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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
I have done some moving of books around to accommodate others that I have read.I would like to remove Storm Front from post #184 5.10 and put in this book: Fire Cracker by Shirley Kennett.
There is no change in points. Storm Front will move to a 25 point task when I have finished reading the second book.
Thanks for your help.
Reader Name: Whitnie I25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
For this task you will read 2 books, both books must be by single authors (no anthologies etc) and both authors must be new to you.
Required: In your post, state the 2 numbers/days you drew, the movie titles chosen and that both authors are new to you.
The numbers I was given were 7 & 11. The movie titles I chose were Three Days and The year without a Santa Claus. I read books by two authors that were totally new to me. The words I matched were THREE and YEAR
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 165
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 13
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Reader Name: Whitnie I5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list. Required: State which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
The book I read was on page one of the list. Down and Out in Paris and London
* This book was written in 1933 so I'm claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket*
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:1
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 18
Tasks Complete: 15
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Reader Name: Whitnie I15.5 That’s So Random
Using this Random title generator, Hit "Give Me Some Titles" once. Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle. *Required: Include the six titles when you post.
The six titles I generated were:
Prized Gate
The Burning Stone
Lover of Edge
The Witch's Heart
The Year of the Worlds
Hunter in the Night
I chose the word Year and read Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 19
Tasks Complete: 16
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
20.3 - Option 2: Autobiography by a female author (at least 250 pages)Yes Please by Amy Poehler
* Amy Poehler is female and this is her memoir. It is 329 pages long.
25.16 Two books that I got for free in 2 different ways by authors that are new to me.
Book 1: Legend by Marie Lu
* Author is new to me (I had already claimed a book by this author, but I read this one first, as it is the 1st one in the series). I borrowed this one from my brother (for free).
Book 2: The Selection by Kiera Cass
* Author is new to me. I got is as a present for Christmas! :)
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 9
Pages Read: 5,751
Books Read: 16
Tasks in Progress: 5
Sheila20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 3:
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber(Cedar Cove #5)
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2:
Mind's Eye by Håkan NesserBook was written in Swedish and my native language is English
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
3. My youngest son Jack:
Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmanncar
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Option 1: Boxing Day (December 26th)
The Black Box by Michael ConnellyTotal Points = 475
Mary P20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
by Stephen King.Points this post: 20
Total points: 195
Jonquil20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1: Comics > Superheroes 7 users
Cassidy Jones and Vulcan's Gift
Elise Stokes
Paperback, 247 pages 12/30
after six genres disappeared overnight from Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula--invisibility? teleportation?
Points this post: 20
Total points: 320
Books posted: 33
Tasks complete: 31
Pages this post: 247
Total pages as of this post: 9225
Jonquil20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 3: #5 in a series (A Deadly Deli Mystery #5)
To Kill a Matzo Ball:
Delia Rosen
Paperback, 304 pages 12/29
Points this post: 20
Total points: 340
Books posted: 34
Tasks complete: 32
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 9529
Jonquil20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
OPTION C a horseback rider (on a horse)
Operation: Midnight Cowboy
Linda Castillo
Paperback, 313 pages 12/22
minimum of 250 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Books posted: 35
Tasks complete: 33
Pages this post: 313
Total pages as of this post: 9842
10.1. This is Your BrainDeath by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Required: #49 on Best Science Books Non-Fiction Only list
This post: 10
Total: 395
15.6 En Plein Air
by Cormac McCarthy15.7 Here Be Dragons
by Anne McCaffrey15.10 - A Reason to Party
Fireblood (Whispers from Mirrowen #1) by Jeff Wheeler
This post: 45
Total: 440
Nick KY15.5 Random Titles: From 6 Random Titles:
Bold Return
The Forgotten Dream
Wave of Waves
The Snow’s Dream
The Door of the Game
Servant in the Dreamer
I chose to read Death's Door by Jim Kelly, with “Door” in the title.
25.10 Sandy’s Bella Italia!
Option 1. Florence. I read The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall by Christopher Hibbert, though dates and the word "Renaissance" are not in the book's GR description, this is nonetheless a totally Renaissance book (and in Florence, too!) approved in messages 2 and 38 of the help thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 5. Sienna. In honor of the 17 contrades of Sienna, I read a book with 17 letters in the title + author’s name, The Sixes by author Kate White.
The House of Medici = 384 pages
The Sixes = 384 pages
Required page total = 500+ -- Total Page numbers = 768
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 280
Anne (Booklady)20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 3. Read a book written by an author whose name is "Rose," "Mary," or "Rosemary." = Mary
The Group by Mary McCarthy
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2 - Share the impressionists’ enthusiasm of light by reading a book with the word “light” embedded intact in the title/subtitle.
**All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
**Big Book: All the Light We Cannot See is 530 Pages.**
Option 3 - To celebrate the popularity of absinthe among the Parisian artists, read a book with a green cover. At least 80% of the cover must be green.
by Harlan CobenPoints in These Tasks: 50
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1361
Totals:
Total Points: 255/1185
Total Golden Oldies: 8
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 14/65
Total Books Read: 19
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 6539
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving backOption 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART.
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The edition linked to above is the audio edition that I read.
**I would like to claim a BB ticket and the link to the paperback with 608 pages is Alan Turing: The Enigma.**
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
BB(500): 1
15.6 En Plein AirRead a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Fool's Errand - Robin Hobb
The cover shows two people riding horses through a field.
With 661 pages, Fool's Errand is a big book, one ticket claimed
Points this post: 15
Points total: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1 -> 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 1252
NARUMON10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from the list Popular Books in 2015
Beware the Kitten Holy. This book is #170 on the list as of 12/30/2015.
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 10
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 240 + 10 = 250
Big Book: 1+0 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the StadiumOption 3 A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Option 4
by Karolina Waclawiak25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 3 Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Option 4 A Drink With Shane MacGowan by Victoria Mary Clarke
Required MacGowan's music, innovative and powerful, is as distinctive as his chaotic, breakdown-scarred, drug and alcohol-fuelled lifestyle.
This post: 50
Total: 490
FANDURY20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: Read a book with books on the cover
by Edmund CrispinThis book was first published 1944, so I claim 1 Golden Oldie ticket!
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 190
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.12 – Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Book 1 – Option 1: Open Season by C.J. Box which is set in Wyoming
Book 2 – Option 5: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick which has American History as a main page genre
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 285 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2
HINA15.1 Make the Switch -
Book 1: The Italian's Token Wife by Julia James.
Book 2: Fire and Ice by Julie Garwood.
Julia/Julie - author's name.
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 285
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CHRISTINE USTask 25.1 Art of Reading
Option B: Moon on Cover
by Ayelet WaldmanOption E: M-O-N-E-T
Our Lady of Immaculate Deception by Nancy Martin
M, T, E in Immaculate
O in Our
N in Deception
Total post: 25
Total Challenge: 180
Karen D. Task 30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
Book 1:
- used with The Summer of Good Intentions, since the kids are playing with pails in the sand, very reminiscent of summerBook 2:
- used with Under the Udala Trees, since the woman is walking under treesPoints this task: 30
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 3/65
WHIMSIE10.7 Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from Popular Books 2015
I read Ink and Bone which is currently (as of 12/30/2015) #140 on the list.
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Points this post: 10
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 11
Reader Name: Whitnie I10.4. C'est ou?
Impressionism was a primarily French school of art. Read a book with the name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle.
My Life in France
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 20
Tasks Complete: 17
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Task 5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte. Read a book from the Underclass list.
Required: State which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
On December 28, 2015, the book can be found on Page One. It was #68 on that page.
The People of the Abyss (1903) by Jack London (Paperback, 196 pages)
** The People of the Abyss is a Golden Oldie, published in 1903**
80 + 05 = 85
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 05
Points thus far: 80 + 05 = 85
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,471
Read but not claimed: 05
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Reader Name: Whitnie I5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice. Note: Books with the genre "children" or "kids" NOT found in AR Bookfinder MAY be used for this task. REQUIRED: If using this exemption, state that the book is not found in ARBookFinder.
Chocky
This book has the genre children but is not found on the AR Bookfinder so I'm using the exemption.
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 22
Tasks Complete: 18
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
15.2 Word For WordThe synonyms are calm and quiet:
All is Calm / All is Bright by Colleen Coble
Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
SCHATZIE10.10: Jump!
--number of pages divisible by 4
Church Of Marvels --- 308 pages
I did the audio, but linked it to the pb (no mmpb).
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25.10: Sandy's Bella Italia!
opt. 2: word from lyrics of Hotel California
---my word is 'passage'
Death Takes Passage --- pages: 352
I did the audio. The above link is to the pb (no mmbp) for page count.
opt. 5: 17 letters in title
Termination Orders ---pages: 384
I did the audio. The above link is to the pb (no mmpb) for page count.
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30.6: Donna Jo's Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
opt. 1: the word "COLD" in title
A Cold Day in Paradise ---- 297 pages
I did the audio. Here is the link to the mmpb for page count: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
opt. 2: author's initials in 'DRESSING WARMLY'
Kings of Midnight --- 272 pages
by Wallace Stroby
I did the audio. I linked the title to the pb (no mmpb) for page count.
Total Pages: 569
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30.7: Catherine T's A New Start in Art
opt. 2: certain numbers in page count
The Tourist --- 432 pages.
I did the audio, but, for page count, I linked it to the pb (no mmpb).
opt. 3: first letter of title words found in Trafalgar Square (this one is also the non-fiction requirement.)
Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large
Both books are new to me.
Points this Post: 95
TOTAL POINTS: 945
10.7. Are you Up to Date?The Water Knife
#161 on the list (14Nov)
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
3. Holiday Vacation: Leijonankesyttäjä
4. New Year's Eve: Son
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 11.0
Link to series (The Giver Quartet): https://www.goodreads.com/series/4360...
Points this post: 35
Points total: 115/1185
GO total: 2
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 8/65
Books read: 7
Reader Name: Daphne25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
500 page total
2. Title 1 word: Hotel California Lyrics (DOWN)
Down Among The Dead Men 288pages
5. 17 letters in title/sub/name (Just using title)
To Green Angel Tower 1,083pages
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books are new to me.
2.Page #s:(46,396; 6; 2,000)
Cinder 390 Pages
3. Title: TRAFALGAR SQUARE.(subs ignored)
Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor: A Master Class on Mentoring, Motivating, and Making It Work! Non-Fiction
Points this post: 55
Points Total: 535
Readerboard Name : Taryn Nicole10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set in one of the "cold countries".
1222 by Anne Holt, set entirely in Norway
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 10
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name : Taryn Nicole5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Any book.
The Secret Chord - Geraldine Brooks
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name: Taryn Nicole20.10 - Group Reads
I read The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1) by Rick Yancey by Rick Yancey (paperback). I posted in the discussion group as message 10.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.10 - Group ReadA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Comment in post 61 of the group read thread.
Total points 100
Laura NT20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 3: Read a book that takes place in at least two different countries.
Pacific Burn
This book takes place in both Japan and the United States.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Alexxy15.7 Here Be Dragons
Uprooted
There's a dragon on the cover
Also one of the main characters is called 'The Dragon'
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 8
Total Points: 120
Tasks Completed: 7
Sharice5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
, found on page one.20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language.
Read,
first written in Portugese and I read the version translated into English.Total this post=25
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Full total= 65
Big Book Ticket=1
CALLUNA15.2 Word For Word
The synonyms are :
Beautiful — pretty
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
and
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
Reader Name: Whitnie I15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Required: Include the cover
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 23
Tasks Complete: 19
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
25.2 - DecemberOption 2: Book you received as a gift
The Elite by Kiera Cass
* I got the whole series as a gift from my husband for Christmas :)
Option 4: Last book in a series
Shopaholic to the Rescue by Sophie Kinsella
* Series link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/4560...
Total Points: 180
Tasks Completed: 10
Pages Read: 6,087
Books Read: 17
Tasks in Progress: 4
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950sChose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
1. Read a book with one of the following words in the title (title only, no subtitles): Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen. Plurals and the endings -er, -est, or -ing will work. No other variations are allowed.
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (233 pages)
2. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories from a Life Lived In and Out of the Moviesby Illeana Douglas (304 pages)
Total Pages 537
This Post
Points: 30
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 2
Pages Read: 537
Golden Oldies ticket request: Yes for Cold Comfort Farm (1st published September 8th 1932)
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 30
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 2
Pages Read: 537
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
10.2. Art AppreciationRead a book that has a framed painting or framed photograph on the cover. A partial framed painting or photograph is okay, but there must be enough showing to tell that this is what it is. Empty frames cannot be used.
REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
by Lisa GenovaThis Post
Points: 10
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 343
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 40
Tasks Posted: 2
Books Posted: 3
Pages Read: 880
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
ABAYOMI20.6- Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
OPTION 2: Read a book with a mostly brown (over 50%) colored-cover.
I read
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POINTS THIS TASK: 20
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 120
GOLDEN OLDIES: 2
BIG BOOKS: 1
ESHAY10.7 Popular books of 2015
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Number 32 on the list as of today, 31 Dec 15
10.10 Leap year: read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
152 pages/4 = 38
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Tasks completed: 8
Book read: 9
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of ReadingOption B:
by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleOption D: A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Required: Published in 1887; set in the 19th century
This post: 25
Total Points: 515
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw whatInspiration:
Book 1: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Required: The sea or ocean on the inspiration cover inspired me to read Wide Sargasso Sea
Inspiration
Book 2: Summer by Edith Wharton
Required: I thought the brightness of the cover and outdoor scene felt like Summer
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
Option 1: Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Required: #1 on page 1 on the list
Option 5: Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams
Required: #1 on page 1 on the list
This post: 60
Total: 575
Mod
5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
-ISM: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
10.10. Jump!
Satin Island by Tom McCarthy 192 pg /4 = 48
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
option A, song, "Christmas" from "I'll Be Home for Christmas":
The Dogs of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron
option C, food on cover (caviar):
First Bite: How We Learn to Eat by Bee Wilsontotal = 310
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.09 – Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Book 1 – Option C: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer which is the first in a series / trilogy that I have not read before.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 305 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2: Book published between 1940 and 1965.
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, published 1952.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 140
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 11
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 1