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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
25.3 Sirena's Task--Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside--So Pick a Side:My coin flip gave me USA
1. A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety by Jimmy Carter
3. Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Today's total: 25
Grand Total: 1095
NARUMON25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Option B: Read a book from the task creator's GLBT shelf
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. This book is currently on page 3 of the shelf. 522 pages, claiming Big Book Ticket.
Option C: Read a book that was nominated or won the Goodreads Choice Awards 2011. Graphic novels are okay.
Anya's Ghost. This was nominated Best Graphic Novels & Comics.
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 1: Read a book about animal rescue.
The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Jim Gorant. This book is on the first page of Popular Animal Rescue Books
Option 4: Read a book of your choice
The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth.
TOTAL IN POST:
Points: 25 + 30 = 55
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book: 1
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 535 + 55 = 590
Golden Oldies: 1 + 0 = 1
Big Book: 2 + 1 = 3
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland Read one book or two books, but the total pages read must be a minimum of 800 pages.
Option 4: Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle.
I read A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy that has a PB in 368 pages.
Option 6: Page count, as listed on Goodreads, that contains at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
I read Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood that has a PB in 445 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points to date: 275 points
Veronica WTask 30.1
Option 3: Author with initials in HEART
Exalted by Tara Elizabeth
Option 4: Read a book of my choice
Terminal Freeze
Points this post: 30
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 11
Boston Kate
15.1 Make the Switch
Book 1: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
first name "Markus"
Book 2: Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey
first name "Marcus"
Points this post: 15
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 3
Books read (including unposted): 7
10.8 Hey, We Were There, Too!1 book task
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.
I chose George Clinton, James' Madison's vice president.
Princess of Glass by Jessica Day George
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Points this post: 10
Points thus far: 865
5.3 Water lilies by Claude Monet:from page 1 of list (about #20)
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
50. Sheila's Task--It's Leap Year--Just 4 Fun...:
A. The Radiant Seas by Catherine Asaro. Book 4 of SAGA of the Skollian Empire
B. The Arrangement by Ashley Warlick as an ARC of the book to be published on Feb 9 2016.
C. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Today's total: 55
Grand total: 1150
Andy P.Task # 25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 1 Read a book in which the initial letter of each word in the title can be found in the word LUMINARIA.
by Gregory MaguireLUMINARIA
Option 4. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
by Tina Whittle WHAT'Z IT WORTHPoints this post: 25
Total points: 645
JulieD5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
1st page
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 6
15.7 Here Be DragonsRead a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons.
Fool's Fate - Robin Hobb
Dragons on the cover, in the book description and in the main-page genres.*Fool's Fate has 805 pages, 2 BB tickets claimed*
Points this post: 15
Points total: 110
Tasks completed: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 - 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 2794
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I read Just Kids - p. 1 of Popular Art Books, about halfway down the list.
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
I read Cold Comfort Farm - p. 2 of Popular Satire Books, again, about halfway down.
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
For my first book, I chose option B, and read The Price of Salt, found on
Robin's GLBT shelf - p. 4, when sorted by title.
For my second book, I chose option C, and read Divergent - 2011 GR Choice Award winner for Favorite Book of 2011.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 690
Julia10325.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1: Patience & Sarah
Option 3: A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg: How to Play the Game & Win
This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 335
BB: 4
GO: 1
Completed tasks: 16
trishhartuk30.1 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. Middle initials may be ignored.
Murder Most Witchy, Emily Rylands
Approved in ebook verification thread message #5325, and listed in ebook verification file, line #1415.
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
Woof at the Door, Laura Morrigan
(This book is also on the Popular Animal Rescue Books list towards the bottom of pg 2.)
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 555
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 0
Catherine TTask 10.9 - Degas & His Dancers
read a book with dancers
Be Mine Forever by Marina Adair
as the book description says, one of the MC owns a dancer school and is a dance teacher. Lots of dancing
Delicious Dee30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
1. Great Art - Charming the Highlander - new to me book; author - Janet Chapman for John Constable
3. Great Location - Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness - new to me book; non-fiction (memoir); Life from Scratch found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE
points this post: 30
points total: 550
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in TranslationOption 2 - My Brilliant Friend - my native language is English, and this book was originally published in Italian.
Points in this post: 20
Points so far: 280
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short FictionBook 1 - 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Book 2 - The Rider by Tim Krabbé
Points in this post: 30
Points so far: 310
25.17 Tara Jo's Task: Real Life Gets in the WayOption 2 Read a book with a word in the title from the list of dog breeds.
The Dog who came in from the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith
The use of the word 'Dog' was approved in the help thread, post 25. I'm applying it to the breed Anatolian Shepherd Dog.
Option 3 A book where the author's initials are found in KIDNEY, DIALYSIS, TRANSPLANT.
The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
Points in this post: 25
Total Points: 145
loafer10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word with the title of one of Renoir's paintings.
painting: Children on the Sea Shore in Guernsey (1883)
book read: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
word = GUERNSEY
points this task: 10
total points: 320
BB: 2
GO: 6
tasks completed: 21
BEKKA - 30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art - this is a repost from post #1907Both these books are new to me.
2. For this task, I read “Gluten Freedom: The Nation's Leading Expert Offers the Essential Guide to a Healthy, Gluten-Free Lifestyle” by Alessio Fasano since it has the proper combination of figures in the page numbers - 320 pages.
3. For this task, I read “Fairest” by Marissa Meyer since the first letter of the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE. (222 pgs)
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 30
Total Points Earned to Date: 30
Pages Read this Challenge: 542
Total Pages Read to Date: 542
Books Read this Challenge: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500(), 750(), 1000()
Cindy FTask 30.1 Tis the Season For Giving Back
Option 3: Authors initial in HEART
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker (H&T)
Option 4: Book of Choice
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
Points this post:30
Total points:175
Tasks completed:9
Books read:14
Golden Oldies:3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY5.6 Paris Street, Rainy Day. I read City Behind Fence: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1942-1946 by Charles R. Johnson and Charles W. Johnson, with the word “City” in the title.
25.2 Brook TX’s December
Option 1. I read a book with an author born in 1958, my birth year, Still Life by Louise Penny.
Option 2. I read a book which was a gift from Ande, a member of my real life book club, H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 730
FANDURY10.10. Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
The Last Witness by K.J. Parker
I read the Kindle version, but the paperback has 144 pages which is evenly divisible by 4.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 440
Books Read: 27
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
5.5 The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte:Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London is on Page 1, #8. I read the whole physical book for this.
30.6 Donna Jo's Task--Iowa Winter:
1. Under Cold Stone by Vicki Delany Title has word Cold.
2. Wild Hearts by Sharon Sala Author's initials SS in Dressing.
Today's total: 35
Grand Total: 1185
loafer25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
Option A. Debussy. Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.”
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
originally published in 1870, qualifying it as a "golden oldie"
Option B. Ravel. Read a book originally written in Spanish.
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
points this task: 25
total points: 345
BB: 2
GO: 7
tasks completed: 22
Emmalita25.10 Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!
The Whites by Richard Price
Option 3: Richard Price's initials can be found in VAPORETTI
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
Option 2: The word 'Night' is in the lyrics to hotel california in the line "wake you up in the middle of the night"
The total page count for both books is 531.
30.1 Schatzie's task: Tis the season for giving back
A Spool of blue Thread by Anne Tyler
Option 3: Anne Tyler's initials can be found within the word 'HEART'
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Option 4
This post: 55
Total points to date: 280
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 14
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!3. vApoRetti, 388 p
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
5. Author's name is 17 letters, 144 p
A Wild Swan: And Other Tales by Michael Cunningham
Total Pages: 532
+25 Points
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Both authors are new to me!
Book One -- Library
Everything I Never Told You
Book Two -- Gift
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
+25 Points
Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 525
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LAUREN JODI20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT’s task: Winter Birthdays
Option 1: My Mom - Book on the cover
Death Comes to London by Catherine Lloyd
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 355/1185
Total Books Read: 26
Tasks Completed: 19/65
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays1. My mom: My mom's favorite hobby was reading. Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
Phantoms on the Bookshelves by Jacques Bonnet
Books on the cover and "books about books" main page genre.
Points this post: 20
Points total: 130
Tasks completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3 - 500+(1) 750+(1) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 2950
perletwo25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - A. Read a book with a word of at least four letters from the song title of your favorite Christmas carol or song in the title or subtitle. Variations that preserve the meaning of the word, including plurals, possessives, and singulars, will work. Required: Include the song title of your favorite Christmas carol in your post.
Carol: We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Christmas Mourning
D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
Brotherhood in Death
Points this task: 25
Total points: 700
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 51
Tasks completed: 36
LOULOU25.16 Delicious Dee's Task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Two books, both by single authors, both authors must be new to you.
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
REQUIRED:
Rolled: 15
Title: The Little Drummer Boy
Word: LITTLE
Liane Moriaty is a new author to me.
Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
REQUIRED:
Rolled: 24
Title: Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Word: ALONE
Hans Fallada is new to me.
NOTE: Alone in Berlin is written by a single author (Hans Fallada). I checked in the help thread and it was confirmed that the translator and writer of the afterword don't count.
Alone in Berlin was first published in 1947 and I am claiming ONE GOLDEN OLDIE ticket. It also has 602 pages so I am claiming ONE BIG BOOK TICKET.
This post:
Points: 25
Golden oldies: 1
Big book tickets: 1
Total:
Points: 200
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 1
10.9 - Catch Up With the SRCRead a book from the SRC Bookshelf List that you have never read before and state new book and not re-read.
I read The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. This is a first time read.
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 285 points
Delicious Dee20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Option 1 - After the Golden Age - shelved as Comics > Superheroes by 106ppl (even though its fiction and not a comic...lol)
points this post: 20
points total: 570
25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You FreeOption 3. For this task read a book, fiction or non fiction, which you think celebrates any form of human artistry.
The Sugarless Plum: A Memoir– celebrates ballet
Option 4. Read a book, either fiction or non fiction, which expresses the struggle for the freedom of the individual from an oppressive society.
Required: Explain how your book fits when you post.
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home– Two American journalists are taken prisoner in the oppressive regime in North Korea after interviewing individuals who have escaped North Korea and are living in China. The book alternates between focusing on the prisoners’ experiences and focusing on how the people at home, especially her sister, help to get them freed.
Points this post: 25
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 305
Books Read: 20
Tasks Complete: 14
Big Book tickets Total: 4
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Andy P.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.
by Betty Webb(250 p.) Fourth word of song is desert.Option 3. Venice. Read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
by Tasha AlexanderVAPORETTI (309 p.)
Total pages= 559>500
Points this post: 25
Total points: 670
JUKKA10.7. Are you Up to Date?
A book off the Popular in 2015 list.
The Sandman: Overture by Neil Gaiman. It's book 54 on the list.
15.6 En Plein Air
A book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
G.I. Joe: Classics Vol. 1 by Larry Hama.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 330/1185
Books Read: 26
Tasks Complete: 23/65
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 2
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the StadiumOption 2. Read a book with the name of an insect in the title.
The Evening Spider by Emily Arsenault
Option 3. Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'.
A Fence Around the Cuckoo & Fishing in the Styx by Ruth Park
1 x Bigger is Better (596 pages)
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Book 1: Supernova:Kesatria, Puteri, dan Bintang Jatuh by Dewi 'Dee' Lestari
a gift from my sister
Book 2: Angela (The Gracey Trilogy #3) by James Moloney
borrowed from the library
Both authors are NEW to me
30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
Option 3. Biology: read a non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Biology."
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
Option 4. Neurology - read a non-fiction book that has been shelved at least 3 times as neurology from this list: Popular Neurology Books.
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post."
Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox
shelved 5 times as neurology & is on page 1 of list
Total this post: 80 points
Golden Oldies Tix: 3
Bigger is Better Tix: 4
Total points: 500 points
Karen D.Task 25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
1. Birthdays: read a book written by an author born the same year you were (I was born in 1983)
Modern Romance, by Aziz Ansari who was also born in 1983, according to his wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aziz_An...
4. New Year's Eve: read the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books.
Haunted House by Jack Kilborn. This is the fourth and last installment in the Afraid series - https://www.goodreads.com/series/7159...
Points this task: 25
Total points: 425
Tasks completed: 18/65
Cindy FTask 10.10 Jump!
Page number divisible by 4!
Taking Fire by Radclyffe
264 pages divided by 4 = 66
Points this post:10
Total points:185
Tasks completed:10
Books read:15
Golden Oldies:3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"I read The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the Past. The word "landscape" matches the title of Renoir's 1919 painting listed as "Landscape." This book was approved in the help thread.
Points: 230
Books read: 23
tasks completed: 17
tasks in progress: 3
pages read: 6890
HINA25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year -
Option 1: Just Imagine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
Originally published in 1984, my birth year.
Option 4: Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean.
Final book in The Rules of Scoundrels
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 645
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Lindsey IL10.9 - Catch Up with the SRC
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
This book was new to me.
15.3 - Lost and Found
Dear Zari: The Secret Lives of the Women of Afghanistan by Zarghuna Kargar
LOSTFOUND in title/subtitle/author's name
Dear zari: the secret Lives OF the women Of afghaniSTan zarghUNa kargar
15.5 - That’s So Random
Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story by Jewel
My titles...
Wet Night
The Broken Star
World of Snake
The Kiss's Destiny
The Magic of the Danger
Bride in the Moons
20.2 - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Shadow Woman by Linda Howard
option 1, dark blue cover
approved https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...20.7 - Judy's task: Painting 101
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
option 3, initials in LINSEED
30.2 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
I could see this image being the cover of an old magazine titled Modern Romance.
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim
This image made me imagine that the people in it were taking off on a long journey to freedom in order to escape the bonds of a restrictive society.
Points This Post: 110
Total Points: 260
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500+(1), 750+(0), 1000+(0)
Tasks Completed: 15
Books Read: 19
10.6 - Hey, We Were There Too!Whores for Gloria by William T. Vollmann - 1/31/16
William King, VP for Franklin Pierce
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option B: Frida Kahlo
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett - 12/21/15
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1: Revenant by Kat Richardson - 2/4/16
Horror genre on main page
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Dog Day by Alicia Giménez Bartlett - 1/26/16
This is the first book I've ever read in the Petra Delicado Mysteries series.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 155
10.6 It's Cold Here, but Colder There!1 book task
Read a book set at least 50% in one of those countries: Russia, Canada...
I chose Canada
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
This novel is set in Canada. I read the unabridged version, which meets the SRC children's book requirements with IL: MG 7.3 and AR 17.0. Here is the link on the AR site
http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail....
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Points this post: 10
Points thus far: 875
Janice CA20.1 - (Super)Heroes
Option B: Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
I read a non-fiction book about a paramedic. I feel that first responders, especially medics, are heroes because they save lives out in the crazy world without the benefit of a hospital's equipment. Each situation is unique and possibly dangerous yet they manage to comfort people whom are experiencing the worst moments in their lives.
A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic’s Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard
+20
total: 100
tasks: 6
books: 8
Oldies: 2
trishhartuk20.3. Best Review Contest: Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
I have always loved art. Choose ONE of the options below and read a book that is a minimum of 250 pages long. Required: State which option you chose and the number of pages when you post.
OPTION C - Martin Ramirez (b 30Jan1895 / d 17Feb1963). Read a book with a cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child), a horseback rider (on a horse), or a train. Required: Post the cover
Page count: 343pg
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Total Points: 575
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 0
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in TranslationOption 1: Read a book written in a language other than your native language. Required: In your post, state your native language and the language of the book that you read.
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
My native language is Romanian. This book was written in English.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 65
15.10 - A Reason to Party#2 in a series: Eggs Benedict Arnold (Cackleberry Club #2) by Laura Childs
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 3, author's name is Mary: The View from Prince Street by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rosemary, which I snip from a large bush in my garden, is also one of my favorite seasonings.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 415
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Task # 30.07 – Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books are new to me
Book 1 - Option 2: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell which is 246 pages, the numbers can be found in any combination of these figures (46,396; 6; 2,000)
Book 2 - Option 1: A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo – author shares the same initials as the 19th century painter, Paul Cezanne.
This is a non-fiction book
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date = 785 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4