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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Sandra15.9 Degas and the Dancers
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 30
10.10 Jump! Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot
436 pgs
Points this post:10
Big Books this post:0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points:10
Tasks Complete:1
Total Big Books:0
Total Golden Oldies:0
Meera5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
The Lions of Lucerne by Brad Thor. A lot of the story takes place in Switzerland.
10.10. Jump!
Sustained by Emma Chase
Pages = 272/4=68
15.10 - A Reason to Party
The Forgotten by David Baldacci This is #2 in the Puller series.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
Jonquil5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Popular Art Books Page 1 #5
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Austin Kleon
Paperback, 160 pages 12/3
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books posted: 3
Tasks complete: 3
Pages this post: 160
Total pages as of this post: 757
perletwo30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy - 1. Ecology - This branch of science studies the environment and the animals that live in it. For this option, read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as ecology from this list: Popular Ecology Books. Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual is on p.4 of the list and has been shelved as ecology 5 times.
2. Geology - The study of the earth and its history. For this option, read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as geology from this list: Popular Geology Books Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories is on p. 2 of the list and has been shelved as geology 5 times.
The paperback edition of Atlantic is 512 pages, qualifying it as a Big Book.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 120
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 8
Tasks completed: 5
Task 20.10 – Group ReadOption C: An Old Fashioned Christmas
A Christmas Carol
*** GOLDEN OLDIE - published 1843 ***
My participation in discussion
Delicious Dee15.3 Lost and Found
one book option
Stolen Years: Stories of the Wrongfully Imprisoned
LOST - Stolen contains all the letters of LOST
FOUND - FOUN in Wrongfully; D in Imprisoned
points this post: 15
points total: 35
Andy P.Task # 10.1. This is Your Brain
Read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists: Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only # 28 on list;
by Dava SobelPoints this post: 10
Total points: 20
perletwo10.2. 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. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
Eternal BeautyThe was approved on the task's help thread.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 130
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 6
Kait30.6 - Donna Jo's Task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 2 - A book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews -- DRESSING WARMLY; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Sweep in Peace
Option 4 - A book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins.
Naughty: Nine Tales of Christmas Crime by Steve Hockensmith -- Holiday > Christmas on main page with 5 users
500 pages combined minimum: Sweep in Peace (314 pages) + Naughty: Nine Tales of Christmas Crime (210 pages) = 524 pages total
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 45
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave CaillebotteThis Is Not Your City by Caitlin Horrocks
POINTS: 40
MEGSCL10.7. Are you Up to Date?
All the Rage #98 on the list as of now
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Proper Gauge Wool #2 (kindle version)
Wool 2 (book version)
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 45
Big Book Tickets: 2
Alexxy20.10 - Group Reads
I read A Christmas Carol
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Sara2
5.2. - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover
Required: Include the cover in your post.
(approved for length on the SRC ebook verification spreadsheet #1003)
Points this task: 5
Total points: 75
5.2. - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover
Required: Include the cover in your post.
(approved for length on the SRC ebook verification spreadsheet #1003)Points this task: 5
Total points: 75
Reader Name: Daphne25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
800 pages total - doing one book option
6. 2 of these numbers in the page numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
The Dragonbone Chair 912 pages
1 and 2 in page number
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 155
Delicious Dee5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
points this post: 5
points total: 40
loafer5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
found on page 1 of the list
at 962 pages for the most rated mass mkt paperback The Goldfinch, this is a Big Book worth 2 tickets
points this task: 5
total points: 20
BB: 2
Jonquil5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Popular Satire Books at time of post 1st item on page 2
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
David Sedaris
Paperback, 168 pages 12/7
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books posted: 4
Tasks complete: 4
Pages this post: 168
Total pages as of this post: 925
Jonquil5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Underclass at time of post has moved to page 2 #101
The Leper of Saint Giles
Ellis Peters
Paperback, 224 pages 12/6
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books posted: 5
Tasks complete: 5
Pages this post: 224
Total pages as of this post: 1149
Jonquil5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
"City" in title
City of Ghosts
Shawn Kobb
Paperback, 208 pages 12/6
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Books posted: 6
Tasks complete: 6
Pages this post: 208
Total pages as of this post: 1357
Jonquil5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
"ing" in title
Fear of Dying
Erica Jong
Hardcover, 288 pages 12/2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Books posted: 7
Tasks complete: 7
Pages this post: 288
Total pages as of this post: 1645
Jonquil5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
"ism" in title
Animal Magnetism
Jill Shalvis
Paperback, 320 pages 12/3
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Books posted: 8
Tasks complete: 8
Pages this post: 320
Total pages as of this post: 1965
Elizabeth B10.10
Double Time, 384 pgs
15.5
The six titles generated are:
Sacred Voyages
The Bound Word
Academy of Shard
The Gift's Tales
The Nothing of the Rings
Names in the Force
I chose the second title and read The Right Words (the word is "word")
15.7
genre Dragons, approved in the task thread
Midnight's Kiss
Points: 40
Total: 40
CYNBAXTERTask # 10.02 – Art Appreciation
Book 1:
The Portrait by Iain PearsPoints this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 55 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Nick KY5.3 Water Lilies I read Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Painting in Particular by Wassily Kandinsky. At 89 pages, this is my one book in the 5 pointers of 80-100 pages. It is on page 3 of the list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
5.5 The Floor Scrapers -- I read North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, #22 on the Underclass Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Points This Post: 10
Total Points So Far: 80
ABAYOMI10.1- This is your brain
Read a nonfiction book from "Best Science Books- Non fiction only".
I read the brazilian edition of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. It's the 17th on the list.
This is the edition I read: O homem que confundiu sua mulher com um chapéu
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POINTS IN THIS POST: 10
TOTAL POINTS IN THE CHALLENGE: 10
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
BIG BOOKS: 0
ABAYOMI10.4-C'est ou? The name of a french city on the title of the book
La lavanda silvestre que iluminó París
Paris on the title
**1 BIG BOOK TICKET. IT HAS 640 PAGES**
POINTS IN THIS POST: 10
TOTAL POINTS IN THE CHALLENGE: 20
GOLDEN OLDIES: 0
BIG BOOKS: 1
Kristen IA15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Required: Include the cover
The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins
I listened to the audiobook. I linked to the MMPB version for page count, but to the audio version for the cover.
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15/1185
Tasks Completed: 1/65
Total Books Read: 1/93
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
JAMTOWN 805.1: Cover with someone wearing a hat
by Mary-Rose McCollPoints this post:5
Total : 10
GO ticket: 1
BB: 0
Carla5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Word ending in -ING: Being
I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Sara2
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries.
• Russia – 35%
• Canada – 22%
• Greenland – 20%
• Iceland – 9%
• Norway – 4%
• Sweden – 2%
• Finland – 2%
Black Gold (setting is in Yukon, Canada)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 6 (personal challenge goal: 35)
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries.
• Russia – 35%
• Canada – 22%
• Greenland – 20%
• Iceland – 9%
• Norway – 4%
• Sweden – 2%
• Finland – 2%
Black Gold (setting is in Yukon, Canada)
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed: 6 (personal challenge goal: 35)
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving backOption 2, a word in the title meaning "give": Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison
Option 3, author initials found in HEART: A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Emsreviewsbooks15.10 - A Reason to Party
I read The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig. It is #2 in the Pink Carnation series.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
perletwo30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what? - Examine the masterpieces pictured below. If you were tasked with naming, or captioning, one of these masterpieces, what would you call it? What possible titles or captions come to mind? Locate and read a book with the title you imagined. Required: Post the inspiration images (not the covers of the books you read) and explain the connection to the titles you chose.
inspired Coming Clean, Kimberly Rae Miller's memoir of growing up in a hoarder home. As a result KRM has become a fairly obsessive cleaner as an adult.
inspired The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir about the city-boy couple who bought the historic Beekman Mansion and attempted to turn it into a working farm again.Points this task: 30
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 11
Tasks completed: 7
SHELLEY UT10.10. Jump!
Make Me by Lee Child
Lee Child is a goodreads author.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Goodreads authors: 2
Golden Oldies:0
Big books: 500+ (0); 750+ (0); 1000+ (0)
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I read Career of Evil - #50 on the Most Popular Books of 2015 list as of the time of posting.
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
I chose option 2 and read Chimera. It fits (a) because the second main page genre is Science Fiction. It also fits (b) because it is #3 in the Parasitology trilogy.
15.10 - A Reason to Party
I read Symbiont, #2 in the Parasitology trilogy.
20.10 - Group Reads
I read A Christmas Carol. My comment in the discussion thread is post 16
Points this post: 60
Total points: 60
Delicious Dee5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
The Leper of Saint Giles - found on pg 2, position 101
points this post: 5
points total: 45
Kristen IA20.10 Group Reads
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Commented on the discussion - Post #17
Claim a Golden Oldie Ticket - originally published in 1843
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 35/1185
Tasks Completed: 2/65
Total Books Read: 2/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
EMurphy15.7 Here Be Dragons
by Christopher Paolini*Christopher Paolini is a Goodreads Author
*Big Book Ticket - 503 pages
This Task:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Author: 1
BB Tickets +500: 1
Total:
Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Goodreads Author: 1
BB Tickets +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Sheila5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Invisible City by Julia Dahl10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher MooreThis book is new to me, not a re-read
Total Points = 60
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.10 Jump!--indicate the total number of pages in your book
Book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4--288 pages:The Proposal at Siesta Key
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date:10/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.8 Hey, We Were There, Too!--Include in your post the name of the Vice President
Book written by an author whose first, middle, or last name is the same as the first, middle, or last name of a U.S. Vice-President--Charles Curtis (1929-1933):The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 8.0
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 20/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.10 Group Reads
An Old-Fashioned Christmas -- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Link to Post
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date: 40/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.3 "Young Girl Reading"--Specify the name of the painting and the word used
Title shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings--Painting Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers (Pink and Blue)--Shared word "ALICE":Still Alice
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 50/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
25.14 Winter Wonderland2 book task, total pages must be a minimum of 800
Option 3: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in any of these three words: SWEATER, JEANS, BOOTS.
The Charm School by Susan Wiggs
Susan Wiggs initials are found in SWEATER. The edition I read, listed above, has 408 pages.
Option 6: Read a book with at least 2 of these numbers in the page numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Numbers may appear more than once.
I'll See You in Paris by Michelle Gable
The edition I read, listed above, has 400 pages.
Total pages for task 25.14 = 808 pages
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Points this post: 25
Points thus far: 125
WHIMSIE10.1 This is your Brain
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
It is #92 on the list Best Science Books - Non-Fiction only
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Points this post: 10
Total Points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Reader Name: Lisa NZ15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
I Read: The Bone Tree by Greg Iles. This book is identified as #2 in the The Natchez Burning Trilogy series in Goodreads (as well as Penn Cage #5)
I claim two Big Book tickets as this edition is 864 pages.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 55
Total Books Read: 4
Total Tasks Complete: 4
Total Big Books Tickets: 4
Total Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Reader Name: Daphne5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book with the word CITY or CITIES found intact in the title or subtitle.
Unruly Places: Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 160
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10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
I read Alone with Mr. Darcy: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Abigail Reynolds.
'With' appears in several of Renoir's paintings, specificially, Lise WITH a Parasol (1867).
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2