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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Sarah E20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2: First published between 1940 and 1965
Pigs Have Wings - first published in 1952
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
NARUMON30.7 Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Option 2: Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000)
Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts. Page count: 304. This book is new to me.
Option 3: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Subtitles may be ignored. One word titles are fine.
Shocked: Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead by David Casarett. This is a non-fiction book. The one word title Shocked has its initials in TRAFALGAR S QUARE. This book is new to me.
IN POST:
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 110 + 30 = 140
Golden Oldies = 0
Big Book = 0
Jayme VA15.7 Here Be Dragons
by Naomi NovikUprooted has a dragon on the cover and features a dragon as a main character.
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Day Four by Sarah Lotz
Day Four is book 2 in The Three Series.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
20.3 - ART AND PASSIONOPTION C -
20.6 - FAVORITE SEASONINGS
OPTION 1 - The Vampire's Bride
25.17 - REAL LIFE GETS IN THE WAY
OPTION 2 - CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL - The Nymph King
OPTION 3 - Kidney diaLsis - The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
TOTAL POINTS - 65
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste RenoirRead a book depicting a person wearing a hat on the cover.
The Night Watchman by Richard Zimler
20.10 - Group Reads
by Charles DickensMy contribution to the thread is number 50 (I think). This is a Golden Oldie, having been published in 1843.
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 4
G.O: 1
BBT: 0
Mimi Michele15.3 Lost and Found
Read a book with the letters lostfound in title, subtitle and author's name
Option 2: letters found in one book
Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
Points: 15
30.1 Schatzie's Task
Option 1: read about about animal rescue
Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin
Option 4: book of your choice
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
First published 1934 a golden oldie
Points: 30
Total points:45
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Total points: 105
Golden Oldie: 2
Big Book: 0
Cait S5.1- Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
by Sterling RiversEbook verification: here
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 140
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Laurajay20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C-
Me Before You #1 in series. This author and series is new to me.
Current post:
Points: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 60
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Read name: Daphne10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from Most Popular Books Published In 2015
Uprooted
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
1: MPG: Superheroes
The Supervillain Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide to Destruction and Mayhem
Approved here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
2: Author: Female/memoir or auto
Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea Handler 256 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 420
Andy P.Task # 15.7 Here Be Dragons/b>
Read a book with a dragon on the cover
by Adam BrookesCover approved in message 2 of help thread
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
LINDA AZ30.6 Donna Jo's Task: Winter in Iowa
2 books - more than 500 pages combined.
1. A book with Cold, snow, ice freeze or frozen in the title.
Smilla's Sense of Snow Paperback 469 pages.2. A book with Christmas, family, relatives or cousins in the title.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas Paperback 335 pages.Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden oldie's this post: 0
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies: )
EMurphy20.10 - Group Reads-Read one of the books selected
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
Total this Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
GR Author: 0
BB Tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 65
Books Read: 4
GR Author: 2
BB Tickets +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
Bookwrm526Task 30.1 - Tis the Season for Giving Back
Option 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word hEaRt. I read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (IL: MG, BL 5.3, AR points 8.0)
Option 4: Read a book of your choice. I read 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 215
Christine US15.4 The Force, It's calling you
Option A) science Fiction book
Treachery in Death by JD Robb
Sci-Fi genre listed on page on 12/4/15
Option B) 3rd in series
The Boleyn Reckoning by Laura Andersen
Task 30.7 new Start in Art
Option 2) Bond Girl by Erin Duffy
Book had 290 pages
Option 3) Super Freakonomics
Book title starts with S & F, both of which are in "Trafalgar Square"
non fiction
Total post: 45
Total Season: 130
Sheila15.5 That’s So Random
I generated this list:
Title 1: Grey Thorn
Title 2: The Deep Name
Title 3: Legacy of Flowers
Title 4: The Body's Dreamer
Title 5: The Magic of the Dream
Title 6: Servant in the World
and went with Name from book 2
Name Withheld by J.A. JanceTotal Points = 260
Task 10.3 "Young Girl Reading"Read a book whose title shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings. The words must match EXACTLY - no variations.
Renoir painting title: The Dancer (1874)
A Loyal Character Dancer (Inspector Chen Cao #2) (2002) by Qiu Xiaolong (Paperback, 351 pages)
45 + 10 = 55
Tasks Completed: 04
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 45 + 10 = 55
Books read: 05
Pages read: 1,671
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard ManetI read The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters.
This book was approved in the help thread.
Claiming one Big Book Ticket: 564 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
Goldie Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Oma122910.10- Jump!
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich
Total Number of pages is 292
Total Points--- -25/1185
Completed Tasks--2/66
GO Books ( )
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Oma122915.6 -En Plein Air
by John KnowlesTotal Points--- -40/1185
Completed Tasks--3/66
GO Books ( )
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Julia L.10.3 Young Girl Reading
Renoir Painting Used: Monet Painting in His GARDEN at Argenteuil
Word used: GARDEN
Title: The Winter Garden Mystery
Author: Carola Dunn
Points from this task: 10
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Total points: 35
Reader Name: Whitnie I5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Famous for giving a name to the Impressionist movement, this painting has now become a quintessential symbol of Impressionism. However, it was not well liked by the critics. In fact, the term Impressionist was coined in a satirical review of the work written by Louis Leroy. Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
I chose to read The Princess Bride
It is found on page 1 of the Popular Satire Books page.
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 7
Tasks Complete: 7
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Ava Catherine10.3 Young Girl Reading
"Girl with a Watering Can" (Girl: word used)
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
10.10 Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages divisible by 4
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 144 pages
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2 Read one book that fulfills both Book A and Book B (letters Lost/Found).
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
20.4 Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2: Read a book originally written in a language other than your native language.
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola first published in 1867 in French
My native language is English, and the original language of the book is French.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 320
JUKKA10.1. This is Your Brain
Book off the Popular Science for Smarties list.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman. It's no. 3 on the list.
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Book off the Epistolary Fiction list.
The Martian by Andy Weir. Page 1, no. 87.
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 3: Book whose author's initials are in SWEATERS, JEANS, BOOTS.
Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. As the book had 867 pages, it's enough to complete the task with a single book. Also claiming two Big Book tickets.
Points this post: 50
Big Books this post: 2
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 10
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Elizabeth B10.8
author's last name is the same as the last name of a U.S. Vice-President.
Pia Does Hollywood by Thea Harrison from Benjamin Harrison
20.2-Karen D's task
Option 2: The Christmas Throwaway by R.J. Scott, RS can be found in kRzyzewSki
25.1 - Beth_NC's task
Option B: sun or the moon on the cover
Option E: title contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T.
Touch Me Gently tOuch Me gENTly
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 3: book with the first word of the title 'A' A Dirty Shame
Option 4: book with someone with a tattoo on the cover
Points: 80
Reader name : Maya5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle.
Book read: The Dark City by Catherine Fisher
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 175
Tasks Complete: 14
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Julia10310.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Warren Adams
(John Adams was vice president.)
Claiming Golden Oldie - this was first published in 1862
15.6 En Plein Air
(approved in task help thread, post #44)This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 65
BB: 0
GO: 1
Completed tasks: 4
5.10 Any BookHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
* Childrens: IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
10.5 Book from When Snow if Falling list
Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
* Position on the list: Page 1 pos 17
15.9 Book featuring dancers
Dancer by Colum McCann
* This is about the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev
20.4 Written in a language other than native
Prodigy by Marie Lu
* My native language is Russian, this book is written in English
20.7 Option 3: Author's Initials in LINSEED
Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel
* Author initials are LE: LinsEed
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 5
Pages Read: 4,206
Books Read: 11
Tasks in Progress: 6
Whimsie15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Book read:
Approved here: Post 48
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter
I chose Option 2: Read a book first published between 1940 and 1965.
Book Read: A Caribbean Mystery
On the linked Goodreads page it shows the book was first published in 1964.
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Points this post: 35
Total Points: 80
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
I chose Options 1 and 4.
Option 1: I read
by Lauren Groff (paperback). I was born in 1978 and according to the link in the task, so was Lauren.Option 4: I read
by Tessa Dare. This is #4.5 in the Spindle Cove series, published December 8, 2015 (paperback). Approved in the task thread here.Previous point total: 165
New points this post: 25
Total points: 190
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 11
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Christine V5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Awakening - I read this audio edition. Link to MMP
The Awakening was first published in 1899. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
10.7. Are you Up to Date?Frostfire
The book is number 111 on the list and the date is December 22.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 4
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Kristi CO20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: KRZYZEWSKI
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
M1NKS5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
(She's holding her hat on with her hand to keep it from being blown off. It's a bit difficult to see but her preposterous hat forms a major part of the plot)5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet - Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books
The Da Vinci Code - Page one
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte - Read a book from the Underclass list.
Cannery Row - Page one; Published 1945
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas - Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
Asterix Forever! - At least 50% of these are set in Gaul (France)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 4
M1NKS10.1. This is Your Brain - Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only/Page one
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
10.3. "Young Girl Reading" - "Young Woman Arranging Her Earring" - Earring
Girl With a Pearl Earring
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too! - James S. Sherman (1909-1912)
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain - Published 1934
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC - Page two
The Big Sleep - Published 1939
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
This book is new to me
Points this post: 40
Total points: 60
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 8
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My Life by John Kralik
20.10 Group Read
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, is a GOLDEN OLDIE first published in 1843
I added a comment in the discussion thread, #15 and #52.
POINTS: 105
M1NKS15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Listening For Small Sounds - LiSTening FOr small sOUNDs
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Dealing with Dragons
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8.0
15.8 Please Mr. Postman - Page One/#33
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Published 1848/ 535 pages
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
15.10 - A Reason to Party - Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series
Servant of the Empire - 827 pages
* I Claim 2 x Big Book Ticket *
Points this post: 60
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 12
Scooter&Siam 15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Required: Include the cover
Read The Girl from the Train
Points: 15
Total: 20
Tasks: 2
This is a repost to add AR Bookfinder resultsReader name : Maya
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle.
Book read: The Dark City by Catherine Fisher
IL: MG+ (according to rules, this is the only requirement that needs to be posted for Children's books, so if it needs to be edited again, just let me know.)
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 175
Tasks Complete: 14
Big Books Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
FANDURY20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 1: For this option, read a book where the cover is primarily (over 50%) Duke blue (officially it is Pantone 287, but any dark blue will be accepted).
by Mark Charan NewtonPoints this post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
15.10 - A Reason to PartyRead a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
The Thousand Names (The Shadow Campaigns #1) by Django Wexler
609 pages - 1 xBIGGER IS BETTER
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books are new to me
2.Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of: 46,396; 6; 2,000
Tirra Lirra by the River by Jessica Anderson
Fiction; 202 pages
3. Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Subtitles may be ignored. One word titles are fine.
Eat First, Talk Later by Beth Yahp
NON-FICTION (autobiographical work)
E in SQUARE, F in TRAFALGAR, T in TRAFALGAR, L in TRAFALGAR
Total this post: 45 points
Golden Oldies Tix: 3
Bigger is Better Tix: 1
Total points: 160 points
perletwo5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
The Stepford Wives - found on page 5 of the list
Points this task: 5
Total points: 280
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 14
HINA25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism -
Option A: Surf, Sea and a Sexy Stranger by Heidi Rice.
Sea in the title.
Option D: The Wyoming Kid by Debbie Macomber.
Author's first name begins with Deb-
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 200
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Christine US - REPOST OF 57815.4 The Force, It's calling you
Option A) science Fiction book
Treachery in Death by JD Robb
Sci-Fi genre listed on page on 12/4/15
Option B) 3rd in series
The Boleyn Reckoning by Laura Andersen
Task 30.7 new Start in Art
**Both books are new to me
Option 2) Bond Girl by Erin Duffy
Book had 290 pagesBond Girl
Option 3) Super Freakonomics
Book title starts with S & F, both of which are in "Trafalgar Square"
non fiction
Total post: 45
Total Season: 130
Reader Name: Whitnie I25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
This is a two book task. Read two books from two different options below.
REQUIRED: State the options you chose when posting.
I chose options 1 & 2
This year (like most years) December is an insanely busy month for me. Over the next 31 days, I have:
1. Birthdays: Me, my sister, my mom, and my grandmother all have birthdays within a week of each other (with Christmas smack dab in the middle). In celebration of all those birthday gifts (and parties, and cakes, and SO MANY candles) read a book published the year you were born OR written by an author born the same year you were (for this option, this list may be helpful: Fantastic Fiction: Years).
REQUIRED: Include your birth year, which option you chose, and a reference to the author's birth year if it does not appear the Goodreads profile.
2. Christmas: Like a true bibliophile, last year I gave everyone on my list at least one book for Christmas. For this option, read a book you received as a gift.
REQUIRED: Include who gave you the book in your post.
For option 1 I read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. Chuck Klosterman is born in 1972 the same year as me. I found his birthdate through the link on this task.
For option 2 I read A Song for Arbonne. This book was given to me last Christmas from a friend named Rob.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Bluegrass Pam15.6 En Plein Air
Outdoor scene on cover
by Joyce Carol OatesClaiming 1 Big Book ticket (512 pages)
Points this post: 15
GO this post: 0
BB this post: 1
Total Points: 65
Total BB: 1
Total GO: 1
Pamela326510.1. This is Your Brain
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
#31 on Best Science Books - Nonfiction Only List
10.2. Art Appreciation
by Lyn Cote - Painting above fireplace on left side of cover10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
by Irene BrandPainting: Madame Charpentier and Her Children
Word Used: Children
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
by Linda Ford - Set in CanadaPoints this post: 40
Total Points: 105
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro The Forgotten Room by Karen White
Points this post:5
Big Books this post:0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points:35
Tasks Complete:3
Total Big Books:0
Total Golden Oldies:0
Anne (Booklady)15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.= From "the Painter of Light" and author Thomas Kinkade is an outdoor scene of his fictional Cape Light.
by Thomas Kinkade 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
I have never read this series nor author before. The Cats That series #1
The Cats that Surfed the Web by Karen Anne Golden
Points in These Tasks: 35
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 574
Totals:
Total Points: 205/1185
Total Golden Oldies: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 12/65
Total Books Read: 16
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 4908
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
Required: Include the cover if using that option
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0