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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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5.4 - Best Laid PlansRead a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
REQUIRED: I'm using fall task 5.4.
REQUIRED: The initials of Mary Shelley are both found in CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
I read Frankenstein
5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
I read A Christmas Carol
Points this post: 10
Total points: 20
Bookwrm526Task #20.4 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 1: Read a book with the word skeleton, skull or bones in the title/subtitle. I read Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman .
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 215
20.10 - Group Reads.I read The Prince and the Pauper for Opposites Attract, and posted in the group reads discussion thread. (I am post 9)
I believe this book counts as a ********Golden Oldie******* as it was published in 1881.
Points: 100
Books read: 9
Tasks completed: 7
Tasks in progress: 2
GO: 2
Pages read: 2934
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?Option 1 - Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from the letters found in "QUIS EST CAESAR TIBI NUNC?"
Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris - 12/19/16 - SECRET - QUISESTCAESARTIBINUNC
Option 3 - Read a book whose author's first and last name initials can be found in CERTAMEN.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy - 12/28/16 - CERTAMEN
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 290
5.6 - Jolly Old St NicholasLast Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter
10.7 - Rollin on the River
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
'Environment' and 'Food' are main page genres
20.5 - Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
Option 1:
The Name of the Rose
#18 on Page 1 of the Big Fat Books Worth the Effort list
*** 1 Big Book Ticket claimed - 536 pages
Total points: 35
Big Book Tickets: 1
5.4 Best Laid PlansTask 5.4 from Fall - Flowers - Author Initials found in CRANESBILL GERANIUM
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
10.5 Noel!
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
15.8 Not So Secret Leavening Agent
NAHCOOO
Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long
HOt in HellCAt CanyON Julie Ann LOng
20.2 Fun and Games
Option 2: Dungeons and Dragons
Livia Lone by Barry Eisler
20.7 One or Two
Option 1: I or Eye
Splinter the Silence by Val McDermid
SplIntEr the SIlEnce
Post Total: 70
Grand Total: 130
Readerboard Name: Jessica WATask 20.5 - The Long and Short of It -Option 2: Read a book that is a collection of short stories or essays.
Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: This Post: 0; Total: 0
Big Books: This Post: 0; Total: 0
Oma122930.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Books with the main page genres of Graphic Novels/Manga/Comics are allowed for this task as long as they meet SRC requirements!
Choose one pair of the following and read the two books for that pair. You CANNOT mix and match pairs!
One:
A: Read a book that is 1st in a series. This must be indicated by the book's metadata on Goodreads, and must be marked as #1 in the series (no .5 prequels).
AND
B: Read the 2nd book in the same series as book A. This must be indicated by the book's metadata on Goodreads, and must be marked as #2 in the series.
Book #1-The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Book #2-The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan Moore
Both of these books were approved in Message #21 in Help Thread,
Total Points-120/1075
Completed Tasks-8/60
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
CHANDNI30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
Book 1: Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains an “and” coordinating conjunction phrase.
The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn
Book 2: Using the “and” phrase from Book 1, read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and”.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn
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This Post: 30
Total Points: 145
Books Read: 9
Completed Tasks: 6
KATIEGIRL10.6 - More Follow Through!
Another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016.
P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
Kasie West is a new author to me in 2016 when I read The Distance Between Us.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 125
Total tasks: 12
BB total: 1
GO total: 1
hobbit6820.4 Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
REQUIRED: State in your post the option that you chose.
Option 1: Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover or one of these words in the title or subtitle. If you choose the "word in title/subtitle" option, plural/singular forms and possessives are allowed - no other variations.
A Skeleton in the Family
20.5 The long and the short of it I Am an Executioner: Love Stories Rajesh Parameswaran - option 2, collection of short stories
Task points 20
Total points 65
Jasmiina F10.5. Noel!:
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name:
One Punch Man 2 by ONE.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 160
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Creynard15.4 - To Tell the Truth
Option 2: How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel and Act the Way We Do
Fulfills both requirements of Option 1: A non-fiction book that includes an interrogative word.
20.9 Moderator's Pet - Heather (Gibby's) Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Author's initials, FD, found in PROOFREADING
Points this post: 35
Total points: 285
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Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 25
Shiraloo5.8 – Full Moon
Angels in the Snow by Sarah Morgan
10.4 – Fire and Ice
Oh Dear Silvia by Dawn French
REQUIRED: 1 F, 2 Is, 1 R, 2 E, 1 C
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 35
BBT: 0
GO: 0
DANIELLE M15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Books Read: 4
Tasks Complete: 3
DANIELLE M25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
Option 1 - The Clancys of Queens: A Memoir by Tara Clancy
QUIS EST CAESAR TIBI NUNC? = QUEENS
Option 3 - At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
CERTAMEN
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 90
Books Read: 6
Tasks Complete: 4
Sara ITA10.10 - Got Your Lottery Ticket?
Read a book by Shirley Jackson.
L'incubo di Hill House (English edition: The Haunting of Hill House)
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15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
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15.6 - Multilingual
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
Canto di Natale (English title: A Christmas Carol)
My native language is Italian and the original language of the book is English.
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Points this Post: 45
Total Points: 55
SCHATZIE25.1: Andy P.'s task: Bookends
Book 1: first and last letter of author's name the same
De laatste deelnemer
by Alexandra Oliva
--I listened to the audio. The above book link is to the PB (no mmpb) for page count. (397 pages)
Book 2: first letter and last letter of the title are the same
The Revenant
I listened to the audio. The book below is the book link to the MMPB for page count. El renacido (304 pages)
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Points this Post: 25
Challenge TOTAL: 605
Terri UK25.10 Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
Option 2: A book from the list British Literature at the Movies
Animal Farm by George Orwell (page 1 of the list, no. 24)
Option 3: January Birthdays
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, which has a main page genre of Young Adult
Illuminae is 599 pages = 1 Big Book Ticket
Animal Farm was first published in 1945 = 1 Golden Oldie ticket
Points this task: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Total points: 90
Completed5.3-read Dean Koontz Prodigal Son which is book 1 in the Frankenstein series
10.6 read Jeffrey Deaver Solitude Creek. I first read Deaver earlier in 2016
Task points: 15
Total Points: 15
Good read authors points: 2
Thanks!
loaferTask 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Option 3: “The third age”
Read a book where the title/subtitle contains the word guild or one of the synonyms for guild
The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
synonym = CLUB
I listened to the Audio version, the mass mkt pb: La Chorale des maîtres bouchers is 568 pages and thus a "Big Book"
points: 20
total: 145
BB: 1
GO: 3
tasks completed: 9
Kim ATask 5.9 - Listmaker - Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5
Masterminds by Gordon Korman
*Pub 2/3/15
**IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10.0
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 35
LAUREN JODI10.1 - Let's Follow Up
The Narrows by Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is one of the authors mentioned on the list in post #2.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 100/1075
Total Books Read: 9
Tasks Completed: 7/60
30.2 - Pros & ConsOption 1. The Pros. The book appears on the first page of Best Books about Family Relationships, currently at #88:
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Option 2. The Cons. The title contains the vowels A, I, O but no E:
Vow of Sanctity by Veronica Black
Total Points 60
30.3 - Daphne's Task: Atlas ObscuraOption 1: word chosen is SNOW and the page count is 288 or 320, depending on which paperback edition you consult (I read the Kindle edition). Either way, the page count is sufficient, I think.
Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries by Martin Edwards
Option 3: My book is set entirely in Nigeria and is by a Nigerian author. Page count: 314.
The Shadow Of A Smile by Kachi A. Ozumba
Total page count: 602/634 depending on the edition of the first book.
Points this post: 30
Points in total: 240
Tasks completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
CEELEETask 5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
I chose the deliciously gothic FIERCOMBE MANOR by Katie Riordan.
Fiercombe Manor
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total GO Books Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points Earned for Winter Challenge: 5
Total Tasks Completed for Winter Challenge: 1
Total Books Read for Winter Challenge: 1
Total Big Books Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge: 0
Total GO Tickets Claimed for Winter Challenge: 0
20.6 - Option 1: woodI read Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson (Cover approved in Help Thread.)
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 135 points
Coralie5.6 Jolly Old St Nicholas
Book written by an author named a related name to Nicholas
Retreat from Love by Colette
25.10 Tis the Season
Option 3: January Birthdays
Book with main page fantasy
The Hero of Ages
Option 5: President's Day
Book with snow on the cover
30.4 Readers Recommend
One book of over 600 pages satisfying two options.
Option 1 – reader ratings – rating over 4.25
Option 2 – Awards season – nominated in the category of fantasy
The Blood Mirror
This post 60 points
Total to date 195 points
Cait S25.6- Celebrate The City
Book #1- Option 1
Read a book where the initial letters of the author’s name can be found in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
Mistletoe on Main Street by Olivia Miles
Book #2- Option 4
Read a book from the following list of speculative fiction set in London.
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
This book can be found on Page 1, at #73.
Big Book Ticket Claim: Clockwork Prince is 528 pages long and good for 1 ticket.
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Total Points: 90
Hannah MoTask 20.9 Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: author's initials in PROOFREADING
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Points this task: 20
5.5 Dec, Jan, Feb: read a book with 1 or 2 in page numberLost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries
Total points: 5
JUKKA5.3 - Sole Survivor
Book that is #1 in a series.
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North. #1 in The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
5.9 – Listmaker
Book published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 5.
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson. It was first published in 2015.
10.3.They're Old!
Book with main page genre History or Historical Fiction.
Northlanders, Vol. 1: Sven the Returned by Brian Wood has Historical Fiction.
10.6. More Following Through!
Book by an author that was new to me in 2016.
Red Sonja, Vol. 1: Queen of Plagues by Gail Simone. The author was new to me in 2016.
20.10 - Group Reads
Opposites Attract.
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain. My contribution to the thread is here. First published in 1881, it's also a Golden Oldie.
Points this post: 50
Big Books this post: 0
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Points: 110/1075
Total Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 11/60
Big Books Total: 0
Golden Oldies Total: 1
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 10.9 - Stories Say . . . - Legends and myths feature prominently when reading about the seven ancient wonders. Read a book with a main page genre of mythology.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
[POINTS]
This Post: 10
Total Points: 40
Books Read: 5
Completed Tasks: 5
Christine V5.9 - Listmaker
The Birds and Other Stories, first published in 1952.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
CYNBAXTER#10.05 – Noel!
Task: Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name
Book: The One Man by Andrew Gross
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 230 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Mod
I read Funny Girl by Nick Hornby. Nick is a variation of Nicholas.
10.3.They're Old!
I read Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X, with History as the 4th listed main page genre.
20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
I chose option 1 and read A Bone to Pick, with the word "bone" in the title (and, in addition, a skull on the cover!
)Points this post: 35
Total points: 245
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
Option One: Found on page 2 of list
Invisible Man
Claiming a big book
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Points in total:70
BB:1
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 4
Total Books read: 4
Readerboard Name: Kathy PTask 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Option 1: “The first age” ORE in Korea
Without You, There Is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea's ElitePoints this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Points in total: 90
BB:1
GO:0
Total Tasks completed: 5
Total Books read: 5
Post #9Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
OPTION 1 - Reader ratings
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 4.45 rating: 293 pages
Approved in Help Thread #59 for rating
OPTION 2 – Awards Season
All the Birds in the Sky Nominee in Fantasy: 320 pages
293+320=613 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:135
Books read:11
Tasks Done: 10
30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers RecommendA minimum of 600 pages is required for this task. You may satisfy this requirement by reading either 1 or 2 books. If you choose the 1 book option, it must have at least 600 pages, and must satisfy 2 of the listed criteria.
REQUIRED: In your post, specify whether you are using the 1 or 2 book option. In either case, you must specify which 2 options are satisfied by your choice(s).
1 book option
Lady Midnight 698 pgs
OPTION 1 - Reader ratings 4.49 approved in thread
OPTION 2 – Awards Season
REQUIRED – identify the category in which the book is nominated:
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2016)
Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
cumulative total 175+30 = 205
SCHATZIE5.1: The Ancients
---author's initials found in ANCIENT
Thin Air
by Ann Cleeves
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25.6: Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the City
option 1: author's initials in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS
Hell to Pay
by Garry Disher
option 5: author shares a name with given list
--my person: Richard Farris
The Warsaw Anagrams
by Richard Zimler
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30.2: SCHATZIE’S TASK: Pros & Cons
opt. 1: book from one of the given lists
my list: Best Happiness books.....my book: found on pg. 1
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
opt. 2: title with 3 of these vowels (a, i, o, u) in it, and no "e"
Aquarium
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30.5: Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
Book 1: "and" in title/subtitle
Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
Book 2: word from title above
Panic
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30.6: Ava Catherine’s Task: Travels
Book 4 option: fish on cover
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
--I listened to the audio. The first book link is to the PB (no mmpb) for page count - 304 pages
--the cover link is to the audio version I listened to.
Book 5 option: HF mpg
Homegoing
--I listened to the audio. The above book link is to the PB (no mmpb) for page count - 305 pages.
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Points this Post: 120
Challenge TOTAL: 725
CHANDNI15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
Option 2, Read ONE book that fulfills both option 1 Book A and Book B.
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
This is on page 3 of the list.
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 160
Books Read: 10
Completed Tasks: 7
Elizabeth PTask 20.9 - Celebrating Proofreading
Option Three: Main page genre of Christmas and/or Holiday, stand alone or embedded
Maybe This Christmas by Sarah Morgan
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 145
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 13
trishhartuk30.8 Sandy’s task: Old and Awesome
Book 1: Read a book that has the word “ancient” or one of these synonyms in its title/subtitle: OLD, past, early, antique, archaic, bygone.
arsenic and OLD books, Miranda James (291pg)
Book 2: Read a book that has the word “wonder” or one of these synonyms in its title/subtitle: surprise, awe, sight, marvel, QUESTION, ponder.
a QUESTION of inheritance, Elizabeth Edmondson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (271pg)
Total pages: 291+271 = 562pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 325
Tasks Completed: 17
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
Terri UK5.4 Best Laid Plans
I completed task 15.9 from the Fall challenge and read What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi which appears in the Most Anticipated Fiction First Half 2016, in March
Points this task: 5
Total points: 95
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
Terri UK20.5 Bigger is Better
Option 2: Read a short story collection
The Isle of Youth: Stories by Laura van den Berg
Points this task: 20
Total points: 115
Big Books: 1
Golden Oldies: 1
lesliesoup5.5 - December, January, February
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
pages:320
this task:5 points
total points: 105 points
Elizabeth B5.8
long in the title
The Long Goodbye
25.6
Option 1: all author's initials in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory (diriGE)
Option 2: genre Historical Fiction, set in London (appears on the blurb) Thief, e-book only, approved for length on line 2732 of the spreasheet
Points: 30
Total Points: 285+30=315
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5.3 - Sole Survivor
The Apple Orchard - Susan Wiggs (Bela Vista Chronicles #1) 12/19
5.1 - The Ancients
Magic Binds - Ilona Andrews (AncIent) 12/28
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option 1: Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans - Denise Grover Swank 12/28
(2-I's, 3-E's)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 110
BIG BOOKS: 500+: (0), 750+: (0); 1000+: (0)