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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
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10.10 - Jump!
Page count equally divisible by 4
ebook edition I read: Doll Bones
Most popular paperback: Doll Bones - 244 pp
AR Bookfinder info: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7.0
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Random generated numbers: 2, 10
Book #1 -- Using a word of at least 4 characters from the Christmas Movie titles on December 2 -- Christmas Movie Title: Jack Frost (using word "Jack")
Kindle edition I read: Jack Lives Here
Most popular paperback: Jack Lives Here
Author Lynnette Lounsbury new to me
Book #2 -- Using a word of at least 4 characters from the Christmas Movie titles on December 10 -- Christmas Movie Title: Nestor, The Long Eared Christmas Donkey (using word "Christmas")
Kindle edition I read: The Christmas Bus
Most popular hardcover: The Christmas Bus
Author: Melody Carlson new to me
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Book #1 -- Using Option A -- book found on page 1 at spot #17 of The Best of Amish Fiction list
Kindle edition I read: A Simple Amish Christmas
Paperback edition: A Simple Amish Christmas
Book #2 -- Using Option C where book is 2011 GR Choice Award for the horror category -- https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
Kindle edition I read: Seed
Paperback edition: Seed
Both books are fiction
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 60
Points Earned this Post: 60
Total Points To Date: 120
Post #530.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART. Middle initials may be ignored.
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey EH in HEart
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
Murder in Little Italy
Points this post: 30
Total: 160
Books read: 11
Tasks Done:7
Unclaimed 2
MEGSCL15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels. number 36 (page 1): Attachments
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
OPTION D - Diego Rivera. Read a book written by an Hispanic author.
Ripper – 496 pp – by Isabel Allende who was born in Peru but is of Chilean nationality.
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
6. Holiday fun. 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. Numbers may appear more than once. World Without End 1014pp.
(over 800 pages so used 1 book option)
***3 big book tickets!
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 490
Big Book Tickets: 5
Veronica WTask 30.7 challenges 2 & 3 both books are new to me
2: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott paperback edition 390 pages
The Alchemyst
3: The Gemini Effect by Chuck Grossart
The Gemini Effect
Task 5:10
Deep Storm
This post: 35 points
Total points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
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I read
. Book cover was one of the task examples.10.1. This is Your Brain
I read What If? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions. Found on the Best Science Books, Non-Fiction, p. 2 of list, #117.
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
For my first book, I read Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann - free from the public library.
For my second book, I read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi - a gift from my husband.
Both authors were new to me.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 430
Scooter&Siam15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Read The Black Echo
Points: 15
Total: 80
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave CaillebotteI read Invisible City.
PointsL 155
Books read: 16
tasks completed: 12
tasks in progress: 2
pages read: 4616
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.02 – Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Book 1 – Option 2: War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival by Sheri Fink which I received as a gift from a client
Book 2 – Option 1: One Man, One Murder by Jakob Arjouni. I was born in 1964, the same year as the author. Jakob Arjouni (1964-2013)
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 470 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
Readerboard Name: G.Q.5.4: The Wee Free Men which can be found on page 3 of Popular Satire Books and since the book has "children" as one of its main genres this is a link to its Bookfinder information.
The Wee Free Men's
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 10
Big Book Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
20.5 - Option 1: Book about booksPeople of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 15
Pages Read: 7,822
Books Read: 22
Tasks in Progress: 2
BellaGBear25.6: book 1, option 1: Reaper Man
book 2, option 4: Zwaarmoedige verhalen voor bij de centrale verwarming by Heere Heeresma
>Point: 25
30.7: book 1, option 2: The Great Gatsby this book has 240 pages. FIrst published in 1925 so golden oldie.
book 2, option 3: Event
both books I had not read before.
>points: 30
>golden oldie: 1
total points this message: 55
golden oldie tickets: 1
Readerboard Name: G.Q.5.7: Brown Girl Dreaming
Link to Bookfinder page for Brown Girl Dreaming
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Points this post: 5
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 150
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 11
Big Book Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!Sleight of Hand by Natasha Deen
Set in Canada
20.10 - Group Reads
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
My comment post is 68
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 215
Total Books Read: 17
Tasks Completed: 14/65
Nick KY5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party .– I read a book with an “-ing” word in the title, Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher. (Drinking)
15.8 Please Mr. Postman – I read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, an epistolary novel. (#46 on the list)
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK at 642 pages
25.9 Dakimel’s Diversity -- (Repost with books that work for the challenge – hopefully) Book one is by a Native American female author whom I have read before, The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions by Paula Gunn Allen.
Book two is by an African-American female author whom I have not read before, We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by Bell Hooks.
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 430
Big Books So Far: 500+ (3)
Reader Name: Daphne15.1 Make the Switch
Read two books by authors with names* that differ by exactly one letter.
Tim and Tom
The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller
Points this post: 15
Points Total: 740
Jonquil25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Random numbers 6 and 17
These are the first books I read by these authors.
6th Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 6:30 p.m. "Christmas"
17th Snow, 4:15 p.m. "Snow"
Christmas Delivery
Patricia Rosemoor
Paperback, 288 pages 12/2
Circles in the Snow: A Bo Tully Mystery
Patrick F. McManus
Hardcover, 240 pages 1/10
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
Books posted: 50
Tasks complete: 44
Pages this post: 528
Total pages as of this post: 13975
Jonquil25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: Christmas ornaments on Christmas tree branch
Christmas Spirit (A Holiday Mystery at Jenkins Cove)
Rebecca York
Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages 12/30
Option D: Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
After reading the final book of the series for Dee's task, I had to know how it all started, so, late Christmas present:
The Blight Way
Patrick F. McManus
Paperback, 288 pages 1/10
Points this post: 25
Total points: 625
Books posted: 52
Tasks complete: 45
Pages this post: 576
Total pages as of this post: 14551
Jonquil25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2. Western 3 users
Winchester Christmas Wedding
B.J. Daniels
Paperback, 224 pages 12/24
Option 3. Diamond on page 1, item 10
http://www.makermends.com/gemstones.html
The Hope Diamond
Julie Sarff
Paperback, 220 pages 1/9
Points this post: 25
Total points: 650
Books posted: 54
Tasks complete: 46
Pages this post: 464
Total pages as of this post: 15015
15.10 - A Reason to Party#2 in the Sister Joan Mystery series:
Vow of Chastity by Veronica Black
Total points 115
Jonquil25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
It's 11 degrees Fahrenheit now; I wonder if Coralie has a guest bedroom...
Option 3. first word of the title 'A'
A Vision in Velvet
Juliet Blackwell
Paperback, 336 pages 12/27
Option 4. Tattoo of wings on shoulders (a Goddess' execution of irony)
Captured
S.J. Harper
Paperback, 196 pages 1/9
Points this post: 25
Total points: 675
Books posted: 56
Tasks complete: 46
Pages this post: 532
Total pages as of this post: 15547
Emmalita20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Mort e by Robert Repino
Option 1: This book has a main page genre of Animals
This post: 20
Total points to date: 100
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 5
25.5 Amanda A's Task--The Most Wonderful Time of the Year:B. The Sleeping Beauty by Mercedes Lackey M in Christmas, L in Lights.
D. Madeleine Is Sleeping by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum.
25.8 Nick KY's Task: My Favorite Impressionism:
A. Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica
D. Wickedly Dangerous by Deborah Blake. Author's first name stars with DEB
30.4 Ava Catherine's Task--Plein Air:
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith
3.
bySarah MacLeanToday's total: 80
Grand total: 650
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste RenoirEverything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
Total this Post: 5
Total Points: 60/1185
Completed Tasks: 5/66
GO: 0
BB 500-750: 0
BB 750: 0
Reader name: Maya25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
This is a TWO BOOK CHALLENGE; pick two books, from two different categories.
Option 2: Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of dog breeds on this list: AKC Dog Breeds.
Book read: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane - Katherine Howe
Dog Breed: Great DANE. DANE is found in the book title.
Option 3: Read a book where the Author’s Initials can be found in any order and in any combination of the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT.
Book read: Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
K and A are both found in the above words.
I am claiming one Big Book ticket for Life After Life. This book is 544 pages.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 340
Tasks Complete: 23
Big Books Total: 8
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Reader name: Maya15.2 Word For Word
Using this list Synonyms for the 96 most commonly used words in English read TWO books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles.
Books read:
Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread - Chuck Palahniuk
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? - Dave Eggers
Synonym pair used: Make - Do
Make — create, originate, invent, beget, form, construct, design, fabricate, manufacture, produce, build, develop, do, effect, execute, compose, perform, accomplish, earn, gain, obtain, acquire, get
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 355
Tasks Complete: 24
Big Books Total: 8
Golden Oldies Total: 1
15.30 Lost and FoundOption 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
I read Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 65 points
NARUMON5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Cover with naked or partially naked figure
by Alison Bechdel. Cover shows jewelry box decorated with naked women figurines. Cover approved in post #116 here15.3 Lost and Found
One book with the letters from LOST and FOUND in title/subtitle/author name. Does not have to be intact
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle. Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle.
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.
Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft. Approved for ebook length in post #5301 here The theme of the book is machine/software inspired futures. Approved by task creator (see post #2) here
Option E: the letters MONET in title
Murder on Fifth Avenue by Victoria Thompson. Murder on Fifth Avenue.
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 5 + 15 + 25 = 45
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 295 + 45 = 340
Big Book: 1 + 0 = 1
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
Stephanie1275.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet-Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover:
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
TASK 10.5 CURL UP AND READThe Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
*Found at #43 on page 1 of the list Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling*
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 165/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
READ 6015.6 Show an outdoor scene
by Alexander McCall Smith
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Laurajay5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
We Were Liars
Current post:
Points: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 95
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Kristen IARepost of #1280, including my readerboard name this time (whoops!)
10.2. Art Appreciation
Read 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.
Inside the O'Briens: A Novel by Lisa Genova
I listened to the audiobook so included the cover for that, but linked to PB version for page count.
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 Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō (title/subtitle)
L in "Life", O in "Of", S in "Japanese", and T in "Tidying"
F in "Life", O in "Organizing", U in "Up", N in "Changing", and D in "Decluttering"
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (page count)
I read the Kindle edition, but linked to the hardcover for page count.
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95/1185
Tasks Completed: 6/65
Total Books Read: 6/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
Whimsie25.9 Dakimel's task: Diversify Your Reading
Read two books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background. At least one author must be new to you.
Book 1: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. This author is new to me
Her parents immigrated from Hong Kong Early Life
Book 2: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin. She is one of the most famous women of color fantasy writers. You can find her on this list African-American science fiction, fantasy and horror. She's faced a lot of really stupid persecution from people because of her race and sex - a brave woman indeed!
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Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
Books Read: 21
Tasks Complete: 15
Jen UT25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
A. Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
Christmas Song: Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley
D. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 29.0
Points this post: 25
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Total points: 100
ColetteG5.1 Dance at Le moulin de la Galette
Read a book that shows a woman wearing a HAT on the cover
Z A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
5 points for task
ColetteG10.10 Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4
Binary Star by Sarah Gerard 172 pages 43 x 4=172
10 points for task
ColetteGTask 30.6 Winter in Iowa Circa 1950
Two books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages
Option 1: Read a book with cold, snow, ICE, freeze or frozen in the title
The ICE Storm by Rick Moody 288 pages
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase DRESSING WARMLY
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (L in warmLy and G in dressinG)
400 pages
288+400=688 pages total over 500 pages
30 points for task
ColetteGTask 30.7 A New Start in Art
Both books and author's new to me
Option #1 Great Art: Read a book whose author shares intials with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800
Claude Monet
Hidden by Catherine Mckenzie
both have initials of CM
Option #3 Great Location: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can by found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Family Life by Akhil Sharma
F and L can be found in traFaLgar
30 points for task
10.10 Jump! Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
I read the Kindle version, but the Mass Market Paperback version has 384 pages (384 / 4 = 96).
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 125
TASK 20.3 ART & PASSIONOpt B, Frida Kahlo: a memoir or autobiography by a female author (at least 250 pages)
Exodus: A Memoir by Deborah Feldman
*304 pages*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 185/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
Cait S10.7- Are You Up To Date?
Catch up on your reading by reading a book from
Popular Books 2015.
Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
As of 1/11/2016, this book is #125 on the list.
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 225
Total Tasks Completed: 15
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Art and Science
Option B: Read a short story collection. I read Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 370
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in TranslationOption 2: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ– written originally in Wolof and French, this book was translated into my native language, English.
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 195
Books Read: 13
Tasks Complete: 9
Big Book tickets Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
I chose Options 3 and 5.
Option 3: Glacier Bay National Park: I read The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #1: Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson (paperback). There are two "C"s in GLACIER CALVING.
**AR Bookfinder information: IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12.0
Option 5: Minute Man National Historic Park: I read Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell (hardcover). "History>American History" is listed as a main page genre.
Previous point total: 300
New points this post: 25
Total points: 325
New tasks completed in this post: 1
Total tasks: 18
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 1
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude MonetRead a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - is the last book on the first page.
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith - it is #1 in Cormoran Strike series
This book has 550 pages. I claim one big book ticket
THIS POST:
Points: 20
Big Books Tickets: 1
Books read: 2
TOTAL:
Points: 20
Big Books Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Books read: 2
trishhartuk30.4 Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 1 - The impressionists differentiated themselves from previous generations of French artists by working en plein air (in the open air). To appreciate the impressionists love of nature, read a book with an outdoor setting.
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Thor Hyerdahl
From the GR description: “On a primitive raft made of 40' balsa logs…Heyerdahl and five companions deliberately risked their lives to show that the ancient Peruvians could have made the 4,300-mile voyage to the Polynesian islands on similar craft.”
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here:
Golden Oldie: Yes Kon-Tiki was first published in 1948
Option 3 - Absinthe became popular as an alcoholic drink in late 19th and early 20th century, especially among Parisian artists and writers. To celebrate the popularity of absinthe among the Parisian artists, read a book with a green cover.
This edition is listed in the Help Thread approval message for Option 3
Read the kindle edition. PB reference edition for page number: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...
Golden Oldie: Yes. The Spanish Cape Mystery was first published in 1935
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 2
Total Points: 300
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 0
Reader Name: Whitnie I25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Read two books, each by a female author with a diverse ethnic background and/or culture. Both books can be by the same author, but at least one must be a new-to-you author.
Required: Link to the author as well as to the books you are claiming. If the author’s Goodreads data doesn’t indicate that she is a female with a diverse ethnic background, provide an outside verification link.
Required: State which author is new to you.
Both of the authors I read are new to me. I read the following books:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism Lee Maracle
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 465
Books Read: 39
Tasks Complete: 30
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
ABAYOMI10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
A book set at least 50% in Iceland.
This is the edition I read: La mujer es una isla
This is the edition in english, so moderators can see the book description: Butterflies in November
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POINTS THIS TASK: 10
TOTAL CHALLENGE POINTS: 175
BB TICKETS: 3
GO TICKETS: 2
perletwo15.3 Lost and Found - Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom
Points this task: 15
Total points: 400
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 30
Tasks completed: 23
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20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: Read a book with images of books on the cover. I read
Total this post=20
Full total=85
BB ticket=1