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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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Maddie O.5.1- Lassie Come Home
Read a book with one of the words from Lassie's film titles in the book's title or subtitle.
I read Practical Magic ("Magic" is in The Magic of Lassie)
5.2 - 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.
I read Righteous, which is set more than half in East Long Beach, California.
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
I read Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch, which fits Task 5.5 (Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9- this book has 144 pages)
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.)
I read SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, which has been on my tbr since April 16, 2016.
5.10 - Born Free
Read a book of your choice.
I read How to Stop Time.
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.
I read The White Castle by Orhan Pamuk, which was written by a male author in 1985.
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
I read
.10.5 - Best Books
Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year.
I read The Hate U Give, which was a best book in February 2017.
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
I read Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, "Cookie" is one of the names on the list.
15.4 - Endangered Animals
I chose Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
I read The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (THe SAOla—an asian unicorn and Chinese giant sAlamanDer)
15.5 - New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
I read IQ by Joe Ide. This was my first time reading Joe Ide.
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 The Pillars of the Earth, which my friend Andrea gave two stars. I had not read it before.
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 3: For this option, read a book from the first five pages of the Most Interesting Magic System Listopia.
I read Grave Peril, which is on the third page of the listopia.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
I read The Cruel Prince, which was first published in 2018.
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
Option 1- Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
I readPaper and Fire by Rachel Caine.
Option 2- read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age.
I read The Curse of Chalion, which has MPG of Fantasy.
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.
I read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien- the author is listed as having 320 distinct works.
Option 4- Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
I read Pitch Dark, which was published in 1983.
30.7 -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."
I read My Favorite Thing is Monsters
Book 2- Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title
I read Too Much Happiness.
Points this post: 235
Total points: 550
Suzannesea20.4 Golden Oldies
Option 4. Read a book with the word SILVER in the title/subtitle.
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 460
15.8 World Animal DayWesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl, which appears on page 1 of the Best Animal Rights books listopia.
Elizabeth P Task 15.4 - Endangered Animals
I chose option two - the one book option.
Read one book by an author whose initials are in one endangered animal, and whose title's initial letters are in another endangered animal
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Title's initial letters AGOS
Found in weStern lowland GOrillA
Authors initials VES
Found in jaVan rhinocEroS
At 508 pages good for *1 Big Book Ticket*
Paperback link: A Gathering of Shadows
Points this Post: 15
Total Points: 335
Total Tasks: 21
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 7
Total Books: 24
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for ChristmasOption 1) The book must have 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers.
I read The Accident Season. It has 320 pages.
Task points:20
Total challenge points:115
Tasks completed:7
Task 15.6 – Hoping, Wishing, TryingNonfiction book that matches a New Year’s Goal
GOAL: Attend the Kentucky Derby / Book is about a Derby winner
Barbaro: A Nation's Love Story
Approved in HELP Thread
Task 15.7 – Groundhog Day
3+ letter title word made from letters G R O U N D H O G D A Y - ROUND
'Round Midnight
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback - In the Midnight Room: A Novel
Note: paperback won’t be released until July 2018)
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 270 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 1
Big Books Read: (1) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 1
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal CrackersOption 1: In the United States, the demand for these crackers/cookies was so high they were soon domestically produced by different companies, some of which evolved into the American company we now know as “Nabisco” and it is this particular brand that I grew up with. So read a book with the letters N-A-B-I-S-C-O in the title and/or subtitle. I read The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star which has the letters for Nabisco in it: The StrANge dIsappearanCe of a BOllywood star.
Option 4: When my children were little, I always put a box of these crackers into their Christmas stockings. Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER. Letters may only be used as often as they appear. One qualifying author in a work by multiple contributors works.
I read The Ruined House by Ruby Namdar. His initials are in stockiNg stuffeR.
This books has 514 pp and is a ******Big Book****
points: 280
Books read: 21
tasks completed: 14
tasks in progress: 1
Big Books: 3
pages read: 6972
Julia10325.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Option 3 -
(approved in post #57 of task help thread)Option 4 -
, found on page 3 of listThis book is 910 pages - claiming 2 BB tickets
This post: 25 points,
Challenge total points: 360
BB: 3
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 18
10.10 - Goin' on a SafariA book with the main page genre Travel: Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Points this post: 10
Total points: 530
perletwo10.5 - Best Books - Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year. Required: State the month and year when you post.
The Sherlockian - December 2010
Points this task: 10
Total points: 930
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 4
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 69
Tasks completed: 50
10.1 - What a ZooRead a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Book read: The Tower of Swallows, Andrzej Sapkowski
How it fits: Z in Andrzej and 2 O's in title
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Book read: Betrayals
How it fits: Dog on the cover
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Name used: 34. Sophie
Book read: Das Gesicht meines Mörders
How it fits: Author's name is Sophie Kendrick
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in February of any year
Book read: The Girl In The Ice
How it fits: first published February 12th 2016.
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times
Book read: Der letzte Weynfeldt
How it fits: Letter T appears exactly 3 times.
Points this post: 70
Total points: 70
Books read: 5
Tasks completed: 5
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane RecoveryOption 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these hard-hit American regions
Book read: Prince of Wolves
How it fits: Set in Texas.
Option 3: Read a book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author.
Book read: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
How it fits: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Option 2: read a book set in a place where Cougars can still be found
Book read: The Xibalba Murders, 288 pages
How it fits: Set in Mexico
Option 4: read a book on Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
Book read: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 774 pages
Children's Genre Info: IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 32.0
How it fits: #13 on the list (page 1)
Pages total: 288+774 = 1062
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
Option A: Read a book that has Magic or Magical as a main page genre.
Book read: Ill Wind
How it fits: MPG Magic
Option D: Read a book set at least 50% in Greece, Turkey or Italy.
Book read: The Masked City
How it fits: Set mostly in Venice, Italy.
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.
Book read: Everything, Everything, 307 pages
How it fits: Everything contains exactly 9 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.
Book read: The Keeper of Lost Things, Ruth Hogan, 288 pages
How it fits: Author's name has exactly 9 letters
Pages total: 307 + 288 = 595 pages
30.1 – 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.
Book read: The Burning Page, Genevieve Cogman
How it fits: Author's initials GC are found in STOCKING
Option 5: Read a book with a word in its title (not subtitle) from the lyrics of this song.
Book read: Dead Until Dark
How it fits: The word dark is both in the title and in the lyrics.
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Points this post: 130
Total points: 200
Books read: 15
Tasks completed: 10
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My HeartOption 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER.
Book read: Living Dead in Dallas, Charlaine Harris, 304 pages
How it fits: Author's initials CH are found in SCHNAUZER.
Option 3: read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller.
Book read: After the Crash, 384 pages
How it fits: MPG Mystery
Pages total: 304+384 = 688 pages
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words.
Book read: Black Memory
How it fits: 2 words in title: BM
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.
Book read: Magic Bites
How it fits: Reverse order: MB
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1: Read a book of your choice.
Book read: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall, 229 pages
How it fits:
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.
Book read: A Scone to Die For, 334 pages
How it fits: The word Scone can be made from the letters in Nocturnes
Pages total: 229 + 334 = 563 pages
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Read a book of your choice.
Book read: The Bone Collector, 428 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
Book read: La Dame du Lac (Mass Market Paperback edition for the read ebook edition), 672 pages
How it fits: 672 is divisible by 4, 2 and 8.
Pages total: 428 + 672 = 1100
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Points this post: 120
Total points: 320
Books read: 23
Tasks completed: 14
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People TogetherOption 4: Darkling by Yasmine Galenorn - fantasy/magic
30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 1: Evening Bags and Executions by Dorothy Howell
N in evening, AB in bags, ISCO in executions
Option 4: The Newcomer by Robyn Carr
RC in STOCKING STUFFER
Total points: 105
Repost from 162720.8 - 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 224Cover was approved as a beach in the help thread.
Total Challenge Points: 265
Nick KY15.7 Groundhog Day I read The Dog Walker by Leslie Schnur. The word “DOG” is found in “grounDhOG.”
20.3 Ed’s Titles I read The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher by Jessica Fletcher aka Donald Bain, with “Mrs.” In the title.
Points This Post: 35
Total Points So Far: 700
Christine V10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Doctor Zhivago This book meets the requirements for the Classics Bingo challenge in the Catching Up on Classics group. Link to my tracking thread for that challenge
I read a Kindle edition. The top MMPB Doctor Zhivago has 571 pages.
***Claiming one Big Book Ticket***
Points this post: 10
BB Tickets this post: 1
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 21
Books read: 21
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
Mod
I read Play Dead. "Animals" is part of the 3d and 5th main page genres.
15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
For task 20.10, I read Artemis, the winner in the Space Opera category.
For this task, my first book, I read Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, the winner in the Nonfiction-Space category.
For my second book, I read Fortune's Pawn, a nominee in the Space Opera category.
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
For book 1, I read Something from the Nightside by Simon R. Green. I read the kindle edition, the MMPB edition, Something from the Nightside, has 230 pages. Author name Simon - CVCVC.
For book 2, I read The Alice Network. I read the kindle edition, the top pb edition (no MMPB), The Alice Network has 520 pages. Title word Alice - VCVCV.
Total pages 520+230 = 750, exceeding minimum required.
Points this post: 50
Total points: 800
15.4 - Endangered AnimalsI did Option 2 which fits both:Book 1 - read a book whose author's initials are found in the name of one of these animals 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
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
T,H,O,M are found in Northern Sportive Lemur and
E,W is found in Western Lowland Gorilla
***Claiming a Golden Oldie Ticket, first published in 1905***
25.1 - 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
I read ebook, and linked to the MMBJust One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
2. Read a book set at least 50% in one of these hard-hit American regions (Texas)
Midnight Crossroad
Total new points: 40
Total Challenge Points: 305
GO:2
BB: 3
PLEASE DISREGARD THIS POST!! STILL MOVING SOME THINGS AROUND!!Chris MD
Please delete my previous claim for task 30.1; I will redo it in this post.
30.1 Animal Crackers
Option 2: Cover shows animal silhouette with little or no detail
by Kristin Hannah The yellow bird on the cover was approved in this message in the help thread.
I listened to the audio version of this book. The paperback has 564 pages.
When I posted this task previously I claimed a BB ticket for the book, so no real change there.
Option 4: Author's initials in stockIng stufferR
Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin
30.2 Prolific Pensmiths
Book 1 - Author has published at least 26 books. May be stand alone or part of series
A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd
Charles Todd is listed in GR has having 63 distinct works. There are 30 separate titles on the first full page.
This book is 352 pages long and meets the 250 page requirement.
Book 2 - A stand alone book by an author with at least 26 distinct work
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan is listed as having 77 distinct works.
This book is 262 pages long and meets the 250 page requirement.
Total points: 280
Tasks completed: 12
Books read: 16
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Books: 3
Andy P.Task # 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2. read a book set at least 50% in one of the six states of New England- Vermont
Red Herring by Archer Mayor
Despite the fact that on this book's home page which alleges that this book takes place in Pennsylvania (none of it takes place in that state), I think it is clear from the book description, most of it takes place in Vermont with a brief trip by Joe Gunther to New York while his team of investigators continue to pursue lead on the case in Vermont.
Points this post: 20
Total points: 615
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........ A non-fiction book about something I'd like to do in 2018: The DASH Diet Action Plan: Proven to Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Without Medication by Marla Heller
Goal: To be more vigilant about planning grocery shopping and meals to work towards lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and weight loss.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 545
BARBARA ★30.11 - Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1. Crush - Nicole Williams 2/3
Nicole: N=Consonant, I=Vowel, C=Consonant, O=Vowel, L=Consonant, E - Vowel
Book 2. Seven Stones to Stand or Fall - Diana Gabaldon 1/14
Seven: S=Consonant, E=Vowel, V=Consonant, E=Vowel, N=Consonant
Total Pages: Book 1 (389 pages) + Book 2 (526 pages) = 915 pages > 500 pages
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 30
Total Points: 315
10.8 - Here Kitty KittyI finished The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
The name I used was #53 Jasmine
Points this post:10
Total Points: 120
Task 30.11 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. The target word must be of at least five letters or more.
The Naked Sun (Robot #2) (1956) by Isaac Asimov (Mass Market Paperback, 269 pages)
Asimov: A=Vowel, S=Consonant, I=Vowel, M=Consonant, O=Vowel, V=Consonant
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 Two Hotel Francforts (2013) by David Leavitt (Hardcover, 257 pages)
Hotel: H= consonant, O=Vowel, T=Consonant, E= Vowel, L= Consonant
269 + 257 = 526 > 501
240 + 30 = 270
Tasks Completed: 12
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 240 + 30 = 270
Books read: 19
Pages read: 5,411
Read but not claimed: 03
Goodreads Authors: 07
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
Post #2320.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2: Truly Devious Vermont
Points this post:20
Total Points:440
Books read:31
Tasks Done:23
Readerboard Name - Rebecca NJ5.10 - Born Free
In Her Wake by K.A. Tucker
Link to PB edition: In Her Wake
25.4 - White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1 - The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
Option B - This book is #59 on the Ice and Snow list
Link to MMPB: La princesa de hielo
Book 2 - The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Option B - This book is #35 on the Moon, Sun, and Stars list.
Link to PB edition: The Sun Is Also a Star
25.5 - All in the Family
Book 1 - XO: A Kathryn Dance Novel by Jeffery Deaver
Option A - Author's first name starts with "J"
Link to MMPB: XO
Book 2 - Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
Author's first name starts with "J"
This post: 55 points
Total points to date: 175 points
Tasks completed: 12
** Electing to not track Golden Oldies and Big Books this season **
Stephanie1275.5 - Wonders of the Deep: Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last.
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Points this post: 5
Total points: 125/1055
Tasks completed: 10/59
Books read: 12
Laurah3050.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.
Tiger - Orange Is the New Black published in 2010
Book 2: Tiger - Read a book with stripes on the cover. This may include a striped cover pattern, or an object or animal that has stripes.
Book 3 Pig: A typical pig will never give up, but other people might. Read a book that has been shelved at least 75 times as Did Not Finish from this list - Popular Did Not Finish Books. REQUIRED: Specify the page of the list on which your book is found.
page 4 (shelved 93 times)
Marina H5.7 - Power Pets
Isprinsessen by Camilla Läckberg
362 p. - includes at least 2 different digits from 1235
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Prædikanten by Camilla Läckberg
Fits the All in the cards challenge from Wacky Reading Challenges
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 1:
Book 1 - Den hemmelige kvinde by Anna Ekberg
Book 2 - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley 368 pages
Book 2: Der hænger en engel alene i skoven by Samuel Bjørk 464 pages
Total pages: 832
Points this post: 75
Total points: 440
Big book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 2
Tasks completed: 22
Anja10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge. If you don't belong to any other Goodreads challenge groups, read a book that fits into the BookRiot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge.
9. Read a book you've read before.
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata (672 pages - claiming big ticket)
10.9 - Good Dog!
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G.
Over the Fence by Melanie Moreland
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
Taming the Highland Bride by Lynsay Sands
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.
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee (idea)
POINTS:
Points This Post: 50
Points Total: 415
Big Books: 500(1) 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 25
25.1 - Dakimel’s Task – Hurricane RecoveryOption 1: Almost A Bride by Sarah Mayberry (juSt one More)
I read the kindle edition and there is no print edition. The book was approved for length according to the spreadsheet (#221).
Option 2: Facing West – set in Texas; MC returns to his hometown in Texas after his sister’s death.
Excerpt from the book description on Goodreads:
“I left my family and tiny Texas hometown fifteen years ago to escape small-town gossips and to give my mom and sister the chance at a better life. But when a phone call from an attorney back home informs me that my sister passed away, leaving me custody of her newborn baby, I’m shocked out of the steady life I’ve built for myself…”
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 298 pages.
Points this post: 25
Total points: 435
15.2 - February is for RomanceBook 1: Read a book with a main page genre of Romance.
Book read: Once Upon a Marquess
How it fits: MPG Romance
Book 2: Read a book with a ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover.
Book read: First Grave on the Right
How it fits:
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Points this post: 15
Total points: 335
Books read: 25
Tasks completed: 15
Jasmiina F10.1 - What a Zoo:
Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name: Zorron tarina by Isabel Allende.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 210
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
Delicious Dee30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 2: Schnauzer - Getting Out of Hand - Erin Nicholas - EN found in SCHNAUZER
Option 3: Work - The Perfect Girl - shelved as mystery by 160ppl
Points this Post 30
Total Points 485
Mary P5.2 - 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.
Covet by J.R. Ward.
Set in Caldwell, New York
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 175
25.1 - HURRICANE RECOVERYOPTION 1 - Kincaid Bride by Jackie Merritt
OPTION 2 - Texas Two-Step set in Texas
30.3 - MAD MAX; MY HEART
OPTION 2 - A Promise of Hope by Amy Clipston
OPTION 3 - Unnatural Causes
TOTAL POINTS - 630
Diana K.Task 15.6 - 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!
Organized Enough: The Anti-Perfectionist's Guide to Getting—and Staying—Organized My goal is to have things more organized in my home
Task 15.9 15.9 - Let's Party! Read a book from this list of books written by, about or influenced by drinking: Drunken Masters
The Sun Also Rises Found on the 1st page
Task 25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family Option B For this option, read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same last name.
The Turquoise Table: Finding Community and Connection in Your Own Front Yard by Kristin Schell
Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust & Forbidden Fruit by Adam Schell
Task 30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words.
Sudden Death
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. Subtitles should be ignored.
Duck Season: Eating, Drinking and Other Misadventures in Gascony, France's Last Best Place
Points this post: 85
Total points: 620
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and CountingOption 2: read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
Book read: Rituals
How it fits: Kelley Armstrong has more than 25 distinct works.
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago.
Book read: A Midsummer Night's Dream
How it fits: first published in 1595; MMPB edition has more than 100 pages: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Points this post: 30
Total points: 365
Books read: 27
Tasks completed: 16
joanne MITask 5.1 Lassie Come Home-read a book with one of the words from Lassie's film titles
Read: The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home.
"Home" is in the sub-title.(Lassie Come Home)
The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
Points this task 5
Total Points 265
EMurphy30.8 Sandy's Task: Anagram It
1: A Piece of the World by Christine Baker Kline (352 pages)
2: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (416 pages)
*Made the word RICH
This Task:
Points: 30
Books Read: 2
BB Ticket: 0
GO Ticket: 0
Total:
Points: 110
Books Read: 7
BB Tickets: 0
GO Tickets: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Sara G50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
I was born in the year of the Tiger!
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign. For example, if you are a rat you could read a book first published in 2008, 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960, etc going back in multiples of 12.
Oprah by Kitty Kelley
This book was first published in 2010 which is a Tiger year.
I read the Kindle edition. The most shelved paperback here has 525 pages.
**Oprah is a Big Book (525 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
Book 2: Based on your own zodiac animal, read a book that matches the task from the list below.
by Ken LiuThe tiger on the cover has stripes.
Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal.
I used Dog: This is my zodiac sign! Read a book that has the word ‘me’ intact in the title (NOT subtitle) or author’s name.
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
SLAMMERKIN
Points this post: 50
Total points: 565
Christine V10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, first published in 1979.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 190
Tasks completed: 22
Books read: 22
Golden Oldies: 6
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
ED25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
Book 1-Option 1- Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
Women of Algiers in Their Apartment by Assia Djebar
Book 2-Option 2- read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age
The Kingdom of This World by Alejo Carpentier
Magic Realism is a MPG
(first published 1949)**I claim 1 GO Ticket**
task=25
grand total=220
books completed=15
tasks completed =11
GO=7
BB=0
ED25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1- Option B- The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway #23 on page 1 of the Ice and Snow list
(first published 1938)**I Claim 1 GO Ticket**
Book 2-Option A- Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
(first published 1921)**I Claim 1 GO Ticket**
task=25
grand total=245
books completed=17
tasks completed =12
GO=9
BB=0
DEANA15.5 - New Beginnings
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
This is a new author for me.
15.6 - Hoping, Wishing, Trying........
Oh Crap! Potty Training: Everything Modern Parents Need to Know to Do It Once and Do It Right by Jamie Glowacki
My goal is to potty train my almost 2.5 year old before our second child is born in April ... one set of diapers is enough, thanks! I read this book at the end of December to prepare for it and have a strategy in mind. It's been reasonably successful so far - he's only had a few accidents and they've mostly been at daycare, where he doesn't want to stop playing in order to go to the potty.
15.7 - Groundhog Day
A Day at the Office by Matt Dunn
The word DAY can obviously be made from "Groundhog Day".
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
OPTION 1:
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
There are exactly three Ps in this title.
This post:
points: 65
books: 4
Coralie30.6 25 Years and Counting
Option 1 – author’s initials in sweet sIxteeN
The Misunderstanding by Irène Némirovsky
Option 4 – book published 25+ years ago
Mary first published 1926
This post 30 points
Total to date 520 points
NICOLE OH5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Ringer by Lauren Oliver
#33 Oliver
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1: The Stolen Marriage
Book 2: The Game of Love and Death I made the word game from the letters of my book 1 title.
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Option 3: The Walking Dead, Book Fourteen the series The Walking Dead is based on the comics.
Option 4: Parable of the Sower #26 on the strong female protagonists book list (and FYI I LOVED the protagonist)
Total this post: 75 points
TOTAL to date: 320 points
Bluegrass PamI would like to move Kindred from 15.5 to
20.5 Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option #3: page # includes a 1,9,7, or 3
Pages: 287
Points this post: -15+20=5
Total Points: 210
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Option 1: initials in "JUST ONE MORE"
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
*Claim BB ticket 664 pgs*
Option 3: every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
*Claim BB ticket 652 pgs*
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 275/1055
Tasks completed: 17/59
Books Read: 20
Golden Oldies: 3
Big Books:500+(4)750+(1)1000+(0)