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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Kait5.7 - Long, Long Ago
A book from the list of Popular Ancient Books.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling -- On page 34 of the Popular Ancient Books shelf; IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14.0
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 115
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Jonquil15.9 - It's Summer Somewhere
"Summer" in the title
A Demon Summer
G.M. Malliet
Hardcover, 400 pages 12/31
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Books posted: 31
Tasks complete: 29
Pages this post: 400
Total pages as of this post: 9526
KATIEGIRL10.10 - Got Your Lottery Ticket?
A book by or about Shirley Jackson or with Horror as a main page genre.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Total tasks: 14
BB total: 1
GO total: 1
Blueberry30.6 Ava Catherine’s Task: Travels
opt 2: Read a book with the main page genre western.
The Cold Dish
opt. 5: Read a book with the main page genre historical fiction or history.
The Tie That Binds
pts: 30
Total pts: 105
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20.7. Shorter is Sweeter
Option 1. Read a book that has 2 “I”s AND 2 “E”s in the title/subtitle
I read Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng. "EvErythIng I never told you"
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.9 Moderator's pet
Option 1 Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word PROOFREADING.
I read Wideacre by Philippa Gregory. Authors initials found in: ProofreadinG. I would like to claim 1 Big Book ticket as this book has 624 pages.
Points: 20
Big Book: Yes (1)
Golden Oldie: No
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Stats for this post.
Points: 40
Big Book: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
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Total stats for Winter 2016 - 2017.
Points: 185
Big Books: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Alexxy15. 9 Read a book from this list: Summer Beach Reads.
We Were Liars, page one
Points this post: 15
Points Total: 50
Shiraloo5.1 – The Ancients
Appealed by Emma Chase
10.5 – Noel!
The Martian by Andy Weir
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 50
BBT: 0
GO: 0
Creynard30.2: SCHATZIE’S TASK: Pros & Cons
Book 1 PROS: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
#2 on GR "Best Happiness Books".
Book 2 CONS: Midnight Soul
A, I, O and no E in title.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315
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Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 27
** READERBOARD NAME DENISE M **Task 15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day - Valentine’s Day may be a time for sharing your love with someone else, but February 13 is all about you. Celebrate self-love and healthy self esteem on 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.
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
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.
You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 6
Milena15.10 - The Plane! The Plane!
Read a book with an aircraft on the cover.
by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySince it was first published in 1930 I claim a Golden Oldies ticket.
Total points: 45
Points this task: 15
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Big Books Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 2
DIANA K10.4. Fire and Ice Read a book with all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle/author name.
Sugarloaf: The Mountain's History, Geology, and Natural Lore the Mountain's History, Geology, and Natural Lore
10.7. Rollin on the River Read a book with Food as a main page genre
Marbled, Swirled, and Layered: 150 Recipes and Variations for Artful Bars, Cookies, Pies, Cakes, and More
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.
Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do about It
Point this Post: 35
Total Points: 55
Tasks Complete : 4
20.1 - Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the CaribbeanOption 1 - Author's initials in CARIBBEAN
The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell Initials B C
Points = 20
Total Points = 80
SarahBRTask 20.9. Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task:Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1:
Stone Coldby Olivia Rigal Olivia Rigal's initials OR are in pROofreading
30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders
Option 1:Spirit Bound byRichelle Mead 5 Letters found in Construction.
S in Spirit
T in Spirit
O in Bound
N in Bound
R in Spirit.
This book was a reread for me
Option 2: DC Comics Covergirls
by Louise Simonson has History listed as a main page genre. This was a new book to me.
Points this post:50
Total points: 295
Books posted: 20
Tasks complete: 15
Pages this post:208+489+122
Total pages as of this post:5531
Big Book Tickets:2
Golden Oldies:1
15.2 - Celebrity Eye-rollRead a book with “night” found intact in a word in the book’s title, subtitle, series title or author’s name.
The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming
Claiming The Midnight Queen as Golden Oldie as it was published in 1876
Book 2: Read a book with “time” found intact in a word in the book’s title, subtitle, series title or author’s name.
Golden by Cameron Dokey--12/7/16*****
Time is found in the series' title
Total Points-175/1075
Completed Tasks-11/60
GO Books (2)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Ava Catherine5.1 The Ancients
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ANCIENT.
Icy Clutches by Aaron Elkins
5.2 Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of an ancient wonder: Egypt, Iraq, Greece, Turkey.
The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran set in Egypt
5.3 Sole Survivor
Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
Fellowship of Fear(Gideon Oliver #1) by Aaron Elkins
5.4 Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10, or 15 point tasks.
2016 5.2 task: Cotton: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these top 5 cotton producing US states: Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina or top five cotton producing countries.
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
Set in Mississippi, USA.
5.5 December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
391 pages
5.6 Jolly Old St Nicholas
Read a book written by an author named "Nicholas" or any of the related names. (Colette)
My Mother's House & Sido by Colette
5.8 Full Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names uses by various tribes to describe the winter season's moons. (wolf)
Wolf: The Lives of Jack London by James L. Haley
5.9 Listmaker
Read a book that was first published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 5.
The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham first published in 1952
total=40
Ava Catherine5.7 Long, Long Ago
Read a book from this list of Popular Ancient Books.
The Oresteia by Aeschylus
(from page 1 of Popular Ancient Books)
total=45
Ava Catherine10.1 Let's Follow Up
Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommends listopia.
Tender is the Nightby F. Scott Fitzgerald
10.2 Ring, Sing, Bling?
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in "ing."
Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath by Kate Moses
10.3 They're Old!
Read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main p btage genre.
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Historical Fiction main page users 636
10.5 Noel!
Read a book with no "L" in the title/subtitle and no "L" in the author name.
About Grace by Anthony Doerr
total=85
Kim ATask 15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth - Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy”
Cruel Crown by Victoria Aveyard
Points This Post - 15
Total Points - 50
Post #1030.3 - Daphne's Task: Atlas Obscura
1) For this option, read a book with one of 55 words for snow in the title or subtitle. This list is from FIFTY-FIVE ENGLISH WORDS FOR SNOW.
Water Bound 480 pages
WATER= melted snow
4) Grave Dance 371 pages
Approved in Help Thread #26
480 + 371 = 851 pages
Points this post:30
Total Points:165
Books read:13
Tasks Done: 11
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: January 1, 2017
Task 25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
Option 1:
Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea (Cruise is the word) - read 12/23/16
Option 2:
The Big Four
Hercule Poirot #5 - read 1/1/17
Originally published in 1927, claiming one GO ticket
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 150
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 0
Didi30235.3 - Sole Survivor
Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
Murphy's Law by Rhys Bowen
Current Post
Points: 5
Cumulative
Total Points: 5
Julia10315.6 - Multilingual
The Draper's Daughter
My native language is English. This was originally published in German.
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option 1: Fire on the Mountain (I in fIre, mountaIn, E in firE, thE)
This post: 35 points
Total points: 170
Total BB: 2
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 14
Didi30235.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. Task 15.1 Seasonal Words: Read a book with one of the words for spring in its title. Spring Descriptive Words (Butterfly).
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
Current Post
Points: 5
Cumulative
Total Points: 10
Didi30235.7 - Long, Long Ago
Read a book from this list of Popular Ancient Books
Page 1
The Histories by Herodotus
Current Post
Points: 5
Cumulative
Total Points: 15
Didi30235.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman
Current Post
Points: 5
Cumulative
Total Points: 20
Didi302310.1. Let's Follow Up
Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Current Post
Points: 10
Cumulative
Total Points: 30
BELLAGBEAR:task 10.2: Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth
>points: 10
task 15.5: Batman: Hush. with the B of bingo
>points 15
task 20.3, option C: Duizend schitterende zonnen published in 2007 and 396 pages which is more than 300.
>points 20
>task 20.4, option 1:
This book is also 554 pages, so I claim a big book ticket
>points: 20
>bb ticket: 1
>task 30.7
book 1: Es geschah an der Mauer / It Happened at the Wall. A book with essays about the fall of the Berlin wall, in Berlin Germany. Also confirmed in message 30 in the help threat.
book 2: Doctor Who: City of Death. the setting, Paris is indicated on the goodreads page.
>points: 30
TOTAL:
Points:95
BB tickets: 1
Didi302310.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.”
The Hanging by Lotte Hammer
Current Post
Points: 10
Cumulative
Total Points: 40
Didi302315.6 - Multilingual
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
I speak English and this book was originally published in Swedish and then translated to English
The American Girl by Monika Fagerholm
Current Post
Points: 15
Cumulative
Total Points: 55
5.1 - The AncientsHeartwarming Duo/Secret Santa/Homespun Christmas by Cynthia Reese & Aimee Thurlo
ebook approval post
one author's initials, Aimee Thurlo can be found in AncienT
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER (552 pages)
5.3 - Sole Survivor
Five Weeks in a Balloon (Extraordinary Voyages #1) by Jules Verne
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES (pub. 1863)
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word PROOFREADING.
Bouvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert
Author's initials, GF can be found in prooFreadinG
1 x GOLDEN OLDIES (pub. 1881)
Total this Post: 30
Golden Oldies: 4
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 200
Didi302320.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 1: Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David SedarisCurrent Post
Points: 20
Cumulative
Total Points: 75
Didi302320.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option Two: To study or not to study? Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre science or health.
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
Current Post
Points: 20
Cumulative
Total Points: 95
Didi302325.2 - Perletwo's Task: Timeless: Leonard & Leon
Book 1. Read a book with one of these words in the title/subtitle: Beauty:Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
Book 2. Read a book about space travel.
The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
Current Post
Points: 25
Cumulative
Total Points: 120
Didi302325.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
Option 2: Read a book that is #5 or #10 in a series.
The Golden Calf by Helene Tursten
Option 4: Read a book with the main page genre Humor or Funny.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Current Post
Points: 25
Cumulative
Total Points: 145
Didi32325.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
Option 1: The Christmas Season For this option read a book by an author whose first and last initals can be found in CHRISTMAS CARDS.
The Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten
Option 3: January Birthdays For this option read a book with a main page genre of history, historical fiction, romance, young adult, fantasy or science fiction.
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa TahirIL: UG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 19.0
Current Post
Points: 25
Cumulative
Total Points: 170
Kim ATask 10.5. Noel! - Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 60
Andy P.Task # 5.9 - Listmaker
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5
by Naomi Hirahara First published in 2005Points this post: 5
Total points: 160
10.2 - Ring, Sing, BlingGrief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
20.1 - Christmas in the Caribbean
Option 1: A book by an author whose initials are in CARIBBEAN.
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
25.8 - Backwards Alphabet Code
Book 1 - Ignoring the articles, read a book whose title begins with a letter in the left-hand column.
Miss Jane by Brad Watson
Book 2 - Read a book whose title begins with the letter in the right-hand column that corresponds to the letter you selected from the left-hand.
The Nix by Nathan Hill
Points This Post: 55
Total Points: 55
Scooter&Siam10.4 All Letters of Fire and Ice in title and author name
Read Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
Points: 10
Total: 95
Task 5.6 - Jolly Old St NicholasRead a book written by an author named “Nicholas” or any of the related names
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon - 12/31/16****
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 90
Task 10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?Read a book with the main page genre Horror
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - 12/27/16***
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 100
Task Task 30.5 - Dlmrose's TaskBook 1: Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains an “and”
Now and Forever by Mary Connealy - 12/29/16***
Book 2: read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and”
Forever Princess by Meg Cabot - 12/13/16****
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 130
Jonquil15.10 - The Plane! The Plane!
aircraft* on the cover
*it's just below "OF" and above "WS" it's had to see in the thumbnail
Night of Shadows
Marilyn Haddrill
Hardcover, 192 pages 1/1
Points this post: 15
Total points: 300
Books posted: 32
Tasks complete: 30
Pages this post: 192
Total pages as of this post: 9718
Dakimel5.3 - Sole Survivor
Bad Idea
10.5. Noel!
The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
2 - The Mothers by Brit Bennett (author's initials)
25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
1: Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan
3: LaRose
TALLY:
This post - 60 points
Total - 215
Ava Catherine10.4 Fire and Ice
Read a book with all letters of FIRE and ICE found in the book's title/subtitle/author name.
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
F= in Defoe
i = in Daniel
r = in Crusoe
e = in Crusoe
I = in Robinson
c= in Crusoe
e= in Daniel
10.6 More Following Through!
Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016 (including December).
Old Bones by Aaron Elkins
Aaron Elkins was a new author for me in 2016.
10.10 Got Your Lottery Ticket?
Read a book about Shirley Jackson, a book by shirley Jackson, or a book with the main page genre Horror.
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
total=115
Ava Catherine10.7 Rollin on the River
Read a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre.
Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir by Padma Lakshmi Food and Drink>Food main page genre 45 users
10.8 On the Coast
Read a book set at least 50% none of the listed countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea. (Spain)
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
set in Spain
total=135
5.3 - Sole SurvivorA book that is #1 in a series: Larkspur Cove by Lisa Wingate (Moses Lake #1)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 100
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15.3 Her Declaration of Independence
One book option
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
This book is currently at the bottom of page 1 of Popular Feminism Books
The author's initials (MA) are found in MAry wollstonecraft.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The mass market paperback has 246 pages.
15.6 Multilingual
The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel by Nina George
This book was originally written in German. (Yeah, I though it was French too, but see here.) My native language is English.
15.7 Tales of Middle-earth
Main page genre is Fantasy
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
This book was originally published in 1937. Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket.
20.2 Fun and Games
Option 2: Author's first and last name start with the same letter
Mata Hari's Last Dance by Michelle Moran
20.5 The Long and the Short of It
option 2: Collection of short stories
Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
The book is made up of three short stories.
30.1 Good Things Come in Pairs
Option 1a: First in a series
The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott
This is #1 in the Book Collector Mystery Series
Option 1b: 2nd in the same series
The Sayers Swindle by Victoria Abbott
This is #2 in the Book Collector Mystery Series
Points for this post: 15 + 15 + 15 + 20 +20 + 30 = 115
Total points: 115
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Golden Oldies: 1
Big books: 500=0, 750=0, 1,000=0