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WINTER CHALLENGE 2016
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15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth I read The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson. This book has fantasy as a MPG.
20.2 - Fun and Games
I read Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. The cover has balls of light that were approved in the task help thread. This satisfies option four.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 35
Tasks complete: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Dakimel15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West - page 1 of list - for both (Option 2)
20.6. Seasoned Reader – Nicola T's Task: Repos Production’s 7Wonders
option 2: cloth (her shirt) -
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
option 1: The Regional Office Is Under Attack!
20.10 - Group Reads
Homegoing
30.2: SCHATZIE’S TASK: Pros & Cons
Pro: The Novel Habits of Happiness - page 2 of Happiness list
Con: Hangman's Holiday - a, o, i
TALLY:
This post - 105 points
Total - 155
MB5.9 Listmaker - published in year with 2 and 5
March: Book Two by Senator John Lewis published in 2015
10.6 More following through
A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny. This author was new to me in 2016. This is the 4th book I have read this year by this author.
15.5 BINGO book begins with one of these letters
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny. Begins with B
15.7 Tales of middle earth - fantasy book
The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johannsen has a main page genre of fantasy
20.2 fun and games - option 2 dungeons and dragons
The Apprentices by Maile Meloy Author's first and last name begin with the same letter
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12.0
20.7 Shorter is sweeter - option 2 - main page genre of scienc or health
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot with main page genre of science
Total points this post - 85
5.1 - The AncientsRead a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in ANCIENT
The Stranger by Albert Camus
**Claiming Golden Oldie Ticket-Published in 1942**
15.5 - B-I-N-G-O!
Read a book where the FIRST word of the title begins with a letter in BINGO
Outline
15.8 - 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
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
N-in Colson
A-Railroad
H-Whitehead
C-Colson
3 O's in Underground and Colson
Total New Points 35
Total Challenge Points: 90
BB's=1
Brooke TX5.5 - December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas
Read a book written by an author named “Nicholas” or any of the related names found at Behind the Name- Nicholas.
10.9. Stories Say..............
Read a book with a main page genre of mythology. Approved in help thread post 2:
10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?
Read a book with the main page genre Horror.
15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth
Read a book with a main page genre that contains “Fantasy.”
Points
This Post: 45
Total Points: 65
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 10
5.5 - December, January, February - Read a book with the number of pages that includes the number 1 or 2.The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #7) by Ellis Peters - 12/17/16 - 221 pages.
Points This Post - 5
Total Points - 140
Kristen IA5.8 - Full Moon
Read a book with a word in the title or subtitle from the names used by various tribes to describe the winter season’s moons: long, night, cold, wolf, old, snow, hunger. Plurals, possessives and word variations that preserve the meaning of the word such as hungry work.
The Snow Globe by Sheila Roberts
20.5. Bigger is Better - Loafer's Task: The Long and Short of It
This is a one book task. Choose one of the following options. REQUIRED: Specify which option you are using.
Option 2: Read a book that is a collection of short stories or essays.
An Avalon Christmas by Darien Gee
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Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 25/1075
Total Tasks: 2/60
GO: 0
BB: 0
CYNBAXTER#20.01 – Most Improved: CynBaxter's Task: Christmas in the Caribbean
Task: Read a book whose author's* initials can be found in the word CARIBBEAN.
Option 1: The Girls by Emma Cline
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 100 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Jonquil10.4. Fire and Ice
FIRE and of ICE in title/subtitle/author
FIRE in Firestone
I in Linda
C in Crystal
E in The
The Firestone Crystal
Linda David
Paperback, 280 pages 12/17
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Books posted: 14
Tasks complete: 14
Pages this post: 280
Total pages as of this post: 4436
Kait15.2 - Celebrity Eye-roll
Book 1 - A book with “night” found intact in a word in the book’s title, subtitle, series title or author’s name.
Hell on Wheels by Julie Ann Walker -- Part of the Black Knights Inc. series
Book 2 - A book with “time” found intact in a word in the book’s title, subtitle, series title or author’s name.
First Time in Forever by Sarah Morgan -- First Time in Forever
Points This Post: 15
Big Book Tickets This Post: 0
Golden Oldies This Post: 0
Total Points: 90
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Shannon South Africa20.3 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Option D: author from the list: Agatha Christie
300+ pages
Endless Night by Agatha Christie
303 pages
GR Authors: 1
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 60
Readerboard Name - LaureY10.6. More Following Through!
Read another book by an author you read for the first time in 2016 (including December).
The King's Traitor by Jeff Wheeler
This is a new author for me this year. Read book 1 and 2 int he trilogy in 2016.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 70
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 3
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
Mod
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Task 10.3 - 3 X 3, a three word TITLE that consists of a list of exactly different three words that are all the same part of speech: three nouns:
Sun, Sand, Murder by John Keyse-Walker
10.6. More Following Through!
How a Gunman Says Goodbye by Malcolm Mackay a new-to-me author in 2016. I read his debut The Necessary Death of Lewis Winter in February 2016.
25.3 - Karen Michele's Task: I Wonder…
option 1, Architecture Books pg 3: The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure tagged 21 times
option 4, Nature Books, pg 2 Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester tagged 46 times
total = 185
Becky P5.3 - Sole Survivor
Alpha Barman by Sue Brown approved for length line 3038
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Fierce & Fabulous by Elizabeth Varlet approved for length line 3037
Fall Task 10.10 using the word ICE
5.9 - Listmaker
Lords Of Lincoln by Michael Powers
PB edition Lords of Lincoln
10.7. Rollin on the River
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
PB edition The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
Option 1 Tru Smoke by Edie Danford approved for length line 3036
Points this post- 45
Total points- 95
Brittany G.Task 10.5 Noel!
Boot Camp
Boot Camp- Todd Strausser (no L's)
Points this post: 10
Points to date: 30
Elizabeth B15.7
genre “Fantasy”
The Last Yeti, e-book only, verified for length at post #5952
25.9
Option 2: #5 in a series Last Man Standing (Southern Scrimmage #5)
Option 3: author's initials in CERTAMEN
Bootleg Diva: Confessions of a Quarterback Princess by Levi Brody by Mercy Celeste, CM found in CertaMen
Points this post: 40
Total: 125+40=165
Brooke TX10.10. Got Your Lottery Ticket?
Read a book with the main page genre Horror.
IL: MG - BL: 6.0 - AR Pts: 19.0
Points
This Post: 15
Total Points: 65
Completed Tasks: 8
Books Read: 10
Becky P10.4. Fire and Ice
Fierce & Fabulous by Elizabeth Varlet
FIERCE & fabulous elIzabeth varlet
Points this post- 10
Total points- 100
FANDURY10.1. Let's Follow Up
Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The book is #63 on the list.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 55
Books Read: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Elizabeth PTask 20.2 - Fun and Games
Option Four - book with ball on the cover
by Kristen CallihanFootball on the cover
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 85
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
Total Books: 8
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Her Declaration of Independence
One book option
Book 1: Read a book from this list of Popular Feminism Books
Required: State the page of the list where your book is found.
and by a female author whose initials are found in MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
Malala YousafzaiBook is on page 1, #17 (12/18/16)
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
Points this post: 15
Total points: 100
Bluegrass Pam10.6 Let’s Follow Up - Author you read for the first time in 2016
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
*This was a new author for me in 2016.*
Points this post: 10
GO this post: 0 / BB this post: 0
Total Points: 95
GO Total: 2 / BB Total: 1
Luara15.4 To tell the truth
Book A: What is in the title
What Happens At Christmas by Victoria Alexander
Book B: a non-fiction book
Another Forgotten Child by Cathy Glass
Points
This post: 15
Total: 100
BARBARA ★25.11 - Wayne's Task: A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
Option 1: Normal - Graeme Cameron (author GC) 12/18
Option 5: Alien in the Family - Gini Koch (Katherine "Kitty" Katt #3) 12/14
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 25
Total Points: 80
Delicious Dee5.3 - Sole Survivor
Not Quite Dating
25.4 - MegSCL's Task: World AIDS Day
Book A - Option 2 - erotica -
- genre approved in the THT, red dress on coverBook B - Option 2 - vampireRomancing the Inventor
Task 30.5 - Dlmrose's Task: This and that, then this or that
Book A - Chaps and Chance
Book B - Chance Harbor
Total this post: 60
Total overall: 190
CYNBAXTER#25.06 – Trishhartuk's Task: Celebrate the City
Task: Read a book where the initial letters of the author’s name can be found in DOMINE DIRIGE NOS.
Book 1, Option 1: The Girl in the Box by Sheila Dalton
Task: Read a book with the main page genre of History or Historical Fiction The book must be about or set in either London or England.
Book 2, Option 2: Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date = 125 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Bookwrm526Task #15.4 - To Tell the Truth
I chose the one book option - to read a book with a ? and/or one of the interrogative words (I chose WHO) in the title/subtitle AND that is non-fiction. I read Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 105
EmilyD10375.3 - Sole Survivor Read a book that is number 1 in a series.
Crocodile on the Sandbank Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody series re-read- finished 12/18/2016
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
Total Tasks: 1
Pages read: 262
Total pg. read 262
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
BBooks - 500+: 0
BBooks - 750+: 0
BBooks - 1000+: 0
MegSCL15.6 - Multilingual
The Dark Forest
Original book in Chinese. My native language is English.
**512 pages = 1 big book ticket
20.3. Best Review - Lorraine's Task: It Was The Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
Option C (lucky 7): The Hour I First Believed
First published 2007
**768 pages = 2 big book tickets
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 55
BB tickets: 5
10.3 - They're Old! - Read a book with Historical Fiction as a main page genre.The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters - 12/18/16 - MPG Historical Fiction > 173 users
Points This Post - 10
Total Points - 150
5.5 - December, January, FebruaryRead a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
The Lunatic by Anthony C. Winkler (225 pages)
Task=5
Season total=100
KATIEGIRL5.6 - Jolly Old St Nicholas
A book written by an author named Nicholas or a related name.
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Points this post: 5
Total points: 95
Total tasks: 9
BB total: 0
GO total: 1
25.10Option 1: The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
Option 3: Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Natalia Holt
Points this post: 25 points
Total points to date: 55 points
Catherine TTask 5.10 - Your Own 8th Wonder
free choice
this has children MPG and is NOT on ARbookfinder .com or .co.uk
Thursday's Children by Rumer Godden
Task 10.10 - Got You Lottery Ticket?
read a book with horror MPG
Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill
Task 20.5 - The Long and Short of It
option 2 - read a collection of short stories
Christmas Stories by L.M. Montgomery
e book approval: msg#5940
Task 30.1 - Good Things Come in Pairs
option 1 - read book #1 & 2 in series
(A) Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft & (B) Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games by Joe Hill
series: Locke & Key - https://www.goodreads.com/series/4947...
15.7 - Tales of Middle-earth Main Page Genre includes "Fantasy"
Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
Book is 646 pages long. Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket
Points this post: 15
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 1
Total Big Book Tickets: 1
500+: 1
750+: 0
1000+: 0
10.7. Rollin on the RiverSo -- read a book with "environment," "ecology," "engineering," or "food" as a main page genre .
Points This Post: 10
Total Points: 65
Tasks Completed: 4
Books Read: 4
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: -
KATIEGIRL15.6 - Multilingual
A book originally published in a language other than your native language.
The Castle of Kings by Oliver Pötzsch
My native language is English. Book was originally published in German as Die Burg der Könige.
Edition read has 656 pages. Claiming as 1 BIG BOOK ticket.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 110
Total tasks: 10
BB total: 1
GO total: 1
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.
Champion Cat Johnson
20.7. Shorter is Sweeter - Elizabeth P's Task: One or Two?
REQUIRED: Specify your option when you post.
Option One: I or Eye? Read a book that has 2 “I”s AND 2 “E”s in the title/subtitle
Wicked Ride
25.11 - Wayne's Task: A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
This is a two-book task. Read one book from each of two different options.
The total page count for both books MUST be at least 500 pages.
REQUIRED: Identify which options you select when you post.
Option 1 - Read a book whose author's initials are JS, GC, EB, CK, or FC.
Lynx Joely Skye pb 232pgs
Option 5 - Read a book that is 2nd, 3rd, or 23rd in a series.
Armageddon Rules pb 336 pgs https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
232 pgs + 336 pgs = 568 pgs
Cumulative Total 100+60= 160
Scooter&Siam10.3 - Book with historical fiction as main page genre
Read A Lack of Temperance
Points: 10
Total: 35
Shawn H.5.5 - December, January, February
Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach
**240 pages** - contains a 2
25.8 - Beth F's Task: Backwards Alphabet Code
1. (H)
2. (S)
1. (H) - The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks (257 pages)
2. (S) - Snake: The Legendary Life of Ken Stabler by Mike Freeman (272 pages)
***529 pages total > 500 as required***
Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Ticket Books: 0
Nick KY30.1 Maya’s Good Things come in Pairs I chose Option 3.
Book 1. Letters on cover are all Black. I read The Obamians: The Struggle Inside the White House to Redefine American Power by James Mann.
Book 2. Letters on cover are all White. I read The Castle of Wolfenbach: A German Story by Eliza Parsons.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 150
Readerboard Name - LaureY5.5 - December, January, February
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 1 or 2.
Magic Bites by Llona Andrews
Number of pages is 260.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Task this post:1
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
CYNBAXTER#15.03 – Her Declaration of Independence
Combining both Tasks: Read a book from this list of Popular Feminism Books that is by a female author whose initials are found in MARY WOLLSTONECROFT
Option 2, 1 Book: Bossypants by Tina Fey – on page 1 of the https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... list
Points this post: 15 points
Total points to date = 140 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
hobbit 6810.1. Let's Follow Up
In the fall season, one of the group reads was The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. One of the features enjoyed by many of the SRC participants was the mention of numerous books. Read a book from The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend listopia.
You may also read a book by one of the authors referenced at the top of that list (and listed in post 2 of the Help Thread).
The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie
This is a golden oldie book 1936
Cait S20.5- The Long And Short Of It
Option 2: Read a book that is a collection of short stories or essays.
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
Points This Post: 20
Tasks Completed: 5
Total Points: 65
Oma122910.4. Fire and Ice
Read 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.
Interference by Amélie Antoine
Total Points-55/1075
Completed Tasks-4/60
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages()
Oma122920.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading
I chose Option #1
Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word PROOFREADING. Middle initials may be ignored, and letters may be used as often as they appear in the target word.
Callander Square by Anne Perry
Total Points-75/1075
Completed Tasks-5/60
GO Books (1)
Big Books 500-750 pages (); 750+pages(
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20.9 Moderator's pet - Heather (Gibby)'s Task: Celebrating Proofreading - Option 1: Read a book where the author's initials can be found in the word PROOFREADING.
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
This post:
Points - 20
Total:
Points - 80