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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
10.10 JumpThe Christmas Joy Rideby Melody Carlson
MPE is 176pp divided by 4 = 44
Tasks Completed 4
Books Read 5
Point Total: 10
Grand Total: 65/1135
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option A main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"--Science Fiction Fantasy:Fool Moon
Option B book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)--(Families of Honor #3):The Survivor
Verification Post for the Genre "Science Fiction Fantasy"
Points Earned This Post:15
Points Achieved to Date: 605/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥10.2 Art Appreciation
Framed painting or photograph on the cover:Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Points Earned This Post:10
Points Achieved to Date: 615/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
Readerboard Name: ♥Robin ♥25.4 Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza--New to me authors--Numbers 4 & 11
Dec 4 Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town--matching word "TOWN":Our Town
Dec 11 The Family Man--matching word "FAMILY":Like Family
Points Earned This Post:25
Points Achieved to Date: 640/1185
GO Tickets:
Big Book Tickets:
500+ (0)
750+ (0)
1000+ (0)
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5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics
POINTS
This Post: 5
Total Points: 385
Books Read: 32
Completed Tasks: 22
Elizabeth PTask 10.7 - Are You Up to Date?
Book from Popular Books 2015 list
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Number 2 on the list as of 2/18
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 520
Total Tasks: 27
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 39
ASHLEY OZ10.5. Curl Up and Read
Read a book from Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Located on page 2 of the list
IL: MG
BL: 6.8
AR: 32
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.
What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler
Vice President: Aaron Burr
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 2 and a 6
Book 1: Read a book in a series - I rolled a 2
The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black
IL: MY
BL: 5.2
AR: 11
Book 2: - I rolled a 6. Mystery/Thriller
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
POINTS
This Post: 60
Total Points: 445
Books Read: 37
Completed Tasks: 26
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the YearB. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
Book read: The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
D. Read a book of your choice.
Book read: Room by Emma Donoghue
Points this post: 25
Previous points: 375
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite ThingsBook 1, Option A, a book from the Best of Amish Fiction list, page 1 #23: A Time to Love by Barbara Cameron
Book 2, Option D, a book with something pertaining to Christmas on the cover: A Cedar Cove Christmas by Debbie Macomber
Points this post: 25
Total points: 515
Readerboard Name: G.Q.25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Option 3: Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Option 4: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson which is the most recently published book in the Ms. Marvel series.
Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 240
Books Read: 17
Tasks Complete: 14
Big Book Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Post #1420.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
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.
Required: State that you have not read any book in the series before.
The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)
I have not read any of the Colonel Race books before
Points this post: 20
Total: 390
Books read: 26
Tasks Done:18
loafer20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
OPTION C - Read a book with a cover image of a Madonna (or mother & child), a horseback rider (on a horse), or a train.
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
mmpb: L'inconnu du Nord-Express 349 pgs
A "golden oldie" published in 1950
points: 20
total points: 480
BB: 3
GO: 11
tasks completed: 29
10.10 - Jump! Number of pages evenly divisible by 4I read May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes. This book has 480 pages, which divided by 4 equals 120.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 125
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 8
Bluegrass Pam15.3 Lost and Found
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND in title and authors name
I listened to the audiobook: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Tales by F. Scott Fitzgerald
L, T, F & D in Fitzgerald
O, S, U in Curious
O, N in Button
This book only exists in e-book/audio format. It was approved in length in the Ebook verification thread #2173.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 250
BARBARA ★5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires - Molly Harper 1/26
(feedING)
Goodreads Author
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25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
BOTH authors NEW TO ME.
Book 1: Backlash - D.L. Thomas 1/15
(Received from author for review)
Goodreads Author
Book 2: Big Stone Gap - Adriana Trigiani 2/16
(found on a take one/leave on shelf in the library)
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 515
Goodreads Authors: 26
Big Books - 500+: (5)
Big Books - 750+: (0)
Big Books - 1000+: (0)
BARBARA ★I think I've already posted this but I wasn't positive so I thought I'd post it again just in case.
15.5 That’s So Random
The Girl in 6E - A.R. Torre (Title 4) 2/7
Random titles:
Title 1: Every Mist
Title 2: The Forgotten Ashes
Title 3: Voyage of Someone
Title 4: The Word's Girl
Title 5: The Girl of the Pleasure
Title 6: Rings in the Dreaming
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave CaillebottePage 3, #268
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+5 Points
15.1 Make the Switch
First Names: Karen / Karin
Refund: Stories by Karen E. Bender
The Murder of Harriet Krohn by Karin Fossum
+15 Points
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Page 1, #14
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
+15 Points
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 2: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
This book was originally published in Russian and my native language is English:
The Village of Stepanchikovo by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+20 Points
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of Reading
Option A: Impressionism is centered around normal every day activities. Read a book that shows people participating in activities in an outdoor setting on the cover.
Lots of swimming!
Before You Know Kindness by Chris BohjalianOption E: Impressionism derived from the title of a Claude Monet work, Impression, Sunrise. For this task, read a book that has a title that contains the letters: M-O-N-E-T.
kiTchENs Of Midwest
Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
+25 Points
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 3. In February the Gem Show comes to town. For this option read a book that has a gemstone in its title/subtitle.
Jade:
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
Option 4. For this option, read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'S IT WORTH.
wHat'S
The Coal Tattoo by Silas House
+25 Points
Points this Post: 105
Grand Total: 690
SpiderMac5.3 Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book found on the first 5 pages of the Popular Art Books list.
I read Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles
This book is found on the first page of the list.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/art
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10.7 Are you Up to Date?
Read a book from the Popular Books 2015 list.
I read H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
This book is #67 of page one of the list as of 2.3.16.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...
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30. Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
This is a two book task. Both books that I read are fiction and have authors with short names.
Book 1 – Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
I read The Man With Two Left Feet and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
This is a collection of thirteen of Wodehouse’s early short stories.
Book 2 – Read a book with 100 - 200 pages.
I read Anthem by Ayn Rand
This book has 105 pages.
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Points this post: 45
Points total: 870/1185
Tasks completed: 52/65
Books read: 68
Karen D. Task 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: Coach K has been the head coach at Duke since 1980. For this option, read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
The Vacationers by Emma Straub
Points this task: 20
Total points: 630
Tasks completed: 29/65
REPOSTSandy MN
25.2 - 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
Fandury30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books were new to me and I have read them for the first time.
Option 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.
Nocturnes by John Connolly
The author shares initials with the painter John Constable.
Option 3: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
Anything Goes by John Barrowman
The first letters of the title AG can be found in trAfalGar square. This is a non-fiction book.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 540
Books Read: 34
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ25.1 - Art of Reading
Book 1 - The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons
Option A - The women on the cover are sitting on the beach.
Link to PB edition: The Girls of August
Book 2 - Holidays Are Hell by Kim Harrison
Option C - This book features short stories all with a holiday theme. It was also approved in Message #105 of the task thread.
Link to PB edition: Holidays Are Hell
25.13 - Art Can Set You Free
Book 1 - Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein
Option 1 - The book has a sculpture on the cover. It was also approved in Message #2 of the task thread.
Link to MMP edition: Silent Mercy
Book 2 - She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems by Caroline Kennedy
Option 2 - This is a book of poetry by various authors, collected by Caroline Kennedy to highlight stages of a woman's life.
Link to PB edition: She Walks in Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 315 points
Tasks completed: 19
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ30.6 - Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Book 1 - As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Option 1 - "Snow" in title; 308 pages
Book 2 - When Elves Attack by Tim Dorsey
Option 4 - Holiday > Christmas is a main page genre shelved by 19 users; 194 pages
308+194 = 502 pages total
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 345 points
Tasks completed: 20
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ50 - It's Leap Year, Just 4 fun, let's enjoy that extra reading day!
Book A - Cora's Heart by Rachael Herron
This is book #4 in the Cypress Hollow Yarn series; and YARN is a 4 letter word in the series name.
Link to PB edition: Cora's Heart
Book B - Christmas in Magnolia Cove by Rachel Hanna
This book was first published in 2012.
Link to PB edition: Christmas in Magnolia Cove
Book C - Resisting the Bad Boy - Nice Girl to Love, Vol 1 by Alyssa Rae Taylor
This book is a 4 word title Resisting | the | Bad | Boy and the author's last name is 4 letters - DUKE.
Link to PB edition: Resisting the Bad Boy - Nice Girl to Love, Vol 1
This post: 50 points
Total points to date: 395 points
Tasks completed: 21
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Elizabeth BBook substitution
10.10
number of pages Evenly divisible by 4.
Forging the Future, 200 pgs
NEW TASK
25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Book 1: Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh, the author is of Indian descent (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nalini_...)
Book 2: My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki, a Japanese American novelist. This author is new to me.
Points: 25
Total Points: 865+25=890
Andy P.Task # 25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 2. *Read a book with a word in the title found in the list of dog breeds on this list: AKC Dog Breeds
by Mark Doty Dog Breed is Portuguese Water Dog, matching word is dog.Option 3. *Read a book where the Author’s Initials can be found in any order and in any combination of the words TRANSPLANT
by Thomas Perry TRANSPLANTPoints this post: 25
Total points: 1035
Nick KY10.6 Colder There – I read Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indriðason, set in Iceland.
25.17 Tara’s Task.
Option B. word in title from the dog breed Skye Terrier. I read The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles by Ian Armit.
Option C. I read The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design by Leonard Susskind, the author’s initials are in DIALYSIS.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 1015
perletwo25.8 Nick KY’s task: My Favorite Impressionism - Option A. Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: “Sea” “Water” or “Sunken.” The word may be embedded in another as long as it retains the original meaning: “Seaview” or “Waterlogged” would work, but not “Seal” or “Search.”
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
Option D. read a book by a single author whose first or last name begins with “Deb-” “Rav-” “Sat-” or “Gri-.”
A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
Points this task: 25
Total points: 825
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 61
Tasks completed: 41
Dakimel5.9 - The Absinthe Drinker by Edgar Degas
Revolution (first 11% in New York, the rest is in France.)
10.1. This is Your Brain
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character - #1 on the Nerd's Guide to Reading list
15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Dancing with Dalton
25.12 - Pamela3265's task: Celebrating the National Park System
option 3: Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren
option 6: My Ántonia - #7 on page 1 of the Immigrant Experiences List
TALLY:
This post - 55 points
Total - 965
ASHLEY OZ15.3 Lost and Found
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
POINTS
This Post: 15
Total Points: 460
Books Read: 38
Completed Tasks: 27
TASK 30.6 WINTER IN IOWA, CIRCA 1950sOpt 2, Author's initials found in DRESSING WARMLY
Slade House by David Mitchell
*Dressing warMly*
Opt 4, MP genre of "family"
Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy
*9 users shelved, genre approved message 76 of help thread*
Slade House, 238 pages
Where All Light Tends to Go, 288 pages
Total of 526 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 410/1,185
BB=0
GO=0
15.3 Lost and Found¡Adios, America!: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole
aDios america!: the LeFT'S plan tO turn OUr couNtry...
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
Amy O.20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Book with dark blue cover
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: Author whose initials are in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Option D: book of my choice
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill
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Points this post: 45
Total points: 145
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book 500+:
perletwo20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101 - Option 3- Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED. Letters may only be used as many times as they appear (2 E's.) Middle names/initials should be ignored.
Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan
Points this task: 20
Total points: 845
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 62
Tasks completed: 42
Jen UT15.4 - The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 2:
a) and b) Cress by Marissa Meyer
Points this post: 15
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Total points: 210
Mod
I read Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class with the word "racism" ending in "ism" in the subtitle.
10.5. Curl Up and Read
I read What Alice Forgot - found on p.1 (#71) of the Best Books To Read When the Snow is Falling list.
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
For book 1, I chose option 2 and read How to Be an American Housewife - the word "American" is found in the name of several breeds, including American Eskimo Dog.
For book 2, I chose option 3 and read Acqua Alta by Donna Leon. Author's initials "DL" can be found in "DiaLysis."
Points this post: 40
Total points: 1035
Jen UT5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
Points this post: 5
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Total points: 215
Brooke TX25.4 - Delicious Dee's task: Christmas Movie Bonanza
Read two books where one word in the title of the book corresponds with a one word in a movie title/subtitle on your chosen days. My numbers were 4 and 6. Both authors are new to me.
Day 4, The First Christmas (FIRST):
Day 6, Beyond the Shadows: The Making of Shadow Hunters (SHADOW):
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 1165
Completed Tasks: 61
Books Read: 88
LOULOU20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's Task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 1. Read a book where the cover is over 50% Duke blue.
by Dorothy L. SayersThis book was first published in 1937 and I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Colour approved in message 112 of the help thread.
25.10 Sandy's Task: Bella Italia!
Option 2. Title contains word of at least 4 letters from lyrics of Hotel California.
And Then There Were Noneby Agatha Christie
Word: THERE
This book was first published in 1939 and I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Option 3. Author's initials found in VAPORETTI.
The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
(vapOrEtti)
The combined page count is >500 (317 + 460 respectively).
This post:
Points: 45
Golden oldies: 2
Big book tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 245
Golden oldies: 4
Big book tickets: 1
VAL TX5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte - Read a book from the Underclass list.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Book can be found on the first page, number 30.
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 150
Reader Name: Whitnie I15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
IL: MG BL: 6.7 AP Pts: 14.0
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 910
Books Read: 75
Tasks Complete: 53
Big Books Total: 7
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Reader Name: Whitnie I20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
Option 2: For this option, read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
Which Witch? Eva Ibbotson
IL: MG BL: 6.2 AR Pts: 7.0
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 930
Books Read: 76
Tasks Complete: 54
Big Books Total: 7
Golden Oldies Total: 2
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.3: Art and Passion: Option C : Parsival Or A Knight's Tale
by Richard Monaco. There is a rider on a horse on the cover. Task 25.5: Most Wonderful Time of the Year:
Option A : The Good Die Twice by Lee Driver. The Christmas Carol is Good King Wensceslas, and the word in the both titles is good.
Option C : Fatally Frosted
by Jessica Beck. There are frosted donuts on the cover.Totals this posting:
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: ; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Total Points: 280
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0;
Cindy C.Task 25.14-JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland
Option 1: Read a book with an outside winter scene on the cover. IL: MG BL: 5.4 AR points: 12.0
Absolutely Truly
Option 6: Read a book with a page count containing at least 2 of the following numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. My edition has 734 pages. IL: MG BL: 6.8 AR points: 32.0
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Total pages for both books: 1102 (369+734)
Points this post: 25
Total points: 320
Total tasks: 13
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!And the Birds Rained Down
Takes place 100% in Canada
10.10. Jump!
Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 240 pages
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Oryx and Crake
Option 2-fulfills two options: Option a) Science Fiction and Option b) #3 in a series
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Option 2: My native language is English and this book was written in Czechoslavakian but originally published in French
25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 2: Main page genre Western
The Outlander
Option 4: read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
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.
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
The Fishermen
Points this Post:110
Total Points: 385
GO's: 2
Catherine TTask 10.4 - C'est ou?
read a book with the name of a French city in the title
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Sarah E30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2: Light found intact in title
Flight Behaviour - this is also on the list of approved books in message 3 of the help thread.
** Flight Behaviour is a Big Book (600 pages). I claim one BB ticket. **
Option 3: Cover is at least 80% green
I listened to the audio, the most rated paperback is (no MMPB): My Man Jeeves
** My Man Jeeves was first published in 1919. I claim one Golden Oldie ticket. **
Points this post: 30
Total points: 290
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets: 2
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO tickets: 4
Sarah E30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 2: Author's initials in DRESSING WARMLY
Kindle edition I read: The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
Most rated paperback (no MMPB): The Universe Versus Alex Woods has 417 pages
Option 3: Skiing is an outdoor winter activity
I read the kindle edition, the paperback Black Diamond Death has 238 pages
417 + 238 = 655 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 320
Julia10325.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 2 - Field of Dishonor (breed is Field Spaniel)
Option 3 - Game of Queens: A Novel of Vashti and Esther by India Edghill (author initials in KIDNEY)
This post: 25 points
Challenge total points: 495
BB: 13
GO: 1
Completed tasks: 22
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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10.2. Art Appreciation
10.5. Curl Up and Read
The Midwife's Confession (page 1 - #81 at time of post)
10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
The Preacher (set in Sweden)
10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Fairest (#25 on 12/7/15)
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
The White Road by John Connolly (John Adams)
10.10. Jump!
Cross Justice (448 pages)
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Dragon's Bait (dragon in the story and title)
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Broken Promise (#1 in Promise Falls series)
Points this post: 90
Total points: 170