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WINTER CHALLENGE 2015 CT
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Winter Challenge 2105: Completed Tasks (DO NOT DELETE POSTS)
15.4 The Force, It's Calling To YouOption 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, #)
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Discworld #3
"Science Fiction" and "Science Fiction Fantasy" are main page genres at the time of posting.
Points this post: 15
Points total: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0 - 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 283
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I read American Bar Association Guide to Wills and Estates, Fourth Edition: Everything You Need to Know About Wills, Estates, Trusts, and Taxes - the word "Everything" in the subtitle ends in "ING."
15.8 Please Mr. Postman
I read Delicious!. The book is found on p.3, number 270, of the Popular Epistolary Novels list.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
I chose option 3 and read Death in a Strange Country by Donna Leon. Author's initials, DL, are found in LinseeD.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 160
Sheila20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Emmalita's task: Favorite SEASONings
Option 1.
Undead and Unforgiven by MaryJanice Davidson25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 1 and a 5
Book 1: for the dice roll of 1
Winter at the Door by Sarah Graves(Lizzie Snow #1)
and
Book 2: Fiction for the dice roll of 5
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik BackmanTotal Points = 140
loafer20.5 - Bigger is Better - Shelley UT's task: Winter Birthdays
option 1. Read a book with books on the cover or "books about books" main page genre.
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
main page genre: Writing > Books About Books 404 users
points this task: 20
total points: 40
BB: 2
GO: 0
tasks completed: 3
15.5 That’s So RandomRead a book with a word from one of the six titles generated in the title or subtitle
My titles:
Green Teacher
The Absent Healer
Ashes of Scent
The Gift’s Storms
The Heart of the Flame
Flower in the Star
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood
Points this post: 15
Points total: 30
Tasks completed: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0 - 500+(0) 750+(0) 1000+(0)
Total pages: 591
Reader Name: Daphne5.7 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
a word ending in -ING in the title/sub
Everything I Never Told You
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 230
15.6 - En Plein AirA book with an outdoor scene on the cover:
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
20.4 - Lost in Translation
Option 3: A book set in at least two different countries - The Signature of All Things is a big novel, about a big century. It soars across the globe from London to Tasmania, to Philadelphia, to Tahiti, to Amsterdam.
The Signature of All Things: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
****Big Book****
I read the kindle edition but the mass market paperback has 609 pages.
The Signature Of All Things
Total points 45
DANIELLE M20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter
I chose Option 3 - Read a book in which the author's initials can be found in LINSEED
A Window Opens by Elisabeth Egan
LINSEED
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 3
JUKKA5.1 - Dance at Le moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Book with a person wearing a hat in the cover.
The Celts by Hugo Pratt
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Book that is #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
Suolaisen meren balladi by Hugo Pratt. It is #2 in the Corto Maltese series. The English title would be The Ballad of the Salt Sea.
Points this post: 20
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 5
Tasks Complete: 5
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 0
SCHATZIE10.9: Catch up with SRC
-read a book from the SRC group reads shelf
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living
req'd: this book is new to me and not a re-read.
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15.3: Lost and Found
A Survival Guide for Life: How to Achieve Your Goals, Thrive in Adversity, and Grow in Character
a SUrvival guide FOr Life: how to achieve your gOals, Thrive in aDversity, aNd grow in character.
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15.4: The Force, It's Calling You
Giants' Star
This book meets all three requirements.
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Points this post: 40
TOTAL POINTS: 180
JAMTOWN 8010.5- Curl Up and Read
From page 1 of https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
15.4- The Force It's Calling you
Option 2: A book which has the word WAR and is science fiction
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Total points this post : 25
Big Books:0
GO ticket:0
Total points: 35
BB: 0
GO: 1
CYNBAXTERRepost from 188, 210, 289
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.
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.”
Points this post: 5 points
Susan W.5.4 Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on the first five pages of the list provided. State which page your book was found on.
I read 1984 by George Orwell
The book was on the first page of the list.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Cindy C.Task 20.10- Group Reads
Discussion thread post #27.
A Christmas Carol
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Task 30.7-Catherine T's task: A New Start in Art
Option 2: Read a book where the page numbers can be found in any combination of these figures (2,000; 6; 46,396).
This book is new to me, has 240 pages, and is non-fiction.
My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past
Option 3: Read a book in which the first letter of each word in the title can be found in Trafalgar Square. (TrAFalGar SquarE) This book is new to me. IL: MG BL: 5.2 AR Points 16.0
The School for Good and Evil
Points this post: 50
Total points: 50
Total tasks: 2
Kristen IA15.10 - A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series. Whole numbers only.
12th of Never by James Patterson
I listened to the audiobook, but linked to PB version.
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 70/1185
Tasks Completed: 4/65
Total Books Read: 4/93
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
20.4 - Lost in TranslationOPTION 3: Read a book that takes place in at least two different countries.
The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold by Jeanette Winterson
Set in USA and England
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 55
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+)
Total tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 3
Michele C10.3 Young Girl Reading
Read book with word in name of Renoir Painting.
Book: Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her
Painting: Algerian Girl
Word "GIRL"
Points this post: 10
Total points 15
Michele C10.10 Jump
Read book pp divisible by 4.
The Joy Luck Club
Total pages: 288 divided by 4 =72
Total points this post:10
Total points: 25
Kait10.1 - This is Your Brain
A book (non-fiction) from one of the following lists: Popular Science for Smarties or Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only, or A Nerd's Guide to Reading.
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach -- #181 and page 2 on Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only listopia
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 55
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Emsreviewsbooks15.5 That’s So Random
I read The Seduction of the Crimson ROSE by Lauren Willig.
My six titles:
Sharp Men
The Silky Destiny
Princess of Dreamer
The Female's Bridge
The Tale of the ROSE
Consort in the Fairy
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 5
Laurajay20.10 - Group Reads
The 5th Wave
I have posted on the group read for this book.
Current post:
Points: 20
Goodreads Authors: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 20
Total Goodreads Authors: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Jen UT10.5 - Curl Up and Read
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Found on page 3.
Points this post: 10
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Total Points: 25
HINA10.4. C'est ou? - The French Tycoon's Pregnant Mistress by Abby Green.
French in the title.
Current post:
Points: 10
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 50
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - En Plein Air: Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover. I read Dog River Blues by Mike Jastrzebski.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 140
MEGSCL10.8. Hey, We Were There, Too!
VP = John Nance Garner (1933-1941)
This House of Grief by Helen Garner
10.9. Catch Up With the SRC
Read a book from that list that you have never read before. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
This book is new to me, not a re-read.
15.6 En Plein Air
Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.
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.
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
Option B: Read a short story collection.
Like a House on Fire
TOTAL TO DATE
Points: 165
Big Book Tickets: 2
Reader Name: Daphne20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Judy's task: Painting 101
1: MPG: Nature, Animals, or Plants
The Extreme Life of the Sea
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Elizabeth B20.1 - Megan's task
Option 1:genre Superheroes Batman: Year One
20.6-Emmalita's task
Option 1: Pretty When They Collide, both vampires and horror on the main page
Points: 40
Total: 80
10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Death of the Party by Carolyn HartLuncheon of the Boating Party (1881) - Party
10.4. C'est ou?
The Paris Mysteries by James PattersonTptal Points - 160
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5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
The Color of Magic (found on 1st page of list)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 12 (personal goal: 35)
5.4 - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
Read a book found on first 5 pages of Popular Satire Books
Required: State which page your book can be found on when you post.
The Color of Magic (found on 1st page of list)
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 155
Tasks Completed: 12 (personal goal: 35)
Reader name: Enaria20.10 - Group Reads
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
My post is number 7 on the discussion thread.
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Tis the season for giving back
Option 3: Watership Down by Richard Adams whose initials can be found in HEART
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 25.0
Option 4: La Traque by Gabriel Katz
Points this post: 50
Total points: 65
Tasks completed: 4
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM20.10 - Group Reads
I read
by Rick Yancey (paperback). I posted in the discussion group as message 5 here.30.5 - Daphne's task: Exploring the world of -ogy
I chose Options 1 and 2.
Option 1: I read
by Elizabeth Kolbert (paperback) - #3 on the Popular Ecology Books list, first page.Option 2: I read
by Simon Winchester (paperback) - #2 on the Popular Geology Books list, first page.Previous point total: 65
New points this post: 50
Total points: 115
New tasks completed in this post: 2
Total tasks: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Jonquil10.2. Art Appreciation
framed painting
The Carlswick Affair
S.L. Beaumont
Paperback, 318 pages 12/4
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Books posted: 12
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post: 318
Total pages as of this post: 3044
Jonquil10.3. "Young Girl Reading"
Young Girl Holding a Bouquet of Tulips (1878): "Girl"
Small Town Glamour Girl Christmas
Stephanie Queen
Paperback, 164 pages 12/11
Points this post: 10
Total points: 80
Books posted: 13
Tasks complete: 13
Pages this post: 164
Total pages as of this post: 3208
CYNBAXTERTask # 5.02 – The Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet
Book 1:
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisPoints this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 115 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Jonquil10.4. C'est ou?
"France" in title
Murder in the South of France: A Maggie Newberry Mystery
Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Paperback, 366 pages 12/5
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 366
Total pages as of this post: 3574
Nick KY15.7 Here Be Dragons. I read The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin, OK’d in message 30 of the help thread. A dragon is mentioned in the metadata, and a Dragon’s eye is on the cover:
20.1 Megan W’s Superheroes Option 1 “Superheroes” as GR genre -- I read Justice League, Vol. 1: Origin by Geoff Johns. Graphic Novels OK'd for this task -- this one has dialogue on just about every page.
30.6 Donna Jo’s Winter in Iowa.
Option 2. I read Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of the World's Most Mysterious Continent by Gabrielle Walker, whose initials are in DRESSING WARMLY and, though it was not required for this option, whose subject is appropriately cold.
Option 3. I read The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreys, which shows skating and sliding on the ice on the cover:
Points This Post: 65
Total Points So Far: 180
Jonquil10.5. Curl Up and Read
It was a record breaking 76 degrees in Nashville (twice the average temp), however, Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling page 1 #44
The Peach Keeper
Sarah Addison Allen
Paperback, 282 pages 12/8
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Books posted: 15
Tasks complete: 15
Pages this post: 282
Total pages as of this post: 3856
15.6 - En Plein Air Read a book with an outdoor scene on the cover.Read Border Crossing: A Novel by Pat Barker. The outdoor scene is the walk next to the river with a reflection of a boy on fire. He had been convicted of murder as a 10 year old.
20.10 - Group Reads
Read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. My post is message 28 in the thread. As this was first published in 1843, I claim one GO ticket.
Points this task: 35
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 1
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 3
5.3 - Water Lilies by Claude MonetThe Shock of the New: The Hundred-Year History of Modern Art, Its Rise, Its Dazzling Achievement, Its Fall by Robert Hughes – page 1 of Popular Art Books
5.6 - Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
Agatha H and the Airship City by Phil & Kaja Foglio - per “City” in title
10.1. This is Your Brain
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks - Popular Science for Smarties, #19 on list
15.7 Here Be Dragons
The Royal Dragoneers by M.R. Mathias
15.10 - A Reason to Party
Death of a Macho Man by M.C. Beaton - #12 in Hamish Macbeth series
Points This Post: 50
Total Points 70
trishhartuk20.8. Nickels and Dimes: Elizabeth B's task: December's Celebrations
December is a month full of celebrations. Based on some other celebrations choose one option and read ONE book: Required: State which option you used when you post.
Option 1: Boxing Day (December 26th) - For this option, read a book with the word BOX found intact in the title/subtitle.
the BOX of delights, John Masefield
Golden Oldie: Yes. The Box of Delights was first published in 1935.
AR Quiz Information:
Number. 215781 EN Fiction; IL: MY - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: 1
Total Points: 95
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Karen D.I'd like to make a change to a book I've already used. In post 202 I claimed The Witches: Salem, 1692 for task 10.10 but I'd like to use it instead in Task 25.15 (new post forthcoming)
Updated numbers:
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 1/65
Karen D. Task 25.15 - Jamie NY's task: Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 1 and a 3
Book One: Read a book in a series. The position in the series is determined by your dice roll.
Me Before You, finished 12/2. This is book #1 in the Me Before You series
Book two: Using whichever number you did not use for book 1, read a Goodread's Best Book of 2015 nominee or winner as determined by the numbers below.
Remaining die is 3: needs GR nominee in History & Biography
The Witches: Salem, 1692, finished 12/9. Nominee in History & Biography
Points this task: 25
Total points: 55
Tasks completed: 2/65
Cait S25.15- Winter Challenge Goals!
I rolled a 5 and a 2, used in that order below.
Book #1
Read a book in a series. The position in the series is determined by your dice roll.
Blood Beast by Darren Shan
Book #2
Using whichever number you did not use for book 1, read a Goodread's Best Book of 2015 nominee or winner as determined by the numbers below.
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Total Tasks Completed: 5
Whimsie 10.10 Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages evenly divisible by 4.
I read The Last Kingdom. It has 368 pages. 368/4 = 92
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 4
MEGD20.10 - Group Reads
An Old-Fashioned Christmas -- A Christmas Carol
REQUIRED: Message #30 in the group read post.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50
Books Read: 3
Tasks Complete: 2
Sarah E15.8 Please Mr. Postman
The Wednesday Letters
Page 1 of the list, currently #87
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Jasmiina F10.10. Jump!:
read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4:
The BOZZ Chronicles by David Michelinie.
Total pages in book: 224
Points this post: 10
Total points: 30
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
SpiderMac5.7 Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Read a book with a word ending in -ING in the title or subtitle.
I read What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Required: The word must terminate in ‘ING”.
My word in the title is "running".
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.
I read The September Society by Charles Finch
Required: Include in your post the name of the Vice President
My VP is Charles Fairbanks (1905-1909) and my author is Charles Finch
10.10 Jump!
Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 4.
I read Darkness on his Bones by Barbara Hambly
Required: When you post, indicate the total number of pages in your book.
Darkness On His Bones has 256 pages which is evenly divisible by 4.
15.10 A Reason to Party
Read a book that is identified on Goodreads as #1, #2 or #12 in a series.
I read The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary is #1 in Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence series.
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Points this post: 40
Points total: 40/1185
Tasks completed: 4/65
Books read: 4
Task 25.14 – JennRenee – Winter WonderlandONE or two books, but page total must be over 800
Using the ONE BOOK option
Option 6 – pages number include TWO of following: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
I listened to the audiobook / MMP: Dragonfly in Amber 950 pgs
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This Post: 25 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (1) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
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20.9 - Moderator's Pet - Laura NT's task: Art and Science
For this task, read ONE book that fulfills one of the below options.
Required: State which option you chose when you post.
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 the book before.
The Vampire's Mail Order Bride (first in the Nocturne Falls series) **I've never read this book/series/author before**
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 150
Tasks Completed: 11 (personal goal: 35)