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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Jonquil5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
set more than 50% in France
Toujours Provence
Peter Mayle
Paperback, 241 pages 12/7
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
Books posted: 9
Tasks complete: 9
Pages this post: 241
Total pages as of this post: 2206
trishhartuk25.5 Amanda A’s Task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Please chose TWO different options and read a book for each. Required: State which options you chose when you post.
B. My family enjoys riding around to look at the many Christmas light displays in our area. Read a book with a Christmas decoration on the cover (Christmas tree, lights, ornament, wreath etc.) REQUIRED: Include the cover showing the Christmas decoration.
, Kathi DaleyRead the kindle edition: the PB reference edition is here
C. Christmas gatherings usually involve a lot of good food and drinks. Read a book with food or drink on the cover. REQUIRED: Include the cover in your post.
, Kathi DaleyRead the kindle edition: the PB reference edition is here
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 50
Tasks Completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Jen UT10.10 - Jump!
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
Points this post: 10
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Total Points: 15
Susan W.30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back.
Pick two different options and read a book for each. State which options you chose.
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
I read From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava by Jay Kopelman
The book is about a puppy rescued by a Marine in Baghdad.
Option 4: Read a book of your choice.
I read Abby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Carly5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
A Pocket Full of Murder by R.J. Anderson
This a children's book that is not found in ARBookFinder.
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Tasks in Progress: 0
Pages Read: 342
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: [500+: 0] [750+: 0] [1000+: 0]
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 10.7. Are you Up to Date?
I read
by Neil Gaiman. This was #43 on the Popular Books list as of 12/1/15.30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
I chose Options 2 and 3. Both books are new to me.
Option 2: I read Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich. This is my non-fiction title - it has 236 pages.
Option 3: I read Sophia by Michael Bible. "S" is found in "Square".
Previous point total: 0
New points this post: 40
Total points: 40
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 2
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Mod
10.4. C'est ou?
French city, Paris in title: The 6:41 to Paris by Jean-Philippe Blondel
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
#23 on the list: Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
option 2, one book, A Science Fiction genre, C star in title: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
total = 55
Read Name: Daphne10.1. This is Your Brain
A Nerd's Guide to Reading - Page 1 and #31
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
10.2. Art Appreciation
Framed painting cover
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 180
SandiCompleted Tasks
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Cover task of person wearing a hat
Cover is for Kindle edition I read
Paperback edition: The Partnership
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Book #1: Using Option B where Author's initials (CM) can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
ebook edition I read: You Suck by Christopher Moore
Most popular MMPB: !Chúpate esa!
Book #2: Using Option D - Book of choice
Kindle edition I read: The Savage Principle
Paperback edition: The Savage Principle
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 0
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points To Date: 30
Andy P.Task # 10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Read a 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
by John Irving John matches John C. Calhoun John C. Calhoun biographyPoints this post:10
Total points: 20
20.10 - Group ReadsA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Discussion Post #19
Points this post: 20
Total points: 50
VAL TX30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back - This is a two book task. Pick two different options and read a book for each.
Option 3 - Read a book with an author whose initials can be found in the word HEART.
Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley
Option 4 - Read a book of your choice.
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
This post:
Points - 30
Total:
Points - 30
15.5 - That’s So RandomMy random titles were:
Silky Ring
The Hard Ice
Ship of Death
The Spirit’s Slaves
The Thorn of the Witch
Tales in the Husband
I read Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
15.8 - Please Mr. Postman
book from Popular Epistolatory Novels - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer which was #1 on page 1 (12/8)
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 65/1185
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies 1
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ (1)
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.07 – Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Book 1: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff where the word "Charing" terminates in -ING.
– this is my allowed "one 5 point book below 100 pages"
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 60 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
BARBARA ★15.6 En Plein Air
The Highlander Next Door - Janet Chapman (outdoor scene) 12/2Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
CHRISTINE US15.2 Word for Word
Word: Kill Synonym: Murder
Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton
Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver
Ashley Weaver is a GR author
Total this Post: 15
GR author this post: 1
CHANDNI15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Julia10325.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A:
(The people are riding in a horse-drawn cart or carriage.)Option D: Dangerous to Know (set in Normandy in 1892; the date is given in journal entries by the main character's mother-in-law at the end of several chapters)
This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 25
BB: 0
GO: 0
Completed tasks: 1
Anne (Booklady)5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Page 1 #1 on Popular Satire Books
*Animal Farm by George Orwell
*Claiming GO Ticket: Animal Farm was 1st pub Aug 1945.*
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option A: One of my Favorite Christmas Songs is Oh Holy Night = Night is the word I chose.
Envy the Night by Michael Koryta
Option D: Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
*Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
*Claiming GO Ticket: Across the River and into the Trees was 1st pub in 1950.*
Points in These Tasks: 30
Golden Oldies in This Post: 2
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 0
Pages Read in This Post: 781
Totals:
Total Points: 55
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4/65
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 1397
Lindsey IL20.3 - Book Concierge's Task: Art and Passion
Selp-Helf by Miranda Sings
option B, memoir/autobiography by female author
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(0), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Mary B25.14 Winter Wonderland
1. Book Cover of bare trees
Broken
518 pgs.Points this post: 25
Big Books 1 518 pgs.
Books Read 2
Tasks completed 1
Uglies 425 pgs.
Initials of author in sweater- Scott Westerfield
Total pages 943
30.7 A New Start in ArtA 2 book challenge, both books must be new to me. One must be non-fiction.
Option 1: Read a book whose author shares initials with one of the painters who ws working in the period after 1800.
I chose Joseph Turner.
The Nothing Girl by Jodi Taylor
This book is new to me, I have not read it before.
Option 2: Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of the figures: 46,396; 6; 2,000.
Killing Christians: Living the Faith Where It's Not Safe to Believe by Tom Doyle
The edition I read, shown above, has 240 pages, numbers found in the first and third of Catherine's listed numbers.
This book is non-fiction and it is new to me, I have not read it before.
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Points this task: 30
Points thus far: 155
Task 20.9 - Moderator's Pet Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series. This must be a series you have not read before. It must be obvious this is the first in the series from the book’s Goodreads page.
Splintered (Splintered #1) (2013) by A.G. Howard (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 371 pages)
** A.G. Howard is a Goodreads Author.**
This is the first time I’ve read this book. It is also the first time I've read any book in the Splintered Series.
00 + 20 = 20
Tasks Completed: 01
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 00 + 20 = 20
Books read: 01
Pages read: 371
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 01
Golden Oldies: 00
Post #130.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
Both books must be FICTION and each must be written by an author who uses a short first or last name of no more than 3 letters.
Stay Awake by Dan Chaon 10 short stories
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages.
The Christmas Candle by Max Lucado 191 pages
Points this post:30
Total: 30
Books read: 2
Tasks Done:1
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes--Sequential Art (Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga) are acceptable for this task
Option 2 non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic: Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir by Liz Prince
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL:UG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2.0
I consider Liz Prince to be heroic simply because she was able to overcome the gender norms and stereotypes set by society. Although bullied, she firmly stood her ground and remained true to what she felt and believed in. It took a lot of guts and strength to write about her personal experience, especially not knowing if it would be accepted.
Points Earned This Post:20
Points Achieved to Date:70/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.5 That’s So Random
Book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle--"First":First Grave on the Right
***Title 1: First Luck
Title 2: The Lovely Flames
Title 3: Something of Lover
Title 4: The Danger's Girl
Title 5: The Bridges of the Flames
Title 6: Past in the Angel
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 85/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
15.6 En Plein AirRead a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
by Lori LansensPoints this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 15
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
20.7 - Painting 101OPTION 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Animals.
Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 35
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+)
Total tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 2
5.10 Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille PissarroRead a book of your choice.
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Points: 5
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10.10 Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant
Book had 288 pages, which is evenly divisible by 4.
Points: 10
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15.5 That’s So Random
Using this Random title generator, Hit "Give Me Some Titles" once. Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle. *Articles (A, An, The, etc) and prepositions (in, on, of, etc) may NOT be used. Plurals and possessives work and removing a plural or possessive works as well. Required: Include the six titles when you post.
Generated titles:
Cold Slave
The Elemental Servants
The Flowers of the Death
Sword of Women
The Silence's Sparks
Twilight in the Touch
Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon
My chosen word was DEATH.
Points: 15
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15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list: Popular epistolary novels.
Love Letters to the Dead byAva Dellaira
Book was found on page 2 of the list, #159.
Points: 15
Total Points: 45
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Reader Name: Julia L5.10 Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
One book task. Pick a book of your choice.
I read Lord Dashwood Missed Out by Tessa Dare
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
Sara2
5.1. - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7 (personal goal: 35)
5.1. - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 90
Tasks Completed: 7 (personal goal: 35)
Sandy MN20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option C Has a horse and rider on cover
20.5 Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option 3 Automobile on the cover
Total this post: 40
Total for challenge: 40
Books read:2
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.08 – A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Book 1: Racism Explained to My Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun. The word ‘Racism’ terminates in -ISM
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 65 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
20.7 - Shorter is SweeterI chose Option 3 - Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED
Quicksand by Nella Larsen
LINSEED
Task total=20
Season total=40
Task 20.3 – Best Review – Book Concierge – Art and PassionRqd: Book must be a minimum of 250 pages
Option D – Diego Rivera – Hispanic Author
Mr. Ives' Christmas / Oscar Hijuelos (256 pages)
Hijuelos goodreads profile states he was the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer prize
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 40 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
Christine V10.10 - Jump!
A Passage to India I read this audio edition. The top MMP establishes a page count of 368 pages, which is evenly divisible by 4. (368/4 = 92)
A Passage to India was first published in 1924. ***Claiming 1 Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
NARUMON20.4 Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2: Read a book originally written in a different language from your native language
My native language(s) are English and Chinese since I grew up bilingual. I read Out by Natsuo Kirino, originally written in Japanese.
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option b: Read a short story collection
A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham. Shelved as Short Stories by 50 users.
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 20 * 2 = 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 20 * 2 = 40
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 0
Andy P.Task # 15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features dancers.
by Cathy Marie Buchanan Book recommended in task description.Points this post: 15
Total points: 45
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.07 – Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Book 1 – Option 3: The Wet Nurse's Tale by Erica Eisdorfer in which the author’s initials “E.E.” can be found in the word LINSEED
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 85 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave CaillebotteTrainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Found on page 1 of the list.
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
GO: 0
BBT: 0
KassandraTask #20.9: Art & Science
# books required: 1
Option C: Read #1 in a series new to you
Book read:
Author: Donna Andrews
Required info: book is #1 in the Meg Langslow series, I have not read any book in this series previously.
Points this post: 20
Total points this challenge: 20
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro Blame My Brain: the Amazing Teenage Brain Revealed by Nicola Morgan
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
GO : 0
BBT: 0
MEGSCL15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
b) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series
Wool 3
30.1 – 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.
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
10:04
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 90
Big Book Tickets: 2
Sara2
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
(my post is #5 in the discussion thread)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8 (personal goal: 35)
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season
REQUIRED: You must participate in the book's discussion thread with at least one post about the contents of the book or your reaction to the book after you have read the book.
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
(my post is #5 in the discussion thread)
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110
Tasks Completed: 8 (personal goal: 35)
Mimi Michele20.10 Group Read
An old fashioned Christmas: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
My group participation post is 20.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
This is a Golden Oldie published on Dec. 17, 1843
Points 20
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Total points: 30
Golden Oldie: 1
Big book: 0
Brooke TX5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Read a 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.
(Kai Ashante Wilson, Henry Wilson)
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND in the title, subtitle and/or author's name.
(An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, P.D. James)
15.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Titles: Hard Gift; The Blue Shadow; Waves of Snake; The Pirate's Woman; The Sword of the Captive; Fairy in the Something
The Serpent's Shadow
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1: Read a book with the main page genre “Superheroes."
Points
This Post: 65
Total Points: 85
Completed Tasks: 7
Books Read: 8
Karen D.Task 10.10. Jump!
Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
, finished 12/9. Total pages: 512 (divided by 4 = 128)Points this task: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1/65
SCHATZIE10.2: Art Appreciation
framed painting on over
The Wild Beasts of Wuhan
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10.4: C'est ou?
"French" in title/subtitle
Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris
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15.5: That's so random
my 6 titles:
BLACK gate
bloody heart
storms of female
star's rings
female of the angels
sword in the tales
My BOOK: The Black Dove
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15.7: Here be Dragons
dragon on cover and/or in storyline (mine is both)
Tongues of Serpents
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Points this post: 50
TOTAL POINTS: 125
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10.4. C'est ou?
Book with the name of a French city, "France, or "French" in its title.
The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City by David Lebovitz.
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0