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WINTER CHALLENGE 2017
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15.10 Trash to TreasureI read Rooms, by Lauren Oliver. It was the first I'd heard of it, and I thought it would work well for this task. It's a trash for me as well as Em though, I'm afraid, for many of the same reasons.
10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
10.9 - Good Dog!
Onnellisesti perille: Kävelyn alkeet Santiago de Compostelaan
15.7 - Groundhog Day
Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes
word: AND
PB (no MMPB available) Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes 534 pages
*claiming one BB ticket*
Points this post: 35
Points total: 35
GO total: 0
BB total: 1
Tasks completed: 3
Books read: 3
Sheila10.1 - What a Zoo
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz⬛ ZOO in Horowitz ⬛
10.2 - No, It's a Three-Ring Circus
The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff⬛ Page 1 ⬛
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
The Widening Gyre by Robert B. Parker10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
One Dog Night by David RosenfeltTotal Points = 80
20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London OPTION 3: Read a book with a winter scene on cover.
by Ali Smith20.3 - 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.
Please, Mister Postman by Alan Johnson
Points this post: 40
TOTAL POINTS: 80
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 4
Total books read: 4
Ava Catherine5.2 - Go Wild
Read a book set at least 50% in ONE of the zoo locations: Scotland.
His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae by Graeme Macrae Burnet set in Scotland 1869.
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Read a book written by a single author who uses a three-part name.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
total=10
Ava Catherine10.4 - It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
The Hotel New Hampshire
by John Irving10.5 - Best Books
Read one of the Best Books of the Month for December, January, or February of any year.
February 2012: Defending Jacob by William Landay
total=30
20.4 - MY FEBRUARY BABYOPTION 4 - Silver Thaw
30.1 - ANIMAL CRACKERS
OPTION 1 - A Bridge Across the Ocean
OPTION 4 - The Baker's Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
TOTAL POINTS - 80
Ava Catherine10.9 - Good Dog!
Read a book with a title that begins with the letter D, O, or G.
Death In Holy Orders by P.D. James
total=40
Ava Catherine10.1 - What a Zoo
Read a book with the letters Z-O-O in the title/subtitle and/or author's name.
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
ZOO in Horowitz
total=50
Ava Catherine20.1 - 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.
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
author's initials AM=MAltese
total=70
30.8 - Sandy's Task: Anagram ItBook 1: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Book 2: Fire Watch - word is "fire"
230 + 288 = 518 pages
Total points: 30
Kristen IA15.10. 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.
Required: Name the friend or mod whose list you used and state that this book is new to you.
I listened to the audiobook: Worst Case by James Patterson
MMPB edition for page count: Dans le pire des cas by James Patterson
My friend Aubrey gave this 2 stars. This book is new to me.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
For this challenge, read ONE book that meets BOTH the following criteria:
1) The book must have 32, 24, or 41 intact somewhere in the page numbers.
REQUIRED: Please state which chosen number is reflected in the page number of your book. Also, ensure that page number rules of this challenge are met.
2) The book must have on its cover an item that reflects the categories chosen this year.
Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber - 224 pages
Southern - a house with a porch and has a 24 in the page number.
REQUIRED: Post the cover AND specify what category it fits and what the item is.
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Points This Post: 35
Total Points: 65/1055
Tasks Completed: 3/59
GO: 0
BB: 0
loafer15.4 - Endangered Animals
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 from the list.
Option 2 - read one book that satisfies both of the option 1 criteria.
Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev
author: the vaquITa
title: norThern SpOrtive lemur
First published in 1872, it is a "golden oldie"
points: 15
total: 115
BB: 2
GO: 2
tasks completed: 8
JENNIFER NC5.2 - Go Wild
House of Shadows
takes place in England
5.3 - Banished!
A Fatal Feast
5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Using 10.10.
The Melody Lingers On
262 pages
5.5 - Wonders of the Deep
Every Breath You Take
by Mary Higgins Clark
5.7 - Power Pets
Fanny: Being the True History of the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout-Jones
512 pages
**This is a Big Book (512 pages). Claiming 1 BB ticket.**
10.1 - What a Zoo
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
by Gabrielle Zevin
10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read #9 from https://bookriot.com/2016/12/15/book-... (read a book you've read before)
Caroline: Little House, Revisited
10.7 - What's Your Favorite Hobby?
Death of a Gossip
hobby: Fishing. Mentioned numerous times in the reviews on the goodreads main page.
15.5 - New Beginnings
Bonfire
by Krysten Ritter (Goodreads Author)
This is a new and new-to-me author!
15.7 - Groundhog Day
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
word: you
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2
A Duty To The Dead
A Duty To The Dead (Bess Crawford #1)
20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People Together
Option 4
The Greyfriar
fantasy
Points Claimed this Post: 125
Total Points: 125
Golden Oldies Tickets: 0
Big Book Tickets: 1
Books Read: 12
Tasks Completed: 12
Suzannesea20.3 Best Review
Read a book in which a title or suffix is used in either the Title, Subtitle or Author's name as presented on GoodReads.
Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman
Points this post: 20
Total points to date: 75
Readerboard Name: JamminJennyTask 5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
Saga, Vol. 5 - 152 pages
Points this post: 5
Total points: 145
Books read: 13
Tasks completed: 13
BB tickets: 0
GO tickets: 2
15.4Option 2:
The Bat by Jo Nesbø
author's initials are found in: JavaN rhinoceros
The first letters of the title words found in: leaTherBack sea turtle
Points this post: 15
Total Points: 50/1055
Tasks completed: 3/59
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies:
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Nick KY5.10 Born Free I read Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend by Mary Giraudo Beck.
10.8 Kitty I read The Bear in a Muddy Tutu by Cole Alpaugh. “Bear,” a word in the title, is also the #86 most common name for a cat.
Points This Post: 15
Total Points So Far: 100
Susan W.5.1 Lassie Come Home: Read a book containing a word from one of Lassie's film titles.
I read Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews Edwards
Home is in Lassie Come Home
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5.4 Best Laid Plans: Read a book that fits one of the 5, 10, or 15 point tasks from the Fall Challenge.
Using task 10.5: Read a book by an author who shares a name with one of the cast members of the Carol Burnett Show, or that matches one of the season one guest stars.
I read The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue
Using John Davidson from the season one guest stars
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5.6 It's Alive!: read a book found on the list provided.
I read The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander
AR Info: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7.0
The book is on page 3 of the list
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10.5 Best Books: Read one of the best books from Best Books of the
Month for December, January, or February of any year.
I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The book is on the February 2017 list
Points this post: 25
Total Points: 25
Amber5.3 - Banished!
Book with a title that is exactly 3 words
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
(The MMPB has 96 pgs, so I'm using this as my one 80-99 pg book)
20.6 - Seasoned Reader - Lagullande's Task: IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Option 1 - Book with a title/subtitle where the same consonant appears EXACTLY three times - Using the consonant T, which appears exactly 3 times: a TwisT in Time
A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain
Points this post: 25
Total points: 25
CHANDNI20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
2. Read a book FIRST published in February of any year or FIRST published in year 2018.
The Mercy of the Tide by Keith Rosson
Published on February 21st.
[POINTS]
This Post: 20
Total Points: 130
Books Read: 7
Completed Tasks: 7
20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of ImprovementsOPTION 4: Read a book by a single author whose first and last initials can be found in the word MALTESE.
The Great Passage by Shion Miura
Points this post: 20
TOTAL POINTS: 100
Golden Oldies: -
Big Book Tickets: - (500+); - (750+)
Total tasks completed: 5
Total books read: 5
trishhartuk10.4 It's a Llama, Mama
Read a book with a non-human mammal on the cover.
Points this Task: 10
Books Read: 1
Golden Oldie/Big Book: No
Total Points: 105
Tasks Completed: 8
Golden Oldies: 2
Big Book tickets: 0
Readerboard name: DAIRE30.2:
Book 1 + 2 - Books by an author who has published 26+ full length books
Book 1: Stolen by Kelley Armstrong
Book 2: Dime Store Magic by Kelley Armstrong
Points this post: 30
Points total: 30
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 2
GO: 0
BB: 0
Readerboard: JENBENT15.4 - Endangered Animals
Option 2 - title & author initials are found in two different animal names
The Start of Everything by Emily Winslow
T S O E - nOrThErn Sportive leopard
E W - WEstern lowland gorilla
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Option 2 - book that is #1 in a series
Warcross by Marie Lu
#1 in the Warcross series
Points this post: 35
Golden Oldies this post: 0
Big Books this post: 0
Total points: 120
Total Golden Oldies: 0
Total Big Books: 0
loafer5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235.
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
152 pages
points: 5
total: 120
BB: 2
GO: 2
tasks completed: 9
Readerboard name: Rebecca OH20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2 - The Secret History
**559 pages - claiming 1 BB ticket**
Points this post: 20
Total points: 95
Readerboard name: D15.9 - Let's Party!
A Drinking Life: A Memoir by Pete Hamill
Listed on Page 1, book #26
Task total=15
Season total=80
10.1 What a ZooI read The Girl from the Garden: A Novel (audio), by Parnaz Foroutan (ZOO).
Here is the link to the paperback:
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20.9 - Moderators' Pet - Morgan Faeriesfolly's Task: Bringing Pets and People TogetherOption 4: Mini Merlin
The Morrigna by Rachel Rawlings
Points this post: 20
Total points: 185
Tasks completed: 13
Siobhan5.4 - Best Laid Plans
Read a book that fits one of the Fall 2017 5, 10 or 15 point tasks.
5.5 - September, October, November
Read a book with the number of pages as listed on Goodreads that includes the number 0, 1 or 9.
The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man by Tom King
(136 pages on goodreads)
5.7 - Power Pets
Read a book with a number of pages* that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235
Five Lose Dad in the Garden Centre by Bruno Vincent
(112 pages on goodreads)
Points this post: 10
Total points: 90
Big Book Tickets: 0
Golden Oldies Tickets: 1
Tasks Completed: 6
Books Read: 8
Andy P.Task # Animals Around Us
Read a book with the main page genre animals
Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish by Mark R. Levin
Animals on main page (54 users) Animals>Dogs ( 51 users)
Points this post: 5
Total points: 75
Post #330.7 -Catherine T's Task: Down the Rabbit Hole
Book 1) Carry On inCORRect cAptioN typicallY)
Book 2) Silently and Very Fast
Points this post:30
Total Points:60
Books read:5
Tasks Done:4
Andy P,Task # 10.6 - Who's Up For a Challenge?
Read a book that fits into ANOTHER Goodreads challenge group's challenge. I am a member of my groups Around the World in 80 books and the book I read, Fear: A Novel of World War I by Gabriel Chevallier is a group read for this group for the period 11/15/17-12/15/17
Points this post: 10
Total points: 85
Bluegrass Pam20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
1) 32, 24, or 41 intact in the page numbers and
2) cover with an item that reflects one of the categories.
Nation 1) 410 pages includes the number 41
2) I chose the Southern option and used the word beach.
Children’s MPG is not present but here is the info, in case it pops up: IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16.0
Points this post: 20
Total GOs: 1
Total points: 60
Julia10310.9 - Good Dog!
Death at Bishop's Keep
20.4 - Golden Oldies - Creynard's Task: My February Baby
Penric's Demon (Book #1 in series)
25.5 - Tien's Task: All in the Family
Option A:
The Complete Kwanzaa: Celebrating Our Cultural Harvest by Dorothy Winbush Riley
The Spark by David Drake
(both authors start with D)
This post: 55 points
Challenge total points: 55
BB: 0
GO: 0
Tasks completed: 3
Mod
I read Little Fires Everywhere - 3 word title.
10.3 - Sir Nils Olav
I read Contact by Carl Sagan, first published in 1985.
20.8 - Nickels & Dimes - Shiraloo's Task: Coins for Christmas
I read the kindle edition of
. The top paperback (no MMPB), Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions, has 320 pages.This book fits the Southern category, with a beach on the cover. The page number includes "32" in 320.
Points this post: 35
Total points: 80
5.7 Power PetsRead a book with a number of pages that includes at least 2 different digits from 1235
The Bucket by Allan Ahlberg
(129 pages)
Points this post = 5
Total points = 90
Big Book tickets = 2
Golden Oldies = 2
Amy O.20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 2: book set at least 50% in Rhode Island
Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell
This post: 20 points
Total points: 20
Tasks completed: 1
Books read: 1
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 0
Janice AB20.10 - Group Reads
Read ONE of the books selected as the Group Reads choices
I read Artemis and discussed it in the dedicated thread for that purpose.
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Points for this post: 20
Total points = 35
Big Book tickets = 0
Golden Oldies = 0
Anja30.6 - TessaVanessa's Task: 25 Years and Counting
Option 1: Read a book with the author’s first and last initials found in SWEET SIXTEEN.
Lovely by Elizabeth SaFleur
pages verified here
Option 2: Read a book by an author that has 25 or more distinct works credited to them on Goodreads.
Nauti Angel by Lora Leigh
Lora Leigh has 169 distinct works on Goodreads
POINTS:
Points This Post: 30
Points Total: 120
Big Books: 500() 750() 1000()
Golden Oldies: 0
Tasks Completed: 7
5.7 - Power PetsThe Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 452 pages (5 and 2 in the page count).
Points this post: 5
Total points: 55
5.3 - Banished!Read a book with a title (subtitles should be ignored) that is exactly 3 words.
I read Enchantress of Numbers by Jennifer Chiaverini
Points this Post: 5
Total Points: 10
FANDURY20.1 - Most Improved Player - Maddie O's Task: A Year of Improvements
Option 3: Read a book from the first five pages of the Most Interesting Magic System Listopia.
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
The book is on page 2 #183 on the list.
Points this post: 20
Total Points: 45
Books Read: 3
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books:500+(0)750+(0)1000+(0)
Elizabeth PTask 20.5 - LET IT SNOW
Option 3: Book contains a 1, 9, 7, or 3 in page count
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
1,243 pages - Oathbringer
Confirmed in 20.5 help thread post 13 that it's okay to have more than one of the 4 required numbers in page count
At 1,243 pages good for *3 Big Book Tickets*
Points this Post: 20
Total Points: 95
Total Tasks: 6
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 3
Total Books: 6
TessaVanessaChallenge 20.2 Rookie at the Top - Anja's Task: RARE18 London
Option 3: Read a book with a winter scene on cover.
I read
Cover of Snow by Jenny Milchman.Challenge 30.4 Dlmrose's Task: Backward Day
Book 1:
by Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang Book 2:
by Shirley Smith MathesonBF=FB
Points this post: 50
Total points: 180
Tasks completed: 8
Books read: 11
Big Book tickets: 0
Golden Oldies tickets: 0
5.8 - Animals Around UsThe Astonishing Thing
I read the kindle edition. The paperback edition has 304 pages.
Points this post: 5
Total points: 60
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5.9 - Get It Done
Dissolution
Added to my Goodreads Want to Read shelf on September 8, 2016
10.8 - Here Kitty Kitty
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Matching the name "Jasper" which is #46 on the list
Points this post: 15
Total points: 50
Tasks completed: 5
Books read: 5
Golden Oldies: 0
Big Books: 500=0, 750=0, 1000=0 (Total BB tickets=0)