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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Laurajay20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2-
The Shadow of the Wind
My native language is English. Book originally published in Spanish.
***The Shadow of the Wind is a Big Book at 520 pages***
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
MelissaH20.10 Group Reads
A Christmas Carol
Post 43 in the discussion
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Book found on Underclass list at spot #32 which is on page one
ebook edition I read: The Elephant Tree
paperback edition: The Elephant Tree
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Prior group read that I have never read before. This book is new to me and not a reread. AR Bookfinder info: IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14.0
ebook edition I read: The Princess Bride
Most popular MMPB: The Princess Bride
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Book found on Popular epistolary novels list at spot #11 which is on page one. AR Bookfinder info: IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13.0
ebook edition I read: Flowers for Algernon
Most popular MMPB: Flowers for Algernon
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 30
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points To Date: 60
Kimber20.7 Painting 101
Option 2: Read a book first published between 1940 and 1965.
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
*this book was first pub in 1954
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20.8 December's Celebrations
Option 1: Read a book with the word BOX found in the title/subtitle
Black Box by Cassia Leo
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Above total points: 40
# tasks submitted to date: 3
New total points: 60
Repost of 492
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT - Art and Science
Option C: First Book in series - Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger
I have not read any other books in this series.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 85/1185
Tasks Completed: 5
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Andy P.Task # 15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
by Jane Smileysky, clouds, and barns, obviously outdoors.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 85
Blueberry5.10 Read a book of your choice.
I am using the one time 5 pt. book between 80-100 pgs.
The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger
Pts: 5
Total pts: 25
Books read: 2
Reader Name: Whitnie I5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Considered one of the greatest pictures of urban life in the 19th century. Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle.
City of Bones
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
HINA30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air -
Option 2: Moonlight by Lisa Kessler.
Light intact in the title.
Option 3:
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sara MacLean.At least 80% of the cover is green.
Current post:
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 175
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Ava Catherine5.8 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ism in the title or subtitle.
Orientalism by Edward W. Said
5.9 The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland or France.
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose (Set in Paris, France)
10.1 This is Your Brain
Read a nonfiction book from one of the given lists.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
#13 on Best Science Books-Non-Fiction Only list
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in Norway or other "cold countries."
The Caller by Karin Fossum (set in Norway)
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from the given list.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
#1 on Popular epistolary novels list
Points this post: 60
Total points: 265
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.10 Jump!
I read
by Brendan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag - the book had 220 pages.Previous point total: 140
New points this post: 10
Total points: 150
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 9
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
SCHATZIE5.1: Dance at Le moulin de la Gallette
-a cover with a person wearing a hat
The Secret of Raven Point
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10.3: Young Girl Reading
--a word in title that matches a Renoir painting
The Boston Girl
Painting name: Girl with a Watering Can
matching word: GIRL
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10.5: Curl Up and Read
--read a book from Best Books to Read When the Snow is Falling
The Good Father
This book is found on page 1, #83.
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15.9: Degas and the Dancers
--a book that features dancers
The Painted Girls
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15.10: A Reason to Party
--#1, #2 or #12 in series
Flat Spin
This is number 1 of a series
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20.1: Most Improved-Megan's Superheroes
--nonfiction book about someone I consider heroic
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
This book is about Lawrence Anthony, who is a champion and hero in stepping up and rescuing animals that truly need it. He entered into war torn Baghdad to save the animals in the zoo. Snipers and unrest were all over Baghdad, but he still risked his life to step in for the sake of the animals. They had been abandoned and were slowly starving to death.
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20.2: Rookie at the Top: Karen's Crazies
--option 1: dark blue cover
The Night Season
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20.3: Best Review: Book Concierge's Art and Passion
--option B: a memoir written by a female author
The Tao of Martha: My Year of LIVING; Or, Why I'm Never Getting All That Glitter Off of the Dog
by Jen Lancaster
I did the audio, but linked to the pb (no mmpb) for page count.
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Points this post: 115
TOTAL POINTS: 315
Reader Name: Whitnie I20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Superhero movies and T.V. shows are one of my guilty pleasures, but I also love learning about acts of heroism done by real people in everyday life. For this task, choose ONE of these options:
Required: Specify which option you picked when you post.
1) Read a book with the main page genre “Superheroes” (embedded or standalone).
OR
2) Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
Required: Include an explanation of who you think is heroic and why.
Books with the genre Sequential Art (Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga) are acceptable for this task so long as they comply with standard SRC challenge rules.
I picked option 1 and read a book with the main page genre superheroes.
Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins
This book complies with the SRC challenge rules as it has 304 pages.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
10.9 - Catch Up With the SRCA group read from Autumn 2013 which I have not read before:
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
Total points 45
20.10 – Group ReadsA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I posted in the discussion thread at message 44.
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE*
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 105
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 6
Reader Name: Whitnie I15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Degas is especially identified with the subject of dance, and over half his works depict dancers.
Read a book that features dancers. The connection must be obvious from the Goodreads book main page: title, genre, description, reviews, etc.
I chose to read Ballet Shoes for this task. This book is a children's book but meets the criteria laid out in the rules. The AR ratings are as follows: IL - MG; BL - 5.7; AR pts. 9.0
Ballet Shoes
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 6
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
DANIELLE M15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
This book can be found on page 1, position #7.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
Bookwrm526Task 30.6 - Winter in Iowa
Option 1: Read a book with the word snow in the title. I read:
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente.
Option 2: Read a book with an author whose first and last initials can be found in the phrase "dressing warMLy". I read:
Tiger Eye by Marjorie M. Liu.
Both books together must total 500 pp: 160+342 = 502
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 185
Anne (Booklady)10.10. Jump!
272/4 = 68
**Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Holiday Mystery by Agatha Christie = 272 Pages
**Claiming GO Ticket: Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Holiday Mystery was 1st pub in 1938.**
15.5 That’s So Random
My generated Titles:
Frozen Window
The Devoted Moon
Guardian of Healing
The Twins's Slave
The Touch of the Child
Dreamer in the Emperor
I chose the word: Moon
**The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck
**Claiming GO Ticket: The Moon is Down was 1st pub in 1942.**
Points in These Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies in This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 460
Totals:
Total Points: 170/1185
Total Golden Oldies: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 10/65
Total Books Read: 14
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 4334
Cindy FTask 15.2 Word For Word
Synonyms: COLD/WINTRY
I read Book 1: A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
Book 2: That Wintry Feeling by Debbie Macomber
Points this post:15
Total points:40
Tasks completed:2
Books read:4
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.6 En Plein AirHelp Thread
"My only merit," Monet wrote later in life, "lies in having painted directly in front of nature, seeking to render my impressions before the most fleeting moments." Most Impressionists worked spontaneously from nature- en plein air. Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Required: Include the cover
I read
Those Who Leave and Those Who Staythis book was approved on the help thread
Points: 35
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
pages read: 2227
Shawn H.20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Opt 2: Nonfiction Book about someone I consider heroic
Service: A Navy SEAL at War by Marcus Luttrell
***This book is a nonfiction book about Navy SEALS written by an ex-Navy SEAL. I believe all military personnel, including Navy SEALS, are heroic. These men and women place themselves in harms way in all corners of the world, completing nearly impossible tasks so that I may enjoy a way of life. ***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
BARBARA ★5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie - Jennifer Ashley 12/17
(most of the book takes place in Marseilles France)
Goodreads Author
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10.5. Curl Up and Read
One in a Million - Jill Shalvis (#962 on page 10) 12/18
Goodreads Author
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Parasite - Mira Grant (Parasitology #1) 12/16
This is a new series for me.
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 90
Goodreads Authors: 4
Big Books - 500+: (0)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
90/1185 POINTS
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings Option 1: Read a book that has something to do with vampires OR one that has "Horror" as a main page genre.
Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard
This book has horror as one of its main page genres.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.6 En Plein Air
I read
edited by Eliza Griswold (approved here).Previous point total: 150
New points this post: 15
Total points: 165
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 10
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Coralie5.9 The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Book set almost entirely in Arles which is in Provence, France.
The Sacrifice Stone
15.3 Lost and Found
One book option
L in fool, O in before, S & T in suffocate
F & O in fool, U in you, N in own, D in Danielle
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Book with a storyline involving dragons (being made of iron doesn't make them any less real dragons).
The Iron Dragon's Daughter
20.4 Lost in Translation
Option 2
My native language is English. This book was originally published in Italian
The Prague Cemetery
This post 55 points
Total to date 55 points
Sheila15.1 Make the Switch
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidsonand
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana GabaldonDiane/Diana
Total Points = 245
Mod
I read
- gondolier wearing a hat on the cover. Cover approved in the help thread and listed in post 2.20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
I chose option 2 and read I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. Nonfiction, autobiography. I admire and consider heroic a teenage girl who publicly defied those who would prevent girls from being educated. I found it very interesting, reading this, to find that she was already a public figure, appearing with her father on tv/radio shows and speaking at various events, well before she was shot - somehow, before reading this, I did not realize that her father owned a school and that she worked with him in publicizing the issue of education for girls.
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read Dead with the Wind. "Mystery>Cozy mystery" is the 2nd genre on the main page. 304 pages.
For my second book, I chose option 6 and read The Hit - 528 pages, so has both numbers 5 and 2 in the page count.
Total page count for the books is 832, exceeding the required 800 page minimum.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 210
Delicious Dee5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
The Art Forger - found on pg1 of the popular art books list
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 3 -
- ice hockey is a winter activity; 402pgsOption 4 - Falling for Her Enemy - shelved as holiday>christmas by 7ppl; 186pgs
total pages - 402+186 = 588
points this post: 35
points total: 135
25.4 - Delicious Dee - Christmas Movie BonanzaI got 7 and 24
7th - movie "The Little Drummer Boy" so I read Is It Just Me? or Is Everyone a Little Nuts! by Judi Coltman who is a new-to-me author
24th - movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" so I read Christmas at Harrington's by Melody Carlson who is a new-to-me author
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 110/1185
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
MEGSCL15.5 That’s So Random
Six Random Titles:
laughing legend
trembling way
twilight of princess
the flame's servent
the stream of visions
wings in the birth
I used the word Princess – Princess in Waiting (IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8.0)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1. Read a book that has something to do with vampires OR one that has "Horror" as a main page genre. Vampires in the Lemon Grove
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 200
Big Book Tickets: 2
20.10 - Group ReadsA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I commented in post 48.
Task total =20
Season total=60
Shawn H. 20.10 - Group Reads
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
**I commented in Post 49**
***Claiming 1 GO, first published in 1843***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 60
GO: 1
Big Ticket Books: 0
Mod
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
City in title: Paradise City by Elizabeth Day
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
option 1: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
option 1, books on cover:
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran by Carla Powertotal = 155
Sandy MN20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 3 - Read #5 in Series
Black Moon is a big book - 560 pages. Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 20
Total points: 80
Big Books: 1 (500)
Books read: 4
Christine V15.10 - A Reason to Party
The Boleyn King - This book is #1 in The Boleyn Trilogy.
I read the above Kindle edition. Paperback (no MMP available).
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Emsreviewsbooks20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
I chose option 3 and read The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig. It is #5 in the Pink Carnation series.
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
I chose option 3 again, and read The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig. It takes place in England and India.
Points this post: 40
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 7
Karrie5.1 Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with someone wearing a hat on the cover
10.1. This is Your Brain
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
168th out of 939 books
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from the Popular Books 2015 list
Number 40 on the list20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1 a book about vampires
If these are all ok
45 points this post
60 total
Cindy FTask 20.10 Group Read
I read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Claim 1 Golden Oldie Published 1843
Posted in discussion thread #46
Points this post:20
Total points:60
Tasks completed:3
Books read:5
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cindy C.Task 30.2- Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
Book 1 Inspiration:
Dryland
The title of the book I read is Dryland. This cover has the two girls safely on dry land. The main character of the book is talked into joining the swim team by another girl, so the image of two girls, together, but not together, also goes along with the story of the book I read.
Book 2 Inspiration:
Speak
The title of the book I read was Speak. In this painting, it looks as though the two people are speaking, especially since the man appears to be leaning in toward the woman.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 110
Total tasks: 4
Emsreviewsbooks25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 2 and a 4.
Book 1: I read Vortex by Julie Cross. It is #2 in the Tempest series.
Book 2: I read Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout. It was a 2015 Goodreads Awards nominee in the Romance category.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 8
READ 6010.7 Are you up to date?
For this challenge I picked Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee. Go Set a Watchman It is Number 4 on the list.
Points this task; 10
Totlal points : 20
ESHAY20.10 Group Read
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
Discussion comment #7 here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Book read: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Alexxy20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 1:Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Book read : American Gods
My native language is Persian and the book is in English.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 55
Tasks Completed: 3
Jasmiina F20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101:
Option 3: Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED:
Näen, muistan, hengitän by Edwidge Danticat.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101Option 3- Oils - Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED.
I read:The Kill Artist
Daniel Silva - Linseed
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 95
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 2
loafer15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features dancers.
Dancer by Colum McCann
point this post: 15
total points: 85
BB: 2
GO: 1
tasks completed: 6
Nick KY15.2 Word for Word.
Book 1. I read Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise by Barack Obama and “Team Book.” The foreward by President Obama is very good, but "Team Book" did a very dijointed job of throwing together the rest of the explanation of "the Plan."
Book 2. I read Method 15/33 by Shannon Kirk.
The synonyms are “Plan” and “Method.”
15.9 Degas’ Dancers -- I read Out on a Limb, a book wherein Shirley Maclaine announces that she is first and foremost a “gypsy” dancer. “It’s an appropriate term – always on the move,” she says to the married European congressman with whom she has an affair, for which this book is primarily an apology.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 210
Mary P30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Angel's Rest by Emily March (327 pgs ).
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."The word may stand alone or be embedded.
Before Bethlehem by James Flerlage ( 292 pgs ).
Total pages read =619
Points this task: 30
Total points: 105
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Task # 20.04 – Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Book 1 – Option 2: Billie by Anna Gavalda which was originally published in French in 2013. My native language is English
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 165 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0