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WINTER CHALLENGE 2013
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Winter Challenge 2013: Completed Tasks (Do Not Delete Posts)
NiWa15.10 – Celebrate! (read any book of choice)
Inferno by Dan Brown
Points this Post: 15
Total Challenge Points: 125
Goodreads Author Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
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20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
option 3, 3 E's
What Changes Everything by Masha Hamilton
what changEs EvErything masha hamilton
total = 1035
Andy P.Task # 5.7 -- In the Hall
Read a book written by an author with 4 letters in their last name Dancing Dogs: Stories by Jon Katz Katz has four letters in his last name
Task #10.10 'Tis The Season
Read a book with the genre "holiday" on the book's main page. Holly by Jude Deveraux. Holiday appears on this book's mp.
Points this post: 15
Total points:750
Andy P.Task # 30.3 - Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book A. Critical Conditions by Stephen White
Book B.Skin and Bone by Kathryn Fox
These books were accessed on 11/20/13
Points this post: 30
Total points: 780
10.4 - A Really Big ShowSong: All My Loving Word: Loving
Loving Evangeline by Linda Howard
15.6 - Happy Birthday, Jim!
Song: Break on Through (To the Other Side)
Word: Break
Lucky Break by J. Minter
15.7 - Professor Plum? Miss Scarlet?
Author: Cherry
Take Me by Cherry Adair
***Cherry Adair is a Goodreads Author***
Task 25.2 Bamaace83's Task: Christmas Memories!
Option 1: Mary
Loving A Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
Option 2: Christmas
A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr
Points this post: 65
Total points: 675
Tasks completed: 37
Books read: 51
Goodreads authors: 27
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, RunI rolled a 6 and a 2
Option 6 - Romance genre Storm Glass by ***Goodreads Author Maria V. Snyder.
Option 2 - Object on cover big enough to swim in Castle Cay
by ***Goodreads Author Lee HansonPoints this post: 30
Total Points: 115
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 10
GoodReads Authors: 8
Big Books: 500+ (1), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
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Sheila30.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Option A:
Daniel X: Game Over: by James PattersonAND
Option C: (the word is beneath)
Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda JonesTotal Points = 1005
dawn9930.1 Riddle Me This
I rolled a 4 and 6
Option 4 - letters A-R-G-H in title: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
THe Dog Stars
Option 6 - reader's choice: The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
pts. this post: 30
Total points: 220
Theresa~OctoberLace 10.4 - A Really Big Show Read a book with a word from one of the
songs they performed on that show in the title or subtitle.
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord 2/2/14
Song: I Want to Hold Your Hand
Word: "to"
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 415 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 9
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 8
Theresa~OctoberLace 10.6 - SWLAT Read a book with the genre humor on the book’s main GR page...
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen 1/29/14
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 425 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 9
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 8
Theresa~OctoberLace 10.8 - Take the Plunge! Read a book set in a location where real polar bears plunge: ...Russia
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1/25/14
This post: 10 points
Total to Date = 435 points.
Big Book Tickets to date: 9
Goodreads Author Tickets to date: 8
30.6 - Kate S's Task: Beginnings and EndingsOption 3: Author’s body of work
book 1 published 2010
Moon Spell by Samantha Young
book 2 published 2014
Before Jamaica Lane by Samantha Young
Samantha Young is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 30
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 25
Goodreads Author: 19
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2); 750 (2); 1000(0)
Oma122930.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Option A-For this option, read a book with BOTH fantasy and science fiction as genres on the main page.
Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines
Claiming Jim Hines as GR author
Option 2- Read a book with a page count with digits from the chosen scale INCLUDING the digit 0. I chose scale C - 0 plus allowed digits 1,2,3,5,7 with no repeated digits ex. 203, 370, 150.
Family Skeletons by Rett MacPherson-book has 207 pages
Points:495/1035
Tasks: 32/59
GR Authors: 13
Big Books:(2)500 pages; (1)750 + pages
Kimber25.10 Nutcracker Tradition
Option 3 - (children genre on main gr page)
Hattie Ever After by Kirby Larson
Option 4 - (set in France)
Scarlette by Davonna Juroe
* ebook verif post 3060
__________
Kirby Larson is a gra
Davonna Juroe is a gra
__________
Above task: 25
# tasks complete: 22
GRA: 22
Total points: 445
JOLIE5.4 -- In the Conservatory
Book with plant or flower on cover. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield5.10 -- In the Lounge
Book with Book Club in genre listing. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option B: Escape by reading a book by a favorite author. The St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Goodreads authors this post: 0
Goodreads authors (total): 1
Big books this post: 0
Big books (total): 2 (500+)
Congrats, Dlmrose.Getting close there, Sheila!
Coralie30.6 Beginnings and Endings
Option 1 Best Lines
From the 100 Best First Lines from Novels
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
From the Stylist best 100 Closing Lines
The Hours
This post 30 points
Total to date 495 points
Oma122930.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
I rolled a #2 and a #4.
Option 2-It's Popular: read a book that has more than 50,000 ratings
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Option 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
Ivy and IntRiGue: A Very Selwick cHristmas by Lauren Willig
Claiming Lauren Willig as GR author
Points:525/1035
Tasks: 33/59
GR Authors: 14
Big Books:(2)500 pages; (1)750 + pages
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20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
option 3, 3 E's
What Changes Everything by Masha Hamilton
what changEs EvErything masha hamilton
total ..."
Congratulations, Dlmrose! Task 30.3 for the spring 2014 challenge is yours!
20.10 - Group ReadsI read Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell and commented in post #46 of the discussion thread.
Task total=20
Grand total=470
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan***20.8- It's My Birthday - Cindy F's Task: We Love Scrabble*** Fall 2013 Challenge
Option 1: You draw 7 tiles to play and always have 7 on your holder. Read a book with a 7 letter word in the title. Subtitles and series titles cannot be used.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn ***Claiming Goodreads Author***20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Laurie ME's Task: Is There a Conspiracy To Be Found Here?
option 2. If you don’t have an interest in conspiracies, read a book that has the genre alternative history or science fiction on the book's main page genre list.
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore Science FictionTotals for challenge:
Points this task: 40
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 39
Books read: 39
Goodreads authors: 8
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Congratulations Sassafrass and dlmrose. I'm looking forward to your spring tasks. Actually I am really looking forward to SPRING! Hurry up already! ha.
STACIE MITask 20.3 - Solo and Ensemble
I did option 1 and read a collection of 4 short stories by 4 authors:
Once Upon a Castle by Nora Roberts
Points this task: 20
Total points: 495
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 40
Pages read: 9983
Goodreads authors: 26
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
STACIE MITask 20.7 - Is There a Conspiracy to be Found Here?
I don't really have much of an interest in conspiracies, so I did option 2 and read a book shelved as Science Fiction:
Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi
This e-book was approved for length at line 370 of the spreadsheet.
**Tahereh Mafi is a Goodreads author!!**
Points this task: 20
Total points: 515
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 41
Pages read: 10086
Goodreads authors: 27
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
20.3 - Best Review - Band Director Terry's Task: Solo and EnsembleOption 1: Ordinary Life: Stories by Elizabeth Berg
Points this post: 20
Total points: 370
BEKKA - 5.4 -- In the ConservatoryFor this task, I read “
” by Kathi Appelt, since it has plants on the front cover (a big giant tree). Also, Kathi Appelt 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: 205
Pages Read this Challenge: 327
Total Pages Read to Date: 4904
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 18
Goodreads Authors: 8
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
25.7 - Janet F's Task: Don't Be CluelessOption 2: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed is a Goodreads author.
Option 4: Untold Story by Monica Ali
The year 2011 is mentioned in the GR description.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 395
GR authors: 16
Delicious Dee25.10 - Stacie MI’s Task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 4 - Invisible Murder - at least 50% set in Denmark
Option 5 -
- Gail Carriger (GR Author) - dress on cover approved in THTPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 710
Goodreads Authors: 35
20.1 Check...and mate
L. Marie Adeline , option 3- purple cover25.5 These are a few of my favourite things
Jenny Colgan, option 1, Christmas ornaments on the coverThe Meeting Point Lucy Caldwell - option 5, book of your choice
25.8 Children make Christmas fun
Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder, option 2- book written in English, my native language is Polish
The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan - option 3, literature award: Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) Awards for Choice Award (2007)
Tasks points 70
Total points 320
15.10 CelebrateI Can Make You Happy
((it was terrible)) so much for celebration
Points this task:15
Total: 70
Tasks Done:5
Congrats Dlmrose! Go Sheila! so close to having you back to task writing again. :)sigh. I really need to get my reading tush in gear. Been sooo slow this season...
APOORV30.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Required : State the options chosen and any supporting information required.
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Option # A
Read a book with BOTH fantasy and science fiction as genres on the main page.
Book Read : Between Planets
Author : Robert A. Heinlein
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Option # B
Choose any scale and read a book with a page count with digits from the chosen scale INCLUDING the digit 0.
Scale Chosen : C - 0 plus allowed digits 1,2,3,5,7 with no repeated digits ex. 203, 370, 150.
Book Read : The Sense of an Ending
Author : Julian Barnes
Identification : No. of pages = 150
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Books Read : 2
Points this post: 30
Goodreads Authors : 0
Pages Read : 393
Total Points: 80
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Books Read: 7
Total Goodreads Authors: 2
Total Pages Read : 1586
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
Jessica PDX10.9 - White Sale!
The "white thing" is the author's name.
by Robert CraisPoints This Post: 10
Total Points: 810
Mai30.5 Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 1:
SantaLand Diaries by David Sedaris
This book was on page 19 of my TBR
Option 5:
Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Added on Feb 02, 2014
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 570
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 41
GR Authors: 3
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
ALICIA TI made a mistake in my post (#1572) so this post is to hopefully claim the correct points.
Instead of task number 20.6, I completed 5.7 In the Hall. I read Trap Line by Carl Hiaasen, whose first name contains 4 letters.
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 50
KAREN F5.6 In the Billiards Room
Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn
#1 in the Otherworld Series
**Yasmine Galenorn is a Goodreads Author**
10.3 Donors Wanted
Up From the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Vampire Genre listed and vampires mentioned in the blurb.
**Jeaniene Frost is a Goodreads Author**
20.8 Famous December Birthdays
Option 4: Hope Flames by Jaci Burton
HF found in GRIFFITH
320 Pages
**Jaci Burton is a Goodreads Author**
Points this Post: 35
Total Challenge Points: 395
Goodreads Authors: 18
Big Books: 500+(2),750+(0),1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - Kate S's Task: Beginnings and Endings
Option 2: Award Winning
Barry Award, best paperback original http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery...
Book 1 first awarded in 1997
Walking Rain by Susan Wade
Book 2 most recent award(2013)
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal
Both books approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 30
Total points: 810
LORI TX20.4 Author! Author!
Option 3
DansE MacabrE by LaurEll K. Hamilton
Total Points this Post = 20
Total Points this Challenge = 45
MARIA LTask 5.6 - In The Billards Room
by Leslie MeierLucy Stone Mystery #5
Task 10.1 - Get A Clue
by Leslie MeierChristmas cookiE mUrder by Leslie meier
Task 15.2 - The Old and the New
Book 1:
by Janet EvanovichBook 2:
by J.D. Robbold to me author: Janet Evanovich
new to me author: J.D. Robb
75 points
no tickets please...
thanks! :-)
Suzannesea20.5 - Bigger or Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With the Old and In With the New!
Option B
Hell Is Empty by Craig Johnson
Craig Johnson is a favorite author. The book has 312 pages.
30.1 - Ms. Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
I rolled 2 and 4.
Option 2. More Than 50,000 ratings
The Call of the Wild by Jack London has 141,043 ratings today.
Option 4. ARGH
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
tRue History of the kelly GAng
This post: 50 points
Total to date: 510 points
15.1 - The Murder happened in the _____ with a __________.
Paw Tracks in the Moonlight
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
Paw Tracks in the Moonlight
Girl With a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 19
Books Read: 24
GR Authors: 7
Big Books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (1)
FANDURY30.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Option A: For this option, read a book with BOTH fantasy and science fiction as genres on the main page.
Control Point by Myke Cole
This book has both Fantasy and Science Fiction as Genres on its main page and was approved in the help thread in post 25
Myke Cole is a Goodreads author!
Option C: For this option, read any book with a title that contains a 5-or-more-letter word in the 2013 winning entry.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The 5-letter word of the winning entry is "there"
...the granularity of the suet and causing what little palatable meat there was to sweat, its transparency...
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 420
Books Read: 26
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Stacey
15.10 Celebrate!
Sycamore Row
25.5
Option D: Oh Holy Night
An Artificial Night (368 pages)
(Carol: Oh Holy Night. Word: Night)
Option E: The Gifts
Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles (340 pages)
New points: 40
Total points: 315
15.10 Celebrate!
Sycamore Row
25.5
Option D: Oh Holy Night
An Artificial Night (368 pages)
(Carol: Oh Holy Night. Word: Night)
Option E: The Gifts
Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles (340 pages)
New points: 40
Total points: 315
Barbara AllenTask# 15.2 The old and the new....
The Invention of Wingsby Sue Monk Kidd new to me author
Dark WitchbyNora Roberts an old favorite author of mine
Points this task:15
Total points:80
Total GrA 2
Oma122910.6 - SWLAT
Read a book with the genre humor on the book’s main GR page.
The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan
Claiming Courtney Milan as GR author
20.6 Seasoned Reader - Susan's Task: I Love To Plan
I finished both the Fall and Summer challenge for 2013. I used the option of reading one of the ten books that had been on my TBE list the longest.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
This book has been on my TBR list since July 2009.
Points:555/1035
Tasks: 35/59
GR Authors: 15
Big Books:(2)500 pages; (1)750 + pages
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25.3 Sandy’s Settlers. I rolled a 3 and a 4.
Roll of 3. Author is an Aries. I read The Golden Bowl by Henry James, who was born on April 15. 576 pages
Roll of 4. Set in France, one of the most wheat-producing countries. I read Chopin in Paris: The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer by Tad Szulc. 452 pages.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for The Golden Bowl. 576 pages – and I’m pretty sure this will be my final BIG BOOK for the season.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 780
Big Books 500+ (3)