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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Cait S15.2.- Word for Word
Book #1
The End Games by T. Michael Martin
Book #2
Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
The matching pair is "end" and "close" (found under "end" on the synonym list).
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 300
Total Tasks Completed: 19
loafer 20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series.
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
this series is new to me
points: 20
total points: 380
BB: 3
GO: 7
tasks completed: 25
Kelly B5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Found on page 3 of the satire list
Points this post: 5
Total points: 205
trishhartuk25.6 Andy P’s Task: Winter in Tucson
This winter we will be spending the winter in Tucson instead of shoveling snow in Michigan...
Option 3. In February the Gem Show comes to town. For this option read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle.
phantom QUARTZ, Barbra Annino
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Option 4. Also in February the Assistance League of Tucson, a philanthropic organization, holds its major fundraiser called What'z It Worth...Read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
Dance Hall of the Dead, Tony Hillerman
what'z it worTH
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Total Points: 650
Tasks Completed: 30
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 0
Nick KY10.1 This is Your Brain-- I read The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values by Sam Harris, #36 on the Smarties list.
25.7 Coralie’s Summer. Option 2. Insect in the Title – I read Black Butterflies by John Shirley.
Option 4. Tattooed Person on Cover – I read The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 910
HINA30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s -
Option 2: The Disobedient Mistress by Lynne Graham.
Author's initials in DRESSING WARMLY.
Option 4: Hunk for the Holidays by Katie Lane.
Holiday > Christmas ~34 Users.
Más que venganza - mmpb (157 pages) + Hunk for the Holidays - paperback (352 pages) = 509 pages.
Current post:
Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 800
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste RenoirOne of Impressionism’s most celebrated masterpieces, this painting depicts a typical Sunday afternoon at an open-air dancehall and café in 19th Century Paris. Many of the men and women in the painting are wearing hats. Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
Required: Include the cover in your post.
by Jacqueline WinspearPoints: 5
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 309
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 255
Tasks Posted: 14
Books Posted: 17
Pages Read: 5,059
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
MWEAVER30.6 Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 2. The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
Option 4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Two books should total at least 500 pages: 352+330=682
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 70
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"Renoir was a leader of the Impressionist movement.
Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings. The words must match EXACTLY - no variations.
Required: Specify the name of the painting and the word used.
The title of 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany by Steven Pressman & Madame Charpentier and Her Children share the word Children.
This Post
Points: 10
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 320
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 265
Tasks Posted: 15
Books Posted: 18
Pages Read: 5,379
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
BARBARA ★5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Terminal City - Linda Fairstein (city in title) 2/15
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 485
Goodreads Authors: 23
Big Books - 500+: (5)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
15.10 - A Reason to PartyBonza 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.
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion
This Post
Points: 15
Tasks Posted: 1
Books Posted: 1
Pages Read: 304
Golden Oldies ticket request: no
Big Book ticket request: no
Total
Points: 280
Tasks Posted: 16
Books Posted: 19
Pages Read: 5,683
Golden Oldies ticket request: 1
Big Book ticket request: 0
TASK 15.9 DEGAS & THE DANCERSGirl Through Glass by Sari Wilson
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 270/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
TASK 20.4 LOST IN TRANSLATIONThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
*takes place in France, the United States, and a bit in Switzerland*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 290/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
M1NKSREPOST
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
1.
399 pagesIL: UY - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 19.0
6.
448 pages (4 x 2)399 + 448 = 847 pages
TASK 25.1 ART OF READINGOpt A:
by
Opt E:
by
*wheN brEaTh becOMes air*
25.17 REAL LIFE GETS IN THE WAY
Opt 2:
by
*American Eskimo DOGS*
Opt 3:
by
*Kidney diAlysis transplant*
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 340/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
Sandy MN25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Option 1 Birthdays.
I was born in 1969. Author was born in 1969.
by Sophie KinsellaOption 4 New Year's Eve
This is the most recently published book in the Stephanie Plum series
by Janet EvanovichPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 285
25.14 - Winter WonderlandONE BOOK OPTION: total pages read must be a minimum of 800 pages.
OPTION 6: read 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.
Middlemarch by George Eliot
(853 pages)
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (first published 1872).*
*This book is a BIG BOOK (853 pages) - 2 tickets, please.*
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 340
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+); 2 (750+)
Total tasks completed: 15
Total books read: 22
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes Option 1) main page genre “Superheroes”
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal by Willow G. Wilson
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 3- Oils - Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED
Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - this is a re-read - LINSEED
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option B: Read a book that shows the sun or the moon on the cover.
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh - this was a re-read - moon in top right corner
Option C: Read an anthology or a book of short stories or essays that are built around the same theme.
Tales from the Nightside by Simon R. Green - theme is the Nightside neighborhood - approved by task creator msg board #96
Points This Post: 65
Total Points: 565
Golden Oldie tickets: 1
Big Book tickets: 1
TASK 15.1 MAKE THE SWITCHBook 1: My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Book 2: A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan
*eliZabeth street
eliSabeth egan*
15.3 LOST & FOUND
Book 1, Lost: An Improbable Friendship: Two Prominent Women, a Palestinian and a Jew, Join Hands to Fight for Peace by Anthony David
Book 2, Found: The World of Mr. Selfridge: The Glamour and Romance by Alison Maloney
*an imprObabLe friendShip: Two prominent...*
*the wOrlD oF mr. selfridge: the glamoUr aNd...*
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 370/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥25.7 Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1 main page genre GLBT:Gulliver Travels
Option 3 first word of the title 'A':A Hundred Summers
Verification Post for Option 1
Points Earned This Post:25
Points Achieved to Date: 485/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
MegD25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
Required: I rolled a 1 and a 5
1: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
5: Go Set a Watchman
Points this Task: 25
Total Points: 125
Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 5
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's:Lost & Found
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 500/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.1 This is Your Brain--post the list on which you found the book and the number of the book on the list.
nonfiction book from one of the following lists--Popular Science for Smarties List Page 1 Book 9:The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date:510/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.4 Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
State which page your book can be found on when you post.
book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books--Page 1:Mother Night
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date:515/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Alexxy25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 4: Read a book with the word WINTER, CHILL, or COLD in the title/subtitle.
Book read : Winter
Total pages : 824
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 11
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 10
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥5.5 The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte-- State which page of the list your book can be found on when you post
Read a book from the Underclass list--Page 1 book 21:Cannery Row
Points Earned This Post:5
Points Achieved to Date: 520/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Andy P.Task # 5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title
by F. Scott FitzgeraldPoints this post: 5
Total points: 965
10.5. Curl Up and ReadBleak House by Charles Dickens
page 2 of list (#150)
1 x Golden Oldies (pub. 1853)
3 x Bigger is Better (1,017 pages)
15.6 En Plein Air
by Patrick White50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
Book A: 4th book in series & 4 letter word in series name (ie. "MISS")
The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #4) by Agatha Christie
1 x Golden Oldies (pub. 1942)
Book B: book published 2016
Passenger (Passenger #1) by Alexandra Bracken
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first name: "NELE")
To Catch A Killer (Bodenstein & Kirchoff #7) by Nele Neuhaus
Total this post: 75 points
Golden Oldies Tix: 6
Bigger is Better Tix: 8
Total points: 680 points
Oma122925.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
I chose options #2 and #4
Option 2.For this option, read a book that has the genre "Western" listed on its main page. The genre may stand alone or be embedded.
Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes On The Range Mysteries by Steve Hockensmith
Option 4.
For this option, read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
Total Points--- -350/1185
Completed Tasks--17/66
GO Books (1 )
Big Books 500-750 pages (2); 750+pages()
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101Option 1 - Watercolors: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
main page genre Nature - verified post 74 of Genre Verification Thread
Total points: 180
Elizabeth PTask 25.10 - Bella Italia
Option 2: Word in title from Hotel California
Sweet Trouble by Susan Mallery
Word: Sweet
2nd verse, "How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat"
Option 5: 17 letters in title
A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley
At 528 pages good for *One Big Book Ticket*
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 470
Total Tasks: 24
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 34
Christine V5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility was first published in 1811. ***Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 100
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
Veronica W Task 15.6 Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 225
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 15
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
HINA20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes -
Option 1: Reaping Angels by Laura Thalassa.
Main genre page Comics > Superheroes ~6 Users.
Current post:
Points: 20
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 820
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Big Books - 500+: 2
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Morgan FaeriesfollyREPOST of 25.16 per message 359 in questions/issues thread.
25.16 Morgan's task: Don't say I never got you anything!
[Both authors are new to me.]
::BOOK ONE::
Netgalley -- The Girl's Guide to Getting Hitched -- Sophie Hart
Verification of a print edition/length: HERE
::BOOK TWO::
Library -- Church of Marvels -- Leslie Parry
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 535
Morgan Faeriesfolly25.10 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.
Selection: Sweet Ruin -- Kresley Cole
Lyric: "How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat."
Option 3 - Venice Read a book whose author's initials are found in the word "VAPORETTI."
Selection: Burn for Me -- Ilona Andrews
[POINTS]
This Post: 25
Total Points: 560
Repost of post #249525.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Option 1B - Teeth
Option 2C - The Running Dream (YA fiction nominee) - IL designation: MG+
CHANDNI20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
OPTION B - Read a memoir or autobiography written by a female author.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
This book has 304 pages.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 390
Books Read: 26
Completed Tasks: 23
Cindy FTask 5.1 Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Person wearing hat on cover
by Rhys BowenPoints this post:5
Total points:220
Tasks completed:13
Books read:18
Golden Oldies:3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(0)1000+(0)
Elizabeth PTask 15.5 - That's So Random
Book with a word in title from one of the following titles that I was randomly assigned:
Missing Man, The Absent Souls, Predator of Body, The Secrets's Girlfriend, The Man of the Sword, Ship in the Years
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Word: Souls from The Absent Souls
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 485
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 36
Mod
I read Cannery Row p. 1, # 21 of the Underclass list.
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
For my first book, I chose option 3 and read Allegiant by Veronica Roth. Author's initials, VR, appear in glacieR calVing.
For my second book, I chose option 6 and read One Amazing Thing - page 2, #130, of the Immigrant Experience list.
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 2 and a 5.
For my first book, I used the roll of 5, and read Death Shall Overcome, #5 in the John Putnam Thatcher series.
For my second book, I used the roll of 2, and read a GR 2015 nominee in the Memoir & Autobiography category - The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story.
Points this post: 55
Total points: 995
Dakimelreposting messed up tasks:
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
option 1: The Winter Horses
http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail....
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10.0
option 4: Cinder
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
option 2 -Why Not Me? - 240 pages, nonfic. (I read this UK version)
option 3 - A Soldier's Gift
Both books are new to me
TALLY -
This post - 60 points
Total - 760
DakimelRearranging books post:
10.3. "Young Girl Reading" (previously claimed)
now using Girl Behind the Scandalous Reputation (word: GIRL from "Young Girl Reading") for this task
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
moving Girl Waits with Gun to this task
#164 on the list as of 2/16
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium (previously claimed)
option 3: A Desperate Fortune
option 4: now using
50.1 - Sheila's task: It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
A: The Moving Finger - MISS Marple # 4
B: Feather in Her Cap (pub 2016; length approved message 5413)
C: Hard to Let Go by Laura Kaye (moved from 25.7)
TALLY:
New points this task - 60
Total - 820
Dakimel10.5. Curl Up and Read
The Sittaford Mystery (page 3 - 215 on list)
25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism
A: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 3.0
http://www.arbookfind.com/bookdetail....
B: The Story of My Teeth
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
1b: Carry On (page 3 of list)
2d:
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
1: Hunting Season: A Novel - most scenes take place either on the train station platform, in the middle of the village square, or out in the fields/gardens. People in this town love to gossip in the middle of the street & the whole book is all gossip.
2: Light Me Up
TALLY:
This post - 90 points
Total - 910
Post #1215.3 Lost and Found
title, subtitle and/or author's name
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
The LaNgUage OF flOwerS Diffenbaugh
Points this post: 15
Total: 345
Books read: 23
Tasks Done:17
Unclaimed 1
loafer25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Book1: Option 3. Read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle.
The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank
Book 2: Option 4. Read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde WHAT'Z IT WORTH
claiming Golden Oldie as published in 1890
points: 25
total points: 405
BB: 3
GO: 8
tasks completed: 26
LAUREN JODI25.5 - Amanda A’s task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option A: Favorite Christmas Carol (Silent Night)
One Night More by Mandy Baxter
Option D: Merry Christmas!
Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
~~~~~~~~~~
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 470/1185
Total Books Read: 34
Tasks Completed: 24/65
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!Help Thread
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 read: Pygmalion
Name of the vice-president is George Clinton
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 235
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 6
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short FictionBoth 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.
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
I read: The Martian Chronicles
RAY Bradbury
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages
Solaris
Stanisław LEM, 128 pages
Points this post: 30
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 2
Total Points: 265
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 8
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Option 2: Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran
Contains all the letters L, O, S, T and F, O, U, N, D in the title, subtitle and/or author's name
Total Points = 125