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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
Yay, finally my first post!15.10 - A Reason to Party Book identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Read Bangkok 8 by John Burdett. This is the first in the Sonchai Jitpleecheep series.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 1
Sandra20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
Option #3: book that has a motorized vehicle on the cover
Nowhere But Here
by Katie McGarryThere is a motorcycle on the cover.
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 50
15.3 - Lost and FoundOption 2: Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan
one book that has all the letters L, O, S, T and F, O, U, N, D in the title
Total points: 15
Jonquil5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
any book
No One to Trust
Julie Moffett
Kindle Edition, 216 pages 12/9
approved for length message 5312
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
Books posted: 10
Tasks complete: 10
Pages this post: 216
Total pages as of this post: 2422
Andy P.Task # 5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Art Books.
by Edward Dolnick Found on page 2, #10 from bottomPoints this post: 5
Total points: 50
Jonquil10.1. This is Your Brain
A Nerd's Guide to Reading pg 1 #19
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time
J. Richard Gott III
Paperback, 304 pages 12/9
Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
Books posted: 11
Tasks complete: 11
Pages this post: 304
Total pages as of this post: 2726
Cait S15.10- A Reason To Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Children's Genre Info: UG
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Total Tasks Completed: 4
Elizabeth B20.1 - Megan's task
Option 1 :genre Superheroes on the main page
Batman: Year One
Points: 20
Total:60
Andy P.Task # 15.5 That’s So Random
Copy/paste the generated titles to record your results. Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
Six title are:
1.Kissing Destruction
2.The Bound Flowers
3.Petals of Truth
4. The Ashes's Elves
5. The Hunter of a Girl
6. Angel in the Voyages
I read
byTracy ChevalierTitle # 6 Angel matches Falling Angels (making a plural allowed per task instructions)
Points this post: 15
Total points: 65
perletwo15.6 En Plein Air - Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover. Required: Include the cover
Faux PawPoints this task: 15
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 9
Reader name: Maya5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book that shows a person wearing hat on the cover.
Book read: Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen
This has been approved in the task help for task 5.1 thread.
5.5 - The Floor Scrapers by Gustave Caillebotte
Read a book from the Underclass list.
Book read: Tricks - Ellen Hopkins
Found on page 3 of the Underclass list.
I am claiming 1 Big Book ticket for Tricks. The paperback edition is 625 pages.
Points this post: 10
Big Books this post: 1
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 100
Books Read: 10
Tasks Complete: 8
Big Books Total: 3
Golden Oldies Total: 0
HINA15.10 - A Reason to Party - At the Argentinean Billionaire's Bidding by India Grey.
Book 2 of International Billionaires series
Current post:
Points: 15
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 40
Total Goodreads Authors: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Cindy FTask 25.14 Winter Wonderland
Option 1: Winter Scene on Cover (Approved in help thread post #15)
by Ariana Franklin Claim 1 BB ticket 512 pagesOption #3: Authors Initials N,B.
by Nevada Barr368pages Totalpages>800 880pages!
Points this post:25
Total points:25
Tasks completed:1
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Delicious Dee10.2. Art Appreciation
- you can see several partial picture framespoints this post: 10
points total: 70
Reader Name: Daphne10.4. C'est ou?
Read a book with the name of a French city or town or the word "France" or "French" in its title/subtitle.
PARIS is a French city.
Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris, the Artists Quarreled, and Thomas Edison Became a Count
Points this post: 10
Points Total: 205
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. Names must match EXACTLY.
I read The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré. The author's first name, John, is the same as the first U.S. Vice President, John Adams.
Points: 20
books read: 3
tasks completed: 3
pages read: 1103
Kathy G.20.10- Group Reads
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I posted my comments here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Total Points- 20
Total Tasks- 1
Kathy G.5.10 - Pont Boieldieu in Rouen, Rainy Weather by Camille Pissarro
Book of your choice
Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea by Mary Higgins Clark
Total Points- 25
Total Tasks- 2
15.3 - Lost and FoundOption 2: LOSTFOUND in title
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
The UNcOmmOn Appeal oF CLoUDS
20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation
Option 3: Set in at least 2 different countries
Yes, My Accent Is Real: and Some Other Things I Haven't Told You
The author describes growing up in India, then going to the U.S. for college.
Total points: 35
Mary P30.1 – 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.
A Whisper of Smoke by Angela Hoke
Option 4: My gift to you....read a book of your choice.
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
**The Fiery Cross is a Big Book ( 1443 pgs ). Claiming 3 BB Tickets.**
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Big Book Tickets: 3
LAUREN JODI15.2. Word for Word
Synonym pair: Kill/Murder
Book #1: The Kill by Allison Brennan
Book #2: Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 15/1185
Total Books Read: 2
Tasks Completed: 1/65
5.3 Water Lillies by Claude Monet1 book task
Read a book found of the first 5 pages of the Popular Art Books list.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
This book is on page one of the list.
20.2 The Cameron Crazies
1 book task
Option 2: Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in KRZYZEWSKI.
Kissed by You by Sophia Knightly
Author's initials, SK, found as follows: krzyzewSKi
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Points this post: 25
Points thus far: 180
Jasmiina F20.4 - Camilla's Task: Lost in Translation:
Option 2: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language:
Kosteikkoja by Charlotte Roche.
My language is Finnish and the book's original language is German.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Karrie10.8 - Hey We Were There Too
Read a book where the author shares a first or last name with a US Vice President
Read: Joyland Stephen King
William R King was ironically our 13th vice president
Points this post 10
Total points 15
GO = 0
BB = 0
Read Name: Daphne20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies
3: #5 in series
Guard Against Dishonor #5 in Hawk and Fisher Series
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 225
FANDURY20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Nature, Animals, or Plants.
Talk to the Tail: Adventures in Cat Ownership and Beyond by Tom Cox
Animals is one of the genres on the main page.
30.3 - Dlmrose's task: Celebrate Short Fiction
Book 1: Read an anthology or collection of at least 3 short stories or novellas.
Third Class Superhero by Charles Yu
Book 2: Read a book with at least 100, but no more than 200, pages.
Working for Bigfoot by Jim Butcher
Hardcover version is 136 pages: Working for Bigfoot
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
by George OrwellBook found on page 1 1st book on list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
Anne (Booklady)25.3 - Sirena's task: Hey Baby, It's Cold Outside...So Pick a Side!
I got HEADS when I flipped the coin. My alliance is the USA
Option 3: Espionage - 50% set in the USSR
50% set in Russia
electrifying international thriller featuring all-American hero Scot Harvath, as he plunges into the frigid heart of the Russian tundra to save the fragile state of the union.
Spy Thriller > Espionage 17 Users
**State of the Union by Brad Thor
**Big Book Ticket: State of the Union is 532 Pages.**
Option 4: Peace = USA: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."
I chose the word: Down
**All Fall Down by Erica Spindler
**Big Book Ticket: All Fall Down is 512 Pages.**
Points in These Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies in This Post: 0
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 2
Pages Read in This Post: 1044
Totals:
Total Points: 80
Total Golden Oldies: 3
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(3), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 5/65
Total Books Read: 7
Total Pages Read in Winter 2015-16 SRC: 2441
15.10 - A Reason to Party
The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter #1 in Nocturne Faĺs
20.2 - Rookie at the Top
Option 3:
Awakened By A Kiss by Laurie LeClair #5 Once in a Romance
Point This Post: 35
Big Books this Post: 0
Golden Oldies this Post:0
Total Points : 50
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
Big Books Total:0
Golden Oldie Total: 0
Task 20.2 – Rookie at the Top – Karen D – The Cameron CraziesOption 2 - Coach K - Author first & last initials in K R Z Y Z E W S K I - E.I.
Eowyn Ivey / The Snow Child
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This Post: 20 points
Total points to date: 60 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
perletwo10.10. Jump! - Since leap year occurs every four years, read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4. REQUIRED: When you post, indicate the total number of pages in your book, keeping in mind the rules for determining pages for ebooks and audiobooks, and be sure that you've linked to the right edition of your book.
The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis - this paperback is 176 pages; 176/4=44.
The book was first printed in 1940, qualifying it as a Golden Oldie.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 210
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 1
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 10
CYNBAXTERRepost from 188, 210
See approval for use in message #106 in Not Really For Kids : “Approved - it appears to be more of a parenting book than a book children would read.”
Task # 5.08 – A Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Edouard Manet
Book 1: Racism Explained to My Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun. The word ‘Racism’ terminates in –ISM
PLEASE NOTE: While this book may have Children in its main-page genre, it is not a children's book and is not found on the ARBookFinder. It is book to help parents discuss racism to their children.
Points this post: 5 points
CYNBAXTERTask # 15.02 – Word For Word
Book 1: Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
Book 2: Catch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
Synonym pair from: Take — hold, catch, seize, grasp, win, capture, acquire, pick, choose, select, prefer, remove, steal, lift, rob, engage, bewitch, purchase, buy, retract, recall, assume, occupy, consume
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 110 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CHANDNI15.8 Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from this list Popular epistolary novels
The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty.
This is on page 1, #59.
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
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15.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons. The dragon connection must be obvious from the Goodreads book main page: title, genre, description, reviews, etc. Required: Include the cover if using that option
Kiss of Fire (main page genre Dragons)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10 (personal goal: 35)
15.7 Here Be Dragons
Read a book with a dragon on the cover or with a storyline involving dragons. The dragon connection must be obvious from the Goodreads book main page: title, genre, description, reviews, etc. Required: Include the cover if using that option
Kiss of Fire (main page genre Dragons)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 130
Tasks Completed: 10 (personal goal: 35)
Task 10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!Read a book set in one of these countries.
• Russia – 35% • Canada – 22% • Greenland – 20% • Iceland – 9% • Norway – 4% • Sweden – 2% • Finland – 2%
Set in Iceland
Outrage (Inspector Erlendur #9) (2008) by Arnaldur Indriðason; translated by Anna Yates; (Hardcover, 281 pages)
35 + 10 = 45
Tasks Completed: 03
Points for this post: 10
Points thus far: 35 + 10 = 45
Books read: 04
Pages read: 1,320
Read but not claimed: 01
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
LLJones (My first post for my first SRC - fingers crossed!)15.8 - Please Mr. Postman
Read a book from the list Popular epistolary novels. Indicate the list page and book's position.
--Read: The Element of Lavishness: Letters of William Maxwell and Sylvia Townsend Warner, 1938-1978 by Maxwell & Warner
Found on "Popular epistolary novels" List, page 2, #109 - 340 pages
Points This Post: 15
Points Thus Far: 15/1185
Tasks Completed: 1/65
Total Pages Read: 340
Golden Oldies: 0
BB500+: 0
BB750+: 0
BB1000+: 0
Karen D. Task 30.7 - Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Both books new to me!
Option 2: Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone, finished 12/5.
Pages: 396 (found in 46,396)
Non-fiction
Option 3: Legend, finished 12/12
Found in TRAFALGAR SQUARE
Points this task: 30
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 2/65
EMurphy30.1-Schatzie's Task: Tis the Season for Giving Back
Option 3: Author's initials can be found in HEART-One Child by Torey Hayden
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Option 4: Book of your Choice
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
**Neil Gaiman is a Goodreads Author
Total this Post:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
GR Author: 1
BB Tickets: 0
Total:
Points: 45
Books Read: 3
GR Author: 2
BB Tickets +500: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
15.10 A Reason to Party I read Parasite by Mira Grant - #1 in series
Claiming a Big Book ticket for Parasite at 512 pages
20.6 Favorite SEASONings
I read Chimera by Mira Grant
Claiming a Big Book ticket for Chimera at 512 pages
Total Points: 35
Pamela32655.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
by Deb Kastner and Arlene James5.2 - The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
by Sandra Owens5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
by William Makepeace Thackeray - Found on page 22 BIG BOOK TICKETS - 867 pages
GOLDEN OLDIE - published in 1847
20.10 - Group Reads
by Charles Dickens - My post is #25GOLDEN OLDIE - Published in 1843
30.6 - Donna Jo's task: Winter in Iowa circa 1950s
Option 2:
by Renee Ryan and Louise M. Gouge - The initials of both authors appear in DRESSING WARMLYOption 3:
by Rhonda Gibson - 288 pages576 TOTAL PAGES
Points this post: 65
Total Points: 65
Golden Oldie books this post: 2
Total Golden Oldie books: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
I completed The Case of Lisandra P. by Hélène GrémillonOption 2:
The book was originally published in French. English is my native language
Points this post:20
Big Books this post:0
Golden Oldies this post:0
Total Points:30
Tasks Complete:2
Total Big Books:0
Total Golden Oldies:0
BARBARA ★10.6. It's Cold Here, but Colder There!
The Enchantment Emporium - Tanya Huff 12/12
(set in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
Option 3: Tangle of Need - Nalini Singh (N&S in liNSeed) 12/12
Goodreads Author
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 45
Kimber20.4 Lost in Translation
Option 3: Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
*takes place in France, USA and a little bit in Spain
This task: 20 points
New total: 20 points
Brooke TX5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
Speaking from Among the Bones
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.
(Snobbery With Violence, "Woman with Fan (1875)")
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
Points
This Post: 30
Total Points: 115
Completed Tasks: 10
Books Read: 12
5.5 The Floor Scrapers1 book task
Read a book from the Underclass list.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
Book found on page one of the list.
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Points this task: 5
Points thus far: 185
15.5 That’s So RandomUsing this Random title generator, Hit "Give Me Some Titles" once. Have a pen and paper handy or copy/paste the generated titles to record your results. Read a book with a word* from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle.
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My random titles:
Fallen Mage
The Vacant Dying
Destiny of Shadow
The Past's Force
The Bridges of the Savior
Secrets in the Kiss
I chose the word "Bridges" and read The Forever Bridge by T. Greenwood.
Total points for task: 15
Total points per season: 15
Number of books read: 1
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10.5. Curl Up and Read
I read
15.3 Lost and Found
I read 1 book that fits both A and B. I read Supergirl, Vol. 1: Last Daughter of Krypton by Michael Green. L, S, and T in "Last", O in "of", F in "of", O and N in "Krypton", U and D in "Daughter".
Previous point total: 40
New points this post: 25
Total points: 65
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 4
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0