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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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5.5 - Wonders of the DeepThe Unquiet Dead (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak #1) by Ausma Zehanat Khan
5.8 - Animals Around Us
Red Dog by Louis de Bernières
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
The Winter Horses by Philip Kerr
I listened to audiobook with this cover:
-horses on cover10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
The Strings of Murder (Frey & McGray #1) by Oscar de Muriel
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.
Redemption Point (Crimson Lake #2) by Candice Fox
9 different letters in REDeMPTION
352 pages
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Author name contains exactly 9 letters
285 pages
Total pages read: 637
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 665
Anja5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last.
Running into Love by Aurora Rose Reynolds
POINTS:
Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 425
Big Books: 500(1) 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 27
Delicious Dee30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1 - The Ladies' Room
Book 2 - The Duchess Deal - DEAL can be found in The Ladies' Room
Points this Post 30
Total Points 560
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50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!My zodiac sign: Rat
Book 1 - Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.
Book read: Graceling
How it fits: It was first published in 2008, that was a year of my zodiac sign (rat)
Book 2 - read a book that is #1 in a series.
Book read: No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells
Ebook approved for length: googledoc line #1782
How it fits: Mystic Cafe #1
Book 3 - Monkey Task: Read a book with a number of pages that is evenly divisible by 12
Book read: Her Every Wish
How it fits: 168 pages; Paperback edition: Her Every Wish
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Points this post: 50
Total points: 475
Books read: 34
Tasks completed: 21
trishhartuk30.9 Jennifer NC’s Task: Obsession
If you are reading two books, you may read two books from the same option or two books from two different options, and the 500 page minimum does not apply.
I went for two books from one option.
Option 3: Read a book that has inspired a TV series from the following list: Best TV Shows Based on Books.
Dry Bones (Walt Longmire #11) , Craig Johnson
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (352pg)
Craig Johnson's Walt Longmire books inspired the the Longmire TV series (listed around #43).
Death At Victoria Dock (Phyrne Fisher #4), Kerry Greenwood
Read the kindle edition. PB reference link here (186pg)
Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher series inspired Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (listed around #53)
Total pages (just in case): 352 + 186 = 538pg
Points this Task: 30
Books Read: 2
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 610
Tasks Completed: 33
Golden Oldies: 4
Big Book tickets: 1 (500+ x 1)
15.10 – Trash to Treasure A book that a Goodreads Friends gave 1 or 2 stars - My friend SIDNA rated this 1 star! I have never read this book before.
The Shack
LINK to Sidna’s review
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Task 30.1 – Schatzie – Animal Crackers
Option 4 – Author F & L in S T O C K I N G S T U F F E R - K.E.
Kim Echlin / Elephant Winter
Option 5 – 4+ letter word in title matches a word from song lyric - FROM
Lyric: “I learned them all FROM A to Z”
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
I listened to the audio / MMP: La Fille tombée du ciel
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This Post: 45 points
Total points to date: 445 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Jasmiina F30.6 - 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: Kasvoton kuolema by Henning Mankell.
Henning Mankell has 40 distinct works.
Option 4: Read a book that was first published 25+ years ago:
Queen of the Headhunters: Autobiography by Sylvia Brooke.
Published 1991 (27 years ago.)
Points this post: 30
Total points: 270
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
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyREPOSTING TASKS WITH NEW BOOKS
Task 10.9 - Good Dog!
Glass Sword
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one - Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell-356 pages, 110 distinct works
Book two - Midnight in Austenland by Shannon Hale, 288 pages, 61 distinct works
Points this post: 40
Total points: 720
Books read: 57
Tasks completed: 43
BB tickets: 7
GO tickets: 6
Readerboard name: BALLETBOOKWORM(reposting after rechecking/having page numbers added)
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
I chose Option 2. I read Haven by Rebekah Weatherspoon (paperback). Haven is the first book in the Beards & Bondage series.
Ed30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram
Book 1 - Read a book of your choice.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
(first published September 5th 1847)**I Claim 1 GO Ticket**
464 pages
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.
Atala / René by François-René de Chateaubriand
The word is "Rene"- approved in post #7 of the help thread.
(first published 1801)**I Claim 1 GO Ticket**
128 pages
464 +128= 592 pages
task=30
grand total=395
books completed=27
tasks completed =17
GO=13
BB=5
Post #2820.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Princess Ben
Points this post:20
Total Points:555
Books read:38
Tasks Done:28
Brooklyn20.3 – Go Wild
Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in the title/subtitle/author’s name.
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Title = Dr.
Originally published in 1896 **Claiming 1 Golden Oldie ticket**
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25.3 – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Book 1
Option C: Read a book with a title that contains a 4+ letter word that is found in the 1st stanza of the poem.
Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker
Word is night.
Book 2
Option D: Read a book that is set at least 50% in Greece, Turkey or Italy.
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan – 513 pages
The entire book takes place in Italy.
**Claiming 1 Big Book Ticket**
Points this post: 45
Total points: 385/1055
Tasks completed: 21/59
Books read: 28
Golden Oldies tickets: 3
Big Book Tickets: 4
CYNBAXTER# 20.09 – MODERATOR’S PET: Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Task: Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre.
Option 4: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Points this post: 20 points
Total points to date = 165 points
BB tickets this post: 0
Total BB tickets to date: 0
GOLDEN OLDIE this post: 0
Total “GOLDIE” tickets to date: 1
Danibean5.10 - Born Free: Read a book of your choice.
I read The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama: Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
I read In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick.
10.10 - Goin' on a Safari: Read a book with the main page genre "Travel."
I read Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
15.4 - Endangered Animals: Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria. 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. 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.
I read As Good as True by Cheryl Reid.
Title initials (A, G, A, T) are found in: Western Lowland Gorilla
Author initials (C, R) are found in: Javan Rhinoceros
20.2 - RARE18 London: Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
I read A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold which was first published February 2016.
30.1 - By the Numbers: Book 1: Read a book of your choice. 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).
Book 1: I read The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood (380 pages).
Book 2: I read Commonwealth by Ann Patchett (336 pages).
336/6 = 112; 336/8 = 48
Points this post: 90
Total Points: 365
Brooke TX20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in MALTESE.
20.10 - Group Reads
My post can be found here:
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.
Option 5: Read a book with a word in its title from the lyrics of this song. With "Dark" in the title:
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER.
Option 3: Read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller.
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words.
Book 2: 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.
Points
This Post: 130
Total Points: 965
Completed Tasks: 56
Books Read: 79
Readerboard name: D20.3 - 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 Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Post total=20
Season total=350
Catherine TTask 25.7 - My Second Favourite Pastime
book 1 - title has a word with 9 unique letters in it
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
INE XPL CAB
452 pages
book 2 - author has total of 9 letters in their name
The Colour of Poison: A Sebastian Foxley Medieval Mystery by Toni Mount
TON IMO UNT
338 pages
452 + 338 > 499pages
Readerboard name: D30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task
I chose Option 2 and Option 3.
Option 2: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER.
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich SchnAuzer (512 pages)
Option 3: read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Mystery 606 Users
Post total=30
Season total=380
Coralie10.8 Here Kitty Kitty
One of the top 100cat names is Angel, so I read
Angel of Storms
20.4 My February Baby
Option 2 – a book that is #1 in a series
Ilium
This post 30 points
Total to date 660 points
Andy P.Task # 25.4 - Nick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1.
Option A. Read a book with “White” in the title
White Fire by Douglas Preston
Book 2.
Option A. Read a book with “Yellow” in the title
Strawberry Yellow by Naomi Hirahara
Points this post: 25
Total points: 830
Andy P.Task # 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
Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age by James Essinger (272 p.) nine letters all different in algoritym
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters. A Country Called Home9780307389114 byKim Barnes(288 p.) nine letter in author's complete name
page count 277 + 288= 565>499
Points this post: 25
Total points: 855
Brooke TX15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
I used Artemis for Task 20.10.
Book 1: Read a nominee or the winner from a different category than you chose for your Task 20.10 selection.
Book 2: Read EITHER (1) a nominee or the winner from the 3d category (not your 20.10 selection or book 1 selection) or (2) a nominee from the category of your Task 20.10 selection.
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. Approved in help thread post 2:
OPTION C: 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 "A Visit From St. Nicholas." With "House" in the title:
50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
My sign is the Snake.
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.
Book 2: Read a non-fiction book with a main page genre of art, science, psychology, health, or self-help. . Genre "Science" confirmed:
Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal. Rabbit: Read a book that is number 3, 4, or 6 in a series AND in which the page count does not include any of the unlucky numbers 1,7,8.
Points
This Post: 90
Total Points: 1055
Completed Tasks: 59
Books Read: 82
Christine V20.10 - Group Reads
Artemis My comments can be found in Message 51
Points this post: 20
Total points: 235
Tasks completed: 25
Books read: 25
Golden Oldies: 8
Big Books: 500=4, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=4)
30.5 Diana K's TaskOption 3: Travel
Book 1: Borne (Borne)
Book 2: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (remove the "e" from the end, Born)
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30.7 Catherine T's TaskBook 1: Coming Clean, by Kimberly Rae Miller
Book 2: So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading (So Many)
MegSCL5.2 - Go Wild
Set in Washington DC (see metadata). The Upside of Unrequited
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Three part name. The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
5.6 - It's Alive!
The Metamorphosis. On page 1 of gothic book list.
**First published in 1915 - 1 golden oldie ticket
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 920
BB tickets: 4
Goldies: 2
perletwo5.6 - It's Alive! - Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time Required: State the page of the list.
The House Next Door - list p. 4
Points this task: 05
Total points: 1055
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 5
Big Book ticket requests: 2
Books read: 81
Tasks completed: 57
Readerboard Name: JamminJenny25.2 - Anne (Booklady)'s task: Big Cats
Option 1: Creepy Christmas 200 pages
creePy CHRIstmas - read 12/30
Option 2: The Stand 1138 pages, with major action in Texas and Maine, claiming 3 BB tickets
Total pages: 200+1138=1338 pages
Points this post: 25
Total points: 745
Books read: 59
Tasks completed: 44
BB tickets: 10
GO tickets: 6
Readerboard name: Michelle in Alaska30.11 - Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1. Read a book by an author whose first or last name is spelled with alternating consonants and vowels.
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison (the whole name alternates!) (291 p.)
Book 2. Read a book whose title contains a 5+ letter word with alternating consonants and vowels.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (alternating word is 'caged') (246 p.)
➸ Points: 170 of 285 (goal)
➸ Total Pages: 4,491
Readerboard Name: McCathy5.1- Lassie Come Home
Read a book with one of the words from Lassie's film titles in the book's title or subtitle: Lassie Come Home, Son of Lassie, Courage of Lassie, Hills of Home, The Sun Comes Up, Challenge to Lassie, The Painted Hills, Lassie's Great Adventure, The Magic of Lassie.
The, of, to may not be used. Words must match exactly.
Chasing Magic by Stacia Kane
Magic from "The Magic of Lassie" in title
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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.
Indulgence in Death by JD Robb
Majority set in New York ~ listed on Main Page
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5.3 - Banished!
Read a book with a title that is exactly 3 words. Spaces determine words.
Delusion in Death by JD Robb
Title exactly 3 words
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5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
Doing 5.3 - Oh... Craps - read a book that was FIRST published in a year that contains two 1’s such as 1981 or 2011.
New York to Dallas by JD Robb
First published 2011
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5.5 - 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.
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Author uses 3 names
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5.6 - It's Alive!
Read a book found on this list of Best Gothic Books of All Time
Marked by PC & Kristin Cast
Pg 3 #270 on list
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Points this post: 30
Total Points: 30
Readerboard Name: McCathy10.1 - What a Zoo
Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh
Zoo in blaZe Of memOry
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10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
Read a book found on the Circus/Carnival Books list.
Amour Amour by Krista & Becca Ritchie
Pg 1 #53 on List
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10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Charming by Dannika Dark
Wolf on cover
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10.5 - Best Books
Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year.
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
On list for January 2015
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10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge.
The Harvest Man by Alex Grecian
Used for White Elephant Party at AMMP - my thread link
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10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
What Once Was Perfect by Zoe York
Author's name Zoe is #91 on list
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10.9 - Good Dog!
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G.
Grave Visions by Kalayna Price
Title begins with G
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Points this post: 70
Total Points: 100
20.5 Let It SnowOption 3: read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
A Boy's Own Story - 218 pages
Points this post = 20
Total points = 520
Big Book tickets = 5
Golden Oldies = 10
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30.6 25 Years and CountingOption 2: read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
Junkyard Heart by Garrett Leigh
Link to paperback edition: Junkyard Heart
I count 28 distinct works, not including anthologies and translations
Option 4: read a book that was first published 25+ years ago. Since this challenge begins in 2017, it would mean any book published in 1992 or before.
Memories of Rain - 1992
Points this post = 30
Total points = 550
Big Book tickets = 5
Golden Oldies = 10
Catherine TTask 20.8 - Coins for Christmas
read a book with jewelry on the cover and 32 intact in the page count
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
- necklace323 pages
Season total = 980
Readerboard name: D20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 2: Read a book FIRST published in February of any year
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
(Published February 3rd 2015)
25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
I chose Option 1 and Option 2.
1. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty hunDred aCre woods
Book 2: read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Fantasy 86 users
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Joyce Carol Oates has 582 distinct works. Fantastic Fiction lists 48 novels.
Book 1: The Collector of Hearts: New Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates (336 pages)
Book 2: High Crime Area: Tales of Darkness and Dread by Joyce Carol Oates (256 pages)
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
Book 1: Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski
Book 2: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch - word is "last"
"L" in line, "A" and "S" in madness, "T" in sifting
Post total=105
Season total=485
CathyG 10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Seducing Simon by Maya Banks
#55 Simon
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
3.. Read a book with a winter scene on cover
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
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.
Pride, Prejudice, and Cheese Grits by Mary Jane Hathaway
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
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.
REQUIRED. indicate which word you used. Teacher
Duke of Desire by Elizabeth Hoyt
30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Read one book from each option. Books with the genres "Sequential Art," "Comics," "Comic Book," and "Manga" are allowed.
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."
The Dresden Files: Fool Moon, Volume 1 by Jim Butcher
Book 2
Dogs: Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle).
Seven Exes Are Eight Too Many by Heather Wardell
Points this post: 100
Total points: 385
Tasks completed: 18
Books read: 28
Big Book Ticket: 0 Golden Oldie Ticket:0
20.6 - Seasoned ReaderOption 1: Read a book with a title/subtitle containing all of B, G, and D.
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
The title has all the letters - maGic BinDs
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 105
Janice AB10.5 - Best Books
I Shall Be Near to You
Read a book from the Best Books of the Month List for any Jan, Feb, or March.
This book is on the January 2014 list of best books.
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Points for this post: 10
Total points = 260
Big Book tickets = 4
Golden Oldies = 1
Julia10310.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Camber the Heretic
#12 in Book Riot's 2017 Read Harder Challenge is to read a fantasy novel
(It also fits #9, a book I have read before.)
This book is 506 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket
50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
I was born in 1960 - Year of the Rat
Book 1: Death of an Adept (first published 1996)
Book 2: Camber of Culdi (first in The Legends of Camber of Culdi series)
Book 3: Monkey: The Weight of Ink has 576 pages (576/12=48)
Claiming 1 BB ticket for 576 pages
This post: 60 points, 2 BB
Challenge total points: 505
BB: 5
GO: 3
Tasks completed: 24
READ 60 two book challenge
25.3
Still Here by Lara Vapnyar The L and the V
Einstein's Beach House by Jacob M Appel
The word House
Points 25
Total 175
10.9 Good DogGwendy's Button Box by Stephen King
20.5 Let It Snow
Option 3: Map of the Heart by Susan Wiggs
Has 351 pages
20.9 Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4 - The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
Fantasy is on the Main Page
Post Total: 50
Grand Total: 290
Kristi CO15.7 - Groundhog Day
3 letter word: Dad
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3: 1973
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld (274 pgs)
Points this post: 35
Total points: 220
Tasks completed: 10
Books read: 13
Big Books: 500=1, 750=0, 1000=0
Golden Oldie tickets: 0
Catherine TTask 20.4 - My February Baby
option 4 - read a book with a bird's wing on the cover
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
- firebird wing has been approved in the task help threadSeason total = 1000
Laurah3015.5 - New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author. If there is more than one author listed, all authors must be new to you.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I have never read a Ray Bradbury book before - he is new to me.
Siobhan5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name.
The Husband Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York by Anne de Courcy
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Read a novel (fiction) in which your favorite hobby is prominently featured.
Hoarfrost by Jordan L. Hawk
My favourite hobby is (obviously) reading. Whybourne, one of the main characters, does a lot of reading in the book to try and figure out what exactly is happening. He also finds the clue that basically propels the entire plot while reading in a library.
15.2 - February is for Romance
Book 1
Read a book with a main page genre of Romance.
Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Book 2
Read a book with a ring (a piece of jewelry worn on the finger) on the cover.
by Michele HaufPoints this post: 30
Total points: 665
Big Book Tickets: 4
Golden Oldies Tickets: 7
Tasks Completed: 38
Books Read: 53
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The Seasonal Reading Challenge
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)
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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)
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5.3 - Banished!
Read a book with a title that is exactly 3 words.
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
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Points This Post: 5
Points Total: 420
Big Books: 500(1) 750(1) 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 26