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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, #4 in a series and a 4-letter word in the series name: Stake & Eggs (Cackleberry Club #4) by Laura Childs
Book B, first published in 2016: The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
The copy I read was a Goodreads Giveaway, Advance Reader's Edition.
Book C, 4-word title and 4-letter author name: Objects of My Affection by Jill Smolinski
Points this post: 50
Total points: 615
CarlaREPOST
20.4 Lost in Translation
I read All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - Anthony Doerr is a goodreads author. Option 3: The story takes place in a number of countries in Europe - most prominently in Germnay and France.
I would like to claim 1 big book ticket, please. The version I read had 531 pages.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 35
Tasks complete: 3
Big Book tickets: 1
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille PissarroBook of choice: Run by Ann Patchett
15.6 En Plein Air
An outdoor scene on the cover: The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio
Points this post: 20
Total points: 610
25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year3. Holiday Vacation: Read a book with a cityscape or city skyline on the cover.
The skyline is in the bottom part of the cover. It might have to be enlarged to see it:
The Whites by Harry Brandt4. New Year's Eve: Finally, it all comes to an end on New Year's Eve. Celebrate the ending of another year by reading the final (or most recently published) book in a series of at least 3 books.
End of the Jasper Dent Series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/7792...
Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga
+25 Points
25.11 - Robin ♥'s task: My Favorite Things
Book 1: Option B: ***Read a book from My GLBT shelf
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Book 2: Option D: ***Read a book with something pertaining to Christmas on the cover: the twelve drummers drumming
Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison+25 Points
Points this Post: 50
Grand Total: 795
Nick KY10.7 -- R U up 2 Date? – I read The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi, #148 on the Popular Books 2015 list.
20.5 Shelley’s UT’s Winter Birthdays -- Option 2. Her Dad’s birthday. Book about a Baseball Player. I read Cobb: A Biography by Al Stump, with baseball player Ty Cobb as the main character.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 1135
Brooke TX5.8 - A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Read a book with a word ending in -ISM in the title or subtitle.
Points
This Post: 5
Total Points: 1180
Completed Tasks: 64
Books Read: 91
Task 25.5 – Amanda A – Most Wonderful Time of the YearOption B – Author initials in c h R i s t m a S l i g h t s
Ruta Sepetys / Between Shades of Gray
Option D – Merry Christmas – Book of Your Choice
13½
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Task 50.1 – Sheila – It’s Leap Year, Just For Fun Let’s Enjoy an Extra Reading Day
OPTION A – Book # 4 in the series AND series name has a 4-letter word
The Moving Finger / MISS Marple # 4
*** GOLDEN OLDIE - published 1942 ***
OPTION B – First Published in 2004
Those Who Save Us
OPTION C – 4-word title AND Author name has 4 letters
Hail to the Chef / Julie HYZY
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This Post: 75 points
Total points to date: 430 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 4
Andy P.Task # 5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Read a book of your choice.
by Bernhard SchlinkPoints this post: 5
Total points: 1130
20.9 Art and ScienceOption C: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers First book in the series, and I have not read any of these books before. Big Book: 550 pages
25.13 Art Can Set You Free
Option 3: Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year by Carlo Levi. Carlo is a painter and uses painting, and writing, as a way to pass the time while he is exiled. Golden Oldie: first published 1945
Option 4: Habibi by Craig Thompson The main female character, Dodula, is sold into marriage, kidnapped into a harem, and eventually jailed, all the while, seeking her freedom. Big Book: 672 pages
New points: 45
Total points: 90
5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille PissarroA Highland Christmas
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B:
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
initials in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Option D:
Migraine
Book of my choice
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 2:
Lost Light
"light" in title
Option 3:
green cover
Points this post: 60
Total points: 240
Delicious Dee10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
The Second Deadly Sin - from the description: After successfully tracking down and killing a rogue bear in the wilderness of northern Sweden
10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
Viper's Kiss - Shannon Curtis - curtis for Charles Curtis (1929-1933); ebook only approved - 5461 of the approval thread
points this post: 20
points total: 845
10.2. Art AppreciationRead a book that has a framed painting or framed photograph on the cover.
by Margaret Atwood10.7. Are you Up to Date?
Catch up on your reading by reading a book from Popular Books 2015.
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood currently #83 on list
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.
The Financier by Theodore Dreiser
Vice President - Theodore Roosevelt (served as VP in 1901 before ascending to presidency after the assassination of William McKinley)
10.10. Jump
read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4
The Body Artist by Don DeLillo
128 pages divided by 4 = 32
15.3 Lost and Found
I chose Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Book A and Book B - letters LOSTFOUND including 2 O's
I Lock My Door Upon Myself by Joyce Carol Oates
i lock my Door UpON myselF joyce carLO oaTeS
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
#2 in Bill Hodges trilogy
Post total=70
Grand total=130
10.10. Jump! Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
Don't You Cry
This book has 384 pages, which is evenly divisible by 4 (384/4=96)
15.3 Lost and Found
I chose option 2: Read one book that that fulfills booth Book A and Book B -Letters LOSTFOUND:
Something Other Than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It
SOmeThing....passionateLy (LOST)....FOUND It (FOUND appears in its entirety)
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover:
20.1 (Super) Heroes
2) Read a non-fiction book by or about someone you consider heroic. Include and explanation of who you think is heroic and why. Books with the genre Sequential Arts are acceptable.
This book is by Congressman John Lewis, who was an instrumental figure in the 1960s civil rights movement. His goal was to change the world through nonviolence. He and his fellow Freedom Riders, riding a bus into the racially divided deep south, were faced with beatings, police brutality, imprisonment, and more. His commitment and courage led to his becoming one of the "Big Six" leaders of the civil rights movement. John Lewis faced incredible odds and grave physical danger and never gave up. I consider him and his actions very heroic indeed.
Points this post: 60
Total points: 200
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.9 Art and Science-
Option C: Read a book that is first in a series
The Oddfitsby Tiffany Tsao
(The Oddfits #1)
This is the first book in a new series.
Tasks Completed 5
Books Read 6
Point Total: 20
Grand Total: 85/1135
Pamela326525.13 - M1nks's task: Art Can Set You Free
Option 1:
by Gerald Lund - On approved list in help thread - BIG BOOK at 607 pagesOption 3:
by Charlotte Carter - The main character re-opens her aunt's knitting shop and teaches a group of teenagers to knit lap robes for wounded veteransPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 590
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 8
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 7
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+: 3
Big Books - 1000+:
MADDIE20.9 - Art and Science
Option C: Read a book that is #1 in a series
Oryx and Crake
This series is new to me.
20.10 - Group Reads
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
I have posted in the discussion thread.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 125
Elizabeth PTask 15.1 - Make the Switch
Two books whose authors' names differ by one letter
Book One: Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
Book Two: The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl
Joanne and JoAnna
Task 20.1 - (Super)Heroes
Option Two: Book by someone you consider heroic
Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye
Bill Nye is a heroic figure to me because he has spent a significant portion of his career trying to get children interested in science, in asking questions, and in being interested in the world around them. As both a pre-medical female student who did a lot of science classes and an elementary school employee who spends time in the classroom with kids almost every day, I know that having interest in the subject plays a huge role in learning. Bill Nye was doing his science programs when I was in elementary school and they made me interested in science. We're still using them in schools today, to help children be excited about science. It may not be classic heroism but I know Bill Nye has inspired me and many of my friends, and I find him heroic for that reason.
Points this Post: 35
Total Points: 585
Total Tasks: 31
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 44
Post #1815.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 01 (Dengeki Daisy #1)
Points this post: 15
Total: 440
Books read: 31
Tasks Done:22
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"Read a book whose title/subtitle shares a word (4 or more letters long) with the title of one of Renoir's paintings.
Painting: Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
The Girl In The Ice
The word I used is GIRL
*This book was an ARC
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Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 630
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
500 () 750 () 1000 ()
Tasks Completed: 32
BB Total: 1
GO Total: 1
Christine V20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Option B: Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini
I read the audio edition indicated above. Link to top hardcover, which is 256 pages long. (No Paperback or MMP available.)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 120
Tasks completed: 11
Books read: 12
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
JUKKA25.2 - Brooke TX's task: December: It's that time of the year
Option 1: A book released in the year of my birth.
White Noise by Don DeLillo. Released in 1985, much like myself.
Option 4: The final or most recent book in a series of at least three.
Shadowrealm by Paul S. Kemp. It is #3 in the The Twilight War Trilogy.
25.5 - Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: A book by an author whose initials are in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
Maailmanlopun kirjasto ja muita tuomiopäivän tarinoita, an anthology contributed to by, among others, the applicable authors Shimo Suntila, Aarne Lindén, Anne Leinonen and Tarja Sipiläinen. The title means "The Library of the Apocalypse and Other Doomsday Tales".
Option D: A book of your choice.
Valoa valoa valoa by Vilja-Tuulia Huotarinen
Points this post: 50
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 515/1185
Books Read: 39
Tasks Complete: 32/65
Big Books Total: 5
Golden Oldies Total: 2
SandiCompleted Tasks
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Book title shares word with one of Renoir's paintings.
Title of Painting: Girl with a Watering Can (1876)
Shared word: Girl -- Gone Girl
20.3 - Best Review - Book Concierge's task: Art and Passion
Using Option B where book is autobiography from a female author and book is at least 250 pp
Kindle edition I read: Cybill Disobedience by Cybill Shepherd
Most popular paperback: Cybill Disobedience -- 352 pp
**POINT SUMMARY**
Previous Points Earned: 225
Points Earned this Post: 30
Total Points To Date: 255
..Ahhh please ignore. I'm having a brain dead moment because I've already posted this!ASHLEY OZ
25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 2 and a 6
Book 1: Read a book in a series (2)
The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black
IL: MG
BL: 5.2
AR: 11.0
Book 2: Read a Goodread's Best Book of 2015 nominee or winner as determined by the numbers below (6)
6. Mystery/Thriller
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 500
Books Read: 41
Completed Tasks: 29
ASHLEY OZ30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air
Option 1 - Read a book with an outdoor setting.
The Rules by Nancy Holder
The characters take place in an outdoor scavenger hunt for most of the book
Option 3 - Read a book with a green cover.
One by Sarah Crossan
POINTS
This Post: 30
Total Points: 505
Books Read: 41
Completed Tasks: 29
ASHLEY OZ25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
::BOOK ONE::
Read a a book that you got for free
Off-Topic: The Story of an Internet Revoltby G.R. Reader
I read this for free as an online PDF
::BOOK TWO::
Read a second book that you got for free
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
I borrowed this from the library
Both authors are new to me
POINTS
This Post: 25
Total Points: 530
Books Read: 43
Completed Tasks: 30
30.02 - Jonquil's task: You think you saw what?Post the inspiration images (not the covers of the books you read) and explain the connection to the titles you chose.
I read Keeping the House by Ellen Baker since housechores are being done on the cover of inspiration.
I also read On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan since there are two people on a beach on the cover of inspiration.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 360 points
20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes2) Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic.
Required: Include an explanation of who you think is heroic and why.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
This book is about Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who becomes a soldier and than a prisoner of war in Japan during World War II. I think the fast way he progressed in his sport career would be enough to call him a hero, but his experience in war proves that he is even a greater man. But what really made me think that he was a hero was the fact that he could recover after such an experience, and go on with his life, inspiring others with his story. This is an Olympic athlete, a war hero, but also and extraordinary man.
This book is 500 pages long. I claim 1 Big Book Ticket.
THIS POST
Points: 20
Big books: 1
TOTAL
Points: 100
Big Books: 4
MADDIE25.5 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Option B: Author's initials can be found in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey (ChriStmaslights)
Option D: Book of your choice
Unnatural Creatures
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Task 50.1 - 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 Doctor and the Dinosaurs (Weird West Tales #4) (2013) by Mike Resnick (Paperback, 300 pages)
This is Book #4in the series and the 4 letter SERIES name is: WEST
Book B: Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004
The Garden of Happy Endings (2012) by Barbara O'Neal (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 416 pages)
**Barbara O'Neal is a Goodreads Author.**
Published in 2012
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name (first, middle or last). Articles like The, A, or An WILL count for words in the title. Subtitles should be ignored.
A Trail Through Time (The Chronicles of St. Mary's #4) (2014) by Jodi Taylor (Goodreads Author) (Kindle Edition, 286 pages)
**Jodi Taylor is a Goodreads Author.**
Author’s four letter name: Jodi
375 + 50 = 425
Tasks Completed: 23
Points for this post: 50
Points thus far: 375 + 50 = 425
Books read: 35
Pages read: 10,326
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 15
Golden Oldies: 06
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Emmalita15.3 Lost and Found
A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin
This books contains the letters LOSTFOUND in it's title/subtitle
This post: 15
Total points to date: 320
Golden oldie tickets: 0
Big book tickets: 1
Total tasks completed: 16
SpiderMac15.9 Degas and the Dancers
Read a book that features a dancer or dancers.
I read Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina by Maria Tallchief
This is a non fiction book where ballet is the dance form discussed.
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25.6 Andy P.'s task: Winter in Tucson
This is a two book task. I chose option 3 and option 4.
Book 1 – Option 3 - Read a book that has a gemstone in its title from the list of Popular Gemstones.
I read The Pearl that Broke Its Shelll by Nadia Hashimi
My gem is “pearl”.
http://www.makermends.com/gemstones.html
Book 2 – Option 4 - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in WHAT'Z IT WORTH.
I read Rock with Wings by Anne Hillerman
Anne Hillerman's initials (AH) are found in "WHAT'Z"
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Points this post: 40
Points total: 1010/1185
Tasks completed: 59/65
Books read: 79
M1NKS25.16 - Morgan (faeriesfolly)'s task: Don't say I never got you anything!
1. The Luminaries 848 pages - borrowed from friend
* I Claim 2 x Big Book Tickets *
2. The Scarlet Letter Published 1850 - borrowed from library
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Both books and authors are new to me
25.17 - Tara Jo's task: Real Life Gets in the Way
2. The Hundred and One Dalmatians - Dog Breed = Dalmatians
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 7.0
3. Small Gods - Author’s Initials can be found in TRANSPLANT
Points this post: 50
Total points: 880
Golden Oldies: 21
Big Books: 500=7, 750=2, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 54
M1NKS30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
3. Biology - read a non-fiction book with the main page genre of "Biology (biology genre confirmed in the help thread #40)
Wild Thoughts from Wild Places
4. Neurology - Page 1
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
1. Read a book with one of the following words in the title Cold, Snow, Ice, Freeze, or Frozen
Love in a Cold Climate Published 1949/249 pages
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
2. Read a book with the main page genre "Christmas,"
Hercule Poirot's Christmas Published 1938/ 257 pages
* I Claim 1 x Golden Oldie Ticket *
Points this post: 60
Total points: 940
Golden Oldies: 23
Big Books: 500=7, 750=2, 1000=0
Tasks Completed = 56
Elizabeth B50.1 - Sheila's task:
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.
Any Duchess Will Do (Spindle cove #4)
Book B: Read a book that is FIRST published in one of the last four leap years: 2016, 2012, 2008, 2004
Double Time, published 2012
Book C: Read a book with a 4-word title by an author with a 4 letter name
Ethan, Who Loved Carter by Ryan Loveless
Points: 50
Total: 960
Susan W.25.5 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
This is a two book task. Pick two different options and read a book for each.
Option C: Read a book with food or drink on the cover.
Evil Eclairs by Jessica Beck
Option D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
I read Make Me One with Everything: Buddhist Meditations to Awaken from the Illusion of Separation by Lama Surya Das
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 280
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein AirOption 1 - I read A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail which takes place nearly 100% on the Appalachian Trail. This book was approved on help thread.
Required: When posting, state how your book qualifies for an outdoor setting.
Option 3 - I read The Lady Elizabeth, which has a
green cover. This book was approved on the help thread.Points: 325
books read: 27
tasks completed: 22
Big Books: 1
pages read: 8081
** REPOST**Susan W.
25.5 The Most Wonderful Time of the Year. This is a two book task. Choose two different options and read a book for each.
Option C. Read a book with food or drink on the cover.
I read
by Jessica BeckOption D. Merry Christmas! Read a book of your choice.
I read
by Lama Surya DasPoints this post: 25
Total Points: 280
Kristen IARemove I Am America by Stephen Colbert from Task #5.4
10.1. This is Your Brain
Read a nonfiction book from one of the following lists:
Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading.
L'homme qui prenait sa femme pour un chapeau et autres récits cliniques by Oliver Sacks
#17 on the Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only list
I listened to the English audiobook (The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales), but linked to MMPB French version
REQUIRED: Include in your post the list on which you found the book and the number of the book on the list.
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To You
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills two different options
a) Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
b) Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #3 or #7 in a series (series, #)
The Last Town by Blake Crouch (Science Fiction and Wayward Pines #3)
I listened to audiobook, linked to PB version
30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
This is a TWO book task. Choose from 2 different options below.
Because this is a new start, both books must be new to you, not rereads. And because it's a job, one must be non-fiction.
Required: State that both books are new to you and which options you chose when you post.
Option 1: Great Art - 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.
The Quilter's Kitchen by Jennifer Chiaverini
Jennifer Chiaverini shares initials with John Constable
***This book is new to me***
Option 2: Great Building - Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of those figures (46,396; 6; 2,000)
I Am America by Stephen Colbert (240 pages)
***This book is non-fiction and new to me***
I listened to audiobook, linked to PB version
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Points this Post: 55-5 =50
Total Points: 350/1185
Tasks Completed: 19/65
Total Books Read: 23/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 1
Abayomi25.2- Brooke TX's task: december is that time of the year
Option 2: a book I received as a gift
Formas de Voltar Para Casa
My mother gave me this book last month
Option 4: part of a series of at least 3 books
Becky Bloom: Delírios de Consumo na 5º Avenida
It is number 2 in Shopaholic series, which has 9 books.
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POINTS THIS TASK: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 370
GO: 4
BB: 3
Catherine TTask 25.8 - My Favourite Impressionism
option A - read a book with "sea" in the title
Sea of Stars by Amy A. Bartol
option D - read a book whose author name starts with GRI
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham
550 pages - claiming big book
30.4 - Ava Catherine's task: Plein Air Two book task.Option 1 - Book with an outdoor setting
Read The Tokaido Road by Lucia St. Clair Robson. Almost the entire book takes place outdoors as they journey on the Tokaido Road set during Imperial Japan.
Option 2 - 'Light' in title
Read Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver. Flight has 'light' in it.
Both Flight Behavior and The Tokaido Road has over 500 pages so I claim 1 Big Book ticket
Points this task: 30
Total points: 165
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 3
Books read: 16
Tasks completed: 10
20.3 Best ReviewI chose option C: Martin Ramirez (book with horseback rider)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Thank you moderators for all of your work! It's been another fun season!
Andy P.Task # 20.1 Most Improved - Megan W's task: (Super)Heroes
2) Read a non-fiction book by or about someone who you consider heroic
Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado
From the mp blurb about the book "Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes... Nando, an ordinary young man with no disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition up the treacherous slopes of a snow-capped mountain and across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness in an attempt to find help. " And, obviously from the fact he lived to write this book, he did find help and saved the lives of several dozen people.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1150
Nick KY25.5 Amanda A’s Wonderful Time
Option B. Author’s initials are in CHRISTMAS LIGHTS – I read Darling Jim by Christian Mørk.
Option D. I read a book of my choice, Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead by Christine Wicker.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1160
Nick KY25.8 Nick KY’s Favorite Impressionism
Option 3. Erik Satie. I read Words Without Music: A Memoir by Philip Glass, with “Music” as a GR genre.
Option 4. Charles Griffes. I read League of Somebodies by Samuel Sattin, whose last name begins with “Sat--.”
I actually finished my task a few weeks ago, but I wanted to wait until I had done everybody else’s before I posted. I was not sure I was going to get everyone’s done, but somehow….
Barring any problems
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1185 – FINISHED!
Paige5.10 Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Red Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg
15.1 Make the Switch
The Curse: Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo: Menstruation by Karen Houppert AND Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter
(Karen/Karin)
20.10 Group Read
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
30.1 Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 2: I'll Give You the Sun
(word is "give")
Option 4: The Vegetarian
Points this post: 70
Total points: 235
Delicious Dee10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Summer in Napa - for painting: In Summer (1868)
points this post: 10
points total: 855
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25.5 Amanda A's task: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Replacing books for this task; no new points.
Initially I had used A Very Easy Death to claim Option A (Christmas Carol/Song: Very Merry Xmas), but that book is being removed to be used for a different task to be posted later. So I'll be using Option B and Option D instead.
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.
Using the author initial option. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders. Ignoring middle initial gives us CA, which is found in CHRISTMAS
Option D: book of your choice
Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neill. I used this book in my original post.
IN POST:
Points: 25
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
TOTAL SO FAR:
Points: 825 + 0 = 825
Big Book: 3 + 0 = 3
Golden Oldies: 3 + 0 = 3