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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
by Erskine Caldwell # 20 on list as of 12/31/15Points this post: 5
Total points: 175
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.03 – Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: First Thrills: High-Octane Stories From the Hottest Thriller Authors Edited by Lee Child whose first name consists of only 3 letters
Book 2: Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy which is 100 pages in length and the author’s first name consists of only 3 letters
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1912). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 345 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
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
Coralie10.3 "Young Girl Reading"
Using the word 'children' from the painting "Children on the Sea Shore in Guernsey"
Five Children and It
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8.0
10.10 Jump!
book with a number of pages divisible by 4
Telegraph Avenue 468 pages
15.6 En Plein air
Outdoor scene on cover
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 13.0This post 35 points
Total to date 140 points
Emsreviewsbooks15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Book A: The Young Elites by Marie Lu. Science Fiction is a main-page genre.
Book B: The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen. It is book 3 in the Ascendance Trilogy. AR information: IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12.0
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1: I read Balthazar by Claudia Gray. Balthazar is a vampire, and Skye is pursued by many vampires throughout the book.
Points this post: 35
Total Points: 200
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 12
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.03 – Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Book 1 – Option B: Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson which is a memoir and over 250 pages
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 365 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Cindy C.Task 30.6- Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose initials are in the phrase dressing warMLy. Liane Moriarty with 487 pages.
What Alice Forgot
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre of Christmas and it may be embedded. 192 pages.
A Gift from Bob: How a Street Cat Helped One Man Learn the Meaning of Christmas
Total pages for both books must be at least 500 (487+192=679).
Points this post: 30
Total points: 140
Total tasks: 5
15.9 Degas and the DancersThe Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
Points this post:15
Big Books this post:0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points:55
Tasks Complete:5
Total Big Books:1
Total Golden Oldies:0
Mary P20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Blood Kiss by J.R. Ward.
This is a new series for me. I have not read any books in this series before.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 215
SCHATZIE25.3: Sirena's Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside....So Pick a Side!
I flipped heads: USA
opt. 2: a book about aviation
The Wright Brothers
---approved in msg 52 of help thread
opt. 4: David Hasselhoff's quote: My word, "Hanging"
The Hanging Valley
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25.14: JennRenee's Winter Wonderland
opt. 3: author's initials found in 'Sweater Boots Jeans'
Tiny Little Thing -- 416 pages
by Beatriz Williams
I did the audio, but the above link goes to the pb version (no mmbp) for page count
opt. 6: given numbers for page numbers
Princess of Thorns --- 400 pages
by Stacey Jay
I did the audio. The above link goes to the hardcover version (no pb, or mmpb) for page count.
total pages for this task: 816
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30.2: Jonquil's You think you saw what?
Book 1:
the chosen image:
I chose to read:
Kindred
They look like they are family. Even if they aren't, they could easily be kindred spirits drawn to music
Book 2:
the chosen image:
I chose to read: Flowering Wilderness
When I saw this title available, I thought "perfect" because it describes the image perfectly.
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Points this Post: 80
TOTAL POINTS: 1025
Boston Kate
10.1 This is Your Brain
The Hot Zone : The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus by Richard Preston
Nonfiction. #16 on Best Science Books - Nonfiction Only.
15.10 A Reason to Party
Traffick by Ellen Hopkins
Identified as #2 in Tricks series.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Tasks completed: 2
Books read (including unposted): 3
Bookwrm526Task 20.7 - Painting 101
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials (middle names initials may be ignored) can be found in the word LinSeed. I read The Hired Girlby Laura Amy Schlitz (IL: MG+; BL: 5.7; AR 18).
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Task 30.4 - Plein Air
Option 1: Read a book that is set at least 50% outside. I read Lost Canyon by Nina Revoyr. Other than the first few chapters where you are meeting the main characters, the book is set during a completely insane backpacking and camping trip in the mountains of California.
Option 3: Read a book where at least 80% of the cover is green. I read On the Fringe by Aaron Elkins and Charlotte Elkins
. It was approved in the task help thread, post 99.Points this post: 50
Total points so far: 280
Oma122920.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
An Old-Fashioned Christmas -- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Link to Discussion Thread
Claiming A Christmas Carol as a GO Book-published in 1843
Total Points--- -130/1185
Completed Tasks--8/66
GO Books (1 )
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM15.9 Degas and the Dancers
I read
by Agnes de Mille. She was an early-to-mid 20th century dancer, primarily known now for her ballet "Rodeo" and choreography for "Oklahoma!" - this was her first memoir published in 1952.Previous point total: 260
New points this post: 15
Total points: 275
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 16
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
JULIA L.20.5 Bigger is better - Shelley UT's task Winter Birthdays
Option 3:
Seanan McGuire's Sparrow Hill Road
Points this Post: 20
Total points: 55
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
CHANDNI10.10. Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson
There are 288 pages in this book.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2 - Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
First published in 1953.
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This Post: 30
Total Points: 170
Books Read: 11
Completed Tasks: 9
First time submitter, let's see if I got it right! I've completed four tasks from my December reading.5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
I read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray. (Book of Choice.)
Points: 5
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
I read At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen. (Listed as #23 on Popular Books 2015 List on 12/31/15.)
Points: 10
10.10. Jump!
I read Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek. (The paperback version is 288 pages, evenly divisible by 4.)
Points: 10
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1 ("books about books" main page genre)
I read The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.
Points: 20
Points this post: 45 points
Total points to date: 45 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Readerboard Name: G.Q.10.6: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent and set 100% in Iceland
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Book Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Kim O5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover.
Points this task: 5
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts -- Found on page 2.
Points this task: 5
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15.8 Please Mr. Postman Read a book from the list Popular epistolary novels.
The Martian -- Found on page 1, #99
Points this task: 15
15.10 - A Reason to Party Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Dog Gone, Back Soon
Points this task: 15
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
1. My mom: Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
Gutenberg's Apprentice: A Novel
Points this task: 20
20.10 - Group Reads
An Old-Fashioned Christmas
A Christmas Carol
Golden Oldie -- First published in 1843
Post 56 in discussion thread
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie ticket: 1
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25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option C: Read an anthology or a book of short stories or essays that are built around the same theme.
The Penguin Book of Witches
Option E: Read a book that has a title that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T.
-- Frankenstein's MonsterPoints this task: 25
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Book 1. Option A: Read a book from the Best Amish Fiction List.
-- Found on page 1Book 2. Option D: Read a book with something pertaining to Christmas on the cover.
Points this task: 25
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 1
Books read: 10
Pamela32655.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Bachelor's Homecoming by Karen Kirst
10.4. C'est ou?
Under the Streets of Nice by Rene L. Maurice, Ken Follett - Set in Nice, France
10.10. Jump!
A Texas Christmas Wish by jolene Navarro - 224 pages
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2 - A Season of Forgiveness by Brenda Coulter - a Season of FOrgiveNess brenDa cOULTer
15.6 En Plein Air
by Sherri Shackelford15.10 - A Reason to Party
by Linda Goodnight - Buchannons #2Points this post: 70
Total Points: 190
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
Sheila25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
1. Birthdays:
Flowering Judas by Jane Haddam1951 - author born the same year as me
and
4. New Year's Eve:
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet EvanovichStephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1:
Cold Hit by Stephen J. CannellPaperback, 384 pages - Cold Hit
and
Option 4:
The Christmas Bouquet: Bayside Retreat by Sherryl WoodsPaperback, 368 pages - The Christmas Bouquet: Bayside Retreat
Total Points = 530
5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste RenoirRead a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
Mommy in the Making by Victoria Pade
Points: 5
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15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover. Required: Include the cover.
by Charles DickensGolden Oldie Ticket please: published 1861
Points: 15
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15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass
#1 in Body Farm
Points: 15
Grand Total Points: 85
Total Books Read: 18
Total Tasks Completed: 8
Total GO Tickets: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101Option 2- Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
First published 1955
Points: 20
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series. This must be a series you have not read before. It must be obvious this is the first in the series from the book’s Goodreads page. Required: State that you have not read any book in the series before.
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay
This is a new series for me, and I have not previously read any of the books in this series.
Library Lover's Mystery
Points: 20
Grand Total Points: 125
Total Books Read: 20
Total Tasks Completed: 10
Total GO Tickets: 1
20.10 - Group ReadsRead ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
I read "A Christmas Carol" in Christmas Books by Charles Dickens
Not sure if this is eligible for a GO Ticket but the book was published in 1928.
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
post #60
Points: 20
Grand Total Points: 145
Total Books Read: 21
Total Tasks Completed: 11
Total GO Books: 1+?
Reader Name: Whitnie I25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
You may read one book or two books but the total pages read must be a minimum of 800 pages.
The books I read had a total of 989 pages.
3. Read a book where the author's initials can be found in any of these three words: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS. Initials may be found in more than one of the words, but letters can only be used as many times as they appear.
For task 3 the authours name is Jack Whyte and the initials JW are found in the above words. The Skystone
4. Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations.
The Winter King
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 245
Books Read: 25
Tasks Complete: 20
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
perletwo5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas - Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
A MOVEABLE FEAST by Ernest Hemingway
Points this task: 05
Total points: 345
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 26
Tasks completed: 19
Catherine TTask 10.10 - Jump!
read a book whose pages are divisible by 4
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
416 pages = divisble by 4, results in 104
Task 25.17 - Real Life Gets in the Way
option 3 - read a book whose author initials can be found in TRANSPLANT
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
NN in transplant
option 4 - read a book where the MC is a musician
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Seraphina is a musician - the Queen's Assistant Music Master
Big book: 528 pages
LOULOU15.10 A Reason to Party
Read a book listed as 1, 2, or 12 in a series.
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
Listed as #2 in the Hark! A Vagrant series.
This post:
Points: 15
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 70
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Reader Name: Whitnie I20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Choose ONE of the options below and read a book that fits that option. Required: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 2: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language. The edition you read may be in any language, as long as the first published edition of the book was not in your native language. Required: In your post, state your native language and the original language of the book.
My native language is English and the book I chose was initially published in Portuguese.
The Valkyries
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 265
Books Read: 26
Tasks Complete: 21
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
LAUREN JODI25.14 - JennRenne’s task: Winter Wonderland
Option 4 - Cold Winter Chill
Fires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey
Winter in the title
Page #: 362
Option 6 - Holiday fun
Blood and Fire by Shannon McKenna
Page #: 544 (5 and 4 in the count)
*This is a big book (544 pages)
Total # pages: 906
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 80/1185
Total Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5/65
Big Book Ticket: 1
Task 15.6 En Plein Air
Shadow Spell by Nora Roberts
There is an outdoor scene on the cover.
Task total: 15
Challenge total: 195
Morgan Faeriesfolly10.3 "Young Girl Reading"
REQUIRED: Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings. The words must match EXACTLY - no variations.
Painting: Young Woman Arranging Her Earring
Selection: Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman
Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman -- Matt Fraction
15.5 That’s So Random
REQUIRED: Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle. *Articles (A, An, The, etc) and prepositions (in, on, of, etc) may NOT be used. Plurals and possessives work and removing a plural or possessive works as well. Required: Include the six titles when you post.
Title 1:
Splintered Sword
Title 2:
The Eager Night -- NIGHT
Title 3:
Time of Bridge
Title 4:
The Husband's Game
Title 5:
The Flower of the Pleasure
Title 6:
Shadow in the Boy
Unholy Night
Selection: Unholy Night -- Seth Grahame-Smith
15.7 Here Be Dragons
REQUIRED: Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons. The dragon connection must be obvious from the Goodreads book main page: title, genre, description, reviews, etc.
Selection: Talon -- Julie Kagawa
20.2 Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: For this option, read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
Selection: Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights -- Salman Rushdie
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. If the book features vampires, this should be obvious from the book's main page description or reviews.
Description: "Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux knows she is the best..."
Selection: Angels' Blood -- Nalini Singh
Optional -- Garlic! There's a long list of others as well, but garlic has always been a big part of cooking in our house and my mom passed it on to me. I have garlic salt, powder (in cabinet), minced garlic (in fridge), and fresh in the kitchen right now. lol.
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This Post: 10 + 15 + 15 + 20 + 20 = 80
Total Points: 240
Cait S20.6- Favorite SEASONings
Option 1
Read a book that has "Horror" as a main page genre.
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming
Children's Genre Info: MG+
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks Completed: 11
30.6 - Donna Jo - Winter in Iowa circa 1950sOption 1: Ice in title - The Ice Cap and the Rift by Marshall Chamberlain
Option 2: author's initials in phrase: DRESSING WARMLY - Three Fates by Nora Roberts
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 140/1185
Tasks Completed: 7
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
loafer5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
published in 1925, making it a "golden oldie"
points this task: 5
total points: 115
BB: 2
GO: 4
tasks completed: 10
HINA15.5 That’s So Random - The Secretary's Scandalous Secret by Cathy Williams.
Six titles generated are:
1. Stripped End
2. The Lost Angel
3. Thorns of Secret
4. The Flame's Flames
5. The Dream of the Danger
6. Ashes in the Abyss
Current post:
Points: 15
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 300
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.10 – Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Book 1: Elegy for Kosovo: Stories by Ismail Kadare. "Children" or "Kids" are not a main-page genre
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 370 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
MelissaH25.2 December: It's that time of the year
Option 1:
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
I was born in 1983, which is the same year that this book was published.
Option 2:
The Melody Lingers On
My mother and I both share a love of Mary Higgins Clark, so she bought this for me as a gift when it came out.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Completed Tasks: 5
Books Read: 6
Morgan Faeriesfolly20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 1 - Watercolors - Read a book with a main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
Approval/Verification: HERE
Selection: The Bees -- Laline Paull
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 260
Linda AZ30.7 Catherine T's Task: A New Start in Art
Option 1: Author's Initials Joelle Charbonneau - John Constable
The Testing
Option 2: First letter of words in the title are found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Scarlett Undercover
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 60
Books Read: 4
Tasks completed: 2
Big Books total: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
5.1 Dance at le Moulin de la Galette
by Louise Walters15.10 A Reason to Party
by Jojo Moyes#2 in a series.
20.3 Art and Passion
Option C: Person on horse on cover. Book is 400 pages.
by Joe R. LansdalePost Total: 40
Grand Total: 40
Kait20.10 - Group Reads
A book selected as one of the Group Reads choices for the season.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens -- I participated in the book discussion with post #63
A Christmas Carol qualifies as a Golden Oldie as it was first published in 1843.
Points This Post: 20
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 1
Total Points: 90
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Jen UT15.10 - A Reason to Party
Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
Points this post: 15
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Total Points: 50
In reference to my original post 889 in this thread and admin post 99 in problem thread, please make the following correction. It should be:5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
I read The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett as a Book of Choice and one time use of 80-99 page range for 5 point task at 96 pages.
Points: No New Points.
(I'd previously completed this as Beauty Queens, which I will rescind and apply to a different task once second requirement is met.)
20.5
The Uncommon Reader moved to task 5.10. Task 20.5 should not appear as completed at this time, dropping my points total as reflected below.
Points this post: 0 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Elizabeth B25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Total pages=386+288 >500
Option 3: author's initials (EI) are found in the word "vaporEttI"
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, 386 pgs
Option 5: a book with 17 letters in the book title and in the author's name combined
A New Hope (8 letters) by Robyn Carr (9 letters), 288 pgs
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa
Option 1: Snow in the title
Let It Snow, 210 pgs
Option 2: author's initials in "dreSsing warMly"
Kiss Me by Susan Mallery (SM)(384 pgs)
Total pages=210+384=594 >500
Points: 55
Total 345+55=400
KTKIZZIE10.9 Catch Up With the SRC
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Required information: This book was new to me, not a re-read. {And this may now be one of my all-time favorite series!}
10.10 Jump!
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
Required information: 432 pages
Points Claimed This Post: 20
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Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 2
Total Points Claimed: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books Read: 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Susan W.5.9 The Absinthe Drinker: Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland or France.
I read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The book is set a little over 50% in France.
15.4 That's So Random: Read a book containing a word found in one of the six titles given to you using the Random Title Generator. Include the six titles.
Bloody Servant
The Sucking Girl
Shard of Willow
The Wizard's Dragon
The Stars of the Eye
Voyages in the River
Using Wizard's (removing the possessive)
I read Wizard at Large by Terry Brooks
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Christine V25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
I chose to read two books for Option 2.
Book 1: Sonnets from the Portuguese - I read this Kindle edition. Link to Paperback (no MMP available)
Sonnets from the Portuguese was first published in 1850. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Book 2: The Essential Neruda: Selected Poems
Points this post: 25
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 70
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Morgan Faeriesfolly25.1 Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option B: Impressionism includes the play of light. Read a book that shows the sun or the moon on the cover.
Selection:
The Accidental Highwayman: Being the Tale of Kit Bristol, His Horse Midnight, a Mysterious Princess, and Sundry Magical Persons Besides -- Ben Tripp
Option E: For this task, read a book that has a title (title only, no subtitles) that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T. The letters can appear in any order and they can appear more than once within the title.
Something Deadly This Way Comes
Selection: Something Deadly This Way Comes -- Kim Harrison
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 285
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Task # 10.01 – This is Your Brain
Book 1: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach which was on Page 1, #30 of the Best Science Books NonFiction Only https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6... List
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 315 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 2