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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth: Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy” Misspelled
Verification here
Points this post 15
Total points 185
Big Book Ticket 1
Delicious Dee5.5 - December, January, February
Promises in Death - 342 in the page count
Total this post: 5
Total overall: 360
trishhartuk30.9 Catherine T’s task: Construction Wonders
1. Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle. You do not need to find 7 different letters
mURder ON The OrIeNT expreSs, Agatha Christie
2xO, 2xN, 1xS, 2xT, 1xR, 1xU, 1xI
This is my re-read - I first read it back in 2004, and now with a new movie in the works, directed by Kenneth Branagh no less…
Golden oldie: First published in 1934
2. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks Emma Marriott
History 43 users, History > World History 4 users
This is my new book
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie: Yes – Murder on the Orient Express was first published in 1934
Big Book: No
Total Points: 365
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
CHRISTINA PA10.5 Noel!
The Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Sarah E5.5 - December, January, February
The World's Best Computer Jokes
92 pages
This is my one 80-99 page book allowed for one 5 point task.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 35
Kim ATask 5.5 - December, January, February - Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2
Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich
*288 pages
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 75
20.10 - Group ReadsHomegoing
Comment #11 in discussion thread
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 5
20.1 Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the CaribbeanThis is a ONE book task. Please choose from the options below. REQUIRED: Indicate in your post the option you chose.
Option 1 - Read a book whose author's initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN. Letters may be used as often as they appear in the phrase. Middle initials may be used or ignored.
Brian D. BiroInitials B B
Cumulative Total 205+20 = 225
KATRINAT5.9 Read a book published with a year which contains the number 2
The Tidal Zone, Sarah Moss
Published in 2016
Points this post: 5
Total points: 70
GO:1
BB:
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 7
Sarah ETask 30.7 - Jonquil’s Task: Dreams are made of this
Book 1: Over 80% set in London, UK
Fresh Doubt
From the GR description: "Ingrid discovers a sinister extremist group operating out of Faber's London college"
Book 2: Over 80% set in Paris, France
No and Me
I read the kindle edition, MMPB is No et moi
Points this post: 30
Total points: 65
Task 25.11 - Wayne's Task: A Festivus for the Rest of Us!Option 1 - Read a book whose author's initials are JS, GC, EB, CK, or FC.
Light Years by James Salter– 308 pages - Initials are JS
Option 4 - Read a book from one of these two lists: Books with Strong Women Characters
Page 3 – The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8.0 – 278 pages
Total page count = 586 pages
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Oldie: 0
Big Book: 0
Total Points: 25
Tasks Completed: 1
Total Books Read: 2
Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Luara10.5 Noel no L in the title or author name
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb
Points
this post: 10
total: 190
Rockynook5.3 - Sole Survivor (1st in series)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
Total Points: 5
Kathryn CA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option One: I or Eye? - Read a book that has 2 “I”s AND 2 “E”s in the title/subtitle - more than 2 of both/either are okay
Win, Lose or Die by Diane Hoh
wIn losE or dIE
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 70/1075
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (1), 750+: (0), 1000+: (0)
Total GO Tickets: 0
Books Read: 7
Tasks Completed: 5
Rockynook5.5 - December, January, February
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 - John Tiffany
320 pages
Total Points: 10
Rockynook10.10 - Got Your Lottery Ticket (horror main genre)
'Salem's Lot - Stephen King
Total points: 20
Andy P.Task # 15.2 - Celebrity Eye-roll
Book 1: Read a book with “night” found intact in a word in the book’s title.
The Longest Night by Andria Williams
Book 2: Read a book with “time” found intact in a word in the book’s title, Nighttime is my Time byMary Higgins Clark
Points this post: 15
Total points: 230
Andy P.Task # 15.4 - To Tell the Truth
One book option
Read a book with a question mark "? and and is a non-fiction book.
by Mindy Kaling non fiction (1809 users)Points this post: 15
Total points: 245
Kathryn CA15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO. All words must be considered including articles.
No Man's LandWin, Lose or Die by Diane Hoh by David Baldacci
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 85/1075
BB Tickets This Post: 0
Total BB Tickets: 500+: (1), 750+: (0), 1000+: (0)
Total GO Tickets: 0
Books Read: 8
Tasks Completed: 6
Mod
10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?
horror genre: Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith
20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C, first published in 2017, 304 pages The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Travels
Option 3, classics genre: The Third Man by Graham Greene, 160 pages
Option 5, historical fiction genre: Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron, 365 pages
160 + 365 = 525
total = 520
Mod
I read The Whole Town's Talking, with the word "talking" ending in "ing."
15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
I chose the one book option, and read Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit. The book is found on p. 1 (currently 5th book on list) of the Popular Feminism Books list, satisfying the first requirement.
The female author's initials, RS, are found in maRy wollStonecraft, satisfying the second requirement.
25.7 - Dakimel’s task: Podcast Recommendations
I read Ready Player One, listed on p. 1 of the I Don't Even Own a Television list. I listened to the audiobook, but the MMPB, Player One has 624 pages, so satisfies the page requirement for the one book option.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 340
Readerboard Name: Mary BethTask: 30.1 - Maya's Task: Good Things Come in Pairs
Option Chosen: Number One (Read books #1 & #2 in the same series.)
Book 1: Austenland by Shannon Hale
Book 2: Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale
Points this task: 30
Total Points: 45
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 5
Emsreviewsbooks10.5. Noel!
I read Frogs and Kisses by Shanna Swendson.
This post: 10
Total: 130
Read: 10
Finished: 8
CYNBAXTER#10.08 – On the Coast
Task: Read a book set at least 50% in a country with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea
Book: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters - Egypt
Points this post: 10 points
Total points to date = 300 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 2
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
20.3 Option D: From rejected authors who found success list
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 140/1075
Tasks completed: 10/60
Books Read: 10
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Cait S25.10- Tis The Season
Book #1- Option 1
Read a book by an author whose first and last initials can be found in CHRISTMAS CARDS.
Vibes by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Book #2- Option 3
For this option read a book with a main page genre of history, historical fiction, romance, young adult, fantasy or science fiction.
Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
Points This Post: 25
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 7
Total Points: 115
Readerboard Name: BrennaTask 20.1
Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN
I read: Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Points this post: 20
Points Total: 60
Tasks completed: 4
15.1 - Madly in Love With Me DayBook 1 - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list: me, myself, I, my, mine.
Mirror of My Soul pb 356 pgs
Book 2 - Read an autobiography or memoir- a nonfiction account of the author's own life or experiences.
The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
Cumulative Total 225+15 = 240
10.6. More Following Through! - Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016.Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames - 1/05/17 - New to me author - first read in November 2016.
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 425
Task 20.5. The Long and Short of ItOption 2:Read a book that is a collection of short stories or essays.
Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (2015) by Hadley Freeman (Paperback, 339 pages) [791.4309]
120 + 20 = 140
Tasks Completed: 08
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 120 + 20 = 140
Books read: 09
Pages read: 2,277
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 02
Golden Oldies: 01
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
SCHATZIE5.7: Long, Long Ago
---book from given list
The Song of Achilles
--found on page 2 of list
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5.10: Your Own 8th Wonder
---book of choice
Nine Women, One Dress
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Points this Post: 10
Challenge Total: 1025
Kait5.9 - Listmaker
A book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5 such as 1952, 2005 or 2015.
Until Jax by Aurora Rose Reynolds -- First published on September 17th 2015; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Until Jax
Points This Post: 5
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 125
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Blueberry20.2 opt. 2 Read a book by an author with the same beginning letter for first & last name.
Lit Up: One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-four Books That Can Change Lives. by David Denby.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 125
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: January 6, 2017
30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Option One:
A: Odd Thomas
AND
B: Forever Odd
Points this post: 30
Points to date: 190
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 0
Jasmiina F5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas:
Read a book written by an author named “Nicholas” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name- Nicholas such as Nick, Colin, Nils, Nicole, Colette:
Avengers Standoff Volume 1 by Nick Spencer.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 175
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
5.5 - December, January, FebruaryThe Sellout by Paul Beatty
289 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Kate E. Dyer-Seeley
I read this book and really enjoyed this mystery. Tried to post cover but could not get it added to this post. This book is a mystery about extreme sports and the setting is Oregan.
10.7. Rollin on the RiverI read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, which has "food" as a genre on its main page.
Points: 150
Books read: 14
tasks completed: 11
tasks in progress: 1
GO: 2
pages read: 4136
hoodoomends30.6 - Travels
(book 1 + book 2 = at least 500 pages)
• Option 3: main page genre classic(s).
A Redoma de Vidro by Sylvia Plath (★★)
The book has 274 pages.
• Option 4: a fish on the cover.
O Salmão da Dúvida by Douglas Adams (★★★★) The book has 304 pages.
(book 1 + book 2 = 578 pages)
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Points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 120
GO: 1
BB: -
Readerboard Name - LaureY15.8 - 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.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carre
Points this post: 15
Total points: 175
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
Nick KY10.5 No El I read Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, no “L” in the title or the author’s name.
10.7 Rollin on the River I read We Are the Weather Makers: The History of Climate Change by Tim Flannery and Sally M. Walker, with “Environment” as a GR genre.
10.8 On the Coast I read Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will by William Shakespeare; the setting is Illyria, roughly modern day Croatia: http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/twe...
(Through the strangest of unintended coincidences, I am posting this on Twelfth Night. The Fickle Finger of Fate.)
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 340
Fiona (Titch)5.8 - Full Moon
Native American tribes kept track of time by observing the lunar months
White Is the Coldest Colour - John Nicholl Coldest (Help Thread message #10)
Points this post: 5
Total points so far: 40/1075
Tasks completed: 4
Books read so far: 5
Elizabeth B10.2
Convinc-ing in th title
Convincing the Secretary, e-book only, approved for length at msg#5973
20.10
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York,
My post#18 in the book thread
Points this post: 30
Total 360+30=390
5.5 The number of pages as listed on Goodreads that include the numbers 1 or 2.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
201 pages
*Claiming GO ticket, pub 1915*
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 145/1075
Tasks completed: 11/60
Books Read: 11
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Kim ATask 25.8 - Beth F's Task: Backwards Alphabet Code
(1) M = Midnight Crossroad
(2) N = NYPD Red
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 100
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: January 6, 2017
Task 15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Blood Read: Publish And Be Dead read 1/6/17
e-version length verified post #5981
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 205
GO Tickets: 3
BB TIckets: 0
30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or thatRead 2 books, one book 1 and one book 2.
Book 1: Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains an “and” coordinating conjunction phrase: “[word] and [word]”. Ampersands “&” are considered “and” for this task.
Saddled and Spurred pb 324 pgs
Book 2: Using the “and” phrase from Book 1, read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and” as described below. Words must match exactly. Use the word immediately preceding the “and” OR Use the word following the “and”. If the word is an article (the, a, an) you must also use the word that follows the article.
Spurred pb 210 pgs
Cumulative Total 240+30 = 270
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10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.”
Everything Belongs to the Future by Laurie Penny
The word everything in the title ends in -ING.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 175
Books Read: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)