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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last.
Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
All My Friends are Superheroes 112 pages
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge.
The Cornish Coast Murder
1st book - section 3 of Obstacle Course in Crazy Challenge Connection group
Golden Oldie: 1935
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Read a book with a title/subtitle where the title/subtitle contains all of B, G and D.
The Darling Buds of May
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last.
Don't Look Now and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
All My Friends are Superheroes 112 pages
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge.
The Cornish Coast Murder
1st book - section 3 of Obstacle Course in Crazy Challenge Connection group
Golden Oldie: 1935
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Read a book with a title/subtitle where the title/subtitle contains all of B, G and D.
The Darling Buds of May
MegSCL20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 1: For this option read a book that retells one of Shakespeare's plays.
Shylock Is My Name - retelling of Merchant of Venice
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
324 pages and beach on cover
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4 - fantasy as mpg - Saga, Vol. 6
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 235
BB tickets: 2
Goldies: 1
15.4 - Endangered AnimalsOption 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
Author initials DR are found in Amur Leopard.
Title initials TSH are found in Northern Sportive Lemur.
Points this post = 15
Total points = 125
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 3
Diana K.Task 5.8 - Animals Around Us Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World
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.)
The Painted Kiss : A Novel This was on my Want to Read shelf since August 12, 2015
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Alaina5.4 - Best Laid Plans: Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
10.4 - It's a Fan Thing: Read a book with a main page genre that contains "Science Fiction"
Mostly Void, Partially Stars-Joseph Fink
Points This Post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Tasks Completed: 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Dead to the World - 316 pages
Book 2: A Reunion to Die For - 336 pages
336/3=112; 336/1=336; 336/6=56; 316+336=652
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 17
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: ObsessionEither read two books or read one book that meets a page minimum of at least 500 pages. If you are reading two books, you may read two books from the same option or two books from two different options, and the 500 page minimum does not apply.
Option 3: Read a book that has inspired a tv series from the following list: Best TV Shows Based on Books. State the name of the television series that your book inspired
Cocaine Blues
Flying Too High
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 330
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 1
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby Skandia
Option 2) read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series
Seitse õde by Lucinda Riley
Book #1 in The Seven Sisters series
Points this post: 20
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 7
Books read: 8
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Anja25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A: read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial.
North and South by John Jakes (812 pages - claiming big book ticket)
Dirty Scoundrel by Jessica Clare (pages approved here)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 25
Points Total: 175
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 10
Anja5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas (211 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 180
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 11
Readerboard Name - LaureY20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3. For this option, read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Number of pages: 309
Points this post: 20
Total points: 155
Total Books: 12
Total Tasks: 8
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Readerboard Name - LaureY30.7 -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."
Worth by Adrienne Wilder
Book 2
Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle).
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
*I claim a Golden Oldie ticket for this book as the play was first published in 1598*
Points this post: 30
Total points: 185
Total Books: 14
Total Tasks: 9
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
TessaVanessaChallenge 10.6 Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge.
I chose to read a book that fits into the https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-...
1. #14 Read a book about war. I read The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip M. Hoose.
Challenge 15.8 - World Animal Day
Read a book from this list: Best Animal Rights Books.
I read Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin. #63 on the list.
Challenge 20.8 Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
I read
by Elin Hilderbrand.1) The book must have 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers. It has 416 pages.
2) The book must have on its cover an item that reflects the categories chosen this year. Southern - a house with a porch, a quilt, or a beach
It has a beach on the cover.
Challenge 20.9 Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 1: Read a book from this list: Great Books with Black Covers
I read The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. It is found on page 5 and is #427
Challenge 30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1. Read a book by a single author in which the letters of the author's first, middle, or last name consists of alternating vowels and consonants.
I read Deadly Lib by Sarah Harvey. S-consonant A-vowel R-consonant A-vowel H-consonant. 128 p.
Book 2. Read a book in which the title contains a word of 5 or more letters of alternating vowels and consonants.
I read The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar. 374 p. P-consonant A-vowel P-consonant E-vowel R-consonant. 128+374=502 total pages.
Points this post: 95
Total points: 350
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 24
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Janice AB10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
I read Too Hot Four Hula
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Points for this post: 10
Total points = 100
Big Book tickets = 1
Golden Oldies = 1
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyREPOSTING WITH CORRECT EDITIONS
Task 30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Dead to the World - 316 pages
Book 2: A Reunion to Die For - 336 pages
336/3=112; 336/1=336; 336/6=56; 316+336=652
Points this post: 30
Total points: 230
Books read: 19
Tasks completed: 17
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
there is a cat on the coverPoints this post: 10
Total points: 240
Books read: 20
Tasks completed: 18
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
CYNBAXTER# 5.08 – Animals Around Us
Task: Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Book: Esther the Wonder Pig: Changing the World One Heart at a Time by Steve Jenkins, Derek Walter, Caprice Crane
Points this post: 5 points
Total points to date = 20 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
CYNBAXTER# 20.08 – NICKELS & DIMES: Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
Task: The book must have 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers. For example, a book with 347 pages would NOT work because even though there is a 3 or 4, that is not in the right order and 2) The book must have on its cover an item that reflects the categories chosen this year. Here is the list of approved items (no substitutions allowed):
-- Extravagant - jewelry, a crown, or a stack of money
-- Recycle - the recycle symbol, a cardboard box, or a soda can
-- Southern - a house with a porch, a quilt, or a beach
Book: Uncharted
by Tracey Garvis-Graves – the number used is “32” (132 pages)Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 40 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 0
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Both Kitty and Midnight are in the top 100 names
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 1: For this option read a book that retells one of Shakespeare's plays
New Boy
A retelling of Othello
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 2: read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
who has 163 distinct works listed on Goodreads.
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
I listeded to audio, the MMP is Memento Mori
published in 1958
New points: 60
Total Challenge Points: 85
GO: 1
20.4 My February BabyRide Around Shining: A Novel is a retelling of Othello (which the Goodreads description references as "a certain Shakespeare play about a creepy white dude obsessed with a black dude."
20.5 LET IT SNOW!
Option #3: Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business has 272 pages.
Points This Post: 40
Total Points: 40
Total Tasks Completed: 2
Total Books Read: 2
Total Pages Read: 512
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 500+ (0), 750+ (0)
MIKE DENNISTask 20.6 OPTION 1: same consonant EXACTLY 3 times in title/subtitle
The Bear and the Nightingale has three T
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Total:: Points: 20 GO: - BB: -
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.3 Best Review Titles and Suffixs
Call Me Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber
Mrs. in the title
Tasks Completed:3
Books Read: 3
Points This Task: 20
Grand Total: 40/1055
20.9 - Bringing Pets and People TogetherOption 2 - Read a book that has the letters B O S S in the title (not subtitle)
Bad Dreams and Other Stories by Tessa Hadley
Points this post = 20
Total points = 145
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 3
FANDURY10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.
The Elementals by Michael McDowell
The book was published first 1981 and is by a male author.
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 75
Books Read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 1.Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN. A Dark Redemption by Stav Sherez SWEET SIXTEEN
Option 4.
Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray First published in 1847
Points this post: 30
Total points: 195
Christine V5.2 - Go Wild
Sovereign
I read the Kindle edition. The top MMPB has 576 pages.
***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 5
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 80
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 9
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=2, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=2)
loafer20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in either the Title, Sub-Title or Author's name as presented on Good Reads.
A Clue to the Exit by Edward St. Aubyn
points: 20
total: 230
BB: 3
GO: 3
tasks completed: 15
5.10 Born FreeI read Raising Trump.
points: 85
books read: 8
tasks completed: 4
tasks in progress: 2
Big Books: 1
pages read: 2325
10.5 - Best BooksThe Fault in Our Stars – Best Books of January 2012
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition has 244 pages.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 130
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A
Eggnog and Candy Canes by Jean Oram read 12/26
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff, read 12/14
Both first names start with "J"
Points this post: 25
Total points: 265
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 19
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
Completion PostReaderboard Name: Louise
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Six Moon Summer by S.M. Reine
Date Read: 26/12/17
Rating: 3*
How It Fits: Wolf on cover
Points This Post: 10
Points Claimed: 115
Tasks Completed: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Books Read: 14
Pamela32655.3 - Banished!
An Alaskan Christmas by Belle Calhoune
5.9 - Get It Done
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - This was added to my to read shelf on 3/5/16.
Golden Oldie - First published in 1849
Big Book - 882 pages
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: The Rancher's Christmas Bride by Brenda Minton – 3 H’s in the title
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book 1: Freedom's Challenge by Anne McCaffrey
303 pages
Anne McCaffrey has more than 25 books listed here: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/an...
Book 2: Option 2: Montana Bride by Christmas by Linda Ford
288 pages
Linda Ford has more than 25 books listed here: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/li...
Points this post: 60
Total Points: 60
Golden Oldie books this post: 1
Total Golden Oldie books: 1
Big Book Tickets this post: 2
Total Big Book Tickets:
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+: 1
Big Books - 1000+:
10.9 - Good Dog!Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3. read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
Frankie by Shivaun Plozza
314 pages
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Fury by Shirley Marr
280 pages
Book 2: The Convent by Maureen McCarthy
408 pages: 408/2=204 & 408/8=51
Total pages read: 688 pages
Total this Post: 60
Golden Oldies:
Bigger is Better:
Season Total: 160
10.9 - Good Dog!Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count.
I completed Other People's Houses by Abbi Waxman
Points this task: 10
Total Points: 20
5.1- Lassie Come HomeA Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller
Points this post: 5
Total points: 230
Tasks completed: 17
hoodoomends30.1 - Animal Crackers
× Option 1: A book with the letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O in the title and/or subtitle.
The Autobiography Of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes by Scott Frost
× Option 4: A book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER.
Masks by Fumiko Enchi
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Points: 30
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 185
GO: 4
BB: 1
Post #730.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
1) My Cousin Rachel
REQUIRED: Using HOUSE made from title of book one
2) House of Korba
Points this post:30
Total Points:130
Books read:10
Tasks Done:8
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 LondonOption 2: Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Published February 7, 2017.
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Points this post: 20
Total points: 40
Books read: 2
Tasks completed: 2
Big Book tickets: 1
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
Anja10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
Read a book with the main page genre "Travel."
The Tour by Jean Grainger
Travel 4 users
POINTS:
Points This Post: 10
Points Total: 190
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 12
trishhartuk15.5 New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Oriel's Diary, Robert Harrison
This author is new to me.
Points this Task: 15
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
20.9 Moderator’s Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 3: Peaches is a 6 year old Domestic Short Hair cat who has a stunning buff orange coat. Read a book that has a food or drink in the title.
The Crêpes of Wrath, Sarah Fox
Crêpes approved in help thread message #28 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)
No PB. Approved for length in ebook thread message #6593 (https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... )
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 195
Tasks Completed: 14
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Mod
5.2 - Go Wild
Set in Singapore: The Dead American (PB) by Jake Needham
I read the kindle The Dead American
10.1 - What a Zoo
Zoo in: The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
I read Artemis for task 20.10 category Space Opera
Book 1, Family Saga nominee: Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Book 2, Non-fiction Space nominee: Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach
total = 225
Mod
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
title Miss: Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions by Amy Stewart
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
option 4, fantasy genre: Shattered by Kevin Hearne
I listened to the audio: Shattered
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book 1: Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts , 314 pages
From wikipedia Roberts in 1996 passed the hundred-novel mark with Montana Sky and in 2012 doubled that with The Witness.
Book 2, stand-alone: Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie, 277 pages
from wikipedia She is known for her 66 detective novels
total = 295
20.5 - LET IT SNOWOPITON 3 - Map of the Heart with 351 pages.
20.6 - IT'S BEHIND YOU
OPTION 1 - Granny Dan with 3 N's.
20.8 - COINS FOR CHRISTMAS
SOUTHERN -
with a beach on the cover and page number includes 24 (246 pages).TOTAL POINTS - 200
5.2 - Go WildSet in a zoo location - Read Shanghai Girls by Lisa See. This book started out in Shanghai, but, about a quarter-third of the way through, they landed on an island of California where they made their way to the mainland and the rest of the book was set wholly there, in Chinatown, Los Angeles.
5.10 - Born Free
Book of choice - Read Secret Worlds by Stephen Dalton. This has 'art' as a MPG, but, had quite a bit of text with each photo as well as essays introducing each chapter. Per the description - "...Dalton brings to the accompanying text. Informative and engaging, he tells of the challenges of adjusting to his subject's schedule rather than following his own." I hope this book meets the rules requirement and is accepted!
Points these task: 10
Total points: 30
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 0
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 6
Tasks completed: 3
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH10.1 - What a Zoo
Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence
mOving viOlations: war Zones
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!OPTION 1: THE CAST - I read Mostly Harmless which has 3 S's. (moStly harmleSS). This book was approved on the help thread.
points:105
books read: 8
tasks completed: 5
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 1
pages read: 2565
Bluegrass Pam5.7 Power Pet
Number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235
Berlin, Vol. 1: City of Stones
*Pages: 212
10.3 Sir Nils Olav
Male author first published during 1972-1987
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
*First pub. In 1981
20.1 Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
#2- 50% in one of the six states of New England
The Colorado Kid
*This book is set in Maine, which is noted in the GR metadata.
Points this post: 35
Total GOs: 1
Total points: 95
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyREPOSTING WITH NEW BOOKS
Task 30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: The Immortal Nicholas - 326 pages
Book 2: A Reunion to Die For - 336 pages
336/3=112; 336/2=168; 336/6=56; 326+336=662
Points this post: 30
Total points: 265
Books read: 22
Tasks completed: 19
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!Option 3: read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3
nymphette_dark99 by Cristina Nemerovschi
my copy had 320 pages
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 115
Books Read: 6
Tasks Completed: 6
Page count: 1917
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OPTION 4: Read a book with a bird's wing or a planet on the cover
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 140
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 7
Total books read: 7