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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
trishhartuk50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
Book A: Read a book that is 4th in a series AND has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on Goodreads.
The English Breakfast Murder (a tea SHOP mystery, #4), Laura Childs
Book B: Read a book that was FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004.
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound, Nancy Atherton
First published in 2004
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first, middle or last).
Murder on the Prowl, RITA mae brown
Points this Task: 50
Books Read: 3
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 0
Julia10325.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Option 2: Renaissance Festivals: Merrying the Past and Present. This was a gift from family friend Bettijane.
Option 4: Away in a Manger is the most recent book in Molly Murphy series
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: Closer to the Heart by Mercedes Lackey (christMas Lights)
Option D: War of Honor
This book is 869 pages - claiming 2 Big Book tickets
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee (Asian-Pacific). This author is new to me.
Book 2: Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (African-American)
This post: 75 points
Challenge total points: 230
BB: 3
GO: 1
Completed tasks: 11
Reader name: Daphne5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book on Popular Satire Books 1st 5 pages
1st Page - 164 times
I Am America
Points this post: 5
Points Total: 1065
Marina H15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Love, Rosie
#29 on page 1
15.10 - A Reason to Party
The Valley of Horses
#2 in a series
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 2: The Bell Jar
First published 1963
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Alt falder fra hinanden
#1 in a series I haven't read before
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Señor Peregrino by Cecilia Samartin
Book 2: Pigen med de syv navne by Hyeonseo Lee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Hye...)
This author is new to me
Points this post: 95
Total points: 195
LAUREN JODI25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Book #1: Asian-Indian
Angels' Dance by Nalini Singh
Author is of Indian heritage
Book appears in line 224 of the SRC ebook Verification spreadsheet as of Jan 21, 2016
Book #2: Asian-Pacific
The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
Author on approved list in the task help thread
Courtney Milan is a new to me author.
Both books are new to me.
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 240/1185
Total Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 13/65
loafer***repost to state book is new to me***
10.9. 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)
This book is new to me.
points this task: 10
total points:265
BB: 2
GO: 5
tasks completed:18
10.7 Are You Up to Date? The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
#1 on "Popular Books 2015" list as of 1/23/16
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 165
Kait25.17 - Tara Jo's Task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option C - A book where the Author’s Initials can be found in any order and in any combination of the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT.
Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams -- KIDNEY DIALYSIS
Option D - A book that takes place in Oklahoma.
Hope Smolders by Jaci Burton -- Entirely set in Hope, Oklahoma; Ebook approved on line #998 of spreadsheet
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 225
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Delicious Dee5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Rock Courtship - ebook only approved #4339 of the approval thread
points this post: 5
points total: 425
Cindy C.Task 25.2-Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Option 2: Read a book I received as a gift. This was from my Secret Santa, Pat, from work this year.
Just Kids
Option 4: Read the final book of a series of at least three books. This is #5 in the Hollywood series by Jackie Collins. https://www.goodreads.com/series/6346...
Hollywood Divorces
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
Total tasks: 9
Cindy C.Task: 15.3- Lost and Found
Option 2: Read a book that contains the letters LOSTFOUND in the title/subtitle.
L-hall; OST-story; F-five; D,O,N-down; U-up
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family
Points this post: 15
Total points: 265
Total tasks: 10
Delicious Dee15.2 Word For Word
bad/sinful
Book 1 - When Alex Was Bad
Book 2 - Some like It Sinful - ebook only approved #5361 of the approval thread
points this post: 15
points total: 440
20.7 - Painting 101I already claimed for this task in post 183. I would like to move the book claimed there to another task, and use a different book for this one, as follows (sorry for the hassle):
OPTION 1 Read a book with a main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara Baume
30.1 – Tis the season for giving back
Similarly, I would like to switch the second book that I claimed for this task in post 407.
OPTION 3: Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART.
Crime at Tattenham Corner: An Inspector Stoddart Mystery: Volume 2 by Annie Haynes
OPTION 4: Read a book of your choice.
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Sorry, again, for mucking you about.
Points this post: no change
TOTAL POINTS: 165
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book Tickets: 0 (500+)
Total tasks completed: 8
Total books read: 10
5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less by Mike Piper
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 170
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.17 – Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Book 1 – Option 2: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe where the word “Dane” can also refer to the AKC canine breed, The Great Dane (we had 21 of these big brutes when I was a kid!)
Book 2 – Option 3: Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin. The Author’s Initials (I.R.) can be found in the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT in any order.
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 630 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 3
RockyNook5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book on the underclass list
The Help - Kathryn Stockett
Can be found on page 1 of the list
**claiming one BB ticket for 522 pages**
Total points : 40
Task completed: 4
BB tickets : 1
10.10. Jump! Since a leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Lives of Girls and Women - Alice Munro
336 pages - 336 divided by 4 is 84.
Points this post: 10
Points total: 95
Tasks completed: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 - 500+(1) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 1989
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite ThingsBook 1 Option A - Page 1
Murder Freshly Baked by Vannetta Chapmanand
Book 2 Option C: from Mystery and Thriller List
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 1: Yellowstone National Park
Stone Cold by C.J. Boxand
Option 3: Glacier Bay National Park
Lullaby Town by Robert CraisTotal Points = 945
Jen UT10.7 - Are you Up to Date?
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
#38 on the list on 1/17/2016
Points this post: 10
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Total points: 120
Karen D. Task 25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 2 - Rome. read a book the title (title only, no subtitles) of which contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California
Pretty Baby, 380 pages. "Pretty" is in the lyrics
Option 5 - Siena. For this option, read a book with 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined.
White Nights and Other Stories, 295 pages. Fyodor Dostoyevsky has 17 letters.
Total pages: 675.
Points this task: 25
Total points: 230
Tasks completed 10/65
15.4 The Force, It's Calling to You:Option 1
A. A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe
C. Seventh Heaven by Alice Hoffman
25.2 Brooke TX's Task--It's That Time of the Year:
1. Birthdays:
Beyond this Horizon by Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1942. I was born in 1942.
3. Holiday Vacation:
by Tony Schumacher. I read the ARC copy of this edition.25.9 Dakimel's Task--Diversify Your Reading:
1. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri India
2. The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston Chinese American, new to me author
25.12 Pamela3265's Task--Celebrating the National Park System:
4. Mount Rushmore:
Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas. Author's last name is Thomas.
6. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, which was found on page 1, #13.
Today's Total: 90
Grand Total: 830
MelissaH20.5 Winter Birthdays
Option 1: books about books
The Book Collector by Alice Thompson
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 155
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 9
Jonquil30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3: Author's initials in HeaRt Hannah Reed
Off Kilter
Hannah Reed
Paperback, 304 pages 1/23
Option 4: any book
Cursed
S.J. Harper
Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages 1/18
Points this post: 30
Total points: 955
Books posted: 78
Tasks complete: 58
Pages this post: 592
Total pages as of this post: 22411
babbling c10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Suddenly One Summer - Audiobook -Suddenly One Summer - paperback pg. 304 by Julie James
painting - In Summer (1868)
word: Summer
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 1. . For this option read a book in which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA. The title must be at least two words long.
Midnight Rising - Audiobook Midnight Rising - paperback pg 356 by Lara Adrian
LUMINARIA
Option 4. For this option, read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH. If an author uses a middle name or initial(s) all three (or more) letters must be included.
WHAT'Z IT WORTH
Clean Sweep - Kindle - Clean Sweep - paperback pg. 227 by Ilona Andrews
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Option A:
Required: State which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
pg. 2, 189
First Impressions - ebook First Impressions paperback pgs. 304 by Sarah Price
Book 2: Choose Option C OR Option D
Option C:
***Read a book from GR Choice Awards 2011 that was either a winner or a nominee. Remember your book must be fiction so some of the books/categories CAN NOT be used.
Required: State which category your book was chosen from when you post.
2011 Romance - Nominee
Deeper Than Midnight - Audiobook Au-delà de minuit - paperback pg 450 by Lara Adrian
THIS POST
Points: 60
Completed Tasks: 3
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 365/1185
Completed Tasks: 23
Golden oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 9,750
Books read this season: 28
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Jonquil30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
These young girls dressed for a performance led to
The Daughters Take the Stage
Joanna Philbin
Hardcover, 288 pages 1/20
The harbor in the midground led to
The Harbor
Carla Neggers
Paperback, 384 pages 1/23
Points this post: 30
Total points: 985
Books posted: 80
Tasks complete: 59
Pages this post: 672
Total pages as of this post: 23083
Jonquil30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Make use of the long winter night by reading 2 books--read both on Friday as eight inches of snow fell on my house; my yard is gorgeous. As I post this, the temperature is plummeting toward nine degrees.
Book 1- 7 stories; Tanith LEE
Anthologies 70 users
Fantasy > Paranormal 28 users
Immortal: Love Stories With Bite
P.C. Cast, Leah Wilson, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Kristin Cast, Rachel Caine, Tanith Lee, Richelle Mead, Nancy Holder, Claudia Gray
Paperback, 264 pages 1/22
Book 2- 128 pages
Harper LIN
Mystery 24 users
Killer Christmas
Harper Lin
Paperback, 128 pages 1/22
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1015
Books posted: 82
Tasks complete: 60
Pages this post: 392
Total pages as of this post: 23475
Dakimel20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
option 2 - The Invaders by Karolina Waclawiak
20.10 - group reads
I read & discussed The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
option b: The Brewer of Preston by Andrea Camilleri
option d: Falling Into Bed with a Duke
TALLY:
this post - 65 points
total - 515
perletwo20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation - Option 2: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language. The edition you read may be in any language, as long as the first published edition of the book was not in your native language. Required: In your post, state your native language and the original language of the book.
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø, translated from Norwegian by Don Bartlett. My native tongue is English.
I read the Kindle edition, but the mass market paperback edition of The Redbreast checks in at 576 pages, qualifying for a Big Book ticket.
Points this task: 20
Total points: 560
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 40
Tasks completed: 29
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
A 2015 Fiction nominee
30.1 Tis the Season for Giving Back
2 book task
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard
From GR book blurb "...she finds a stray at a rest stop. With her heart in pieces from the loss of her dog, she's determined not to let this mutt worm its way into her affections."
Option 4: Read a book of your choice
Cinder & Ella by Kelly Oram
Thank you Donna!
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Points this post: 55
Points thus far: 635
15.3 Lost and Found One book option:
College Unbound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students by Jeffrey J. Selingo
LO in College, ST in Students, F in Future, OUND in Unbound
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 185
10.3 Young Girl Reading Exit the Actress by Priya Parmar - 1/23/16
The Actress Jeanne Samaury
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
JUKKA10.10. Jump!
Book whose pages are evenly divisible by four.
The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano. Page count 128. 128 ÷ 4 = 32.
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 230
Books Read: 18
Tasks Complete: 16
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!Author's name is same as name of a US Vice-President: The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
John Tyler was VP in 1841.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 310
30.4 Plein AirOption 1:
How It Fits: Takes place in and around a Roadside Food Truck.
Option 3:
How It Fits: Green Cover
30.6: Winter In Iowa
Option 1:
How It Fits: "ICE" in title, pages 303
Option 4:
How It Fits: Main Page Genre: Holiday>Christmas, pages 304
Total Pages in Both books: 607pgs
Point This Post: 60
Total Points: 110
Books Read: 7
25.2: December-It's That Time Of YearOption 3:
How It Fits: Paris Skyline
Option 4:
How It Fits: Latest book in Magical Cures Mystery
25.17: Real Life Get's In The Way
Option 3:
by Sharon SrockHow It Fits: Author Initials SS: DIALYSIS
Option 4:
How It Fits: MC is a singer and guitarist
Points This Post: 50
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 11
Catherine TTask 25.14 - Winter Wonderland
I chose to read a single book, which met options 4 & 6
- has WINTER in the title
- page count is 824, which contains 2 & 4
total pages over 800
Winter by Marissa Meyer
claiming 2 BB tickets (824 pages)
Mary P25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A: Read a book that shows people participating in activities in an outdoor setting on the cover.
by Kristan Higgins.Option B: Read a book that shows the sun or the moon on the cover.
by Selena KittPoints this post: 25
Total points: 335
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes1) Read a book with the main page genre “Superheroes” (embedded or standalone).
Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 11
Big Book tickets Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
BARBARA ★15.7 Here Be Dragons
Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb (Dragon on cover and about dragons) 1/2320.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: Frozen - Kate Watterson (K & W in KrzyzeWski) 12/28
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 265
Goodreads Authors: 10
Big Books - 500+: (2)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
265/1185 POINTS
Sandy MN10.1 This is Your Brain
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
#13 on Best Science Books Non-Fiction Only
15.5 That’s So Random
Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella
Titles:
1. Rising Way
2. The Broken Danger
3. Stars of Night
4. The Mist's Scent
5. The Sparks of the Prince
6. Fire in the Rings
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 2: Rome
Word: Remember
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
352 pages
Option 5: Siene
17 letters in title + author
After You by Jojo Moyes
352 pages
Points this post:50
Total Points: 180
LAUREN JODI30.6 - Donna Jo’s task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option #1: Cold in the title
A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow
208 pages
Option #2: Author initials in "DRESSING WARMLY"
Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens
388 pages
Total pages: 208+388=596
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 270/1185
Total Books Read: 20
Tasks Completed: 14/65
Veronica WTask 5.9 Read a book set at least 50% in France
Points this post: 5
Total points: 85
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
25.14 JennRenee's Task--Winter Wonderland:One Book Task:
4. Book with Winter in title:
Winter by Marissa Meyer
25.15 Jamie NY's Task--Winter Challenge Goals!:
Rolled 2 and 5
1. I read book 2 of the Cynster series
A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens
2. Fiction
First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen
25.16 Morgan (faeriefolly)'s Task--Don't Say I Never Got You Anything!:
1. Stallions at Burnt Rock by Paul Bagdon My friend Mary loaned me this from her personal library. He is a new author to me.
2. The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man: How Reliable Is the Gospel Tradition?Robert M. Price I borrowed this from my local library. He is a new author to me.
25.17 Tara Jo's Task-- Real Life Gets in the Way:
1. Author's name is Sonya
The Objects of Her Affection by Sonya Cobb
3. Author's initials in Transplant
A Cold Creek Christmas Story by RaeAnne Thayne
Today's total 100
Grand total 930
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste RenoirJust Checking: Scenes From the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive
10.10. Jump!
The Painter
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available) The Painter 384 pages
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins Initials RH found in HeaRt
Option 4: Verkossa
Points this post: 45
Points total: 340/1185
GO total: 2
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 20/65
Books read: 28
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron CraziesOption 3: Duke has won 5 national championships (so far!). For this option, read a book identified on Goodreads as #5 in a series (series title, #5).
Patrick Hedstrom #5:
The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg
+20 Points
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 2: To honor my love of my dog:
*Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of dog breeds on this list: AKC Dog Breeds. If the dog has multiple words in its name, you may use one word. Required: Specify the breed used when you post.
Bernese Mountain Dog:
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Option 3:To honor my husband:
*Read a book where the Author’s Initials can be found in the words KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT in any order. If the author uses a middle name or initial(s), all initials should be found within the words.
traNsplaNt:
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
+25 Points
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
1. Cold in Title
A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow
2. DreSsing warmly
A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow
+30 Points
Points this Post: 75
Grand Total: 395
Ava CatherineRepost 1584
25.13 Minks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Option 1: Select a book with some sort of statuary on the cover. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
(replaces previous post: The Mourners: Tomb Sculpture from the Court of Burgundy
)Option 2: Read a book of poetry.
Edna St. Vincent Millay: Poems
Bluegrass Pam15.5 That’s So Random
Random Titles Generated:
Devoted Shards
The First Prince
Words of School
The Way's Children
The Secret of the Souls
Angel in the Elves
Used “First” from The First Prince
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Points this post: 15
GO this post: 0 / BB this post: 0
Total GO: 3 / Total BB: 1
Total Points: 195
Ava Catherine30.5 Daphne's task: Exploring the World of -ogy
Option 2: Geology: page 1 from Popular Geology Books
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
Geology main page genre: 81 users (nonfiction)
Option 4: Neurology: page 1 from Popular Neurology Books
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind by V.S. Ramachandran (nonfiction)
main page genre: Biology>Neuroscience 165 users; Neuroscience>Brain 34 users
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1005
Ava Catherine25.14 JennRenee's task: winter Wonderland
One book option (minimum of 800 pages)
Option 6: Read a book with a page count that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Numbers may appear more than once.
City on Fire 944 pages
points this post: 25
Total points: 1030
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30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Chose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Hidden Land Sarah Isidore
I used the S & I from the phrase. This book has 369 pages.
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas," "Family," "Relatives," or "Cousins."The word may stand alone or be embedded.
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises This book has 320 pages
Total pages of both books: 689
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 560
Books Read: 47
Tasks Complete: 34
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 2