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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Andy P.Task # 5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas
Read a book written by an author named “Nicholas”
by Nicholas PetriePoints this post: 5
Total points: 25
MegSCL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Cynbaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Option 1: The Sending
**754 pages = 2 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 20
BB tickets: 2
20.7. 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.
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones - 12/07/16 - Is in FIRST and RIGHT, Es in GRAVE and THE.
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 60
Readerboard Name: MCCATHY15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book 1 - Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from this list: me, myself, I, my, mine.
Ruining Me by Nicole Reed
"Me" in title
Book 2 - Read an autobiography or memoir.
Bossypants by Tina Fey
MPG "Autobiography -> Memoir"
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Points this post: 15
Total Points: 60
Susan W.10.5 Noel: Read a book with no "L" in the title or author's name.
I read A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie
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10.7 Rollin' on the River: Read a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre.
I read Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival by Bernd Heinrich
Environment > Nature is on the main page
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 20
5.3 - Sole SurvivorRead a book that is number 1 in a series.
Rebel of the Sands
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
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
CHANDNI15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy”.
Winter by Marissa Meyer
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This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Readerboard Name: MCCATHY15.4 - To Tell the Truth
Option 2: Read ONE book that fulfills both option 1 Book A and Book B
Book A: Read a book with a question mark "?" and/or an interrogative words in the title or subtitle.
Book B: Read a non-fiction book.
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
"Why" and "?" in title and MPG Non-Fiction
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Points this post: 15
Total Points: 75
5.10. Your Own 8th WonderEmil in the Soup Tureen by Astrid Lindgren
NOT found in ARBookFinder
Points this post: 5
Total: 15
Jasmiina F15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!:
Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO:
Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton.
*Big Book Ticket with 690 pages*
I read 68% of the book in December.
15.6 - Multilingual:
Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language:
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Volume 4 by Eiji Otsuka.
My native language is Finnish and the original language of the book is Japan.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 50
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
BBooks - 500+: 1
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
Shannon South Africa20.9 Celebrating Proofreading
Author initials N & P in ProofreadiNg
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 20
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?Option 1: Eye or I:
I read Man of the World: The Further Endeavors of Bill Clinton. the subtitle has 2 I's, both in the name Bill ClInton.
points: 25
books read: 2
tasks completed: 2
pages read: 698
K-Dee5.3 Sole Survivor
Dauntless by Dina L. Sleiman
Book 1 in Valiant Hearts series
Points this post: 5
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Points total: 20
Tasks completed: 2
Bluegrass Pam20.1 Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Option #1- Author's initials in CARIBBEAN
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
**Claiming one BB ticket – 509 pages .**
Points this post: 20
GO this post: 0
BB this post: 1
Total Points: 40
GO Total: 1
BB Total: 1
Mod
I read Wilful Behaviour - set 100% in Italy, one of the listed countries with a Mediterranean coastline.
10.9. Stories Say..............
I read The Mists of Avalon, with Mythology as the 4th main page genre.
20.1. Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
I chose option 1 and read Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd by Alan Bradley. Author initials AB are found in cAtiBbean.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 75
Brooke TX5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. Fitting task 5.4 - Flowers (Read a book by an author whose first and last name initials are found in CRANESBILL GERANIUM):
5.7 - Long, Long Ago
Read a book from this list of Popular Ancient Books. Found on page 11:
10.1. Let's Follow Up
Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia. By Terry Pratchett, one of the authors referenced at the top of the list:
Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Completed Tasks: 3
Books Read: 3
KATIEGIRL10.1 - Let's Follow Up
A book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend Listopia.
Candide by Voltaire
Book is number 71 on list.
First published in 1759. Claiming as GOLDEN OLDIE ticket.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 50
Total tasks: 4
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: December 8, 2016
Task 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Fall Task 10.3 3x3
Someday, Someday, Maybe - 12/7
Task 10.5. Noel!
The Running Man by Richard Bachman read 12/8
Points this post: 15
Points to date: 15
15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) AgentRead a book with N A H C Ox3 in the title, subtitle and author's name.
How to use Assessment for Learning in the Classroom: The Complete Guide by Mike Gershon
20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
Option 2: Read a collection of short stories or essays.
Never Mind the Balkans, Here's Romania by Mike Ormsby
I read the Kindle edition of this; the paperback edition on GR has 254 pages.
Points this post: 35
Points in total: 95
Tasks completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Mod
15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
option 2, one book:from pg 1 I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai in MarY
15.10 - The Plane! The Plane!
Close Quarters by Adrian Magson20.10 - Group Reads.
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
post # 6
total = 75
Elizabeth PTask 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Book that fits a Fall 2016 Task
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
Fits Fall task 5.8 - Bronze
Book from It's All About the Swords list
This book is on page one of the list, number 3
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 45
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 5
Terri UKTask 5.9 Listmaker
A book first published in a year that contains the numbers 2 and 5
I read Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh which was first published in 2015.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: December 8, 2016
Task 25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
Option 1: The Christmas Season
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (AC) - read 12/4
Option 3: January Birthdays
Taboogasm - Science Fiction - read 12/8
Points this post: 25
Points to date: 40
KATIEGIRL5.3 - Sole Survivor
Book 1 in a series.
The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
Book #1 in The Winner's Trilogy.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
Total tasks: 5
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
Andy P.Task # 20.10 Group Reads
I chose to read
by Deborah BlumMy comments can be found here
Points this post: 20
Total points: 45
Delicious Dee15.6 - Multilingual
Hell Fire - first published in Norweigan, my mother tongue is English (most of the time :) )
Total this post: 15
Total overall: 60
Kait10.3 - They're Old!
A book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley -- Historical Fiction on main page with 46 users; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift -- Genre noted in genre verification thread posts #49 & 50
Points This Post: 10
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 30
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
SCHATZIE5.2: Location, Location, Location
---book set in Greece
The Lady of Sorrows
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5.3: Sole Survivor
---a book that #1 in a series
Broken World
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5.8: Full Moon
---a book with the word 'night' in title/subtitle
Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi's Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq
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5.9: Listmaker
---a book with a pub. year with a 2 & a 5 in it.
Wylding Hall
Pub. Year: 2015
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10.1: Let's Follow Up
---read a book referenced in post 2 of the help thread
Agatha Christie
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
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10.5: Noel!
---a book with no "L" in the title/subtitle or author's name
Turbo Twenty-Three
by Janet Evanovich
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10.6: More Following Through!
---new to me author in 2016
100 Ways To Simplify Your Life
by Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer is a new to me author in 2016
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10.9: Stories Stay.........
---a book with mpg of mythology
Anansi Boys
verified in msg 2 of the help thread
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10.10: Got your Lottery Ticket?
---a book with mpg of horror
Shattered World
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15.4: To Tell the Truth
---opt. 2: the one book option
a nonfiction book with the word HOW in title/subtitle
Overload: How to Unplug, Unwind, and Unleash Yourself from the Pressure of Stress
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15.6: Multilingual
---a book first published not in your native language
The Trial
first published in German
my native language is English
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15.8: Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
---read a book with the ltrs NAHCOOO in the title/subtitle/author's name
Another Brooklyn
by Jacqueline Woodson
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15.9: It's Summer Somewhere
---book from the given list
Gift from the Sea
found on pg. 2 (#110)
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Points this Post: 130
Challenge TOTAL: 130
Pat Task 20.4. Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Task Description ~ Option 1: Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover or one of these words in the title or subtitle.
REQUIRED: If you choose the cover option, include the cover in your post.
Pirate Latitudes by Michael CrichtonCompleted ~ 12.8.16
Pages ~ 312
Points this post ~ 20
Total Points ~ 45
Tasks Completed ~ 3
Books Read This Season ~ 3
Pages Read This Season ~ 843
Post #4Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Option 2: “The second age” The resources are: glass, paper and cloth
Help thread states that people wearing clothing count in message 25. Here's hoping:
Using cloth for the two people on the cover
Murder on St. Nicholas AvenuePoints this post:20
Total Points:60
Books read: 5
Tasks Done: 5
Blueberry20.9
opt. 3 read a book with a main page genre holiday or Christmas.
The Story of the Other Wise Man
This is a Golden Oldie. First published in 1895.
Total pts: 20
Brave10.5. Noel!:
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
Page count in this edition: 538 pages.
I'd like to claim 1 big book ticket for this challenge.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets:
500+: 1
750+: 0
1000+: 0
perletwo30.9 - 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.
An Incomplete Revenge - this is my first time reading this book.
1-C
1-O
2-N
1-T
1-R
1-I
2. Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time - history genre verified here
This is a re-read; my GR stats say I last completed it 3/22/15.
Points this task: 30
Total points: 190
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 12
CHANDNI20.2. 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.
Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 35
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
trishhartuk25.9 Brooke TX’s Task: Is It Ancient, or Just a Classic?
Option 1: Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 4 letters that can be made from "QUIS EST CAESAR TIBI NUNC?"
Ancient Hiss Story, Leighann Dobbs
The word is ANCIENT: quis est CAEsar TibI NuNc
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Option 2: Read a book that is #5 or #10 in a series.
The Cat of Christmas Present (Whales and Tails #10), Kathi Daley
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 100
Tasks Completed: 5
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1 (500+ x 1)
Nick KY15.1.Madly in love with Me! Book 1.“I” in the title – I read I Am No One You Know: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates.
Book 2. Memoir I read Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg, with “Memoir” as a GR genre.
CLAIM ONE BIG BOOK for Secrets at 528 pages. I had 210 pages of the book read before the challenge began.
15.9. Not-so-secret Agent I read The Alchemist's Door by Lisa Goldstein.
N in goldsteiN
AHC in AlCHemist’s
OO in dOOr
O in gOldstein.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 70
5.1 - The AncientsAuthor initials can be found in ANCIENT
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews - 12/3/16*****
Author Initials - I A
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 5
10.5. Noel!NO "L" in the title/subtitle and in the author name
Party Princess by Meg Cabot - 12/8/16***
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 15
Brittany G.Task: 20.3 Option B- Commonwealth
Book: Most Wanted
Setting: Christine is from Connecticut, but goes to Pennsylvania and spends most of the book there.
Reference: "Christine persuades her best friend, Lauren Weingarten, to accompany her to West Chester, Pennsylvania..." https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-re...
Points this post: 20
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Luara15.8 Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent: NACHOOO found in title, subtitle, or author's name
Murder on St. Mark's Place by Victoria Thompson
N-ThompsoN
A- VictoriA
C- ViCtoria
H- THompson
O - VictOria
O - ThOmpson
O - ThompsOn
Totals
this post: 15
total points: 40
Cindy FTask 5.5 December, January, February
Page # includes 1 or 2
Plunder by Mary Anna Evans
250 pages
Points this post:5
Total points:10
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I used task 5.9 from the Fall Challenge (X in title/subtitle). I read Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro; there's an X in Extraordinary.
5.5 - December, January, February
I read Giant Days, Vol. 3 by John Allison and Max Sarin; this edition has 112p.
15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
I chose the one book option. I read The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (paperback). The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo is on page 9, mostly toward the bottom of the linked list (shelved as 'feminism' 50 times as of 12/9), Amy Schumer is female, and A and S are found in MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.
Previous point total: 25
New points this post: 5+5+15
Total points: 50
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 6
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Shanna Redwind5.3 Sole Survivor
Book:Yesterday
Book 1 of Yesterday Series
10.6. More Following Through!
Book:Signal Boost
New Author to me, first read in Nov 2016
Points this post:15
Total points:15
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
perletwo10.5. Noel! - Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
Ruddy Gore by Kerry Greenwood
Points this task: 10
Total points: 200
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 14
Tasks completed: 13
LAVENDER5.3 - Sole Survivor
Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
Death and Her Devotion by Kendra Elliot
#1 in a series
This is my 1 book less than 100 pages for a 5pt challenge.
EBook approved in thread 5927 for length (provisional) #660 on the spreadsheet
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20.4. 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.
Changes by Jim ButcherCover has skulls on it.
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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 (glass, paper and cloth) found intact in the title/subtitle or featured on the cover.
Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors by H.L. Burke
Contains GLASS in the title.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 45
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Bluegrass Pam15.9 It's Summer Somewhere
Word "Summer" in the title or subtitle
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Points this post: 15
GO this post: 0 / BB this post: 0
Total Points: 55
GO Total: 1 / BB Total: 1
20.9Option 1: Authors initials in PROOFREADING
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 50/1075
Tasks completed: 4/60
Books Read: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 5.5 - December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
by Adrienne E. Gavin 288 pages.Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
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Task 10.6 Read another book by an author new to you in 2016
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener by M.C. Beaton
M.C. Beaton is new to me in 2016
Points this task: 10