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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Bookwrm526Task #25.2 - Timeless: Leonard and Leon
Book 1: Read a book with the word beauty, moonlight, moon or light in the title/subtitle. I read When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore.
Book 2: Read a book about space travel or time travel. I read Time Salvager by Wesley Chu.
Points this post: 25
Total points so far: 195
LaurajayTask 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
1- Salt to the Sea
Rating of 4.38 (verified in help thread)
393 pages
2- mystery and thriller category
All the Missing Girls
368 pages
Total of 761 pages
Current post: 30
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 60
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
Total books read: 4
30.1Option 2 Part 1: The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle (New to Me author)
Option 2 Part 2: The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle (2nd book by same author)
Points this post: 30 points
Total points to date: 115 points
Creynard25.1 - Andy P.'s task: Bookends
Book 1: The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
"S" is both the 1st letter in Sherry and last letter in Thomas.
Book 2: Every Anxious Wave by Mo Daviau
"E" is both the 1st letter in Every, and last letter in Wave.
Total pages: 564
Points this post: 25
Total points: 250
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Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 22
20.1 Option 1: Author's initials found in CARIBBEAN.
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
*claiming GO ticket, published 1935*
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 110/1075
Tasks completed: 8/60
Books Read: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Scooter&Siam15.8 Read a book where ALL the letters N A H C O O O (3 O’s) are found in any combination of title, subtitle and author’s name.
Read The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith
20.4 Option 1: Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover Using cover option
Read Hamlet's Dresser: A Memoir
-- see top of cover man holding skullPoints: 35
Total: 85
Brave5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1, 15.2B, 15.3, 15.4.
I chose Fall Task 15.1, option B: Read a book with one of the words for spring in its title.
I chose the word "March" from the linked list of Spring Descriptive Words.
Fables, Volume 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham
Contains the word "MARCH" in the title of this volume.
The edition I read from has 232 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 65
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
500+: 1
750+: 0
1000+: 0
Julia1035.3 - Sole Survivor
The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Detective Lavender Mysteries #1)
10.1. Let's Follow Up
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Louisa May Alcott
AR bookfinder: IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18.0
This was originally published in 1869 - claiming one GO ticket
10.5. Noel!
Shadow of Victory by David Weber
This book has 756 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
10.8. On the Coast
A Terrible Beauty (set over 50% in Greece on the island of Santorini)
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
Option 2: The Stratford Conspiracy by Michael Mallory
This post: 55 points
Total points: 120
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 11
JAMTOWN 80Task 20.3 - It Was the Best of Times, It was the worst of times
Option B: Book set in Massachusettes
Still Life With Murder - set in Boston and Cape Cod Massachusettes
Page count of paper back version: 320 pages
Task 20.6- Repos Production 7 Wonders
Option 1: stone in title and on cover
- stones found at the bottom of pictureTask 20.9- Celebrating PROOFREADING
Option 2: Heterograph taken from list 2 number 1 : buoy /boy
Word used is boy : The Boy in the Suitcase
Total this post : 60
Total for challenge : 135
KATIEGIRL5.8 - Full Moon
A book with one of the following words in the title: long, night, cold, wolf, old, snow, hunger
As Simple as Snow by Gregory Galloway
Points this post: 5
Total points: 115
Total tasks: 11
BB total: 1
GO total: 1
20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of TimesOption C: Lucky Seven
Reap the Wild Wind
First Published 2007
Points this post:20
Total points:135
Tasks completed:8
Books read:8
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
Karrieregarding post 639:
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Zanzibar Tales for fall 2016 task 15.4. From A... to Z
B. Read a book whose title/subtitle or author's name contains the letter Z
Posted wrong book: I should have posted Zanzibar Tales: Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa (222 pages)
and as for Sharp Objects I'll use it later.
5.9 - Listmaker - Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5.Chill Factor by Sandra Brown - 12/27/16 - First published 2005.
20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 1 - Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover.
by Patricia MacDonald - 12/27/16 - Skull on cover.Optional - tell us your favourite festive film!
My favourite Christmas movie is Trading Places with Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. "It is me, Lionel Joseph!"
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 250
10.4. Fire and IceRead a book with all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle/author name.
Round the Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
Round the Fire Stories Arthur Conan Doyle
Post total=10
Season total=130
Fiona (Titch)15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
December is Bingo’s Birthday Month. Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO.
I read Blood Lines - Angela Marsons
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 15/1075
Tasks completed: 1
Books read so far: 1
trishhartuk30.1 Maya’s task: Good Things Come in Pairs
Option One: A Read a book that is 1st in a series, AND B: Read the 2nd book in the same series as book A.
Mayhem at the Orient Express (League of Literary Ladies #1), Kylie Logan
A Tale of Two Biddies (League of Literary Ladies #2), Kylie Logan
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 295
Tasks Completed: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
Luara15.10 Your Own 8th Wonder: Read a book of your choice
We Wish You a Murderous Christmas by Vicki Delany
Points
This post: 5
Total: 140
Mod
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
A Darkening Stain by Robert Wilson
25.4 - MegSCL's Task: World AIDS Day
option 1 twice:
set in Botswana:
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith with a red-throated bee eater on the coverMMP: Vague à l'âme au Botswana
set in Swaziland: When Hoopoes Go to Heaven by Gaile Parkin
30.2: SCHATZIE’S TASK: Pros & Cons
Book 1, Best Happiness Books pg 2:
The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge by Pia Edberg
PB: The Cozy Life: Rediscover the Joy of the Simple Things Through the Danish Concept of Hygge
Book 2 AIOU no E: Hollow Mountain by Thomas Mogford
total = 390
Terri UK25.7 Dakimel's task: Podcast Recommendations
Book 1 from the Reading Women Podcast bookshelf:
The Complete Persepolis (341 pages)
Book 2 from the Books & Boba podcast bookshelf:
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening (202 pages)
(total page count: 543)
Points this task: 25
Total points: 65
Karrie10.5. Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Broken Harbor Tana French
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
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
CYNBAXTER#15.09 – It's Summer Somewhere
Task: Read a book from this list: Summer Beach Reads or with the word "Summer" in the title or subtitle.
Book: The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
**This is a Big Book (592 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 220 points
BB tickets this post: 1
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.7 - One or Two?
Option One: 2 Is and 2 Es in title
The Girl You Left Behind by Jojo Moyes
thE gIrl you lEft behInd
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 125
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 12
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.9 - Listmaker
X by Sue Grafton
This book was first published in August 2015 which is a year that contains numbers 2 AND 5.
Link to PB edition: X
10.3 - They're Old!
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson
The book has History as a main page genre (shelved by 230 users).
Link to PB edition: How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 45 points
Tasks completed: 4
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Nick KY5.3 Sole Survivor I read Uncommon Grounds by Sandra Balzo, # 1 in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery series.
15.10 The Plane! The Plane! I read Colour Scheme: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #12 by Ngaio Marsh --
(airplane on cover)20.5 Loafer's Long and Short I chose Option b, a collection of short stories, and read Complete Short Stories, Vol 2 by D.H. Lawrence --
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 250
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ20.1 - Christmas in the Caribbean
Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino
Option 1 - The author's initials can be found in CARIBBEAN
Link to PB edition: Phantom Quartz: A Stacy Justice Witch Mystery Book 6
20.3 - It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Zoology by Ben Dolnick
Option C - This book was first published in 2007 which is a year ending with the number 7.
This book has 304 pages.
This post: 40 points
Total points to date: 85 points
Tasks completed: 6
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
CHRISTINE USTask 5.2 Location, Location, Location
The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
The book is set in Egypt.
Total: 5 points
DANIELLE M20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option D (If At First You Don't Succeed) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Complete: 1
DANIELLE M20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 2 - Author name related to "Jack" - In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 2
Tasks Complete: 2
DANIELLE M30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
3A: A book with only black text on the cover -
by Lee Child3B: A book with only white text on the cover -
by Paula HawkinsPoints This Post: 30
Total Points: 70
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 3
20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of ItI chose Option 2: Read a book that is a collection of short stories or essays.
Illness as Metaphor & AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag (essays)
Post total=20
Season total=150
Becky P10.8. On the Coast
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
PB edition Death on the Nile
GO ticket claimed first published 1937
25.6 - Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the City
Option 3- Bound by Duty by Stormy Smith
Pb edition Bound by Duty
Option 5- The Dollmaker by Mary Burton
PB edition The Dollmaker
Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
1 book option
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
PB edition The Bronze Horseman
Fits options
1- average rating 4.35
3- Best books of the 90's (born 1994) on page 3 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
2 BB tickets claimed
Points this post- 65
Total points- 165
GO tickets- 1
BB tickets- 2
reader board name - MAZZA1. 15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Read two books, one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1 - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list: me, myself, I, my, mine. Words must match exactly, no variations.
I Have a Dream: The Speeches That Changed History contains the word I
Book 2 - Read an autobiography or memoir- a nonfiction account of the author's own life or experiences. If a book has a co-author the book must be about that author's own life or experiences as well.
Spectacles MPG Autobiography
15.2 - Celebrity Eye-roll
Read 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2
Book 1: Read a book with “night” found intact in a word in the book’s title, subtitle, series title or author’s name.
The Night Garden
Book 2: Read a book with “time” found intact in a word in the book’s title, subtitle, series title or author’s name.
Time and Time Again
15.3 Her declaration of independence
Option 1, Read TWO books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book from this list of popular feminism bookshttps://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Required: State the page of the list where your book is found.
Book 2: Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. All name part initials must be considered. One qualifying author in a book by multiple contributors fulfills this task.
OR
Option 2, Read ONE book that fulfills both option 1 Book A and Book B.
How to Be a Woman is on Page 1 of that list and author initials CM appear in that name
15.4 To tell the truth
The television game show “To Tell the Truth” premiered on December 18, 1956. A team of celebrity panelists asked questions to determine which of three contestants was the actual person associated with a story.
option 1: Read TWO books, one Book A and one Book B.
Book A: Read a book with a question mark "?" and/or one of these interrogative words: who, whose, whom, what, where, when, why, which, how, whether, whence in the title or subtitle.
Book B: Read a non-fiction book.
OR
option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both option 1 Book A and Book B.
What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?
Contains a Question mark and an interrogative word and is a non-fiction book on main page genre
15.5 BINGO
December is Bingo’s Birthday Month. The game of Bingo was first manufactured in December 1929 by Edwin S. Lowe. Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO. All words must be considered including articles.
Oddjobs
15.6 Multilingual
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language. The edition you read may be in any language, as long as the first published edition of the book was not in your native language.
Like Water for Chocolate
My native language is English and this book was originally written in Spanish
15.7.Tales of Middle earth
Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy”
Blood of Tyrants MPG Fantasy and Fantasy> Dragons
15.8 Not so Secret (leavening) Agent
Read a book where ALL the letters N A H C O O O (3 O’s) are found in any combination of title, subtitle and author’s name.
Archipelago
Ar CH ipelagO mONique ROffey
15.9 Its Summer Somewhere
Read a book from this list: Summer Beach Reads or with the word "Summer" in the title or subtitle.
Summer at Sea
e-book verification post 5971
15.10 The Plane The Plane
Read a book with an aircraft* on the cover
Planes Without Passengers: The Faked Hijackings of 9/11
Total Points this post = 150
Total points to date = 300
Books read to date = 32
No books claimed for Golden oldies or BB tickets this post
15.5 - B-I-N-G-OB: Because of the Sun (This was an advanced reader's copy)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60
15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent - Read a book where ALL the letters N A H C O O O (3 O’s) are found in any combination of title, subtitle and author’s name.I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 12/28/16
IDTELLYOUILOVEYOUBUTTHENIDHAVETOKILLYOUALLYCARTER
Points This Post - 15
Total Points - 265
10.2 - Ring, Sing, Blingbook with word in title/subtitle ending in “ing”
Stork Raving Mad by Donna Andrews
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/1095
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
Delicious Dee20.10 - Group Reads
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - commented in posts 13/14 of the discussion thread
Total this post: 20
Total overall: 285
Jonquil15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book 1 mine in the title
Sweet Blood of Mine
John Corwin
Paperback, 306 pages 12/22
Book 2 memoir
Autobiography > Memoir 19 users
Old Age: A Beginner's Guide
Michael E. Kinsley
Hardcover, 160 pages 12/24
Points this post: 15
Total points: 165
Books posted: 22
Tasks complete: 21
Pages this post: 466
Total pages as of this post: 6602
Jonquil15.2 - Celebrity Eye-roll
Book 1 night in title
Night School
Lee Child
Hardcover, 400 pages 12/4
Book 2 time in title
Time Trap
Micah Caida
Paperback, 338 pages 12/27
Points this post: 15
Total points: 180
Books posted: 24
Tasks complete: 22
Pages this post: 738
Total pages as of this post: 7340
Task 5.1 - The Ancients,Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ANCIENT.
I read Fantastic Voyage
Points: 5
Books read: 1
Jonquil15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
option 2 Popular Feminism Books 5th entry and
initials in MA R YWOLL S TONECRAFT Rebecca Solnit
Men Explain Things To Me
Rebecca Solnit
Paperback, 159 pages 12/21
Points this post: 15
Total points: 195
Books posted: 25
Tasks complete: 23
Pages this post: 159
Total pages as of this post: 7499
Jonquil15.4 - To Tell the Truth
option 2 interrogative words: who, what and why
and Nonfiction 39 users
Who Gets What — and Why: The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
Alvin E. Roth
Hardcover, 272 pages 12/26
Points this post: 15
Total points: 210
Books posted: 26
Tasks complete: 24
Pages this post: 272
Total pages as of this post: 7771
CHANDNI30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
I am using the 2 book option.
OPTION 1: Read a book with an average GR rating above 4.24 (that is, at least 4.25).
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 435 pages
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
OPTION 2: Read a book that features as a winner or nominee on the GR choice awards for 2016.
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer - 323 pages
[POINTS]
This Post: 30
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 5
Kristina MarieFixing things from post 658.
I had posted Day 21 for Task 5.9 (which doesn't fit) and Homecoming for Task 10.6. I am switching them.
5.9 - Listmaker
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5.
I listened to Homecoming by Kass Morgan. There is no mass-market paperback, the paperback (Homecoming) has 340 pages.
*This book was first published in 2015.
10.6. More Following Through!
Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016 (including December).
I listened to Day 21 by Kass Morgan. There is no mass-market paperback, the paperback edition (Day 21) has 311 pages.
*This is another book by an author I first read this month (December 2016).
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 25
Andy P.Task # 10.4. Fire and Ice
Read a book with all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title
by Charlotte ElkinsF and R in For
I and E in Die
ICE in Cruise
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Andy P.Task # 25.7 - Dakimel’s task: Podcast Recommendations
One book option
So Many Dammed Books Bookshelf
page 1 # 2The Little Friend by Donna Tartt 624 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 150
Milena30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Travels (two book task)
Book 1: Nags Head, North Carolina
Read a book with an airplane on the cover.
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.Since it was first published in 1939 I claim a Golden Oldies ticket.
Book 3: Key West, Florida
Read a book with the main page genre classic(s).
La Fortune des Rougon by Émile Zola.
(Classics 157 users
Cultural > France 74 users
Fiction 65 users
European Literature > French Literature 46 users
Literature > 19th Century 37 users)
Since it was first published in 1870 I claim a Golden Oldies ticket.
Total points: 30
Points this task: 30
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Big Books Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 1
readerboard name: boromomTask 10.2: Ring Sing Bling
word in title ends in -ing
Symptoms of Being Human
points for this post: 10
total points so far: 40
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Book 1 - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list: me, myself, I, my, mine
I, Lucifer
Book 2 - Read an autobiography or memoir
Just Kids
15.6 - Multilingual
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language
The Garlic Ballads
My native language is English and this book was originally published in Chinese
20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 2. Read a book by an author called Jack or who has a name related to Jack
Man in the Empty Suitby Sean Ferrell
Sean is listed in the Full forms-English names related to Jack
New Points: 50
Total Challenge points: 175
GO's 2