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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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loafer20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 1. Read a book with the word WINTER or SNOW in the title or subtitle.
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
at 685 pages for the mass mkt pb Winter's Tale, it is a "big book"
points: 20
total: 495
BB: 4
GO: 6
tasks completed: 30
Danibean15.6 – Hoping, Wishing, Trying…….. Read a NONFICTION book that involves something you’d like to do in 2018, a goal or an aspiration or even a faint hope!
I read the The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo. My goal this year is to transform my home through tidying, and hoping to downsize enough to move into a smaller apartment!
15.10 –Trash to Treasure Using the “read” list for any of your GR friends, read a book that your friend gave only 1 or 2 stars, but that sounds like a book you might like. This must be a book that you’ve never read before.
I read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. My GR friend Olivia Hinebaugh gave this book 2 stars, and I had not previously read it.
20.4 – My February Baby. Option 2: Mercutio will be 16 this February. Read a book that’s #1 or #6 in a series.
I read An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1) by Patrick Taylor.
20.6 – IT’S BEHIND YOU! Option 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times OR the title/subtitle contains all of B, G and D.
I read Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. The letter L appears exactly 3 times in the title.
20.7 – Animal Lovers Unite. Option 4: Read a book where the author's first and last initial (ignore middle initials) can be found in either ACROBAT or TEACHER. REQUIRED. indicate which word you used.
I read The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan. The letters A and T both appear in the word ACROBAT.
25.7 – My Second Favorite Pastime.
Book 1: Read a book that has a word in its title or subtitle that contains exactly 9 DIFFERENT letters. Letters can be repeated, but repeated letters only count once.
I read Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. The word REDEMPTION contains 9 different letters
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters. Repeated letters count as many times as they appear. All middle names or initials count towards the total.
I read The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman.
30.3 – Mad Max; My Heart. This is a two book task. Read one book from two different options.
Option 3: Work -> Read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller. Genre may be embedded or standalone
I read Redemption Road by John Hart.
Option 5: Travel -> Read a book with main page genre travel. Genre may be embedded or standalone.
I read Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trailby Cheryl Strayed.
Points this Post: 145
Total Points: 275
25.5Option A: 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial.
Winter by Marissa Meyer
*Claim 2 BB tickets 823 pages*
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 250/1055
Tasks completed: 16/59
Books Read: 18
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(2)750+(1)1000+(0)
Andy P.Task # 15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2
Book 1 - read a book whose author's initials are found in the name of one of these animals. All initials must be found in the animal name.
AND
Book 2 - 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
Who Watcheth by Helene Tursten
Author's initials in NorTHERN RigHT WHALE
Initial letter of Title can be found in WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Points this post: 15
Total points: 580
25.3 Bluemoon's taskBook 1:
Option A: MAGIC.
The Last Days of Magic, by Mark Tompkins (Fantasy > Magic)
Book 2:
Option B: THE ELVES.
The Crown's Game, by Evelyn Skye (E.S.)
perletwo10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty - Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name. Possessives will work, but no other variations. Required: Specify the name you used when you post.
The Princess Diarist - list #7 Princess
Points this task: 10
Total points: 910
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 66
Tasks completed: 47
Kristen IA20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
This is a ONE book task. Choose one of the options below and read a book that fits the requirements. REQUIRED: State which option you chose when you post.
Option 4: Circus
Read a book where the author's first and last initial (ignore middle initials) can be found in either ACROBAT or TEACHER. If there are multiple authors, only one author's initials must satisfy the criteria.
REQUIRED. indicate which word you used. -TEACHER
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand
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Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 250/1055
Tasks Completed: 13/59
GO: 0
BB: 0
Emsreviewsbooks20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 4: I read Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. T and L both appear in MALTESE.
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: I read Mistress of the Wind by Michelle Diener. My repeated consonant is 's'.
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book 1: I read a publisher's advance copy of Too Wilde to Wed by Eloisa James. She has 58 distinct works to her credit. Most of them are NOT short stories. 384 pages.
Book 2: I read Kenobi by John Jackson Miller. The book is a standalone, and Miller has 253 distinct works listed. Most of those are not short stories. 362 pages.
This post: 70
Total: 290
Read: 17
Finished: 12
Queen Bee Darlene5.4 Best Laid Plans - Task from Fall 2017 5,10, or 15 pt task
5.5 Number of pages includes 0, 1, or 9
And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
Note: this book only has 96 pages so I am using it as my 1 allowed book under 100 pages.
5 points
15.6 Hoping, Wishing, Trying...
Non-fiction that involves something you'd like to do in 2018
The Little Book of Hyggee by Meik Wicking The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
Trying to live a less stressed and rushed life and enjoy the small things.
15 points
30.5 Diana K's Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3: Book 1: Word of at least 4 letters in title/subtitle
Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan Meet Me at the Cupcake Café
Book 2: add, change, or drop one letter to create new word - read book with new word in title/sub
Keep Her Safe by Sophie Hannah Keep Her Safe
Changed Cafe to Safe
30 points
Points this post: 50
Total Points: 135
Bookwrm526Task #15.10 - Trash to Treasure
Read a book that a Goodreads friend gave only 1 or 2 stars but that sounds like a book you might like. I read The Trespasser by Tana French, which I had never read before, and my Goodreads friend BookgirlonGoodreads only gave it two stars. I didn't hate it.
Points this post: 15
Total points so far: 540
Elizabeth PTask 20.10 - Group Reads
Read one of the three group books and make a post in discussion thread
Artemis by Andy Weir
Posted in discussion thread number 44
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 320
Total Tasks: 20
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 6
Total Books: 23
5.3 - Banished!Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words. Spaces determine words.
Where or When
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
For this challenge, read ONE book that meets BOTH the following criteria:
1) The book must have 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers
2) The book must have on its cover a house with a porch, a quilt, or a beach
The Shape of Water page #'s 224
Cover was approved as a beach in the help thread.
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 comment in the Group Read Thread is #23
Total New Points: 45
Total challenge Points: 265
GO: 1
BB: 3
Jayme(the ghostreader)20.4 My February Baby
Option 4- silver in the title
Talon of the Silver Hawk by Raymond E. Feist
Tasks Completed:7
Books Read: 9
Points This Task: 20
Grand Total: 95/1055
Amber5.7 - Power Pets
Book with a number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235 - using the number of pages from the PB version (no MMPB) = 152, which contains 3 of the necessary digits
Plutona by Jeff Lemire
5.8 - Animals Around Us
MPG of "Animals"
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Book in which a title or suffix is used in the title, subtitle or author's name
Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
Points this post: 30
Total points: 535
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book Tickets: 1
Post #2210.1 - What a Zoo
High School Debut, Vol. 01 by Kazune Kawahara ZOO
Z in Kazune
OO in School
Points this post:10
Total Points:420
Books read:30
Tasks Done:22
Readerboard name: witchygal10.7- What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.
My favourite hobby is (surprise suprise) reading so I read The Little Shop of Happily Ever After. This book is about a book loving librarian who is retrenched from her role in Birmingham. She moves to Scotland, buys a van and decks it out as a mobile book van. She goes around the small Scottish towns in the highlands and recommends books. She talks about books as if they are her children and reads a lot through the book.
Points: 10
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 4- Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the word (and dog breed) MALTESE.
I read A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena. Authors initials (SL) are found in target word: maLteSe.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.4 - Golden Oldies
Option 2: read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
I read Labyrinth. This book in #1 in the Languedoc series.
I would like to claim 1 Big Book ticket as it has 702 pages.
Points: 20
Big Book: Yes (1)
Golden Oldie: No
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30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Option 6 For this option, you must pick only one of the main eight novels (from Outlander series) that are currently out. (Either read two books or read one book that meets a page minimum of at least 500 pages.)
I read The Fiery Cross which is #5 in the Outlander series. I am only reading one book for this task as the book has 1424 pages.
I am claiming 3 Big Book tickets as this was a whooper at 1424 pages.
Points: 30
Big Book: Yes (3)
Golden Oldie: No
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Points for this post
Books: 4
Points: 80
Big Book: 4
Golden Oldie: 0
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Total Stats and Points for Winter 2017-2018 Challenge
Books read: 8
Points: 160
Big Book: 4
Golden Oldie: 1
Siobhan5.6 - It's Alive!
Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time
Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The book, surprisingly, is on page 1.
Frankenstein was first published in 1818 and so is eligible for one Golden Oldie ticket
15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Book 1
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains a word from this list of opposite word pairs: Opposite Word Pairs.
The Dark by Marianne Curley
Book 2
Read a book whose title/subtitle contains the opposite word from the word you used for book 1.
While the Light Lasts by Agatha Christie
Word pair: Dark/Light
Points this post: 20
Total points: 585
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
Tasks Completed: 32
Books Read: 45
trishhartuk25.5 Tien’s Task: All in the Family
Option B. Family usually will have the same last name. For this option, read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same last name.
The Gospel of Loki, Joanne M. Harris
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Corpse Flower (aka The Big Dirt Nap), Rosemary Harris
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link The Big Dirt Nap
Points this Task: 25
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 415
Tasks Completed: 24
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Mod
I used task 5.5 from the fall season - "Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9." I read Preludes & Nocturnes, with 240 pages.
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane Recovery
For my first book, I chose option 1 and read Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire. Author initials, SM, found in juSt one More.
For my second book, I chose option 3 and read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. O-P-H-I-A in title, L-E in author name
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
For my first book, I chose option 1, and read Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. 222 pages.
PURR in title:
P in astroPhysics
URR in hURRy.
For my second book, I chose option 2 and read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 870 pages. Childrens does not currently appear as a MPG, but just in case - IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 44.0.
Found on p.1 of the Best Banned, Censored, Challenged Books list - currently #15.
Total pages for task 1092
Points this post: 55
Total points: 750
Diana K.Task 10.10 - Goin' on a Safari. Read a book with the main page genre "Travel."
Grape, Olive, Pig: Deep Travels Through Spain's Food Culture
Task - 20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Opt 3 Read a book with a winter scene on cover.
Task 30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Opt 1 read a book with the letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O in the title and/or subtitle.
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II
Opt 4. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER.
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit
Task 30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Opt 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 Forever Girl Alexander McCall Smith has over 100 distinct books
Option 3. For this option, read a book that has exactly 25 letters in the title. Subtitles should be ignored.
The International Bank of Bob: Connecting Our Worlds One $25 Kiva Loan at a Time
Points this post: 90
Total points: 555
CEELEETask 5.10 BORN FREE
Read a book of your choice.
I chose THE ROOSTER BAR by John Grisham
The Rooster Bar
Total Points for Task: 5
Total Books Read for Task: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed for Task: 0
Total Points f Winter Challenge 2017-18: 5
Total Tasks Completed Winter Challenge 2017-18: 1
Total Books Read f Winter Challenge 2017-18: 1
Total Big Book Tickets Claimed Winter 2017-18: 0
Total Golden Oldies Tickets Claimed Winter Challenge 2017-18: 0
Cait S20.5- LET IT SNOW!
Option 3
For this option, read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 260
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM 5.7 - Power Pets
I read How Fiction Works by James Woods (paperback). The paperback has 265p (2 and 5 are in 1235).
15.4 - Endangered Animals
I used the two-book option.
Book 1: I read Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi - A and S are found in The Saola
Book 2: I read Surrender to the Highlander by Lynsay Sands (mass market paperback - S, T, T, and H are found in Northern Sportive Lemur.
15.5 - New Beginnings
I read American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse (hardcover, the paperback is not out yet). Monica Hesse is a new-to-me author.
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
I chose Option A.
Book 1: I read Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro.
Book 2: I read The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory.
Jamie and Jasmine start with J.
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
I chose Options 3 and 4.
Option 3: I read The Largesse of the Sea Maiden: Stories by Denis Johnson. The La/rgess/e of th/e Sea M/aiden has exactly 25 letters in the title.
Option 4: I read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, first published in 1813.
** Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813, I would like to claim ONE Golden Oldies ticket**
Previous point total: 195
New points this post: 5+15+15+25+30
Total points: 285
New tasks completed in this post: 5
Total tasks: 16
GO tickets this post: 1
Total GO: 1
Big Book tickets this post: 0
Total Big Books: 1
READERBOARD NAME MAZZA1Task 15.9 Let's Party
Read a book from this list of books written by, about or influenced by drinking: Drunken Masters
Tender is the Night
Number 22 page 1 of that list
Points this post = 15
Points to date 945
10.7 What's Your Favorite Hobby?My favorite hobby is cataloging (anything and everything), so I read The Library at Mount Char, which is about librarians and their catalogs.
Amy O.20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2: book that is #1 in series
Fool for Love by Beth Ciotta
#1 in the Cupcake Lovers series
This post: 20 points
Total points: 195
Tasks completed: 9
Books read: 11
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 1
5.9 - Get It Donebook added to TBR before 11/18/18
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert which had been on my TBR since 2010
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 15/1055
Tasks Completed: 2
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February BabyRequired: Option 4
Task: Read a book with a bird's wing or a planet on the cover
Book/author: Shadowlands by Kate Brian
Date Read: 1/26/18
Points this post: 20
Total points: 85
Books read: 6
5.1- Lassie Come HomeTell the Wolves I'm Home
Matching word is "Home" from "Lassie Come Home"
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3 (number of pages includes a 1,9,7, or 3)
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created - 690 pages
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 690 pages
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3: Travel
Book 1: A Matter of Time
Book 2: Family Matters
*** One Big Book Ticket claimed - 'Family Matters' has 500 pages
Points this post: 55
Big Book tickets: 2
Total points: 145
Michelle GA30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Book 1:
Read a book set at least 50% in Germany.
REQUIRED: Identify which options you selected when you post.
{Option 1}
I read:
The Silent Death by Volker Kutscher ***The Silent Death is a BIG BOOK (530 pages). Claiming 1 BB Ticket.***
Book 2:
Read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller. Genre may be embedded or stand alone.
REQUIRED: Identify which options you selected when you post.
{Option 3}
I read:
K is for Killer by Sue GraftonBook 1 = 530 pages; Book 2 = 292 pages; 530 + 292 = 822 > 500
Points this post: 30
Total points: 335
Books posted: 28
Tasks complete: 23
Pages this post: 822
Total pages as of this post: 9,422
Golden Oldies: 0; Total = 1
Big Book: 1; Total = 4
Nick KYI am going to remove The Trick is to Keep Breathing from 25.5 Tien’s All in the Family
And replace it, so that the task looks like this:
25.5 Tien’s All in the Family I chose Option 2 and read two books by different authors who share the same last name:
Book 1: I read The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Book 2: I read Living with No Excuses: The Remarkable Rebirth of an American Soldier by Noah Galloway
There is no change in points for this substitution. Then I will add:
10.7 Favorite Hobby Hobby: Swimming. I read The Swim Book by James Wagenvoord.
10.10 Safari I read The Longest Way Home: One Man's Quest for the Courage to Settle Down by Andrew McCarthy, w/ “Travel” as a GR genre.
25.7 Wayne’s Pasttime I read the following:
Book 1. Word in title contains 9 separate letters, The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway (moved from 25.5). BREATHING has nine letters, all different.
Book 2. Author’s name contains 9 characters, Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola.
Points This Post: 45
Total Points So Far: 700
Nick KYHmmmm. I just noticed that I do not have the required number of pages for 25.7 so I will have to go back to the drawing board for that one.
Adjusted Total Points: 675.
perletwo5.5 - Wonders of the Deep - Read 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.
No One Will Hear You by Max Allan Collins
Points this task: 05
Total points: 915
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 67
Tasks completed: 48
10.10 Goin' on a SafariI read From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to find the Good Death
If my records are right, that's 5s and 10s finished.
ED25.7 - 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
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
The word is "Marigolds"
Book 2- Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters
Howards End by E.M. Forster
(first published 1910)**I Claim 1 GO Ticket**
task=25
grand total=220
books completed=15
tasks completed =11
GO=7
BB=0
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?I used the https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-... and chose option 2-read a debut novel.
I read The Two-Family House.
Task points:10
Total challenge points:95
Tasks completed:6
15.5 New BeginningsMurder Will Speak by George Bellairs
That link goes to the only edition with page numbers, which carries the US title.
I read it under its UK title, "The Dead Shall Be Raised," in this Kindle omnibus edition: The Dead Shall be Raised and Murder of a Quack
George Bellairs is a new-to-me author.
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1942
Points this post = 15
Total points = 350
Big Book tickets = 5
Golden Oldies = 7
loafer5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
15.10 - Thrills and Chills
Read a book with the main page genre "Horror" and/or "Thriller."
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
claiming "golden oldie", as first published in 1931
points: 5
total: 500
BB: 4
GO: 7
tasks completed: 31
Janice AB20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby|
Option 2: Read a book that is 1st or 6th in a series.
Trouble in Mudbug
First in the Ghost-in-Law series
Points for this post: 20
Total points = 195
Big Book tickets = 4
Golden Oldies = 1
30.1 - IS THERE A PATTERN HEREBOOK 1 - Glow by Megan E. Bryant
BOOK 2 - The Marriage Maker
50.1 - GOING XI FA CAI
MY SIGN - MONKEY
BOOK 1 - Cruel Crown published 2016
BOOK 2 - I Only Have Eyes for You with 384 pages
BOOK 3 - RABBIT - The Marriage Season #3 in the series and 304 pages.
TOTAL POINTS - 575
Brooklyn5.2 – Go Wild
Read a book set at least 50% in one of the zoo locations.
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
The entire book takes place in England.
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15.2 – February is for Romance
Book 1
Read a book that has a MPG of romance.
The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
MPG of romance verified in the help thread.
Book 2
Read a book with a ring on the cover.
by Curtis Sittenfeld – 528 pages**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
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20.4 – My February Baby
Option 2:Read a book that is #1 or #6 in a series.
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
#1 in the Stillhouse Lake series.
Points this post: 40
Total points: 275/1055
Tasks completed: 15/59
Books read: 20
Golden Oldies tickets: 1
Big Book Tickets: 3
trishhartuk5.2 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.
Pasta Pinot & Murder, Jamie Lee Scott
Set in California wine country (From the GR description: “In the process, she learns of the many secrets the vineyard owners of Pear, California are hiding, which puts her directly in the killer’s line of fire.”)
Ebook approved for length in verification message #6641. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this Task: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
10.9 Good Dog!
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G. All words count.
Death in Dark Blue, Julia Buckley
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 430
Tasks Completed: 26
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 0
Cindy FTask 30.10 By the Numbers
Book 1: Book of Choice A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry 152 pages
Book 2: Page count divisible by digits in book 1
Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull
390 pages
390/1=390 390/5=78 390/2=195
Combined total pages >500 152+390=543
Points this post:30
Total points:140
Tasks completed:8
Books read:10
Golden Oldies:1
Big Books:500+(0)750+(2)1000+(0)
5.4 Best Laid PlansRead a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
I read The Murder of a Quack by George Bellairs
That link goes to the only edition with page numbers.
I read it in this omnibus edition: The Dead Shall be Raised and Murder of a Quack
This fits last season's task 10.5, guest star George Chakiris
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket - published 1945
Points this post = 5
Total points = 355
Big Book tickets = 5
Golden Oldies = 8
Coralie10.3 Sir Nils Olav
Book written by a male author first published during the years 1972-1987
Going Home by Archie Weller
First published 1986
25.4 White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1 Option A book with white in title
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Book 2 Option A book with yellow in title
The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings
This post 35 points
Total to date 490 points
perletwo5.4 - Best Laid Plans - Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks. Required: When you post, indicate which Fall 2017 task you are using and include any information required by the task.
The Language of Houses: How Buildings Speak to Us by Alison Lurie - fits Fall task 5.1 (author initials in NATURAL)
Points this task: 05
Total points: 920
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 68
Tasks completed: 49
Andy P.Task #
15.10. Trash to Treasure.
you can use the "read" list of one of the SRC mods and choose a 1 or 2 star book from one of those lists: , Sandy's Read list.
I read Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter which Sandy rated as 2 Stars and I tend to agree with her.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 595
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane RecoveryOption1: Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
Option 3: Dragon Blues by Ophelia Bell
Points this post: 25
Total points: 600
Tasks completed: 34
Dakimel10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
The Book of Speculation (pg 1 of list)
15.2 - February is for Romance
1: A Distant Heart
2:
15.9 - Let's Party!
Guards! Guards! (pg 2 of list)
25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
1B: First and First (B&W covers list, pg5)
2A: Half of a Yellow Sun
TALLY:
This post - 65 points
Total - 775
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
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30.10 Brooke TX's Task
Book 1. Read a book of your choice.
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
240 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).
The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoffrey McGeachin
316 pages
316/2=158 316/4=79
Points this post: 30
Total points to date: 440