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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Bookwrm526Task #15.3 - Lost and Found
Option 2 - read one book whose title, subtitle and/or author's name includes all of the letters in LOST and FOUND. I read harrieT wOLF'S SeveNth bOok of wonDers by jUlianna baggott.
Harriet Wolf's Seventh Book of Wonders: A Novel by Julianna Baggott.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 425
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.03 – Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
Alliance: Tails = USSR
Book 1 – Option 3:
Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott – the book’s main page genre is Spy Thriller > Espionage and the setting is in the United States during the Civil War***This is a Big Book (513 pages) – Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
Book 2 – Option 4:
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman – the word “Museum” can be found in the quote by David Hasselhoff: "I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Check-Point Charlie."Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 605 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
10.7. Are you Up to Date?A book from Popular Books 2015, #19 currently: After You by Jojo Moyes
Points this post: 10
Total points: 300
Karen D. Task 25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option C. Christmas gatherings usually involve a lot of good food and drinks. Read a book with food or drink on the cover.
- has a coffee on the coverD. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
The Murderer's Daughter
Points this task: 25
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 8/65
by Peakles15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
#22 on the Popular epistolary novels list as of 01/21/16.
Total points: 55
JAMTOWN 805.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party
Faking Normal
20.3- Art and Passion
Option B: memoir/autobiography by female author
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings- 289 pages
20.5- Winter Birthdays
Option 1: Books on cover or book about books
Points this post: 45
GO: 0
BB: 0
Total points: 200
GO: 2
BB: 1
Jayme(the ghostreader)10.7 Are You Up to Date
The Nightingaleby Kristin Hannah
#3 on the list as of 1/14/16
Task Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Points this Post: 10
Grand Total: 10
perletwo10.3. "Young Girl Reading" - 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.
Renoir painted "In Summer" in 1868
A Death in Summer
Points this task: 10
Total points: 540
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 39
Tasks completed: 28
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10.10. Jump!
Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
The Nonesuch - audiobook The Nonesuch - paperback pg 288 by Georgette Heyer
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
3. Holiday Vacation: read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
Kiss of Crimson - Audiobook - Kiss of Crimson - paperback pg 387 by Lara Adrian
There is a city skyline along the bottom.
4. New Year's Eve: Finally, it all comes to an end on New Year's Eve. Celebrate the ending of another year by reading the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books.
most recent book, and possibly, the final book in series
Foreign Éclairs: A White House Chef Mystery - kindle Foreign Éclairs - paperback pg 304 by Julie Hyzy
White House Chef series
THIS POST
Points: 35
Completed Tasks: 2
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 305/1185
Completed Tasks: 20
Golden oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 8,089
Books read this season: 23
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Karen D. Task 25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
Option D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
The Murderer's Daughter
Points this task: 25
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 8/65
Cait S5.10- Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 255
Total Tasks Completed: 17
MEGSCLTask 25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. First Shift: Legacy by Hugh Howey
Option D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
Second Shift: Order
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 655
Big Book Tickets: 5
JAMTOWN 8020.9- Art and Passion
Option C: new series for me: Shadow of the Candle (approved in message 5408 in e-book verification post)
Claiming a BB ticket- 640 pages
Points this post: 20
BB:1
GO: 0
Total points: 220
BB: 2
GO:2
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
IN POST:
Points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTALS:
Points: 25
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Read a book of your choice.
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean
IN POST:
Points: 5
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTALS:
Points: 25
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101This is a ONE book task. Read one book from one of the following options.
Option 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.)
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier was first published in 1951.
This Post
Points: 20
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 374
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 170
Tasks Posted: 8
Books Posted: 10
Pages Read: 2,902
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
10.10. Jump! Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
REQUIRED: When you post, indicate the total number of pages in your book, keeping in mind the rules for determining pages for ebooks and audiobooks, and be sure that you've linked to the right edition of your book.
With Every Breath by Elizabeth Camden has 360 pages. 360 / 4 = 90.
This Post
Points: 10
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 360
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 180
Tasks Posted: 9
Books Posted: 11
Pages Read: 3,262
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
Elizabeth PTask 10.2 - Art Appreciation
Book with framed photo or picture on the cover
by Carrie RyanPoints this Post: 10
Total Points: 310
Total Tasks: 17
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 22
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950sChose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Read a book with one of the following words in the title (title only, no subtitles): Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen.
I read Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff. 416 pages.
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
I read The Complaints by Ian Rankin. 381 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 175 points
25.15 Winter Challenge Goals!This is a 2 book task. I rolled a 5 and a 6
Book 1: Read a book in a series. I used the 6 for this one.
When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
This is the 6th book in the series.
Book 2: Using whichever number you did not use for Book 1, read a GR Best Book of 2015 nominee. I used the 5 for this, category Fiction.
The Royal We by Heather Cocks
25.16 Don't say I never got you anything!
This is a 2 book task, both authors must be new to me
Book One: Read a book that you got for free.
Cadha's Rogue by R.L. Syme
This author is new to me, and I received the book for free from NetGalley.
Book Two: Read a second book that you got for free, but in a different way from the first book.
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
This author is new to me, and I received the book for free from the public library.
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Points this post: 50
Points thus far: 605
Reader name : Maya20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
Book read: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
This book is found on Books About Books, as a main page genre
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 375
Tasks Complete: 25
Big Books Total: 8
Golden Oldies Total: 1
Catherine TTask 20.7 - Painting 101
option 3 - read a book whose author initials can be found in LINSEED
Up the Junction by Nell Dunn
ND found in linseed
(happily this also fits for option 2, as it was first published in 1963)
Task 25.13 - Art Can Set You Free
I chose to do option 4 twice
The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan
in this book the main character is fighting against societal pressures against women being academics, and scientists in particular. Added to which, the branch of science she is pursuing - hereditary genetics - is particularly taboo in the period this is set.
The One by Kiera Cass
in this book there is a large plot point around the desire to overthrow or reform a repressive caste system, which both the main characters are (unbeknownest to the dim girl) attempting in separate ways. Eventually the girl gets her act together & starts to pull in the same direction as the dude - successfully.
Elizabeth BBook replacement
15.10
#1 in Love lessons series Love Lessons
New tasks
15.8
found in page 1, #11 Flowers for Algernon
30.2
- a walk in the park - Sunset Park
- laundry - Dirty LaundryPoints: 45
Total: 665+45=710
Karen D. Task 25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 3. Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'.
A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines
Points this task: 25
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 9
Karen D. Task 15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 10/65
Reader Name: Daphne5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book on Underclass
Our Mutual Friend
1st page - 32nd
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 1040
Jonquil25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
368 pages + 432 pages = exactly 800 pages
2. "Cozy Mystery"
Mystery > Cozy Mystery 6 users
Sense of Deception
Victoria Laurie
Hardcover, 368 pages 1/16
6. Holiday fun 432
The Guilty
David Baldacci
Hardcover, 432 pages 12/27
Points this post: 25
Total points: 850
Books posted: 70
Tasks complete: 54
Pages this post: 800
Total pages as of this post: 19876
Beth_NC15.5 THAT'S SO RANDOM - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
Word - Death from Generated Title Lovely Death
Other Titles Generated: The Wild Misty; Nothing of Secret; The Kiss's Flame; The Slave of the Savior; Touch in the Cloud
15.6 IN PLEIN AIR -
Dollbaby: A Novel by Laura Lane McNeal15.7 HERE BE DRAGONS - House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
Dragon in story - Caught between a ruthless vampire mobster, a dragonlord who won’t take no for an answer
15.10 A REASON TO PARTY - A Deadly Web by Kay Hooper
#2 in Bishop Files Series
25.3 HEY BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE -
Flipped coin and got Tails=USSR
Option 3 Espionage- King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
Genre: Spy Thriller - Espionage set in US
***Big Book Ticket - 576 pages***
Option 4 Peace - When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
Word - When from USSR Quote
25.5 THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR -
Option B- Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
Authors Initials in ChristMas lights
Option D Liquid Fire by Anthony Francis
Book of Choice
25.12 CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM -
Option 3 -Glacier Bay National Park House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty
Author's Initials in gLacier caLving
Option 4 - Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker
Author's name is Jefferson
30.2 YOU THINK YOU SAW WHAT -
Book 1 -
-in depression when people would come through looking for work to get to next town…..and a woman had an affair with one who worked at her house.So my book is Season of Strangers by Kat Martin
Book 2
The river is central to the town and brings hope of success to the people in town, part of that hope is having children. So my book is The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
CELEBRATE SHORT FICTION
Book 1 - Mean Streets by Jim Butcher
Book 2 Murder of Crows by Annie Bellet
162 pages
30.4 PLEIN AIR -
Option 2- Flight from Death by Yasmine Galenorn
Option 3 -
Deal Breaker by Harlan CobenPoints: 225
Tasks: 10
Books: 16
Big Book Tickets: 1
Pages: 5861
Total Points: 405
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 28
Total Pages: 10254
Alexxy5. 10. Read a book of your choice.
Red Queen
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 10
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 9
Task 25.16 – MorganFaeriesFolly – Don’t Say I Never Go You AnythingREQ’D – Both books must be FREE (from different methods) / Both authors must be New to Me
Book 1 – Julie Schumacher / Dear Committee Members
Got book at PUBLIC LIBRARY / new to me author
Book 2 - Stephanie Cowell / Claude & Camille ✔ – 20Jan16
GIFT from my friend Sandy / new to me author
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 220 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
ESHAY30.6
Chose options 1 & 2
Option 1: Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen.
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg 469 pages
Option 2: author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
402 pages
469 + 402 = more than 500 :)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 165
Tasks completed: 10
Book read: 12
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
loafer10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Read a book from the SRC bookshelf list that you have never read before.
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
pb:The Orphan Master's Son (no mmpb)
points this task: 10
total points:265
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed:18
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the YearB. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
by Sally Hepworth
S & H found in Christmas
D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
*Both books are ARC's
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POINTS
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 350
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 19
BB Total:
GO Total: 1
SpiderMac5.8 A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title.
I read Cannibalism in the Cars and Other Humorous Sketches by Mark Twain
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5.10 Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
I read Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
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10.5 Curl Up and Read
Read a book from the list Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling.
I read Night by Elie Wiesel
Required: State the page of list where book is found. This book is #126 on page 2.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
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20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
I chose option 3. Read a book from the list from the list Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights..
I read Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
Required: State the page of list where book is found. This book is #27 on page 1.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
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25.17 Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
This is a two book task. I chose option 2 and option 4.
Book 1 – Option 2 - Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of dog breeds on this list: AKC Dog Breeds.
I read Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Required: State the breed used.
My breed is Bernese Mountain Dog. The common word is “Dog(s)”.
Book 2 – Option 4 - Read a book where the main character is a musician.
I read Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn
Both books were approved in message 25 of help thread.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Points this post: 65
Points total: 360/1185
Tasks completed: 23/65
Books read: 27
Blueberry15.6 Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
The Notebook
Pts: 15
Total pts: 160
Books Read: 10
Mod
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
option 2, initials KS in KRZYZEWSKI: Bone Dust White by Karin Salvalaggio
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
option 1, Animals genre: The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures by Lawrence Anthony
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
option 1, title AM in LUMINARIA: American Meteor by Norman Lock,
option 3, gemstone from list- Ivory: Ivory Vikings: The King, the Walrus, the Artist and the Empire That Created the World's Most Famous Chessmen by Nancy Marie Brown
total = 765
Emmalita25.2 Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
The New World by Chris Adrian
Option 1: My birth year is 1970 and the author of this book, Chris Adrian, was also born 1970 according to his goodread's profile
Aquarium by David Vann
Option 2: I got this book as a gift from my friend Leslie.
This post: 25
Total points to date: 170
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 8
DANIELLE M25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option C - A book with food or drink on the cover
by Aimee BenderOption D - A book of your choice
by Margaret PowellPoints This Post: 25
Total Points: 180
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 10
BB Tickets: 1
Repost to add Reader nameBeth_NC
15.5 THAT'S SO RANDOM - A Superior Death by Nevada Barr
Word - Death from Generated Title Lovely Death
Other Titles Generated: The Wild Misty; Nothing of Secret; The Kiss's Flame; The Slave of the Savior; Touch in the Cloud
15.6 IN PLEIN AIR -
Dollbaby: A Novel by Laura Lane McNeal15.7 HERE BE DRAGONS - House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
Dragon in story - Caught between a ruthless vampire mobster, a dragonlord who won’t take no for an answer
15.10 A REASON TO PARTY - A Deadly Web by Kay Hooper
#2 in Bishop Files Series
25.3 HEY BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE -
Flipped coin and got Tails=USSR
Option 3 Espionage- King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
Genre: Spy Thriller - Espionage set in US
***Big Book Ticket - 576 pages***
Option 4 Peace - When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman
Word - When from USSR Quote
25.5 THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR -
Option B- Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
Authors Initials in ChristMas lights
Option D Liquid Fire by Anthony Francis
Book of Choice
25.12 CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM -
Option 3 -Glacier Bay National Park House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty
Author's Initials in gLacier caLving
Option 4 - Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker
Author's name is Jefferson
30.2 YOU THINK YOU SAW WHAT -
Book 1 -
-in depression when people would come through looking for work to get to next town…..and a woman had an affair with one who worked at her house.So my book is Season of Strangers by Kat Martin
Book 2
The river is central to the town and brings hope of success to the people in town, part of that hope is having children. So my book is The Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harman
CELEBRATE SHORT FICTION
Book 1 - Mean Streets by Jim Butcher
Book 2 Murder of Crows by Annie Bellet
162 pages
30.4 PLEIN AIR -
Option 2- Flight from Death by Yasmine Galenorn
Option 3 -
Deal Breaker by Harlan CobenPoints: 225
Tasks: 10
Books: 16
Big Book Tickets: 1
Pages: 5861
Total Points: 405
Total Tasks: 20
Total Books: 28
Total Pages: 10254
Mod
I read Dancer, fiction based on the life of Rudolph Nureyev.
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
I chose option C and read The Cat Who Could Read Backwards, #1 in The Cat Who..... series. I have not read any books in this series before.
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
For my first book, I chose option B, and read Indexing by Seanan McGuire. Author initials, SM, are found in chriStMas lights.
For my second book, I chose option D, free choice, and read Reflections.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 610
Jonquil25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
Rolled 1 and 3
Series # 1 (Her Majesty's Psychic Service #1)
The Hanged Man
P.N. Elrod
Hardcover, 336 pages 1/19
3. History & Biography
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2015)
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House
Kate Andersen Brower
Paperback, 336 pages 1/22
Points this post: 25
Total points: 875
Books posted: 72
Tasks complete: 55
Pages this post: 672
Total pages as of this post: 20548
Jonquil25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both of these authors were new to me.
Kindle freebie
Melting Ice: The Cold Case File
Jim Cunningham
Paperback, 276 pages 1/15
Public Library
Basket Case
Nancy Haddock
Paperback, 304 pages 1/21
Points this post: 25
Total points: 900
Books posted: 74
Tasks complete: 56
Pages this post: 580
Total pages as of this post: 21128
Jonquil25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 3: tRanSplant Sofie Ryan
The Whole Cat and Caboodle
Sofie Ryan
Paperback, 387 pages 1/17
Option 4: takes place in Oklahoma
setting Oklahoma (United States)
Ghost in Trouble
Carolyn Hart
Paperback, 304 pages 1/17
Points this post: 25
Total points: 925
Books posted: 76
Tasks complete: 57
Pages this post: 691
Total pages as of this post: 21819
Coralie20.6 Favorite Seasonings
Option 1 – a book featuring vampires
Darkness on his Bones
This post 20 points
Total to date 265 points
Coralie25.2 It's That Time of the Year
Option 1. Birthdays – book written by an author born the same year I was – 1956
The Wolf Hunt by Gillian Bradshaw
Option 4 New Year's Eve – last book in Justin de Quincy series
Prince of Darkness
30.1 Tis the season for giving back
Option 3 – book by an author whose initials can be found in HeaRt
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
Option 4 – book of choice
The Shattered Vine
This post 55 points
Total to date 320 points
READ 605.1 Show a person wearing a hat.
by Suzan-Lori Parks.The 2004 Random House Trade Paperback Edition has a picture of a woman leaning against a truck wearing a hat. I was unable to find this cover to copy.
Point this task 5
Total points 55
Reader name: Daphne20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
1: Genre: Science>Biology, Science>Natural History, Science>Evolution, Science>Chemistry, Science>Environment, or Science>Genetics.
The Invention of Air
Points this post: 20
Points Total: 1060
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM10.1. This is Your Brain
I read Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. It's list at #48 on the "Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only" list. (paperback)
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
I chose Option 2.
I read My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. My native language is English and this book was originally published in Italian.
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
I used the "one book" option and chose Option 6.
I read City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg. The book has 944 pages, "4" used twice - it was approved in the task thread here.
** City on Fire has 944 pages, I would like to claim TWO Big Book tickets since it is >750 pages.
Previous point total: 350
New points this post: 10+20+25=55
Total points: 405
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 22
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 2
Total Big Books: 3
Pamela32655.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1859
5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Heidi by Johanna Spyri - Set in Switzerland
AR Quiz No. 509 EN Fiction
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16.0
AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
GOLDEN OLDIE - Originally published in 1880
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
by Christi CaldwellPoints this post: 30
Total Points: 275
Golden Oldie books this post: 2
Total Golden Oldie books: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 4
Total Big Book Tickets: 6
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 3
Big Books - 1000+:
CHANDNI5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
[POINTS]
This Post: 5
Total Points: 250
Books Read: 17
Completed Tasks: 14
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25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Both are NTM authors
Drew 11 and 25
Friday, Dec. 11: The Family Man
The Pilo Family Circus
Friday, Dec. 25: Toy Story That Time Forgot
Time of Death: Induction
Points this post: 25
Points Total: 1035