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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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Cindy F Task 30.4 Readers Recommend
2 Book Option
Option 1: Rating >4.25 Out on the Panhandle by R.E. Bradshaw Rating 4.5 340 pages
Option 2: Book from Fiction Category Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
470 pages
Total 2 books > 600 pages (810 pages)
Points this post:30
Total points:145
Tasks completed:11
Books read:13
Golden Oldies:0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
LAUREN JODI10.9 - Stories Say...
Mythology on Main Page
Bound by Elisabeth Naughton
Confirmed in post Post #20 of the task help thread.
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Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 435/1075
Total Books Read: 38
Tasks Completed: 28/60
Laura NT15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy”
When the Moon Was Ours
Points this post: 15
Total points: 145
LAUREN JODI20.3 - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C: Lucky Seven
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
Published in 2007
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 455/1075
Total Books Read: 39
Tasks Completed: 29/60
Catherine TTask 30.2 - Pros & Cons
book 1 - read a book from the Best About Family Relationships list
Magyk by Angie Sage
page 1 of list
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 18.0
book 2 - read a book with at least three different vowels in the title, not including E
Sanditon by Jane Austen
AIO in the title
Sarah E20.2. Rookie at the Top - Justme's Task: Fun & Games
Option 2. Dungeons & Dragons
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: Author initials in PROOFREADING
Nobody's poodle by Nikki Attree
Points this post: 40
Total points: 420
KATIEGIRL5.5 - December, January, February
A book with the number of pages that includes a 1 or a 2.
Venice: Pure City by Peter Ackroyd
416 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 475
Total tasks: 36
BB total: 4
GO total: 5
Readerboard Name - LaureY30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
One:
A: Read a book that is 1st in a series.
B: Read the 2nd book in the same series as book A.
Neuromancer by William Gibson (Sprawl #1)
Count Zero by William Gibson (Sprawl #2)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 590
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 29
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 5
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 4
BBooks - 500+: 4 BBooks - 750+: 0 BBooks - 1000+: 0
Stephanie12720.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two? REQUIRED: Specify your option when you post.
Option Two: To study or not to study? Read a non-fiction book with the main page genre science or health.
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal main page genres "nonfiction" and "health"--this book was started before the challenge start; I was on page 233 of 520 (44.81%)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 125/1075
Tasks completed: 11/60
Books read: 12
Sarah EMoving things around post
Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
I would like to change the book I had previously claimed for this task and move it to 25.11.
Option 2: Cloth on cover
New book:
The children are wearing clothes (thank goodness)
AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8.0
Help thread approved a person wearing clothes for cloth here
Task 25.11 - Wayne's Task: A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Option 2: Pole on cover
224 pagesThe rake works as a pole if the head is removed
Option 5: #3 in a series
A Big Sky Christmas 416 pages
224 + 416 = 640 pages
New points this post: 25
Total points: 445
Catherine TTask 10.9 - Stories Say..............
read a book with MPG Mythology
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
approved in help thread
Dakimel15.6 - Multilingual
A Voice in the Night
my native language is English & this was originally published in Italian
25.3 - Karen Michele's Task: I Wonder…
2: Night Diver
4: The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World - on page 1 of the Nature list
30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
1: Beauty and the Spy
2: Beauty Queens
TALLY:
This post - 70 points
Total - 935
15.2 - Celebrity Eye-rollNight:
Illumination and Night Glare: The Unfinished Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Carson McCullers
Time:
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
+15 Points
Task 20.1 Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Option 1 - Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the word caribbean.
carIbbEan
To The Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
+20 Points
Task 30.7 - Jonquil’s Task: Dreams are made of this
Book 1: Paris, France
The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
Book 2: London, England
1. Bashir “Bish” Ortley is a London desk cop.
2. "My uncle took my father's ashes back to Egypt," Sarraf said suddenly, when they reached the London Road roundabout.
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta
+30 Points
Points this Post: 70
Grand Total: 465
Sarah E20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option B: Commonwealth
Takes place 100% in Kentucky
Prodigal Summer
I read the ebook, but have linked to the MMPB for page count (447 pages).
Points this post: 20
Total points: 465
Bookwrm526Task #10.6 - Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016. I read Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni, who I read for the first time in July 2016.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 735
MegD10.4. Fire and Ice
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know
10.5. Noel!
The Woman in Cabin 10
10.6. More Following Through!
Miss Black America
This was a new author for me in 2016.
15.4 - To Tell the Truth
Option 1
Interrogative words: What She Knew
Non-Fiction: The Agile Business Analyst: Moving from Waterfall to Agile
20.1. Most Improved Player
Option 1-author’s initials in “Caribbean”
The Paris Architect
20.2. Rookie at the Top
Option 2-Author’s first/last name same initial
All the Missing Girls
20.4. Golden Oldies
Option 1-Cover with skull
Skull is on moth's face
Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader
Option 3-“society”
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
AR info: IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter
Option 1: 2 I’s and 2 e’s
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
20.9 Moderator's pet
Option 1: Author’s initials found in “Proofreading”
My Sister's Grave
20.10 - Group Reads
Message #2
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
Task 30.7 - Jonquil’s Task
Book 1 (London)-The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Book 2 (Paris)-Paris Letters
Points this post: 215
Total points: 215
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 13
5.9 - Our Souls at Night by Kent HarufPoints this task: 5
5.10 - Still Life by Louise Penny
Points this task: 5
10.5 - The Widow by Fiona Barton
Points this task: 10
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 320 points
Amy FL15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Friday Night Bites (Fantasy)
25.10 – Pamela3265's Task: Tis the Season
Option 1: The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach (chriStmaS cards)
Option 3: The Queen of Water (Young Adult)
30.1 - Maya's Task : Good Things Come in Pairs
Three A:
Three B:
Points this post: 70
Total points: 525
Kim ATask 20.6 - Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders - Read a book that has "paper" on the cover
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Points This Post - 20
Total Points - 470
EMurphy20.9 Moderator's Pet-Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1: Author's initials can be found in PROOFREADING The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 120
Books Read: 7
BB Tickets +500: 2
BB Tickets +750: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 6
EMurphy5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder - Book of your choice The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell
This Task:
Points: 5
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 125
Books Read: 8
BB Tickets +500: 2
BB Tickets +750: 1
GO Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - It was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option Three - First published in year ending in 7
Pucked Off by Helena Hunting
First published February 2017
Paperback edition has 400 pages - Pucked Off
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 430
Total Tasks: 27
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books 35
10.4. Fire and IceZombies: A Record of the Year of Infection: Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly
F Infection
I Zombies
R Record
E Record
I Infection
C Record
E Zombies
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.1 - The Ancients
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie
The author's first and last name initials can be found in AnCient
Link to MMP edition: Death in the Clouds
5.5 - December, January, February
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones
The number of pages contains a 2 (352).
5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
Hush by Laura Lippman
Link to PB edition: Hush Hush
This post: 15 points
Total points to date: 310 points
Tasks completed: 23
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ10.2 - Ring, Sing, Bling?
Dying To Forget
Dying is a word in the title that ends in “ing.”
Link to PB edition: Dying to Forget
This post: 10 points
Total points to date: 320 points
Tasks completed: 24
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Julia103Task 20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
Option 1:
has a Stone wall on the cover20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 3: The Snow Globe (genre Holiday > Christmas)
This post: 40 points
Total points: 535
Total BB: 5
Total GO: 5
Tasks completed: 30
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Before Midnight by Jennifer Blackstream
The first word of the title (Before) begins with a letter in BINGO (B)
Link to PB edition: Before Midnight
20.4 - The Nightmare Before Christmas
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Option 2 - Behind the Name - Jack under the Feminine Forms (English)
Link to MMP edition: Smokin' Seventeen
This post: 35 points
Total points to date: 355 points
Tasks completed: 26
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
In post #1771, I claimed:10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
I want to move this book to:
15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
Book 1: Read a book from this list of Popular Feminism Books
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
page 2
Book 2: Read a book by a female author whose initials are found in MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT.
Onn, Off (Carmine Delmonico #1) by Colleen McCullough
CM found in Mary wollstoneCraft
Total this Post: 5
Golden Oldies: 9
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 675
In post #12126, I claimed:15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Dawn Study (Soulfinder #3) by Maria V. Snyder
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (582 pages)
I'd like to change the book read for completion of task to:
15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier
Total this Post: 0
Golden Oldies: 9
Bigger is Better: 2
Season Total: 675
5.6 - Jolly Old St NicholasThe Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty
10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?
Jizzle by John Wyndham
25.8 - Beth F's Task: Backwards Alphabet Code
Book 1 - Area 7 (Shane Schofield #2) by Matthew Reilly -512 pages
Book 2 - Zigzag Street by Nick Earls -288 pages
Total: 800 pages
Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers Recommend
OPTION 1 - Reader ratings - Read a book with an average GR rating above 4.24
Dawn Study (Soulfinder #3) by Maria V. Snyder
1 x BIGGER IS BETTER TIX (582 pages)
average rating: 4.30
OPTION 2 – Read a book that features as a winner or nominee on the GR choice awards for 2016 (winners announced end of November) Goodreads Choice Awards
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach -285 pages
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2016)
Total: 867 pages
Total this Post: 70
Golden Oldies: 9
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 745
Amber20.1. Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Option 1 - book whose author's* initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Points this post: 20
Total points: 330
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Amy O.Task 5.7 - Long, Long Ago (Book on Popular Ancient Books listopia)
The Republic by Plato
**I am claiming one Golden Oldie ticket for The Republic. It was first published in 380 B.C.***
The Republic is on page 1 of the Popular Ancient Books Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
15.1 - Madly in Love With Me Day
Book 1: book with the word "me" in the title
Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
Book 2: autobiography or memoir
So, Anyway... by John Cleese
Points this post: 20
Total points: 290
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 23
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 0
perletwo10.1. Let's Follow Up - Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
Mansfield Park
First printed in 1814, this qualifies for a Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this task: 10
Total points: 1065
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 12
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 82
Tasks completed: 59
Readerboard Name: Kathy P10.4. Fire and Ice
Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride
Lucy KnisleyPoints this post: 10
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 300
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 16
Total Books read: 18
Kristen IA15.6 - Multilingual
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.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
My native language is English and the original language of the book is Swedish.
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition.
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Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 470/1075
Total Tasks: 24/60
GO: 1
BB: 3
Reader name: Marie-AnneTask 20.9: Celebrating Proofreading - Option 1: Atlantis by David Gibbins. The author's initials are in PROOFREADING.
Totals this posting:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 0; 750+: 0;
Summary Totals:
Points: 285
Books Read: 18
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 500+: 2; 750+: 0;
25.8 Backwards Alphabet CodeDarktown by Thomas Mullen
Page Count: 384
While the City Slept: A Love Lost to Violence and a Young Man's Descent into Madness by Eli Sanders
Page Count: 336
D - W, Page Count is greater than 500.
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 370
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
Option 2 One book
On page 4 of Popular Feminism Books list
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Points this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 315
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 17
Total Books read: 19
Chris MD30.4 Readers Recommend
Option 2: Winner or nominee from 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld
This book was a nominee for best fiction.
I listened to the audio version of this book. I am almost positive the first paperback version shown on GR is not an American print. Based on the ISBN from the paperback version on Amazon, which looks like the one I saw at Target, I believe this is the correct paperback version, and it has 528 pages.
Claiming 1 Big Book ticket.
Option 5: From the list of 20 Best Audiobooks
A Delicate Truth by John Le Carre
This is #1 on the list.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback version has 320 pages.
Eligible # of pages 528
Delicate Truth # pages 320
Total pages 848
30.7 Dreams Are Made of These
Book 1: Takes place completely in Chicago
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Location mentioned in GoodReads description.
Book 2: Takes place at least 80% in London
Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris
Location mentioned in GoodReads description.
Points for this post: 30 + 30 = 60
Total points: 60 + 245 = 305
Tasks completed: 14
Books read: 20
Golden Oldies: 2
Big books: 500=2, 750=0, 1,000=0
That's it for me. Thanks to the mods!
Readerboard Name: Kathy P15.9 - It's Summer Somewhere
On page 2 of Summer Beach Reads list
Tears of Mermaids: The Secret Story of PearlsPoints this post: 15
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 330
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 18
Total Books read: 20
Readerboard Name: Kathy P20.1. Most Improved Player - CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Option 1
The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living
Points this post: 20
Books this post: 1
Totals
Points: 350
BB: 1
GO: 0
Total Task completed: 19
Total Books read: 21
30.4 - Readers RecommendOption 1 - Reader Ratings
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (354 pages)
Currently has a rating of 4.37, which is more than 4.24
Option 5 - Reading Through Your Ears
A Short History of Nearly Everything (544 pages)
#4 on the 20 Best Audiobooks list
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 544 pages
354 + 544 = 898, which is more than the required 600
Total Big Book Tickets: 5
Total Points: 200
15.9 - It's Summer SomewhereThe Motion of the Ocean: 1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife page 3 on the list
That's it for me this winter season. Thank you again for your hard work mods, looking forward to starting spring!
Points this post: 15
Points total: 895
GO total: 3
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 54
Books read: 73
Task 30.4 - Mazza1's Task - Readers RecommendA minimum of 600 pages is required for this task.
If you choose the 2 book option, the 2 books must be selected from different options and the two books must have a combined page total of at least 600.
OPTION 2 – Awards Season
Read a book that features as a winner or nominee on the GR choice awards for 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards
REQUIRED – identify the category in which the book is nominated
Born to Run was nominated in the Best Memoir/Autobiography category. It is 528 pages. I am claiming one Big Book Ticket
OPTION 5 Reading Through Your Ears
Read a book from the following list of the 20 best Audio books of all time.
Brighton Rock is #7 on the list. This book has 269 pages and was first published in 1938. I am claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket
This book on #7 on the list
Total pages: 797, exceeding the 600 page minimum
Total points this post: 30
Total Big Books this post: 1
Total G.O.s this post: 1
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 1: Rory's reading list
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - 2/22/17 - #83 The Rory Gilmore Reading List - 227 pages.
Option 3: Where you lead
The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert - 2/27/17 - DARLING - 288 pages
Total pages - 515
Points This Post - 25
Total Points - 985
Elizabeth PTask 15.9 - It's Summer Somewhere
Book from list Summer Beach Reads
Evening Stars by Susan Mallery
Page one on the list
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 445
Total Tasks: 28
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 36
5.10 Your Own 8th Wonder - book of choiceDearest Rogue
Total points this post: 5
Total points/challenge: 295
Dakimel10.6. More Following Through!
Pretty Face - length approved post 6090
I first read Lucy Parker in 2016
25.2 - Perletwo's Task: Timeless: Leonard & Leon
1: Listen to the Moon (MOON)
2: Version Control (time travel approved in help thread)
25.4 - MegSCL's Task: World AIDS Day
1:
- red lips & can painted on building; series approved for Botswana setting in help thread2: A Seditious Affair Erotica (length approved post 6092)
30.7 - Jonquil’s Task: Dreams are made of this
1:Perfect Chemistry (Chicago)
2: The Trouble With Harry (London)
TALLY
This post - 90 points
Total - 1025
now I just have to go read an old book real fast! (unless I have errors I also have to fix)
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10.3 Historical Fiction
The Muse, Jessie Burton
Points this post: 10
Total points: 175
GO:1
BB:
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 14
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