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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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Andy P.Task # 15.7 - Groundhog Day
Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY.
Rounding the Mark by Andrea Camilleri
GROUNDHOG DAY
Points this post: 15
Total points: 240
Bookwrm526Task #20.5 - Let it Snow!!
Option 3: Read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7 or 3. I read Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson (336p).
Points this post: 20
Total points so far: 265
Elizabeth PTask 25.6 - Winnie the Pooh Day
Option Two - main page genre fantasy
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Option Three - bear on cover
by Philip PullmanPoints this Post: 25
Total Points: 150
Total Tasks: 10
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 11
Cait S25.7- My Second Favorite Pastime
Book #1
Read a book that has a word in its title or subtitle that contains exactly 9 DIFFERENT letters.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The word is "Everything" (obviously haha)
Book #2
Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters.
Hidden Away by Maya Banks
Points This Post: 25
Total Points: 120
Repost!I feel like such an idiot- so much for being moderator's pet this round. Third time is a charm right?
NICOLE OH
15.4 - Endangered Animals
Every Child a Super Reader: 7 Strengths to Open a World of Possible BY Pam Allyn
Option 2:
Title: Chinese Giant Salamander
Pam Allyn- Amur Leopard
POINTS THIS POST: 15
TOTAL POINTS: 110
Readerboard name: D30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
I chose Option 4 and Option 5.
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER.
Upon Some Midnights Clear by K.C. Constantine
Option 5: Read a book with a word in its title (not subtitle) from the lyrics of this song.
Starr Bright Will Be With You Soon by Rosamond Smith
Word: with
Task total=30
Season total=250
Janice CA10.9 - Good Dog!
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G.
O Rugged Land of Gold by Martha Martin
+10
total: 30
tasks: 2
books: 2
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite Option 4: Circus
I read Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I byTracy Borman, whose initials are in acroBaT.
points: 175
books read: 12
tasks completed: 9
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 2
pages read: 3996
hoodoomends10.1 - What a Zoo
× A book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
A Sexta Extinção: Uma História Não Natural by Elizabeth Kolbert
Z in Elizabeth; O in Kolbert; O in Extinção
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
× A book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Até mais, e obrigado pelos peixes! by Douglas Adams
(dolphins)20.9 - Bringing Pets and People Together
× Option 4: A book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre.
Cantiga De Ninar by Chuck Palahniuk
MP genre: fantasy
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Points: 40
GO: -
BB: -
Total
Points: 230
GO: 4
BB: 1
EMurphy20.5 Bigger is Better-DebraJean's Task: Let It Snow
Option 3: Page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (195 pages)
This Task:
Points: 20
Books Read: 1
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 50
Books Read: 3
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Tasks Completed: 2
Post #1120.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2: Mercutio will be 16 this February.
-For this option read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
Into the Drowning Deep Rolling in the Deep #1
Points this post:20
Total Points:200
Books read:15
Tasks Done:12
MegSCL30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 1:read a book with the letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O in the title and/or subtitle.
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER.
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one. Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books
Forever Princess - 383pp - 165 distinct works
Book two (not a series)
Home Safe - 260pp - 42 distinct works
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 425
BB tickets: 2
Goldies: 1
MegSCL20.10 - Group Reads
Artemis - comment in 25 of thread
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Saga, Vol. 7 (152 pages)
Book 2: Breathing Lessons (350 pages)
350/1=350; 350/5=70; 350/2=175). 152+350=502
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 475
BB tickets: 2
Goldies: 1
Elizabeth PTask 20.3 - Titles and Suffixes
Book in which a title is used in the title
Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas
Lady is a common title, a name follows
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 170
Total Tasks: 11
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 12
MIKE DENNISTask 30.6 -- TessaVanessa's 25 Years and Counting Option 2 & Option 4
Option 2: 25 or more distinct (Goodreads) works: Odessa Sea by Clive Cussler with 135 distinct works (at least 26 are confirmable in his Series By)
Option 4: a book first published 25+ years ago.
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum first published 1980.
** Big Book! I read audio, but this mass market paperback is 599 pages. Claiming a BB ticket, please.**
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Current Post: Points: 30 GO: - BB: 1
Total: Points: 55 GO: - BB: 1
From: 5.10, 20.6, 30.6
MIKE DENNISTask 20.5 - Bigger is Better - LET IT SNOW! Option 1: WINTER or SNOW in the title
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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Current Post: Points: 20 GO: - BB: -
Total: Points: 75 GO: - BB: 1
From: 5.10, 20.5, 20.6, 30.6
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the NumbersSkandia
Book 1: Matmisriitused by Hannah Kent
336 pages
Book 2: Tihenevad varjud by V.E.Schwab
528 pages
*Big Book with 528 pages. Claiming a BB ticket.*
528/3=176; 528/6=88
336 + 528 = 864 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 210
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 1
perletwo25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime - Book 1: Read a book that has a word in its title or subtitle that contains exactly 9 DIFFERENT letters.
Breakfast Of Champions - Champions
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters.
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
The books must have a combined total of at least 499 pages.
book 1 top mmp ed 296 pgs + book 2 top pb ed 311 pgs = 607 pgs
Points this task: 25
Total points: 600
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 41
Tasks completed: 28
Siobhan5.10 - Born Free
Read a book of your choice.
Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 4: Deus Ex Machina
20.3 - 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.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
I chose option 2
Option 2
For this option read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
Strong Signal by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassel
#1 in the Cyberlove series
Points this post: 45
Total points: 335
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Tasks Completed: 18
Books Read: 24
Siobhan5.3 - Banished!
Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words.
Laid to Ruin by Isabelle Arden
(No paper edition, approved for length in post 6626 of the ebook thread)
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
I chose option A.
A.
For this option, read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial. Books must be written by a single author. Names must be different but starting with same letter.
Book 1
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke
Book 2
That Alien Feeling by Alessandra Hazard
(No paper edition, approved for length in post 6626 of the ebook thread)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 27
Readerboard: JENBENT30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Total Pages = 506
Book 1
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
218 p
Book 2
Marriage of a Thousand Lies by S.J. Sindu
288 p
288/2 = 144
288/1 = 288
288/8 = 36
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 255
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
loafer15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
first published in 1855, it is a "golden oldie"
mmpb: North and South- 521 pages, making it a "big book"
points: 15
total: 260
BB: 5
GO: 4
tasks completed: 18
MIKE DENNISTask 30.10 - By the Numbers (Two book task; combined total of at least 500 pages. Sequential Art, Comics...are allowed.)
Total Pages: 688
Book 1: Batman: Prodigal, 288 pp., so Book 2 pages must be divisible by 8.
Book 2: Black Science Premiere Volume 2: Transcendentialism, with the non-electronic edition having 400 pp. 400/8=50
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Current Post: Points: 30 GO: - BB: -
Total: Points: 105 GO: - BB: 1
From: 5.10, 20.5, 20.6, 30.6, 30.10
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ15.4- Endangered Animals
Heat Storm by Richard Castle
This book fits both criteria - HS in leatHerback Sea Turtle and RC in javan RhinoCeros
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
My goal for 2018 is learn to focus on what I want while not needing to care about what others think.
This post: 30 points
Total points to date: 120 points
Tasks completed: 9
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Elizabeth PTask 5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Author uses a three part name
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 175
Total Tasks: 12
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 4
Total Books: 13
Coralie10.5 Best Books
From January 2017
The Bear and the Nightingale
15.1 Don’t Make Me Choose!
I am reading Artemis for task 20.10 so I read
Book 1 The House of the Spirits
Book 2 Provenance
This post 25 points
Total to date 290 points
5.3 title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words Elephants Can Remember by Agatha ChristiePoints this post: 5
Total Points: 140/1055
Tasks completed: 9/59
Books Read: 9
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Brave15.7 - Groundhog Day: Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in GROUNDHOG DAY.
REQUIRED: Specify in your post the word that you are using.
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
The word "you" can be made from the letters in
GROUNDHOG DAY
and the book title:
Can You Keep a Secret?
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 120
5.5 - Wonders of the DeepCryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Points this post: 5
Total points: 460
Tasks completed: 27
Mod
15.8 - World Animal Day
From Animal Rights Books page 1 #70: Mexican Mutts Tequila Pups & Chili Dogs: True Stories of the Dogs of Mexico by David Gordon Burke
I read the kindle edition Mexican Mutts, Tequila Pups & Chili Dogs - True Stories of the Dogs of Mexico
25.7 - Wayne's task: My Second Favorite Pastime
Book 1, 9 letters in Longitude: Longitude by Dava Sobel, 184 pages
Book 2, 9 letter author name: The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks, 336 pages
184 + 336 = 520
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
option 1,
Book 1 Kayak palindrome: The Only Kayak: A Journey into the Heart of Alaska by Kim Heacox
Book 2, animal Equus asinus- ass within assassin: The Mark Of The Assassin by Daniel Silva
total = 495
Andy P.Task # 15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz Big/Little on acceptable pair list
Points this post:15
Total points: 240
Brooke TX25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A: Read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial.
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.
Option 2: Read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads. Lois McMaster Bujold currently has 112 distinct works on GR:
Points
This Post: 55
Total Points: 410
Completed Tasks: 26
Books Read: 40
20.2 - RARE18 LONDONOPTION 3 -
20.3 - TITLES AND SUFFIXES - Mr. Dickens and His Carol: A Novel
25.3 - SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
OPTION A - A Quest of Heroes
OPTION C - CHRISTMAS - The Christmas Blessing
30.7 - DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
BOOK 1 - A Fall of Marigolds
BOOK 2 - The Many Sins of Lord Cameron
30.10 - BY THE NUMBERS
BOOK 1 - The Indigo Girl with 343 pages
BOOK 2 - Mothers and Daughters with 336 pages
TOTAL POINTS - 325
Joanne MITask:20.1 Most Improved Player-option #3
Read Godsgrave by P. Rothfuss.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/1645...
The book is listed on page 12 of Most Interesting Magic System Listopia
Points this challenge 20
Total points 50
NICOLE OH5.7 - Power Pets
Refugee
MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10.0
pages 352 (includes 3 of the 4!)
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
OPTION 2
Obsessed: : A Memoir of My Life with OCD (boss in title)
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 135
15.1 Don't Make Me Choose!For task 20.10, I read Artemis, from the space opera category.
For this task, Book 1, I read Hidden Figures, the winner from the nonfiction-space category.
For Book 2, I read Leviathan Wakes, one of the nominees from the space opera category.
5.7 - Power PetsRead a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
Funny Boy 320 pages
5.8 - Animals Around Us
Read a book with a main page genre Animals
I read audio, this is link to MMP Dewey
Total New Points: 10
Total challenge Points: 125
GO: 1
Shree30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER.
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
Option 5: Read a book with at at least a 4 letter word from the lyrics of Animal Crackers in My Soup in its title.
Magic Under Stone by Jaclyn Dolamore - "under"
Points in Post: 30
BB Tickets in Post: 0
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Total Points: 110
BB Tickets Total: 1
Suzannesea15.7 Groundhog Day
Read a book whose title contains a word of at least 3 letters that can be made from the letters in GROUNDHOG DAY.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
My word is DOG: GrOunDhog
Points this post: 15
Total points to date: 215
Post #125.2 - Go Wild
We Are Okay New York and California 50/50 both ways
Points this post:5
Total Points:205
Books read:16
Tasks Done:13
Amber20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 4 - Book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the word MALTESE - author's initials, AT, appear in mAlTese
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Points this post: 20
Total points: 220
Big Book Tickets: 1
Louise B30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1: Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen - 304 pages
Author’s last name consists of alternating consonants and vowels.
Book 2: Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell - 314 pages
Word in title, “hexes”, consists of alternating consonants and vowels.
Total number of pages > 500
Points this task: 30
Total points to date: 205
Tasks completed: 10
Golden oldies: 2
Louise B25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
I chose options 3 and 4
Option 3: a book with a pig on the cover
by Juliet BlackwellOption 4: a book from the concealed authorship list
The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole France
This book is #65 on page 1 of the list.
As this book was first published in 1912, I would like to claim a golden oldie ticket.
Points this task: 25
Total points to date: 230
Tasks completed: 11
Golden oldies: 3
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Option 3, a book that has a food in the title: Meet Me at the Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan
Points this post: 20
Total points: 245
Mod
Quilting is one of my favorite hobbies, so I read Fool's Puzzle.
15.3 - Hot or Cold?
I read Little, Big - complete title is an opposing word pair!
15.5 - New Beginnings
I read Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero. Cantero is a new author for me.
Points this post: 40
Total: 340
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane RecoveryOption 1: Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich JE in JUST ONE MORE
Option 3: Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris
OPHE and IA in title, L in author's name
Total points: 25
Shannon South Africa20.3 Titles & Suffixes
Death and Mr. Pickwick by Stephen Jarvis
Task points: 20
Challenge points: 140
Catherine TTask 5.8 - Animals Around Us
read a book with animals MPG
Dragon Dawn by Deborah O'Neill Cordes
genre confirmed: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 15.4 - Endangered Animals
one book option
read a book with title initial letters in the name of one of the listed animals and author initial letters in the name of a different listed animals
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
book initials GS found in weStern Gorilla
author intials VA in VAquita
Task 25.5 - All in the Family
option A - read two books with matching author first initials
Death in the Tunnel by Miles Burton
The Wolves of London by Mark Morris
Miles & Mark both start M
perletwo25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family - Option A. For this option, read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
Points this task: 25
Total points: 625
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 43
Tasks completed: 29
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Task 5.2 - Go Wild
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations:
Manhattan Beach set in New York identified in GR data
Task 15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
Book 1: Read a nominee or the winner from a different category than you chose for your Task 20.10 selection.
Artemis
AND
Book 2: Read (2) a nominee from the category of your Task 20.10 selection.
The Thorn Birds
In task 20.10 i will use The House of the Spirits book 1 of this task is from a different category and book 2 is from the same category
20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices for the season:
The House of the Spirits discussion post comment
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 2:
In keeping with the number 25, read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
The Quiet American
Fantastic Fiction lists 28 novels, 11 non fiction = 39 : exceeding the 25 book requirement
Goodreads list 293 distinct works
Option 4:
Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago. Since this challenge begins in 2017, it would mean any book published in 1992 or before.
Elizabeth and Her German Garden first published 1898
Task 30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Page count for both books 501 or more
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. The target word must be of at least five letters or more.
The Moonglow Cafe Deborah Garner DeBoRaH alternating consonants and vowels
Pages 252
Book 2. Read a book in which the title contains a word of 5 or more letters of alternating vowels and consonants. The title must be at least 3 words in length and may contain a subtitle BUT the target word must appear in the title.
The Music Shop Pages 336 Word MuSiC alternating consonants and vowels
Page count 252 + 336 - 588
Points this post = 100
Total pointa to date - 470