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

Book #1 - Option A
The War Of The Worlds
This book was approved at post #58 of the help thread and still has the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres as well as Science Fiction Fantasy on the main page . . . https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Book #2 - Option B using the Celcius scale. Number of pages includes a zero, a two, and a three
Cankered Roots -- has 230 pp


30.3 - Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book #1 - A Cure to Die For: A Medical Thriller I read this book in December, but joined this group just this month so I found book #2 for this task on February 10th. It is still under the "Readers Also Enjoyed" in the number one spot at the time of this post . . .
Book #2 - Back on Murder


Previous Points Earned: 200
Points Earned this Post: 60
Total Points to Date: 260
NOT Claiming Big Book Tickets or Goodread Authors

30.3 Sassafrass's Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
A: All He Ever Desired
B: When Lightning Strikes
Points this post:30
Total points:940+30=970

option 2: science fiction
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Kiera Cass is a Goodreads Author
Points this post: 20
Total points: 480
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 31
Goodreads Author: 23
Big Book Tickets: 500 (2); 750 (2); 1000(0)

Stella Bain by Anita Shreve
Anita Shreve is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 540
GR authors: 22

20.4 - Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
Option 3- Three E's in title and author's name
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
***Claiming Goodreads Authors for John Green***
Total Points- 185
Total Tasks- 13
Goodreads Authors- 6
Big Books (500+)- 1

White Teeth by Zadie Smith
'Book Club' on main page
* Big book: 542 pages (1 ticket) *
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15.1 - The Murder Happened in the ___ with a ___
Book 1: Our Picnics in the Sun by Morag Joss
Book 2: The Siege: The Battle for Communication with an Autistic Child by Clara Claiborne Park
"with an" was approved in the help thread for "with a"
Points this post = 20
Total points = 460
Big Book tickets = 7
Goodreads Authors = 5

Task 30.1 - Ms Anderson's Task: Riddle Me This
Two dice: #2 & #6
2) It's Popular: read a book that has more than 50,000 ratings
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
6) And We Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way: read a book of your choice
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Points this Post: 30
Total Points this Challenge: 130
Books Read this Post: 2
Total Books Read this Challenge: 11
GR Authors: 3

20.6- Seasoned Reader
As I didn't participate in the last challenges, I went back and completed 10.8- Fall Back from the Fall 2013 challenge.
I read The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon The book was set in the 1770s and has Historical Fiction on it's main page.
Diana Gabaldon is a Goodreads Author. I'm also claiming 3 Big Book tickets since the books is 1443 pages long.
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 250
Total Goodreads Authors: 5
Total Big Book tickets: 10

20.1 - Check...And Mate!
Floors
Using option 2B, this is the first book in a new-to-me series. This has the genre Children's but it is 261 pages so it meets the 225 minimum.
Patrick Carman is a GR author.
20.8 - Famous December Birthdays!
Weekend in Paris
Using option 1, this book has "Paris" in the title.
This book has 323 pages.
20.9 Love of Christmas Films
Queen's Ransom - MMPB version
Using option 3B, this book is the third in a series.
I listened to the audiobook: Queen's Ransom but the MMPB has 336 pages.
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Previous Points: 195
Points this post: 60
Total: 255
GR authors: 11

Task 30.4 - Beyond Comparison
I used the SRC member Ms. Anderson.
For Book A, I read:
Notes From An Accidental Band Geek by Erin Dionne
**Erin Dionne is a Goodreads author!!**
For Book B, I read:
Darkness Visible by William Styron
Points this task: 30
Total points: 725
Tasks completed: 43
Books read: 56
Pages read: 13794
Goodreads authors: 36
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Both of the following books have the genre of "Children's" on their main Goodreads pages.
Option 3: For this task, I read “

Option 4: For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 25
Total Points Earned to Date: 360
Pages Read this Challenge: 294
Total Pages Read to Date: 7595
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 29
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

White words and mantelpiece:

+10 Points
30.3 – Sassafrass’s Task: Readers Also Enjoyed
Book A: For the first book, choose any book that you want to read:
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Book B: “Readers Also Enjoyed” Found 2/4/14
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
+30 Points
Points this Post: 40
Grand Total: 710
Stacey
15.1 The Murder happened...
Book 1: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Book 2: Gone with the Wind
New points: 15
Total points: 355
15.1 The Murder happened...
Book 1: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Book 2: Gone with the Wind
New points: 15
Total points: 355

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Points this post = 10
Total points = 470
Big Book tickets = 7
Goodreads Authors = 5

Option 1: read a book the title of which contains a word of at least 4 letters from the lyrics of the song Brick by Ben Folds Five. Brick lyrics. Words must match exactly, no variations. REQUIRED: Indicate the word you are using and the line in which it appears

***Claiming Goodreads Author***
Option 4:Wheat. In 2012, some of the top wheat producing countries in the world were China, India, France, Russia, Australia, Canada, Pakistan, Germany and Turkey. (The U.S. is also in the top 10, but not included for purposes of this task). Read a book set in one of these countries.

Required: State the numbers you rolled when you post 1 &4
Totals for challenge:
Points this task: 25
Total points: 635/ 1035
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 50
Goodreads authors: 13
Big books: 500+ (2); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Option 3: For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 380
Pages Read this Challenge: 412
Total Pages Read to Date: 8007
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 30
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()



15.10 Celebrate!
Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
20.6 Seasoned Reader: Susan's Task--I Love to Plan
Fall 2013, task 15.5
Literary London by Andrew Davies
Pages: 300.
25.10 Stacy MI'S task: Nutcracker Tradition
Option 2: Beau Brummell: The Ultimate Man of Style by Ian Kelly, with the initials I and K.
Option 6: The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman, which is a re-read.
30.1 Riddle Me This
Rolled 2: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbary which has 62,000 ratings.
Rolled 6: Jubilee by Shelley Harris.
30.4 Beyond Comparison
Book A from Stephen's shelf: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford.
Book B from Suzanne's shelf: Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson
Points this post: 120
Total points: 120.

25.9 Alison's Task: All Things New
Option 1: New Author to me & Goodreads author

Required: Identify the options when you post
Option 2: New Book (less than 6 mo old in Feb 2013)

-published Aug 2013--FINISHED February 16th, 2014
Points this task: 25
Total points: 240
Tasks completed: 12
# of Books read: 16

Read: Midnight Rising by Lara Adrian
Lara Adrian is a Goodreads Author.
Task: 15.10 - Celebrate!
Read: The Guardian by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 190
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books: 1

I need to move some books around due to a selfish person who didn’t return their library book.
10.1 Get a Clue
cancel this task
25.9 All Things New
Option 1 Goodread author new to me book moved from 10.1
Soulless by Gail Carriger
Option 3 no change
The Long Earth
50.1 Variety is the Spice of life
Option 4 Reverend Green
Book with ‘spirituality’ on main page
The Time Keeper
Option 5 Mrs Peacock
Twoflower is taking a trip
The Colour of Magic
Option 6 Professor Plum
Book moved from 25.9 A book full of geeks.
Ready Player One
This post 40 points net
Total to date 670 points
Hana C.
15.9 - First or Last?
Vampire Academy Official Movie Tie-In Edition by Richelle Mead
Book 1 of the Vampire Academy series
**Richelle Mead is a GRA
points this post: 15
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book Tickets:
GRA: 4
Total points: 85
15.9 - First or Last?
Vampire Academy Official Movie Tie-In Edition by Richelle Mead
Book 1 of the Vampire Academy series
**Richelle Mead is a GRA
points this post: 15
Tasks completed: 8
Big Book Tickets:
GRA: 4
Total points: 85

1. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
3. Servants' Hall: A Real Life Upstairs, Downstairs Romance by Margaret Powell
5. Together Tea by Marjan Kamali
Marjan Kamali is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 590
GR authors: 23

10.3 – Donors Wanted
Genre: Vampire : Intertwined, by Gena Showalter
Genre: Vampire on main page
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
15.3 Happy Valentine’s Day!
Title starts with VALENTINES : Enlightened, by J.P. Barnaby
Initial is Enlightened
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Author starts with VALENTINES : Chase in Shadow, by Amy Lane
Initials are Amy Lane
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
25.2 Bamaace83’s Task: Christmas Memories
Title/Subtitle/Author with Joseph, Mary, Jesus : A Matter of Time, Vol. 2, by Mary Calmes
Option 1: 250pgs + Mary
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Title with lyrics of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” : The Rebuilding Year, by Kaje Harper
Option 2: 250pgs + Year
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
25.5 Bluemoon’s Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Author initials in DECORATIONS : Finding Zach, by Rowan Speedwell
Option 1: Initials are Rowan Speedwell + 264pgs
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Choice : Dreamfever, by Karen Marie Moning
Option 5: 498pgs = Total of 662pgs
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
30.2 Ty’s Task: Absolute Zero
Genre Science Fiction and Fantasy : Bone Rider, by J. Fally
Option A: Science Fiction Fantasy on Main Page
Page number is off the Kelvin/Celsius/Farenheit scale : Where the Allegheny Meets the Monongahela, by Felicia Watson
Option B: Celsius scale – 3,2,0
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
30.4 Dlmrose’s Task: Beyond Comparison
SRC Member Read and is on TBR : Strength of the Pack, by Kendall McKenna
SRC Member: Brandilyn
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Other books in common : Safeword, by A.J. Rose
SRC Member: Brandilyn
- Claiming Goodreads Author Ticket
Points this post: 135
Total points: 605
Goodreads Authors: 41
Big Books: 0

I rolled 3 & 5
#3 - Books by Larry McMurtry
The author writes about his passion for books which includes collecting and selling. One of my favorite activities is going to used book stores!
#5 - Blessed by Less: A Spiritual Approach to Clearing Your Life of Clutter by Susan V. Vogt
This book deals with shopping addictions and the need to collect more & more stuff.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 305
Tasks completed: 17
Books read: 19
Goodreads Authors: 7
Bis Book tickets: 1

For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 15
Total Points Earned to Date: 395
Pages Read this Challenge: 371
Total Pages Read to Date: 8378
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 31
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

10.5 Speakeasy
1929 Jonathan's Cross - Book One (The 1929 Series). by M.L. Gardner
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25.1 Pick a Pair
Option 1
Book 1 (part of series): Elizabeth's Heart by M.L. Gardner
Book 2 (standalone): Simply, Mine by M.L. Gardner
(ebook verification post 2135)
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25.9 All Things New
Option 1: New to me author Bad Games: A Novel by Jeff Menapace
Option 2: less than 6 mo old Drifter - Book Four by M.L. Gardner
(published 9/13, read in Jan/14)
(ebook verif post #3190)
__________
M.L. Gardner is a GRA (x4 books)
Jeff Menapace is a GRA
__________
Above tasks: 60 points
# tasks complete to date: 28
GRA: 32
Total points: 580

20.5 Bigger is Better: Out with the Old and In with the New
Body Movers by Stephanie Bond **Goodreads Author**
This is the first book in the Body Movers series, which is a new series to me.
Points this Task: 20
Total Points: 145
Task Completed: 10
Goodreads Authors: 9

Option A

AND
Option E - The Counterfeit Mistress by Madeline Hunter February 16 (505 p.)
Counterfeit Mistress is a Big Book
Madeline Hunter is a Goodreads Author
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 400
Total Tasks Completed: 23
Total Books Read: 32
Total Goodreads Authors: 14
Total Big Books: 500+ (3), 750+ (0), 1000+ (0)

Task# 10.5 Read a book first published between 1919-1933
The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene This book was firstpublished in 1930
Points this task 10
Total points 130
Total Goodreads Authors 5
Total Big Book tickets 2

The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
The author's name has the name of the color "tan"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 385
Tasks: 21
Books: 28
Goodreads authors: 7
Big Books: 1 (500)

10.9 White Sale!
Read a book with something white on the cover.
Fish and Ghosts,

Author name is white.
Rhys Ford is GR author.
15.1 The Murder happened in the _____ with a __________.
Book 1 must include the phrase “in the” in the title/subtitle.
Shadows in the Night by M.A. Church
M.A. Church is GR author.
Book 2 must include the phrase “with a” or "with the" in the title/subtitle.
Acquainted with the Night by Tymber Dalton
Tymber Dalton is GR author.
15.2 - The Old and the New
Book 1 – read a book by an author who’s an “old favorite” of yours.
The Missing Butterfly by Megan Derr
Megan Derr is GR author.
Book 2 – read a book by an author who is new to you.
Taken by M.A. Church
This was the first book I read by this author.
M.A. Church is GR author.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 445
GR author tickets: 36

Task #
5.5 -- In the Dining Room
Read a book with an eating utensil in the title or subtitle When It Comes to Spooning, I'm a Fork by Marc Prey. Book approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task # 10.7 - Flip the Page
Read a book with a day of the week in the title.
My Gal Sunday by Mary Higgins Clark
Task # 30.5 Susan A's Task: I Love My TBR
Option 1. page 2 The Highway by C.J. Box
Option 4. Saving Gracie: How One Dog Escaped the Shadowy World of American Puppy Mills by Carol Bradley. Book added 6/30/12 #18 on list
Points this post:45
Total points : 1035
If my calculations are correct and I haven't made any mistakes with this post, I've finished the challenge

I chose #2B The Knight and read The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters which is #1 in The Last Policeman series. I have not read this author or series before. This book is more than 225 pages.
20.6 I Love to Plan
I did not do task 10.2 from the Fall Challenge - Far, Far Away which requires you read a book set in a country other than your own. I read The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen which has 395 pages.
This book is set in The Netherlands and I live in the U.S.
*Ben Winters is a GR Author*
Post Total: 40
Grand Total: 350

25.5 - Bluemoon's Task: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things
Option D
Carol: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer
400 pages
Option E
Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich Goodreads Author
309 pages
Total points: 385
Total GR Authors: 18

For this task, I read “

Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 5
Total Points Earned to Date: 400
Pages Read this Challenge: 179
Total Pages Read to Date: 8557
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 32
Goodreads Authors: 15
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()

Michael Connelly is a Goodreads Author
20.2 - MYSTERY SUBGENRES - The Ruins of Lace by Iris Anthony which has Mystery > Crime on the home page currently. If it falls off it was verified in the verification thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Iris Anthony is a new author to me.
Iris Anthony is a Goodreads Author
TOTAL POINTS - 600
GOODREADS AUTHORS - 30
BIG BOOKS - 2

15.10 –- Celebrate!
Seven Deadlies: A Cautionary Tale by Gigi Levangie Grazer
Gigi Levangie Grazer is a GoodReads Author.
20.4 -- Author! Author! - Lorna's Task: Ode to Joy
Option 3: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game -- There are three E's in the title and none in the author's name.
20.5 -- Bigger is Better - Shawn H's Task: Out With The Old And In With The New!
Option C: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Twenties Girl is 435 pages long.
20.9 -- Moderator's Pet - Michael's Task: Love of Christmas Films
Option 3A: The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
The Case of the Missing Books has humor listed as a genre on its main page.
Points This Task: 75
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 6
Tasks in Progress: 2
Books Read: 7
GoodReads Authors: 2
Big Books: 500+(-), 750+(-), 1000+(-)
Pages Read: 1696

10.2
Sochi Sidekicks - Black Hills

20.9
Love of Christmas Films
Option B: One False Move
New York setting in book description
30.2
Ty's Task - Absolute Zero
Option A: Divergent - Both genres/seperate - 11/23
Option C: Dogs and Goddesses - K 400 pgs.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 410

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip-Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by Steve Dublanica
Approved in Help Thread.
Points: 5
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5.2 In the Library
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman
Points: 5
Total Points: 10

20.8 Famous December Birthdays
I chose Option 3 - read a book that has "Classics" as a genre on its main page.
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
"Classics" is first on its main page.
I listened to the audio version, but the MMPB is 336 pgs - The Mayor of Casterbridge
pts this post: 20
Total points: 305

10.5 - Speakeasy
The 42nd Parallel (first published: 1930)
25.2 - Bamaace83's Task: Christmas Memories!
Opt 2: It Had to Be You (352 pg)(we wish you a merry Christmas)
Opt 4:

Points this post:35
Total points:970+35=1005
Tasks: 56+2=58

25.4 - Donna Jo's Task: Snow Is a Four Letter Word
Option 3: The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
Professor Peter Shandy Mystery #6
Option 4: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Set in Minnesota
25.7 - Janet F's Task: Don't Be Clueless
Option 1:Miss Julia Takes Over by Ann B. Ross
Title: Miss
Option 2: Shadows at the Fair by Lea Wait
W & S in starting letter of title/author name
25.9 - Alison's Task: All Things New
Option 1: The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash
Maureen Ash is a new-to-me author.
Option 3: The Sword Of The Templars by Paul Christopher
#1 in series: Templar #1
30.2 - Ty's Task: Absolute Zero
Option A: Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Science Fiction Fantasy genre
Option B: Southern Poison by T. Lynn Ocean
Scale: C; 320 pages
30.7 - Delicious Dee's Task: Swim, Bike, Run
Rolled 2 & 6
Option 2:

Option 6: Unzipped by Lois Greiman
Romance genre
Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads author.
Points this post: 135
Total Points: 465
Goodreads Authors: 13
Big Book Tickets:

25.6 - Elizabeth B's Task: Sochi 2014 - Hot. Cool. Yours
Book 1 - The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
Australia - Oceania
Book 2 - The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
China - Asia
I live in the United States.
This post: 25 points
Total to date: 600

Task 5.4 - In the Conservatory
I read:

We Are Experiencing Parental Difficulties...Please Stand By: Baby Blues Scrapbook No. 5 by Rick Kirkman
There are plants flanking the television set.
Points this task: 5
Total points: 730
Tasks completed: 44
Books read: 57
Pages read: 13922
Goodreads authors: 36
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Task 10.8 - Take the Plunge
I read a book set in Sweden:
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638 by Carolyn Meyer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 740
Tasks completed: 45
Books read: 58
Pages read: 14098
Goodreads authors: 36
Big books: 500+ (1); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)

Book 1 - An Atheist in the FOXhole: A Liberal's Eight-Year Odyssey Inside the Heart of the Right-Wing Media
Book 2 - Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
25.2 - Bamaace83's Task: Christmas Memories!
Option 2 - word found in the song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - word is "new"
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (316 pages)
Option 4 - food or drink on cover

*** Aimee Bender is a Goodreads author
Points this post: 40
Total challenge points: 305
Total tasks completed: 18
Total number Big Books: 500(0) 750(2) 1000(0)
Total Goodreads authors: 6
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Task #10.1 Read a book with all the letters CLUE in any combination
CLUE are in CoULtEr
The Cove by Catherine Coulter
Catherine Coulter is a GRA
Task #10.2 Official mascots of the Sochi Winter Olympics
This book has snow on the cover.
This book has 668 pages claiming 1 bigbook ticket
Total points this post 20
Total points 120
Total GRA this post1
Total GRA 5
Big books this post 1 Total big books 2