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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Delicious Dee5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Angels Burning
points this post: 5
points total: 815
25.10 - Sandy's Task - Bella Italia!Option 1 - Florence:
Hangman Blind by Cassandra Clark - 1/3/16
Set in the year 1382, 320 pages
Option 5 - Siena:
Lamb Bright Saviors by Robert Vivian - 2/20/16
198 pages
518 pages total for both books
Points this post: 25
Total points: 160
CYNBAXTERTask # 25.15 – Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 4 & 5
Book 1: Kismet by Jakob Arjouni. This is the 4th installment in the Kemal Kayankaya murder mystery series.
Book 2: Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian in which Fiction is the main page genre, #5 on this list:
1. Non Fiction
2. Memoir & Autobiography
3. History & Biography
4. Romance
5. Fiction
6. Mystery/Thriller
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 920 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
Mary P15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Found on Pg 1, #32 on list.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 510
perletwo5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle. The word must terminate in -ING.
Vanishing Girls
Points this task: 05
Total points: 850
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 8
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 63
Tasks completed: 43
Anne (Booklady)25.9 - Dakimel’s task: Diversify Your Reading
Selections approved in Help Thread Post 40
Both Authors are new to me.
Book 1: Asian -Pacific Chinese
The Third Son by Julie Wu
From Wu's Blog
All Chinese parents just want their children to be doctors, I said derisively.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... about 1/4 page down
Book 2: Native/Indigenous People - Native Hawaiian
**A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanya_Y...
**Big Book Tickets (2) A Little Life is 832 Pages.**
Points in These Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 2
Pages Read in This Post: 1152
Totals:
Total Points: 555/1185
Total Golden Oldies: 10
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(4), 750=(2), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 32/65
Total Books Read: 43
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 15,602
Bookwrm526Task #5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen
Read a book of your choice. I read The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 675
HINA25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter Wonderland -
Option 3: Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux.
Author's initials found in SWEATER.
Option 4: The Winter King by C.L. Wilson.
Winter in the title.
Touch & Geaux (Paperback 288 pages) + The Winter King (mmpb 608 pages) = 896 pages.
***The Winter King is a big book (608 pages). Claiming 1 big book ticket.***
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Total:
Total Points: 845
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
Big Books - 500+: 3
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Emsreviewsbooks25.6 - Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
Option 1: I read Inherit Midnight by Kate Kae Myers.
Option 4: I read a publisher's advance copy of Fortune Favors the Wicked by Theresa Romain.
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 3: I read A Gentleman For All Seasons by Shana Galen.
Option 4: I reread
by Sara Walsh.Points this post: 50
Total Points: 690
Books Read: 51
Tasks Complete: 35
Janice CA20.6 - Favorite SEASONings
Option 3: Read a book written by an author named Mary.
The Animals Come First by Mary Bowring
+20
total: 140
tasks: 8
books: 10
Oldies: 2
MEGSCL25.3 - 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. USA: Astronauts; Space Exploration;
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Option 4: Peace Read a fiction book that contains a word of 3 or more letters from the quote; HASSELHOFF: "I find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum at Check-Point Charlie."
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 2. Read a book with the the name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
The Taliban Cricket Club
Option 3. Read a book with the first word of the title 'A'
A Man Called Ove
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 885
Big Book Tickets: 6
Karen D. Task 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.
Us by David Nicholls
Points this task: 20
Total points: 650
Tasks completed: 30/65
Post #1510.10. Jump!
Flower in a Storm 200 pages
200/4=50
Points this post: 10
Total: 400
Books read: 27
Tasks Done:19
Post #1610.9. Catch Up With the SRC
This book is new to me
The Princess Bride
Points this post: 10
Total: 410
Books read: 28
Tasks Done:20
15.3 Lost and FoundOPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
Two Histories of England by Charles Dickens
(Jane Austen seems to have disappeared from the linked author names, but this book was approved in message 32 of the help thread)
Points this post: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 365
Golden Oldies: 9
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+); 2 (750+)
Total tasks completed: 17
Total books read: 24
25.14 - JennRenee's task: Winter WonderlandYou may read one book or two books but the total pages read must be a minimum of 800 pages. If you are using more than one book, you may use the same requirements for both books or you may choose different ones.
Required: State which options you chose when you post.
3. I read The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan. The author's initials, T and E, are found in the word "swEaTer."
6. Holiday fun. Since my favorite holidays happen in the winter -- 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 01/01,
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. Numbers may appear more than once. Ex: 245, 373, 500, 525, 944. I read This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate. There were 500 pp in this book. This is a *****Big Book *****
Both books' pages added together equals 812, which is more than 800 as specified in the task.
Points: 280
Books read: 26
tasks completed: 21
Big Books: 1
pages read: 7611
LAUREN JODI25.17 - Tara Jo’s task: Real Life Gets in the Way
Option 2: Dog Breed (Black Russian Terrier)
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly
Option 3: Author Initials in DIALYSIS
A Rake's Vow by Stephanie Laurens
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Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 495/1185
Total Books Read: 36
Tasks Completed: 25/65
Readerboard Name Kathy P25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Option 3
Starting from Scratch
This book celebrates cooking.Option 4
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand The major must stand up against his family and community for the chance to love and marry a woman of another race and class.Points this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 8
Tasks Complete: 7
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
15.3 Lost and FoundOption 2
A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband "Master"
Points this post: 15
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 120
Books Read: 9
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Catherine TTask 20.5 - Winter Birthdays
option 3 - read a book with a motorised vehicle on the cover
Murder on the Brighton Express by Edward Marston
- train on the RHS of cover
Catherine TTask 5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather
read a book of my choice
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
518 pages - claiming BB
Amy FL20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - 2) Written by a lawyer who defends women, children, the poor, and those wrongly accused. Definitely a hero.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
The Business of Dying by Simon Kernick - Option 2: krzyzewSKi
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option C:
(approved in message 9)20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
3.
(plane on cover)20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 2:
(approved in message 2)20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
The Lord God Made Them All (Option 1: Animals)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
Eight in the Box: A Novel of Suspense (Option 1 - BOX)
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
A Corner of White (Option C: #1 of series I've never read before)
Points this post: 160
Total points: 330
Readerboard Name Kathy P25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B Authors initials found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
Option D
Close Your Eyes, Hold HandsPoints this post: 25
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 9
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Readerboard Name Kathy P10.10. Jump!
288 pages
Joy for Beginners
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 155
Books Read: 11
Tasks Complete: 10
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
Nick KY25.11 Robin’s Favorite Things
Option B. From Robin’s LGBT list I read Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley.
Option C. From 2011, I read a nominee for Fiction, The Submission by Amy Waldman.
30.7 Cat T’s New Start in Art
Option 1. Nonfiction, initials of the author the same as the artist John Constable – I read Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age by Jimmy Carter.
Option 3. All words in the title begin with a letter in TRAFALGAR SQUARE – I read Quake by Patrick Carman. One word titles are acceptable.
Points This Post: 55
Total Points So Far: 1070
5.10 Pont Boieldieau in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille PissarroJesus' Son by Denis Johnson
15.2 Word for Word
Synonym Pair: Love = Cherish
(Love) Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins
(Cherish) Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish by David Rakoff
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 310
Repost15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
MaddAddam
Option 2-fulfills two options: Option a) Science Fiction and Option b) #3 in a series
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 385
GO's 2
Elizabeth PTask 20.10 - Group Reads
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Post 20 in the discussion thread
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 540
Total Tasks: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 40
25.5 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Option B: author initials in CHRISTMASLIGHTS
Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer by Maya Angelou
Option D: free choice
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 335
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron CraziesOption 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.
Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye
25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
Book One: Galore received this as a Christmas Gift from my Secret Santa. This book was new to me. this author was new to me.
Book Two: The Hero's Walk this was a book I got from the book swap site Bookmooch. This book was new to me. This author was new to me.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 430
GO's 2
Mod
I read
, with a framed photo on the cover.25.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
For my first book, I chose option 2, and read Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection and Arrangement - poetry.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously, celebrating the art of quilting.
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. Well over 50% of the book takes place outdoors, as Bryson is hiking the Appalachian Trail.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read Dragonflight. The word "light" is found intact in "dragonfLIGHT.
Points this post: 65
Total points: 1100
Kelly B5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge by Michael Punke
Points this post: 5
Total points: 215
Andy P.Task # 15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
by Dodie Smith The book is # 16 on the list.Points this post: 15
Total points: 1050
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Coralie's task: Summer at the Stadium
Option 1. Read a book with a main page genre GLBT
by Patricia Highsmith GBLT on main page (208 users)Option 2. Read a book with the the name of an insect in the title/subtitle.
by Serge Quadruppani Bees are insectsPoints this post: 25
Total points: 1075
Julia10315.9 Degas and the Dancers
Ballet Shoes
(AR: IL:MG - BL:5.7 - AR points: 9.0)
This post: 15 points
Challenge total points: 510
BB: 13
GO: 1
Completed tasks: 23
Paula S5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
The Fire Rose5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
Det kallas manshat: En bok om feminism
Points this post: 10
Total points: 95
GO's: 1
JAMTOWN 80Task 25.15: Winter Challenge Goals
Dice rolled 1,4
1- Read a book #4 in series
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Claiming GO ticket as first published in 1926
4- Read a Goodreads winner or nominee for 2015
Between the World and Me
Total points this post : 25
Go:1
Total points: 350
GO: 4
BB: 2
JAMTOWN 80Task 25.2- It's That Time of the Year
Book1: Birthdays born in 1977 same year as The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book 2: Holiday Vacation- cityscape on cover
Where She Went
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
GO: 4
BB:2
JAMTOWN 80Task 25.2- It's That Time of the Year
Book1: Birthdays born in 1977 same year as The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Book 2: Holiday Vacation- cityscape on cover
Where She Went
Points this post: 25
Total points: 375
GO: 4
BB:2
Nick KY**Repost**
30.7 Cat T’s New Start in Art
Option 1. Nonfiction, initials of the author the same as the artist John Constable – I read Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age by Jimmy Carter. This book is new to me.
Option 3. All words in the title begin with a letter in TRAFALGAR SQUARE – I read Quake by Patrick Carman. One word titles are acceptable. This book is new to me.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1070
CHANDNI15.5 That’s So Random
Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Purple Edge
The Frozen Spirits
Destruction of Thoughts
The Voyage's Girlfriend
The Lover of the Female
Secrets in the Star
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
This title contains Star from "Secrets in the Star".
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 405
Books Read: 27
Completed Tasks: 24
25.1 - Beth_NC's task: Art of ReadingOption A, someone participating in an activity outdoors pictured on the cover (girl posing for a photograph): The Lost Landscape: A Writer's Coming of Age by Joyce Carol Oates
Option E, title contains the letters MONET: After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman
Points this post: 25
Total points: 540
Task 30.6 - Winter in Iowa circa 1950s[1] Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen.
Ice
The Ice Queen (2005) by Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 211 pages)
** Alice Hoffman is a Goodreads Author.**
[2] Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
R: Robert : WA R MLY
W: Wilson : W ARMLY
Darwinia (1998) by Robert Charles Wilson (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 372 pages)
Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (1999)
**Robert Charles Wilson is a Goodreads Author.**
Pagecount: 211 + 372 = 583 > 500
320 + 30 = 350
Tasks Completed: 21
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 320 + 30 = 350
Books read: 31
Pages read: 8,590
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 11
Golden Oldies: 06
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
10.4. C'est ou? I read I'll See You in Paris by Michelle Gable
Points this post:10
Big Books this post:0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points:115
Tasks Complete:9
Total Big Books:1
Total Golden Oldies:0
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
This is book # 4 in the series and the 4 letter word is JAKE
Book was approved for length here
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Book B: Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years
Published February 23, 2016
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Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name
The Woman in Blue
by Elly Griffiths
* All books are ARC's
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Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 620
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 31
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 1
Reader Name: Whitnie I20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Elizabeth B's task: December's
choose one option and read ONE book:
Required: State which option you used when you post.
Option 3: Human Rights Day Read a book from this list: Essential Non-Fiction Reading Re: Human Rights.
Required: Indicate which page of the list your book can be found on when you post.
The Diary of a Young Girl
Found on Page 1 #16
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points: 950
Books Read: 77
Tasks Complete: 55
Big Books Total: 7
Golden Oldies Total: 2
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950sChose 2 books, using 2 different options. The two books combined should have a total of at least 500 pages.
Option 1. Read a book with one of the following words in the title: Cold,
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (272 pages)
Option 2 2. ➜ Read a book written by an author whose first and last name have initials in the phrase "DRESSING WARMLY".
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Norton Critical Edition (240 pages)
Total no. pages: 512
Points this post: 30
Total Points: 270
CYNBAXTERTask # 20.06 – Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Book 1- Option 1: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti which has Horror as its main page genre
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 940 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 5
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 4
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Astonish Me (other topics)A Corner of White (other topics)
Lord of the Flies (other topics)
All the Light We Cannot See (other topics)
The Round House (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Anthony Doerr (other topics)William Golding (other topics)
Jaclyn Moriarty (other topics)
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Option 2, A book by an author whose initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI:
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders
*krzyzEwSki*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 430/1,185
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GO=0