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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Coralie10.2 Ring, Sing, Bling?
Book with word in title ending –ing
The Hanging Tree
15.5 B-I-N-G-O
Book with title beginning with G
Glen Lyon
20.5 The Long and the Short of It
From near the bottom of page 2 of the Big Fat Books Worth the Effort list
The Red and the Black
This post 45 points
Total to date 45 points
Kait30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and That, Then This or That
Book 1 - A book with a title or subtitle that contains an “and” coordinating conjunction phrase: “[word] and [word]”.
All Roar and No Bite by Celia Kyle -- All Roar and No Bite; I read the kindle ebook edition, here is the paperback: All Roar and No Bite
Book 2 - A book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and”.
No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean -- Title begins with 'No'
Points This Post: 30
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 60
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Shanna Redwind10.6. More Following Through!
Book:Signal Boost
Paperback:Signal Boost
New Author to me, first read in Nov 2016
Points this post:10
Total points:15
Tasks completed:2
Books read:2
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
5.7 - Long, Long Ago - Read a book from the list Popular Ancient BooksNobody's Princess by Esther M. Friesner - 12/09/16 - page 9
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 65
10.8. On the CoastRead a book set at least 50% in one of these countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea
Italy
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Task total=10
Season total=50
SarahBR30.1
Option 2:
A)Dark Night: A True Batman Story by Paul Dini Paul Dini is a new author to me this year after meeting him at an event this week I had to read his work.
B)Batman: Streets of Gotham, Vol. 1: Hush Money byPaul Dini Another book by Paul dini that I haven't read.
Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
Option 1: Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce this book has a rating of 4.26 as of the 12th of December being above the 4.25 required rating for the challenge.
Option 3: One for the Money by Janet Evanovich I was born in 1994 and this book features at 104 on the best books from the 90's list.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
page counts: 453+320=773 more than the 600 needed for the challenge.
Points this post:60
Total points: 220
Books posted: 15
Tasks complete: 12
Pages this post:1048
Total pages as of this post:5531
Big Book Tickets:2
Golden Oldies:1
5.4 - Best Laid Plans Venäläinen vieras
I'm using task 10.10, the word is SIN
Task 20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of
Option 2. What Looks Back
ebook approved for length https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 25
Points total: 70
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Sheila5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas
Two By Two by Nicholas Sparks5.8 - Full Moon
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams(long)
5.9 - Listmaker
At the Water's Edge by Sara GruenPublished March 31st 2015 by Spiegel & Grau
10.3.They're Old!
A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca CantrellTask 25.8 - Beth F's Task: Backwards Alphabet Code
Book 1: D
Dark Places by Gillian FlynnPaperback, 350 pages
and
Book 2: W
Winter Prey by John SandfordPaperback, 400 pages
Total Points = 75
Reader Name: Daphne5.7 - Long, Long Ago
Popular Ancient Books
The Silver Pigs - 2nd page
10.1. Let's Follow Up
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
The Little World of Don Camillo
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
-ING in title/sub
Zika: The Emerging Epidemic - emergING
Reader Name: Daphne25.11
500+ Pages
4: Books with Strong Women Characters
The Girl with Ghost Eyes - page 1 288pages
5: 2nd in series
Moriarty - 285 pages
10.4. Fire and IceRead a book with all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle/author.
Dark Ghost Christine Feehan
Big Books ticket: 528 pgs pb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
This is a one book task, so choose one book from one of the following options. REQUIRED: State in your post the option that you chose.
Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word PROOFREADING. I &A
Sweep in Peace Ilona Andrews
Cumulative Total 35+30 = 65
Jasmiina F5.3 - Sole Survivor:
Read a book that is number 1 in a series:
The Autumnlands, Vol. 1: Tooth and Claw by Kurt Busiek.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
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
lesliesoup5.1 - The Ancients
The Queen of the Big Time
by Adriana Trigiani
points this post:5
total points: 35
10.3 They're OldThe Letter Writer by Dan Fesperman
Historical Fiction is a Main Page genre
25.1 Bookends
Book 1 - What We Find by Robyn Carr (R)
Book 2 - Revolver by Duane Swierczynski (R)
Post Total: 35
Grand Total: 35
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?wINGs
Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems about Birds by Billy Collins
+10 Points
10.3.They're Old!
History:
March: Book Three
+10 Points
Points this Post: 20
Grand Total: 20
Task 30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or thatBook 1 - Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains an “and”.
Forever and Always by Jude Deveraux - 12/10/16
Book 2 - Using the “and” phrase from Book 1, read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and”.
Forever... by Jude Deveraux - 12/03/16
Points This Post - 30
Total Points - 95
Post #510.1. Let's Follow Up
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8...
#32 on list
A Redbird Christmas
Points this post:10
Total Points:70
Books read: 6
Tasks Done: 6
Brave15.1 - 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. Words must match exactly, no variations.
Just Call Me Superhero by Alina Bronsky
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.
Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
Points this post: 15
Total points: 25
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
20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games2. Dungeons & Dragons
Venäläinen vieras
Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Option 1: “The first age”
Stone Age
Points this post: 40
Points total: 105
GO total: 0
BB total: 0
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 6
Oh, well, I just realised I miscalculated my totals in msg#224, I will check it, just ignore totals.
10.4. Fire and IceRead a book with all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle/author name. Letters can be used only as many times as they appear in the title/subtitle/author name.
If Someone Says "You Complete Me," Run!: Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships.
IF SomEonE Says, "You Complete Me," Run! WhoopI's Big Book
Fire and Ice can be found in title and subtitle
points: 35
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
pages read: 922
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.
Thin Air by Michelle Paver
Has Horror as a Main Page Genre.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Dakimel5.5 - December, January, February
Undercover Princess
10.3.They're Old!
The High Mountains of Portugal
15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
A Case of Possession
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
1: Heat by Penny Reid
TALLY:
This post - 50 points
Total - 50
10.7. Rollin on the RiverRead a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre .
The Legacy: An Elder's Vision for Our Sustainable Future pb 128pgs
25.6 - Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the City
Read two books, from two different options below. REQUIRED: State in your post the options you chose.
Option 1. Read a book where the initial letters of the author’s name can be found in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
Stormy Glenn S&G
read print omnibus - claim Book 2
Tri-Omega Mates, Volume 1
ebook approved for length Forbidden Desires
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Option 5. Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of those commemorated.
Aug 21, 1908 Alice Maud Denman
Alice Clayton
Rusty Nailed pb 288 pgs
Cumulative Total 65+35 = 100
Creynard15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Fantastical by Kristen Ashley
Fantasy is GR main page genre.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 70
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Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 9
CYNBAXTER#15.07 – Tales of Middle-earth
Task: Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy”
Book: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 25 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
Elizabeth BTask 5.4
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 task
Task 5.2, book set in Texas Texas Pride
Task 5.5
2 in the num of pages As You Are (200 pgs)
Task 10.4
all letters of FIRE and of ICE found in the book’s title/subtitle Fire and Ice
Task 10.5
a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name
Kitto, (e-book only, approved for length at msg#5935 of the verification thread
Task 20.7
Sidelined
sIdElInEd
Total: 50 points
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: December 11, 2016
Task 10.3.They're Old!
Light from a Distant Star read 12/11
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 50
Readerboard Name: Jammin JennyDate: December 11, 2016
Task 5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Fall Task 5.4 - Flowers
Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham (LG)
Points this post: 5
Points to date: 50
Readerboard Name - LaureYTask 30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
Book 1:Read a book with a title or subtitle that contains an “and”.
Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid
Book 2: Using the “and” phrase from Book 1, read a book whose title begins with one of the words joined by the “and”.
Beard Science by Penny Reid
Points this post: 30
Total points: 30
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 1
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
CYNBAXTER#15.06 – Multilingual
Task: Read a book that was originally published in a language other than your native language.
Book: Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, translated from the French. My native language is English.
***This is a Golden Oldie (orig pub =1928). Claiming 1 GOLDIE ticket
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 1
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.6 - Multilingual
Read a book originally published in a language other than your native language. My native language is English, so I read a book originally published in Japanese, In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami.
Points this Post: 15
Total points so far: 85
Shanna Redwind20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
1. Cards
Jack in title
Book: Jack and the Beanstalk
Points this post:20
Total points:35
Tasks completed:3
Books read:3
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:0
10.5. Noel! Death by Water (Phryne Fisher #15) by Kerry Greenwood
20.2. 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.
Wool 3 (Wool #3) by Hugh Howey
author's name starts with the same letters: Hugh Howey
Total this Post: 30
Season Total: 60
Andy P.Task #
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
Read a book with a word in the title/subtitle ending in “ing.”
byPeter Ferry Writing end in "ing"Points this post: 10
Total points: 60
15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) AgentRead 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.
Dear Husband, by Joyce Carol Oates
N husbaNd
A husbAnd
H Husband
C Carol
O jOyce
O carOl
O Oates
Task=15
Season total=65
Elizabeth PTask 15.5 - B-I-N-G-O
Title begins in one of letters in BINGO
Black Rose by Nora Roberts
First word starts with B
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 60
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 6
hobbit68Task 20.6 Seasoned Reader
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.
by Kylie Logan(brick church on the cover)
JAMTOWN 80 Task 20.7- One or two?
Option 1: I or Eye?
City of Thieves- 2 I and 2 E in the title
Task 25.5 - A Return to Star Hollow
Option 1: Rory Reading List: # 19 - Bel Canto - 318 pages
Option 3: Where you lead. word chosen - window
A Light in the Window: An Irish Christmas Love Story- 407 pages
Page total: 725 pages
Task 30.5- This and that, then this or that
Book 1: Love and Muddy Puddles
Book 2: using the word Love Love Amid The Ashes
Total this post : 75
Cait S15.8 - 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.
Don't Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon
Points This Post: 15
Tasks Completed: 3
Total Points: 40
SALLY M.15.4 To Tell the Truth
Tapping Into Wealth: How Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Can Help You Clear The Path to Making More Money by Margaret M. Lynch, Daylle Deanna Schwartz (option 2, non-fiction & HOW)
25.6 Celebrate the City
I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections by Nora Ephron (option 1, N E)
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher (option 5, MARY Rogers)
30.4 Readers Recommend
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham (option 1, verified here)
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (option 2, nominated for Best Young Adult Fiction)
224 pages + 384 pages = 608 pages
Points this post: 70
Total points: 70
Books posted: 5
Tasks completed: 3
Pages read: 1,458
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
CYNBAXTER#20.06 – Seasoned Reader: Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Task: Read a book with at least one of these 4 resources found intact in the title/subtitle or featured on the cover. The resources are : wood, ore, brick and stone
Option 1:
by Gabriel García Márquez – the resource is Wood. Wood planks from the shipPoints this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 60 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
10.1. Let's Follow UpRead a book by one of the authors referenced at the top of The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
The Battle Of Life by Charles Dickens
*This book is a GOLDEN OLDIE (published 1846)*
Points this post: 10
TOTAL POINTS: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 1
Total books read: 1
KATIEGIRL5.9 - Listmaker
A book first published in a year containing a 2 and a 5.
The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
First published in 2015.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
Total tasks: 6
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
15.7 read a book with the genre "fantasy" 
by Haruki MurakamiPoints this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 2
Hannah MoTask 15.6 originally published in foreign language
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Original language: Swedish
My native language: English
Points this task: 15
Jasmiina F20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It:
Option 2: Read a book that is a collection of short stories or essays:
Ambulanssi by Johan Harstad.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 75
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
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.8 - Not-So-Secret (leavening) Agent
N A H C O O O in title
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0