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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Hannah MoTask 20.10 group reads
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
(my comment is number 26 in the group discussion)
Points this post: 20
Task 25.11 - Wayne's Task: A Festivus for the Rest of Us! - The total page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages.Option 2 - The Festivus Pole - Read a book that has a pole on the cover.
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - 1/27/17
- The lollipop stick would make an excellent Festivus pole for small rodents or insects or other small creatures. - 460 pagesOption 5 - The Big Day - Read a book that is 2nd, 3rd, or 23rd in a series.
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - 2/17/17 - Charley Davidson #2 - 307 pages
Total pages - 767
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 895
Post #2910.3.They're Old!
News of the World Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
Points this post:10
Total Points:530
Books read:39
Tasks Done: 30
Amber25.5 - Sarah BR's Task: A Return to Stars Hollow
Option 1 - read a book off of the listopia for Rory's reading list
This is book #1 on the list
1984 by George Orwell
Audiobook, MMPB for length, 328 pgs
**Requesting a Golden Oldie ticket for 1984, first published in 1949**
Option 3 - read a book with at least a 4 letter word from the theme song within the title/subtitle
The word "home" is in the song lyrics and the title.
Home is Burning by Dan Marshall
ebook, PB for length (no MMPB), 320 pgs
328 + 320 = 648 > 500 pgs
Points this post: 25
Total points: 295
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Kristen IATask 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Choose one option from the three below and read one book for that option. Required when you post: State which option you chose.
Option 1: “The first age”
Cards that give you raw resources to build are available in this age. The resources are : wood, ore, brick and stone
Read a book with at least one of these 4 resources found intact in the title/subtitle or featured on the cover.
The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB version
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Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 365/1075
Total Tasks: 20/60
GO: 0
BB: 3
Chris MD15.5 B-I-N-G-O
Title begins with a letter in BINGO
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 308 pages.
20.4 The Nightmare Before Christmas
Option 2: Read a book by an author named Jack
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
20.9 Celebrate Proofreading
Option 1: Author's initials in proofreadiNG
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
I listened to the audio version of this book. The mass market paperback has 370 pages.
25.1 Bookends
Book 1: First and last letter of author's name is the same (S)
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
Book 2: First and last letter of the title is the same (S)
Silken Threads by Patricia Ryan
25.9 Is It Ancient or Just a Classic?
Option 1: Title word found in QUIS est caEsar Tibi NuNc
Quentins by Maeve Binchy
"Quentins" can be found in the Latin phrase.
Option 4: Humor is a main page genre
Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland by Dave Barry
Humor is the top genre listed
25.10 Tis the Season
Option 1: Author's initials found in CHRISTMAS CARDS
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
This book was 771 pages long. Claiming one Big Book ticket.
Option 2: From British Literature at the Movies
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin
This is #2 on the list
This book was first published in 1811. Claiming one Golden Oldie ticket.
Points for this post: 15 + 20 + 20 + 25 +25 + 25 = 130
Total points: 130 + 115 = 245
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 2
Big books: 500=1, 750=0, 1,000=0
Mod
10.3 Historical FictionThe Muse, Jessie Burton
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
GO:1
BB:
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
Readerboard Name: Quinn20.3
Option B: Commonwealth
Read a book set in one of these U.S. states: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania or Virginia.
Seaside Dreams by Melissa Foster
*374 pages
*Set in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
POINTS THIS POST: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 555
GO THIS POST/TOTAL: 0/0
BB THIS POST/TOTAL: 0/0
Kathy G.5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder
Book of Choice
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
Total Points- 15
Kathy G.20.1 Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Author Agatha Christie (AC) found in Caribbean
Curtain by Agatha Christie
Total Points- 50
Kathy G.5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas
Author named Nicholas
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Link to paperback:
True Believer
Total Points- 55
Kathy G.10.3.They're Old!
Historical Fiction
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Link to Paperback:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Total Points- 65
Kathy G.10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
"ing" in title
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
link to paperback:
As I Lay Dying
Total Points- 80
Kathy G.5.5 - December, January, February
1 or 2 in number of pages
My book has 249 pages
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Total Points- 85
trishhartuk5.1 - The Ancients
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ANCIENT.
Guns and Roses, Taffy Cannon
anCienT
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 800
Tasks Completed: 46
Golden Oldies: 7
Big Books: 2 (500+ x2)
5.6 - Jolly Old St NicholasRead 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.
Chéri by Colette
I read this novel in the omnibus edition: Cheri and the Last of Cheri, in which it takes up 136 pages.
**Cheri was first published in 1920, and the omnibus in which I read it was first published in 1926, 1 Golden Oldie ticket claimed**
10.8. On the Coast
Three of the countries where the Ancient Wonders were located border the Mediterranean Sea. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these countries with a coastline on the Mediterranean Sea - Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.
The Last of Cheri by Colette
I read this novel in the omnibus edition, Cheri and the Last of Cheri, in which it takes up 108 pages.
The Last of Cheri is set entirely in France.
**The Last of Cheri was first published in 1926, and the omnibus in which I read it was also first published in 1926, 1 Golden Oldie ticket claimed**
Points this post: 15
Points total: 95
Tasks completed: 12
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books: 1 - 500+(1) 750+() 1000+()
Books read: 12
Pages read: 3612
Laurajay20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
Option 1- 2 I's and 2 E's found in the title....
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Current post: 20
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 160
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldie Tickets: 0
Tasks completed: 6
Total books read: 10
Susan W.15.7 Tales of Middle-Earth: Read a book with a main page genre that includes fantasy.
I read Saga, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
Fantasy is on the main page.
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20.4 Golden Oldies - Mhairi's Task: The Nightmare Before Christmas
This is a one book task.
Option 2: Read a book by an author called Jack or by an author who has a name related to Jack.
I read Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
John is a name related to Jack (it's on the list provided)
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20.5 Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
This is a one book task.
Option 1: Read a book from the first five pages of Big Fat Books Worth the Effort. State which page your book is on.
I read A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The book is on page 1 of the list
Points this post: 55
Total Points: 170
loaferTask 30.7 - Jonquil’s Task: Dreams are made of this
Book 1: Read a book that takes place (80%) in one of these cities: Chicago, USA; Toronto, Canada; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; or London, England.
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
set in Paris, France
Book 2: Read a second book that takes place (80%) in one of the remaining four cities.
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
set in London, England
points: 30
total: 480
BB: 7
GO: 6
tasks completed: 27
Blueberry20.4 Opt. 1
Read a book with a skeleton, skull, or bones on the cover or one of these words in the title or subtitle.
Engaging Others, Knowing Ourselves
There is a dinosaur skeleton protruding out both ends behind the COEXIST sign.
Pts: 20
Total pts: 285
Mod
For book 1, I read I Never Had It Made - "I" in the title.
For book 2, I read Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen - his autobiography.
25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
For my first book, I chose option 2 and read About a Boy - p.1 #74 on the British Literature at the Movies list.
For my second book, I chose option 4 and read The History of Love. Both historical fiction and romance are listed as main page genres.
30.6 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Travels
For book 1, I chose option 3, and read Hamlet - classics is the top genre listed, and the book has 289 pages.
For book 2, I chose option 5, and read A Gentleman in Moscow - historical fiction is the top genre listed, and the book has 462 pages.
289 + 462 = 751 pages, exceeding the 500 page minimum required.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 1025
Blueberry 25.8
1: D... Death By Bourbon
2: W... The Wreath
Total page account is 501. (haha, barely made it)
pts: 25
total pts: 310
BlueberryI wish to cancel this original posting of 30.9 at post #2127 and repost the books differently.
30.9
Book 1: Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle.
Another Man's Moccasins
a reread
C- 2
O-2
N-2
S-2
T-1
R-1
I-1
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
This is my new read and is a Golden Oldie. It was published in 1946.
Blueberry 30.9 Book 1: Read a book where at least 7 of the letters in CONSTRUCTION can be found in the title/subtitle.
Joni: An Unforgettable Story, a reread
C- 0
O-3
N-2
S-1
T-3
R-2
U- 1
I-1
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre engineering or history.
The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45
This is my new read and is a Golden Oldie. It was published in 1946.
Blueberry10.6 Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016.
Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson
This is a new author to me in 2016.
Pts: 10
Total pts: 320
Andy P.Task # 50.1 - Allison Ann's Task: Celebrating Birthdays
The date I am using for this task is indeed my birth date (age has its privileges) October 19, 1945
Book 1 – Month: Read a book that meets at least two of the three criteria: a) First published in the month you were born, of any year. The month MUST be present in the Goodreads record.
b) Title starts with the first letter of the month in which you were born (include all articles). January = J, February = F, etc.
by Marina Warner first published October 2014 First title word begins with "O"Book 2 – Day: Read a book with your birth date (day) intact in the GR book rating, if you were born on a single digit day you must use a leading zero in your rating.
by Joe Simpson Book has a 4.19 rating as of 2/18/17 but if it changes here is my way out: approved hereBook 3 – Year: Take your year of birth and subtract your age. Read a book first published in that new year. if you were born before 1967, you can read any book first published before 1917. claiming this exception (I graduated from college in 1967)
by Nathaniel Hawthorne first published March 1850.Points this post: 50
Total points: 1030
Hannah MoTask 20.5
Option 1: from Big Fat Books Worth the Effort list
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
on page 3 of list, #216 at time of posting
Points this post: 20
perletwo10.7. Rollin on the River - So -- read a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre. The genre can be embedded as in "Food and Drink>Food."
The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove
Points this task: 10
Total points: 910
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 68
Tasks completed: 48
Sara G30.3 - Daphne's Task: Atlas Obscura
1. The Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum - For this option, read a book with one of 55 words for snow in the title or subtitle.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
I read the Kindle edition, but the most popular paperback edition has 335 pages.
"Water" is second from the bottom of the 55 words for snow list.
6. Green Island Human Rights Culture Park - For this task, read a book from this list: Popular Social Justice Books. The book must have been shelved as "social justice" at least 10 times.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
I read the Kindle edition, but the most popular paperback edition has 312 pages.
This book is on page 1 of the Popular Social Justice Books list, and has been shelved as "social justice" 266 times.
335 + 312 = 647, more than 600 pages.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 360
loafer20.5. 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.
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
points: 20
total: 500
BB: 7
GO: 6
tasks completed: 28
Kathy G.10.5. Noel!
No Letter "L" in title or author
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Total Points- 95
5.9 - ListmakerA Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay (pub 2015)
5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Paws and Effect by Sofie Kelly
10.2. Ring, Sing, Bling?
A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn
Points this post: 20
Total points: 250
Tasks completed: 18
TessaVanessaChallenge 5.3 Sole Survivor
Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
I readShooting Star by Arianne Richmonde.
Challenge 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 The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.
Challenge 25.7 Dakimel’s task: Podcast Recommendations
Book 1: Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman. Found on Page 5 of Overdue Podcast. https://www.goodreads.com/group/books... 314 pages
Book 2: I read the The Rules According to Jwoww by Jenni Farley. It is found on page 1 of I Don't Even Own a Television Fun Time Party Pit 224 pages
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Points this post: 40
Total points: 720
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
perletwo10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket? - Read a book about Shirley Jackson, a book by Shirley Jackson, or a book with the main page genre Horror.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Points this task: 10
Total points: 920
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 69
Tasks completed: 49
Amanda D.20.3 - Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times - Option C: Lucky Seven - Read a book first published in a year ending with the number 7.
Bombshell by C.D. Reiss (ARC; Publication year: 2017)
Points this post: 20
Total points (not including this post): 60
Kim ATask 10.6 - Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016
The Melody Lingers On by Mary Higgins Clark
*Read this author for the first time in 2016 (Daddy's Little Girl on 4/11/16 and Where Are You Now? on 6/11/16)
Task 20.1 - Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN
The Ex by Alafair Burke
Points This Post - 30
Total Points - 360
Diana K5.4 - Best Laid Plans. Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2016 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. I chose Task 15.1- a book whose title includes a word from the list of spring words. The word in my book is Lilac.
Lilac Girls
5.7 - Long, Long Ago. Read a book from this list of Popular Ancient Books
Pompeii: The Vanished City This is on page 23 of the list
5.10- Your Own 8th Wonder. Read a book of your choice.
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Points this post: 15
Total points: 1075
Readerboard Name: JACK15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO.
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
Points this Post: 15
Points Total: 205
Task 15.5 – B-I-N-G-OTitle begins ‘N’
Nothing to Do But Stay: My Pioneer Mother
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This Post: 15 points
Total points to date: 505 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 3
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / (0) 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
Mod
DEANA5.1 - The Ancients
Author initials in aNciEnT
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
by Nancy E. Turner
5.3 - Sole Survivor
First in series
The Name of the Wind (audio version)
MMPB for page count: The Name of the Wind (722 pages) BIG BOOK
5.5 - December, January, February
Page count has a 1 or a 2
Faithful (258 pages)
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This post:
Points: 15
Tasks: 3
Books: 3
BB Tickets: 1
Total:
Points: 40
Tasks: 7
Books: 7
BB Tickets: 5
Readerboard name: witchygal10.5. Noel
Read a book with NO "L" in the title/subtitle and NO "L" in the author name.
I read Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. There are no "L"'s present in these title, subtitle or author's name.
Points: 10
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total stats for Winter 2016 - 2017.
Points: 325
Big Books: 6
Golden Oldie: 2
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perletwo10.9. Stories Say.............. - Read a book with a main page genre of mythology.
Tales of the Greek Heroes
Points this task: 10
Total points: 930
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 9
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 70
Tasks completed: 50
PAULA S10.4 Fire and ice
The big four by Agatha Christie
F in four
I in big
R in four
E in The
I,C,E in Christie
Readerboard Name - LaureY10.3.They're Old!
In honor of ancient wonders, read a book with History or Historical Fiction as a main page genre.
An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
Points this post: 10
Total points: 510
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 26
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 3
BBooks - 500+: 3 BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
CathyG 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/subtitle -
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones
Task 25.5 - Sarah BR's Task: A Return to Stars Hollow
The total page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages.
Option 3: Where you lead
Read a book with at least a 4 letter word from the song within the title/subtitle.
REQUIRED: Specify the song word in your post.- with
How to Run with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper 317pp
Option 4: Running gag
For this option choose a job from Kirk's Odd Jobs list and read a book in which a main character performs a similar job.
CEO's Expectant Secretary by Leanne Banks 192pp
approved post #11 receptionist=secretary
Task 25.8 - Beth F's Task: Backwards Alphabet Code
The total combined page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - Ignoring the articles "the", "a" and "an", read a book whose title begins with a letter in the left-hand column.
A Gentleman Never Tells by Eloisa James 140 pp
Book 2 - Ignoring the articles "the", "a" and "an", read a book whose title begins with the letter in the right-hand column that corresponds to the letter you selected from the left-hand.
Too Hot to Handle by Robin Kaye 405 pp
30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Choose one pair of the following and read the two books for that pair.
Three:
A: Read a book with only black text on the cover.
Dragonmark by Sherrilyn Kenyon
AND
B: Read a book with only white text on the cover.
Texas Rebels: Egan by Linda Warren
Points this post: 100
Total points: 700
Tasks completed: 32
Books read: 47
Big Book Tickets: 1 Oldie: 1
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Task 25.10
Option 1: author's initials in CHRISTMAS CARDS
The Terror of the Southlands by Caroline Carlson
IL: MG, BL: 6.4, AR: 11.0
author's initials CC
Option 3: main page genre of history, historical fiction, romance, YA, fantasy, sci fi
Red Glove by Holly Black
Top main page genres at time posting:
Young Adult 792 users
Fantasy 675 users
Points this post: 25