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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)

For this I used member Ty.
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
It was the second suggestion and Ty rated it 5 stars.
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great book! XD

Option 1: The Judas Goat with 208 pages
Option 2: Thinner by Stephen King A GR author whose initials are found in TCHAIKOVSKY
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 1
Goodreads authors this post: 1
Total Goodreads authors: 1

Task 15.4 Whodunit?
Option 2 1 Book that satisfies both A&B
Kane and Abelby Jeffrey Archer
"Mystery" genre and Jeffrey for Jeffrey Kramer as the Motorist
592pages claiming 1 BB Ticket
Points thispost:15
Total points:90
Tasks completed:7
Books read:7
Goodreads Authors:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

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I loved it too. Kept me awake till deep into the night and the alarm rang at 07:00h...very astonishing for a non-fiction book :-D

Option 2. Nightmare Before Christmas
A. Read a book with the genre Horror listed on its Goodreads page.
Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) (2011) by Kendare Blake (Hardcover, 316 pages)
**** Goodreads Author **** Kendare Blake
220 + 20 = 240
Tasks Completed: 14
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 220 + 20 = 240
Books read: 18
Pages read: 5,421
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
Read a book with genre Science Fiction
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
I used Galapagos unnecessarily for task 20.8
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 4: B. Read any book featuring a train on the front cover.

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014 - Hot. Cool. Yours.
I'm currently living in Vietnam, and I read:
After Dark by Haruki Murakami, which is set in Japan
and
Slapstick or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut, which is set in a post-apocalyptic United States
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 400
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 28
GR Authors: 2
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Written for adult audience:
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Written for YA audience:
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
* Rainbow Rowell is a goodreads author (both books)
Total Points: 245
Tasks Completed: 13
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 20
Pages Read: 6,639
15.4 - Whodunit?
➥ Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both A and B above.
Killing Floor by Lee Child (Lee Ving as Mr. Boddy)
**Claiming Goodreads Author**
**Claiming Big Book Ticket Item**
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 30
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
➥ Option 2: Read one book that satisfies both A and B above.

**Claiming Goodreads Author**
**Claiming Big Book Ticket Item**
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 15
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 30
Books read: 30
Goodreads authors: 6
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

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Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life by Melissa Joan Hart - ***** - 1/10/2014


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Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - ***** - 1/8/2014


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Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl - **** - 1/12/2014


Knight: B: When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James - *** - 1/9/2014

5.5 In the Dining Room
read
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (claiming Goodreads Author)
10.4 A Really Big Show
read All Our Yesterdaysby Cristin Terrill (claiming Goodreads Author)used the word All
10.8 Take the Plunge
read The Boy on the Bridgeby Natalie Standiford (Claiming Goodreads Author) - story takes place in Russia.
10.9 white Sale
read
by Natalie Standiford (claiming Goodreads Author) the background is white.
20.2 Mystery Sub-Genre
read Transprent by Natalie Whipple subgenre is Mystery>Crime Author is new to me.
25.6 Hot Cool Yours
read
Aquiferby Jonathan Friesen (Claiming Goodreads Author) set in Australia
and
Meant to Be by Jonathan Friesen (Claiming Goodreads Author) set in London England
25.10 Nutcracker Tradition
read for option 1- page numbers include 2 numbres from 1892 See Jane Runby Hannah Jayne pages- 288
and
read for option 2- author initials in TCHAIKOVSKY
The Dirt Diaryby Anna Staniszewski (Claiming Goodreads Author)
Points this task: 105
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors:8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
read
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (claiming Goodreads Author)
10.4 A Really Big Show
read All Our Yesterdaysby Cristin Terrill (claiming Goodreads Author)used the word All
10.8 Take the Plunge
read The Boy on the Bridgeby Natalie Standiford (Claiming Goodreads Author) - story takes place in Russia.
10.9 white Sale
read

20.2 Mystery Sub-Genre
read Transprent by Natalie Whipple subgenre is Mystery>Crime Author is new to me.
25.6 Hot Cool Yours
read
Aquiferby Jonathan Friesen (Claiming Goodreads Author) set in Australia
and
Meant to Be by Jonathan Friesen (Claiming Goodreads Author) set in London England
25.10 Nutcracker Tradition
read for option 1- page numbers include 2 numbres from 1892 See Jane Runby Hannah Jayne pages- 288
and
read for option 2- author initials in TCHAIKOVSKY
The Dirt Diaryby Anna Staniszewski (Claiming Goodreads Author)
Points this task: 105
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 10
Goodreads authors:8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)


25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014 - Hot. Cool. Yours.
REQUIRED: I live in the U.S.
Mistress of Mellyn by Victoria Holt Cornwall, UK, Europe approved in help thread #53
Ring by Koji Suzuki Japan, Asia approved help thread #32
Points this task: 25
Total: 265
GR authors: 12
Books read:20
Tasks Done: 15

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Option 3: Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - ***** - 1/14/2014


20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and Ensemble
Option B - The Lady Most Likely...: A Novel in Three Parts - Julia Quinn (GR Author) - written by 3 authors, but no distinct separations between the different parts of the story - in fact, I had a hard time guaging who was writing what couple
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 435
Goodreads Authors: 19
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Beyond Comparison
for Book A, I compared books with SRC member Desi and read The Cuckoo's Calling.
For Book B, I compared books with Dlmrose and read The Breaking Wave
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
I rolled a 3 and a 6.
For 3, a book with a non-motorized method of transportation on the cover, I read
, with a bicycle on the cover.
For 6, a book with the genre "romance" on its main page, I read Busman's Honeymoon.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 625
for Book A, I compared books with SRC member Desi and read The Cuckoo's Calling.
For Book B, I compared books with Dlmrose and read The Breaking Wave
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
I rolled a 3 and a 6.
For 3, a book with a non-motorized method of transportation on the cover, I read

For 6, a book with the genre "romance" on its main page, I read Busman's Honeymoon.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 625

Option 1 - Evangeline Anderson
Book 1 (series): The Assignment (The Assignment #1)
Book 2 (standalone): Kidnapped for Christmas; ebook app'd @694
25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Option C (James): The Duke Is Mine - Eloisa James; 367 pgs
Option E: A to Z - Marie Sexton; 236 pgs
367+236 > 600
25.7 - Janet F's Task: Don't Be Clueless
Clue 1: Dr. Hugh Mann - Mark Tufo
Clue 2: Hot Sahara Wind - Emma Wildes
S & W - Sahara Wind
25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 2: Until Fountain Bridge - Samantha Young
ebook app'd @1506; SY found in TCHAIKOVSKY
Option 5:

25.11 - Lois's Task: Showtime for Dogs
Option 1 (down): Down London Road
Option 2:

Points this post: 125
Total points: 550

20.9 Moderator's Pet Love of Christmas Movies
Option 3-Christmas on the main page
Jingle Bell Bark by Laurien Berenson. This author is a Goodreads author. This book is 288pp.
Tasks: 6
Books Completed: 6
Big Books: 0
Goodreads authors: 3:Alex Flinn, Kevin Alan Milne, Laurien Berenson
Total Points: 20
Grand Total: 70



A Kind Man by Susan Hill
Tree and grasses on the cover
Points this post = 5
Total points = 320
Big Book tickets = 5
Goodreads Authors = 5

Ensemble Option 1:
Tenth of December by George Saunders
+20 Task
Grand Total: 375

Kiss Me, Dancer by Alicia Street (Goodreads author)
Title includes the word "Dancer," ebook approved in Google doc line #695
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
Option 2,B: Every Broken Trust: A Mystery by Linda Rodriguez (Goodreads author)
Book #2 in the Skeet Bannion series, 304 pages.
20.8 - It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
Option 4: Hungry for You by Lynsay Sands
H,F,Y appear in "Griffith Joyner," 353 pages
20.10 - Group Reads
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) BIG BOOK TICKET 588 pgs
Link to MMP: American Gods
Posted in discussion thread msg #7
30.5 Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 2: About a Dragon by G.A. Aiken
Rolled a 4
Option 4: Wild Card by Lora Leigh
Book was added on 10/28/2009
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
Rolled 1: Power of the Raven by Aimee Thurlo (Goodreads author)
Author's initials are found in "Triathlon"
Rolled 4: How to Build a Fire: And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew by Erin Bried
This book had instructions for a number of skills I've always wanted to learn to do or improve on, such as selecting meat, tying a tie, and throwing a football correctly.
Total Points This Post: 125
Total Tasks This Post: 6
Goodreads Authors This Post: 4
Grand Total Points: 325/1035
Total Books Read: 22
Tasks Completed: 15/58
Total Goodreads Authors: 12
Big Book Tickets This Post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 3

1A. Pawn: military character
Strength of the Pack by Kendall McKenna ***GRA***
MC military per GR plot description
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
Opt 2: science fiction listed as genre on main page
To Clan and Conquer
Points this post: 20 + 20 = 40
Total Points: 655 + 40 = 695
GRA: 35 + 1 = 36

25.4 - Donna Jo's Task - Snow is a Four-Letter Word
Option 1 - "Cold" in title

Option 4 - Set in Finland

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 565

***Nicole Williams is a Goodreads Author***
15.2 The Old and the New:
book 1: Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich (an old favorite)
***Janet Evanovich is a Goodreads Author***
book 2: Fixed on You by Laurelin Paige (new to me)
***Laurelin Paige is a Goodreads Author***
15.9 First or Last? My Body-His (first in the My Body Trilogy)
***Blakely Bennett is a Goodreads Author***
25.2 Christmas Memories!
Option 1: A Matter of Time, Vol. 1 (280 p) by Mary Calmes (has Mary in author's name)
***Mary Calmes is a Goodreads Author***
Option 2: Christmas Carol Murder (272 p) by Leslie Meier (has "Christmas" in the title)
***Leslie Meier is a Goodreads Author***
25.5 These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: (books are 244 pages and 376 pages which totals 620 pages)
Option A: Submission by Chris Owen (authors initials found in deCOrations)
Option E: Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters
***Pepper Winters is a Goodreads Author***
25.7 Don't Be Clueless:
Clue 1: Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse by Lee Goldberg (has Mr. in the title)
***Lee Goldberg is a Goodreads Author***
Clue 2:Worth the Scandal by Karen Erickson (W & S in Worth & Scandal)
***Karen Erickson is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 110
Total Points in Challenge: 650
Books Read: 54
Tasks Completed: 39
GR Authors: 45
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(1)

25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pick a Pair
Option 1:
Author: *David Baldacci
Book 1: Series - The Sixth Man (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell #5)
Book 2: Stand Alone - One Summer
*David Baldacci is a Goodreads Author*
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
I rolled a 2 and 4.
Option 2: It's popular - 81,304 ratings.
Defending Jacob by *William Landay
Option 4: ARGH in Title -HemingwAy's GiRl
Hemingway's Girl by *Erika Robuck
*William Landay is a Goodreads Author*
*Erika Robuck is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 55
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 3
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 1553

Totals:
Total Points: 290
Total Goodreads Authors: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(5), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 17/59
Total Books Read: 22
Total Pages Read in Winter 2013-14 SRC: 8625

Option 2: The Little Prince & Letter to a Hostage by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry This book was originally published in French. My native language is English.
Option 3: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
**Awards: Newbery Medal (1961), Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1961), Nene Award (1964)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 50
Tasks this post: 1
Total tasks: 2
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Total Goodreads authors 1

I chose Summer 2013 challenge task 10.4 THE SUNSHINE STATE which I did not complete. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I read The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo which takes place mostly in California.
Courtney Miller Santo is a Goodreads Author.
20.8 - FAMOUS DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
OPTION 1 - WOODY ALLEN - HANNAH - Fly Away by Kristin Hannah.
Kristin Hannah is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 340
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 20
BIG BOOKS - 3

20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
Option 2- read a book with Science Fiction as a genre
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood is a Goodreads Author
points this task:20
total points: 360
Big book Tickets:5
GRA Tickets: 9
tasks completed:21/59


➜ Task # 5.6 - In the Billiards Room
Slade by Sarah McCarty
(series: Shadow Wranglers, #4)
➜ Task # 10.9 - White Sale!
Immortal Desires by Laura Eno

Laura Eno is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 15 points
Total to Date = 45 points
GR Authors: 3

15.5 - Mysteries Can Be Real.
Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery by Robert Kolker has True Crime on its main page.
20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
Option 2: Three word title, all one syllable: Next to Love by Ellen Feldman
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option D: Forbidden by Ted Dekker is the first book in the The Book of Mortals series and is 384 pages.
Ted Dekker is a goodreads author.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 295
GR Authors: John Searles, Alafair Burke, Debbie Macomber, Nicholas Sparks, Liane Moriarty, Matt Haig, Rainbow Rowell, Kristin Hannah, Ted Dekker
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)

The Kingmakers by Clay Griffith
15.10 – Celebrate!
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George
Points This Post: 25
Total Points Earned: 40
Total Books Read: 4
GoodReads Authors: 3

Task 25.2 Bamaace83's Task: Christmas Memories!
Option 2 - The Wish List - Gabi Stevens (GR Author) - wish from we WISH you a merry christmas in the title
Option 4 -

Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 460
Goodreads Authors: 21

5.8 -- In the Study
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris - **** - 1/14/2014


20.1 2A

by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)
20.5 D Adam Canfield of the Slash by Michael Winerip
20.7 Option 2Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow (Goodreads Author)

15.9 First or Last?
latest published in Nina Borg series
Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Option 4A: Listed on the strong female characters list. Number 16 on 12/12/13
Task 15.10 – Celebrate!
The True Diary of a Bride-To-Be by Charlie Plunkett
**Charlie Plunkett is a Goodreads Author**
Points this post: 35
Total points: 55
Tasks this post: 2
Total Tasks Completed: 3
Total Books Read: 3
Total Pages Read: 1027
Total GoodReads Authors: 1
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()

Clue 2- Read a book with at least one word each starting with W & S.
Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories by Saul Bellow
With, Stories
Clue 4- Read a book with at least one 4 digit calendar year in the GR book description.
Mrs. Paine's Garage and the Murder of John F. Kennedy by Thomas Mallon
November 22, 1963 mentioned in GR description.
Task total=25
Grand total=345

5.9 -- In the Cellar
Read a book set in one of the top 10 countries for wine consumption. I chose France.
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain is set mostly in Paris. Paula McLain is a GR Author
Points this task: 5
Total: 5
GR Authors: 1
Stacey
Task 30.3: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book A: In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose
Book B: When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America, found on the necessary list 12/31/13.
New points: 30
Total points: 220
Task 30.3: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book A: In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose
Book B: When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America, found on the necessary list 12/31/13.
New points: 30
Total points: 220

10.3 Donors Wanted
Book featuring vampires
Interview with the Vampire
10.8 Take the Plunge
Book set in Canada
Anne of Windy Willows
20.4 Ode to Joy
Option 3 – 1 E in title (the) and 2 E’s in author’s name (hee)
The Bird by Jung-hee Oh
25.9 All Things New
Option #1 Book by a Goodreads Author whom I have never read before.
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Option #3 Book #1 of a series – The Long Earth
The Long Earth
This post 65 points
Total to date 260 points

Read a book with the genre humor on the book’s main GR page.
Unfamiliar Fishes (2011) by Sarah Vowell (Hardcover, 238 pages)
240 + 10 = 250
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 240 + 10 = 250
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,659
Read but not claimed: 4
Goodreads Authors: 7
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+

Task 15.8- No time to waste
Green Angel by Alice Hoffman was 128 pgs
Points this post: 15
Total points: 120

25.5 - Bluemoon's Task - These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Option C - "Reed" in author's name

Option E - Free choice

Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 590

15.7 Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?
Hide and Seek by P.S. Brown
__________
20.6 I Love To Plan
*From Summer 2013 (task I did NOT complete)...
10.2 -- Live Long and Prosper
Tortoises generally have lifespans comparable with those of human beings, and some individuals are known to have lived longer than 150 years. Because of this, they symbolize longevity in some cultures, such as China. ➜ Read a book with the genre "Classics" listed on its main page.
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (346 pages)
P.S. Brown is a GRA
Above tasks:35 points
# tasks complete: 13
GRA: 11
Total points: 245

10.3 - Donors Wanted Read a book featuring vampires.
Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice 1/15/14
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 370 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 9
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 6

10.1 - Get a Clue
Open City by Teju Cole
C, L, and E in Author's last name
U in Author's first name
Points in this task: 10
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5.10 -- In the Lounge
Read a book that has "book club" or "book group" as a genre on its main page.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Book listed as book club in message 13 in genre verification thread.
10.1 - Get a Clue
Read a book with all the letters C, L, U, E found in any combination of the title, subtitle, series title or author's name
Required:Indicate where the letters are found
Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck
C= author's last name beCk
L=Title word gLazed
U=title word mUrder
E= author's first name jEssica
Points:295/1035
Tasks: 22/59
GR Authors: 11
Big Books:(2)500 pages; ()750 + pages