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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
15.5 - That’s So Random Word from one of the random titlesMy book actually matched 2 words from 2 different titles. I read Logicomix: An epic search for truth by Apostolos Doxiadis. This was a graphic book, but, I believe it is alright for a 15 point task. The words that matched were 'Search' in title A. below and 'Truth' in title B. below.
My random titles:
A. 'Child in the Search'
B. 'The Stripped Truth'
C. 'Burning Lord'
D. 'The Missing Servant'
E. 'The Names of the Silk'
F. 'Voyages in the Nobody'
Points this task: 15
Total points: 95
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 6
NARUMON5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Cover: person wearing a hat
by Terry Pratchett. Sir Terry Pratchett is wearing his famous hat!Note: This book was used to claim task 20.5 in a previous post. I will be using another book for that task later on in this post.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: Read a book with books on cover, or "book about books" in main page genre
by Gabrielle Zevin. Book about books as a main page genre (cover also shows a stack of books).This book replaces A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction, which was used to claim this task in a previous post.
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1: Read a book about vampires or has Horror in main page genres
Night Film by Marisha Pessl. Horror in main page genre. The paperback version has 640 pages, claiming Big Book Ticket.
25.2 Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Read a book published the year you were born, or written by an author born the same year as you.
I was born in 1990, so I read The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, which was originally published in 1990.
Option 4: Read the final or most recently published book in a series that is at least 3 books long.
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger, which concludes the Finishing School Series
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 5 + 20 + 25 = 50
Big Book Ticket: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 340 + 50 = 390
Big Book Tickets: 1 + 1= 2
Golden Oldies: 0 + 0 = 0
Natasha X15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Maid of Secrets - Maids of Honor #1
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Becky P 25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 3- Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
Option 4- Lick by Kylie Scott
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan
Points this post-30
Total points- 165
HINA25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything! -
Book 1: The One by Lorhainne Eckhart.
$0.00 on Kindle and the author is new to me.
Book 2: The Wild One by Danelle Harmon.
Received free from Netgalley and the author is new to me.
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 415
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
15.8 Please Mr. Postman Read a book from the Popular Epistolary Novels list
The Outsider by Albert Camus
Number 61 on page 1 of the list.
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE.*
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 165
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 10
trishhartuk20.6. Seasoned Reader: Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Since I won the chance to be the task creator for the SEASONed reader and two of my favorite things to do is to read and to cook, my task is based on my favorite SEASONings.
Option 3. I also love to use rosemary in many of dishes. Read a book written by an author whose name is "Rose," "Mary," or "Rosemary."
Dead Head, Rosemary Harris
Read the kindle version. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 345
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 0
CYNBAXTERTask # 30.02 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?"
Book 1: Inspired by this painting:
. Whatever that person is doing in the painting, it looks like work. My creative title is "Toil" which lead me to discover this little Scottish gem Site Works by Robert DavidsonBook 2: Inspired by this painting:
. My creative title is "Day at the Beach" and thought perhaps the beach's name could be Chesil, lol. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanPoints this post: 30
Total points to date: 500
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 4
Golden Oldie this post: 0
Total "Goldie" tickets to date: 3
Elizabeth PTask 25.2 - December: It's That Time of Year
Option 3: Cityscape on the cover
by M.J. RoseOption 4: Last book in a series
Anything for You by Kristan Higgins
Series page link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/8147...
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 18
CEELEE30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Read two books from listed options.
Option #1
Read a a book about an animal rescue.
I chose Homer's Odyssey by Gwen Cooper. Homer was an abandoned blind kitten rescued from the streets of Miami by a caring pet owner who took him to her vet and was adopted by the author.
Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned about Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat
Option #4
As a gift from the task creator, read a book of my choice.
I chose Dickens of A Cat edited by Callie Smith Grant.
A Dickens of a Cat: And Other Stories of the Cats We Love
An anthology that
keeps with the theme of the task about giving especially to animals with each story featuring an abandoned or unwanted cat and how adopting them made a difference in both the lives of the cats and their humans.
BB tickets claimed for the task:0
GO points claimed for task: 0
Total Points for task: 30
Total books read for task: 2
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Total books read for Winter Challenge: 3
Total points for Winter Challenge: 35
Total Big Book tickets claimed 0
Total Golden Oldies books claimed 0
REPOST25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 2: read a book set between 1941 – 1945, the years the U.S. was involved in World War II.
The Amber Shadows by Lucy Libchester
set in 1942
Option 3: read a book whose author’s initials appear in GLACIER CALVING. Letter may only be used as many times as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be ignored.
Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie in GLACIER
Total this post: 25 points
Golden Oldies Tix: 3
Bigger is Better Tix: 3
Total points: 290 points
Dakimel15.5 That’s So Random
My 6 titles:
Lights in the Storms
The Twins of the Past
The Dream's Thought
Stone of End
The Laughing Truth
Lonely Time
I read Vivian Apple at the End of the World (END)
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
option A:
option E: The Mark and the Void
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
option 2: The Cartel by Don Winslow - 616 pages
option 3:
- 368 pagesTotal - 984 pages
TALLY:
This post - 70 points
Total - 390
Mod
I read The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey and My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout. Authors are EliSabeth and EliZabeth.
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read
. Cityscape of Hong Kong is the background of the cover. Here's a bigger picture of the cover, on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0449....For my second book, I chose option 4 and read The Guilty - most recently published book in the Will Robie series.
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
For my first book, I chose
. It looks like a guest room to me, so I read The Guest Room.For my second book, I chose
. The primary dancer looks as if she's zig-zagging across the stage, so I read The Zig Zag Girl.Points this post: 70
Total points: 500
Task 25.11 – Robin ♥ - My Favorite ThingsBook 1 – Option B – from Robin ♥’s GLBT shelf
Carry On (on page 3 of the list)
*** BIG BOOK TICKET - 522 pages ***
Book 2 – Option D – Something pertaining to Christmas on the cover
– a wreathApproved HERE
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 195 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 3
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Found on the Popular Satire Books list on page 3 -- Bite Me
15.5 That’s So Random
My Random Generated Titles are:
Seventh Silver
The Misty Weeping
Trainer of Thief
The Spirit's Doors
The Voyage of the Heart
Witches in the Angels
Using the word "Heart" from "The Voyage of the Heart"
Kindle edition I read: Change of Heart
Paperback edition: Change of Heart
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Using Option 1 -- read book with "superheroes" main page genre
Kindle edition I read: Vs. Reality
Book available in ebook format only. Approved for length at post 5310 -- https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 120
Points Earned this Post: 40
Total Points To Date: 160
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy+5 Points
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Takes place in France:
In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic Novel by Stéphane Heuet
+5 Points
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
#13 on the list:
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
+10 Points
15.5 That’s So Random
My Titles:
Blue Secrets
The Sharp Ice
Shards of Woman
The Voyage's Rings
The Slaves of the History
Men in the Dreamer
Word: Blue
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
+15 Points
15.6 En Plein Air
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome+15 Points
Points this post: 50
Grand Total: 120
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes2) Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
Required: Include an explanation of who you think is heroic and why:
All of the people that have survived in a country under attack are heroic. This one tells the story of Shostakovich as he helped himself and others retain humanity through the writing and performance of his music, particularly his seventh symphony, "The Leningrad Symphony". Although not the typical war hero, I found his ability to keep going against great odds inspiring and heroic:
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson
+20 Points
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
OPTION B - Frida Kahlo: Read a memoir or autobiography written by a female author. If there is a co-author, the co-author must also be female.
318 pages:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
+20 Points
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 3- Oils - The paint used for oil painting is usually mixed with another oil to make the paint thinner and adjust the drying time. Linseed oil is most commonly used. Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear (2 E's.) Middle names/initials should be ignored:
LinSeed
Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
+20 Points
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1. Early in December there will be two AC/DC concerts.
Read a book with a main page genre GLBT.
Another Day by David Levithan
Option 3. After the cricket there are a couple of A-League soccer games.
Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'.
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
+25 Points
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
4. The cold winter chill just feels good after a hot Texas summer and fall. Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle. Plurals and possessives will work, but no other variations:
824 pages
Winter by Marissa Meyer
+25 Points
Points this Post: 110
Grand Total: 230
Jess Philly25.5 Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
For this task I chose option B, and read The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith, whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
I also chose option D and read This is the Night by Jonah Sirott (linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... ... for some reason it won't show up under the add book option).
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 95
Reader Name: Daphne25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side
Heads = USA; Rolled Tails = USSR
2: The Hunt for Vulcan: . . . And How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet, Discovered Relativity, and Deciphered the Universe - Astronomy main page
4: USSR: "If not me, who? And if not now, when?"
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man - WHO
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 810
MEGSCL20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2- Acrylics - Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.) The Horse and His Boy published 1954. AR bookfind: IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
1. Birthdays: read a book published the year you were born The Color Purple – published 1982. I was born in 1982.
3. Holiday Vacation: , read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
note: I previously claimed this book for 5.6, I will no longer be claiming task 5.6. I will retain the BB ticket claimed previously (506 pages). Thanks!
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas. Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather. Short name: Gao
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages. The Martian Chronicles. 184pp. Short name: Ray
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
1. Great Art: Read a book whose author shares initials with Paul Cezanne. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho. Is a new book to me. Fiction.
2. Great Building: Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000). If Not Dieting Then What? has 240pp. Is a new book to me. Non Fiction.
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 630
Big Book Tickets: 5
Andy P.10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title with the title of one of Renoir's paintings
by Susanna Kaysen shares the word girl with Young Girl with Daisies Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
Andy P.Task # 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C. Read a book that is #1 in a series.
by Shelley Shepard Gray This author and series are new to me and this is the first book of the seriesPoints this post :20
Total points: 320
Brooke TX10.2. Art Appreciation
Read a book that has a framed painting or framed photograph on the cover.
(Cover approved in help thread message #2 - this is a different edition, but the cover art is the same.)
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 1: Read a book where the cover is primarily dark blue.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 490
Completed Tasks: 29
Books Read: 48
10.9. Catch Up With the SRCRead a book from that list that you have never read before.
Book read: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
The book is new to me.
Points this post: 10
Previous points: 120
Whimsie20.5 Bigger is Better - Winter Birthdays
I chose Option 3: Read a book that has a motorized vehicle on the cover.
I read
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Books read: 22
Tasks Complete: 16
Ava Catherine25.4: Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Both authors and books are new to me.
My numbers are 3 and 12. The days are Thursday, December 3 and Saturday, December 12. The movie titles are Snow 2: Brain Freeze and Frosty's Winter Wonderland.
Book 1: Snow Angels by James Thompson
"snow" from movie title: Snow 2: Brain Freeze (Thursday, December 3rd)
Book 2: A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
"winter" from movie title: Frosty's Winter Wonderland ( Saturday, December 12th)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 865
Ava Catherine25.12 Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 1: Yellowstone National Park: Read a book set in Idaho, Montana, or Wyoming.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx
Option 2: USS Arizona Memorial: Read a book set between 1941-1945.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Points this post: 25
Total points: 890
Jen UT5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Found on page 1
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 105
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!I rolled 4 & 3.
Book 1, #4 in a series: The Ugly Duchess (Fairy Tales #4) by Eloisa James
Book 2, Goodread's Best Book of 2015 History & Biography nominee (category #3): The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
Ava Catherine30.1 Schatzie's Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
Saving Simon: How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion by Jon Katz
Option 4: Read a book of your choice.
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
Points this post: 30
Total points: 920
15.2 Word for Word2 book challenge
Read two books with snonyms in their titles or subtitles from the listed words. I chose Dark and Black.
The Soldier's Dark Secret by Marguerite Kaye
Beauty and the Black Sheep by Jessica Bird
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Points this post: 15
Points thus far: 485
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the yearOption 1 - Metroland - published in 1980, my birth-year
Option 3 -
(approved in task help thread)30.1 - Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3 - The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
Option 4 - Dead Man's Ransom
Points in this post: 55
Points so far: 190
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in TranslationOption 3: Read a book that takes place in at least two different countries.
Th book is set in Jamaica and USA.
I read: A Brief History of Seven Killings
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 170
Big Books Total: 1
Golden Oldies Total: 4
CHRISTINE USTask 5.1
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
She is wearing a hat on the cover.
Points this post: 5
Points total: 200
M1NKSREPOST FOR GOLDEN OLDIE TICKET ONLY (OPTION C:)
25.1 - Art of Reading
by J.K. RowlingIL: 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 - Published 1915 the theme is feminism or more specifically, women claiming a place in society other than that of purely 'mother and wife'.
* I claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: -
Total points: 285
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 20
M1NKS5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - Page 1.
Brave New World - Published 1932
* I claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 5
Total points: 290
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 21
M1NKS10.5. Curl Up and Read - Page 2
A Palm for Mrs Pollifax
10.10. Jump!
Temporary Kings - 288 pages
Points this post: 20
Total points: 310
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 23
M1NKS 25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 2 - contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California (there)
And Then There Were None Published 1939/317 pages
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Option 3 - author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy. Published 1905/306 pages
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Total = 623 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 335
Golden Oldies: 10
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 24
M1NKS25.9 - 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
1. 彩雲国物語 絵巻 Saiunkoku Monogatari Emaki
2. 彩雲国物語 絵巻 2
Both are written by Sai Yukino, a female Japanese author. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_Yukino. I have not read anything by her before.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 360
Golden Oldies: 10
Big Books: 500=2, 750=1, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 25
Elizabeth B10.6
set in Sweden Misterioso
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2: word “light” embedded intact in the title Let the Wrong Light In
Option 3:At least 80% green cover
Points: 40
Total : 575+40=615
Lagullande wrote: "15.8 Please Mr. Postman Read a book from the Popular Epistolary Novels list
The Outsider by Albert Camus
Number 61 on page 1 of the list.
*This book is a GOLDEN OL..."
Reposting to include first date of publication for Golden Oldie ticket (original post was no. 1390).
The Outsider by Albert Camus was first published in 1942.
BARBARA ★20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 3:Vixen 03 - Clive Cussler (airplane on cover) 1/14
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 205
Goodreads Authors: 9
Big Books - 500+: (1)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
205/1185 POINTS
Nick KY25.4 Delicious Dee’s Movies
I rolled 19 and 25.
Book 1. Roll of 19. Movie: Jack Frost – I read Jack 1939 by Francine Mathews, with “Jack” in both titles. I have not read this book or author before.
Book 2. Roll of 25. Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – I read The Sorcerer's Circle by Michael Siverling, with “Sorcerer’s” in both titles. I have not read this book or author before.
25.13 M1nk’s Art Can Set U Free
Option 1. Sculpture on Cover. I read The Dove of Death: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland by Peter Tremayne, with a huge sculpture of a Celtic Cross on a cliff by the sea on the cover.
Option 2. Poetry. I read Poems 1922-1947 by Allen Tate.
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 480
Jayme VA10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
#107 on the list on 12/21/15.
10.10. Jump!
For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards by Jen Hatmaker
For the Love has 224 pages (/4=56).
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2- Acrylics: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
The Man... was published in 1962.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 70
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0),750+(0),1000+(0)
10.10. Jump!Rebel Buddha: On the Road to Freedom by Dzogchen Ponlop
Required: 224 pages
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: 1 book, both requirements
The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight, by Martha Ackmann25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option C:
by T. Colin Campbell (approved in message 12 of the help thread)Option D: The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
Required: Rolled a 4 and 1
Option 1: Thuvia, Maid of Mars (#4 in Barsoom Series) by Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Option 2: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
(#1 Non Fiction)
Total: 740
Laura NT15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
This bookcover has an outdoor scene as can be seen by the trees in the background, and the sunlight on the people.
**Mrs. Dalloway is a Golden Oldie (first published in 1925). I claim one GO ticket.**
Points this post: 15
Total points: 90
GO tickets this post: 1
GO tickets total: 1
perletwo30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art - 1. Read a book whose author shares initials (middle initials may be ignored) with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800. These painters are: Paul Cezanne - Georges Seurat - Claude Monet - Jean-Auguste-Dominque Ingres - Vincent van Gogh (ignoring the middle v) - Joesph Turner - John Constable
Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore
3. Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Subtitles may be ignored. One word titles are fine.
The Searchers by Glenn Frankel
Both books are new to me; The Searchers is non-fiction.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 430
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 7
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 32
Tasks completed: 24
Scooter&Siam 5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro - Read a book of your choice.
Read The Pool Boy's Beatitude
Points: 5
Total: 85
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25.5 Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
Option A: The word Like is contained in the my favorite Christmas carol, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Option D
This post: 25
Total points to date: 125
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 6