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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit HoleBook 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."
Aunt Dimity's Death
Book 2
Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle).
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Points This Task: 30
Total Points: 120
Total Tasks: 4
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:
Sheila5.1- Lassie Come Home
Home by Harlan Coben5.2 - Go Wild
Backfire by Catherine Coulter⬛ USA: California ⬛
5.3 - Banished!
High Country Fall by Margaret Maron5.4 - Best Laid Plans
I chose to do task 5.1 - Only Natural from Fall 2017
Read a book written by an author whose first and last name initials can be found in NATURAL
The Redeemers by Ace Atkins5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson5.6 - It's Alive!
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie⬛ Page 1 ⬛
5.7 - Power Pets
Endangered by C.J. Box⬛ Paperback, 432 pages ⬛
5.9 - Get It Done
The Enemy by Lee Child⬛ added to on pc tbr list on March 12, 2010. On list for 7 and a half years ⬛
Total Points = 40
Elizabeth PTask 10.5 - Best Books
One of the Best Books of December, January, or February of any year
The Archived by Victoria Schwab
On the Best Books list in January of 2013
Points this Post: 10
Total Points: 75
Total Tasks: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Total Books: 5
Task 20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February BabyOption 2: read a book that's #1 or #6 in a series.
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
#1 in the Gilead series
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 20
Delicious Dee20.7 - Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1: Zoo -
Points this Post 20
Total Points 35
10.4 - It's a Llama, MamaTask: Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover
Book/author: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
Date Read: 12/9/17
Required: Include the cover when you post
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Books read: 3
Siobhan20.5 - Bigger is Better - DebraJean's Task: LET IT SNOW!
I chose option 3
Option 3.
read a book whose page numbers include a 1, 9, 7, or 3.
Midnight Reign by Chris Marie Green
(Paperback Page count is 326)
Points this post: 20
Total points: 55
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 3
Books Read: 4
5.5 - Wonders of the DeepPaladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
I read the kindle edition. The mass market paperback edition (in French) has 545 pages.
I claim one big book ticket, please.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 45
BB tickets: 1
hoodoomends5.2 - Go Wild
× A book set at least 50% in one of the best zoo locations.
A máquina do tempo by H.G. Wells
Setting: England
**I'm claiming a GO ticket (1st published in 1895)**
✂ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current Post
Points: 5
GO: 1
BB: -
Total
Points: 70
GO: 3
BB: 1
Creynard5.1- Lassie Come Home
Magic in the Wind by Christine Feehan
"Magic" is my word, from the film title The Magic of Lassie.
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Appealed by Emma Chase
A-Z Book Titles 2017
10.9 - Good Dog!
Outsider by Olivia Cunning
15.2 - February is for Romance
book 1: The Saint by Tiffany Reisz
GR Main Page Genre: Romance.
book 2:
by James PattersonPoints this post: 45
Total Points: 70
Tasks Completed: 8
Books Read: 9
Janice AB15.5 - New Beginnings
New-to-you author.
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
This is the first book that I have read by this author.
Points this post = 15
Total points = 15
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 0
loafer10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.
Zuckerman Unbound by Philip Roth
First published 1981
points: 10
total: 80
BB: 2
GO: 1
tasks completed: 6
Anja20.7 - 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.
Gray Back Alpha Bear by T.S. Joyce
(bear)POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 40
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 3
Louise B15.4 Endangered Animals
I chose Option 2, a single book meeting both criteria.
The Rivals of Versailles by Sally Christie
First letter of each word in title found in “norTheRn spOrtiVe lemur”
Author’s initials found in “javan rhinoCeroS”
Total points this post: 15
Total number of points to date: 40
Number of tasks completed: 3
5.4 - Best Laid Plans5.5 - September, October, November
Introducing Feminism: A Graphic Guide by Cathia Jenainati - 176 pages.
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 3.
by Cecily Gayford Points this post: 25
Points in total: 45
Tasks completed: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book tickets: 0
Anja20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 2: Boss
Read a book that has the letters B O S S in the title.
Propositioned by the Billionaire Moose by Eve Langlais
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 60
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 4
Readerboard Name - LaureY5.8 - Animals Around U
Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
Points this post: 5
Total points: 40
Total Books: 4
Total Tasks: 3
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Big Book Tickets this post: 0
Total Big Book Tickets: 0
20.10 Group ReadsI read Artemis, by Andy Weir (mostly audio, but previous link provided for page count).
I participated in the discussion thread here (message 10).
Readerboard name: D15.4 - Endangered Animals
one-book option:
The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
Author's initials NH found in Javan Rhinoceros
T, P, S from The Polysyllabic Spree found in Northern Sportive Lemur
Post total=15
Season total=15
Readerboard name: D30.11 Andy P's Task: Is There a Pattern Here?
Book 1: Freaky Green Eyes by Joyce Carol Oates (341 pages)
Carol: C=Consonant, A=Vowel, R=Consonant, O=Vowel, L=Consonant
Book 2: The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror by Joyce Carol Oates (304 pages)
Tales: T=Consonant, A=Vowel, L=Consonant, E=Vowel, S=Consonant
Post total=30
Season total=45
Stephanie12710.3 - Sir Nils Olav: Read a book that was first published between 1972 and 1987 (inclusive) and that was written by a male author.
Fences by August Wilson, published in 1986
Points this post: 10
Total points: 45/1055
Tasks completed: 4/59
Books read: 5
5.6 - It's Alive!And Then There Were None –on page 1 of the list (#68)
I read the kindle edition. The most popular mass market paperback edition has 224 pages.
I’d like to claim 1 golden oldie ticket, please (first published 1939).
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50
GO tickets: 2
Andy P.5.2 - Go Wild
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: California
Fox Is Framed byLachlan Smith
Set entirely in California
Points this post:5
Total points: 50
Michelle GA15.8 - World Animal Day
Read a book from this list: Best Animal Rights Books
I read:
Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds by Joy Adamson {from page 1}Points this post: 15
Total points: 60
Books posted: 6
Tasks complete: 6
Pages this post: 224
Total pages as of this post: 1,707
Golden Oldies: 0; Total = 0
Big Book: 0; Total = 0
Mod
5.6 - It's Alive!
From Page 1, #53: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
First published 1985 by a male author: Flood by Andrew Vachss
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
option 1, mathematics genre: The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation by Hannah Fry
total = 170
Readerboard name: witchygal20.5 - Bigger is Better
Option 2 - Choose a book from the list White as the Driven Snow.
I read Animal Farm which can be found on Page 1 of the list.
I would like to claim 1 Golden Oldie as the book was first published in 1945.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: Yes
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20.6 - Seasoned Reader
Option 1 - Read a book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times.
I read Lonely Planet Best of USA. The letter L appears exactly three times in the title- LoneLy pLanet best of usa.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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20.10 Group Reads.
I read The House of the Spirits. I commented in the discussion thread - I am post number 1.
Points: 20
Big Book: No
Golden Oldie: No
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Total Stats and Points for Winter 2017-2018 Challenge
Books read: 3
Points: 60
Big Book: 0
Golden Oldie: 1
Stephanie1275.8 - Animals Around Us: Read a book with a main page genre Animals. The genre may be stand-alone or embedded.
On Cats
Points this post: 5
Total points: 50/1055
Tasks completed: 5/59
Books read: 6
VAL TX5.3 - Banished! - Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words.
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
This post:
Points - 5
Total:
Points - 140
Suzannesea10.1 What a Zoo
Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Zoo Station by David Downing
Points this post: 10
Total points to date: 55
Christine V10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
The Library at Mount Char My hobby is reading. This book was approved for this hobby in message 6 of the task help thread.
Points this post: 10
Total points: 35
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)
DebraJean20.1 - Most Improved Player
Option 3 - I read The Voyage of the Dawn Treader which is on page 1 of the Most Interesting Magic System list. Because this book has a MPG of Children's, I am including the following info:
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Lewis, C.S.
AR Quiz No. 649 EN Fiction
Accelerated Reader Quiz Information IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 9.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz Type Information AR Quiz Types: RP, LS, VP
Points this Post - 20
Total Points - 30
BB - 0
GO - 0
perletwo30.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole - 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."
Proven Guilty
Read a book with one of the modifiers: so / much / very / such / many in the title (not subtitle).
Too Many Clients
Points this task: 30
Total points: 260
Golden Oldies ticket requests: 2
Big Book ticket requests: 0
Books read: 18
Tasks completed: 12
Stephanie12720.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
2. The event will be held on February 24th in London Olympia. Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
The Amputee's Guide to Sex first published on Feb 22, 2007
Points this post: 20
Total points: 70/1055
Tasks completed: 6/59
Books read: 7
30.2 - Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths Book 1, a book by an author who has published more than 25 books: A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr (109 distinct works)
mass market paperback A Virgin River Christmas 285 pages
Book 2, a stand-alone book by an author who has published more than 25 books: The House on Olive Street by Robyn Carr (109 distinct works)
mass market paperback The House on Olive Street 402 pages
Points this post: 30
Total points: 60
Readerboard Name: JamminJenny10.1 - What a Zoo
Mistletoe Kisses by Suzie O'Connell (Z in suZie, OO in O'cOnnell)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 100
Books read: 10
Tasks completed: 10
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
15.3 - Hot or Cold?I chose:
Option 2 - Read one book whose title/subtitle contains both words from an opposite word pair on the list.
I read Big Little Lies. Big/Little are opposites, and are listed as so.
Task points-15
Total points-25
Tasks completed-2
FANDURY5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
Mightier than the Sword by K.J. Parker
The Hardcover has 134 pages: Mightier than the Sword
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Anja20.1 - 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 MALTESE.
When A Lioness Growls by Eve Langlais
pages approved here
POINTS:
Points This Post: 20
Points Total: 80
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 5
20.2 RARE18 LondonOption 2: Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
Tribute Act by Joanna Chambers
This book will be first published in 2018 (I read a review copy).
Points this post = 20
Total points = 85
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 2
Readerboard: JENBENT20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 2 - first published in February of any year
All the Lives I Want: Essays About My Best Friends Who Happen to Be Famous Strangers by Alana Massey
First Edition Published February 7th 2017
Points this post: 20
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 55
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
Catherine TTask 10.9 - Good Dog!
read a book with title starting with D
Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs
Task 20.6 - IT’S BEHIND YOU!
option 1 - read a book with the consonant N in the title+subtitle 3 times
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
N in sapieNs and humaNkiNd
Task 20.10 - Group Read
Artemis by Andy Weir
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Task 30.6 - 25 Years and Counting
option 3 - read a book by an author who's published more than 25 books
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Christie has published more than 80 books (the "distinct works" info is useless, but that figure is in her GR bio blurb)
option 4 - read a book published before 1992
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
pub 1934
30.9 - Obsession
one book option - min 500 pages
option 1 - read a book with a word from the album title in the title
used RED
Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
exactly 500 pages
approved: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
claiming 1 BB
30.11 - Is There a Pattern Here?
book 1 - author name MENON fits Consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant pattern
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
380 pages
book 2 - title word HONOR fits Consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel-consonant pattern (thank you American spelling, for once!)
Vows & Honor by Mercedes Lackey
1056 pages
claiming 3 BB tickets
1056+380 >> 501 pages
140 points claimed
Delicious Dee10.1 - What a Zoo
Lion's Betrayal - Zoe Chant - O in Lion's; ZO in Zoe
Points this Post 10
Total Points 45
TessaVanessaChallenge 15.4 Endangered Animals
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
I read Desert Slam by Steven Barwin.
Steven Barwin intials found in leatherBack Sea turtle
Desert Slam found in Chinese giant SalamanDer
Challenge 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- Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.
I readA Wedding in Maine by Jen McLaughlin. It is set in MAINE.
Challenge 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.
I read The Drowning by Camilla Lackberg . Series is Fjallbacka or Patrik Hedstrom #6.
Challenge 20.7 Shorter is Sweeter - Barbara ★'s Task: Animal Lover's Unite
Option 1: Read a book with any kind of wild animal on the cover (lion, tiger, bear, raccoon, wolf, deer, reptile, bird, etc).
I read the
by Diane Tullson. Challenge 25.5 Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A: read 2 books by 2 different authors with the same first initial.
I read
by Norah McClintock and
by Natasha Dean.Challenge 30.2 Mazza1's Task: Prolific Pensmiths
Book one: Read a book by any author who has published MORE than 25 books
I read
The Ghosts of Galway by Ken Bruen. 320 p. Ken’s list of books appears here: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/ke...Book two: Read a book by either the same author OR by a different author who has published MORE than 25 books
I read
by Sandra Brown. 564 pages The link to her list is here: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/sa...Points this post: 130
Total points: 130
Tasks completed: 6
Books read: 8
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
LAVENDER5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name: first, middle, last.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson kindle I read
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Top MMPB 98 pages
Author has 3 parts to his name.
I am using this as my 1 5 pt shorter book at 98 pages.
I am claiming a GOLDEN OLDIE for this book, first published January 5th 1886.
Points this post: 5
Total Points: 5
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldie Tickets: 1
Kristen IA30.10 - Brooke TX's Task: By the Numbers
This is a two book task. The books must have a combined total of at least 500 pages.
Book 1: Read a book of your choice.
Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 310 pages
I listened to the audiobook and have linked to the MMPB edition for page count
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).
In the Woods by Tana French - 429 pages
429/3=143; 429/1=429
310 + 429 = 739
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Points This Post: 30
Total Points: 30/1055
Tasks Completed: 1/59
GO: 0
BB: 0
Anne (Booklady)10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
Book published between 1972 - 1987 and written by a male author.
**The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy was 1st published in 1980.
**Big Book Ticket:The Lords of Discipline is 592 pages**
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, Sub-Title or Author's name as presented on Good Reads.
Selection Approved in Help Thread Post 25
Picture Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic
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 OR the title/subtitle contains all of B, G and D.
Consonant: M = a christMas to reMeMber
A Christmas To Remember: A Cape Light Novel by Thomas Kinkade
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.
Black Friday by Alex Kava
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.
Fallen Beauty by Erika Robuck
Points in These Tasks: 80
Golden Oldies in This Post:
Big Book Tickets in This Post: 1
Pages Read in This Post: 1791
Totals:
Total Points: 80/1055
Total Golden Oldies:
Total Big Book Tickets: 500=(1), 750=(0), 1000=(0)
Total Tasks Completed: 4/59
Total Books Read: 5
Total Pages Read in Winter 2017-18 SRC: 1791
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH15.5 - New Beginnings
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
I have not read anything by this author before.
Points this post: 15
Total points: 75
10.6 Who's Up For a Challenge?book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge
Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti by Bailey Cates which I also used for the Cozy Mysteries Autumn 2017 Challenge
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Points this post: 10
Total Points: 10/1055
Tasks Completed: 1
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldies:
Big Books: 500+ (), 750+ (), 1000+ ()
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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.
(N) Lincoln in the Bardo
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 can be found in ACROBAT
Now and Forever by Ray Bradbury
TOTAL TO DATE
points: 55
BB tickets: 1