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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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Anja20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
1. Read a book from one of the attending authors found on the list.
Unsuitable by Samantha Towle
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 290
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 17
Kristi CO30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1: D-E-R-E-K
Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller (304 pgs)
Book 2: F-U-T-U-R-E
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (267 pgs)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 90
Tasks completed: 4
Books read: 5
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Nick KY5.8 Animals With "Animals" as a GR genre, I read Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
Points This Post: 5
Total Points So Far: 330
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People TogetherOption 3: Read a book that has a food or drink in the title. The food must be in a form that might be found on a typical menu, for instance, beef works, cow does not; pork works, pig does not.
Caught Bread Handed
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 515
Total Tasks: 19
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Andy P.Task # 30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
Miles Off Course bySulari Gentill (350 p.)
Book 2. Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title (not subtitle) that can be made from the letters in the title (not subtitle) of Book 1. Secret Smile by Nicci French (384 p)
Miles and Smile are anagrams
350+384=734>500 p. minimum
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
Mod
I read Love and Other Consolation Prizes.
Z in Prizes, O in Love, O in Other.
10.5 - Best Books
I read The Darkest Minds. I read the kindle edition - the MMPB edition is Les insoumis. This was on the Best Books list for December 2012.
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. Author initials, WI, found in sWeet sIxteen.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read The Rooster Bar by John Grisham. Grisham has more than 25 distinct works on GR.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 390
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 5.3 - Banished!
I read Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era by Karen Bowman (paperback)
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
I read Imagine Wanting Only This by Kristen Radtke. Travel is a MPG (verified).
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
I chose Option 2. I read How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee. I read a galley and the book's publication date will be April 17, 2018.
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
I chose Option 1. I read You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Philips. L appears exactly 3 times - twice in You'll and once in Lunch.
** You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again is 655 pages long, I would like to claim 1 Big Book ticket**
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
I chose Option 4. I read Cairo by G. Willow WIlson. Fantasy is a MPG.
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
I chose Options 1 and 3.
Option 1: I read I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell. M and O are in MORE.
Option 3: I read The Jane Austen Writers’ Club: Inspiration and Advice from the World’s Best-loved Novelist by Rebecca Smith. H-E-L-I-A in title, O-P in subtitle.
Previous point total: 50
New points this post: 5+10+20+20+20+25
Total points: 150
New tasks completed in this post: 6
Total tasks: 8
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 1
Total Big Books: 1
Kristen IA20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
REQUIRED: In your post, indicate the option you chose.
Option 2: Boss
Read a book that has the letters B O S S in the title (not subtitle). Letters can appear in any order as long as all four can be found in the title.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the PB edition
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 150/1055
Tasks Completed: 8/59
GO: 0
BB: 0
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's UniteOption 1: Zoo. Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
has a bat on cover30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3: Travel.
Book 1: Read a book that includes a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle.
Henry și June. Din JURNALUL DRAGOSTEI necenzurat by Anaïs Nin
Book 2: Take that word and add one letter, change one letter or drop one letter to create a new word. Read a book with that new word in the title/subtitle.
Du-te și pune un străjer by Harper Lee
word 1: June; changed to word 2: pune
Points this Post: 50
Total Points: 205
Books Read: 11
Tasks Completed: 10
Page count: 3158
Amber20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4 - Book where the author's initials can be found in either ACROBAT or TEACHER - the author's initials, TH, can be found in TeacHer
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
Points this post: 20
Total points: 255
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1
perletwo15.7 - 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.
Gun Games - GROUNDHOG DAY
Points this task: 15
Total points: 650
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 3
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 46
Tasks completed: 32
Bluegrass Pam15.5 New Beginnings
Book by a new-to-you author
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
*This is my first time reading this author.
Points this post: 15
Total GO: 1
Total BB: 2
Total points: 175
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big CatsOption 2, a book set in a place where cougars can still be found (California): Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr
mass market paperback Second Chance Pass 389 pages
Option 3, a book with a night scene on its cover: The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home by Denise Kiernan, 400 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 270
Brooke TX5.6 - It's Alive!
Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time. Found on page 1:
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4: Read a book where the author's first and last initials can be found in ACROBAT.
Points
This Post: 25
Total Points: 500
Completed Tasks: 31
Books Read: 46
Anja20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3. Read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
The Substitute by Denise Grover Swank (350 pages)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 345
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 20
trishhartuk20.6 Seasoned Reader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 3: THE ANIMAL. Read a book with a four-legged animal on the cover, but only the front half (head and front legs) or the back half (tail and back legs) is visible, not both.
Listed in the help thread approved message.
Points this Task: 20
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 280
Tasks Completed: 19
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Jasmiina F20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements:
Option 3: Read a book from the first five pages of the Most Interesting Magic System Listopia:
Storm Front by Jim Butcher.
Page: 1
Points this post: 20
Total points: 135
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
Christine V5.1- Lassie Come Home
The Painted Veil, matching the word "painted"
This book was first published in 1925.
***Claiming one Golden Oldie Ticket***
Points this post: 5
GO Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 16
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)
HINA25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day -
Option 1: She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy by Cara North.
Author's initials found in: HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
Option 3:
Ryland by Kathi S. Barton.Tiger on the cover.
Current post:
Points: 25
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets: 0
Total:
Total Points: 355
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
Big Books - 500+:
Big Books - 750+:
Big Books - 1000+:
Sara G20.4 - 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.
Wolf's Head by Steven A. McKay
This is listed as #1 in The Forest Lord series.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 380
Siobhan20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
I chose option 4
4.
Read a book with a main page genre Regency. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
What I Did For a Duke by Julie Anne Long
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1
Read a book of your choice.
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
(248 pages)
Book 2
Read a book with a page count that is divisible by each of the digits found in the page count of Book 1 (zeroes excluded).
On Point by Annabeth Albert
(MMP 320 pages)
320/2 = 160
320/4 = 80
320/8 = 40
248 + 320 = 568 pages
Points this post: 50
Total points: 415
Big Book Tickets: 2
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Tasks Completed: 22
Books Read: 30
Readerboard: JENBENT10.1 - What a Zoo
letters Z-O-O in author's name - farZana dOctOr
All Inclusive by Farzana Doctor
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
"Miss" in title
Miss Buncle Married by D.E. Stevenson
**claiming 1 Golden Oldies ticket for Miss Buncle Married, pub in 1936**
Points this post: 30
Golden Oldies this post: 1
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 285
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
Ava Catherine5.3 - Banished!
Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words.
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
*Fall 2017: 10.3 - No Blindfold
Read a book with the word "spy" in the title, subtitle, or series name or with the genre “spy thriller” on its main book page.
The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré mpg spy thriller 180 users
5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen 496 pages
496=three different digits from 1235
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.
The Four Swans by Winston Graham first published in 1976
total=135
Joanne MIChallenge 5.7-Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
Read : Hardcore Twenty Four
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Book has 320 pages (numbers 2 and 3)
Points-5
Challenge 20.9-Moderator's Pets
Chose Option #4-Mini Merlin-Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre.
Read: Heir of Novron
Read https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
Points 20
Points this post 25
Total points 60
Ava Catherine20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 2. Read a book FIRST published in February of any year.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah first published February 13, 2007
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2: For this option read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
Tensleep by Sarah Andrews #1 in series
total=175
Suzannesea30.6 TessaVanessa's Task
Option 2 - Read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
Goodreads credits Elizabeth Peters with 65 distinct works.
Option 4 - Read a book that was first published in 1992 or before.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman was first published in 1973.
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 245
Ava Catherine20.3 - 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 Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 2. Choose a book from the list White as the Driven Snow.
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
page 1; #32 on list
total=215
15.8 - World Animal DayA book from Best Animal Rights Books (page 1, #58): The Dogs of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Ava Catherine20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 2: SHOUT OUT
Read a book with at least one of the words “Yes”, “No” or “Behind” in its title/subtitle.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1: Zoo
Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover (lion, tiger, bear, raccoon, wolf, deer, reptile, bird, etc).
Soul of a Lion: One Woman's Quest to Rescue Africa's Wildlife Refugees by Barbara Bennett
total=255
ERICA PA5.10 - Born Free
Read a book of your choice.
I read Fall Dark.
Note that this is my one and only 80-99 page book used for a 5 point category.
25.7 - 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. Letters can be repeated, but repeated letters only count once.
I read Everything Is Illuminated. "Everything" has nine different letters (E, V, R, Y, T, H, I, N, G).
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters. Repeated letters count as many times as they appear.
I read Attraction by Penny Reid, whose name has nine letters total.
Post Total: 30
Point Total: 180
Zach15.9 - Let's Party!
For this task, I read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway. It can be found on the first page of the list.
Also, because this book was first published in 1926 I will be claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket.
Points this post: 15
GO Tickets: 1
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Totals
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Points: 55
GO Tickets: 2
BB Tickets: 0
Ava Catherine20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
Read ONE book that meets BOTH the following criteria:
The book must have 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers, and the book must have on its cover an item that reflects one of the selected categories.
Chosen number=41
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir 441 pages
Queen Eleanor, at the top of the book cover, is wearing a crown and a necklace, therefore, the extravagant category is met. 20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 1: Chomper
Read a book from this list: Great Books with Black Covers
page 1: # 52
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
total=295
Andy P.Repost of Post 940 with qualifying (i hope) book
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
Rough Draft by James W. Hall
GROUNDHOG DAY
Points this post: 15
Total points: 285
Ava Catherine25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
Option 1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are located in the phrase JUST ONE MORE.
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
author's initials ER found in just onE moRe
Option 4: Read a book with a shelf-stable food item on the cover.
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
by Tom Muellerbottle of olive oil on the cover
total=320
5.10 - Born FreeThe Just Men of Cordova (The Four Just Men #3) by Edgar Wallace
15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Romance.
Thyla (Thyla #1) by Kate Gordon
Book 2: Read a book with a ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover.
The Diviners (The Diviners #1) by Libba Bray
1 x Bigger is Better (592 pages)
15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
The Harper Effect by Taryn Bashford
Leatherback Sea Turtle
author's initials, TB, found in leaTherBack
Initial letter of each word of title, THE, can be found in leaTHErback
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4: Read a book with Fantasy as a Main Page Genre.
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies: 1
Bigger is Better: 3
Season Total: 390
MegSCL25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
1: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials are located in the phrase JUST ONE MORE.
The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty
3: Read a book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author.
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
OPHE in title, LIA in subtitle
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.
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Option 2: read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
The Waste Lands by Stephen King (1337 distinct works)
**590pp - 1 big book ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 620
BB tickets: 3
Goldies: 1
Creynard15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Book 1: Dangerous Secrets by Abbie Zanders
"Dangerous" is my word.
Book 2: Safe at Last by Maya Banks
"Safe" is my word.
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 290
Tasks Completed: 20
Books Read: 32
Task 20.10 - Group ReadsFiction - Space Opera - Artemis
Artemis (2017) by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 305 pages)
I posted in the Group Reads comment thread (post #30)
90 + 20 = 110
Tasks Completed: 06
Points for this post: 20
Points thus far: 90 + 20 = 110
Books read: 08
Pages read: 2,368
Read but not claimed: 06
Goodreads Authors: 05
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Jayme(the ghostreader)5.10 Born Free- book of choice
Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah
Tasks Completed:4
Books Read: 4
Points This Task: 5
Grand Total: 45/1055
Ava CatherineRepost of Post 1068
Task 5.7: Read a book with a number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Voyage by Philip Caputo
432 pages (3,2 from target number)
Ava Catherine25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Option 3: Read a book with a Night Scene on its cover.
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
224 pagesOption 4: Read a book on Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
page 1; #75
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 560 pages
224+560=784>550 required pages
total=345
Ava Catherine25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
OPTION C - THE POEM
Read a book that contains a word of at least four letters in its title (not subtitle) that is found in the first stanza of the poem.
poem word selected=sugar
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
OPTION D - ST. NICHOLAS
Read a book set at least 50% in Greece, Turkey or Italy.
The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice Della Rovere by Caroline P. Murphy
set in Italy (mainly Rome)
total=370
Post #1325.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
1) Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire JUST ONE MORE
S in JUST and M in More
3) Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale
O: LONSDALE
P: KEEP
H: EVERYTHING
E: EVERYTHING
L:LONSDALE
I: EVERYTHING
A: LONSDALE
Points this post:25
Total Points:230
Books read:18
Tasks Done:14
Brooke TX15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Romance.
Book 2: Read a book with a ring on the cover.
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
Book 2 - Read a book with a word of at least 4 letters in the title that can be made from the letters in the title of Book 1. My word is SILENCE:
Points
This Post: 45
Total Points: 545
Completed Tasks: 33
Books Read: 48
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
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 535
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1
Anja15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Romance.
White Locks by Rose B. Mashal
Romance 6 users
Book 2: Read a book with a ring on the cover.
by Melanie MorelandPOINTS:
Points This Post: 15
Points Total: 360
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 21
25.2 Big CatsOption 1 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
CHIRP - eleanoR olIPHant is Completely fine
Option 3 - Night Scene on Cover
Post Total: 25
Grand Total: 240
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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15.3 - Hot or Cold?
One book option. Opposite word pair: Men/Women. Men Without Women
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
My goal is to focus on things that are my real priorities in life and not do things I don’t want for other people (i.e. give less f**cks)... The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 565
BB tickets: 2
Goldies: 1