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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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20 Point Tasks20.1 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.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Found on Page 1, #5.
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19.0
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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.
Miss Zukas and the Library Murders by Jo Dereske
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20.5 DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 1. Read a book with the word WINTER or SNOW in the title or subtitle.
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
Points for this post: 60
Grand Total: 115
Andy P.Task # 20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1 The Cast
Read a book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times
The Squirrel on the Train by Kevin Hearne
There are 3 T's , 2 in the two the's and one in train
There are three R's two in squirrel and one in train
Points this post: 20
Total points: 985
Jasmiina F30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole:
Option 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.": Nevernight by Jay Kristoff.
Option 2: Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle):
101 Very Finnish Problems: The Foreigner's Guide to Surviving in Finland by Joel Willans.
Points this post: 30
Total points: 300
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
25 Point Tasks25.1 Dakimel's Task: Hurricane Recovery
Option 2: Read a book set at least 50% in one of these hard-hit American regions (Texas, Florida, or Puerto Rico).
The Green Ripper by John D. MacDonald
Set in Florida.
Option 3: Read a book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title, subtitle, and/or author.
I'd Like to Call for Help, but I Don't Know the Number: The Search for Spirituality in Everyday Life by Abraham J. Twerski
O in "for"
P, H, E, & L in "Help"
I in "Like"
A in "Call"
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25.2 Anne (Booklady)'s Task: Big Cats
Option 2: Read a book set in a place where Cougars can still be found (see list).
The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald
Setting = Florida.
Option 4: Read a book on Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Found on page 2, #110 of list.
Page count: 282 + 485 = 767
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25.4 Nick KY's Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1.
Option A. Read a book with “White” in the title, subtitle, or series title. The word must stand alone.
White Butterfly by Walter Mosley
Book 2.
Option B. Read a book from one of these Sun and Moon oriented listopias:
Moon, Sun, and Stars
Solar System Opera
Cosmology
A Walk Across the Sun by Corban Addison
Found on Moon, Sun, and Stars list, page 2, #193.
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25.6 Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
1. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby
Author initials EC found in ACRE
2. Read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age. Genres may be standalone or embedded.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
MPG = Fantasy - 837 users
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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.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Word = Adventures (9 distinct letters)
Oldie ticket: first published in 1876
Book 2: Read a book written by an author whose name contains exactly 9 letters.
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Page count = 292 + 398 = 690
Points for this post: 125
Grand Total: 240
Task 30.8 – Sandy – Anagram ItREQUIRED: 500+ pages - 448 + 296 = 744 pg
Option 1 – Book of my choice - 448 pg
The Butterfly's Daughter
I listened to the audio / No MMP / Paperback: The Butterfly's Daughter
Option 2 - Title word made from letters in title # 1
DEGREE: thE buttERfly’s DauGhtEr
3rd Degree
I listened to the audio / MMP - 3. stupanj = 296 p
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This Post: 30 points
Total points to date: 515 points
Golden Oldies (pub 1950 or earlier): 2
Big Books Read: (2) 500 pg / (0) 750 pg / () 1000 pg
Total Big Book TICKETS: 2
Best Laid PlansTask from the Fall 2017 Challenge
I did task 5.2 which required you to read a book set 50% or more in one of the designated countries (Canada)
The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Stories This book is set in Alberta Canada. From the jacket blurb, “W.P. Kinsella was born in Edmonton Alberta. This is his fourth collection of stories set on the Hobbema Reserve.
Wonders of the Deep
Read a book by an author who uses a three part name.
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
30.2 Mazza1’s Task:Prolific Pensmiths
Book One: author has published 25 or more standalone works.
The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus by Terry Goodkind
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/te...
***Claiming Big Book ticket as thi s has 628 pages***
Book 2: Author has more than 25 published works, and book is not part of a series.
Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales by Margaret Atwood
https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/ma...
Total Points this post:40
Total Challenge Points: 370
Go’s: 2
BB’s: 4
PAULA S15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
En julsaga - EJ in Javan rhinocEros, author Charles Dickens CD in Chinese giant salamanDerfirst published 1843 - I request 1 GO ticket
20.1 - 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 the word (and dog breed) MALTESE.
by Mariano Azuela MA in MAltesefirst published 1916 - I request 1 GO ticket
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
option 3. Read a book with a winter scene on cover.
(I read the ebook, print book for reference: Spiced and Iced 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2: read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series
- Colonel Race #1first published August 22nd 1924 - I request 1 GO ticket
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3: read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
I read the ebook, the most popular PB edition (there is no MMP) is 149 pages: All Systems Red20.6 - 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
the letter is M:
Murder at Mistletoe ManorI read the ebook, print book for reference: Murder at Mistletoe Manor
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4: Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre.
Total Points this post: 135
Go’s: 3
25.5 All in the FamilyOption A: read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial. Books must be written by a single author. Names must be different but starting with same letter.
The House of Birds by Morgan McCarthy
The Casino by Margaret Bonham
Single author - all of the stories are by Margaret Bonham. Her daughter Cary Bazalgette just wrote a preface to this edition.
Claiming Golden Oldie ticket for The Casino - first published 1948
Points this post = 25
Total points = 600
Big Book tickets = 5
Golden Oldies = 12
Amy FL20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2: The Wrath of Angels - set in Maine
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 2: Bad Things Happen - Page 3 of list
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4: I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka (teACher)
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
(Southern category - beach on cover and 4"32" pages)20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4: This Savage Song - Fantasy
Points this post: 100
Total points: 100
10.3 - Sir Nils OlavRead a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
(first published 1987)
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge.
Property by Valerie Martin
Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2003.
Read for the Winners Challenge in the Bailey's/Orange Women's Fiction Group.
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 365
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 1 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 16
Total books read: 22
15.5 - New BeginningsRead a book by a new-to-you author.
The Sun's Love Is Ours by David B. Dacosta
(Approved in post 6638 of e-book verification help thread.)
I have not read this author before.
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.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
The word I am using is ROAD.
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.
The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
This book is new to me. It was rated 1 star by my GR friend, Gumble's Yard.
*This is a BIG BOOK (624 pages)*
Points this post: 45
TOTAL POINTS: 410
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 19
Total books read: 25
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the FamilyOPTION A: Read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial.
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Peach by Emma Glass
Points this post: 25
TOTAL POINTS: 435
Golden Oldies: 1
Big Book Tickets: 2 (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 20
Total books read: 27
Sara G20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
2) The book must have on its cover an item that reflects the categories chosen this year. Here is the list of approved items (no substitutions allowed):
Extravagant - jewelry, a crown, or a stack of money
Recycle - the recycle symbol, a cardboard box, or a soda can
Southern - a house with a porch, a quilt, or a beach
by Isolde MartynThis one fits the "extravagant" category. The girl on the cover is wearing a rather extravagant necklace. (jewelry)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 655
REPOST10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
The Strings of Murder (Frey & McGray #1) by Oscar de Muriel
Name of Cat: Oscar
Total this Post: 10
Golden Oldies: 3
Bigger is Better: 6
Season Total: 665
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?Northanger Abbey (The Austen Project #2) by Val McDermid
I LOVE to read (obvs!). The book description, the MC, Cat, is described as "she loses herself in novels" (ie. She loves to read)
15.3 - Hot or Cold?
Words used: AGAINST & FOR
Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans
1 x Golden Oldies Tix (pub. 1884)
For Love Alone by Christina Stead
1 x Golden Oldies Tix (pub. 1944)
1 x Bigger is Better Tix (502 pages)
30.9 - Jennifer NC's Task: Obsession
Option 1: Pick a book with a word from the name of one of Taylor Swift's albums in the title, subtitle, series name, or author name: Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation.
Fearless by Fiona Higgins
Option 4: Read a book with a strong female lead from the following list: 29 Books with Strong Female Protagonists
Three Strong Women by Marie Ndiaye
Total this Post: 55
Golden Oldies: 5
Bigger is Better: 7
Season Total: 720
BEKKA - 20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 4: For this task, I read Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood, since the author’s initials (M.A.) can be found in MALTESE.
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3: For this task, I read Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink, since it has 270 pages.
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: For this task I read Turtles All the Way Down by John Green because the title has the letter T in it exactly three times.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4: For this task, I read Kindred by Octavia E. Butler since the author’s initials (O.B.) can be found in ACROBAT.
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4: For this task, I read Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore, since it has Fantasy and Magical Realism as a genre on its main page.
Here’s the summary:
Points Earned this Challenge: 100
Total Points Earned to Date: 100
Pages Read this Challenge: 1665
Total Pages Read to Date: 1665
Books Read this Challenge: 5
Total Books Read: 5
Readerboard Name: McCathyTask 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one - Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books (i.e., at least 26 books). This book may be standalone or part of a series.
Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb = 356 pgs
Author has more than 25 published books under this pseudonym (46 full books in this series alone) ~ Books list by J.D. Robb
Book two - Read a book by either the same author OR by a different author who has published MORE than 25 books (at least 26). This book must be a standalone book, not part of a series
The Pact by Karina Halle
MMPB Edition: The Pact = 287 pgs
Counted 39 full-length published books for this author ~ Books list by Karina Halle
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30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 2: Schnauzer - Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in the the word SCHNAUZER.
Play of Passion by Nalini Singh = 321 pgs
Author's initials N & S in SchNauzer
Option 3: Work - Read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller.
Birds of Prey by JA Jance = 421 pgs
MPG Mystery
321 + 421 = 742 pages ✓
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30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1: Read a book with a title of at least 2 words. The title words must begin with at least 2 different letters.
Spider's Revenge by Jennifer Estep
Title initials S & R
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.
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Title initials R & S
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30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3: Travel.
Book 1: Read a book that includes a word of at least 4 letters in the title/subtitle.
Heart of Venom by Jennifer Estep
Heart has 5 letters
Book 2: Take that word and add one letter, change one letter or drop one letter to create a new word. Read a book with that new word in the title/subtitle.
Hear Me by Skye Warren
Remove T from HEART to make HEAR
Hear in title
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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.
Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep
Counted 30 full-length published books for this author ~ Books list by Jennifer Estep
Option 3: What’s in a title? Read a book that has exactly 25 letters in the title. Subtitles should be ignored. ALL words are counted. Ignore any kind of punctuation, numerals, or any other non-alphabetic characters.
A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley
Exactly 25 letters excluding subtitle
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Points this post: 150
Total Points: 620
Bookwrm526Task #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 The Glass Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg, Charlie is #23 on the list of cat names.
Points this post: 10
Total points so far: 660
Coralie25.1 Hurricane Recovery
Option 1: Book by an author whose initials are in just onE More
Hunting Party by Elizabeth Moon
Option 3: A book where every letter in OPHELIA can be found in the title and author’s name
O in too, P in Palmer, HE in the, LI in like, A in Ada
Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
This post 25 points
Total to date 685 points
MegSCLI am moving The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet from task 15.7 to task 15.1
15.1 - Don't Make Me Choose!
For task 20.10 I read Artemis (Space Opera category)
Book 1: (Non-fiction, space) An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Book 2: (Space opera) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
15.7 - Groundhog Day
I made the word AND
Lily and the Octopus
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 1020
BB tickets: 5
Goldies: 3
MegSCL5.3 - Banished!
Three word title: While I Live
5.8 - Animals Around Us
MPG animals: The Genius of Birds
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 1030
BB tickets: 5
Goldies: 3
5.4 - Best Laid PlansA book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks: A Stash of One's Own: Knitters on Loving, Living with, and Letting go of Yarn by Clara Parkes, 192 pages
This fits Task 5.5, a book with the number of pages that includes 0, 1 or 9.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 665
Shannon South Africa15.8 World Animal Day
Best Animal Rights Books no. 19, page 1
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Task points: 15
Challenge points: 205
Danibean5.1 - 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.
I read Home by Toni Morrison
5.7 - Power Pets: Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
I read American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic by John Temple. This book is 320 pages long.
15.9 - Let's Party! : Read a book from this list of books written by, about or influenced by drinking: Drunken Masters.
I read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book is located on page 1 of the Drunken Masters list.
50.1 - GONG XI FA CAI!:
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign.
I read The Associate by John Grisham, first published in 2009. My chinese zodiac is Year of the Ox which includes the following years: 2009, 1997, 1985, 1973, and 1961.
Book 2: Based on your own zodiac animal, read a book that matches the task from the list below. Ox: Read a book with a title (NOT subtitle) that includes an X.
I read X by Sue Grafton.
Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal. REQUIRED: Specify in your post the animal you used. I chose: RAT: read a book that is #1 in a series.
I read The Anatomist's Apprentice (Dr. Thomas Silkstone #1) by Tessa Harris.
Points this post: 75
Total points: 440
Readerboard: JENBENTNick KY’s Task: White Winter, Yellow Moon
Book 1.
Option B. - Page 1 of list "Books White People Need To Read"
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Book 2.
Option B. - Page 2 of list "Moon, Sun and Stars"
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig
Points this post: 25
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 495
Total Golden Oldies: 1
Total Big Books: 0
Task 30.10 - By the NumbersBook 1: Read a book of your choice.
Garden Spells (Waverley Family #1) (2007) by Sarah Addison Allen (Goodreads Author) (Paperback, 290 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).
Dark Matter (2016) by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) (Hardcover, 342 pages)
342/2=171; 342/9=38; 342 + 290 = 632>500
370 + 30 = 400
Tasks Completed: 17
Points for this post: 30
Points thus far: 370 + 30 = 400
Books read: 28
Pages read: 7,396
Read but not claimed: 02
Goodreads Authors: 12
Golden Oldies: 00
Big Books:
(0) 500+
(0) 750+
(0) 1,000+
DANIELLE M20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 4: Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
Author's initials may be found in ACROBAT
Points This Post: 20
Total Points: 265
Books Read: 16
Tasks Complete: 10
loafer5.8 - Animals Around Us
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Timbuktu by Paul Auster
points: 5
total: 640
BB: 5
GO: 10
tasks completed: 38
SweetMelissa5.2 - Go Wild
Fire Along the Sky, Sara Donati, 655 pgs (1 BBT), 1/3/18
Set in New York
5.10 - Born Free
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, Lisa See, 12/20/17
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year, Andy Cohen, 12/21/1710.5 - Best Books
The Orphan's Tale, Pam Jenoff, 12/28/17
Required: February 2017
15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2: A Great Reckoning (found in Chinese giant salamander), Louise Penny (found in northern sportive lemur), 2/5/18
15.5 - New Beginnings
The Sun Is Also a Star, Nicola Yoon (new to me author), 12/30/17
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2: A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving, 637 pgs (1 BBT), 1/22/18
Set in New Hampshire
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 2: The Body in the Library, Agatha Christie, published 02/1942 (1 GO), 12/18/17
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2: Dying to Tell (book 1 in series), Rita Herron, 2/1/18
20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
Option 3: A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, 816 pgs (2 BBT), 1/12/18
20.6 - Seasoned Rader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1: Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener, M.C. Beaton, 2/13/18
Required: R is used three times (Raisin, gaRdeneR)
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
Option 2: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie, published 1920 (1 GO), 198 pgs, 12/26/17
Option 3: The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth, 384 pgs, 2/21/18
Total pages: 198 + 384 = 582
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Carol, Patricia Highsmith, 304 pgs, 1/30/18
Book 2: The Japanese Lover, Isabel Allende, 336 pgs, 12/4/17
336/3 = 112; 336/4 = 84 and 304 + 336 = 640 pgs
Points this post: 220
BBT this post: 4
GO this post: 2
Total points: 350
Total BBT: 6
Total GO: 4
5.9 - Get It DoneRead a book that has been on your want-to-read shelf for at least a year
I read The Three-Body Problem
added to my GR Want-to-Read list on 17 January 2015.
20.10 - Group Reads
I read Fiction - Space Opera - Artemis
Points this post = 25
Total Points = 25
Diana K.Task 10.8 Read a book with one of the top 100 cat names in the title/subtitle or author's name.
Sugar The name is Sugar
Points this post: 10
Total points: 1000
20.10 Group ReadsNon- Fiction - Space
Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly.
My post is #29 in the discussion.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 35/1055
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
loafer30.1 – Schatzie’s Task: Animal Crackers
Option 2: Read a book with a silhouette or outline of an animal, bird, reptile or fish on the cover.
A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
claiming "big book" - mmpb: A God in Ruins - 512 pages
Option 4: Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in STOCKING STUFFER
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
stoCkiNg stuffer
points: 30
total: 670
BB: 6
GO: 10
tasks completed 39
Reader board name: Daire5.7 Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated by Helaine Olen (256 pages)
15.4 (Option 2) Book whose author initials can be found in one of the animal names and 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.
The Science of Getting Rich (Amur Leopard) by Wallace D. Wattles (Western Lowland Gorilla) - GO - published 1910
20.5 read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
Spellbound: Stories of women's magic over men by Joel Willans (176 pages)
20.9 Read a book with Fantasy or Magic as a Main Page Genre. These genres can stand alone or be embedded.
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
25.3 Book 1 - Read a book that has Magic or Magical as a main page genre. Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Book 2 - Read a book that contains a word of at least four letters in its title (not subtitle) that is found in the first stanza of the poem Twas the night before xmas
The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag (word - house)
Points this post: 85
Points total: 255
Golden oldie ticket: 1
Tasks completed: 15
Books read: 18
FANDURY15.5 - New Beginnings
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
On Night's Shore by Randall Silvis
This is the first book I read by this author (and probably also the last)
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 450
Books Read: 30
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(1)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY30.1 Schatzie’s Animal Crackers
Opt. 2 Outline of an animal on the cover. I read Sing with the Heart of a Bear: Fusions of Native and American Poetry, 1890-1999 by Kenneth Lincoln, outline of a bear on the cover:
Opt. 5. Title word found in lyrics of “Animal Crackers in My Soup” – from stanza 5, “When they’re inside me WHERE it’s dark.” I read Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir by Amy Tan.
Points This Post: 30
Total Points So Far: 980
5.7 - Power PetsRead a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
A Turn for the Bad
293 Pages
Points This Task: 5
Total Points: 810
Total Tasks: 35
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Books: 2
Andy P.Task # 20.3 - Best Review - Ed's Task: Titles and Suffixes
Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in either the Title as presented on Good Reads. '
Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson
Bennett
Mr. in title
Points this post: 20
Total points: 1005
Andy PTask # 50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
Book 1: Read a book first published in a year that matches your zodiac sign. My sign is the rooster so since last year was the year of the rooster I read: Sulfur Springs by William Kent Krueger which was first published in 2017
Book 2. Read a book from the task that matches the Rooster: Rooster: Read a book that includes a story-line about pregnancy or a baby. I read The Cry by Helen Fitzgerald. Book was cited in the task description as an example for this task.
Book 3: Choose to complete any other task from the list below, using a different animal than your own zodiac animal.
I chose the Dog
Read a book that has the word ‘me’ intact in the title
Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah Me in Melody
Points this post: 50
Total points: 1055
Phantomswife5.2 - 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.
September is set in Scotland.
15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
HT in LeaTHerback sea turtle and CD in Chinese giant salamanDer
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.
And the Mountains Echoed
The word is AND (ND in groundhog and A in day)
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
OPTION C - THE POEM - Read a book that contains a word of at least four letters in its title (not subtitle) that is found in the first stanza of the poem
A Christmas Carol the word is Christmas
OPTION D - ST. NICHOLAS - Read a book set at least 50% in Greece, Turkey or Italy.
The Moonspinners which takes place in Crete (Greece).
Points This Post: 60
Total Points: 485
Tasks Completed: 28
Books Read: 37
Kathy G.50.1 - MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
I am a Horse--- born 1954
Book 1- I read a book published in 1942
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
Book 2- Under Horse- I read a Friendship Book (#45 on page 1 of "Best Friendship Book List:"
Mary & Me: A Lasting Link Through Ink by Mary Potter Kenyon
Book 3- I chose the Rat- Book #1 in a series
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
Total Points- 115
Readerboard Name: McCathy5.8 - Animals Around Us
Read a book with a main page genre Animals.
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt
MPG Animals
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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.)
Falling for Flynn by Nicola Marsh
Added to my "Want To Read" shelf 10/08/12
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20.10 - Group Reads
Artemis by Andy Weir
Discussion Comment
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25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
OPTION A - MAGIC - Read a book that has Magic or Magical as a main page genre.
Black Widow by Jennifer Estep
MPG Magic
OPTION C - THE POEM - Read a book that contains a word of at least four letters in its title (not subtitle) that is found in the first stanza of the poem as listed below. Words must match exactly.
Black As Night by JC Andrijeski
"Night" in 1st line of poem
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25.6 - Perletwo's Task: Winnie the Pooh Day
1. Read a book by a single author whose initials can be found in the phrase HUNDRED ACRE WOOD.
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Author's initials A & D in hunDred Acre
2. Read a book with the GR main page genre Magical Realism, Fantasy, or Coming-Of-Age.
Witch and Famous by Eve Paludan & Stuart Sharp
MPG Fantasy
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Points this post: 80
Total Points: 700
PAULA SI need to move In cold blood from 20.7, and use it for a task 30.5 instead.
20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1: Zoo - Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover
- there is a seagull on the coverI read the kindle edition, PB for reference New Corpse in Town
Task 30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one :
Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books (i.e., at least 26 books). This book may be standalone or part of a series.
Murder on the Orient Express. This book is part of a series (Hercule Poirot #10). I listened to the audio book, MMP for reference Murder on the Orient Express
Book two:
Read a book by either the same author OR by a different author who has published MORE than 25 books. This book must be a standalone book, not part of a series
Bleak House This book is standalone. I read the Project Gutenberg ebook. The most popular MMP has 820p Bleak House. I request 2 Big Book Tickets
Both Agatha Christie and Charles Dickens are used as examples of authors with more than 25 published works in the task description.
Bleak House was originally published in 1853 and Murder on the Orient Express was originally published in 1934 - I request 2 GO tickets
30.3 - Ava Catherine’s Task: Mad Max; My Heart
option 2:All the Birds in the Sky sChnAuzer, middle name ignored, 432p, I read the ebook version, PB reference: All the Birds in the Sky
option 3. read a book with the main page genre mystery, detective, crime, or thriller.
The Cracked Spine 279p. I read the ebook, MMP for reference: The Cracked Spine
432+279 > 500pages
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
Option 3: Travel
My words are cold/old
book 1: In cold blood - cold
book 2: Old man's war - remove the c -> old
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 2: Hemligheten på Chimneys Agatha Christie has written significantly more than 25 different books
Option 4: Kök originally published 1988 which is more than 25 years ago.
Hemligheten på Chimneys was originally published in 1925. I request 1 GO ticket.
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram It
book 1: Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race
book 2: The picture of Dorian Gray using the word PICTURE. I read the Project Gutenberg ebook, MMP for reference: The picture of Dorian Gray
P in people
I in I'm
C in race
T in talking
U in about
R in race
E in race
The picture of Dorian Gray was originally published in 1890. I request 1 GO ticket
30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
Book 1: Read a book of your choice.
430pBook 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).
I read the kindle edition. The paperback is 204 pages: Blueburied MuffinsBlueBuried Muffins 204p 204/3=68, 204/4=51, 204/6=34
430+204 > 500p
30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
book 1: Ringworld by Larry Niven using his last name Niven: N=consonant I=vowel V=consonant E=vowel N=consonant
book2: The house of Seven gables using the word seven: S=consonant E=vowel V=consonant E=vowel N=consonant
Ringworld is 342p and The house of Seven Gables is 245 pages > 500 pages
The House of Seven Gables was originally published in 1851. I request 1 GO ticket.
Total Points before this post: 135
New points this post: 7*30=210
Total points including this post = 345
Go’s before this post: 3
GO's claimed in this post: 5
Total GO's: 8
Big Book tickets claimed in this post: 2
Total BB's: 2
15.3 - Hot or Cold?Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
I used the pairing "up" and "down."
I read It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree.
points: 420
books read: 28
tasks completed: 20
Big Books: 5
pages read: 9647
Queen Bee Darlene50 MegSCL's Task: GONG XI FA CAI!
Book 1: Book 1st pub in year that matches my zodiac sign. I was born in 1965 so that makes me Snake which includes the years 1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013
The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
This book was 1st published 2013
Book 2: Book from task of my zodiac animal (Snake) which is non-fiction genre art, science, psychology, health, or self-help
Mission: Organization Mission: Organization
This is non-fiction, self-help genre
Book 3: Book from any other zodiac animal task. I chose Monkey so the number of pages must be divisible by 12.
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason The Draining Lake (Inspector Erlandur, #6).
This book has 312 pages. 312/12 =26
Points this post: 50
Total Points 260
Dakimel10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
I Believe in a Thing Called Love (my hobby: watching K Dramas)
25.3 - Bluemoon's Task: SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
B: The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis
C: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy (WERE)
30.4 - Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Savage Theories
&
The Switch
30.5 - Diana K’s Task - Word Play on a Few of My Favorite Things
1-1: Sins of a Virgin by Anna Randol - Palindrome: ANNA
1-2: Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment - Animal: EWE
30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
1: Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran
4: Arms and the Man
TALLY:
This post - 125 points
Total - 1015
BARBARA ★10.1 - What a Zoo
The Book of Swords - Gardner Dozois (ZOO in author's last name) 2/21
Totals for Challenge
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 565
Nick KY25.3 Bluemoon’s Santa Claus
Book 1. Option B. Elves: inits in ELVES, From the anthologyArrowsmith / Elmer Gantry / Dodsworth , I read Elmer Gantry (most popular ppback ed) by Sinclair Lewis: eLveS
Book 2. Option D. St. Nicholas: Set in Greece, I read The Three Theban Plays: Antigone / Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles.
Points This Post: 25
Total Points So Far: 1005
15.3 - Hot or Cold?Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 521p; (first published January 1855)
**I claim 1 BB Ticket****I claim 1 GO Ticket**
task=15
grand total=410
books completed=28
tasks completed =18
GO=13
BB=5
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10.3 Sir Nils Olav
Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.
The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald
First published 1978 & Author = male
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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. Possessives will work, but no other variations.
Required: Specify the name you used when you post.
The Angel Makers by Jessica Gregson
Cat name = Angel (#10 in list)
Points for this post = 20
Grand Total: 55