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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.10 – Jump!
Book 1: Siamese by Stig Sæterbakken which is 164 (164/4=41)
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 380 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.08 – Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Book 1 – Option 1: The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfon which has the word “BOX” intact in the title.
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 400 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
15.10 A Reason to PartyRead a book that is #1, 2, or 12 in a series.
Yarned and Dangerous by Sadie Hartwell #1 in a series
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1/65
Reader Name: Whitnie I30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 1 - At least fifty percent of the book must occur outdoors.
Required: When posting, state how your book qualifies for an outdoor setting.
Lords Of The Bow This entire book occurs outdoors as the Mongols wage war against the Chin.
Option 3 - read a book with a green cover. At least 80% of the cover must be green. Required: Include the cover when you post.
The Day of the Triffids
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 315
Books Read: 29
Tasks Complete: 23
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Yearoption B. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
The Lady Who Lived Again by Thomasine Rappold
option D. Read a book of your choice.
The Traitor's Trap by Brendan Murphy
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 40
Total Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2/65
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950sOption 2. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Cover Shot by LynDee Walker pages 302
Option 4. Do You Believe in Santa? by Sierra Donovan "Christmas" is in the main genre page 312 pages
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Total Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 3/65
15.2 Word For WordBook 1: Beautiful Wreck
Book 2: All the Pretty Horses
Beautiful and Pretty are synonyms
15.10 - A Reason to Party
A Bone to Pick
2nd book in the Aurora Teagarden Series
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option B-Short Story Collection
Life's Little Ironies
Claiming Golden Oldies, published in 1894
Total this post: 50
Total Points: 160
Golden Oldies: 2
Didi302325.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre GLBT.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green
Option 2: Read a book with the the name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
The Bees by Laline Paull
CURRENT POST
Points: 25
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 115
15.7 - Here Be DragonsYou Slay Me by Katie MacAlister
The storyline involves dragons. Drake Vireo, one of the main characters, is described in the book's description as: "a seriously handsome Parisian dragon in human form"
Total points: 90
Cindy FTask 10.1 This is Your Brain
Non Fiction book from list:
#20 on "Popular Science for Smarties" I read The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Claim 1 Big Book Ticket 608 pages!
Points this post:10
Total points:75
Tasks completed:5
Books read:7
Golden Oldies:2
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.4 C'est ou?;The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. You can't get a much Frencher city than Paris.
10.9 Catch Up with the SRC:
Because I had already read all the books on the SRC shelf, I used the variation to read this new-to-me book:
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
25.10 Sandy's Task--Bella Italia!:
3. Venice
Christmas in Cold Creek by RaeAnne Thayne Vaporatti
5. Siena:
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker. Seventeen letters in author's name.
25.13 M1nk's Task--Art Can Set You Free:
1. America: Imagine a World without Her by Dinesh D'Souza
2. The Beauty: Poems
Today's total: 70
Grand total: 465
trishhartuk20.2. Rookie at the Top: Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: Coach K has been the head coach at Duke since 1980. For this option, read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
Cat Trick, Sofie Kelly
krzyzewSKi
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 200
Tasks Completed: 10
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
20.1 (Super)heroes Option 2: nonfiction by/about someone heroic
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai
I admire that the author continues to be an advocate for girls' education, even after being targeted by the Taliban.
20.4 Lost in Translation
Option 3: set in at least two different countries
The American Heiress by Daisy Goodwin
This story was set in the United States and in England.
I am claiming one Big Book ticket. I listened to the Audiobook version, but the Mass Market Paperback version has 523 pages.
Points this Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Reader name: Maya20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
Book read: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I have posted in the Group Reads thread, post #65.
I am claiming one Golden Oldies ticket for this book. This book was originially published in 1843.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 245
Tasks Complete: 18
Big Books Total: 7
Golden Oldies Total: 1
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101Option 2- Acrylics - Acrylic paint was initially developed in the 1930s, but was refined in the 1940s to the mid 1960s. Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym
Some Tame Gazelle was originally published in 1950.
First published in 1950, one Golden Oldie ticket claimed
Points this post: 20
Points total: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 - 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 1506
10.10. Jump! Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Steal Me byLauren Layne pages 384 384/4= 96
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 80
Total Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 4/65
Bookwrm526Task #30.5 - Exploring the world of -ogy
Option 2, Geology - Read a book that has been shelved at least three times as geology from the list Popular Geology Books. I read Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth by James M. Tabor, which has been shelved as geology seven times and appears on page one of the list.
Option 5, Zoology - Read a book that has been shelved at least three times as zoology from the list Popular Zoology Books. I read Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects by Amy Stewart, which has been shelved as zoology 3 times and is on page one of the list.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 310
Elizabeth PTask 25.5 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: Christmas decorations on the cover or author's initials in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
by Susan MalleryHas both christmas decorations on cover and initials
Option C: Book with food or drink on the cover
by Joanne FlukePoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 160
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 10
Julia103Repost from 946:
15.6 En Plein Air
Mary B.20.2 Rookie At The Top
Option 1: Readva book with a Duke Blue Cover
Points this post 20
Total points 120
Total books 8
Total tasks 6
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
KARENF10.10 Jump!
Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
448 pages/4 = 112
15.1 Make the Switch
Book 1: Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Book 2: Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly
Diana/Diane
20.9 Art & Science
Option C: Fatal Affair by Marie Force
Book #1 in the Fatal series. Approved in the Help Thread
Points this post: 45
Total Challenge points: 145
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste RenoirThe Coming by Daniel Black
+5 Points
10.5. Curl Up and Read
REQUIRED: Indicate the page of the list on which your book was found: page 1 #52:
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
+10 Points
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Norway:
Eva's Eye by Karin Fossum
+10 Points
10.10. Jump!
208 Pages:
Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe
+10 Points
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's:
the aUTObiOgraphy oF aN ex-coLoreD man by jameS
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
+15 Points
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 2. I love the smell and taste of cinnamon. It's a great savory and sweet spice. Read a book with a mostly brown (over 50%) colored-cover:
Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare Cumin is my favorite spice!
+20 Points
Points this Post: 70
Grand Total: 70
10.9. Catch Up With the SRCThe Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kid
This book is new to me
Points this post: 10
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
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron CraziesOption 2: read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
His All Night by Elle Wright
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
Blood Rose Angel by Liza Perrat set in France
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
The Faberge Secret byStephanie Burkhart
10.4. C'est ou?
Read a book with the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle.
French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley by Linda Kovic-Skow
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
byDonna Kauffman25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both authors are new to me.
Book One Netgalley The Silence of the Chihuahuas by Waverly Curtis
Book Two Received as a Gift Sunset at Rosalie by Ann L. McLaughlin
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 160
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 10/65
FANDURY30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
Option 1: Read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as ecology from this list: Popular Ecology Books.
Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead by Robert Brockway
Shelved 14 times as Ecology and found on page 1 of the list.
Option 3: Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Biology."
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History by Stephen Jay Gould
This book has Biology as one of its genres on the main page.
Both books are non-fiction.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 220
Books Read: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
CHANDNI15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorIL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5.0
Book approved here
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This Post: 15
Total Points: 185
Books Read: 12
Completed Tasks: 10
Bluegrass Pam20.2 Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2- Author whose first and last initials in: krzyzeWSki
Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman by Sam Wasson
Points this post: 20
GO this post: 0 / BB this post: 0
Total Points: 105
Total BB: 1 / Total GO: 2
Mod
I read Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia - set over 90% in Russia.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
I chose option 1 and read
, with a book on the cover.30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read
- found on page 1 (2nd book) of Popular Geology Books with 58 users shelving it as Geology.For my second book, I chose option 4, and read
- found on page 1 of Popular Neurology Books with 5 users shelving it as Neurology.Points this post: 60
Total points: 335
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There! Set in Sweden
The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell
10.8 Hey, We Were There, Too!
(VP Charles Fairbanks)
Chocolate Quake by Nancy Fairbanks
Points this Post 20
Total Points 45
NARUMON20.5 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
A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction.
Writing > Books About Books shelved by 5 users.
25.5 Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option A: Title contains a word, greater than 4 letters, from your favorite Christmas carol or Christmas song.
One of my favorite Christmas songs is a Japanese song called Very Merry Xmas by Tohoshinki. I read A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir. The title contains "very".
Option D: Read a book of your choice
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill.
IN POST:
Points: 20 + 25 = 45
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 250 + 45 = 295
Big Books: 1 + 0 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's Task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre "Superheroes" (embedded or standalone)
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
Comics > Superheroes shelved by 2 users
IN POST:
Points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTALS:
Points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre "Superheroes" (embedded or standalone)
Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
Comics > Superheroes shelved by 2 users
IN POST:
Points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTALS:
Points: 20
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Karen D. Task 25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 6: read a book with a page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Book 1: The Lake House, finished 1/3. 593 pages
Book 2: Trust No One, finished 12/16. 342 pages
Total pages: 935
Points this task: 25
Total points: 110
Tasks completed: 4/65
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent
"Shopping" ends in -ING.
Link to PB edition: Shopping for a Billionaire 1
This post: 5 points
Total points to date: 5 points
Tasks completed: 1
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Anne (Booklady)10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
James S. Sherman (1909-1912) was Vice President to William Howard Taft.
*Double Indemnity by James M. Cain
*Claiming GO Ticket: Double Indemnity was 1st pub. in 1936.*
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2 - Western Genre = Western 2 Users
Noted in Genre Verification Thread: Post 37
Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne
Option 3 - Popular Gemstones, I chose Amber
The Amber Keeper by Freda Lightfoot
Points in These Tasks: 35
Golden Oldies in This Post: 1
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 904
Totals:
Total Points: 290/1185
Total Golden Oldies: 9
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 16/65
Total Books Read: 22
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 7443
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.9 - Catch Up With the SRC
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
This book was read by the group March 2011 to May 2011.
This book is new to me and is not a re-read.
Link to PB edition: I Am Number Four
10.10 - Jump!
William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh by Ian Doescher
There are 176 pages which is divisible by 4.
This post: 20 points
Total points to date: 25 points
Tasks completed: 3
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.10 – Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Book 1 – Option 2: The Highway by C.J. Box which has a word in the title, of more than 5 letters (Highway) matching the opening line “On a dark, desert highway” in the song “Hotel California”
Book 2 – Option 5: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett. The title contains 17 letters
Book 1 (383 pgs) + Book 2 (120 pgs) = 503 total pages
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 425 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
dakimel5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
I read Talk Sweetly to Me (The Brothers Sinister) (this is my one under-100-pg book)
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Girl Waits with Gun - word used: GIRL from painting: Girl with a Watering Can
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
The Girl in the Spider's Web - set in Sweden
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
option b: The Nursing Home Murder (#3 in series)
& option c: The Star Side of Bird Hill (STAR)
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
option 2: The Story of the Lost Child - my native language is English & the book's original language is Italian
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Proof by Seduction by Courtney Milan
& (new-to-me author) The Young Elites by Marie Lu
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 1 & a 6
1: book 1 in series: The Courtesan Duchess
2: from 6-Mystery/Thriller list: Career of Evil
TALLY:
This post - 110 points
Total - 245
Queenbee Darlene5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
Hurting Distance by Sophie Hannah Hurting Distance
5 points
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the listed cold countries. This book is set entirely in Iceland
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Burial Rites
10 points
10.10 Jump!
Read a book with page number evenly divisible by 4
This book has 240 pages which is divisible by 4
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling Why Not Me?
10 points
30.6 Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 1) Read a book with Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen in title . This book has ICE in title:
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne (Kindle Edition has 385 pages)
The Ice Twins
Option 2) Author's initials in the phrase "Dressing Warmly". This book is written by Donna Leon - D in Dressing, L in Warmly. (Paperback has 270 pages)
Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon Death at La Fenice
Total of pages must be more than 500. 270 + 385 = 655
30 points
Points this post: 55
Janice CA5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
a person wearing a hat on the cover
Ten Days in a Mad-House by Nellie Bly
***GOLDEN OLDIE, first published in 1887***
+5
total: 35
tasks: 2
books: 3
Oldies: 2
Reader name: Daphne15.5 That’s So Random
http://mdbenoit.com/rtg.htm Title/sub: 1 word
Required: Include the six titles when you post.
1: Ragged Misty
2: The Wild Shores
3: Sorcerer of Elves
4: The Year's Slave
5: The Soul of the Something
6: Shores in the Soul
My book: The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2015 - Used Year's in #4 title
Points this post: 15
Points Total: 580
Post #330.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
381+224=605 pages
2) Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Follow You Home by Mark Edwards 381 pages
M in warMly, E in drEssing
4) Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."The word may stand alone or be embedded.
A Christmas Promise 224 pages
Holiday > Christmas 75 users on genre main page
Points this post: 30
Total: 110
Books read: 8
Tasks Done:5
Repost message 9995.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Read a book set at least 50% in Switzerland and/or France.
Blood Rose Angel by Liza Perrat set in France
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
The Faberge Secret byStephanie Burkhart
10.4. C'est ou?
Read a book with the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle.
French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley by Linda Kovic-Skow
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
byDonna Kauffman20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
His All Night by Elle Wright
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both authors are new to me.
Book One Netgalley The Silence of the Chihuahuas by Waverly Curtis
Book Two Received as a Gift Sunset at Rosalie by Ann L. McLaughlin
Points This Post: 80
Total Points: 160
Total Books Read: 13
Tasks Completed: 10/65
25.17 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays (2 books)Option 3 (Author’s Initials can be found in KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT)
I read Black Hills by Dan Simmons.
and
Option 4 (Main Character is a musician)
I read Luck or Something Like It: A Memoir by Kenny Rogers.
Points: 25
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 50 points
VAL TX25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Please chose TWO different options and read a book for each.
Option B. - Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
Option D. - Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
This post:
Points - 25
Total:
Points - 85
G.Q.5.4: The Wee Free Men which can be found on page 3 of "Popular Satire Books"
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 9
Big Book Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
M1NKS15.5 That’s So Random - Lonely Death, The Silky Lord, Angel of Thief, The Moon's Roses, The Husband of the Silk, Voyage in the Moons
Duplicate Death (Lonely Death)
15.6 En Plein Air - Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0 (just in case it pops up after I post)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 150
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 14
M1NKS20.3 - Art and Passion
C: Read a book with a cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child)
Published 1850* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
20.5 - 20.5 - Winter Birthdays
3. Read a book that has a motorized vehicle on the cover.
(Two trains on cover)IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
20.7 - Painting 101
3. Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED - The Railway Children Published 1906
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9.0
20.9 - Art and Science
B: Read a short story collection. - The Mysterious Mr. Quin (collection of 12 separate short stories) Published 1930
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 80
Total points: 230
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 500=1, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 18
M1NKS25.1 - Art of Reading
B: Read a book that shows the sun or the moon on the cover.
IL: MY - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
C. Read an anthology or a book of short stories or essays that are built around the same theme.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings - the theme is feminism or more specifically, women claiming a place in society other than that of purely 'mother and wife'.
* I wish to claim a Golden Oldie Ticket for this - this anthology has a modern date on it but the stories themselves were all published in the late 1800s/early 1900s. As this was the actual version I read I posted it but this is a link to another collection which has a more appropriate date of 1892- The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories *
25.2 - December: It's that time of the year
3. read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover
528 pages* I Claim 1 x Big Book Ticket *
4. Celebrate the ending of another year by reading the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books.
Hearing Secret Harmonies
https://www.goodreads.com/series/5671...
25.13 - Art Can Set You Free
1. select a book which has some statuary on the cover
4. The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year - Woman decides to stop being a socially acceptable 'wife and mother' and spends a year in bed despite vociferous protests from those around her.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 305
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 21
Christine V10.5. Curl Up and Read
The Hobbit - Currently found on Page 1 of the list.
AR Book Finder info: IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 16.0
I read the above audio edition - Link to top MMP.
The Hobbit was first published in 1937. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 10
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4. When you post, indicate the total number of pages in your book.
Total Number of Pages: 248
Apollo 23 (Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #37) (2010) by Justin Richards (Hardcover, 248 pages)
85 + 10 = 95
Tasks Completed: 07
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