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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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20.6 -- Seasoned Reader OPTION 1: "The First Age" -- read a book with at least one of these 4 (wood, ore, brick, and stone) resources found intact.
The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
Cover: The Shack is made out of wood.
5.5 -- December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages that includes the number 1 or 2.
Freedom: My Book of Firsts by Jaycee Dugard
272 pages
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Readerboard Name - LaureY20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 1: Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover or one of these words in the title or subtitle.
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Points this post: 20
Total points: 275
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in PairsOne:
A: Fortress Britain
B: Mogadishu of the Dead
30.3 - Daphne's Task: Atlas Obscura
2. Kravice Waterfalls
394 pages6. Green Island Human Rights Culture Park
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity page 1 of the list
I listened to the audio, link to PB (no MMPB available) Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 288 pages
394 + 288 = 682 pages
Points this post: 60
Points total: 525
GO total: 2
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 33
Books read: 41
Luara20.6 Repos Production 7 Wonders
Option 2: glass in the title
The Glass House by Jan Alexander
Points
This post: 20
Total: 275
BARBARA ★5.5 - December, January, February
Daughter of the Blood - Ann Bishop (412 pages) 1/22
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10.2 - Ring, Sing, Bling?
Sword of the Rightful King - Jane Yolen 1/17
(IL=MG, BL=5.1, AR=10.0)
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 320
Jess Philly20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
For this task I chose option 1, and read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. It has 2 e's and 2 i's in the title.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
5.2 - Location, Location, LocationThe Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
Set in Egypt
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 512 pages
15.4 - To Tell the Truth
Option 2: Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Title contains ? as well as Who and What, AND the book is nonfiction
20.3 - Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C: What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America
This book was published in 2017
Points this post: 40
Total points: 95
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before ChristmasOption 2, a book by an author with a name related to Jack: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Behind the Name - Jack, see John in the listing under Full Forms and Biblical
Points this post: 20
Total points: 360
Laura NT20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
2. Dungeons & Dragons
Read a book by an author with the same beginning letter for first & last name
Inca Gold
by Clive Cussler
**Inca Gold is a Big Book (688 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Points this post: 20
BB tickets: 1
Total points: 20
Total BB tickets: 1
Jen UT20.4 - Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 2: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
IL: MG - BL: 7.0 - AR Pts: 12.0
Points this post: 20
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Total points: 145
5.9 - ListmakerRead a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains the numbers 2 AND 5 such as 1952, 2005 or 2015.
Manners & Mutiny Published 2015
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.” No variations allowed.
Something Rotten
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 105
Books Read: 12
Challenges completed: 12
Andy P.Task # 30.8 - Sandy's Task: Old and Awesome
Book 1: Read a book that has the word “ancient” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “ancient” in its title: old
by Thomas Perryold in title (352 p.)
Book 2: Read a book that has the word “wonder” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “wonder” in its title: Question
by Amanda Cross Question in title (224 p.)352 + 224= 576 p>500 p.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 465
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25.7 - Dakimel’s task: Podcast Recommendations
2 books
From Overdue Podcast pg 8: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, 422 pg
From I Don't Even Own a Television, pg 1: A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 202 pg
422 + 202 = 500+
30.3 - Daphne's Task: Atlas Obscura
option 1, snow- just plain snow in title: Palm Trees in the Snow by Luz Gabás
MMP: Palmeras en la nieve 734 pg
option 3, author born in Africa: Who Will Catch Us As We Fall by Iman Verjee Author Interview I was born in Nairobi , 400 pg
734 + 400 = 600+
30.9 - Catherine T's Task: Construction Wonders
new to me book: The Colonel's Mistake by Dan Mayland
PB: The Colonel's Mistake
C 1
O 2
N 1
S 1
T 2
I 1
reread, history genre: Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King
PB: Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
total = 950
Julia10310.3.They're Old!
Mercer Girls (genre: Historical Fiction)
Task 20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
Option 2: Arrival (short stories)
This post: 30 points
Total points: 305
Total BB: 4
Total GO: 2
Tasks completed: 21
10.5. Noel! Shadow of Victory by David Weber
This post: 10 points
Total points: 30 points
Tasks completed: 3
Kait20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
Option 2 - A book with either a two word title in which both words begin with the same letter, or by an author with the same beginning letter for first & last name.
Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep -- Tangled Threads
Points This Post: 20
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 180
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
20.5 -- Bigger is Better Option 1: Read a book from the first 5 pages of the Goodreads' list "Big Fat Books Worth the Effort."
From page 1, #66:
11/22/63 by Stephen King
***Claiming 2 Big Book tickets (750+) -- 849 pages***
Points this Post: 20
Big Books this Post: 2
Golden Oldies this Post: 0
Total Points: 115
Total Books Read: 9
Big Books Total: 2
Golden Oldies Total: 0
BEKKA - REPOST FROM 171620.1. Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Option 1 - For this task, I read “Murder on the Orient Express” by Agatha Christie, since the author’s initials are found in the word CARIBBEAN.
I forgot to claim a Golden Oldies Ticket - this book was first published in 1934.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 20
Total Points Earned to Date: 285
Pages Read this Challenge: 315
Total Pages Read to Date: 7017
Books Read this Challenge: 1
Total Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Post #2010.6. More Following Through!
Dengeki Daisy, Vol. 08
Points this post:10
Total Points:330
Books read:25
Tasks Done: 19
Kristen IA15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both option 1 Book A and Book B.
Read a book from this list of Popular Feminism Books. State the page of the list where your book is found
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.
Bossypants by Tina Fey (page 1 of the Popular Feminism Books list)
I listened to the audiobook, but have linked to the MMPB
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 175/1075
Total Tasks: 11/60
GO: 0
BB: 3
Readerboard Name: Kathy P30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Option 3
A. Black text
They May Not Mean To, But They Do
B. White text
We Are As Gods: Back to the Land in the 1970s on the Quest for a New AmericaPoints this post: 30
Books this post: 2
Totals
Points: 190
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 10
Total Books read: 11
Brooke TX5.2 - Location, Location, Location
Read a book set at least 50% in a location of an ancient wonder: Egypt, Iraq, Greece, Turkey.
20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Option 2: Read a book with at least one of these 3 resources found intact in the title/subtitle or featured on the cover: glass, paper and cloth.
25.5 - Sarah BR's Task: A Return to Stars Hollow
Option 1: Read a book off of the listopia for Rory's reading list. Number 288:
Option 3: Read a book with at least a 4 letter word from the song within the title/subtitle. With "earth":
Points
This Post: 50
Total Points: 425
Completed Tasks: 32
Books Read: 47
Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Choose one option from the three below and read one book for that option. Required when you post: State which option you chose . I chose Option 1: “The first age”
The resources are : wood, ore, brick and stone. Requirements: Read a book with at least one of these 4 resources found intact in the title/subtitle or featured on the cover.
REQUIRED: If you use the cover option, include the cover in your post and point out the item.
In the background there are temples and pyramids built of the resource stone.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125
Books read: 13
Challenges completed: 13
Repost to put in correct order.5.5 -- December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages that includes the number 1 or 2.
Freedom: My Book of Firsts by Jaycee Dugard
272 pages
20.6 -- Seasoned Reader
OPTION 1: "The First Age" -- read a book with at least one of these 4 (wood, ore, brick, and stone) resources found intact.
The Shack by Wm. Paul Young
Cover: The Shack is made out of wood.
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 95
Brave15.8 - 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.
Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple
My edition: 413 pages
First published: 1953
N in Distance
A in Distance
H in Dorothy
C in Distance
3 O's: 2 in Someone, 1 in Dorothy
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
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
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating ProofreadingOption 2:Read a book with a heterograph in the title/subtitle
Four: A Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth
Heterograph : Four from Heterographs II
Number on list : 22
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 2
500+: 2
750+: 0
1000+: 0
Sara ITA15.8 - 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.
Il piccolo libraio di Archangelsk by Georges Simenon
(audiobook - most popular edition has 176 pages)
N - Simenon (author)
A - Archangelsk
H - Archangelsk
C - Archangelsk
O - piccolo
O - piccolo
O - libraio
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 90
trishhartuk20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi’s Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 1: Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover or one of these words in the title or subtitle.
Stylised skull drawn in condensation on the glass – okayed in help thread message #21.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 565
Tasks Completed: 31
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
READ 60 15.3 Her Independence
Popular Feminism Books page 1 He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti
They May Not Mean To, But They Do by Cathleen Schine initials C and S
Task 15.3
Total task 15
Total Points 105
loafer5.3 - Sole Survivor
Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
Divergent by Veronica Roth
points: 5
total: 315
BB: 6
GO: 5
tasks completed: 19
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
Option 2: Read a book with either a two word title in which both words begin with the same letter, or by an author with the same beginning letter for first & last name.
I read Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline
Points this post: 20
Total points: 305
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
Repost of 1738Andy P.
Task # 30.8 - Sandy's Task: Old and Awesome
Book 1: Read a book that has the word “ancient” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “ancient” in its title: old
The Old Man by Thomas Perry (352 p.)
Book 2: Read a book that has the word “wonder” or one of these synonyms for various meanings of “wonder” in its title: Question
by Amanda Cross Question in title (224 p.)352 + 224= 576 p>500 p.
Reader board name: DAIRE25.7 Read one/two books from the selection of podcast book shelves (must be 500 pages in total)
*Both books are from the Overdue Podcast list, and both can be found on page 7.
Book 1 - Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (336 pages) 1x GO ticket - published in 1606
Book 2 - Persuasion by Jane Austen (249 pages) 1x GO ticket - published in 1818
Points this post - 25
Points total - 110
Golden Oldies - 2
Big Book Tickets - 2
Tasks completed - 6
Books read - 9
Reader board name - DAIRE15.3 Option 2 - read a book from the list of popular feminism books that has a female author whose initials can be found in "Mary Wollstonecroft"
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran (on page 1 of list)
Points this post - 15
Total points - 125
GO - 2
BB - 2
Tasks completed - 7
Books read - 10
Readerboard name MAZZA 125.4 - MegSCL's Task: World AIDS Day
. Read 2 books. There are three options and you can use two different options or do the same option twice (with conditions noted under each option).
In addition, one of your books must have something red on the cover. . REQUIRED: Post the cover and point out the object in your post.
Both my books fit
Option 3: Read a book written by one of the authors listed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... under the Writers and Poets category. If you choose this option twice you must use two different writers.
DH Lawrence and W Somerset Maugham are on this list
Book 1 Sons and Lovers
Book 2 The Moon And Sixpence
The girl on the cover is wearing a red skirt - fitting requirements of something red
Both books are golden oldies and so i claim 2 golden oldie tickets
Sons and lovers is 654 pages and so i claim a BB ticket
Task 25.5 - Sarah BR's Task: A Return to Stars Hollow
Choose two options from the 4 listed below and read 1 book for each option. REQUIRED: State in your post the options you chose.
The total page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages.
Option 1: Rory's reading list
Rory was known for always carrying a book in the earlier seasons so read a book off of the listopia for Rory's reading list.
I read High Fidelity 253 pages
Number 124 on that list
Option 3: Where you lead
For this option read a book with at least a 4 letter word from the song within the title/subtitle. Where You Lead lyrics Plural/singular versions of the words work, no other variations.
I read Say That Again 324 pages
using the word THAT 2nd word, 2nd line, 2nd verse
Total page count = 577
Total points this post = 50
Points to date 940
Books this post = 4
Total books to date = 74
BB tickets this post = 1
BB tickets to date = 3
Golden oldies this post = 2
Golden oldies to date = 8
Readerboard Name MAZZA150.1 - Allison Ann's Task: Celebrating Birthdays
For this task, you will read three books, one from each option below. No books with the main page genre childrens or kids may be used for this task.
Using 03/12/1957 my birthday month first format
Book 1 – Month: Read a book that meets at least two of the three criteria:
My book meets criteria a) and b) and is approved in post 50 of the help thread for a March birthday
a) First published in the month you were born, of any year. The month MUST be present in the Goodreads record. (published March 6th)
b) Title starts with the first letter of the month in which you were born (include all articles). January = J, February = F, etc.
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday
Book 2 – Day: Read a book with your birth date (day) intact in the GR book rating,
War Horse
approved as rating 4.12 appropriate for birthday on 12th in post 102 of help thread
Book 3 – Year: Take your year of birth and subtract your age. Read a book first published in that new year.
1957 -59 = 1898
The Turn of the Screw
identified as published in 1898 and approved on post 50 of help thread.
This book fits criteria for golden oldies and so I am claiming 1 ticket
Total points this post = 50
Points to date 990
Books this post = 3
Total books to date = 77
BB tickets this post = 0
BB tickets to date = 3
Golden oldies this post = 1
Golden oldies to date = 9
Cait S20.2- Fun & Games
Option 2: Dungeons & Dragons
Read a book with either a two word title in which both words begin with the same letter, or by an author with the same beginning letter for first & last name.
Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
Points This Post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 11
Total Points: 185
Bookwrm526Task #20.9 - Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in PROOFREADING (middle initials can be ignored). I read Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older.
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 415
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15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book 1, me in title: Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
Book 2, memoir: Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales by Ali Wentworth
25.9 - Brooke TX's Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
option 1, Eaters in EST CAESAR: The Gold Eaters by Ronald Wright
option 3, initials CN in CERTAMEN: Waiting for the Electricity by Christina Nichol
25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
option 1, initials AC in CARDS: Let It Rain Coffee by Angie Cruz
option 3, historical fiction genre: Testimony of an Irish Slave Girl by Kate McCafferty
total = 990
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating ProofreadingOption 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word PROOFREADING.
A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans - 1/24/17***
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 220
DIANA K15.5 - B-I-N-G-O! Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO.
Gardens of Water Starts with G.
Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders “The second age”
Cards that give you manufactured resources to use are available in this age. The resources are: glass, paper and cloth Requirements: Read a book with at least one of these 3 resources found intact in the title/subtitle or featured on the cover.
The Silence of Trees
NewspaperPoints this post: 35
Total points so far: 260
Brave15.4 - To Tell the Truth
OPTION 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both Option 1 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) and Book B (Read a non-fiction book).
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Pages in my edition: 303
Year published: 2014
Word "what" + question mark
Non-fiction genre present on main page
Points this post: 15
Total points: 115
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
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.
I read a book with the main page genre Horror
Prince Lestat
Points this post: 10
Total points 135
Books Read 14
Challenges completed: 14
10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop by Amy Witting
NAHCOOO found in isObel ON tHe wAy tO
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard
2 I and 2 E found in quIEt kInd thundEr
30.3 - Daphne's Task: Atlas Obscura
3. For this task, read a book set completely in Africa or written by an author born in Africa.
Last Orders at Harrods (Kuwisha Trilogy #1) by Michael Holman
100% set in Africa; 320 pages
5. read a book with the main page genre of Animals
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall
435 pages
Total pages read: 755 pages
Total this Post: 75
Golden Oldies: 6
Bigger is Better: 1
Season Total: 405
Task 10.5 Noel ! No L in the title or in the author's name
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
Big book ticket - 574 pages in this edition
Total Points this Post: 10
Total Points in Challenge: 45
Books Read: 5
Tasks Completed: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
dawn9910.2 Ring, Sing, Bling?
'ing' found in title/sub or author name
Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale
20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C: Lucky 7
published in a year ending with 7
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
first published in 1997. mmp 302 pgs. mmp 302 pgs
points this post: 30
Total points: 30
5.8 - Full Moon - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle : long, night, cold, wolf, old, snow, hunger.Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - 1/25/17 - SNOW
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 620
Shiraloo5.7 -- Long, Long Ago
Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
REQUIRED: Found on page 1 of the list
10.6 -- More Following Through!
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
REQUIRED: I read a book by Sarah Dessen for the first time in one of the challenges of 2016.
CURRENT POST
Points: 15
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Total Points: 180
BBT: 0
GO: 0
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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Task 30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
Book 1: Mapp & Lucia
Mapp & Lucia is a Golden Oldie, first published 1931. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Book 2: Lucia in London
Lucia in London is a Golden Oldie, first published in 1927. I claim 1 GO ticket.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 95
GO tickets this post: 2
Total GO tickets: 2