Goodreads Author ***
Points this Post: 40
Goodreads Author(s): 4
TOTAL
Total Points to Date: 635
Total Tasks Completed: 39
Total Goodreads Authors: 44
Jayme VA20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison
This book is shelved as Mystery > Crime by 20 people. Approved in Help Thread Message #46. Harrison is a new to me author.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 240
GR Authors: John Searles, Alafair Burke, Debbie Macomber, Nicholas Sparks, Liane Moriarty, Matt Haig, Rainbow Rowell, Kristin Hannah
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!Option 2B: Flesh - Kylie Scott
#1 of Flesh series, 284 pages
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
The Tinder Box - Minette Walters
Mystery>Crime genre; new to me author
20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and Ensemble
Option 1: Under Her Skin - Frost, Brook, & Andrews
ebook app'd @1491; short story in description
20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
Option 2: Sticks & Stones - Urban & Roux
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option D: Never Seduce a Scot - Maya Banks
#1 of Montgomery & Armstrong series; 372 pages
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
finished all tasks from Summer and Fall 2013; book has been on TBR since Jun 9, 2013 (7 months); 372 pages
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
Option 2 (Sci-fi): My Fair Captain - J.L. Langley
20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
Option 4: Frigid - J. Lynn
F in GRIFFITH JOYNER; 260 pages
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 5: The Age of Miracles - Karen Walker
book added to TBR on December 2, 2013; 284 pages
20.10 - Group Reads
Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
comment #38 in discussion thread
Points this post: 200
Total points: 425
15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Sarlet?The author's name contains the colour GOLD
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Total points 220
25.3 Settlers of CatanRoll 2: Road on the cover
Paper Towns by John Green
* John Green is a goodreads author
Roll 1: Word from lyrics "before"
by Jojo MoyesTotal Points: 220
Tasks Completed: 12
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 18
Pages Read: 5,975
Kimber10.7 Flip The Page
Mrs. Tuesday's Departure by Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson
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10.8 Take The Plunge
Dominatus by D.W. Ulsterman
(set in Alaska)
Suzanne elizabeth Anderson is a GRA
Above tasks: 20 points
# tasks completed to date: 8
GRA: 7
Total points: 160
MARWA 15.9 - First or Last?
Read a book that is either the first book in a series or the last (or latest) published book in a series.
Book: عابر سرير or "The Bed Hopper" by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, a Goodreads author. It's the last book in the "Memory of the Flesh" Triology.
Points claimed for this post:15
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed so far: 6
Books Read for this challenge so far: 6
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets:500(1), 750(0), 1000(0)
Mod
5.6 -- In the Billiards Room
Law of Return by Rebecca Pawel
Tejada #2
25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pick a Pair
option 2
book 1- Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall also published with the title The Carhullan Army
book 2 - Murder at Mt. Fuji by Shizuko Natsuki
Originally published in Japanese, my native language is English
25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
option C, author named Donna
Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon, 290 pages
option D, favorite carol, Do You Hear What I Hear, word = hear
I Hear the Sirens in the Street: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel by Adrian McKinty, 320 pages
290+320 = 610 pages
total = 550
15.2 - The Old and the New
➥ Read two books:
Book 1 – read a book by an author who’s an “old favorite” of yours.
Dancing Girlsby Margaret Atwood **Claiming Goodreads Author**
Book 2 – read a book by an author who is new to you.
The Metamorphosisby Franz Kafka
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥ Read two books:
Book 1 – read a book by an author who’s an “old favorite” of yours.
Dancing Girlsby Margaret Atwood **Claiming Goodreads Author**Book 2 – read a book by an author who is new to you.
The Metamorphosisby Franz KafkaTotals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 260
Tasks completed: 27
Books read: 27
Goodreads authors: 4
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Janice CA30.1 - Riddle Me This
rolled: 1 & 4
Option 1: Large object on the cover
object: RV
The Ride of Our Lives: Roadside Lessons of an American Family by Mike Leonard
and
Option 4: A-R-G-H found in title
just HeRe tryinG to sAve a few lives
Just Here Trying to Save a Few Lives: Tales of Life and Death from the ER by Pamela Grim
+30
total: 75
tasks: 5
books: 6
25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker TraditionOption 1: Existence by Abbi Glines (162 pages)
Option 2: Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
15.2 - The Old and the NewOld Favorite:
Let It Snow by Heidi Cullinan ***GRA***
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 721
Heidi Cullinan is an old favorite
New Author:
Provoked
Joanna Chambers is a new author for me
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 955
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 535 + 15 = 550
GRA: 29 + 1 = 30
Elizabeth P10.5 - Speakeasy
Read a book published in or set in 1919, the 1920s, or the 1930s.
by Libba Bray** Goodreads Author ** Libba Bray
Big Book 500+ pages
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Goodread authors: 1
Big Books: 1
Tasks Complete:1
Director KatRepost as requested.
20.6 I love to Plan
Using task 10.8 Fall Back in Fall challenge 2013
This book tells the story of Lavinia Warren who was alive from 1841 – 1919. I was born about 50 years after she died.
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb
Melanie Benjamin
Melanie Benjamin is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post:20
Total points:85
Big book Tickets:0
Goodread Authors:2 + 1 in this post = 3
Jenifer Task 15.8 No Time to Waste
Candide by Voltaire
At 121 pages, this was one of the shortest books on my tbr.
Task 15.10 Celebrate!
book of free choice
Please Look After Mom by Shin Kyung-sook
Points this post: 30
Grand Total = 210 pts
Director Kat5.10 In the Lounge
Book Club as a Genre.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Maria Semple
Maria Semple is a Goodreads Author.
10.2 Sochi Sidekicks
Book that has snow on the cover.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
by Rachel Cohnand David Levithan
David Levithan is a Goodreads Author.
20.2 Tea's Tasks:Mystery Sub-genres.
New to me goodreads author with sub genre of cozy detective.
The Merlot Murders
by Ellen Crosby
Ellen Crosby is a Goodreads Author.
20.5 Out with the old and in with the new
Option A.
This book was put in my to be read list on May 8, 2012. The book has 327 pages
The Selection
by Kiera Cass
Kiera Cass is a Goodreads Author.
Points this post:55
Total points:140
Big book Tickets:0
Goodread Authors:3 + 4 in this post = 7
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Jim!Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews
Track #9: "End of the Night"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 260
Sheila20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option B: Favorite Author
Dark Horse by Tami Hoag20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
Option 4) December 21 - Florence Griffith Joyner
The Halo Effect by M.J. RoseTotal Points = 560
Natalie CH30.6 - Kate S's Task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 1
Book A- Number 39 on 100 best first lines
Paradise by Toni Morrison
Book B- best last lines, see: 100 best last lines
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
points this task: 30
total points: 340
Big Book Tickets: 5
GRA Tickets: 8
tasks completed: 20/59
Delicious Dee10.9 - White Sale!
book moving
- white writing on the cover15.9 - First or Last?
Reaver - Larissa Ione (GR Author) - most recent book in the Lords of Deliverance series - next book is due out late Winter 2014 (although has a GR record already)
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
rolled 1 and 5
1 - its Big -
- Sara Paretsky (GR Author) - there is a church on the cover which would hold more than 2 ppl in it5 - its addicting - Rage - the main character is addicted to cutting herself - approved in the THT; book moved from 10.9
Points this Post: 45 (plus 10 that has been moved)
Total Points: 385
Goodreads Authors: 16
Tea5.8 - In the Study
Bad Company by K.A. Mitchell
- main character is columnist and newspaper editor
10.3 - Donors Wanted
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
- vampires as genre on main book page
*** Jim Butcher is GR author ***
10.5 - Speakeasy
A Test Of Wills by Charles Todd
- book is set in 1919
*** Charles Todd is GR author ***
30.5 - Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 2
rolled 4
Dead Secret by Beverly Connor
Option 5
Never Love a Highlander by Maya Banks
- book was added on my TBR on Oct 27th 2013
Points This Post: 55
Total points: 370
Tasks Completed: 22
Total Books Read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 19
Big Books: 500 (/), 750 (/), 1000 (/)
Suzannesea25.9 Alison's Task: All Things New
Option # 2: New Books
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith was first published in October 2013. I read it in January 2014.
Option # 3: New Series
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming is the first book in the Clare Fergusson & Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries series.
This post: 25 points
Total to date: 340 points
Jessica PDX25.7 - Janet F's Task - Don't Be Clueless
Option 2 - W and S words
by William BoydOption 5 - "Life" in title
by Don WinslowPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 530
15.8 No Time to WasteRead Fate by Tallulah Grace
Tallulah Grace is a GR Author
Fate has 154 pages
Tasks this post:1
Points this post: 15
Total Tasks completed:5
GR Authors:5
Big Books:0
Total Points: 70
BRIAN30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
I rolled a 3 and a 6
Option 3 - main character does something I enjoy
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
The main character, Roy Hobbs, is a professional baseball player, the sport I most enjoy playing and watching.
Option 6 - book of my choice
Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Books read:9
Big Books: 1-0-0 (1)
20.9 - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas FilmsOption 5:
Into Thin Air: A personal account of the Everest disaster by Jon Krakauer
Added to my TBR on January 6th, 2014
Points this post = 20
Total points = 300
Big Book tickets = 5
Goodreads Authors = 4
15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?The Edge of Always by J.A. Redmerski
color RED in Redmerski
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 16
Goodreads Author: 14
Big Book Tickets: 500 (1); 750 (2); 1000(0)
Mod
I chose option B, and read An Old Betrayal the most recent book by Charles Finch, a favorite author. The book has 304 pages, so meets the minimum page requirement.
25.4 - Donna Jo's Task: Snow Is a Four Letter Word
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Songs of Willow Frost, with the winter weather word "frost" in the title.
For my second book, I chose option 3, and read The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion - 6 words in title, since hyphenated words count as 1 word.
30.3 - Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
For my first book, I read The Elephant to Hollywood.
For my second book, I read The Garner Files: A Memoir, listed under "Readers Also Enjoyed," both today and when I chose the book on November 23.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 485
15.9 - First or Last?Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale January 10 (Rapunzel's Revenge #1)
Shannon Hale is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 235
Total Tasks Completed: 12
Total Books Read: 17
Total Goodreads Authors: 8
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!Option D - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear January 9
Jacqueline Winspear is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks Completed: 13
Total Books Read: 18
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
15.5 - Mysteries Can Be Real.
➥Read a book with the genre “true crime” on its main page.
Columbine by David Cullen **Claiming Goodreads Author**
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥Read a book with the genre “true crime” on its main page.
Columbine by David Cullen **Claiming Goodreads Author**Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 275
Tasks completed: 28
Books read: 28
Goodreads authors: 5
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Erin ATX10.9 - White Sale
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden by Jessica Sorensen. *Goodreads Author*
Their shirts on the cover are white.
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 15
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
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I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb January 7 (C - Class, L - Lieb, U - Unspeakable, E - Evil)
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 220
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total Books Read: 16
Total Goodreads Authors: 7
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)