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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
Suzannesea30.7 Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
I rolled a 3 and a 4.
Option 3 - Bike
True Sisters by Sandra Dallas
There is a two-wheeled handcart on the cover. Approved as a non-motorized/traditional method of transportation in Help Thread post 117.
Option 4 - Run
The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds: Creating Natural Habitats for Properties Large And Small by Stephen W. Kress is a non-fiction book about gardening. I'm looking forward to planting a bird-friendly garden at my new home.
This post: 30 points
Total to date: 430 points
Delicious Dee20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
Hunted - Elizabeth Heiter (GR Author) - shelved as mystery>Crime (5 ppl); Elizabeth Heiter is a new to me author
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 580
Goodreads Authors: 28
BRIAN10.2 - Sochi Sidekicks
by Bob EcksteinThe snowman on the cover representing ice/snow was approved in the help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
Books read: 12
Big Books: 1-0-0 (1)
5.7 - In the HallFew Eggs and No Oranges: The Diaries of Vere Hodgson 1940-45 by Vere Hodgson
4 letter name: Vere
Big book: 590 pages (1 ticket)
Points this post = 5
Total points = 355
Big Book tickets = 6
Goodreads Authors = 5
Sandy MN25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 2
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Goodreads Author and Big Book 849 pages
Option 6 - Re-read
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Goodreads Author and Big Book 1439 pages
Total Points: 315
Total GR Authors: 13
Total Big Books: (5)500;(1)750; (1)1000
5.3 In the Ballroom: Dancer by Emma Clark (has Dancer in the title)***Emma Clark is a Goodreads Author***
15.10 Celebrate! A Matchless Romance (ebook verification thread #3132) by Christi Barth
***Christi Barth is a Goodreads Author***
20.7 Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here? Option 2: Brawn (has "science fiction" on main page)
20.8 Famous December Birthdays! Option 4: Insatiable (451 pages) by Meg Cabot (I in insatiable also found in grIffith joyner)
***Meg Cabot is a Goodreads Author***
25.1 Pick a Pair: I chose option 1 for author Lorelei James and read
Book 1: Wrangled and Tangled (Blacktop Cowboys, #3)
Book 2: Dirty Deeds (non-series)
25.3 Settlers of Catan: rolled a 1 and 4
Option 1: One More Day (340 pages) by M. Malone (the word "more" appears in line 13 of the song)
***M. Malone is a Goodreads Author***
Option 4: A Natural Father (251 pages) by Sarah Mayberry (set in Australia)
***Sarah Mayberry is a Goodreads Author***
50.1 Variety is the Spice of Life:
Option 1(b): Forceful Negotiations (ebook verification thread #3164) by Eden Connor (has "Erotica" on main page)
***Eden Connor is a Goodreads Author***
Option 4(b):
(ebook verification thread #3132)
by Mari Carr (green cover, approved in THT)***Mari Carr is a Goodreads Author***
Option 6: The Geek Job by Eve Langlais (has geek as the MC)
***Eve Langlais is a Goodreads Author***
Total Points this Post: 160
Total Points in Challenge: 810
Books Read: 65
Tasks Completed: 46
GR Authors: 53
Big Book Tickets: 500+(3); 750+(0); 1000+(1)
Task: 5.6 - In the Billiards RoomRead: Scandal in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Lisa Kleypas is a Goodreads author.
Task: 30.5 - Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Read:
Option 2: Retribution by Sherrilyn Kenyon
I rolled a 3.
Option 5: Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton
The book was added to my TBR on 4/27/13.
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a Goodreads author.
One Big Books Ticket for Affliction.
Points this task:35
Total points: 140
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Books: 1
10.7 - Flip the Pagename of a month: AUGUST
August Ice by Dev Bentham ***GRA***
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 150
25.4 - Donna Jo's Task: Snow Is a Four Letter Word
1. Pick a book with a winter weather word in the title: FROST
Agamemnon Frost and the Crown of Towers by Kim Knox ***GRA***
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 89
2. Read a book whose author's first AND last name begins with S, N, O, or W:
N. R. Walker
Sixty Five Hours by N.R. Walker ***GRA***
approved for length SRC ebook verification line 1108
Points this post: 10 + 25 = 35
Total Points: 805 + 35 = 840
GRA: 43 + 3 = 46
JeniferTask 20.1 Check...and Mate!
Ripper: A Novel by Isabel Allende
option 1: military or ex-military character: One of the main characters, Ryan Miller, is an ex-Navy Seal
Task 5.7 In the Hall
The Cost of Love and Sanity by Jaye Cherié
Jaye has 4 letters
**Both Isabel Allende and Jay Cherie are GR authors so I'd like to claim 2 GR author tickets**
Points this post: 25
Grand Total260
GR Authors: 11
Anne (Booklady)20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
I have not read anything by Richard Castle.
Mystery > Crime 299 users
Heat Wave by Richard Castle
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
I did not complete the Fall 2013 challenge. I chose task 10.2 Far, Far Away - I live in the USA and my choice is set in Vietnam.
The Lotus Eaters by *Tatjana Soli
*Tatjana Soli is a Goodreads Author*
Points in This Task: 40
Goodreads Authors in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 605
Totals:
Total Points: 380
Total Goodreads Authors: 15
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(6), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 22/59
Total Books Read: 28
Total Pages Read in Winter 2013-14 SRC: 11,054
JeniferTask 5.4 In the Conservatory
The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda
Points this post: 5
Grand Total = 265
15.8 No Time to Waste. The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom ( GoodReads Author)
At 224 pages, this was one of the ten shortest books on my wish list at my local library.
25.7 Don't Be Clueless
Summerland by Elin Hilderbrand (GoodReads Author)
Clue #3 Where did it happen? On Nantucket Island.
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford (GoodReads Author)
Clue #4 When did it happen:? From the book description: "Shifting between the Great Depression and the 1920's...."
40 points this post
175 total points
3 GR Authors this post
6 total GR Authors
Julie P15.10 - Celebrate!
Requirement: Read a book of choice that meets general SRC requirements
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
*Claiming one (1) 500+ Big Book Ticket*
*Veronica Roth is a Goodreads Author*
Points this task: 15
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Pages read: 3275
Goodreads Author Tickets: 7
Big Book Tickets: 500+ (2) 750+ (0) 1000+ (0)
FANDURY25.11 - Lois's Task: Showtime for Dogs
Option 1: Read a book with any one or more of these words intact in the title or subtitle of the book: Heel, Sit, Stay, Down, and Come
Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
The command Heel is intact in the word Wheel of the title.
Martha Wells is a Goodreads Author!
Option 2: Read a book with a predominantly (at least half) blue OR green cover.
by Chelsea CainThe book was approved in the Help Thread post 27
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 360
Books Read: 22
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
30.6 - Kate S's Task: Beginnings and EndingsOption 1: Best Lines
Book A: Stylist Best 100 Opening Lines
Anna Karenina With Other Short Stories by Leo Tolstoy
Claiming one (+750) Big Book tickets
Book B: Stylist Best 100 Closing Lines
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Points this task: 30
Total: 60
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 4
Goodreads authors:1
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (1); 1000+ (0)
Kathy G.20.8- It's My Birthday!: Skandia's Task: Famous December Birthdays!
Option 3- Read a Jane Austen Book
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Total Points- 165
Total Tasks- 12
Goodreads Authors- 5
Big Books- (500+)- 1
15.1 - The Murder happened in the _____ with a __________.Book 1 - In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Book 2 - Round Ireland with a Fridge
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 2A (horror) - Blackburn
Total points accumulated: 135 (35 in this post)
Total # of big book tickets: 1
Nick KY10.3 Donors. I read Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, one of the classic vampire books.
20.2 Tea’s Mystery Sub-genres. I read A Duty To The Dead by Charles Todd. It has a GR genre/sub-genre of Mystery>Historical Mystery. Charles Todd is a new-to-me author.
30.2 Ty’s Absolute Zero
Option A. “Science Fiction Fantasy” as a genre without nested genres – I read The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Option C. I read Life and Death are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan, which has the word “wearing” (from the bad sentence) in the title.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Life and Death are Wearing Me Out, 552 pp.
Points This Post: 60
Total Points So Far: 700
Total Big Books so Far: 500+ (2)
Jessica PDX15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?
by Benjamin BlackPoints This Post: 15
Total Points: 695
Cindy FTask 10.5 Speakeasy
Book set in 1930"s
I read Elegy for Eddieby Jacqueline Winespear who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:10
Total points:100
Tasks completed:8
Books read:8
Goodreads Authors:1
Big Books: 500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!
A.2 Read a book with a horse on the cover.
by Ginny Rorby. (352 p.)book approved here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 640
10.4 - A Really Big ShowRead a book with a word from one of the songs they performed on that show in the title or subtitle. The word must match exactly
Song: All My Loving
All Roads Lead to Austen: A Year-long Journey with Jane by Amy Elizabeth Smith
15.1 - The Murder happened in the _____ with a __________.
Book 1 must include the phrase “in the” in the title/subtitle.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Book 2 must include the phrase “with a” or "with the" in the title/subtitle.
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
1037 pages Claiming Big Book Ticket
15.4 - Whodunit?
Option 2:
Read one book that satisfies both A and B
A. Read a book with the genre "mystery" on its main page.
B. Read a book whose author's first or last name matches the first or last name of an actor in the movie version of Clue.
Michael McKean as Mr. Green
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly GoodReads Author
Points this task: 40
Total: 120
GR authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!Option 2B: The Wanderer by Robyn Carr
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Tea's Task: Mystery Sub-genres
Blondes Have More Felons by Alesia Holliday
Alesia Holliday is a new-to-me author
Points this post: 40
Total points: 245
Total GRA: 10
Total big book tickets: 0
Kimber10.2 Sochi Sidekicks
by Melissa Foster(snow and icy trees on cover)
__________
10.3 Donors Wanted
A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest
__________
15.4 Whodunit?
Option A: Mystery
Option B: Michael (author's name)
The Ghosts of Varner Creek by Michael Weems
___________
Melissa Foster is a GRA
Bella Forrest is a GRA
Michael Weems is a GRA
___________
Above tasks: 35
# tasks complete to date: 19
GRA: 18
Total 365 points
STACIE MITask 15.1 - The Murder Happened in the ____ with a ____.
For book 1, I read:
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas, 1935 by Katelan Janke
For book 2, I read:
In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks
Points this task: 15
Total points: 335
Tasks completed: 24
Books read: 28
Pages read: 7227
Goodreads authors: 20
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
BEKKA - 5.8 -- In the StudyFor this task, I read “
” by Stephen King, since its both a book about writing and one that features a writer as its main character.Also, Stephen King 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: 160
Pages Read this Challenge: 288
Total Pages Read to Date: 3755
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 13
Goodreads Authors: 5
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
15.10 – Celebrate!Six De Coeur by Carlene Thompson
This post: 15 points
Total to Date = 145 points
//Big Book Tickets: 0
//GR Authors: 3
Mod
I read The Hired Man, set in Croatia - #4 on the wine consumption list.
10.1 - Get a Clue
I read Rude Bitches Make Me Tired: Slightly Profane and Entirely Logical Answers to Modern Etiquette Dilemmas by Celia Rivenbark.
C, L, and E in Celia, U in Rude
Task 25.2 Bamaace83's Task: Christmas Memories!
For my first book, I chose Option 1, and read Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic. "Mary" in the title. 336 pages, so meets minimum page requirement of 250 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Paper Trails: True Stories of Confusion, Mindless Violence, and Forbidden Desires, a Surprising Number of Which Are Not About Marriage. "Paper" in the title. 320 pages, so meets minimum page requirement of 250 pages.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 665
5.7 -- In the HallUncommon Criminals by Ally Carter
Total points: 250
Total GRA: 10
Total big book tickets: 0
20.1. Most Improved Player - Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Check...And Mate!Option 2B: The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
*Alexandra Bracken is a Goodreads Author.
Total Points: 55
Rudy20.7 Shorter is Sweeter- Laurie ME's Task:Is there a Conspiracy to Be Found Here
option 1:11/22/63byStephen KingThe conspiracy is the assassination of JFK. The book is about time travel back to the events leading up to the assassination.
Points this post:20
Total points 240
Books Read: 16
Tasks: 13
Points
15.10I read Once We Were Brothers by *********Goodreads author Ronald H. Balson ***********
Points: 170
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 13
GR authors: 7
Big books: 500(1) 750+ (1)
pages read: 5886
Readerboard Name: Jill ReneeTask - 10.6 SWLAT
Read a book with the genre humor on the book’s main GR page or that appears on a GR “humorous” listopia list such as Funniest Novels of All Time
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Task - 15.6 Happy Birthday, Jim!
Jim Morrison was born December 8, 1943 and The Doors' first album was released in January 1967. Read a book the title of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from the title of one of the songs from the The Doors
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
"Light my Fire"
Books Read this Post: 2
Total Books Read this Challenge: 9
Total Points this Post: 25 (10 + 15)
Total Points this Challenge: 100
GR Authors: 3
Barbara AllenTask #5.6
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
Task# 5.8 In the study
The main character is a journalist
True Believerby Nicholas Sparks
Total points this taask :10
total points:25
Goodreads Author:1
Janet Evanovich is a GRA
Sheila25.1 - Andy P's Task: Pick a Pair
Option 1/Book 1:
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme #4)AND
Option 1/Book 2:
The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver25.7 - Janet F's Task: Don't Be Clueless
Clue 1- Who was there?:
The St. Patrick's Day Murder by Lee Harris(approved in task thread here - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
AND
Clue 2- What is happening? It's
Dirt by Stuart Woods - W and S in authors nameTotal Points = 805
Barbara AllenTask# 15.7 Read a book whose Author's name contains the name of a cocor
Return to Tradd Street byKaren White
points this task 15
Total points 40
GRA this post 0
Total GRA 1
Cindy FTask 15.10 Celebrate!
Book of my choice The Heretics Daughter by Kathleen Kent who is a GOODREADS AUTHOR!
Points this post:15
Total points:115
Tasks completed:9
Books read:9
Goodreads Authors:2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Theresa~OctoberLace 25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 1. Read a book whose page number contains two of the following numbers: 1, 8, 9, 2.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami 1/25/14
I listened to the audiobook. Since there is no MMP listed in English, I'm using the paperbook page count of 180 to qualify.
Option 4. Read a book set primarily (at least 50%) in one of these places...*Tea from China.
Empress Orchid by Anchee Min 1/24/14
This book is set entirely in China.
This post: 25 points
Total to Date = 405 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 9
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 8
25.7 - DON'T BE CLUELESSCLUE 1 - Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn. Approved in message 2 of the help thread https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....
CLUE 2 - Summer Reading by Hilma Wolitzer. S in Summer and W in Wolitzer.
William Kuhn is a Goodreads Author.
TOTAL POINTS - 420
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 23
BIG BOOKS - 3
20.6 I Love To PlanI will admit, this was my task. I am notorious for buying books for specific tasks, and then not getting to it in time before the challenge ends.
So I chose task 10.4 from the Fall 2013 challenge. It was to read a book where the last name of the author is an occupation.
I read In Between Days by Andrew Porter. He is a GR author.
Task Points: 20
Total Points: 160
Good Read Authors: 9
Tasks Completed: 9
Delicious Dee20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
Show No Fear - Marliss Melton (GR Author) - I finished all the 10, 15 and 20 point tasks for the seasons used in the challenge, so went for an old book on my TBR - I added this to GR in June 2010 when I had to re-do my profile, but I bought it from Amazon in September 2009
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 600
Goodreads Authors: 29
Mod
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
option 3B, 3rd in series
The Watcher in the Pine by Rebecca Pawel, 288 pg
25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014 - Hot. Cool. Yours.
I live in the U.S.
Book 1- Asia- Japan: Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Book 2 - Europe - Germany: The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook
25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
option 2, initials AT in TCHAIKOVSKY
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
option 4, set in Spain:
A Death in Valencia by Jason Webster
total = 770
BEKKA - 5.6 -- In the Billiards RoomFor this task, I read “
” by Matt de la Pena, since it is #4 in the “Infinity Ring” series.Also, Matt de la Pena is a Goodreads Author, so I’m claiming a ticket for that as well.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 165
Pages Read this Challenge: 188
Total Pages Read to Date: 3943
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 14
Goodreads Authors: 6
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
5.4 - In the Conservatory
Hideout by Gordon Korman January 12Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks Completed: 14
Total Books Read: 19
Total Goodreads Authors: 9
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me ThisRolled 2 and 6
2 - The Help by Kathryn Stockett January 22
AND
6 - The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Kathryn Stockett is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 290
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Total Books Read: 21
Total Goodreads Authors: 10
Total Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task #
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
I completed all the tasks for the previous challenge so I have picked a book from a pile of books that I've had since roughly 2006,
A Jarful Of Angels by Babs Horton (320 p.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 660
KIMMAHTask #5.4--In the Conservatory
...read a book with plants, leaves on the cover...
the bountiful container by Maggie Stuckey
Read this and planned out my patio garden for 2014
Task #5.7--In The Hall
....Read a book by an author with 4 letters in their first, middle, or last name...
The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter
>Gena -4 letter first name
Gena Showalter is also a GRA
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 0(this is initial post)
(fingers crossed as to correctness....)
KIMMAHTask #5.4--In the Conservatory
...read a book with plants, leaves on the cover...
the bountiful container by Maggie Stuckey
Read this and planned out my patio garden for 2014
Task #5.7--In The Hall
....Read a book by an author with 4 letters in their first, middle, or last name...
The Darkest Lie by Gena Showalter
>Gena -4 letter first name
Gena Showalter is also a GRA
This post: 10 points
Total to date: 0(this is initial post)
(fingers crossed as to correctness....)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan Goodreads Author
10.7 - Flip the Page
February by Lisa Moore
10.8 - Take the Plunge!
Born Weird by Andrew Kaufman Goodreads Author
Set in Canada
10.9 - White Sale!
Points this post: 40
Tasks this post: 4
GRA: 2
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Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 7
Total GRA: 3