The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion
note: This topic has been closed to new comments.
WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
>
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD

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.
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy
word = GOD
GrOunDhog day
points: 15
total: 310
BB: 3
GO: 4
tasks completed: 21

30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting - Select 2 different options from below and state which ones you choose when you post.
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN.
A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
first published in 1982.
This post:
Points - 30
Total:
Points - 245

Task 20.1 Maddie O's Year of Improvement-Option # 3-Read a book from Listopia Most Interesting Magic System(book must be on the first 5 pages of list).
Read The Wise Man's Fear
the book is on page One book #61
Points this task 20
Total points 85

5.2 - Go Wild
Book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: Austria; Canada; England; Germany; Scotland; Singapore; South Africa; Switzerland; or in the USA - this book is set, like the entire series, in England, with the series title "Rivers of London" as evidence
Rivers of London: Night Witch by Ben Aaronovitch
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Book with a non-human mammal on the cover - referencing the cat in the background - see the help thread here

15.5 - New Beginnings
Book by a new-to-you author - Thi Bui is a new-to-me author
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
20.10 - Group Reads
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
My discussion post contribution is here
Points this post: 50
Total points: 325
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1

Help Thread
This is a two book task. No books with the genre childrens or kids may be used. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice. - Drowning Is Inevitable
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. Letters may be used only as often as they appear in the title of Book 1. - The Hearts We Sold
My word is SOLD
Points this post = 30
Total points = 55

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
I chose option2, a book with “no” in the title.
No Name by Wilkie Collins
748 pages - I would like to claim 1 big book ticket
First published 1862 - I would like to claim 1 golden oldie ticket
Points this task: 20
Total points to date: 250
Tasks completed: 12
Golden oldies: 4
Big book tickets: 1

10.9 - Good Dog!
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
15.10. Trash to Treasure
Flawed
Louise Surridge gave it a 2 star rating. This book is new to me. Her trash was my treasure because I really enjoyed this book and read the sequel for another task!
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2:
Dumplin' (#1 of a series)
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
option 1: Perfect by Cecelia Ahern
(hundred acre wood-CA found in the word acre)
option 2: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch main page genre Fantasy
Points this post: 70
TOTAL POINTS: 205

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 3: Read a book with a winter scene on cover. Approved in help thread message 41:

Points
This Post: 20
Total Points: 565
Completed Tasks: 34
Books Read: 51

30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
I chose Option 2 and Option 4.
Option 2: read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
The Best Man to Die by Ruth Rendell 312 distinct works
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit by Sloan Wilson pub. 1954
Task total=30
Season total=280

Option 1: Frosted Shadow by Nancy Warren
Option 2: The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters -- 66 distinct works, according to GR
Points this post: 30
Total points: 540
Tasks completed: 31

Option 2.
Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
I read My Sunshine Away. It was first published on 2/10/15.
Task points:20
Total Points: 85
Tasks Completed:5

15.2 February Romance
Book 1. I read On the Night of the Seventh Moon by Victoria Holt, with “Romance” as a GR genre.
Book 2. I read Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews. The ring is on the hand below RFK’s outstretched arm.

25.4 Nick KY’s White, Yellow
Book 1. Option 1-B. #9 on Books White People Need to Read list, I read The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Book 2. Option 2-A. “Yellow” in title. I read The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers
Points This Post: 40
Total Points So Far: 415

5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Using Fall 2017 task 10.2 - The Bodyguard
Track 3 - I'm Every Woman
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book 1: Stephen King has written more than 25 individual 100+ page works of fiction and nonfiction.
Just After Sunset by Stephen King
367 pages
This book is a collection of short stories, which does not count toward the 25+ total works, but is allowed to be read for the task, per Marie in post 32 of the help thread.
Book 2: Sara Shepard has written more than 25 individual 100+ page works of fiction.
Everything We Ever Wanted: A Novel by Sara Shepard
is a standalone novel, 352 pages
Points this post: 35
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 320
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0

20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: same consonant exactly 3 times - 'S'
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
*The Heart's Invisible Furies is a big book at 582 pgs*
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 2: SCHNAUZER
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich (320 pgs)
Option 3: mystery/thriller genre
Origin by Dan Brown (461 pgs)
Points this post: 50
Total points: 140
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0

20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times.
Murder on Alcatraz by M.L. Hamilton 316 pages
The letter R, which is a consonant, appears exactly 3 times in MU R DE R ON ALCAT R AZ
-------------------------------------
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Option 1: Read a book that has the letters PURR or CHIRP in the Title (not subtitle).
Essential Calculus-based Physics Study Guide Workbook by Chris McMullen 448 pages
CHIRP is found in the title ESSENT I AL C ALCULUS-BASED PH YSICS STUDY GUIDE WO R KBOOK
Option 2: Read a book set in a place where Cougars can still be found: Canada - Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia, and territory of Yukon; USA States: Washington, Oregon, California, Texas, South Dakota, Michigan, Kentucky, Florida, and Maine; and Mexico.
Murder on Russian-hill by M.L. Hamilton 322 pages
The book takes place in and around San Francisco, CA. California is one of the listed cougar habitats.
Points this post: 45
Total Points: 175
Tasks Completed: 9
Books Read: 13
Big Book Tickets: 1
Golden Oldie Tickets: 3

Title is 3-words long (all words count)
Letters for Emily
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
This Post: 05 points
Total points to date: 155 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: () 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS:

5.10 - Born Free
Jumping Jude
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 257 pages.
20.10 Group Reads
Artemis
I read the kindle edition. The most popular paperback edition has 305 pages.
I posted a comment here
Points this post: 25
Total points: 310

Task # 30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words
The Bat by Jo Nesbø
Book 2: Using the book title from Book 1, read a book where the same beginning letters of each word in the reverse order from Book 1 are the beginning letters of the words in the title
Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh
Initial letters for book 1 are TB and BT for Book 2
Points this post: 30
Total points: 315

Task 20.6 - IT'S BEHIND YOU
Option One: Title has same consonant EXACTLY three times
The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
Consonant T
The girl in The Tower
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 260
Total Tasks: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 5
Total Books: 18

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. I read After You by Jojo Moyes, whose initials appear on Just one More.
3: In October, my husband’s homeland, Ireland, was, unusually, also hit by a hurricane. Read a book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author.
I read The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown tHE PerfplexIng theft Of the JeweL of the Crown by Vaseem Khan vAseem Khan.
points: 220
books read: 16
tasks completed: 12
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 2
pages read: 5125

15.5 - New Beginnings - Read a book by a new-to-you author. REQUIRED: Note in your post that you have not read this author before.
Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer - both author and series are new to me.
Points this task: 15
Total points: 740
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 53
Tasks completed: 36

Task 5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us about Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business by Anastasia Cole Plakias (all 3 names)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 365
Books read: 29
Tasks completed: 25
BB tickets: 1
GO tickets: 3

A book from Drunken Masters (page 1, #66): Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain
Points this post: 15
Total points: 315

Option 2, a book set in Texas: Lavender Lies by Susan Wittig Albert
Option 3, a book whose title contains every letter in OPHELIA: Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1A, a book with "White" in the title, subtitle, or series title: Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House by Donna Brazile
Book 2A, a book with "yellow" in the title, subtitle, or series title: The Yellow House by Patricia Falvey
Points this post: 50
Total points: 365

10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
#15 Midnight
Tom's Midnight Garden
AR BookFinder: IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9.0
Points this post:10
Total Points:240
Books read:19
Tasks Done:15

15.3 - Hot or Cold?:
Option 1 -
Book 1:

and
Book 2

⬛ Always/Never ⬛
15.4 - Endangered Animals
OPTION 1:
Book 1

⬛ Ivory-Billed Woodpecker ⬛
and
Book 2

⬛ Northern Sportive Lemur ⬛
15.5 - New Beginnings

⬛ Author is new to me ⬛
15.7 - Groundhog Day

⬛ Road ⬛
15.10. Trash to Treasure.

⬛ Rated 2 stars On Dlmrose's Read list ⬛
Total Points = 185

20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2:

⬛ set in Boston, Mass, Boston Police series ⬛
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 3:

20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2:

(Jane Hawk #1)
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3.

Mass Market Paperback, 497 pages
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
2)

⬛ Southern porch on cover ⬛
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 3: Peaches

Total Points = 305

10.10 - Goin' on a Safari
Seven Years in Tibet
Points this post: 10
Total points: 155
Tasks completed: 19
Books read: 19
Golden Oldies: 5
Big Books: 500=3, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=3)

Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name.
Agent Bayne by Jordan Castillo Price
ebook verification is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-----
20.10 Group Read
Hidden Figures: The The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
my post in the thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
-----
Points this post = 25
Total points = 190
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 3

5.10 - Born Free
Read a book of your choice.
Slave to the Rhythm by Jane Harvey-Berrick
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 365
Big Books: 500() 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 22
Dlmrose
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
option 1, chirp in title: In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip beyond the End of the Road by Allan C. Weisbecker, 352 pages
CHR in seaRCH, I in In, P in caPtain
option 3, night scene cover, streetlights in dark alley:
The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indriðason, 344 pages
352 + 344 = 696
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A, first initial T:
book 1: Fools' River by Timothy Hallinan
book 2: The Accident Man by Tom Cain
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
option 1, set in Germany: A Game of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell, 320 pages
option 2, initials SR in SchnauzeR: The Convert's Song by Sebastian Rotella, 336 pages
320 + 336 = 656
total = 675
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
option 1, chirp in title: In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip beyond the End of the Road by Allan C. Weisbecker, 352 pages
CHR in seaRCH, I in In, P in caPtain
option 3, night scene cover, streetlights in dark alley:

352 + 344 = 696
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A, first initial T:
book 1: Fools' River by Timothy Hallinan
book 2: The Accident Man by Tom Cain
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
option 1, set in Germany: A Game of Lies by Rebecca Cantrell, 320 pages
option 2, initials SR in SchnauzeR: The Convert's Song by Sebastian Rotella, 336 pages
320 + 336 = 656
total = 675

30.10 Brooke TX’s Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Read a book of your choice.
Whisky Galore, Compton Mackenzie
Golden Oldie: First published in 1947
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).
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, Dorothy Gilman
Whisky Galore is 304pg - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax is 204pg:
204/3 = 68; zeros excluded; 204/4 = 51
(Also works the other way around if I've got the wrong one: 304/2 = 152; zeros excluded; 304/4 = 76)
Total pages: 304 + 204 = 508pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie: 1 – Whisky Galore was first published in 1947
Big Book: No
Total Points: 310
Tasks Completed: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Book tickets: 0

Option 3
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (audio).
The top paperback is here, and has 352 pages.

Option 2: The event will be held on February 24th in London Olympia. Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
Cherry Cheesecake Murder
Points This Task: 20
Total Points: 615
Total Tasks: 25
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 1

Task # 30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 2. Book 1. Choose a word of at least 5 letters and read a book with that word in the title
Center Stage by Denise Grover Swank
Book 2: Read a book with an anagram of the word you chose in Book 1 in the title The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
The word Stage is a 5 letter Anagram of Gates
Points this post: 30
Total points: 345

5.8 - Animals Around Us - Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Animals = 806 users.
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 270

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.
Dangerous Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk
(Paperback has 184 pages)
Dangerous = D, A, N, G, E, R, O, U, S = 9 letters
Book 2
Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters.
The Devil Is a Marquess by Elisa Braden
(Paperback is 316 pages)
E, L, I, S, A, B, R, D, N = 9 letters
184 + 316 = 500 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 460
Big Book Tickets: 3
Golden Oldies Tickets: 4
Tasks Completed: 25
Books Read: 34

I used a book from the BookRiot 2017 Read Harder Challenge.
Black Panther: World of Wakanda.
This fits task #24 in the Read Harder Challenge: a book where all POV characters are people of color.
It is a graphic novel, but per challenge rules, it has more than 100 pages (144), and this is a 10-pt task.

10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
I read Hurts to Love You by Alisha Rai. It fits Challenge #10 in the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge 2018 (Read a romance novel by or about a person of color) - I posted about my completed book in the task thread here.
15.7 - Groundhog Day
I read Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai. I can make "You" from GROUNDHOG DAY - Y in Day and OU in Groundhog.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
I chose Option 4. I read The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. C and B can be found in ACROBAT.
Previous point total: 150
New points this post: 10+15+20
Total points: 195
New tasks completed in this post: 3
Total tasks: 11
GO tickets this post: 0
Total GO: 0
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1

15.8 - World Animal Day: Read a book from the Best Animal Rights Books list
Animal Farm-George Orwell
Points This Post: 15
Total Points: 25
Books Read: 3
Tasks Completed: 3

20.3 - 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.
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy by Ellen Datlow
Points in Post: 20
BB Tickets in Post: 0
---------------------------
Total Points: 130
BB Tickets Total: 1

20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 3: The Long Winter
AR Bookfinder rating: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10.0
This was published in 1940 - claiming GO ticket
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3: A Crimson Warning (324 pages)
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 5: Pathways (genre=fantasy)
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Option 2: By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She won the award in 1954.
AR Bookfinder rating: IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9.0
This was published in 1939 - claiming GO ticket
Option 3: Little Town on the Prairie - part of book series that inspired "Little House on the Prairie" TV series (approved in task help thread post #22)
AR Bookfinder rating: IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9.0
This was published in 1941 - claiming GO ticket
This post: 90 points
Challenge total points: 290
BB: 1
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 15

1. Author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
I read The Wonder, by Emma Donoghue.
2. mpg Coming-of-Age.
I read Coming Clean, by Kimberly Rae Miller.

30.7 Catherine T's Task
Book 1
Read a book in which all the title (not subtitle) letters can be found in the definition: a photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically incorrect version of English.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
A pHOtograph of a cat accompanIed bY a hUmorouS caption Written typically in a miSspelled. . .
Book 2
Read a book with one of the modifiers so/ much/ very/ such/ many in the title.
So Big by Edna Ferber
Points this post: 30
Total to date: 290

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.
Unless by Carol Shields
no mmpb, pb: Unless 336 pages
CaRoL
Book 2. Read a book in which the title contains a word of 5 or more letters of alternating vowels and consonants.
The Quiet American by Graham Greene
mmpb: Un Américain bien tranquille 253 pages
aMeRiCaN
336 + 253 > 500 pages
points: 30
total: 340
BB: 3
GO: 4
tasks completed: 22

Option 2: published in February or FIRST published in year 2018
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Pub Feb 24 2015
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 190/1055
Tasks completed: 13/59
Books Read: 13
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)

30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3 - Book 1 - includes a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle - word used is FINE
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Book 2 - add one letter, change one letter or drop one letter to create a new word, then read a book with that new word in the title/subtitle - changing the N in FINE to an R, the new word used is FIRE
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
Points this post: 30
Total points: 355
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1

30.3 - Ava Catherine's Task: Mad Max; My Heart.
Option 2. Read a book by an author whose initials can be found in SCHNAUZER.
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (288 p.)
Option 3. Read a book with MPG of mystery, detective, crime or thriller.
The Confession by John Grisham (mystery, thriller, and crime) (418 p.)


➸ Points: 110 of 285 (goal)
➸ Total Pages: 2,751
This topic has been frozen by the moderator. No new comments can be posted.
Books mentioned in this topic
Eternal Vows (other topics)Worth the Weight (other topics)
Midnight Fire (other topics)
Worth the Weight (other topics)
Midnight Fire (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Melody Anne (other topics)Mara Jacobs (other topics)
Rick Riordan (other topics)
J.K. Rowling (other topics)
Claudia Gray (other topics)
More...
Repost 1161
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge.
April Lady by Georgette Heyer
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
YLTO GR group Annual 2018 Challenge: Zany Zodiac
book read: message 2: April in title for Badge 1, Book 1