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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Lesliesoup15.08 Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
this post 15 points
total: 145
5.4 - Best Laid PlansDidn't quite finish last time? Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. You may not use Task 5.10 or 15.2 option A. You may use a single book A or B option from tasks 15.1, 15.2B, 15.3, 15.4.
I used 5.4 - Flowers - Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in the 4th wedding anniversary flower CRANESBILL GERANIUM.
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
10.3.They're Old!
In honor of ancient wonders, read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II by Stephen Budiansky
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Laurajay20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1-
Robert Galbraith - R & G from proofreading.
The Cuckoo's Calling
Current post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 80
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Total books read: 5
Kristi COTask 25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
Option 3: historical fiction
The Nix by Nathan Hill
Option 5: snow on cover
by Daniel WoodrellPoints this post: 25
Total points: 200
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 12
Big Books: 500=0, 750=1, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Nick KY10.4 Fire and Ice
I read Night of the White Buffalo by Margaret Coel
F in buFfalo
I in nIght
RE in maRgarEt
I in whIte
CE in CoEl
10.9 Stories Say...
I read Native American Mythology A To Z by Patricia Ann Lynch, with "Mythology" as a GR genre.
15.9 It's Summer Somewhere
I read Summer of the Drums by T.V. Olsen, with "Summer" in the title.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 405
Ava CatherineTask 30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
Book 1: The Medici Giraffe and Other Tales of Exotic Animals and Power by Marina Belozerskaya
Book 2: Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote (transition word=other)
total=900
Elizabeth PTask 15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book One: Book with "I" in the title
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls by Lauren Graham
Book Two: An autobiography or memoir
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 250
Total Tasks: 18
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 21
Ava Catherine30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Travels
Book 2: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Read a book with main page genre western.
The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart western main page users 17
Book 3: Book 3: Key West, Florida
Read a classic.
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
779 classics main page users
total=930
Pam L.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Task #5.3 Sole Survivor 5 points
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
This title is #1 in the Harry Potter series.
http://www.arbookfind.com/default.aspx
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 26759 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Book Rating Rating: 3.5
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Book #1
Ava Catherine30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders
Book 1:Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle.
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (This book is new to me.)
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: letters from "construction"
2 O
1 N
1 T
1 R
1 U
1 I
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King history main page genre users 490
(This book is a re-read for me.)
total=960
loafer10.9. Stories Say..............
Read a book with a main page genre of mythology.
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
points: 10
total: 240
BB: 5
GO: 4
tasks completed: 15
Andy P.Task # 15.9 - It's Summer Somewhere
Read a book with the word summer in the title
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
Points this post: 15
Total points: 345
Ava Catherine30.8 - Sandy's Task: Old and Awesome
books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages
Book 1: Read a book that has the word “ancient” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “ancient” in its title/subtitle: old, past, early, antique, archaic, bygone.
(synonym used=old)
An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch
304 pages
Book 2: Book 2: Read a book that has the word “wonder” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “wonder” in its title/subtitle: surprise, awe, sight, marvel, question, ponder.
(title word used=wonder)
Small Wonder by Barbara Kingsolver
288 pages
304+288=592 total pages
total=990
Ava Catherine5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Read a book of your choice.
The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian
total=995
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15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
The Fortunes of Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
NAC in Captain, H in the, O's in of, blood
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
option 1, NP in ProofreadiNg, Burning Bright by Nicholas Petrie
25.6 - Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the City
option 1, initials RS in Dirige Nos: The Black Mountain by Rex Stout
option 4, Fantasy/SF in London pg 1, #2: Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch
total = 705
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationRead a book set at least 50% in a location of an ancient wonder: Egypt, Iraq, Greece, Turkey.
Required: If the setting is not evident on the book's main page include a reference or quote from the book when you post.
Spellbound in His Arms (Greece) From the GR main page:
From the moment investigative reporter Jackie Alexander steps foot inside the mansion dominating the Demiris estate on the beautiful Greek island of Corfu, her suspicions are on high alert.
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.” No variations allowed.
Missing, Presumed
20.1. Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
This is a ONE book task.
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.
Whiskey Island Emilie Richards
Points this post: 35
Total points: 125
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
Pam L.Task #5.3 Sole Survivor 5 points
Read a book that is #1 in a series.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
This title is #1 in the Harry Potter series.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Rowling, J.K.
AR Quiz No. 26759 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Book Rating Rating: 3.5
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Book #1
Kim ATask 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
Book 1 - Reader Ratings - Read a book with an average GR rating above 4.24
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
*Ave Rating = 4.4
Book 2 - Awards Season - Read a book that features as a winner or nominee on the GR choice awards for 2016
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
*Mystery/Thriller Nominee
Points This Post - 30
Total Points - 160
Task 10.2 – Ring, Sing, Bling?Title word ending in “ing”
The Wedding Dress: Stories From the Dakota Plains
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Task 30.6 – Ava Catherine – Travels
Required - Total pages 500+ - 384 + 416 = 800 pg
Option 1 – Nags Head NC - Airplane on cover
(upper left corner in BLUE) 384 pgOption 2 – Jackson Hole WY – main page genre WESTERN
A Big Sky Christmas - 416 pg
GENRE verified
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This Post: 40 points
Total points to date: 170 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (0) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 0
BARBARA ★10.9 - Stories Say..............
The Immortals of Meluha - Amish Tripathi (MPG mythology) 1/15
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20.3 - Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C: Crow Lake - Mary Lawson (324 pages, pub 2007) 1/15
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 325
MegSCL20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 2 - (other forms: English) Jackson
The Opposite of Everyone
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 165
BB tickets: 11
Laurah3025.10 – 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. Madeleine Thien
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Option 4: February 1st – My birthday
For this option read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of self-improvement, fitness, nutrition, mental health, education, spiritual, or religion. Genres may be embedded.
Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads
15.10 - The Plane! The Plane!Read a book with an aircraft* on the cover.
PrudenceThis book has a dirigible in the upper left corner.
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 85
Books Read: 9
Total Challenges: 9
Pamela326520.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: The Texan's Second Chance by Allie Pleiter
30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Option 1
Book 1: The Rancher's Family Wish by Lois Richer - Wranglers Ranch #1
Book 2: Her Christmas Family Wish by Lois Richer - Wranglers Ranch #2
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 255
Golden Oldie books this post: 0
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
Big Books - 500+: 1
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Kristen IA15.5 - 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.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
I read the ebook, but have linked to the PB edition
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 140/1075
Total Tasks: 9/60
GO: 0
BB: 0
5.10 - Your Own 8th WonderFuzzy Navel by J.A. Konrath
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 20/1075
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before ChristmasOption One --- The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Post Points: 20
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 3
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: January 15, 2017
Task 30.9 - 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 - that is, your title/subtitle will work for "7 letters" if it contains C, O, N, T twice, since those letters appear twice in the word CONSTRUCTION.
Scarborough Fair
1 C
2 O
1 S
1 R
1 U
1 I
2. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
Genetic Engineering: Modern Progress or Future Peril? read 1/15/17 (re-read)
Total points this post: 30
Total points to date: 340
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 1
TessaVanessaChallenge 25.6
Option 1: Book with Author's initials in the words DOMINE DIRIGE NOS. Book is The First Wife by Erica Spindler The First Wife
Option 5: Option 5: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of those commemorated. The name must match exactly, but can be in any position.
Book is Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger. Ordinary GraceWilliam is from the list matching William Godrun.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 65
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
TessaVanessaChallenge 30.9
Option 1: Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle.
Trapped in Hitler's Hell: A Young Jewish Girl Discovers the Messiah's Faithfulness in the Midst of the HolocaustTrapped in Hitler's Hell: A Young Jewish Girl Discovers the Messiah's Faithfulness in the Midst of the Holocaust
Option 2: Option 2: Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
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
trishhartuk15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
Read a book where ALL the letters N A H C O O O (3 Os) are found in any combination of title, subtitle and author’s name.
tHe CApital Of latecOmers, Nina nenOva
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 25
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
15.6 - MultilingualHelp Thread
February 21 is International Mother Language Day, a day that promotes awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. 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.
Required: In your post, state your native language and the original language of the book.
I read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry. I am a native English speaker. This book was first written in Swedish.
Points: 170
LAVENDER25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
Option 3: January Birthdays- Read a book with a main page genre of history, historical fiction, romance, young adult, fantasy or science fiction.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Main Page Genres include both Young Adult and Fantasy
AR BookFinder (just in case) - IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 18.0
AND
Option 4: February 1st – My birthday - read a nonfiction book with a main page genre of self-improvement, fitness, nutrition, mental health, education, spiritual, or religion.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Main Page Genres include Nonfiction, Religion > Buddhism, Spirituality and Religion
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 235
Tasks Completed: 12
Books Read: 15
Shannon South Africa15.7 Tales of Middle-Earth
Main page genre Fantasy
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde is a GR author
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 120
GR authors: 4
TessaVanessa30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs Option 3
Option Three:
Read a book with only black text on the cover. The Goldfinch
Read a book with only white text on the cover
All Dressed in White
CHALLENGE 10.5 Noel!
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Never Never by James PattersonNever Never
Points this post: 40
Total points: 105
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
Creynard25.2 - Perletwo's Task: Timeless: Leonard & Leon
Book 1: Moonlight on Nightingale Way by Samantha Young
"Moonlight" is my word.
Book 2: Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Set on a space ship either headed to a new planet, or back to earth.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 435
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Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 32
Kim ATask 30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Book One - Read a book that is 1st in a series
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Book Two - Read the 2nd book in the same series as book one
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Points This Post - 30
Total Points - 190
20.3 - Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of TimesOption B (Massachusetts): I read Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date: 200 points
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun and GamesOption 1: Cards
The Queen Jade: A Novel by Yxta Maya Murray -12/19/16
20.3 - Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C: Lucky Seven
The Book and the Brotherhood by Iris Murdoch - 1/17/16
First published in 1987.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 60
Kim ATask 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas - Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover or one of these words in the title or subtitle
The Infects by Sean Beaudoin
*Skull on cover
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 210
Mary P10.3.They're Old!
Read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
The Autumn Throne by Elizabeth Chadwick.
The Autumn Throne is a Big Book ( 512 pgs ). Claiming 1 BB Ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Big Book Tickets: 1
Brittany G.10.6- More Following Through
Book read: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Author was a first for me in 2016 with Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Total points this challenge: 115
LAUREN JODI15.5 - B-I-N-G-O
Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb
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Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 195/1075
Total Books Read: 16
Tasks Completed: 12/60
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: January 16, 2017
Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
Two book option
OPTION 3 Birthday Bests
Born in the 1960s, page 1 - Best Books by Decades https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/by...
In Cold Blood - 343 pages
OPTION 5 Reading Through Your Ears
A Short History of Nearly Everything - read 1/1/17 - 544 pages
Claiming one BB ticket
Task 30.9 - 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 - that is, your title/subtitle will work for "7 letters" if it contains C, O, N, T twice, since those letters appear twice in the word CONSTRUCTION.
Scarborough Fair - new book
1 C
2 O
1 S
1 R
1 U
1 I
2. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
Genetic Engineering: Modern Progress or Future Peril? read 1/15/17 (re-read)
Total points this post: 60
Total points to date: 340
GO Tickets: 3
BB Tickets: 1
Elizabeth PTask 30.1 - Good Things Come in Pairs
Option One A: First book in a series
Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan
Option One B: Second book in same series
Sunset in Central Park by Sarah Morgan
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 280
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 23
BellaGBearTask 10.7: Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
>10 points
Task 10.9: God Is Dead, Volume 1 (verified in the help-threat: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
>10 points
task 15.7: God Is Dead, Volume 2
> 15 points
Task 15.9: This One Summer
>15 points
task 25.1:
book 1 Men at Arms written by Terry Pratchett the book has 378 pages
book 2: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close which is 326 pages so together >500 pages
>25 points
Total points post: 65
Total points challenge: 250
Cait S10.3- They're Old!
Read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 10
Total Points: 165
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5.9 - Listmaker:
Read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5:
Inheritance by Charlaine Harris.
First published 2015.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 190
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