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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
50.1 - 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 that has a 4 letter word in the SERIES name as noted on Goodreads.
The Fall of Five (Lorien Legacies #4)
Book B: Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim – 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).
At the Water's Edge – Sara Gruen
Points this post: 50
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 310
Books Read: 20
Tasks Complete: 13
Big Book tickets Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
FANDURY25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
I fliped the coin and got TAILS.
Option 2: Read a non-fiction book about a topic listed under your alliance.
USSR: Russian Aviation and Space Agency; Cosmonauts; Space Race; Yuri Gagarin; Space Colonization; Rocketry; Astronomy
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson
This is a non-fiction book about Astronomy.
Option 4: Read a fiction book that contains a word of 3 or more letters (excluding "the") from the quote attributed to the leader of your alliance.
USSR: "If not me, who? And if not now, when?"
Not Dead, Only Resting by Simon Brett
The word from the quote in the title is NOT.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 400
Books Read: 24
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.1. This is Your BrainBest Science Books - Non-Fiction Only #13:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
+10 Points
10.4. C'est ou?
French in Title:
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
+10 Points
15.10 - A Reason to Party
#2 in Kate Shugak Series:
A Fatal Thaw by Dana Stabenow
+15 Points
20.10 - Group Reads
My post in the thread is #15:
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
+20 Points
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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.
Hot Chocolate at Hanselmann's by Rosetta LoyD. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset
+25 Points
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books are new to me.
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.
George Seurat / G S / Nonfiction
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury
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: squAre
Angelfall by Susan Ee
+30 Points
Points this Post: 110
Grand Total: 475
Ava Catherine50.1 Shelia'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 that has a 4th letter word in the series name as noted on Goodreads.
The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie (Miss Marple #4) Miss is a 4 letter word.
Book B: Read a book that is first published in one of the last four leap years.
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
First published 2008
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name.
The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1185
babbling c5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a nude or partially-nude figure on the cover. There must be enough of the body shows to establish nudity or partially-nudity.
Ms. Match kindle En la cama con la otra- paperback 224 pgs by Jo Leigh
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
What better way to spend a rainy day than curled up with a good book? Read a book of your choice.
The Bourbon Kings - audiobook The Bourbon Kings -paperback pgs. 432 by J.R. Ward
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
December is Write to a Friend month. Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
Required: pg 1, #29
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot -kindle Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot - paperback pg. 326 by Patricia C. Wrede
Sorcery & Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
Wrede, Patricia C.
AR Quiz No. 69122 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP
Book Rating Rating: 3.0
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Bonza Bottler Day is celebrated once a month when the number of the month coincides with the number of the day (1/1, 2/2, 12/12 this winter season) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Minerva -audio Minerva paperback pgs 192 by Marion Chesney
First in the Six Sister series
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Help Thread
We live next door to a football stadium (Australian football that is) and during winter it is busy every weekend with AFL games. But during spring and summer it is used for all sorts of things.
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'.
After the Funeral - audiobook Les Indiscrétions d'Hercule Poirot - paperback pgs 256 by Agatha Christie
Option 4. Over three days in February there are five displays of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Read a book with someone with a tattoo on the cover.
Moon Called -audiobook Moon Called - paperback pgs 288 by Patricia Briggs
THIS POST
Points: 65
Completed Tasks: 5
Golden oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total This Season
Points: 430/1185
Completed Tasks: 28
Golden oldies: 4
Big Books: 1
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Pages read this season: 11,468
Books read this season: 34
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Emsreviewsbooks25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
Option 1: I read Wild Hearts by Jessica Burkhart. It is set entirely in Wyoming.
Option 3: I read Refine by Nichole Van. N and V both appear in 'Glacier CalViNg'.
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Option 3: I read Happy Birthday, Mr Darcy by Victoria Connelly. Both main characters are authors, which I think is the greatest form of human artistry!
Option 4: I read A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen. It's the struggle of Gerta and her family to leave East Germany during the Russian occupation after World War II. Gerta mentions several times how oppressive the Russian regime is, and how she's frustrated with not being allowed to think for herself. AR information: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 11.0
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 470
Books Read: 35
Tasks Complete: 25
didi302315.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle "Give Me Some Titles."
1. Broken Shores, 2. The Hidden Dragon, 3. Death of Fire, 4. The Force's Flying, 5. The Valley of the Teacher, 6. Flight in the Someone
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 185
Didi302330.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
DogTown: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption by Stefan Bechtel
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
CURRENT POST
Points: 30
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 215
Veronica WTask 20.10 Group Read
The 5th Wave
Message 16
Points this post: 20
Total points: 105
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CathyG25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
This is a two book task. Read two books from two different options below.
2. Christmas: For this option, read a book you received as a gift.
The Assassins' Lover by Emma Holly
Given to me by my nephew
Goodreads Author
4. New Year's Eve: reading the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books. The book must be identified on Goodreads as part of a series.
Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4304...
Goodreads Author
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read one book for each.
Option 3. Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'
A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Goodreads Author
Option 4. Read a book with someone with a tattoo on the cover.
Opening Up by Lauren Dane
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Choose two different options from the following choices, and read one book for each.
Option 3 - Venice.
For this option, read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
Warcry by Elizabeth Vaughan
Option 5 - Siena.
For this option, read a book with 17 letters in the book title
Darkest Before Dawn by Maya Banks
Goodreads Author
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
You may read one book or two books but the total pages read must be a minimum of 800 pages.
4. Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle.
Winter by Marissa Meyer
2 Big Book Tickets 824 pp.
Goodreads Author
Points this post: 100
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 13
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Goodreads Authors: 8
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!Both authors are new to me!
Book One--free from the local library
Author Bill Dedman
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Book two was free on Amazon
Author--Arnie Benn
Total this post=25
Total Points=110
BB tickets=1
Kait25.14 - JennRenee's Task: Winter Wonderland
One book option
Option 6 - A book with a page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND is at least 800 pages.
The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman -- 1,088 pages
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 295
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
perletwo20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science - Option A: Read a non-fiction book with the Main Page Genres of: Science>Biology, Science>Natural History, Science>Evolution, Science>Chemistry, Science>Environment, or Science>Genetics.
Written in Stone: Evolution, the Fossil Record, and Our Place in Nature
Points this task: 20
Total points: 645
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 33
MelissaH20.3 Art and Passion
Option 1:
The Murderer's Daughters by Randy Susan Meyers
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 175
Completed Tasks: 9
Books Read: 10
CHANDNI20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1. Read a book that has something to do with vampires OR one that has "Horror" as a main page genre.
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 20
Completed Tasks: 17
MEGSCL25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 3. read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle – sapphire
Sapphire Skies
Option 4. read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
Third Shift: Pact by Hugh Howey
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 3 - Venice. read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
Saint Maybe by Anne Tyler – 337 pages
Option 5 - Siena. read a book with 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined. Fourth of July Creek – 470 pages
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2 - read a book with the word “light” embedded intact in the title/subtitle.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Option 3 - Read a book with a green cover.
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 735
Big Book Tickets: 5
Post #925.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
I rolled a 10 and 18
Both authors are new to me
10) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens for Mickey’s Christmas Carol, 2 p.m. Using CAROL
18) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson for Snow 2: Brain Freeze, 2 p.m. Using SNOW
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25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both authors are new to me
1) Library: Cemetery Girl by David J. Bell
2) Coworker: There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake
Points this post: 50
Total: 285
Books read: 20
Tasks Done:13
Kim O20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
1) Read a book with the main page genre “Superheroes” (embedded or standalone).
The Supervillain Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide to Destruction and Mayhem
Points this task: 20
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20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Option 1: Boxing Day (December 26th) - Read a book with the word BOX found intact in the title/subtitle, or that has a boxer as a main character (MMA fighters are also acceptable).
The Wrong Box
Golden Oldie - First published in 1889
Points this task: 20
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
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25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
I got heads: USA
Option 2: Space Race - Read a non-fiction book about a topic listed under your alliance.
The Right Stuff
Option 3: Espionage - Read a fiction or non-fiction book with the main page genre "Espionage", with additional specifications based on your alliance.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: A George Smiley Novel
Points this task: 25
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25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2. Read a book that has the genre "Western" listed on its main page.
Kindness Goes Unpunished
Option 3. Read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle.
The Eye of Jade
Points this task: 25
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25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 2. Read a book with the name of an insect in the title.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Option 3. Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'.
A Slight Trick of the Mind
Points this task: 25
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25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 2 - Rome. Read a book the title of which contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California.
The Speed of Light -- "Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light"
Option 5 - Siena. Read a book with 17 letters in the book title or in the author's name or in the two combined.
17-letter author name:
by Marilynne RobinsonPoints this task: 25
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30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
by T.C. BoyleBook 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages.
by H.G. Wells (199 pages)Golden Oldie -- first published in 1898
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
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Cumulative Totals
Golden Oldies: 3
Books read: 22
perletwo5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet - Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books. Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier is on page 1 of the above cited list.
Points this task: 05
Total points: 650
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 47
Tasks completed: 34
trishhartuk10.10. Jump!
Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Spirit of Steamboat, Craig Johnson
176pg - 176/4 = 44
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 495
Tasks Completed: 22
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 0
Mod
LOULOU15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outside scene on the cover.
by Bill BrysonThis post:
Points: 15
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 150
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0
RockyNook20.6 - Favorite SEASONings
Option 3 - author name Rose, Mary, or Rosemary
Little Bitty Lies - Mary Kay Andrews
Total Points: 60
Emmalita10.10 Jump!
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
This book has 352 pages which is divisible by 4.
This post: 10
Total points to date: 225
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 12
Whimsie20.9 Moderator's Pet-Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Read: A Darker Shade of Magic . I have never read anything in this series before.
25.10 Sandy's Task - Bella Italia
Option 2: Book's title contains a word of at least 5 letters that is found in the lyrics of Hotel California.
I read: The Swords of Night and Day- title contains the word NIGHT.
Matching lyrics: (line 5) I had to stop for the night.
Option 5: Read a book with 17 letters in the book title. I read Terms of Enlistment and there are 17 letters in the title.
30.1 Schatzie's Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue. I read The Darkest Evening of the Year. Here is a quote from the description on Goodreads: Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. Among dog lovers, she’s a legend for the risks she’ll take to save an animal from abuse.
Option 4: A book of your choice. I chose An Ideal Husband.
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Points this post: 75
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 31
Tasks Complete: 22
LOULOU25.16 Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s Task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Read two books. Both must be obtained for free, but in different ways. Both authors must be new to you.
The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet by Kate Rorick and Rachel Kiley
REQUIRED: I got this book as a Christmas present. Kate Rorick and Rachel Kiley are both new to me. I checked in the help thread about having two authors, and it was okayed there (in message 49).
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
REQUIRED: I borrowed this from my local library. Isaac Asimov is new to me this SRC.
This post:
Points: 25
Golden oldies: 0
Big book tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 175
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0
CYNBAXTERRepost from #1975 - correct edition of Book 3 linked
Task # 50.01 – Sheila’s task: It’s Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let’s enjoy that extra reading day!
Book 1: Vixen 03 by Clive Cussler which is the fourth book in a series and has a four letter word in the series name as noted on Goodreads.
Book 2 : The Buffalo Hunter by Peter Straub which was first published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012 , 2008, 2004
Book 3 : The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín which has four words in the title, and the author’s first name, Colm, is also composed of four letters
Points this post: 50 points
Total points to date = 725 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4 (less)
Jonquil30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
320 pages + 228 pages= 548 pages
1. Ice in title
An Ice Cold Paradise
Terry Holland
Paperback, 228 pages 1/26
2. author initials in "DRES s ING w ARMLY"
Scandalous Behavior
Stuart Woods
Hardcover, 320 pages 1/21
Points this post: 30
Total points: 1105
Books posted: 88
Tasks complete: 63
Pages this post: 548
Total pages as of this post: 25103
NARUMON10.8. 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.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max by Noelle Stevenson. Last name "Stevenson" matches Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson (VP to Grover Cleveland).
15.1 Make the Switch
Read two books by authors with names that differ by exactly one letter.
Book 1: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion.
Book 2: Redshirts by John Scalzi.
First names "Joan" and "John" have the 3rd letter switched.
20.3 Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option B: Memoir or autobiography by female author
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War Autobiography>Memoir shelved by 120 users.
20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey. Shelved as Animals by 64 users.
25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Read a book where one word in the title of the book, corresponds with a one word in a movie title/subtitle on your chosen day
I rolled a 2 and 21.
Book 1 (Dec. 2): There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya. This author is new to me.
Movie: Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
Book 2 (Dec. 21): Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves. This author is new to me.
Movie: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
25.16 Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Read two books that you got for free but through different means.
Book 1: Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher. I got this as an e-book for free through my public library.
Book 2: The Bones of You by Debbie Howell. I got this from a Book Riot giveaway.
The two authors are new to me.
30.3 Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Read two books, both by authors with a short first or last name of no more than 3 letters.
Book 1: Read a short story collection or anthology.
All the Rage: Stories by A.L. Kennedy. Short first name!
Book 2: Book between 100 - 200 pages.
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. Published in 1895 and is 118 pages long. Golden Oldie ticket. Short first name.
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IN POST:
Points: 10 + 15 + 20*2 + 25 *2 + 30 = 145
Big Books: 0
Golden Oldies: 1
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 390 + 145 = 535
Big Books: 2 + 0 = 2
Golden Oldies: 0 + 1 = 1
Kelly B25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Please chose TWO different options and read a book for each.
B. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (initials L,H,A)
D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan
Points this post: 25
Total points: 200
Kristen IA25.5 - 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.
Option B. Read a book with a Christmas decoration on the cover (Christmas tree, lights, ornament, wreath etc.) or a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
Required: Include the cover showing the Christmas decoration.
Christmas in Cupid Falls by Holly Jacobs
(wreath and Christmas ornaments)
I read the Kindle Edition, but linked to the PB edition.
Option D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
Xavier: St Griswold College for Abandoned Boys by E.M. Cooper
I read the Kindle Edition, but linked to the PB edition.
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 215/1185
Tasks Completed: 11/65
Total Books Read: 14/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
Task 15.6 En Plein AirRead a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
(On the Beach!!!)
Required: Include the cover
Surrender, Dorothy (1999) by Meg Wolitzer (Hardcover, 224 pages)
205 + 15 = 220
Tasks Completed: 15
Points for this post: 15
Points thus far: 205 + 15 = 220
Books read: 20
Pages read: 5,512
Read but not claimed: 08
Goodreads Authors: 08
Golden Oldies: 04
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro The Bridge over the River Kwai
I listened to the audio CD, link to MMPB Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1. Wayward
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
Option 3 - Jäätyvä helvetti by Ilkka Remes initials IR, 412 pages
Option 5 - The Year Of The Flood
*575 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 3: Tulikivi by Douglas Preston
*695 pages, claiming one BB ticket*
Option 4: Interrupted Aria MC is a musician (opera singer)
Points this post: 75
Points total: 415/1185
GO total: 2
BB total: 3
Tasks completed: 24/65
Books read: 34
SpiderMac5.1 Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
I read Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson
Required: Include the cover.
There’s a girl in a coon skin hat on the cover.
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15.2 Word For Word
This is a two book task. Read two books with synonyms in their titles or subtitles.
Book 1 - I read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Book 2 – I read The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
My synonyms are “kill” and “murder”.
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30.7 Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
This is a two book task and one must be non-fiction. I chose options 2 and 3. Both books are new to me, not rereads.
Book 1 – option 2 - Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000)
I read My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland which has 320 pages.
Book 2 – option 3 - Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. One word titles are fine.
I read Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
Troublemaker begins with a “T” which is found in “Trafalgar” and this is my non-fiction book.
Both these books and authors are new to me.
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Points this post: 50
Points total: 475/1185
Tasks completed: 30/65
Books read: 37
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude MonetDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams– page 3 of Satire list (https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...)
15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim - The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 1: cancer
Storm in a B Cup - A Breast Cancer Tale by Lindy Dale - per MC is battling breast cancer
Option 3: Dialysis
The Union Club Mysteries by Isaac Asimov (dIAlysis)
Points This Post: 45
Total Points: 450
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
Laura NT20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
I've Got Your Number
The Author: Sophie Kinsella has the initials SK which are found in KRZYZEWSKI.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 165
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and ScienceOption C (#1 in series):
In the Woods
This book is #1 in the Dublin Murder Squad series. I have not read any other books in this series.
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
1. Ecology
Flight Behavior
This book is on Page 1 of the Popular Ecology Books list. It has been shelved 18 times as Ecology.
4. Neurology
Migraine
This book is on Page 1 of the Popular Neurology Books list. It has been shelved 9 times as Neurology.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 110
Kristi CO20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2: written in Polish, read in my native English
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 9
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Nick KY10.3 Young Girl Reading – I read Nude Walker: A Novel by Bathsheba Monk. Nude is a word in the title of the book and is the title of a Renoir painting (no surprise.)
20.7 Judy’s Painting 101
Option 2. Acrylics. Read a book 1st published between 1940-1965. I read The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, 1st published 1951.
20.8 Elizabeth B’s December – Opt 3 -- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson, #45 on the list of Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re Human Rights:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Points This Post: 50
Total Points So Far: 700
Delicious Dee5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
The Ambassador's Daughter - about 2/3 of it set in France during the WW1 Paris Peace Conference
points this post: 5
points total: 520
VAL TX15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You - Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options.
b) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series
c) Read a book with one of these words: star, war, seven (7), seventh (7th), three (3), third (3rd), force, awaken(s) in the title or subtitle.
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
IL designation is UG. IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10.0
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 145
JUKKA5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Book off the Popular Art Books list.
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud, found on page 1 of the list.
5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Book whose title contains a word ending in -ING.
Dark Waters Rising by Jim Zub.
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Book featuring dancers.
Dancer by Nathan Edmondson.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 305/1185
Books Read: 24
Tasks Complete: 21/65
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
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25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1 The Turner House by Angela Flournoy an African-American woman- reference a new-to-me author
Book 2 When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe a Filipino-American woman and a new-to-me author
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
option 3 initials ST in SWEATER: Join by Steve Toutonghi, an ARC, 336 pages
option 6 The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher, 630 pages, #'s 3, 0
total pages 336 + 630 = 800+
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
option 1, set more than 50% outside- at the beach/surfing: Chasing Dean: Surfing America's Hurricane States by Tom Anderson
option 2, light intact: The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye
total = 1100
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101Option 2- Acrylics - Read a book FIRST published between 1940 and 1965 (inclusive.)
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Points this post: 20
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 18
Tasks Complete: 13
Big Book tickets Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
10.7. Are you Up to Date?Catch up on your reading by reading a book from Popular Books 2015.
Book read: Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer
#157 in the list. Found today.
Points this post: 10
Previous points: 200
Mary P25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre GLBT.
Three the Hard Wayby Sydney Croft
Option 2: Read a book with the the name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
**Firefly Lane is a Big Book ( 513 pgs ).Claiming 1 BB Ticket**
Points this post: 25
Total points: 410
Big Book Tickets: 10
Bookwrm526Task #30.7 - A New Start in Art
Both books (and in fact both authors) are new to me. I chose options 1 and 3.
Option 1 - Read a book whose author shares initials with one of the painters who was working in the period after 1800. I chose Claude Monet, and read The Duchess War by Courtney Milan.
Option 3 - Read a book in which the first letter in each word of the title (ignore subtitles) can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE, one word titles are ok. I read Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. This is my non-fiction choice.
Points this post: 30
Total points so far: 550
Kathy G.10.5. Curl Up and Read
On pg. 1--- #5
Winter Garden: A Novel by Kristin Hannah
Link to paperback:
Winter Garden
Total Points- 60
Total Tasks- 5
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25.1 Beth_NC's Task: Art of Reading
C. Anthology of short stories/essays on a theme.
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant : Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone by Jenni Ferrari-Adler (editor)
REQUIRED: The theme is eating and dining alone.
E. M-O-N-E-T found in the title.
Joy in the Morning by P.G. Wodehouse
jOy in ThE MorNing
This book was first published in 1947 and so I am claiming 1 golden oldie ticket.
This post:
Points: 25
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 135
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 0