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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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Completion PostReaderboard Name: JamminJenny
Task 10.6 - Who's Up for a Challenge?
Rebel of the Sands read 12/1, 4 stars - used in Game Night group Monopoly Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Books read: 1
Tasks completed: 1
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
5.7 - Power PetsRead a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
I read Lemon Meringue Pie Murder.
I read an ebook. The top PB edition (there is no MMPB) is 352 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Bookwrm526Task #15.5 - New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author. I read IQ by Joe Ide, who I have never read before.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 15
10.10 - Goin' on a SafariRead a book with the main page genre "Travel." The genre may be stand alone or embedded.
I read From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death.
Task points:10
Total Challenge Points:10
VAL TX15.3 - Hot or Cold? - Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list. (upstairs / downstairs)
Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir That Inspired "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abbey" by Margaret Powell
This post:
Points - 15
Total:
Points - 15
Stephanie1275.4 - Best Laid Plans:Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Using post 5.5: Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
Electric Arches with 94 pages. Using this as my 80-99 page 5 point task.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5/1055
Tasks completed: 1/59
Books read: 1
CHANDNI15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
Reluctantly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
IL: UG - BL: 5.0 - AR Pts: 6.0
Author initials in Northern Sportive Lemur - P,R in Sportive & N in Northern
Title initials in Amur Leopard - R, A in Amur
[POINTS]
This Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Books Read: 1
Completed Tasks: 1
Anja10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Leap of the Lion by Cherise Sinclair
pages approved here
(cougar)POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 10
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Readerboard Name: Nicola T25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
"Sequential Art", "Comics", "Comic Book", and "Manga" books are allowed for this task. I chose the following two options for this task: 1) read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are located in the phrase JUST ONE MORE and 3) Read a book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author.
For Option 1 i read Silk, Volume 3: The Clone Conspiracy (136 pages) by Robbie Thompson jusT one moRe
For Option 2 i read Invincible, Vol. 24: The End of All Things, Part One (152 pages)
O in one, P in Part, H in The, E L and I in Invincible, A in All
Points this task: 25
Winter 17/18:
Points Overall:25
Tasks Completed:1
Books Read:2
Completion PostReaderboard Name: Louise
5.7 - Power Pets
Task: Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Token by Marata Eros
Date Read: 1/12/17
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: 156pgs
Points This Post: 5
Points Claimed: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies:
Books Read: 1
Siobhan5.8 - Animals Around Us
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Sex on Earth: A Celebration of Animal Reproduction by Jules Howard
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Michelle GA10.5 - Best Books
Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year.
I read:
No One is Here Except All of Us by Ramona AusubelRequired: State the month and year when you post.
{February 2012}
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Books posted: 1
Tasks complete: 1
Pages this post: 325
Total pages as of this post: 325
Golden Oldies: 0; Total = 0
Big Book: 0; Total = 0
Completion PostReaderboard Name: JamminJenny
Task 5.1- Lassie Come Home
The Magic of Lassie
Magic and Macaroons read 12/2
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
Sara G25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
1: Because I didn’t get to log that last book for the Summer SRC, read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are located in the phrase JUST ONE MORE. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the target phrase.
Seven Minutes in Heaven by Eloisa James
JUST ONE MORE
2: Hurricane Harvey’s havoc was mainly in Texas. In September, Hurricane Irma hit Florida, followed by Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these hard-hit American regions. REQUIRED: If the setting isn’t obvious in the Goodreads metadata, provide evidence of the setting when you claim this option.
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
This book takes place 100% in Texas. From the Goodreads description: "In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world."
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
Kaora15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
The Balanced Horse: The Aids by Feel, Not Force
Last year I started competing with my horse in a sport called Eventing which is a triathlon of Dressage, Cross Country and Show Jumping. This year one of my goals is to compete in my FIRST recognized show with the US Eventing Association and move up to Novice level. In order to do that I need a strong relationship with my horse which is why I chose to read this book.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 15
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
perletwo5.2 - Go Wild - Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: Austria; Canada; England; Germany; Scotland; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; or in the USA: California, Nebraska, New York, Washington DC.
The Best Man to Die - England
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge? - Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge. If you don't belong to any other Goodreads challenge groups, read a book that fits into the BookRiot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge.
Uncanny X-Men Masterworks Vol. 1 (Uncanny X-Men - fills Read Harder #6, read an all-ages comic
15.4 - Endangered Animals - Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria: read a book whose author's initials are found in the name of one of these animals.
AND read a book with a title of at least two words in which the initial letter of each word of the title can be found in the name of a different animal from the list. Subtitles may be ignored.
Hush Money (Chinese Giant Salamander) by Robert B. Parker (Ivory-Billed Woodpecker)
Points this task: 30
Total points: 030
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 03
Tasks completed: 03
15.4 Endangered Animals--Option 2:by Alice Hoffman Author initials in Western Lowland Gorilla
The Rules of Magic Title intitals in Northern Sportive Lemur
Points this task: 15
Total points: 15
Andy P.Task # 5.9 - Get It Done.
Read a book that has been on your want-to-read shelf for at least a year (added on/before 11/18/16.)
Straight into Darkness by Faye Kellerman on my list since 10/26/13
Points this post:5
Total points: 5
5.1- Lassie Come HomeThe Rules of Magic – “magic” in “The Magic of Lassie”
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 384 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Completion PostReaderboard Name: JamminJenny
Task 5.3 - Banished!
Her Loyal SEAL read 12/2, 2 stars
Points this post: 5
Total points: 20
Books read: 3
Tasks completed: 3
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 0
10.1 What a ZooRead a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Ever Fallen in Love by Zoë Strachan
lOve ZOe
Points this post = 10
Total points = 10
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 0
5.6 - It's Alive!Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time
Required: State the page of the list.
I read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which appears on page one of the list.
The book was first published in 1820 so I’m requesting one Golden Oldie ticket.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 2
Books read: 2
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Completion PostReaderboard Name: JamminJenny
Task 5.2 - Go Wild
A Christmas Carol read 12/2, 5 stars, set in England initially published in 1843, claiming one GO ticket I listened to audible version, the MMPB version A Christmas Carol is 160 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 25
Books read: 4
Tasks completed: 4
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 1
5.2 - Go WildRead a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: Austria; Canada; England; Germany; Scotland; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; or in the USA: California, Nebraska, New York, Washington DC.
I read A Wayne in a Manger which is set entirely in England.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 30
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 4
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
Readerboard Name: Lisa NZ10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.
Reading is my favourite hobby
I read Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse in which reading is prominently featured. The main character loves to read as stated in the book blurb:
But somehow she manages to find moments of grace, more often than not through the genial voice of P.G. Wodehouse, the beloved British novelist. Spanning the first half of the twentieth century, Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse celebrates the power of great novels — from Austen to Chekhov — to transform, console, and teach us the value of friendship and love.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
hoodoomends30.9 – Obsession (1 book with at least 500 pages)
× Option 4: a book from the 29 Books with Strong Female Protagonists list.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (524 pp)
**I'm claiming a GO ticket (1st published in 1847) and also a BB ticket (524 pp)**
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Points: 30
GO: 1
BB: 1
Total
Points: 30
GO: 1
BB: 1
DebraJean5.4 - Best Laid Plans
For this task, I read The Walking Dead, Vol. 06: This Sorrowful Life, which has 136 pages, fulfilling the requirements from the Fall Challenge task 5.5 (read a book with number of pages that includes a 0, 1, or 9)
Points this Post - 5
Total Points - 5
BB - 0
GO - 0
Stephanie1275.7 - Power Pets: Read a book with a number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Blue Fox which has 115 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10/1055
Tasks completed: 2/59
Books read: 2
Skandia10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
Read a book with the main page genre "Travel."
Minu California. Mull mullis by Ede Schank Tamkivi
Points this post: 10
Total points: 10
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
CHANDNI15.5 - New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Beast Is an Animal by Peternelle van Arsdale
I've never read anything by this author before.
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This Post: 15
Total Points: 30
Books Read: 2
Completed Tasks: 2
Elizabeth PTask 15.10 - Trash to Treasure
Book that my friend gave 1 or 2 stars that is new to me
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
My friend Jessica https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2... rated this book two stars.
This book was new to me, I didn't dislike it as much as Jessica but it wasn't my favorite.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 15
Total Tasks: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 1
Completion PostReaderboard Name: Louise
5.3 - Banished
Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words. Spaces determine words.
Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina
Date Read: 2/12/17
Rating: 4*
How It Fits: Title has 3 words
Points This Post: 5
Points Claimed: 10
Tasks Completed: 2
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies: 0
Books Read: 2
Post #15.10 - Born Free
Star-Crossed
Book is not found in ARBookFinder.
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10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
I hope I'm linking this correctly
A Conspiracy of Faith
2017 & 2018 Reading Challenge
Serial Reader - 2017
I keep track of this challenge in the groups personal challenge board in
POST# 2
Deborah 2017 Reading I can lay claim of fulfilling one book for this series all year this far. Go Me
Points this post:15
Total Points:15
Books read:2
Tasks Done:2
Sara G30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 1: I started working at the library on my 16th birthday as a shelver in the children’s department. It was the perfect first job for me!
Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN. You may ignore middle initials and one author in a work with multiple authors works. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in SWEET SIXTEEN.
The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein
SWEET SIXTEEN
Option 2: I always love when I find a new to me author and discover that they have published multiple books.
In keeping with the number 25, read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt has 29 distinct works listed on Goodreads, and I went through them and verified that they're really all distinct works.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 55
5.9 - Get It DoneTask: Read a book that has been on your want-to-read shelf for at least a year
Book/author: Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Date Read: 12/2/17
List used: Want to Read on Goodreads
Date added to list: 12/2/14
Points this post: 5
Total points: 5
Books read: 1
5.2 - Go Wild The Upside of Unrequited – set in Washington D.C.
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 336 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Siobhan30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Book 1
Read a book where all the letters in the title (not subtitle) can be found in the definition:
"lolcat (NOUN) (on the Internet) a photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically incorrect version of English."
Bec by Darren Shan
Book 2
Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing was first published in 1598 so qualifies for one Golden Oldie Ticket
Points this post: 30
Total points: 35
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 3
JUDYTask # 30.4 Backward Day
Book 1- Big Shot - title is B-S
pb(no mmpb): Big Shot
Book 2 - Scottish Brides - title is S-B
mmpb: Cuatro Novias
Points this post 30
Total points 30
Tasks completed 1
Books Read 1
5.5 - Wonders of the DeepRead a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last. Spaces determine names. Names with initials may not be used.
I read The Little One by Lynda La Plante.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 6
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 0
VAL TX10.1 - What a Zoo - Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (Z-O-O in Zooey)
This post:
Points - 10
Total:
Points - 25
20.10 - Group ReadsNon-fiction: Space Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
My post is #3 on the thread.
Points this post: 20
Points in total: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Andy P.Task # 5.6 - It's Alive!
Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón found on page 1 # 32 on list.Points this post: 5
Total points: 10
Louise B5.7 - Power Pets
A book with a total number of pages containing at least 2 digits in 1235
Rivers of London: Body Work by Ben Aaronovitch # of pages: 128
Total points: 5
Total points to date: 5
VAL TX5.10 - Born Free - Read a book of your choice.
Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books by Helene Hanff
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 30
10.4 - It's a Llama, MamaRead a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Tarka the Otter by Henry WilliamsonClaiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1927
Points this post = 10
Total points = 20
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 1
Andy P.Task # 5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee571 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 15
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